The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-12 00:00:00

STATESMAN

NAVAL INTELLIGE NCE.

DEAL, Avis. 11.—Ths two-decker asentioned yesterday
as coming into the Downs was his IlajPat's ship 1' oi.,
Captain Seaton. which ship left the fleet olf Fluid*" about
six P. M. on Wednesday, at which time Flushing had not
surrendered; the bombardment was then cowman% without
intermission, and the town was seen on tire. Ine York ha.
brought house 651 French and Dutch prisoners, which .etaain
oa board till orders arrive for their disposal. -
Last night a heavy tiring was heard at this place, ..isrposed
to be frum Flashing, as the wind was very li4ht laona the
Last, and the distance not more than twein) -lour leagues.
In the Downs, ht Majesty's ships Unicoru and York.
Arrived and passed through the ship Flee: wuoii, front the
1 West Indies.
The American skips, as per last, remain here.
Came down the ship Orion.

Ponesmoorn, it:LY 10.—Arrived the lively f,ir.tr,
Captain itf•Kinley, in three weeks. front 1.,.bur., with a
fleet of transports.
&tiled the Defender, for the Downs.
Alt' 11.—,-Arrived the Dexterous, Lieutenant Tomlinson,
with &convoy from the Downs.
Dropped down to St. Helens, the Gannet mi Abundance.
with tit) soil for the Dorms.

Arrived L'Espeigle, sloop, Captain Atkin,, from Cork ;
and the Georglar.a packet, from the River, for India.
Sailed, with suddea orders, fur Fltaur.g, the Diana, Lively,
and Nereus frigates.
Lord and Lady Holland, 'ha :uric"! ect:rJay from Lis-
boa, in the Lively, set of fur Lund.ln.

Murottn, Aim. 9.-1 r rived La Ruc.4. Dunkinsoo, from
Malta and Gibraltar for Li‘erpool; ai.o a ipaniih schooner
from Nle.4irsa for llelfa•t.
The Speedwell. of Bridgewater, Wm. N..eJs, from Wex-
ford, bound to !Warhead, larka with :Aide anti pig•, drove
tobore Dear the rntrauce of 144 harbour, anti was totally
lost.

YARMOUTH, A MI. 11.—ArtiVed hilt Majesty's brig Coo-
!taut. from the Baltic; the Romeho, Swift, nod tw.i other
trasports, from of Ihubbig, which they left nu Wednesday.

snwien, Atm. 11.--Arrived this morning the Lord
DOll4l4llpacket, from Illelegolaad : Captain Ilansilton itsune-
diately set MT In a post-chaise for London, with cll./satchel,
said to be of the tint consegaeoce. No arrival here from
the Expedition.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATEMIN.

Srn—A paragraph in your Paper yesterday stated, that I
should receive for the capture of Trampiebar io the East In-
dies, a large sum of mon-y—forty or fifty tbou,and pounds. I
request you will contradict that stalemeat, and say front me,
that I neither have or expect to receive one shilling for taking
Tranqucbar I oar do I believe the public property taken
there by the troops will produce to thew any rciiiisoeratioa
whatever.
F.. PELLEIV, Vlce-AAlogral.

The following letter has been received respect-
ing the alleged number of Irish in Flushing:—

" I bare observed, with some surprise, a paragraph, in
several of the Daily Prints, stating, that, of the garrison of
Flushing, three thorsond, including the Commandant, were
Irish. For %vhat purpose such an assertion should be pub-
lished, I Ca at a loss to conceive; certainly it can answer no
good end. This statesmen' I apprehend, must have arisen fro:n
the circumstance of 711; Irish Legion having, a few sears
ago, in part garrisoned that town. This corps was priori-
pally officered by natives of Ireland, whom the unhappy dis-
turbances of 1790 "forced from home, 4011 all its pleasures."
Few of the privates, however, were illberaians. There
were not in the Legion, at the utmost, more than 400 Irish.
Flushing has Inng since ceased to be garrisoned by this corr,
which was very latel%. and perhaps still is, attached t,. the
French army in Spain."

