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COITEN.BIMON Af#L. A Mail arrived yesterday from Gottenburgh with intelligence from that place of the 4th Inst. and front Stockholm of the soh ult. A private Letter from Sto c kholm states; that there is no longer any doubt of peace being shortly con cluded between Russia and Siveden, on the following basis : Russia to retain Finland and the island of Aland, and to desist from persevering in her request tl..at the Swedish ports should be shut against England. The following extracts contain the most prominent articles in the Swedish Newspapers. GO ETENBURGH, SEPT. 4. General Armfeldt has spent the mast of his time :ince his arrival hero, in viewing the fortifications in this neighbourhood. He takes his departure for Sco. nia on Thursday or Friday next. (SAME DATE.) seven P.M.—Count Rosen, the new Gosernor of t his town, is this moment arrived from Stockholm.-- A letter from the Alert states, that in the engagement ti . .ey only lost one man killed and foOr wounded. STOCKHOLM, AUGUST so. Isis Royal Majesty has received the following re. port from General Count W T achtmeistcr • • In consequence of the enetny having on the 19th instant, vigorously attacked my advanced parties near Safrar, on the road of Unica, I judged it necessary to reinforce them with fresh troops, • and the enemy was thrice repulsed ; but soon after the Russians, who occupied a very strong advantageous position, commenced a tremendous cannonade and.mnsket fire, which did so much execution among our troops, that the severe low the? , sustained, in killeclond wounded, induced me to order Geneial.Adiutant Lagerbreng,, who commanded that Jae ' of our araiy, t o re a m b y the bridge which was in his rear, after Ave hciuri-un interrupted fighting. • As soon it s those troop% here under the guns of our batteries, they 'so sect essffilly k,pt up a well.directed fire, that the eneissfstwo was enced for a' whole hour, bat themimaifs vast su periority in infantry and•chasseurs, .eristbled.him to force his passage across the river, and to form a vio lent attack on •my left wing, which wat at first re-. pulsed in the most gallant manner ;• but being con siderably reinforced, he compelled our troops to fall back. I thereupon took up a position, especially with that part of the army which bed not yet been engag ed ; my right wing being supported by Safrar, and my left by a wood ; in the centre, a battery of six 'blinders was formed dit an ndiantageous height, which commanded due whole field •of battle. This position cost the enernfa great number of*** but aid not-prevent hint forcing it both in-front and lank. and in :articular' from turning . my left flank. As it thus became impossible to maintain that position, I judged it necessaryon account of the severe loss which we had suscained,• and exhausted state of our troops, after seren hours hard fighting, to order the army to retreat, which was done with the greatest orcinr. ~ The enemy did npt pursue us with much vi= gnu, excepting our left wing,.part of which was cut off, but fought its waythrough the enemy's pursuing corps, and rejoined the army. The retreat was made , in the direction of . Djekneboda, this being the only place w h ere I could dra w u p the army with any ad vantage. " I -received certain intelligotwe 4!sert the onenty 1 -.vas advancint in. ansiderable Ante ) tatifin both my right and left wing;.which was undoubtedly possible; and had it been done, I should havefound- it a very arduous task to extricate mygelf, without aiery great loss. In consideration of these eircinnatances, Ire solved not to expose the army to the dangers With which it vat ..threatetted,• and shiesfore directed the troops to continue the ordered retreat as far as Ratan. The number bf the Ruseians raked - risoner:in:wants to 120 men, two of when' are . Officers. Otir loss amounts to about .1900 In killed and wounded. " Hnid quarterhitatan, August 21." By a report made by General Virede, the Com wandler iu Chief of the 'Northern' Army, dated lead-quarters, near •Umea, the 2 tth of this month, it appears, thatalthough the exertions of .the army of the coast have not bees crowned with. sinuses, yet they have induced the Russian army under the circlets of Count liaminsky to evacuate .the strong post of lJmca and its environs, which are now occupied by eur Northern Army. • PRIVATE LETTLItS. • ' M Ster.kbotn, Mime 3P. " The inclosed Bulletins 'l4O inform you how Oar' expedition to West; Beithnia has stictiedee. The enemy has been forced.