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I . GN . INTELLIGENCE. ACT OF ELECTION. - Stockholm, September 1. We, the undersigned, States-general of the kingdom of Swe den, Counts, Barons, Bishops, Representatives of the Nobility, Clergy, Burghers, and Peasants, assembled in the Extraordinary Diet at Orebro, make known that Ids Royal Highness Prince Charles Augustus of Schleswig Holstein Augustenburg, elected Prince Royal of Sweden, of the Goths and Vandals, being de ceased without heirs male, and judging that lt is our duty to pre vent and to avert the danger to the independence and tranquillity of the kingdom, as•well as to the rights and privileges of its inha bitants, which might result from a vacancy of the throne, and a consequent election; exercising, at the same time, the power which is reserved to us bj the 94th Article of the .Constitution of the 6th June, 1809, ofelecting in such case a new dynasty ; far these reasons, and considering that the High and Mighty Prince and Lord Jean Baptiste Jule Bernadotte, Prince of Ponte Corvo. is endowed with virtues and qualities which give us the well-founded hope of enjoying under, the reign of that Prince a good administration and prosperity, the fruits of a legal, energetic and beneficent Government : We, the States-general of Sweden, upon the proposition of our august King now reigning, under condition that the said Prince and Lord the Pt ince of Ponce Cor ve, have before his arrival on the Swedish territory embraced the rvangelical Lutheran Religion, and signed the conditions drawn L 7 us, have voluntarily elected by free and unanimous suffrage, tor ourselves and our descendants, the High and Mighty Prince Jean Baptiste Jule Bernadotte, Prince of Pence Corvo; to the d'gnity of Prince Royal of Sweden, to reign in Sweden and its dependencies after the decease of our present august Sovereign (whose days play the ALMIGHTY prolong!), to be crowne,cl Kiug of Sweden, and receive the oath of fidelity ; in shrrt, injovern the kingdom according to the literal sense of the Constitution of the 6th June, 1809, and of the other laivs iu force, as well fun damental as general and special, the whole conformable to the artieers which his Royal Highness shall give now, and atterwatde at his accession to the throne. We also confer on the legitimate male descendants of his Royal Highness the right of filling the throne of Sweden, In the order and manner which are literally prescribed in the law of succession which we have established. • We, the States-general of Sweden, have, in consequence, Con firmed the present Act of Election by the signature of our namei, and affixing our seals. Done at Orebro, this 21st of August, in the year of the Christian ra isle. RIGA, SEPTEMBER 1. It has been made known at the Custom•honse here, that ships arriving from friendly ports, need not send their papers as formerly to Petersburgh, but they will be examined here, and permission will be given them to load. A second Ukase orders, 1. That the sale of those cargoes that are condemned by the decree of the '.'.7th July lel°, and which to the day of the arrival of this prohibition are not sold, shall be stopped, and of those which have been sold, a more specific account shall be taken. - 2. The cargoes, or parts of the unsold cargoes, shall remain In the custody of the Tamoskna, who shall diligently enquire whe ther that part unsold is subject to gradual or immediate decay S. When the unsold cargoes are found subject to decay,' or have begun to decay, or where decay is inevitable, the Taznoskna has orders to proceed to sell the same; but with regard to the. confiscated ships, the sale of them is to be put in operation. BERLIN, SEPTEMBER 2. • Lady Bathurst, after long enquiries with regard to the fate of her husband, who, as isinown t disappeared near Perleberg, appears to be convinced 'that Mr. Bathurst put a period to his own life. Even on set ting out from Vienna, he laboured under a violent attack of the spleen; and letters from him of -a later date, which have been found, shew, that this mental derangement was every day increasing. Lady Ba thurst returns to England by France. SEPT. 6.