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FOREIGN INTEL L !WINCE. GOTTEN _ Ito4l MAIL. SWEDISH RULLE n N RELATIVE TO THE EVACUATION OF STRALSUND. (From Du Grigsnboret Gazette, August gt) MIAD quern's, etuaoseesse. AUG 21. Th. Senate and Livery of Stralsund havinp humbly addressed His Majesty that he would b pleased to evert the dangers of a bombardment fr ,I 3 his faithful city. the King proposed to the Frene Commanding General, that Stralsund should ha decd :red a neutral place. audits neutrality respeetec on boil: sides, as king as the Swedish army shout, remain in possession of Rug-n, 'and Swedish P.,me rania be ncLu d ied by the French troops; but mi• proposal u.,s raj/fled by the enemy. In this situation of affairs. and as the l-iver dr fence of the fortress of Stralsund was with-nt an ulterior military obi ,ft since the satety of the realm did not permit any more troops to be sent :two from Sweden, and it wis of the inmost importance to shelter the principality of Rugen from any hos the attack, the King ordered his Adjutant-General, Burn V,•;:esAck. coin hander in chilli at Str elsand. to ask the Sen..t• and Livery'oi that city whether ihey were determin d to exanse themselves to ih dangers of a sieee, in whi-h case they should have all "•-• at :.tarp r and proteSion which they had right to ezpeet from the galantry of His Majeis ty's troops ; or whether they felt disposed, agre,-ah y to the application which they bed made already, to treat with the enemy,. in onion to avert t`7e cal., mities of a siege Fee Senate and Livery humbly returned thanks to His Majesty for his most gra cious declaration, and adopted the litter pact ; in consequence of which, the fortress et Str tlsond wit this day entirely committed to their care. Ar tenements were then made to withdraw the ttnops from Stralsund, and remove all the magazines' as wsil as military stores, to Rugen. The whole night between the kith and 19th, and the lieds and 20th, the whole garrison was under arms, in order that, bhottld me withdrawing of the troops come so the enemy's knowledge, he might net be able to make a saccesstul attack in the tin tless. His elajedy was, both nigilts, several hours en horseback. thee battalion was sent off to Ru gen on the 19th, in the evening, and the same day. at 10 o'clock at night, 4 beginning was made with conveying the rest of the corps to that Island, and the whole night devoted to that purl) all the guns were spiked, and the carriages cut to Yesterday, at half past three o'clock in the morn ing. His Majesty left Stralfund for Aliefer, anti re mained there while the troops were crossing over to Rugen, that he might be able to give the necessary orders. Several battalion s had already left the shore, and others were follovrit,g, when, at length, at seven o'clock yesterday rnorii;ng, His Majesty's 4iatate- I :amp, Maim V Intit.n, proceeded to use aeranr..d posts of Cie Frnc:l Army, by tie king', command, and declar. d that, at a cert.iin time to he agreed upon, Aititi an.•GrnerAl Cast. F•yron would repair to G-nerai Brune, with a view of m.iking Lim snow pr pails • i'h regard to th. fortress in Stralsim I, a .1 n (primed. that. ip the meat time, all host liti - should tae seven led for 24 nom Major 1 .hat s a ss CfneserAt Reihe, who +greed with keen, that ag i'clow.k in the evening Gen rat B une should meet A 'jou t-General Peyton at Andershoff; at th. t;:ue it was perceive, ir i Alcafrhr. i! , at the Deputies of the Sen•.e, win were to treat about the capitulation, were ptoceed ing to the French adva..ce4 pests; Adjutant-Ge natal Colonel Peyron rolluwad, by His Majesty's command. in order to declare. dist as the fortress was now en-irely left to the care of the Semite and Livery. without any further interference nn the part of the military, he merely appeared en the part of his Royal Master, to see that just and reasonabie terms %vete granted Abrest halt-past sit o'clock in the morning ar rived Adjetent.Gtheral on Vegesack. with his staff, when all the troops were embarked. The rear was compose 3 cf several regiments of Chancing. under tise command of fif4jor Von Gershon ; at 1. ilf-p.tst seven o'clock tie enemy was seen in =arch into the town, bcth by the Franken and Tnieper . gate. Two divisions of gitn-hosts