The National Register. — London, England, 1811-06-30 00:00:00

. r 1 Mb studits of his son to their termination, haS granted him a pen sion. wale!, nas enabled him to quit his pastoral functions, and to accompany hii pupil to our University. 'lle young Witte is philosophy : he is engaged in a course of mathe .niatics, physic,, and metaphysics, and shows the most happy disposition for all the sciences. SWEDEN. INSURRECTTON AMONG THE PEASANTRY. TickslNatißGH, Jo Ne 20.—A serious insurrection took place among the peasantry in *the neighbourhood of Malmoe, on the 17th and 18th inst. on account of the conscription : from 1200 to 150 u men assembled, armed with scythes, flails, forks, &c. The milit:try were called in to disperse them ; a dreadful scene en sued ; forty of the peasants were killed, and 130 wounded, be sides 200 taken prisoners; the others retired to their respective hoines. Similar acts of insubordination have occurred in other part , of the kingdom, some of which have been pardoned, and others visited with death, and the severest punishment the law can inflict. It would seem as if these deluded men viewed the conscription, not as a measure dictated by motives of national policy and benefit, but as the copy of a similar,measure origi nated by a great Continental Power, and adopted only from a congeniality of designs and sentiments with that Power. set:Ecit OF BERNADOTTE, PRINCE RECENT OF SWEDEN, ON THE OCCASION OF A REVOLT Of THE INHABITANTS Of WERMODEN, IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE ORDER FOR ENFORC ING 1111 CONSCRIPTION. The King received with the deepest affliction, the intelligence of the criminal outrages which have taken place in Wermoden. If his Majesty had not yielded to those emotions of clemency, which influence his conduct on all occasions, he would have de clared your isle out of his Constitution, anti affixed to the Inha bitants the seal of general reprobation. The King has not commanded any thing to be done contrary to the laws. He has only caused to be enforced a resolution of the States of the kingdom, sanctioned and approved by himself. His Majesty has therefore a right to exact the strictest obedi ence. The season of disorder is passed—the reign of the laws must begin. The King being empowered to levy 50,000 men, in conformity to the resolution of the States, for the recruiting of his army, has required only 15,000, because he thought the latter number al ,ply sufficient for the defence of the country. And do you presume to put a false construction upon the paternal motives of his Majesty I Had your ancestors been no better patriots than you, Sweden would now have been under a foreign yoke. I would put this question to you—have you a Mind to remain as you are—free and independent Swedes ? I ant a true Swede in my heart. I was summoned to this country by the united voice of the nation and of the King. I catue with confidence CO protect and defend you; but if any one dare to resist the execution of orders, the guilty shall be s: ruck by the arm of the law, as promptly as it he were struck by fire from Heaven. I will for a momont put myself in your situation. You still cherish a remembrance, though a melan choly one, of the venerable I,andtvarn, who beheld the cruel death of one s f his sons ; he, indeed, might have beeu excused fer giving reluctantly his consent to abandon another to the earn:: fate. You have no such excuse—and I repeat what I have already said, if the interest of the St ,te required your tons to march, which is not likely to be the case immediately, I am ready to march at their head, and they shah be treated wits parental tenderness. Banish then your groundless apt.rehensions, and always bear in miLd that the most effectual mode of preset ving tne indepen dence of your country, is to be prepared to tei,el foreign ag gression. I have bolreld. with satisfaction the contrition you have ma nifeited in your countenances, which - experience has taught me to decypher ; your consciences, I perceive, accuse you, and I ant t , aristied th rt your mind,: are nut corrupted. You have b: en under a momentary delusion, and suffered yourselves to be the vic;;.ins of misconception and misrepresentation. ' I wit! beseech the King to extend his clemency to you, and to bury what has just happened, in oblivion, in conslderation of your prompt submission ; but I admonish you to prove, by your 5111),e:clue:It demeanour, that you were worthy of such a signal mark of the Royal bounty. I do not desire even to know the names of those who took a pert in the late disturbances; but I shall always hold in grateful remembraoce such of the inhabitants of Wermoden as have proved themselves to be good Swedes; and happily their num ber greatly exceeds those a an opposite description. To convince you of my wish to draw a veil over recent occur rences, I propose ere long to pay yob a visit, accompanied only by my son ;" no guard shall attend me, being confident that my best security is in your affections. PORTUGAL IXTRACTS FROM PRIVATE LETTERS. " LISBON, JUNE B.