* evacuate Umea ; but I am slim to say that exploit has Cost its dear. The loss of the Russians is, however, Ouch greater. Two of their best Generals,. Tntschkafr rod Alexieff, thirty officers, and betweenttvo and three thousand are kil led, wounded, and prisoners., it is: sai d ! •that General Xamensky has retreated as far as Skeleftea.. about 70 miles from lime.% not feeling hiiiiself strong enough to wait the junction of Generals Wachionetsuir and Wrede. Admiral Puke had lent . 2 strong detach ment of gun boats - with troops:to- Pis"",:vrtpeite an island in the rivqr near, that torn, over whiph. the road. goes, and the occupation of which .wilkprebabl3 cut. off th e retreat pf the Russian ' Generali or at least' prevent him from receiving any reinforceElentit or supplies from Tornea. . " A considerable part of West Bothnia *t]Jus de livered from the enemy, and she plan of General ka rnensk-y to invade Augermania totallrfetistroled." Tke substance of these Bulletins, as stated in ar, let ter, dated times, August 24., is, that three very Se rere battles were fought on the 18th, 19th, and 20th of August, between the Swedes and. •Rinsians, at Djekr.eboda, Sasiva, and Ratan, which places wern succenively o ccu pi e d by the fainter, and that thore was reason to think that the retreat ef the Russian army will be cut o ff b y the gweeish galley fleet The loss of the Swedes was about 400 killed and as many wounded ; that of the Rtissians, as incted• in the foregoing letter, from two to three thousand in killed, wounded, and prisoners, General Tutchlcoifli, among the killed. • • The Xing of Pam,* has just called tO his Coun cil his old Minister Baron do HARDENBIRG, who re tired about two years ago to- his estates. It is thought that the administration of the interior will be confid ed to him. If M. de - HARDEINZIIO cannot undeitislce this charge, it is intended•to supply his place-by the Grand Butsosnaster, M. &Cameo.. • -.1 FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S. GAZETTE. ••••••••••••... DOWNING-STREET, SEPTEMBER 7,,t*r9. Dispatches, of which the following are Copies and Extracts, were this day received at the Office of Viscount Castlereagh, one I.f . his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, from Lieutunaat.. General Viscount Wellington, K. B. Truxillo, August 20. MY Loan--I wrote some days ago a letter to the French Comm an d er in Chief, which I sent to him by Lieutenant -Colonel Walters, to request his cafe and attention to the wounded officers and soldiers of the British army, who had fallen into his hands, in return for the care and attention which I had paid to the French officers and soldiers, who had falleg into my hands at different times ; and that he would allow money to be sent to the officers ; and that officers, who should not be deemed priSoners of war, might be sent to superintend and take care of the soldiers, till they should recover from their wounds, when the officers should be sent to join the British army. I received a very civil answer from Marshal Mor tier, promising that every care should be taken, and Every attention paid to the British officers and sol 'diers who were wounded ; but stating, that he could not answer upon the other demands contained in my' letter, having been obliged to refer them to the Com mander in Cbief. Since the receipt of this letter, Mr. tai on the As sistant Commissary has arrived from Talavera, hay, ing been taken prisoner near Cevolla on the 27th of July, previous to the action, and having hien allowed to come away, He reports thr.t the British officers and soldiers iirho are wounded; - are -doing remarkably well ; and are well fed and taken care of ; indeed he says preferably to the French - troops. I propose to send Colonel Walters with another flag of truce to-morrow morning, and a letter to the Commander in Chief of the French army, requesting thisea snni of money which I shall send may be given to the Officers ; and I shall endeavour to establish a cartel of exchange, as soon as possible. