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;IGN INTELLIGENCE. ;OTTENBURGH, JUNE 6. 1g Official Papers have been commu liet by his Royal Highness the Duke COPY OF A NOTE FROM COUNT RONANZOFF TO BARON SCHWERIN, BEARING DATE THE 9TH (iIST ) APRIL, 1809. The undersigned Minister for Foreign Affairs having reported to his Imptrial Majesty the Emperor, his muter, the conversa• 'ion which he had with Baron Schwerin, Master of the Hone, and Grand Master of the Ceremonies of the Order of Sweden, has received his Majesty's commands to declare to him in answer, that his Imperial Majesty is animated with the moat lively desire to conclude a speedy Peace with Sweden. The interruption of the military operations at a moment when the success obtained afforded the most flattering hopes of gaining still greater advan. tages, cannot but prove it in the most unquestionable manner but his Majesty feels extremely concerned to discern very clearly that the Swedish Government is not influenced by the same de sire, but merely endeavours to protrct matters, and then to remove 'the salutary work of Peace to a still greater distance. Majesty has also strong reasons, from all the intelligence he reiebees front Sweden, to entertain a just distrust with re gard to the.;itua:ion of the actual government of Sweden. All th ese enn a ja r rAttosa. Impose op ItlitL the the painful necessity to Nen the proposed armistice, and to continue hostilities till the pet* wgen a lawful government in Swedes shall acquaint him, Olt lt is'eincerely and firmly determined to conclude peace on the iiile'eonditions which his Imperial Majesty can accept, and which are already known to Sweden. This resolution of His Majesty is not by any means dictate/ by a desire to make new acquisitions, and he declares himself ready to restore all that shall have been othipied by his troops on the other side of Halix. " The undersigned avails himsels of this opportunity, &c. (Signed) Count NICHOLAS ROMANZOTY. Copy of a Letter from Count Romanzoif to Baron Lagerbjelke, dated St. Petersburgh, to-ez April, 1809: • Sea—Baron Schwerin has delivered to me the letter which you have done me the honour to write to me, dated Stockholm, 6th April, new style, by which you have been pleased to acquaint me that the resignation of Baron Ebrenheim baying been accepted, the department of foreign affairs is entrusted to you. I anticipate the pleasure which this appointment will one day procure me to entertain with you, through the restoration of peace, relations be nefteial for both States, and which I shall resume with the greatest satisfaction. The Emperor, my master, is sincerely desirous of peace; influenced both by the feelings of his heart, and his unti l:ROM towards the King of Sweden. He has already declared, that restricting himself to the preservation of what he has acqui red by the fate of arms, he does not desire any more ; and as to the relations of Sweden with England, if it be true that the change which has taken place in Sweden, has no other object than to save the State, and rescue it from the calamities to which it was ex. posed, by the false political system hitherto pursued, what can Sweden do better than change it at once ? An armistice has ap peared inadmissible to his Majesty, and the note which I have presented to Baron Schwerin, and of which I annex a copy, con tains the Emperor's opinion on the subject. I have the honour to be, (Signed) Count Meseta/ Roust:2oM The following is an extract of a letter received this morning, dated Berlin, nth May : dg An official courier and an express have arrived for the Austrian Minister, and an express has also ar rived with dispatches for Count Golz, all of which bring the happy tidings of a glorious battle gained by the Austrians at Aspern and Eslingen. The bat tle commenced at noon on the 21st, and continued till dark. Bonaparte in person made the attack next zoori l ipg with 80,000 men, 80,000 of whom we r e .41* Wit dead in the fielduf battle or taken prisoners. The ItitStrians have also taken an immense number of cannon from the French. It was the Austrian cavalry .that decided the fate of the day. Bonaparte bas recrossed the Danube, and is retreating by the isle Lobau. Another extra courier brings intelligence that General Kollowrath has passed the Danube, near Lintz, and taken 6,000 prisoners ; that the Generals iellachich and Castellar had joined their forces with those of General Kollowrath,and shared in the success. The Archduke John has resumed his command, bas beaten the enemy near Villa Franca. Eight o'clock, p. m.