—The foll Owing has been published here : " His Majesty, being dextrous that all the orders which have for their object the maintenance of the Continental system should continue to be executed with the greatest rigour, has resolved, in order to accelerate the processes of confiscation commenced against all those who possess or import Colonial merchandise, to appoint a Tribunal of Commerce, which shall pronounce exclusively and definitively on matters connected with this kind of confiscation. • This Tribunal shall sit at Berlin, and shall take informations at the different places by means of Commissioners appointed for that purpose. " His Majesty, by this measure, wishes to conciliate the in terests of the State, with that justice which individuals have a right to expect." Berlin, August 16, 1810." I.UBECK, S 1 Since last spring, the coasts of Denmark and the Straits are filled with English vessels. The frigates which made their appearance have been followed by numerous vessels of war destined to escort the mer chantmen. The Danish gun-boats, of which the Government has stationed a great number in the Belt, and on the coast of Norway, often capture these lat ter vessels. When it is a calm, their attacks are never • fruitless ; they then engage the ships of war with mach success, and become from day to day more ex pert at this kind of warfare. The English are afraid of them, and avoid thaat with care. It is observed, that the English vesseWnever sail but with a very fa • .vourable wind. If the wind is not quite favourable, those who direct their movements prefer casting an chor'where they are less exposed to attack ; • they al ways keep united• I The price of Colonial produce, as might have been expected, has risen in consequence of the late order of his Majesty with regard to their importatiap - .-- Tobacco has also risen to an excessive price, frop th t e cessation of our commerce. NAPLES, SEPTEMBER 5. A Detree, dated the Royal Camp at Piale, August bears that from that date the vbluntary enrolments are suppressed, and that all the corps of the army shall be completed by the mode of conscription. The Royal Gendarmerie, the Municipal Guard of Naples, mid the Royal Corsican Regiment, are excepted from this arrangement. PANSCOWA, AUGVST 17. The Russians have made themselves masters of the •city of Rudschuck, but they have suffered much from •. the garrison, which has retired into the citadel, and • rrobably will not surrender till the Grand Vizier has . fought a battle. Reis still strongly entrenched with • his army before Schumia, and every day receives fresh reinforcements. • • BRODY, ' BRODY, AUGUST tot Accorling to the latest intelfigestefrom Moldavia, the IMperiar Russian Cow, sent to that pi°. • wince, has relinquished *lt project of organizing that country as well as Wallichisso cm che same footing as the Russian Empirth'wAff the Russian troops, which remained in the millibar!, piml4nces of the Russian • Empire, "have jeceived orders td proceed by forced nlarChr wetly to the frontiers of Persia, and partly to the-Danube. They are relieved by azey troops coming frost the north= prorilwer, ....... • - 2111)061r1hate who IV. ID. Mon sel, • to mark miscon determined Honourable According to letters received commercial. houses, the Grand from Constantinople at the head advanced guard of which has _ tion with, the army of the Grand battle is expected, which probably issue of this campaign. SEPT. 6.1—1 t is settled that the Emperor is to set out for, Hungary, and perhaps he will spend some weeks there. The reiterated applications which have been made for the holding of an extraordinary Diet, and the solicitations which his Majesty has received on this subject, have, it is said, determined our august Sovereign to proceed to Pest, to deliberate with an assembly of Magnates of the first class, of some Pre lates and Deputies of the principal cities, upon the meaps of procuring the co•operatiun of Hungary in the execution of the new plan of finance. It is pro bable that this assembly will decide, whether it be necessary to convoke an extraordinary diet, or suffi cient to adopt merely provisional measures relative 40 the new impositions, to be afterwards submitted to the sanction of the states. It is believed that this last course will be adopted, and that the opening of the ordinary diet will take place as early as the beginning of next January. _elute _ Honourable Court of Directors shall be known, and to direct them to proceed to England by the earliest opportunity. The Commander-in-Chief is requested to direct that the remaining Cadets who were put in restraint, to be kept under close arrest, until a final decision shall be passed on their case. J. ADAM, Secretary to Government MU. Dep. BUNDLECUND ARMY. (From the MADRAS Comma, February 27.) Our last accounts from the Bundlecund army are of the 25th ult. They were then encamped at a place called Binderee, situated between Kinlassa and Maltown. They had left Goolgunge on the 14th, and began to ascend the Ghauts on the 16th of Ja nuary. Passing then by Heerapore and Boxab, they