are stationed within cannon s!'ot from the Midge of the harbotit, and the Danholm is still occupied by Swedish troops. A prnnt that the enemy was perfealy ignorant of What was going forward in the fortress.:, taus, that late yestesday morning trey were working at the trenches. AU the preceding night, as well as in the morning, while the troops were embarking, our artillery fired as the enemy's workmen. After supper His Nisksty proceeded to Plaggen tilts. an estate tvelo iging Mr. Vunder I.a.iken, whi ther the head-quarters have been removed. CIOTTYWIRGII, •UGUIT 28. Letters from Helsinghurg state, that a great bring was heard from Copenbag-n the whole; of blondry last, the 24th. It appears that the English army have thrown lip very strong works, and com menced a regular siege, which, tot the present, are chiefly dire!ted against what are termed the Lime- Yale Batteries. Fhe Crown Batteries will be after wards attacked. It is expelled that Copenhagen most yield in a few days. To spew how tar the Danes are behind the Engl.h in di.cpiine, &c. the following late instances ought in be menti oned: the Danish gnardship, tshials moonted Sri guns, was taken by the Comas not the Sure,' Irt gate, as meted in a former account) of 22, after an afti•.n of about 30 minutes, is which the Danes had 27 men killed or wounded; the English not one of eitlter. A quantity of gunpowder, destined for the Castle of Cronenberg, was sent tunk t an es tett of lOU Danish salditTs ; an order was given fur 350 English Light Dragoons to follow it. who not only took the gunpowder, but made the whole of the escort prisoners. Stralsitad is at length given up ; the ring of SWeiell and his amt.; left it on the 19th inst. after destroying the 'magazines, spiking the guns, and throwing them into the ditches The Fr 'eh are tttrosiog them intn the dithhes. The numb army gade procse officered it the 'Arne evening. The See. iv; went to Jimmie c oil Ragen, whither, it is said, Admiral Gernbier sent lid s nil ni t*anirrts to rereive thus, soil an Eng- det,nce of I liso frigate to receive the King. An tnglish Mrs. back upon aesger arrived yesterday, io nine days, froth St. r• N.A.ll**l USD Petersburg, with dispatches, for London. A letter received tins mossiag, (root a respitable " 61° the •• hew in ltoelcholni, states, that the Russian Mi- Aisne th re, had apprised the Government, that it Le Svreirs nulls any part against the Doses, or .ulFered any Vnglish ships of war to enter their harbou s. a hussian 'army would be immediately inarelvd into Finland. • ••• .? THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, MONDAY. Summit 14. Government, we madeTitans], have received ac counts from Copenhagen of the 29th last, willelt state that the city and arsenal were then on fire.— dlea is said to have been produced by Cos O:ILVV.'S rockets. The wind being favourable, adv ces are houtly expeZled. lhe Gazette of Saturday contains intelligence from Copenhagen to the Efith. The anion on the VJ, between our brigs and the enemy's bomb boats, &e. was a sharp one. Nothing matt i4l hap pened on the two following days ; on our part, they were spent is repairing our damages—The same Gozete contirms the account of the c 'inure of He ligoland, which, it says, with a little expense, may be made a little Gibraltar. With deep regret we state the total failure of all our hopes and prospefts in South America. The Swear 711011 i 1 of war, Cant. PREVOST, moire.' on Friday evening a' Portsmouth, with Lieutenant-Co lonel BOURKE. Deputy Qoarter-Moster General to the forces u der Lieutena,,t-Gneral Welt reonce r, with dispat• hes from the river Plata, with which he irnarzdiztely proceeded to London. They were re ceived on Saturday morning at the office of the Seer •tai y of State for Foreign Affairs, and yesterday published in an Ezra ooaotii•air Gozette, of which we give this day a correil copy.—.lt states, that General Weitttt.occs having been joined at Monte Video by the reinforcement under General Caaoruao, on the 15th June, not a moment was lost to make the necessary arrange ments for an attack upon Buenos Ayres.