The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-17 00:00:00

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1111011LIMPRMI, AVOVIIT It
" The French 11-et is above Linn. a very Omer rartreort
and *heeler. or whirls will dimbtleas uentriv some lime
" A French Admiral has buistel his lac onboard a Pirate.
and has niyanred i t that way down the P held, lb ha
&mitt feratm. and abmst lir sun result. This looks ns if
the rern• had 4erifse4v d-ter,nbied to defewl the passage of
1.1. river amino nor feet t het their rtuUta? re u M be valet.
Our A hairs!. i wis Wormed. iateod.4 to sent ap she river tea
o eleven sail attic line. with f itates. brig.. rotwy. and An-
hosts is almondaare. There a ill. of inane. -cum be hot work
i the Scheldt. bat ne are .atisard that our br.ive tan u ill
s•too clear the passage. while the army admires me the laud
si ie.

YesterdaY I took a clooe view of the walls of 13lashing.
Tie pl we i..trand. fyrt lied. bw he want .if provide*. and
water will costa •nly realer it impossible for !he garrivia to
p •otrart the defence n web longer. By the able esersi..go Lf
t navy. the communicatioa between Ylushing and Csdsand
k s nt last born completely rut of. and it is said that the gar-
'ipso Is now compelled to cat horse-Bees. Our hatievies are
all read.. ani wit ro.unwarie the hombardment to-night.
" The. Raven sl,osp. hit', &lamed so gallantly a wefoc
aton' Flysbi g. is at CampreerrelitiM .—Cipt.llatscMrr,
w tio is r..envering fa from his is mad, raid., in the Ilte4ll
that is Via town."

ULTR ACT fl A LZTTEIII /ROM AN orvicra fY Tlll
LIN! s OE/ INK ILUSIII ma, w %TED L 11T SONO Y,
HALF./AST TWO O'CLOCK, P.
" Rombirdnwsit berm
`4 Tea Motes pawed rholdag i only two killed, aad aloe
wooded.
"Aar advanced epic the enemy's fleet.
" Nine ships of the lion go past the tothawm the wind will
permit.
"We get only twenty shillings fir a guinea, and eleven
guiders for a 'wand sterling, one shilling sad eight•peare
taxis."

" British Lir,a, of IFleshlet. Ft iday. Aim 11.

"%lace my Lot coinatuoicatim sothiag has occurred of any
material importance. either on our part or that o theeoeinv.
Evert elf wi is now eterting to aceelerate tbe oeces-ary works
f.w the bom mimeo of Flushing. The batteries are almo-t
complete, and it is enolidently stated, that to-morrow. the
Ausivertery of the Prince of Wales's birth day. is Gard for
I w ementencemem of that aviLl work of destruction. For
the LA two Lays the brigade of Alsjor-':eseral Ptc-ron,
whim are ow the le t of ear Boos. ka4 been incessantly em-
pioed in working and covering parties, nt a mortar battery,
which is tenting *Shia half • mile of the N. E. of Flushing.
It was supposed that the enemy would have alempted to
surprise that work, and the neemeary precaution' were takes
to defeat sorb am attempt. The Mt regiment. ender Colonel
Pacts. and the battalims of detachments, a .der that most ac-
tive and g Jiang Otlicer the Hon.Col.Coetta me. wear rthe
last two nights ender arms within range of the enemy's grape.
Their po-itiou a as so co-ered by st roag hr loares. that tat ene-
my did sot perceive them instil morning. w hew the; commeswed
an inetionail cano.nade. Since their bate defeat by Major-Geo
nail an's brigade. the 'licitly have Dever tottered to ohm
themselves witimat the walls. Frees two deserters, who
came over yesterday. the one an Irishman and the other a
native of Nottingham. ae loan that the Fretieh cosset coo.
mite what we are about—neither do they believe that we
have raised balf the member of bakeries. wow la such a state
of forwardness. I anderstand that the !atheism states his
name to be K c•sakonsr, of Red-gap. in the County KU-
&tee; that be has twee four stirs in the Fret:wits-nice. Ile
contradicts the statement that there were a considerable pro.
portion of the Irish. Brigade in Flushing. The number of
that brigade there, be my& dart not eased four hundred,
and few bat the Olken arm Irish. It is commanded by a
major Fuson% av. and he belonged to Capt. Ottiocir's
company. The smatter of the enemy's force ie
he cionputes to 1w within between 9 and 10,000 ones. a great
proportion of whom. be W. s, are wounded and sick. The
ra-
tio°s to each man consisted Drone pound and a heir of bread, ow
gla-s of wine, a 4 half a pound of meat per diem. The day
bef..re yesterday they commenced on their sat provision. all
supplies either by land or sea being now wholly prevented.
This dewrter also states the anxiety of the inhabitants to
capitulate, and he has no doubt hat that it will take place
very tom after our works begin to epee on the town. In-
deed, it is the gametal opiate° here. that Motion havog
IlloW very plamible meterials for a description in the Netti-
e:sr. will nonvoter a town bowled these last eight 4 Is by
4 force of '23,04J men, and at diFerest times objeeted to the
lire of our gun-beats. The Ire front our shipping basettned
&together f'r the last few days. in consequence of a pro-
Addams Pam Lord Chatham. fkever..l Odieers of the Navy
have esprcsed great chagrin at this as they tens it) " too