arrived at a place called Roroun, from whence on the I morning of the 23d, they bent their course to the ri ver Doosun, which is considered as the southern boundary of Bundlecund. They crossed the river on the 24th, and proceeded on the high road to Saghur, which place they expected to reach in a day or two. The progress of the detachment had hitherto been considerably retarded by the badness of the roads and i the intricate and difficult nature of the passes through (From the Madras Courier of the sd April.) which they had to march. BENGAL HURKARU, MARCH 17, 1810. ,_, Their only battering train consisted of two howit- It was stated a few days ago, on very respecta ble ' sets, which it was supposed would be sufficient authority, .that Colonel Close, with the Madras ca for any service of that nature that was likely to oc valry, had come up with the main body of Ameer cur. Both officers and men were in the highest spi- Khan's army, betwen Seronge and. Oujein, and had tits, and eager to meet the enemy. Whether they cut to pieces from two to 300 of his infantry. It was . should hold their course towards Seronge, topal, or only, we understand, owing to the acccident of some in what other direction, was still a matter of conjec of our corps having sounded their trumpets prema - tire. Their movements would most probably be re turely, that the whole force of the enemy was not sur ulated, however, by those of Colonel Close and prised and destroyed. i Meanwhile, Colonel Martindell's army continued , eer Khan. The late letters from Colonel Martindell's Camp, to fall back towards the Company's Provinces ; but : complain of the increasing dearth of grain and every whether with the intention of taking up a position for description of provisions. Grain, in particular, was the protection of the frontier, or of breaking up and scarce, and could not be purchased at less than 14 returning to cantonments, is yet uncertain. The for- seers per rupee. The only animal food procurable met supposition is countenanced by letters from the was kid, and that by no means in abundance. This camp, and also by the route which the detachment . dearth was not greater, however, than every British has taken: They are not retracing their steps to army has been accustomed to experience, when em- Chatterpore ; but are marching along the northern ployed beyond the Company's Provinces. On the road which leads to Kalpee. Advices from some of contrary, through the unremitting exertions of Colo the military stations in Bundelcund, however, talk of nel Martindell, the supplies line bet n fully more re the campaign as concluded. gular and ample than, under every circumstance, The Bombay force, which we stated some time ago could have been well expected. to have marched from Serroor, had passed Jaulna, Intormation had reached the Bundlecund Army and was within a short distance of Jaffierabad on the of the arrival of Colonel Close on the left bank of 9th ult. The force consisted of four battalions. They the Nerbuddah with a force of 10,000 men from Hy still continued to advance. drabad. A report came into camp on the 22d, It was reported in town, a few days ago, that the stating that this force had overtaken Ameer Khan, force at Koklierettee, now commanded by Major De- and that an engagement had followed, in which the lamain, had been a second time unsuccessful, ill an Mahratta Chieftain had either been slain or mortally action with Gopaid.Sing. We are happy to say that wounded. the report is wholly unfounded in truth. To this report considerable credit appears, in the By letters from Major Delemain's camp, it ap. first instance, to have been attached ; but letters of a 'pears that Gopaul Sing had again retreated into the subsequent date speak of it in very doubtful terms mountains, and that the British force had taken up Contradictory rumours on that and similar s ub j ects a position by which they blockaded the entrance of were daily coming in ; and, while one account detaiT:l i the Ghauts. ed with confidence the circumstance of the Khantel The attack made by Captain Wilson on Gopaul • defeat and death, another represented him as sat* failed, in consequence of the great strength ofquartered Sing's position, on the 18th ultimo, appears to let , in Seronge, and a third as on his march-to ground occupied by the left of the enemy. The o ffi - , Kotah Bondee. cers wounded on that occasion were Lieutenant This latter place (a place very remote from the Waal and Ensign Agnew, of the 16th Native Inijan, del ;position of either of the British detachments) was try ; Lieut. Aspiuwell of the 7th, and Lieut. tire. , understood to be the present residence of Jeswunt Rao worker Timbrell of the artillery. ; Holkar, whose mental and corporal infirmities still, By an extract of an ukhbar, published in me Mir- i continued to preclude him from taking any personal,' ,•6r of Wednesday, it appears that Soojah-ul-Moolk, part in the administration of that branch of the Mali the deposed Sovereign of Cebill, had arrived .on the : ratta empire. I 14th ult. at Lahore, where he was received by Rajah We noticed in a former number the march and . i Runjeet Sing with every mark of distinction. I successful operations of a detachment of light infan . : try and horse, snider the command of Major Kelly, ' G.O.