—Papers have been re; termed here to-day from Copenhagen, of the d a t e o f the ist inst. which confirm the foregoing gate:neut." FROM A GERMAN PAPER. " I herewith inform my troops, that General Casteliar has to. tally defeated the French General Lefebvre (Duke of Dantzie), and has entirely driven him ont of the country. (Signed) " WltttAat, Duke of Brunswick Lunenburg." PROCLAMATION. GENERAL ORDERS. " Head-quarters, Zittau, May 2E. ... " TJ MY COUNTRYMtN !—Where is the German who, like myself, feels not the miafortunes of our country? Where is he, amorg us, who delays to fly to arms ? Now or never—the mo ment has arriitd when we Germans can combat Colour lawful lib rty. Already ate part of our countrymen engaged% battle— zrd should we remain spectators, without aiding In this great •' Our Inactivity, the inaintenar.ce of differences among our selves, an the eati,-s wily Germans hit:icrto have lost battles.— By cunning and perfidy rho enemy hiv, gained, what a powerful German tsat!on would r.ever rsve suffered to be lot:. " Germans of the North and of the South—subjects of every Princo--let us Sy :end unite in arms ! I shall assist with ill my power, and encounter every risk for the salvation of my Oonntry. But as we are unable to rise in a body, to assail at one point, as the enemy is accustomed to 40, we must act in wall parties. " ►t is this petty warfare which I recommend to my country ? en, by which we can render the most important services against. ib • enemy-,interruptlng 11;t, points of commaniertion—inter . epting messengers—and his trans, , orts, magazines, and artillery. lake or les . roy all that belongs to him. I Thus those :mat act who are at too great a distance from me; the o hers I tall upqn to unite with me, and their ser►ices s h : it be most wWiogiy accepted ; only, they must not insist upon a r. nk so which they have no retensloos, either from personal aerie, or their activity in enrolling men. " For the support of My army, 1 only demand forage and vie shall be dem aa d e d --no disor nal,. No contrihutiors moh e y d em shall he ',offered—on the contrary, 1 promise to release the Inhabitant. from their taxes. No person shall be discharged from t h e once he now holds; the disposal of which belongs to the law ful possessor of the provinces. " tlsen, to arms !—Lert its testify to the world that we Gerrmitib, willing to combat our oppressors, for our laws and t dog. CUU"I ynit.,i—y e {row how unjustly toy * D a y livt In t. d,.vett from the possessions o f my . ancestors; and who cat havt greaser cause than myself to make every exertion In my pets er, acsi nall,uirts yort for co-operation I " %Va. I.IA se, Duke of Brunswiet Lunenburg.n Head quarter., Zittao, May 1I,1809." PARLI4MEIVriar,PROCEZMIOCS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 14. English Appeal, Orporne, Widow, v. Penfold, Clerk...X.otissel were farther heard in ,this cause, via. Mr. Solicitor-General, at considerable length, on behalf of t he respondent. Farther hearing adjourned till Friday. The Earl of LIVB.RPOOL, in pursuance of a notice he bad given on a former evening, presented a Bill to supply certain omissions, and to amend the Local Militia Act. It was Isis in tention, as he mentioned at the time, to embody these provisions (which he proposed to have introduced into the main Bill, had it act been inadverteatly read a third time without his know ledge), into a substantive Act, and this he now bad the honour to present to their Lordships. The Bill was forthwith read a first time. The Prize Shares Regulation, the Ship Owners, the Insolvent Debtors, and the Friendly Societies Regulation Bills, were seve rally read a third time and passed, and messages ordered to acquaint the Commons therewith. _ _ . The African Coffee Excise, and the Irish Revenue Regulation Bills, severally passed through Committees of the whole House, and were rkported withotit any amendment. The Report of the Committee on the Bankrupt Laws Improve ment Bill was taken into consideration, and agreed