Star.
London, England, 1809-08-30 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

Sept. 22. Isaac Baker, of Dudlcy, Worcestershire, linendraper,
'at twelve, at the Swan Inn and Hotel, Birmingham.—Nov. 25,
Edward Stamford, of York-street, Commercial-road, Middlesex,
dour-factor, at twelve, at Guildhall—Sept. 20. Wm. Prim late
of Ft:minis, Suffolk, victualler, at eleven, at the White Hor,e in
ipswich.—nept. 30. Abra.n Gompert Erndiii, of Portsmouth,
Hants, shopkeeper, at ten, at Guildhall, London.—Sept. 2. Win.
Harkins, of Leinan.street, Goodman's Fields, Middlesex, silk-
thrower, at ten, at Guildhall.—Sept. 21. Thomas Jennings and
Dickenson Jennings, of Spalding, Lincolnshire, hankers and iron-
mongers, at ten, at the White Hart Lein, Spalding.—Sept. 13.
Thomas Guillod, of Craven-street, Strand, wine merchant, at ten,
at Guildhall.—October 7. John Henry Schneider, of Bow-lane,
London merchant, at eleven, at Guildhall.—Sept. 23. AnthonyCollins:late of Mile-End, ship-owner, at twelve, at
vv. at. Henry Win. Lawson, of Liverpool, draper and taylor,
at 'even, at the Golden Limit Dale-stieet, Liverpool.—Nov. 11.
John Tyrrell, of Maidstone; Kent, ironmonger, at twelve, at
London.-s-Sept. 29. John White, of Craven Buildings,
City-. Rood;. parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, merchant; at ten,
at Guildhall.—Nov. 11. Roderick Mackenzie, of King's-Arms-
yard, London, merchant and fac-or, at twelve, at Guildhall.—
October 7. Thomas Holmes, of Hersham, Surrey, nurseryman
and seedsruan, at twelve, at Guildhall.—October W. John 'Fen-
ner, of Lawrence-lane, London, wholesale linen-draper, at twelve
at Guildhall.—Oct. 7. James Arboutn, of Hart-street, Crutolied
Friars, London, wine-merchant, at twelve, at Guildhall.—Octo-
ber 7. John Baiter, late of the Strand, Wiese; taylor and
leather breechesquaker, at twelve, at Guildhall.
• PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
George Bowler, and William Bowler, sen. of Booth House,
A shton-ondex-Line, Laecashire, hat-inanufacturers, August 4,
1809.—Jane Grier, of Iled Lion-square, Holbcrr., at George
IBillett, of the City Terrace, City Road, Afiddlssoa, Proprietors
01 Dr. Robertson's Medicines, August 2.1, 1809.

LIE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST SO.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cont. Cons. for money 68—Reduced 681.
Omnium prens.—Produces, 34 to 36-4 per Cents. 5441
PRICE dr STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Dank Stock 2624 253 India Bonds 235. 245. pre.
3 per Cent. Red. 6814} Imp. Ann. I 7-16thsk
3 per C. Cons. 654 Exch. Bills, 9s. 15s. pre.
4 per Cent. 8444 English Lottery Tick. SUL 176.
S per Cent. Navy 914 N I City ditto, 81. 12s.
Long Ann. Isj 13-16ths Cons. for ace. 683

The Ida and Alert hired cutters anived in the
Downs yesterday morning from Flushing.
_

Sir EYRE Coora has returned with his Staff from',
Beveland to the Island of Walcheien, of which he has
been appointed to the command in place of General
KENZIg FRAZER, who is come home in bad health.
Lord Rosstvw, also and a number of Officers, have
been seized with the ague and fever.
The French are reported to be so strong in Cad-
sand, that it will require a considerable force to be
kept in Walcheren for its security. Their number is
stated to be 13,000, under the command of BERNA-
DOTTE, and they are daily receiving reinfoa cements
from the interior.