—BY GOVERNMENT. i against the invading force of Gopaul Sing, in the Fort St. Georg.., March 9, 1810. i south-east quarter of Bundlecund. Some further de- The Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council - t a il s , however, of that expedition have since been deeming it to be expedient that the na 'yeL troops of I commun i cate d to us , w hi c h, we t hi n k , may not b e al this establishment, now assembling f reign ser- f toget h er un i nterest i ng to our Reader.. The detach vice, should be distinctly apprised of 7; probable l n I meat, consisting of a squadron and Gallope r f rom period• of their return, and of the provision that will. the sth Native Cavalry, under the command of Cap be made for the support of their families, in the event! tain Clarke of the 4th Light Infantry Battalion an d of casualties ; is accordingly pleased to Announce for , a party of ten pioneers, commanded by a Havildar, general information, that their absence'from the coast . marched from Cherterpore on the 6th of January, will not exceed the term of three years, and that the . and encamped on the same day at Gehee-ke-Taul , a ifamilies of all the Native commissioned, non-commis- (distance of about 14 miles. On the following day, sinned, rank and file, as well as of public followers, : they made a forced march of 23 miles, and crossed who may either die or fall in battle during the absencelthe Ceyn river at Rajgliaut. Owing to the extraordi. of the corps from this Presidency, will be pensione4 nary length of the march, and the extreme difficulty on the half-pay of the rank of their deceased relations. of the ford, the Galloper was not conveyed to the op. His Lordship in Council authorizes the European /smite side until sunset, and its transportation was and Native commissioned, non-commissioned, rank only then effected by the great personal exertions of and file, and public followers, to grant family certi. :the Sepoys, there being no footing for the horse at ficates ; and is pleased to direct that the amount of .:racked to it. The party having two very rugged and the certificates shall be invariably discharged between :steep Chants before them in their next march,. it the Ist and 6th of each month. % without waiting anY. was found indispensably necessary to halt during the further communication—also, that the family of each ette On the 9th they began to ascend the difficult. perion' above mentioned, or the person holding tlic passes of Merilah and Buderah ; but, meeting with certificate, shall receive the amount of their family. innumerable'impediments, their progress during that certificates without reference to casualties, .until tho '; day did- not exceed 12 miles. They encamped at return of the corps to the coast. when pensions will - Menour-ke Taul, from whence they marched on the be granted to the nearest heir of those natives, of all i 10th, a distance of 18 miles, to Kokheretee. There ranks, who may have died or been killed in battle. - 1 they found all the public buildings, the o ffi cers' bun- His Lordship in Council directs, that an advance I galows, and in short the whole of the cantonments, of two months' pay be issued to all ranks, European completely destroyed by Gopaul Sing's people.— and Native, exclusive of their arrears and pay for the ' Early in the morning of the 11th, Major Kelly current month, to enable them to provide necessaries '. marched in the direction of Kutwe ra h, giv i ng out for the voyage, and to defray the expence their fami- that he intended taking up his ground there on that lies will incur, in proceeding to the several stations day. After advancing about ten miles, however, he where they may wish to reside. • suddenly took the route of Sileeha and Gunj, in the Tull batta and rations. agreeably to a table which hope of surprising Gopaul Sing, who was reported to have taken post at these places with a -b o dy o f a b out will be formed, will be allowed to