From Italy we learn, that the Pore is about
to repair to Avignon. His Holiness having proved
refractory, this his banishment will perhaps lead
to the future establishment of the Romish See at
that city, which was so long the residence of the
Bishops of Rome in the 14th century ; at least
till the elevation of Cardinal Fact', or some other
dependant of BONAPARTE, may render the Pa.
pal authority altogether subservient to his will.
The British troops from Sicily have compelled
the surrender of the castle of Ischia, in the Nee.
politan territory. The garrison, consisting of
1000 men, are to be sent prisoners of war to
Malta. Another English detachment is said to
have landed near Scylla, in Calabria, but accord-
ing to an article from Naples, was forced to re.
embark with some loss.

A vessel arrived yesterday in the Downs, with
650 French prisoners on board, 300 of whom are
stated to have been taken at the last wile.

Government yesterday received dispatches from
the Earl of CHATHAM and Sir Aiming,. WILLES.
LLY, extracts from which will probably be pub.
lisped in the Gazette of this evening.

Thu Sunday tolls granted by Parliament to the
Corporation of London, on one side of the Mc.
tropulis, from St. John's-street to Mile-End, are
cot yet expired, and will continue till the slim of
4t,00a1. burrowed on bond at 4 per cent. is paid
orr, they being the security of the hy•lders of the
bonds. The Sunday tolls at Hyde•Park.eorn.ua
&c. have, however, cessi.d.
It has been reported that accounts reached town
two days ago, of the actual commencement of Sir
Airruna WELLULEY'S retreat from Spain, in con.
sequence of COMA'S army having sustained a se.
vcre defeat. Though this rumour cannot be traced
to any authentic source, apprehensions of this sort
certainly begin to he entertained. The language
that has been held, fur the last two days, in those
Journals which are supposed to he under the im.
mediate influende of the %Vcia.csLEY family, have
lowered their tone.

The Lively frigate, Capt. G. 'M'lCtsttry, ar-
rived on Thursday at Portsmouth, with sixty sail
of transports from Lisbon. The Lively left at
Lisbon his Majesty's ships Burfratr, Nor;fc, Nau-
tilus, Phipps, and the Princess Elizabeth packet.
The Mirtk had sailed from Lisbon.
When the " bold Alkr►nnn" landed at Rams.
gate, he was received by one of the regiments
there in high style, the band playinK
" See the congoseriv Hero comes!"

A Mr. Barvey has untlertak.en to go on foot to
Brighton, from the Surrey side of IVottminster-
bridge, in thirteen hours ; he started this morning
at six o'clock. Several hots are depending, but
as Initials had nu training, the odds are against the
per fornit!nce.
The statement that Mr. liAants had transferred
his property its Cuvent Garden Theatre to his bUll
is, we u►►derstand, ut►feundod.
Sir J. PutireisEr, previous to his resignation of
tl►r Mime of Secretary at Wee, appoin►ed his
steward, Mr. JOWLS, to the lucrative office of
Paymaster to the Luadou District.

FIW3I THE MIDDLEBURG COURANT.

Pilliontxarac, Ana. B.—On the morning of
the 29th ult. appeared before our coast a feet of
his Britannic Majesty. From time to time the
number of ships was seen to incr..ase ; and the
following day, at noon, the tioops 'sere
'au the Bret., which immediately took pos►cssion
yf a gout fart of the Island ; and On the Ist inst.
the) entered this town, which wast.urrendercd by
capitulation.
On the ~.!‘.l inst. the town of Veer, after having
defelidtil itself, surrendered by capitulation.

Of Flushing, we know uothing with certainty,
but that tn.clay the eaNtle of Rai:um:kens Kai
taken possession of 11%* the British troops. 'Tic
Esiwtliiion is co::ininniled b, Licuten tut-Generai
loud l'hathain.

beett;;),t;d:irish9e7hTetriee
:f_ollowing Proclamations have
" By order of his Excellency Lieutenant-General Lord
l'l..ittiant, cscry inhabitaat of the 101111 01 MiddleharK is or-
dered to cive it:, or deliver to the Polire, a list of all per-ins
lodging w their house=. Thiv lid, whisth to be delivered .n
a about twiny. is to soclu.le all FtegliAa (/..tiecri; EnxlisL-
men a ithout tIT-tinctisai, not beim inilitarv, furnished aoh
billets or orherni'e; all lorrigntrs, "t whiliever cwimr‘sont
being this place. or inhabitants of the Ishxid of
Wok:herrn. he l'olice of the several wards are to deliver
iu their lists to the Military t;i.intoaudaut."