to by the House. The Consolidated Fund Bill was read a second time, and com mitted for to-morrow. TRIM MILITIA. On the question for going into a Committee on the Irish Militia Regulation Bill, The Earl of HARDWICKE entered into some detailed considerations respecting the constitution and organization of the Irish Militia Forces, parts of which he thought defective ; and expressed his wish that the whole system were more generally assimi lated to that pf the British, with a view to eitheT country more effectually availing itself of an inter change of Militia Service. He notified his inten tion to propose some amendments to the present Bill, with a view of obviating the defects to which he had alluded. The Earl of CLANCARTY deprecated the intro. duction of any novel principle or provisions under the present circumstances, and in the very advanced period of the session, as affecting the Irish Militia force. Their Lordships would recollect, that the Irish Militia was a new institution compared with' that of England—it required therefore, not only the more care and attention to be paid to it, but several encouragements to foster its growth, and increase its strength, which may not be so necessary for the Mi litia force of England. His Lordship then entered into a statement of certain particulars of the organi zation of the Irish Militia, which he observed was constituted upon a very different footing from the English • in order to evince that under file circum stances, le alterations adverted to by the Noble Earl would have an injurious instead of a salutary effect. He trusted, therefore, that the Noble Earl, upon far ther consideration, would tee the propriety of ab staining from coming forward at present, and suffer the Bill to pass through the Committee in its present shape. • The Earl of HARDWICKE spoke briefly in ex planation. • The Earl of LIVERPOOL concurred with his Noble Friend as to the propriety of suffering the Bill, under the circumstances, to remain in its present shape. He had to remind Noble Lords, that by the present Bill no novel re-iiilations (I. provision was in - troduced into the Irish Militia system. The Bill was for consolidating and reducing into one Act, for the sake of clearness and perspicuity, the substance of the different acts heretofore made for the regulation of the Irish Militia. It therefore necessarily referred tothese Acts, but without making any material altera tion in them ; and in this view the Noble Earl oppo site seemed to see the subject in an erroneous light. —At this period of the Session, too, be thought it much preferable to let the subject remain as at pre . sent. Any object of general 'regulation which may be in view respecting the military force of the United Kingdom would be much more advantageously brought forward at an early period" of a future session. After a few words from the Earl of ItOSSLYN, their Lordships resolved into a Committee on the Bill, which was agreed td, and reported without any amendments. ,! FILFIIIII , FORE, G 0 The following ticated to the Di 1, Regent: SEATSIN PARLIAMENT BILL. The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the second reading of the Seats in Parliament Bill. It was not his intention, he said, at present to trouble their Lordships with a statement of those reasons which be thought should induce their Lordships to concur with the other House of Parliament, in, adopting the Bill in question, which professed to provide for a greater degree of puritt in the elections of Members to that House. On the principle of such a Bill, he trusted there could not be that difference of Opinion, which might obtain as to the means of (tarrying such a principle most effectually into execution—or for any discussion of that kind, the Committee naturally pre tented itself as the fittest stage ; but whatever objec. tion might be entertained as to the measure generAll y, Might take place on the question for going into the Committee ; and on that proceeding he would there fore propose that any such discussion should take place, and reserve himself accordingly. The Noble Se.r:t.iry concluded by moving, that the Bill be now read a second time. Earl GROSVENOR did not object to the pro posed arrangement, but lie had again to express his regret at the practice that prevailed