the Native troops, 3000 infantry, 500 cavalry, and five guns. After a and public followers, during the service ; and with march, however, of from 16 to 17 m ile s , h e h a d t h e the view of adding to their comfort while engaged in the expedition, his Lordship in Council has authorised j mortification to find that Gop au l h a d o b ta i ne d previ the issue of broad-cloth, watch-cloaks, and pantaloons I ous intelligence of his movement—had sent o ff hi s to all the Native troops employed on this occasion. guns on the preceding day—and had himself, with GENERAL ORDERS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE VICE- the whole of his people, fled up the_ second range of PRESIDENT IN COUNCIL. ghauts, by the Mootmooroo and Gulkhoo passes. The Fort William, Fob. IS, 1810. detachment encamped at Sileeha, the position which The Vice-President in Council has received, with Gopaul Sing had abandoned, and the c hi e f res id ence sentiments of equal concern and displeasure, the re- e l t h at chieftain below the ghauts. port of further acts of violence and outragetommitted On the 12th, about IP. M. some of the spies hay by some of the Cadets attached to the institution at ing brought intelligence that Gopaul Sing had esta llaraset. : .' 4 ' Wished three posts between the Gulkhoo pass and Si fter a full and impartial investigation' Into 'the leelett, consisting of abo u t 600 i n f antr y, an d f rom '.. two to three hundred cava l r y, M a j or K e ll y instantly I orrgin and proves' of those disgracefid transactions, it has been satisfactorily shawls te Government, that proceeded with his troop of horse %nd two companies INDIA INTELLIGENCE. • • • imBER s . r 71 1 • theakWonspicuotts and criminal amodgib vcd from sant !Greet , we re cated in them, were Cadet W. d Seignior has set o u t and Ensign J. J. A. 4 Fyler. ltiorder therefore ad of a large army, the his lasi sense of theii peculiarly aggraitated already formed alum- duct, the Vice-President in Council - has det ;rand Vizier. A great to suspend them from the service of the Hor obably will decide the Company, until the pleasure of the Honourab of the light battaiion, in the hope of cutting th em of The advance of the party was so rapid, th at t h e , found the fires of the enemy still burning at the dif. ferent posts as they came up, their victuals st rewed all along the road, and every other mark intlicativs of a precipitate flight. The posts were passed, an 4 the enemy pursued to the foot of the second range i f ghauts. Major ICylly's instructions precluding m ai from advancing further, the detachment rested lot about half an hour, and then returned to camp... Every thing practicable having first been done, t o impair the strength of the e nemy ' s posts, Maicr Kelly having detached Captain Hay, with two coni, panies of light infantry and a party of cavalry, to Ghonore, for the purpose of keeping in check any of Gopaul Sing's people, who might attempt to invade the level country from the Payee or Pepereeah passe s; and, leaving Captain Fraser With another detachm ent of two companies of foot and thirty horsemen, a t Silqeha, in order to tranquillize t h e appre h ensions of the. inhabitants, until the arrival of the Ist battalio l Of the 16th at Kokherettee, he himself, with the main body, marched on the 14th to rejoin Colonel Mar. During their march, the force was still so dispbsed, *As effectually to cover the ghauts. They encamped •on the 14th at Antrcebeedeah, a•Jout thirteen mile; ; from Sileeha ; and on the 13th, they were joined 'again, at Henau tee, by .Captain Hay and his division. On the 16th they recrossed the river Kayla. at B)od. haghaut ; and aftef a march of fifteen miles, they pitched their tents at Seemereeah. On the 17th the forded the Byrmah, at Armghaut, and encamped at Bowir ; where, about an hour after their arrival, they were overtaken by Captain Fraser's party. On the 18th they passed close to the large town of Huttah ; and after a march of eighteen miles, effected wit; great difficulty the_ passage of the Samar at Hare:. ghaut, and encamped on the opposite bank. On the 19th, about nine at night, they at length came up with Colonel Martinolell at Soojarrah, after two forced marches, one of fifteen and the other of seventeen miles. Every individual engaged in this fatiguing service, performed his duty with the most commendable zeal and alacrity. They marched on an average twenty miles a•day—incessantly interrupted and harrassed by the steep and rugged ravines, and the infinite suc- cession of nullahs with rocky beds that lay athwart their route. The Ist battalion of the 16th native