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rt.ln - C a meron, of the Hazard , offered his services ~,, e re the .iction, and had the wind allowed him to tLr ) • " 0 )ner, would have attacked the fort, and c c: :i -- •i-, % , prevented many of the troo p s getting on ... .. . on t o ppy, also, in having an opporvinityof testimony to the gallantry displayed by the and crew of his Majesty' s ship under my col* ; and beg leave to reconnnend my first Liuu ;6: rat Simpson to their Lordships' notice ; also Lieu ea.oits Buckingham and Lambert as good officers, ,rj every w ay deserving their Lordships' favodr.— ;,. I ve the honour to be, &c. (Signed) SAMUEL JOHN PECIIELL. Rear-Minn -1 Sir A. Cochrane, Bart. &c. r.eurn of killed and wounded on board his Majesty's ship !,- s .:;ra, in action with the French netiotAl frigate la Topaze, 4. 2 ; ),,nuary 1809. xi-.lcr Nl'Cloud and John Simms, killed. wounded. (Signed) SAMUEL JOIN EZCHELL. Hi 3 Majesty's Ship Jason, off Baiseterre, Guadeloupe, Jan. 23. F ir t---T beg leave to acquaint you, that while cruiz ,...g c if Basseterre in pursuance of your orders to blockade the French frigate at that anchorage, on the zor ring of the 29. d the Cleopatra made the signal for sti iiicious sail bearing north, which I immediately directed her to reconnoitre, and soon after made sail :„ t h e .Ta3on in that di'ection ; she was in a short time di,c:-"vered to be an enemy's frigate, standing in for :Ie land, where she effected her purpose of anchoring olcse wider a small battery. As I perceived by the c eo patra's motions, it was Captain Pechell's intention t abr'.ng her to action as early as possible, I considered L innecessary to make any signals to him ; and he ..,i;1 fully anticipated my wishes, by bringing his A 4) to anchor on the frigate's starboard baw, and opened a heavy fire, which was warmly returned and kept up by the enemy, till the Jason came to on his quarter, and commenced her fire from the bow guns, corm after which she struck her colours. After silencing the battery she was taken possession of, and proved to be the National frigate la Topaze, of 48 guns (long eighteens and thirty-two pounder carronades) and four hundred men, many of whom, with some troops he had on hoard, had escaped on shore, from Roche- Frt, lo,ded with flour for the supply of the French colonies, commanded by Monsieur Lahalle, Capitaine de Fregate, and Officer of the Legion of Honour. Captain Pechell speaks in high terms of commen dation of the conduct of his officers and ship's com pany ; and I have also every reason to be satisfied with that o those of my own ship, and only regret a fuller opportunity for their exertions was not afforded them. In justice to Captain Cameron of the Hazard, I conceive it my duty to inform you, that, (notwith standing the disparity of force, and the uncertainty of felling in immediately with any of our -cruizers) the onfmy's ship was chased by him from daylight, and I%at nothing but the baffling winds prevented his corn ing inn action and taking the station assigned. him. Being anxious to regain my station off Basseterre, to prevent the escape of the other frigate, which I had ea the afternoon dispatched the Cherub to watch, I kft the prize in charge of the Cleopatra and Hazard; and the service on which I have since been employed not having permitted me to communicate with them, I am ignorant of the number killed an.l wounded on board the French ship. The Cleopatra, lam sorry assay, had two badly wounded (since dead); this ship ia a man hurt.-1 have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) WM. MAUDE. Tr Hugh Pigott, Esq. Captain of his Majesty's ii.:; Latona, and senior Officer off Guadeloupe. His Majesty's Acasta, Bay Robert, Jan. 31. F:n—l have the - honour to inform you, that at day ti.nvn of yesterday, the division of transports carrying tSe army under the command of Lieutenant-General Beckwith were four leagues to windward of the Car ve! Rock. I immediately bore up with it for Bay Robert, be joined in my way thither by the Ethalion,Forrester, Rirg : Dove, Haughty and.Eclair, the Eurydice having ;c., - F.ed me the preceding evening. Tile weather was uncommonly windy and squally, And there was a very considerable swell as far out a.. Lev.lp Garou, neither of the small frigates (the Cleo pan', or Circe) had joined, to go in with the trans