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) A RTHVIt WELLESLZY. Lord Viscount Castlereagh, &c. Ice. &e. Truxillo, August 21. M LoßD—When I marched from Talavera on the 3d instant, with a view to oppose the French corps which we had heard had passed through the Puerte de Banos, and had arrived at Plasencia, Sir Robert Wilson was detached upon the left of the army towards Escalona ; and before I marched on that' morning, I put him in communication with the Spa nish General Cuesta, who it had been settled was to remain at Talavera. I understood that General Cuesta put Sir Robert in communication with his advanced I guard, which retired from Talavera on the night of the 4th. Sir Robert Wilson, however, did not arrive at Va ladad till the night of the 4th, having made a long march through the mountains ; and as he was then eix.leagues from the bridge of Arzo Skim, and had jo tross the high road from Oropesa to Talavera, of which the enemy was in possession, he conceived that be was too late to retire to Arzo Bispo, and he deter. mined to move by Venta St.-Julien and Centinello, towards the Tietal-, and across that river towards the mountains which separate Castile from Estremadnra. Some. of Sir Robert Wilson's dispatches having missed m 4 I am not aware by which of the'passes he went through the mountain s , b ut I believe by Tor navacas. Ile arrived, however, at Banos on the 11th, and'oa the 12th was attacked and defeated by the French corps of Marshal Ney, which, with that of Soult, returned to Plasencia on the 9th, 10th, and 11th, that of Ney having since gone on towards Sa-, lamanda,. • - I enclose Sir Robert Wilson' s account of the action. He has been very active, intelligent, and useful in the command of the Portuguese and Spanish corps with which he was-. detached from this army. • Before the battle of the 28th of July, he has push ed Isis parties almost to the gates of Madrid, with which city he was in communication ; and he would have been in Madrid, if I had not thought it-proper TO call him in, in erPiketatiOn of that general ac ti on which took place on the 28th of July. He afterwards I alarmed the enemy on the right of his army ; and throughout the service, sheaved himself to be an ac tive and intelligent partizan, well acquainted with the country in which he was acting, and possessing the confidence of the troops which he commanded.— ' Being persuaded that his - retreat was -not open by Arzo Bispo, he acted right in taking the r o ad h e did, with which he was well acquainted ; and although unsuccessful in the action which he fought, ( which, may well be accounted for, by the superior numbers ; and description of the enemy's troops) the actiod, in j my opinion, does him great credit. I have the honour ' to be, Ice. &c. ;cc. (Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY. Miranda de Castenar, AUzust 13. Sit%'.llsave the honour to acquaint you, that I ivas on match yesterday morning on the road of Gre nadelia from Alden Neuva, to restore my communi cation with =theallied army, when a peasant assured us, that a - tonsidirable quantity of dust which we .perceiveilin..the Toad of Plasencia, proceeded from - the march of a body of the enemy. I immediately returned and took post in front of Bant)s, with my picl:ets in advance of Aldea Nenva, selecting such points for defence as the exigency of the time permitted.--The enemy's cavalry advanced 'on the high road, and drove back my small cavalry posts ; but a picket of Spanish infantry, which I had concealed, poured in on the cavalry a steady and well-directed fire, that killed and wounded many of them. The two hundred Spanish infantry in advance of Aldea Neuva, continued, under the direction of -Oolonel Grant and their Officers, to maintain their & m und most gallantly, until th e enemy ' s cava l ry an d urs a Cheval, - in considerable bodies, appeared I on both flAnks, when they were obliged to retreat. The enemy's Chasseurs a Cheval and Cavalry ad 'Tamed in great numbers in every direction, and shed to eat off 'the legion posted between Alden Neuva and Banin ; but, by the steady conduct of officers and men, the enemy could only 'dvance gra dually, and with a very severe loss from the com manding fire thrown on them. The Merida battalion, however, having given way on the right, a road was laid open, which cut behind our position, and I was obliged to order a retreat on the heights above Banos, when I was again necessi- Itated to detach a carps, in order to scour the road of I Monte Major, by which I saw the-enemy directing a ,c •;'•J ):. •:. • : —sing s.. which the enem' had tried' to aseind. The battalion of Light Infantry, the detachment of the legion on its right continued, notwithstanding the enemy's fire of