infantry, un. der the command of Captain Wilson, reached Kok. heretee on the 16th ultimo ; where they still remain for the protection of the Punnah district, during the absence of Colonel Martindell's army. Gopaul Sing being a soldier of great courage and enterprize, it is thought that he will avail himself of that interval, to attempt another invasion of the province. Odle; battalions, it is said, are moving into Bundlecund, from different quarters. The Ist of the 7th has ac tually. marched from Benares, and will be stationed at Keitah. GENERAL ORDERS. • Head-Quarters, Coultry Plain, March 8,1810. The following parts of the confirmed proctediugs of a Greerel Court Martial, assembled at Bangalore, by order of Major Ge neral Gowen, Commznding the Army in Chief, on the t,t day of November, 1809, and of which Major-General Wasps ls Pro sidt.nt; are - published to the Army: Citnito e.—Lientenant- Colonel John Bell, of the Madras AY. finery, and late commanding the fort and garrison of String*. tam, chitged by the Officer commanding the army•with having, in subversion of all good order anti military discipline, and in vis latloti tarlb vides and articles of war for the better government 'of the C. i mnpany's forces, joined in and headed a most dangerous and alarming mutiay and sydition, which took place in dm sad garrison, on knil betwixt the 30th day of July last and Wel August following, during which period the garrison fired on the troops of his Majesty and those of the Company and their Aily the Rajah of Mysore, and seized mi . the public treasury; and he, Lieutenant-Colonel ohn Bell, declared his resolution not to de• liver up the Fort and Garrison to the proper Authorities. By order of Major-General Gowor e, Commanding the Army, (Signed) T. U. S. CONWAY, Fort St. George, Oct. 9, 1809. Adjutant-General of the Army. SENTENCE AS PASSED ON TIM 9Tn..nrc. 1809. The Court are of opinion, that the Privoner, Lieut•Coload Jobn Bell, is guilty of the charge preferred against him, which being in violation of the articles of war, •and subversive of gad order and military discipline, they do sentence the said Lieutenant Colonel John Bell to he cashiered, and do further declare Wm unworthy of ever serving the Hon. Company in any military 0- pocky whatsoever. (Signed) ESNS'S WARDS, Major-General and President. (Signed) w. onsisar, Deputy Judge Advocate. REVISED SENTENCE AS PASSED TEL 97TH of PESSEARY,I BI C. " The Court, having re-considered the evidence brought bs• fore them, adhere to their former opinion. Signed) "HPI T WARDS, Major-Gen. and President. (Signed) "W. ORMSBY, Deputy Judge... Advocate. di I perfectly agree with the Court, that the pri soner, Lieutenant-Colonel John Bell, of the Corps of Artillery, is guilty of the crimes charged against hie), aud I do therefore confirm the sentence. (Signed) " F. cowing, Major-Gerund, • Commanding the Army io Chief?' 44 ' Although the Officer commanding the army ba s s confirmed th e sentence of the General Court-neta l which has adjudged Lieutenant-Colonel John Bell to be cashiered, and declared unworthy of ever ierV inglthe Honourable Company in any military capa city-whatsoever,' he feels it a sacred duty he (mow his King, his country, and the service to which hello now valously devoted 43 years of his life, to express his pointed disapprobation of the punishment awasald . the prisoner, which in his opinion bears no proporucT to the atrocity of the crimes so clearly proved in evi dence on the face of the proceedings. The Officer con= 4nding in Mysore will he pleased to order Mr. John Bell to proceed to the Presidency immediately, for the purpose of placing himself under the Charge of the Town-Major." MADRAS, FEBRUARY 16. Yesterday arrived the ship Venus, Captain Ainott, from Penang. This vessel strings accounts of the capture of the Dutch natiostal brig Tephir, itl Maud* Bay in Celebes, by his Majesty's brie Diana, Limit' nant Kempthorne. The Tephir carries fourteen Oh 4-pounders, and had a crew of 45 men. The acti lasted an hour. The loss of the enemy was five kil• led, and two wounded. The acting Lieutenant was among the former, and the Commander of the bsi one of the latter. The Diana had the master slight), wounded, and one seaman. Hit ( Majesty's shi p apj her prise had arrived at Penang. PRINCE QF WALES'S ISLAND, JANUARY Is. The missing ships, which formed a part of the China and Manilla fle ets,: are the Mary °Obis p° and Ovidor Periera of Marna, both richly laden, We are apprehensive that these ships fell a prey either the Cannonier, or Entrepenante, or both, of Pub Ti'" moan, or Polo 4ur, in the month of November.