—Bajados has not fallen as was supposed, and it is suspected that the Governor holds out to the last, wait ing to see it another attempt to reheve him will , not be made. The bombardment is continued, and several summonses have been sent into the town to induce its surrender, To one of these the Governor replied, I and my valiant garrison will de fend it while one stone shall remain upon another.'—They have, indeed, to give the Devil his due, behaved bravely. In this place we are overstocked with provisions of every kind, but the fever which prevailed, has, we fear, somewhat increased among the lower orders, in consequence of the approach of hot weather," ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE.-.-.." It is reporte I here, that Souk Is collecting strength fi om different quarters; and another battle is expected soon. It is much to be wished that Lord Wellington may avoid the contest until the fall of Bad^! - .4, which cannot long be deferred, as it will give him a di4posalle force, and render his situa:ion more secure. Cavalry and anil , . lery are on their way from hence to reinforce him ; and we leant that the Allies have already been reinforced from the e North." •.Ju NE 9.—Accounts from Badajoz mention that an unsuc cessful attempt was made to take part of the works by storm, in which we tailed, losing 25 men killed. Our army occupies the same positions it held when the last mail left us ; but Soult i. advancing from Lerini, reinforced to the extent of 22.000 men, including 7000 cavalry. These troops are the scrapings of the whole adjacent provinces. Sir B. Spencer maintains him elf near Almeida, and the French do not mani!est any immediate intention of attacking him, waiting the result of operation, in the South. They are about 2.5,000 strong, and are in canton ments. being obliged to keep very much together, as the,exer tions of the Guerrillas are not at all diminished. From Madrid we find, that all the troops that could be spared; without leav ing the inhabitants entirely uncontrouled, have been sent to the frontiers. The Patriots come to the very walls, and we happen to know the fact of a convoy of 17 waggons having been cut off, within ten miles to the South of the City." " CAMP BEFORE BADAJUS, JUNE 6.—Flee allied army com menced its operations against the fortress of Badajos on the 3d inst.. The first object was to take Fort Christoval : but this day th' French army appeared at Albuera and Santa Martha; and I am of opinion, that by next week I shall have to give you news of another battle having taken place, as the enemy has united all his forces, and we have done the same." SOUTH AMERICA. BATTLE OF PARAGUAY. COPY OF A LETTER TRANSMITTED BY DON BERNARD VELASCO, TO THE GOVERNOR OF MONTE VIDEO. " Considering, as I Informed your Excellency, that the troops from Buenos Ayres, under the command of Belgrano, would endeavour to carry into execution the project of attack lag and revolutioniz'ng this province, I immediately took the necessary measures to prevent the introduction of emissaries, and resist their force ; they, in fact, approached to the coast of the south of Parana—their first steps were to dic:.:teh two Officers, charged with proclamations, letters, &c. *filled with seductive ideas and ridiculous inventions; tie officer Wo h:triles, who went to the coast of the north of Parana, by the way of Ish embuer, -was instantly arrested by D. F. Yegros, commander of the parties of guerillas of the right, and sent to the capital of Acencion ; the other, which took the direc tion from Candelaria to Ytapua, with a similar commission, was received with all the necessary precautions by Don P. Tomlison, commander of the parties of the left, who trans mitted me the papers he carried. This success left the leaders of the insurrection assured that their attempts were known ; and the point of Candelaria, which they occupied, did not allow them to remain longer in the execution of their plan. Under this conception, and informed of the trifling force* which we had in the places of Ytapua, and in front of C.. delaria, I resolved to attempt my - day-break, on the ]9th of Decerni eacing other resistance than some by a party of thirteen men, detach! Candelaria, under the orders of Capi " We lost, on our part, only an which could :A.,t be defended by fort) saved the other cannon and pedrert tined to that point, with the object of the insurgents. As Belgrano VAS ignorant of the plan of defence . - • passage, which I began at fiber List ; wahout experi- discharges of cannon, fired led in the small plain called ?tain W. D. S. del Motive. iron cannon and pedrero,.. ty men with fire-arms, who ero, the only artillery des- of obseiviiig and overawing A *. - , 4t,1 !iv