ports, and, not knowing what opposition might be made to a landing, I determined to enter the Cul de Sac with all the men of war, that I might effectually protect the landing, if occasion required, which I could nit possibly have done had I anchored as far t.r.. as Loup Garou. Having therefore placed boats with flags at a graplin •ipon the edges of the shoals, I led in with the Acasta, Illlowed by the Penelope and transports, and anchor ed the whole of them about noon. This decision, I trust, Sir, you will approve, as it elabled me to land the Ist and 2d brigades, amounting t., 4300 men, with a certain proportion of artillery and horses, before sun-set, which I could not otherwise have done, and this morning by seven o'clock, all the k:serve were landed. 'l'o Captains Cochrane of the Ethalion, and Brad of the Eurydice, I am indebted for arranging ats for the first landing, and more particularly • k tin Dick of the Penelope, for superintending .Ir7angement, and leading in the transports, he did with great judgment. Captain Withers, the principal agent for •,,a , ts, I received all that assistance in the various :,(•-•-.eats which I had to make, which could be - •reel fro:n /in officer of great zeal and clear corn - ; and Lieutenant Senhouse, whom you did • t honour to appoint as my Adjutant for this ‘..diticin, rendered me very essential service in car nothc detailed duties of the squadron. ::ave the honour to be, /cc. (Signed) P. BEAVER. iinnourable Sir Alexander Cochrane, K. B. • cr-A Itriral of the Red, Commander is Lint f, lr Fee. l '" ^f a Letter from Captain Browne, of his Majesty's sloop l'insPr, to Admir .1 Young, Commander in Chief at Ply r.' — , h, acrd tr ar rnitted by the latter to the lion. W. W. Pole, I at St a, tl.t •ticl inst. 5t g to rep rt to you, that his Majesty's sloop •-•'ermy command, this day, at 10 P.M. captured, a pursuit of :36 hours, the French ketch priva - l'Arniral Martin, of Bayonne, mounting four 18- :ncltr guns, with a complement of 101 r ea. • J ;.otter frnm Captai!lM'Kinlcy, of his Majesty's Ship I . -'-!y, to the Hot. W. W. Pole, dared Vila Garcia, March A. I , fy leave to state to you, fur the info' Illation . of / I ,f , rtis Commissioners of the Admiralty, that since la,t letter of the 6th instant (which I had the hti- • 7 ' ef trar by the atatira) or. the 11,14 inst. a body of French troops entered the towns of Carrie and Villagarcia, and having killed some old men and women whom they saw in the streets, and set fire to a few houses of the people whom they judge inimical to them, they retreated to Paden. the 9th a party of eighty infantry and four ca valry, under the command of three officers from Pod tivedra, entered Marin, but a fire being opened on them from this ship, and the Plover, and the canon ade from the launch, they made a most precipitate retreat ; the Commanding Officer on a good horse, and the four cavalry benefiting by theirbeing moun ted, left their companions, who outrunning their offi cers, a Captain and Lieutenant fell into the hands of the Spaniards, who delivered them to me. _ . Sweden, joined by other Powers, entered into a wai with France, which from local circumstances was then, however, confined to the loss of her t►ade with nearly all the States of Europe, a loss which, although not to be compared with what she has since sustained, was yet of great moment. Soon after differences with Prussia arose, which, however, were not attended with consequences equal]; important. In the year 1807, the share which Sweden took in the coalition againstl - rante, became more momentous, and its in fluence in the dearest concerns of the country more detrimental. Swedish Pomerania was occupied by foreign troops, and Stralsund besieged, yet one pro spect of more fortunate times still remained. It is with the most heartfelt satisfaction that I can with confidence assure thir Lordships tint the spirit of the Gallicians is aroused to the most enthusiastic " A contire ital peace was on the point of being concluded in Tihit, and Sweden invited to form one ardour, governed by a cool and determined courage, which the feelings of loyalty and patriotism naturally of the contracting parties. Sweden refused, and in nero insp i sity of the B re, and theyritish Gove r nme n t for spee aid dily te t to sac- he ge cralsequence of this refusal she was compelled to fight , cour them with arms and ammunition to enable them France and her numerous' Allies sngle-handed on to succeed in the glorious and just cause which they the Continent of Europe, and the siege of Stralsund have undertaken, to expel the perfidious invaders of was carried on with increased vigour : even durin ,, their country : that , d ur i ng siege, nay, after the conclusion of the conven- The enemy is much distressed by a malignant fe. yer ; not less than two cart loads are buried daily ' tion, which stip u lat e d the evac u a tio n of Pomerania from the head quarters at St. lago ; the Military Go- and Rugen by our troops, offers of peace were made' vernor and Commanding Officer of Artillery, with a ' by the enemy, and rejected ; and the German posses number of other officers, have fallen victims to it. ! sions of Sweden, the last remains of the conquests of Skirmishes daily take place between the peasants Gustavus Adolphus the Great, were lost. Sweden and the enemy, which renders their procuring provi- i had, however, to s ustain lo ss es s till more severe.— sions both difficult and harassing, and many fall vic tims to fatigue. In this perpetual warfare, the ene. The winter of 1807, and the following year, serious my invariably suffer, • particularly on the 2il instant, apprehensions arose of an impending rupture with when one hundred and five Frenchmen were pillaging " our neighbours, both on the East and West of the the Convent of St. Bernardo de San Claudio, where Empire. These apprehensions and dangers might Don Bernardo Goncales, with thirty-two Spaniards attacked them, took many horses laden with pillage, , have been warded off a few months before by the and only sixteen of the enemy e eaped. On the 9th, Swedish Government, by its accession to the peace of 10th, and 11th instant, the F r ench attacked the pea- Tilsit, a peace which Sweden was not prevented from cants of Deza and Trasdeza, sustained by those of ! concluding by her only ally, and which was offered Banns and Tabeiros, and were obliged to retreat with , I terms by no means irreconcileable with the public the loss of one hundred and 14 men and an officer. The appearance of his Majesty's ship has very much 'interest of Sweden. gratified the Spaniards, who are incessant in their 1 " The war broke out in Finland, and its gallant de praise and gratitude to the British Government. I fenders, at the end of a severe and honourable conflict On my coming to this place on the 11th inst. I left with an enemy far superior in number, were obliged the Plover at Marin, the French being at Pontevedra, but have received information to-if:eh that a division .to give up to him their beloved country. This mis of the Spanish army, under the command of the Mar- fortune, the most eilamitous event which has befallen quis de Valladeres, was attacked on the 11th by Mar- Sweden for centuries past, might have been averted, shal Soult, who has since retired to Tuy, and ordered if the powerful preparations of defence, which the all his detachments in the vicinity of Vigo to join him situation and nature cf the country admitted, had , by forced marches ; I would not therefore detain her . been conducted w . th wisdom and skill, and if the longer. I have the honour to be, &c. I (Signed) GEO. MgKiNisx. ! plans of re-istanc-, no sooner adopted than ran_ I [For the List of Bankrupts, &c. see the Last Page.] quished, had been continued and carried into effect 1 . with unity and firmness. Finland, which, in point of ! population and intrinsic value, firmed one third part of the Swedish Empire, was lost ; and this loss beari i with the most destructive pressure on the two remain ing thirds. TIIE EVENING STA li• LONDON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY Nl' ONE. O'CLOCK. Coneols, tor money, 117/4—for acc. 611-otunium 1 pre. kichequer Bills, 4s. ss. prem. " In this state of aggirs, the means of waging war agaiv.st such numerous enemies, could not prove suf. ficient for any length of time ; and no other resource was left than to hurtlieh with new taxes, a people Wtyrstis ST za MEETING.