artillery and. musketry, to main tain their ground ; but, at sieWetock in - the es-Ening, three columns of the enemy risoUnied the height on our left, gained it, and, poured such a" fire on the trial): below that longer defence was impracticable, and the whole was obliged to retire MI the mountains on our left, leaving open the main road; along which a considerable column of cavalry immediately poured. The battalion of Seville had been left at Bejar with orders to follow me next day, but when i was obliged to return, and the action commenced, I ordered it to Puerto ;Linos, to watch the Monte Major Road and theheightsin the rear of our left. When the enemy's cavalry came near, an officer s and some dragoons called out to the Commanding Officer to surrender, but a volley killed him and his party, and -then the battalion proceeded-to mount the heights, in which movement-it was attacked and stir rounded by a columntrcavalry and - a column of in fantry, but it cut its sin? ipd cleared itself, killing a great many of the enemy; espe;cially of his cavalry. The enemy is now passing to Salamanca with great expedition ; I lament that I could no longer arrest his progress, but, when the enormous superiority of the enemy's force is' considered, and that we had no artillery, and that the Puerto de Banos on the Estre maduran side, is not a pass of such strength as on the side of Castile, especially without guns, I hope that Xresistanc.e for nine hours, which must have cost the enemy a great many men, will not be deemed in adequate to our means. • • I have to acknowledge the services rendered me' on this occasion by Colonel Grant, Major Reiman, Don Fermen Marquis, Adjutant Major of the Dra goons of Pavia, Capt. Charles and Mr. Bolman ;-- and to express the greatest approbation of two com panies of tiv Merida battalions advanced in front, and of the Commanding Officer and soldiery of the bat talions of Seville, and the Portuguese brigade. I have already noticed the distinguished conduct GI DOn Carlos, and his battalion merits the highest en comiums. I have not yet been able to collect the returns of our loss. From the nature of mountain warfare, many men are missing who cannot join for a day or two, but I believe the enemy will only have to boast that he has atchieved his passage, and his killed and wounded will be a great diminution of his victory. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) ROBERT WILSON. Sir A. Wellesley, &c. Ste. &c. Truxillo, August 21. ' General Cuesta moved his head quarters from the neighbourhood of the bridge of Arcobispo on the night of the 7th instant, to Peraleda de Garbin, leav ing an advanced guard, consisting of two divisions of I infantry, and the Duke D'Alburquerque's division of cavalry, for the defence of the passage of the Tagus I at this point. The French cavalry. pima die Nagus at a ford immediately above the bridge, at half past one in the afternoon of the Bth, and surprised this.advanced guard, which retired, leaving behind them all their I cannon, as well as those in the batteries constructed I for the defence of the bridge. • The General then moved his head quarters to the Mesa d'lbor on the evening of the Bth,itaving his I advanced guard at Bohoral. He resigned die tom mand of the army on the 12th, (on account of the-I bad state of his health) which has devolved upon Ge- ' neral Equia. The head quarters of the Sp;mibh army are now at Deleytosa. ' It appears that a detachment of Venagas's army had some success against the enemy, in an attack made upon it in the neighbourhood of Aranjuez, on the .sth instant. General Venegas was then at Ocana, and he had determined to retire towards the Sierra Morena ' • and after the sth, he h a d move d i n t h at di. rection. He returned, however, towards Toledo, with an intention of attacking the enemy on the 12th, but on the 11th the enemy attacked him with Sebastiani's corps, and two divisions of Victor's, in the neighbour hood of Almoracid. The action appears to have lasted some hours, but the French having at last gained an advantage on General Venagas's left, he was obliged to retire, and was about to resume his position in the Sierra Morena. On the 9th, 10th, and 11th, large datachments of the French troops which had come from Placencia, returned to that quarter, and on the 12th,they attacked and defeated Sir Robert Wilson in the Puerto de Ba nos, on their return to Salamanca. It appears now that the