We are informed that all the ships of war of the
enemy have had their guns removed, in order to ena-
ble them to pass the shallow water, and that, in con-
sequence of being tightened, they have approached
the vicinity of Antwerp. With the arillery taken
from the shipping, batteries have been formed through
the extent of many miles between Beveland and
Antwerp, which it is to apprehended will render it
impossible for our ships of war to go up the river.—
Nay more—fears are entertained that the return of
some of our ships will be prevented, if they proceed
too far, by the impediments with which the enemy is
obstructing the navigation.

" MIDDLEBURGH, AUGUST 24.
" At last I have had an opportunity of seeing
the effects of our bombardment on Flushing, into
which it had been, for some days, rather difficult to
find admission, and a more melancholy spectacle it is
scarcely possible to imagine. The mangled bodies
of men, women, and children, are daily extracting
from the wreck of their former habitations ; nearly
one-third of the town is in ruins. Of the Stadt House,
which has been long the admiration of travellers,
which, in fact, was one of the most splendid buildings
in the Dutch territories, the outer walls alone remain ;
two churches have been burnt to the ground, one of
which was in the vicinity of the arsenal ; the latter
had a most miraculous escape, it received between
forty and fifty shots, and was on fire three different
times, but owing to the extraordinary precautions taken
by the enemy it was got under. In one instance the
fire appears to have reached within a yard of the ma.
gazine, which contained nearly six hundred barrels cif
powder. Hid this caught fire, what a tremendous
effect, most probably not a vestige of the town would
have been left standing. But mischief enough has
beo.i dcne to this unfortunate town. Not a house
have I seen which has not been perforated in various
Fl.,ces. Although this assemblage of calamity must

naturally excite compassion in favour of the sufferers,
:Al it must dispose one to acknowledge the skill of
cur artillery, of which it presents an undeniable tes-
timony. Indeed the ability displayed by this corps
tras most conspicuous. The batteries were disposed

with great judgment. The principal force was on the
right of the lines, and in the centre. There were
thirteen 24-pounders, and six 10-inch mortars at the
former, ten 24-pounders, and two mortar batteries,
the one of six 10-inch, and the other of four 10-inch
at the Lttcr. The guns on the right bore directly on
-ti:e enemy's left, and enfiladed the sea-defences to the
west,..:ard of the town; the guns in the centre enfi-
laded those of the enemy's left, and took their sea-de-
fences in reverse ; between the right and centre there
w as a battery of six 24-pounders, manned by the sea-
men, and also some 10-inch howitzers which enfiladed
part of the enemy's defences. On the left was a hit-
try of three 24-pounders, and four 10-inch mortars,
which bore on the right of the town. Such was the
destructive operation of these batteries and the ship-

.ping, that it is supposed if their fire had not been sus-
radcd on Sunday evening, during the interval pro.
duced by the summons sent to the garrison, the whole
town would have been in flames on Sunday night.—
An immense column of fire and smoke enveloped the
town about one o'clock on Monday. It would be
difficult to say which of the batteries did most execu:
tion. I have heard it stated that the mortar-batteries
in the centre were peculiarly effective ; to a shell from
one of these mortars the firing of the Stadalonse

attributed. These mortars were commanded by Cap-
tains Adye, Macartney, and Fyers. The ten-gun
battery in the centre, under Captains Munro and
Scott, is also the subject of much panegyric. The
five hAtteries on the right, under the command of
Capti,in Smyth, was must judiciously directed. For-
tn...*tciy the shipping, a shot from one of these
battui ics completely demolished the furnace for heat-
o•ut, at the very outset of the bombardment, be-
fore indeed the shipping had come entirely within the
r.:ng:• of the town.

'fb : fame of Congreve's Rockets has not been
rni_srnved by their effect in this bombardment. They
Are s:Ated to have all fallen short a the town. Colo-
Fel Cangreve riltertair's An olliako that his rockets