of sending up or introduc;ng Bills into that House so verynear the close of a Session, that either from the time or the state of the attendance, ito reasonable hope could be enter tainer of theirAeeting with a full or adequate dis cussion. With respect to the present Bill, it refevea, to subject* su ch great and general importancOs 4 4„. to merit,: , "ndent of the way in which it coat up to them, the most full, serious, and deliberate' consideration on the part of their Lordships. AtAe. same tittle, he could not avoid saying, as to the 011 in its present Shaft,. it had been so mutilated and. de faced in its pitsgreu through the other House, and rendered so different from the measure which was ori ginally proposed, that he should feel it his duty to oppose it.;.-he, however, wished the attendance to be as full as pOssible when the discussion should take place. The Earl of LIVERPOOL then propasesi t that the Bill should be contained far. to-oorrew, Tile Earl of Rosst i o. expressed bus. wish to know if it were the itlienpeti Of the Noble. Secretary to press the commiitite 441 the 8i11 . ....; •• • •, . ja, lie the previous discussion) 4pld c d to 7 • -r n ' • *44 ituY . . • • 1- considerabl e l engt h. • The Earl of LIVERFOOL y re • • Lordships w ou ld j u dge o f the Pixiiriety or ipio . ceeding under the circumstances. • R , ~., . Zarl CROSVENOR asked, if tba :art wield object tic the o l o ords being summoned foe , roan-ow ? The Earl otLivERPOOL replied in the nega= ljpon which the Bill was committed for to-mor row, and the Lords ordered to be summoned,. The Irish Catholics Freehold Bill was then read a secdnd time, and the other Bills upon the table for warded.—After which, an Adjournment took place. HOUSLOF COMMONS. The Spz*az& took the Chair at four o'clock, and counted the House ; but Lherebeing only 28 Members present, an adjournment took 'dace. i 1 1 1. EV Fanio STA . . , ~,;.. Lompoii: THURSDAY AINt 15. . PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ptql.o.cLoolc. • Coss. for *pg. 64—Ro4cegl,I _ i I pre = t s"9"h" kiche. Bills. is.* s.te: . ~ , . PRICE OF STOCKS Ittelirfirs Bask Stock 101 251 . i.,, SS . Itutiat I), ~,: 1 91..pr. S per , Cent Re or . 4 South Sea Stock 74} per Cent. Co ilslii ; trash Sper Cent. 96-I 4 per eent.lSH ' ~ ' Ezcbeq. aims 61. 111 pre. 4 per Cent. Navy eh* Omnium i A 1 prem. Lon Ans. Ist 9-16 ~ Cass. for ace. 69{ India Stock for opg. 101 . • : ~- Our opinion with respect to Captain Fiore's letter from the Baltic, giving an account of another vic tory over the French on the Danube, proves to be correct. Our Readers will find the article from which Captain Ron must have derived his information in our extracts from the Swedish papers given to-day.— It is merely a brief sketch of the actions of the 21st and 22d. No confirmation has yet been received of the ru moured declaration of war by Prussia against France. —Several letters, however, to Officers! of the' German Legion, from their friends on the Continent, repeat the same rumour. The foreigner of dis tinction, whom . we yesterday elledecl to . aa_ having brought intelligence of the *Wee. nature, , we. find! 'lon enquiry, was Prince Wai t /J* l .'of -011A413E, son of the late. StadthOider• - ililirivid at Yarmouth on Tuesday, from Gottentiurgb; in the Roi A sloop of war, and upon his landing prticisifiled to Windsor. to visit their MAJESTIRS. The Duke of Buuxviticiehils raised the of revolt against the French tn:taironiThe has Wiled a spirited Proclamation, ;221ciresed to his telfgai tqua trymen, calling upon them to tape-upagnts.f . .. J! ~S ~ Yesterday, soon after twelve eelotkAls M'Ailtere arrived at the Queen's Palace, fret Wintlioi, where he was received by several of the "Royal Dukee. About two o'clock his MaJtot held' i private levee. The following had the honour of bfingresented to his MAJESTY: — The Earl of Eon tllo NT, upon his - being apPdited Lieutenant 'Colonel of the Sussex Local Militia. Major-General Baonaicx, upon his appointment to the Go vernment of Martinique, and to the command of the Regiment of Malta. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and gave audi ences to Earl CAMDEN, the Earls of WESTMORELAND, LIVERPOOL, CHATHAM ; Messrs. CANNING and PEE CEVAL • and to Mr. RYDER, WhO_lllid before his MA JESTY the proceedings of several Courts-Martial. Soon after six o'clock his Ma.rssiit set off upon Ms return to Windsor. The Duke of Poirri.aso was prevented Atom ate tending his MAJESTY thiough indisposition. A Cabinet Council was hclA,yesterday at the Fo reign Office. The greater part of the Members were present. The Marquis cf WELLESLEY and Secretary left town on Tuesday for Portsmouth. His Lordship proceeds to Spain in the DONEQAL. Yesterday at three o'clock the Duchess of BRUNS WICK and the Princess of WALES dined with the Du chess of Yoatt, at her house in the Stable Yard, St. Jairtes's half-past five- the Duchess of BRUNSWICK set off on her team* to Blackheath, and the Princess of WALES to Kensington PilaCe. • Yesterday his Royal flightiest the Duke of Cunt lINtL,AND gave a grand dinner, at ,his house in St. James's Palace, to his Grace the Duke of CORDON,. Marquis of HUNTLEY, the LORD CimNotu,on t .the Earls of B4criittasT and Worstoiust,AND Lord 2, . _ ARMS, &C. Royal Highness the Duke of CAP.ZERIDAZ en tertained a large party of Military and other Gentle men, with an elegant dinner, yesterday, at his house in Berkeley-square. • 1). • Lord San.°lf had yesterday a fall from his ba- Touche. Mr. WILLIAM CHURCHILL' was sitting with him on the box, when, near the top of Si. James's • street it broke down, and they both fell to the ground. Lord SEFTON was unhtirt, but Mn CHURCHILL re ceiveda severe contusion on the. head. He was taken .into a neighbouring .shop, from which, after a time,• he was earned home, and the wound is not dangeioni. A you_ng Lady, seventeen years of age, the itragh • ter of 2'M*. FLATINEN, in'Cbciperts4qtiare, liefittaV ville-road,' was burnt its . sts - shocking a manner on Friday evening last, that stilt expired after endUring ;excruciating torment ; 4itiilluesday evening.. She :was sitting up alone waiting the return of her uncle, and having fallen asleep, the candle cangbt her dress which was completely burnt. • it 'was an boor after the accident b At Thaningion Pam, near .46 Fri day • taislitiiit on. last, a ploughman, in the ernphi c / of being at work with a teln .. glie &it ir: 1 1 ( .61 ' tfp lll Ptir forming exactly as the matt Wisheil; 'Wier& itie;;,• ral times on the head, &c. with the ia.st brOat lence, till at length the otherwise docileanimal turned , on its oppressor, and seizing Rim with c • • rie.d:hirnfOr distance; itAr,eir . w itti Mice; i-eikewed it:s,aetaCk:hy ; head, - and*WcAlcrprobably ba'srelt not one of his mates ran to his assistance and raitaahitie from the fate his cruelty so justly Malta* THE ARMY. - The Berwick and fnvoraess Regiments of Militia are ccdered to embark for Harwich. The Royal Bucks Militia marched through yesterday for Hastings. An order has been sent down to every regiment to make an immediate return of its effective strength, that the great expedition which is preparing may sail with all possible speed. Friday last a party of the Stirlingshire Militia, un der the command of Lieutenant AMORY, marched into Greenock, to relitle the party of the 71st, who set off for Glasgow. On the 26th ult. the 2d battalion 88th Regiment, or Connaught Rangers, 800 strong, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel 'Arata.acz, was inspected and re viewed at Castlebar, by Major-General VANSITTART, Commanding the Athlone District ; when the batta lion performed its various evolutions and firings to the entire satisfaction of the General, and which he was pleased to express in the handsomest manner to the Lieutenant-Colonel. On the following monolog, an order was read for draughting 204 rank and file to join the Ist battalion, in Spain, when immediately about double the number volunteered ; but on the morning on which the draught should have marched, it was countermanded, and the whole battalion is now on its march to Middleton barracks to embark for Portugal. The la,sti division of this battalion marched from Castlebar-,on::the 6th instant, to the great regret of the, inhabitants, with whom they have lived on the roost friendly terms for these ten months past. THE LATE CAMPAIGN IN SPAIN. A General' Return of the Losses sustained by the Cavalry and Infantry of the Army which served in Spain in 1808-9, has been made out, in obedience to lan order of 'the House of Commons, transmitted by the Secretary of State to the Quarter-Master General. it includes the whole loss, as returned by the differ. ent corps; but it is material to observe, that the amount of loss for which remuneration is to be grant. ed by the public cannot be known until the Board of Claims (now sitting) shall have reported its opinion as to what ought to be allowed or disallowed, of the claims brought forward. The following ate the total losses of the most material articles ; CAVALRY.