French force in this part of Spain is distributed as follows ; Mar s h a l Vi ctor ' s corps is divided betwe en Talavera and La Mancha; Sebastiani's is in La Mancha.; Marshal Mortier's at Oropesa, A rzob i spo, and Nava I nioral ; MarshalSoult's at Plasencia ; and Marshal Ney's at Salamanca. Distress for want of provisions and its effects have -at last obliged me to- move towards the frontiers of Portugal, in order to refresh my troops. In my for mer dispatches, I have informed your Lordship of our distress for the want of provisions and the means of transport. Those wants, whi c h were t h e fi rst cause of the loss of many advantages after the 2'2d of July, which were made known to the Govern ment, and were actually known to them on the 20th Govern of last month, still exist in an aggravated degree, and under these circumstances I determined to break up on the 20th from Jaraicejo, where I had had my head quarters since the 11th, with the advanced posts on the Tagus near the bridge of Almaraz, and fall back upon the frontier of Portugal, where I hope I shall I be supplied with every thing I want. . fi /'s . ship Aleeite, - det..., coast of Italy. • z Ca - Pain Stewart reports the destruction of -the , y's forts on the small isl a nd s of Gianuti and ianoso, in which ser vi ces great gallantry aFtpears to h ive been displ a y e d b y the O ffi cers and men wh o fern were employed under the directions of Lieutonants Bennett and Pearse, of the Sea-horse and Halcyon. About 100 of the enemy were made prisoners. - One private marine of the Sea-horse only was killed, .ad --' another wounded. Captain Maxwell states th e destruction of two gun . boats at Terrarina, by the Alceste and Cyane ; the bringing off from a depot of timber on the coast as - much wood as the two ships could carry ; and the deinolitieti of three strong martello towers by a de tachment of seamen and marines, commanded:by Captain Staines, of the Cyane, who displayed equal judgment and resolution. on the occasion. Whilst the ships wete taking offthe : timber, a serjeant, two cor porals, and 20 privates . Caine on board, deserters from the French army. Lord C.ollingsvoosl at the same time communicates 'air account he bad received from Captain Duman, of the Mercury, of the destruction of a number of tr.- baccolos and other vessels, on the beach of Rotti, near •Manfredonia, by the. boats of that ship, under Lieu. tenant Gordon. - Ville de Paris, off Toulon, June 49, 18011. • Sits—lnclosed I transmit you, for - the Information Of th e L or d s Commiasinners of the Admiralty, a letter I have received Irons Captain Rain, Commander of his Majesty's sloop the Seour,•giv iog as account of the boats of that sloop having carried an ene my s battery near Cape Croisette, and captured and destroyed seven sail of the enemy's coasters, whith had taken shelter un der i;. • Captain Raitt speaks in high terms of praise of the conduct of Lieutenant Battersby, who commanded the boats on this oct3siou, and of the officers and men who accompanied him. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) COLLINCWOOD. Honourable W. W. Pole. His Majesty's sloop Scoot, at Sea, June 14, 1809: My Lord—l beg leave to inform your Lordship, that this morning, having observed a convoy of Amu: fourteen sail under the protection of two gun-boats, coming round Cape Croisette, steering to the East ward, I made all sail in chace, but about one P.M. it falling neatly calm, and the convoy a good deal!dis:- persed, I detached the boats, under the command of Lieut. Battersby, manned by volunteers, seven sail pushed for a harlsour, about three leagues to the eastward of the Cape, where the boats proceeded under a heavy and well-directed fire o f grape an d musketry. After landing a party to keep the enemy in check, who were numerous among the Rocks, stormed and took possession of the battery, with two 6-pounders mounted in embrazures, which, after spiking, brought out the whole of the vessels, although they were fast with ropes to their masts-head and keels, and constantly annoyed with musketry from behind the Rocks. I am sorry to say this service hat not been per formed without some loss on our side, having one killed and five wounded, two badly ; but from the time, aad other great advantages the enemy had, I hope your Lordship will agree with me in thinking it comparatively small. The Conduct of the whole of the Officers, - seamen, and marines, employed on this occasion, deserves the • highest commendation ; but I wish to point out par . ticularly, that of Lieut. Battersby, the Ist Lieute nant, that led the party up to storm the battery.