are capable of a much larger nage than shot
or shells, and therefore he does not think it no_
cessary to take an equally-advanced p•sition for
throwing them ; bat this opinion is, by the Artillery
Officers, almost unanimously pronounced erroneous,
and certainly the experience of the late bombardment
does seem to justify their idea of the subject.
" It is but candid towards the Engineers to state
the reasons alledged, to save them from the censure so
generally attached to the delay that took place in the
construction of the works. It is stated, that in con-
sequence of the resistance made by Terveer, which
prevented the ordnance transports from landing their
stores, &c. until Wednesday evening, the entrenching
tools, &c. necessary for the construction of the works
would not be received until they were brought to the
lines by the roads through Middleburgh. When these
necessaries arrived it is asserted that the Engineers
immediately commenced their operations. It is not
pretended that any delay whatever took place in the
conveyance of these necessaries. Such a pretence, in-
deed, could not be alledged, for no department of the
service has been conducted with more judgment. or exe-
cuted with more dispatch, than that committed to the
Marine brig Ade, under the direction of Lord A. Beau.
clerk, whose activity and attention has been most ex-
emplary ever since our army landed. The progress
of the works was also retarded by the inundation, and
the galling fire of the garrison. This fire was such
that each of our working parties had two men perpe-
tually on the watch for its protection. The business
of these men was to keep their eyes on the enemy's
guns directed towards them, and, whenever they ob-
served a flash, to cry out " Shell !" upon which cry
the party were immediately prostrate, and so remained
until. the shell burst, they then rose again and resumed
their labour. It is not to be expected that men working
under such circumstances, could make much progress.
and I have myself seen a party so proceeding.
" The instances of persaital courage, and endurance
of toil, which this siege has presented, are highly ho-
nourable to the character of our force; but every day
some extraordinary anecdote was to be heard relative
to our seamen composing the Marine Brigade. These
men, in fact, submitted to every description of labour
with alacrity, and seemed to seek danger with eager-
ness. I am endeavouring to collect the names of those
soldiers and seamen who distinguished themselves.—
Though the Gazette never condescends to notice such
persons, their examples would tend, perhaps, more to
diffuse a martial spirit in the country if made known,
than that of officers of rank.

" The army are inactive in South Beveland. The
troops which have gone from hence have not disem-
barked. The whole are supposed to wait for fresh
advices from England. It is alledged that a large
army is collected at Antwerp.
" A report prevails that a peace has been concluded
between Austria and France.

0, A large diet of public property of the value of
one million, has been found at Middleburgh."

A report was circulated this morning in the city,
that Lord ST. HELEN'S was about to leave this coun-
try to attend a Congress for a general Negociation
for Peace. The report was probably raised for Stock-
jobbing purposes, as it has no foundation in fact.
By a merchantman from Lisbon, and which left
that port two days later than dispatches which it is
dared have been lost, with the vessel that bore them,
accounts have been received of several Officers under
Lord WELLINGTON (two of them c•f high rank) having
been superseded. It would be improper to mention
any of the names that have been stated to us ; for in
these there may be mistakes—nay it is possible the
whole statement may be founded in error.
A lean for the public service has been opened at
Lisbon. It is intended by this means to raise about
four millions of Crusadoes, one half of which is ex-
pected from the merchants of the capital, the rest
from the provinces.
In spite of the Interdicts issued by our enemies,
against the commerce of this country, it is carried on
to a great extent at the present moment. The oldest
waterman on the Thames cannot recollect a period at
which there were so many foreign ships in the River
as there are at this tirne.—They are arriving or
sailing almost every tide.
The CHANTICLEER sloop of war has arrived at Yar-
mouth, from the Baltic, with dispatches from Sir
JAMES SAUMAREZ.

Letters have been received from Petersburgh to the
31st ult. and from Riga to the 11th inst. By these
we learn that the report of a general embargo in the
harbours of Russia and the Baltic is erroneous. It is
true that an embargo has been imposed, but, instead
of being general, it is confined to native ships only,
and its sole object is to prevent their falling into the
hands of the powerful British force cruizing in that
sea. With a licence from this country it is under-
stood that any Russian ship would be permitted to
take their departure. All the difficulties respecting
the American vessels in the port of Riga have been
removed by the good understanding which subsists
between the consignees and the oXcial agents of the
Russian Government.

The Duke of CLARENcE gave a splendid dinner on
Sunday, at his house in Bushy Park, to the Prince of
WALLS, the Dukes of YORK, KENT, CUMBERLAND,
BRUMSWICE, Lords GLIMINISVIii, GItAtITIAY, Couat
MUNSTSR, Admiral BOWATER, &t.

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