—The inhabitants of Westminster met this slay at one o'clock, pursuant to public advertisement, and • perfectly unable to bear them. The public necessi. unanimously passed several resolutions expressive of their ties increased in the same proportion as the means tude to Colonel Wardle, Sir F. Burdett, Lord Folkstone, and the and allowance of the State were destroyed. Trade whole of the supporters of the charges lately made against the , • and navigation were at a stand ,• our mines and P.,ri s Duke of York. The principal resolution stated that the public had long been aware that undue influence had been med in the culture were unproductive from want of hands ; uni disposal of commissions in the army, and that this undue influence versal ruin spreading wide and far ; and 3et it was was now made manifest to the whole world. The principal universally known that his Royal Majesty had again Speakers were Mr. Stretch, Mr. Wishart, Sir F. Burdett, and repeated his former firth and unalterable determina- Mr. Whitbread. The horses were taken from Sir F. Burdett', tion, not to conclude a peace with the present Govern• carriage, and Ire was drawn by the populace to Westminster-hall. He was received with loud huzzas. ment of France, without which, however, no recon. k td R Id • lo 4 ciliation with Demark and, .ussia coo. . take place. A Gottenburgh Mail arrived this morning, by 1 "In this situation of affairs a considerable part of which w e have received a most important State Paper, the western army formed the resolution to march to in the form of an Address, by the new Government. the Capital, with a patriotic view, which appears by the Proclamation issued on their part. Similar GOTTENBURGH, MARCH 20. movements took place among the rest of the Swedish We continue to be in perfect tranquillity here, al tr-scps, and it was in this critical position his Royal though there are no arrivals of travellers, nor even of • the post from Stockholm. ; Majesty came to the unfortunate resolution of lea's ,- The minds of the people seem to be at rest respect- 1 ing Stockholm, and directing his family, and several ing the events that may follow so sudden a revolution. officers of the staff, to follow him. The Garrison was ordered to file off, and it was intended to assem- Troops are still pouring in from all quarters; every ble an army in the south to oppose the troops, who barrack and hospital is full, and the inhabitants have were assembling from the north and west. Two dis c large number quartered on them ; some have as tinct Governments were thus to be formed ; two ar many as thirty privates. I • mies to be assembled. and a civil war was to fill up The merchant vessels have this afternoon gone into : the measure of our calamities and distress. clear water, and are expected to sail under convoy on : i ~ The King's departure was, however, postponed Wednesday or Thursday next. until the rith March, at noon. A universal conster- Silvester and Fisher, the two English Messengers nation prevailed. The most respectful remonstrances on this station, have been detained by d'Alersparre's i against his Majesty's determination were rejected, and army, the one going and the other coming from ; no other means remained even to secure the safety of Stockholm ; it is not yet known whether they are li- • ' the King's own person, than to prevent him from car berated. Lieutenant Ross, of the Royal Navy, left rying his unfortunate resolve into effect. In these cir this place early this morning with dispatches for Eng comstances all the Officers of State in concert with the land.—A Swedish Messenger, charged with dis- States of the Empire, who were present in StoA patches from the New Government, is also gone ia I holm, expressed to his Royal Majesty the constitu. the same packet. ADDRFSS I tional wish that he might take the reins of Gov , rn- OF HIS ROYAL HIGIIN Ftiti TII E nt:Kr OF sunrustaxta, TO ' ment ihto hi. hands, a wish to which , his Royal High - - - . nes, notwithstanding his advanced age, thought him self in duty bound to accede, confiding that this step will be viewed in its proper light by every honest pa- THE PEOPLE OF SWEDEN. gi His Royal Highness the Duke of Sudermania deems it right, and conformable to the duties of his high station, publicly to lay before the Swedish pen. ple the motives and causes that have produced the important change which has lately taken place in the Government of this country. The archives of the state contain a great variety of documents, which will prove the necessity of that measure, both to the present age and posterity. " For this long time past here, the public