—On the 2dth, a landing was effected without opposi tion, at a small bay, about thirty miles east of the town, and, after a fatiguing march through a country interne ted by swamps and deep rivulets, the ar-nv reached toe village of Beduin:a, about nine miles from the bridge over the river Chuelo, on toe opposite bank of which the enemy had esta blished a formidable line of deface. General WHIT exocea was therefare induced to turn this position, and the army effeaed its passage of the Chuelo ahout nine miles higher up. in two columos. which were to unite in the suhurbs of Buenos Ayres. The right division, under Major-General Lay.sor GOWER, crossed the river on the Si, at a place called Pos.° Chico, and, filling in with a corps of the enemy, attacked and defeated it. Owing to the ignorance of the guide, the left divisioo, wt.ich con sisted of the main bo tr. under Lteutenont.General Wiatrat.oens, did not join until the 4th, when lie divided his army into three brigades, under Generals Sir SAMUEL ACIEMUTY. LUMLEY, and CIAUEURO, and distributed them so as nearly to invest the town. Buenos Ayres being divided into squares of 140 yards each, and Lieutenant-General Wit ersoocza being apprised that the roemy meant to occupy the roofs of the houses, which are flat, be says he formed his plan of attack accordingly, as follows :—The three brigades advanced on different sides, sub-divided into several columns. each being ordered to penetrate into the street dire Elly in its front, to the most important parts of the town, the whole force to march unloaded to their fixed points, and there to for ai,and no firing to commence until the ar. rival of each at its destination, with the exception of two 6-pounders, which were to move up and clear the central streets. At six o'clock on the morning of the Sth, the several brigades forced their way into the town, and proceeded to execute their o. Jeri. The right brigade, under Sir S. Ace; oet v. succeeded, and possessed itself of the strong posts of the Retiro and Plato di Toros, with 32 pieces of cannon, a great quantity of ammuoitioe, and 600 prisoners. The 36th regiment, part of the centre brigade, reached its destination ; but the 88th regi ment was overpowered and taken ; and the Ralik of the 36th being thus exposed, it was obliged to retire, witu the 5,h, upon General Acu our v's brigade, at the post of Plaza de Toros. Toe two G-pounders moving up the central streets, were opposed by a superior force ; when the 6th dra goon., led on by Lieutenant-Colonel KIAGTOM, ad variced to take the opposite battery ; but he being wounded, and Captain BUZSIL, the second in aomnsond, killed, and thetre of the enemy proving very destrudive. they retreated, and took post at a short distance. Meanwhile. the van of the lett bri , proceeded to the Great Square to take the 'College, which commanded the principal dr enemy ; but being defeated, it fell the principd division under General who, learning its deie.st, threw him 'Convent of St. Domingo, when, 6,l:lLag himself cut off, and on the roirt of beirg overpnw etc.!, he serienJered, with his div:si m, at 4 ~'clock. ; The result of the day lilt General WurriLocac in possession of the l'hiza 'de Toros, on the eoemy's right, and of Resi.tencia on the left, while he occupied a strong post in advance or- Posite the enemy's centre, and these advantages •he found had been purchased at the loss ot 2300, in killed, wounded, and prisoners. This was the action of the army on the morning of the Gth, when the French General Lititz's, who corn- in 'third in the town, proposed to give up all the prisoners taken in that affair, and formerly under General 13611E5/ORD, aml char the British forces should be withdrawn from the town, and the other pla.res which it occupied on the Rio de la Plata, reach terms were accepted. A treaty to that effed was neordingly signed on the next day, the ith, stipulating a inirttal restitinion of prisnners, in day s for the rvemharkatian of :he British forces from Buenos Ayres, with the arms actually in their power for Monte Video, and two months for the final depar ture from that place, which is to be surrendered to the Spaniards in the state it was in when first taken by the English. An apprehension that the Spa niards would murder their prisoners, and a strong conviction of the impradicability of the enterp•ize. are the causes assigned by the English Com manders for acceding to these terms The whole