— `Frem his condtict oil this occasion, and a great num ber of others that he has performed in the Straights of Gibraltar, I beg leave to recommend him to your .Lordship.- . : : The conduct of Mr. Farrant, 2d Lieutenant ; Mr. • Batten, master ; and Mr. Thompson, master's mhte, deserve" my warmest thanks for their determined bravery in going up the ha r b our with the boats under a htaify fire of grape and Musketry from both sides, who have at all times handsomely volunteered their services on similar occasions. The prizes arc laden with - wool, grain, leather, flotir and cheese; two of them I have been obliged to destroy after taking• out -their cargoes, the others I have sent to Mahon. I beg leave to inclose a list of killed and wounded. I have the honour to be,'Scc. (Signed) Wm. RA IT 3. The Right Hon. Lord Collingwood, 3cc. A List of Officers and Men killed and wounded on board or. his . Majesty's sloop Scout, Wm. Rain, Esq. Commander, in-eut tang out a French convoy of Merchant vessels from under a ' Battery, near Cape Croisette, Coast of France, Mediterrat....r, upon the 14th day of June, Imo. , Killed—John Marshland, laudman. Wounded—John Wilson, boatswain ; John Gage and Alexander Rennydandmen ; Robert Evans, volunteer Ist class; Jeremiah Barber, corporal of marines. —Total, 1 killed, 5 wounded- - ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, SEPT. 9. Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood has transmitted to the Hon. Wm. Wellesley Pole, another letter from Captain Raitt, of his-Majesty's sloop the Scout, giving an account of a gallant attack - Made on the 15th July, by a party of seamen and tnatines, under the direc 'tion . of Lieutenant Batteriby, ,on a strong battery, -which commanded the port of Carry,7 between Mar seilles and the Rhone. The fort was carried without any loss on our side, and all the guns in it spiked ; five of the enemy were killed, and seven Made pri soner:. • ADMIRAL;'" OFFICE, strrEmnEß e. Viee Admiral Lord Collingwood has transmitted to the. Hon. William Wellesley Pole, a lettet kora Captain Brenton, of his Majesty's 'ship the. Spartan, giving an account of the reduction of the citadel and batteries on the island of Lussin, on the coast of Cro atia, on the 10th of May last, by that ship, acting in concert with a detachment of Austrian troops unsler the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Baron °char nick. The garrison, consisting of 170 men, was com pellet to surrender at discretion, after some opposi tion to the attacks of the allies, in which the greatest gallantry was displayed by the latter, and in *kith they had only three men wounded. The conduct of Lieut. Wines and Baumgardt of the Spartan, and Lieutenant Fidgen of theiviarines, is particularlypO r ticed by Captain Brenton. - • Lord Collingwood has also inclosed a letter from Captain P ' _ - an accotaat the coast or r ;1 • eel. 441//is .... 14 40 11 011°4Mriled *Mt* fifP4ert° 4111509 / 1 , a; P. 6 1 4 1 011 1, ' 1 3444 r thisvtinsele...lktiNOnsiat /42111141114vbt.re Came 'up With WV inkittileKtibilrftifalittr the uiest pnatte' ::)itofit the heiglits cOmmanding the road of Dan wo4.l).ena. med to send some of, the. Merida battalion on the mean- taro on our • left commanding the main -road; and 1 whir), pi,- L_ • • - . .1 -•• 05t0011111... of his M 4 .5 . .. . in Maisel.- 1 • . , '," their pßoceeditigs do_ _ ..... ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 9. Letter'', of which the following are copies or abstracts, have been received at this Office from Vice-Admiral Lord Coiling. wood, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's ships and vessels in the Mediterranean, addressed to the Honourable William Wel lesley Pole. ADMIRALTY , A letter has been . Hon. William Wellesley Lord Collingwood, off Toulon, die 21st ~ t • LICITXT Captain &lien of die Volontaire, giving an woos V-OFFICE, SEPTIMBER 9, of the destruct= 'of Fort Rion:, on the mutt I received at this Office b the France,. ands eapatire of five veisels which it on llesley Pole from Tr *acted, bip•umilysot, oi the bevoship under the eon dated ea board the Vale do•Paiii mend Shone, of *hose Plia"rY st Jane last, tantrobitdataapb 13614•Seilleii %Apo Psi high praises On the lide"'"' rAerii ocur.