opinion Condcmaed a system of warfare so little suited to a country, the commercial concerns of which claim . that neutrality, which her fortunate geographical si tuation seemed to secure for Sweden from being sa ctificed by the Government. As early at 1805 triotic Swede. " Stockilylm, March 15, 18(9." The SUCCESS frigate, Captain Avscoucti, from Malta, arrived on Monday at Portsmouth. Two King's Messengers came in her, who arrived in t.rwri yesterday morning. They conic from Trieste ; and there certainly is no port open to us "n the Continent of Europe from whence dispatches of greater interest may be expected at this moment. It is underst)od that one of the Messengers has brought dispatches from Mr. Aumm, the British Minister at Constanti nople. The SuccEs , 4 left Malts un the 2d inst. She brings an account of the capture of a French 40 gun ship in the Mediterranean. - NAir,ti 7 INITLLIGEArcz. FALMOUTH, MARCH 26. Arrived yesterday the Princess Charlotte packet, K ERR ,with Mails from Lisbon, in seven days passage; no news. Ship nibel nia, l'Ewass, from Alicant"; ship Jacob Reiland, Capt. Cir 5 . • r CR, from Gibraltar for Guernsey, parted convoy under his Ma jesty's ship AC7 /VE, off the Lizard ; also the Mt sirs, MILLI: K front Gibraltar. The Messina parted with the Canlina last MO% 17 sail .n company out of 32, sailed from Gibraltar six days af . ; r the Active. Also, arrived this day, his Majesty', ship SACK, I. , (iguns, Capt. Dinav, from a cru;z.., atul 11;:s br , u,ght •11 with her a large French ship, called Celes•ina, front the Isle de France, with a very valuable cargo, which she captured on ETV , y last, after a chas., of 16 hours, during which •he threw her gt• overboard. Also arrive:: this day, the Mary packet, WEb'l E x s with Mails from Jawa:.ca ,in 42 days passage—on the I Lth spoke the ship Ann, front London to King-ton; 00 the ltith inst. spoke the ship A hred, from ditto for 1311.11iC3, out 65 days—on the '2oth inst. spoke his Majesty's ship l'acchante, of guns, with a convoy from Lanarca for England.--h ind S. PLYMOU FH, MARCH r. Arrived the Grail, of l'ottsmoutli, Rour.a . r BALL master ; from Villa Nova. with wine for this pea - ; Mercator, Captain FoszN, from Ala . tit, with w hie for Stockholm; Ileum . , of Yarmouth; Captain WARD, from Malaga, with Irt.i: for •his port; Pl•tznix, Captain Hid, from Barcelona, for this port, with wine ; PttlliOlta, SA from Seville; Tatum eft, of ;4 guns, from off Roi.t.ftirt. Sailed the HELENA and P.orriitAN, of 1$ guns each, on a cruize. Arrived the John and J lizabeth, Capt. Ross, front Terragona, with wine for rkis port ; PLDVER, OPIB from a cruize; and the Favourite, Captaiu Nicnots, from the Met iterranean, with brandy. PI YM01.5 EH-DOCK, MARCH 27. The trizes sent in yegerday were, the Josephine schooner from Cuadaloupe, with a s aluabie cargo of cotton, coffee, and svonl; captured by the Triumph, 74; the French ship la }'atria, from Bourdt :tux to the Isle of France, with brandy, wine, &c pierced fur lu guns, and manned with 60 men, captured by the Emerald; and the French ketch privateer, Admiral Matititt, I 4 guns and 60 men, captured by the Plover sloup of war: she is an American built vessel. Another Frcrch schooner, prize to the Amethyst and Emerald, has Leen sent in to-day. The prize nutsier states that they have taken another large Frerch ship and a lugger, which have not yet reached port, hut are hourly expected; when the above prizes were taken, two more French vessels were discostred, of which the Einerad and Amethyst immediately weNt in chart. These vessch are chiefly laden with supplies for the French colonies, and for the French army in Spain. The greatest exertions are making in every branch connected with the naval department at this porn ; and tenders ate continu ally arriving, both from the Irish and Northern ports, with im pressed men and volunteers, in order to fit out the respective ships as fast as they come out of Dock, and to fill up the casual ties in those which arrive here. There are at present upwards of eleven hundred men on board the. Salvador del Mt ndi, in Ha :maze, each sive of her regular cempliment. Th:- San Jost ph, it i, expected, will be ready to launch by the end of the ensiling month ; the hi, been Vl! cr'y rebuilt, little more than her model having been preserved. 