male population of the place was in arms, the streets iuterseded with ditches, lined with can non, pouring a destrudive fire upon our troops. and every house a fortress. Besides. so implacable was the hostility of the inhabitants against us, that, even though we should have carried the town, Ge neral Will rEi.ocice is certain it is impossible that South America ever could be English. A gentle man, arrived last night from Portsmouth, has favour ed us with MorrLav's Portimonth Teter apri, of Sa turday, which, in describing the opposition made by the inhabitants of Buenos Ayres, says:—" A most destrudive fire was opened from the upper parts of the houses, the lower parts of which were so strongly barricado4 with sand, timber, and other cumbrous materials. that they could not be forced." We are indebted to the same source for the fol lowing particulars:—" Our troops began to embark almost immediately after. They met with every attention from Colonel LINICItS. who prevented the assassination of our men by the Spaniards, whose hatred to us is implacable, and who would other wise have fired on our troops after the white flag was displayed. The Spaniards in arms in the town amounted to 20,000. Their principal loss was in the quarter carried by Sir S. A count v. The Spaniards had burnt all their trading vessels, at Buenos Ayres. to prevent their falling into our hands. Our troops, we regret to learn, had suffer ed much from dysentery ; and the want of provisions was felt exceedingly, the Spaniards having driven the cattle up the country." " The Sarai-en left Admiral MURRA y's squadron, nine weeks since. all well. The efreltni, of 64 gun., Capt. CHANIZIL•r/IN sailed far England a fort. night before the Saracen. Two of the regiments in the River Plate are to go to India, the rest are coming home." General Sir SAiIVtL ACHMUTT. General Ca au r USD, Colonel HOLLAND, and Colonel Bonen', came home in the Saracen. A party of 200 seamen, commanded by Captains BAYNTUN and Joyce, were formed to assist in the operations on shore, but did not land." 6. The b;):11 Regiment, which sailed ham Ports mouth with Ganeral WHITILOCICZ, in March lash tinder convoy of the Cormorant and Haws sloops of war, had not arrived." Among the wounded officers, lieutenant-Colo nel Kteiorchr, of the 6th Dragoon Guarch, is wounded in the leg, close to the bone, by a musket hall ; Dr. Squtaarv, of the Royal Navy, slightly in the knee ; Captain Baoocv %?4, lA, mortally ; Hon. Major H. Kino, Sth, slightly in the arm; Ensign troste.c. severely ; Volunteer H. Da ;VA•I. • severely ; Captain PATlgi t through the breast; Major Mitt ea , badly, but not dangerously, in the thigh ; and C tpta in Ross, badly in the eyes. Shortly after the dispatches were received on Sa turday, the following communication w. 3 made to the city : " Dawueng.otreet. Sept. 12, 1907. " Lord Castlereagh has the loWl6llr of acquaint ing the Lord Mayor, that dispAtches hive ben received this morning, from Lieutenant-General Whitelocke, dated Ju;y 10, by which it appears that in an attack upon the ;own of Buenos Ayres, His Majesty's troops errtieiiced so much resistance from the tumultuous force of the enemy, that after gaining possession of part of the town, with severe loss, on the s:h of July, the Lieut.-General thought it prudent to enter into a negociation with General Liniers, who commanded the enemy's forces, by whiA he agreed to evacuate South America within two months, upon condition that all priinnars t.';en in the attack, as well as those captured at the surrender of Buenos Ayres, &mad ~... be restored.—The total loss amounts in k;11e1 3. wound •d 674, mining T, Right alottaurode the f.nrl Mayor " A e-mmienicatinrs of this kind bein g ge ne , ,p, rris le in haste. and the more expeditiou s the me., laudable on the par t Government, it wo u ld most ?ungracious and invidious task to PI critically. Tie public have only a right to exi , t h ak it give a fair idea of the subst ince of e case. Ic e find. however, that the commonication i f &aut., day differs mrerially, in an essential point, tiom 7ba Eltrfordmae u Ulm fee; in ILL latte r , our is i f stated at 2500, in killed, wounded, and pri sasien while the letter to the Loan MAT•Je states it etl; l at about I 'ZOO. The calamity, we admit. aceix.