—Consisting of the 7th, 10th, 1 Sth, and 18th Light Dragoons; and the sd ditto King's German Legion. ESTIMATE OF LOSS, IN NAGGAGIO Olken . ‘11,130 9 I Nos-compiesl444 Meth a n Privauks 5,977 15 Iti IN AIM. Carabina, 1100; Pistols, 2313; Sabres (or Swords), 1923 ; Steil Scabbards, 4421 Trumpets and Bugles, 17; Forage Carts, 11. ACCOINTRICIALNTS ANN lIIIIVINTNINTI. Pouches, Belts, and Runners, 1234; lets of Acocattreinenti, complete, 392; Saddles, complete, 1970; Bridles, com • ?tete, 1782; Blankets, 1 651; Chabraques, 1429; Sheep skins, 1687; Sets of Baggage-straps, 1828 ; Sean( Chink* straps, 679; Sabretashes, 1488; Sword or 3ahre-b9ks, 1241 ; Herne-collars and Rings, 1484; Boots, pairs, 7011; Span, pairs, 708; Sashes, 117; Cloaks, 1554. CAMP zwiseatt.,—(Teh minute for &sail.) INFANTRY.—Consisting of the different Battangps ti. 4 t h e NI" lowing Regiments : Ist Foot G upds, 1M lo t r ia l ik td s ZeenV. 4th, Sib, 6th, 9 th;,l4th; 20th, 28d, s 4Sdl, • tid o 44g, 494, 50th, 511 t, 59d, 31kkollOtl4 net,ll92l4.l9lthillast, 824 ) last, 9 , 441'114 !with; &pa Star Carpi; end Royal , • . . 1 . 11 . 313 4. 11 774 40r: PIM* er 84.410iikalt. z i . • • ; n • Clißeer;w4i!l.4 l .lll" : lebtrAm ' lss• lone . 4 1' 1 : 41 - or *air: .Rlkes,. ; 'Bulb; 1434 .19814110100109 41111,011 bi WINS Bart - nets; al 82 ; - ‘ r. or aogoteitmoniTeranla APPEMTMIPMTiII. Serjeants.--Swortls, 4 ; SWeed-bears, 230; Pouches, 98; Pouch-belts, 101 ; 54; Sword-knots, 136; Sashes, 379; Breast-platei,"3lo; Pwerder-horns, 78. Drummers and nimesTs.—free Mid, r Rank and Pile.—Pouches, 11;930; ch-belts, 11051 ; Bayonet-beks, 11,195 ; Breast-plates, 9920; Firelock• slings, 1014 ; Powder-horns, WO; Scabbards, 4497; Great Coats, 9082. CAMP tQUIPAOt.—•(Tos whiwkier We understand that the Spanish ships in our ports are forthwith .to sail on their return to Spain, after having been fitted out in the best way, as a proof of the entire confidence we repose in their honour;--and it is said they will be, by mutual consent, employed in the joint operations of the war; probably ifaconve)ing British and Spanish troops from one point to another, the better to harass and weaken the common enemy. At the Police-Office, Hatton-Garden, on Tuesday, Captain JENNINGS and Captain SOUTH, were brought out of a field, near Gray's Inn-lane, with their se conds, as they were going to fight a duel, in cons*. quence of a dispute which arose between them at a coffee-house, in Holborn, when the former parties' were bound in the sums of 5001. each, on their own tecogniz.ances, and the two latter in one half the sum, to preserve the peace, Captain BARCLAY ciMlinued fresh and 4,01 at six o'clock yesterday morning, although rather more in dined to sleep as he goes on. An alarm clock is fixed over his couch, which awakens him at the tip pointed time. It has already been stated that a rove :of lamps has been fixed for the pedestrian to go his mile by night ; these have been broken by some ma licious people several times ; but - the Captain has guarded against this foul play in future by placing a wateb, and he now does not go alone.i ELOPEMENT.—A curious scene Kesented itself yes terday at Knightsbridge, in consequence of a post chaise having been stopped by two gentlemen, in which were a young lady and gentleman. From the warmth of the parties, the populace soon understood she had eloped brim her home, in Sloane-street. The curiosity of John Bull was such, to get a sight of her, the thepassage was impedlil near an hotf T -She was i rv h taken away in* . eliariot, by Iterlilds-'— slle,. 4410014ecitood to borthe only daughtet 1 ) 11A, ,itiMPOfkroVertY• 211tellant. was it viva, god* She had goise to the house otit l f . dhirkite4treet, Rathkeiellaces withg*l her parent,"ffithe mortilisg; and it watin - cOiaqll of the receipt of a note, teat thetas* was discovered.