'rids is one of the ships boarded and taken by the hitt Let! nidN F. 1.0 4N, in the ever miinorablii battle Mr Cape St. Vincent, and is eiteerned the hands infest mo lel of rival a-chitecntri in .urepi . PORTS7sIOUTH, I'VL.Ak( II '2B. At eved the. Roy:d Sive: etn, i fornby, and Arrive transports, from Gi`o-altar.—Saikd the V.ti:a Laub, on a cruize; Faith, Skaith, for the Erizils; and Orion, Irelam', fur Spain. IM)VER, MARCH Patt;eil by here this n , ornit,g a fl.a t ships from the Dowrs for the Wes•svar.l, and a ftz•et front `.I 1s and other purts,bound to the and mo)eiatit. DF.AI., MARCH t2R. Arriv d •!.e cevL it ,gift:, aril Wools\ ich store-chip, with a convoy tr. In tin- Aletlitetratican. which sided for the River; and the go so: Ely East 111,1;4.4a:1, 1;o the River, and sail. ed ti.vi.tigh for l'....rtstatouth.—Sa.teil the r.Lagle sloop, with 12 so d .4 tra:.sport., under coliviAt, for the Westward• Furl us gun-brig, with coi.voy for Yarr!oui!l; sloop for ai• fax ; Crk.cus sloop oil a cruize ; and Reindeer sici for the Is:ore. YARMOU FP., MARCH 28. Yesterday arr:v‘el the KA N.:Alt 00 :loop of war, and has landed 37 Dutch pris.nt rs ; also the r r 4101 NICU MO D gun brigs. Tuesday sailed the Er ta.Eßnl`ftON, 74 guns, and the EARNLST gem-brig. Remain in the Re , :als, the krzbuck, Aboukir, Prtric..s Kart•aru.., r.nd Calypso sloops ; Snipe and Richmond The Russian Messenger who landed at Dover th► • 'light before last, reached Lnridnn yesterday morn-• Fie is the bearer of dispatches for tho. Russian Admiral at l'ortsmotr.h. Twelve sail of fine trans;Prts, wh'ch have been converted into fire•ships, h iving had theirmarks and numbers eras 2.i, and been filled with combustibles, sailed from the Nore last week for Portsm-mth : these, with a number of Colonel Congreve's rockets which are shipping at Dover, it is conjectured, aro in tended for an attack on the French fleet in B tsque Roads ; the destruction of which, from its expos tst si tuation, it is thought, may by these means be accom plished. The utmost possible exertion is making in every department in the Dock-yards, in order to equy fleet for the The Report of the Select Committee, appoin,ed to examine into the Abuses of East India Patr , nage, has now been printed. It discloses a great namber of transactions relative to East India Appointments, from which it appears, that in many instances they have been granted as favours, or as rewards, to indi viduals who have been in the uniform praztice of selling them. We shall lay an extract bef•te our Readers as soon as we can make room for it in our columns. We discharge a most painful ditty to our Readers, in recording the very dreadful transaction which has involved the family of Sir STEIVNLEY SHUCKIWRGII, Bart. of Upper Shuckburgh, in the County of War wick, and the Itruily of Lieutenant SHARPE, of tl - .e Pedf•:rd Militia, in the deepest distress. Lieutenant having paid his addresses to Miss Snueg- BI'li;;11, which Were disapproved by the family, formed it he should be disappointed in obtaining the object of his affections), the horrid determination of patting a peti d to his owe, and her existence, which he carried into effect on Sunday morning last, in the plar.tat;ons of Slmckinirgli Park. They wcm over :ward to earnest discoisrse by the butler, as if Lieu tenant SHAUN.: was persuading her to elope with him ; and,as Miss SIII;rEBURGH uttered the words No,no,no! he immediately heard the report of a pktol, which, in a few seconds, was succeeded by anothe r , an d t h ey were instantly lifeless corses ! I —Al!er a most deli berate investigation of all the circumstances of this most affecting and awful event, before .Torrir Tows, Esq. and a respectable Jury, and the Rev. Mr. Blum , FIELD, a Magit ateof the County, a verdict of /41,76/(y was given respecting Lienttn in - SHARPE, and. that Miss SHUCKBURGH died by his hand. Lieutenant SHARPR had been occasionally for some weeks pre ceding in a state of mental derangement, and in confinement. CORN MARKET, MARK-LANF t Miami 29.—This day there is a middling supply of Wbeat, and sales in this trade are dull, . t Monday's declension in price. Ordii.ary Barley is again cheap( r, and almost unsaleable. Malt rather so. White Peas are chr.iper. Beans of the two kinds also. There zre several fresh artivals n: Oats, and this article Is rather lower. Rape Seed and Wiour ar cxpectsd cheaper. i. i~ ••••••11