-ling t o either represeroatien, is sufficiently great and Ails ing to require that it should he br ken to the country with delicacy and judgment ; hut to a tatiNi accustomed to measure danger with an stoclasete4 eye. and to meet it with an undaunted I ears, this wilful under•rating of our loss, if such were really intended. is a puerile idea, and only trifling rick the Public. Such has been the unfortunate result of an expedition planned and executed by Sir Hosea Po PH•SI ; who, when tried for it as a crime by ne t k o ' of the late Ministers, stated, in his defence, that it was a crude idea, engendered in the mind of Mr. PITT, 01 which he only undertook to be the 41( roe, hear. Sir HOSIF, however, in addressing tie mercantile intei est at Unites's, thought fit to adept a different language., and took credit for himself as the sole author of its being Indeed, we di. not wish to refuse him his full shale of merit; nor would we be sorry to si e him receive its full reward There is not a South-Sea whaler who could not land upon some point of South America, and sack tome little Spanish village. Sir Hosts POrll A w had s fleet and army, and was able to aft upon a larger scale, but the principle is the 32710, whether plied to a great city, or a few fishermen's huts...._ The capture of Buenos Ayres has enriched Sir HOME loeu An, but it has imp 'relished his coon. try. It has tarnished the splendour of its arm His purpose, perhaps, has been answered liy taking Buenos Apes. The purpose of England could only be answered by keeping it. But the very day when the plunder of Buenos Ayres was conducted by A tax Amore Davinsore and his North Britons through the streets of London to the Bank, ought to have taught England that she could not keep Buenos Ayres. General WISITI. LOCKS says, that the enterprise is fruitless, as t hostility of the inhabitants is beyond all belief Suppose the Freise'u had landed and bailed the town of Kingston in Jamaica, and paraded all its treasure through the streets of Paris to the national Bank of France, would it not be natural to fear that the inhabi' tants of Kingston would feel an hostility beyond ber lief to the invaders,and a repugnance to live under Co 9 laws of those who reduced them to b gkary. The French contrive these things better. They are Mr.!, to have a party of friends in a place before they at. tack it. A Gottenhurgh Mail arrived on Sarnrday, hot one of a more recent date having been previously received, its contents are of inferior int-r , 21. e have extratied from it an account of the evacurt tion of Stralsund by the Swedes. An article from Stockholm, of the '2Bth of August, state;, that the RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR had delivered a Note to the Swedish Government, in which it was declared, that if assistance were rendered to the Br:tids fleet, or any p:srt of it admitted into the ports ri Sweden, it would be considered as a c'eclaration of war, and that the Emperor of Russia unu!.l march an army into Finland. Private Team ail, that Admiral C •ss Eat had sent 100 transports to convey the Swedish troops from the isle of Bit gen to Sweden, and a frigate for the accommo dation of his SW141;11 MAJESTY. Yesterday morning Ills MAJESTY, Princeton AUCIAT A, MARY, Sorxta, and A maim', went to St. George's Chapel, Windsor, attended by Lid y 1. Turmmt. Sec. and heard a sermon. by'Vr. D.oswoatrt, 110,13 the Stli Chapterof kfrttfew, the I I th and 12th afterward' rode to Frnunpore. whne toey were met by the Quatro and Princess FLIZABEIN. His MarasY dined there. rbe Roy •t. Fesitcy returned to the Palace at three o'clock. All the Foreign Ambassadors here received patches from their different Courts on Friday oar. i MR. SMITH, the brother to Sir S v r •.f'•, has lately bad a .n of 150th. it zrr, hro. A Mi•sseinger left the I 20.4 LUU. b. A kin As. ir^e, at twelve o'ci-ck, on S.t,litJ 4y I,g ;., •- patches f 1 Pc.rtura:; I. • wl.l fir :4A t: EL 'NCH 41.1 It arrive I es ci d.of lit ing Ki na,tt's Hotel, Lower ISrauic,:tezti P. , rtsnimith. Sarni& m rning, a fire broke out at the Vaiirl and rope t.oe Wows. n.ar beinnitioji " we to •ers ~id, to Sr I. All Lcs P.. Ica und T e damage suststred is cstimat.d it go.oool. 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