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GOTTENBURGEI

GoTrEsucitGU, nov. 6.

Coutit Rosen, the Governor of this place, re-
ceived, uo Saturday last, the official instructions
respecting the.shuttitig of the ports, and yesterday,
Suoday, it was publicly notified in the churches,
ap tent the thanksgiving for the conclusion of pewe
and the re Dena were sung, •
An simistiee between Sweden and Denmark has
bee. concluded, to comnseace ou Saturday neat,
the 11th.

Sir S. Sausuarez, in His Majesty's ship Victory,
has left Carl4crona, and is hourly expected in Hawk
Roads.

NOT. 10.
'The two sailors, who were cutler sentence to be
iseheaded on the Sail inst. for the murder of the
an.ite of an American veasei in the river. made their
~cape in the itig'at of Monday last, and huve hut
Lean beard of since.

General trAdlerspurre is expected from Men-
beton. *here he has !teen to inspect the fortifications,
and order owls works to be erected.

Sir J. Sauosarea, in the Nlsjest)% ship fivory,
*wired ash, Wong& on Saturday last, and the fol-
lowing Wedne.iday came into Ilarok-roads, whirr
be remains with the Implacable, Ibusger,Tateraire,
mild Tribune.
awocatiotat, now, 7.
Oft account of the peace concluded between,
Swede') and Russia, sod ratified by the-two High.,
Contracting Parties, last Sunday Ts Dans was
sung iis all the churches of this city.

COPT NHAGEN. OCT. 17.

♦ccording to the last accounts from Iceland, by
the. way Of Norway, it appears, that, on theit3th al
Sinnary of this year, an 'English ship of war arrived
in Eltenefer,l. the Comm•tuder of which compelled
the Magistrates to give the English full liberty of
trade, whi,d) they accordingly improved, instil the
Antk of March, when they took their departure.—
On board of that thip was the noted Jurgenson,
who acted as interpreter; hi: sono after returner',
and *nosed the poclamationi. in favour of the Eng-
lish, which were addressed to the Icelanders, in
order to seduce them from their attachment to the
mother country. It is a well known fact, that, in
ancient times, the English carried no all imported
trade with Iceland ; but, since the beginning of the
)7th century, .they discoati tttt ed their iatercuursr
with that country.—(fhe raw Paper.)

Tll4 BRITISH FR ES'S.

LONDON.
MONDAY. Norviless 20.

REPORTED NAVAL ACTION.

We have not the pleasure of communicating that
Lord COLI.tIIGwMOD has Idle* ix wish the Toulon
fictt (which is become a term almost synonunniis

to a victory), but we have received a variety grin•

formaivon„ which corroborates the report, Ciat such
event has actually taken place, and that a very
short time will enable us to communicate the re-
out!.
A telegraphic dispatch was received yesterday at
the Admiralty from Plymouth, stating the arriv eta
voila ihrre, which reports. that an action had taken
place on the Vivh, in the Alediterranean, in which
tie French s►i-taiued n complete defeat. This news
We circulated 4 I • est%tioet (Mt uot
hoing authentic or official, it can only be considered
as strengthening the previous rumours to the galas
effect. The latest intelligence from Lord Cot.-
Ltainwoos. in their ponsemino, which minks relied
ise, we understand. left his Lordship; with•his fleet
en well, e@• Cape St. Sebastian, which lb es the

mat of bitalonia, in the direct line between;Tou•
lottautl Illarcelona. Should the French fleet hare
prokaieded to relieve that city, his Lordship moot
have fallen in with the enemy.: lt is the opinion at
the Admiralty, that some positive intelligence on
thit interesting subject may be expected in the
course of three days. Tile Va. frigate arrived on Sa-
turday, at Portsmouth, from the Mediterraneau. She
was formerly a French frigate (the ship taken some
time since by His MaJesry's ship belle Poale):
she sailed frown Maltanit the istof Ch :tuber, and from
Gibraltar on the 29th, with His MA.teery ship
Formidable, and about 40 tail of transports and
merchantmen, far Engla•nl, but -parted compuny
the same day, and hair nut since seen them. She
is at present commanded by Lieutenant- H. LI.
SMITH, of the Formidable, and manned by that
ship, to bring her to England. Lieutenant SMITH
was informed at Gibraltar, that the Toulon fleet had
put to sea, on or about Ma 20th of October, but he
hid not heard of an actiou having been fought.
It as reported at Gibraltar that Lord CoLbssie-
woon7s fleet had been much dispersed in a gale
of wind, and that the Ville de Paris, with se-
veral others, hail put into Mininea.—The
Triumph and Zealous sailed to jOill Lord Co L-
td Ni.WOOl3 the day before the Far sailed from Gib-
rultar.—thi the ;th inst. she spoke His M 43
12146 Crataur and IVarspite, in let. 41. 0. and
lone. 1 I. W. all well, and informed Sir S. !loon
of tiie rrpoi t that prevailed at Gibraltar, of the.
'Fenton fleet having put to sea. The only ship left
at Gibraltar was the Cephalus.
The Victorious, 74, Capt. TALBOT; and the Re-
puL'e„ 74, Capt. HALLIDAY, will sail from Ports-
mouth, the moment the wind is fair, to join Lord
COW:El:ROOD. La Loire, 44, Capt. Simonet:au,
will also sail with eight sail of transports, which have
the al battalion of the tioth regiment on board, for
llarbedoes.—lt is expected that they are going out
to be employed in attempting the reduction of Cue-
daloupe.—The transports are under the orders of
Lieut. PYE.—The Hyperion, Capt. BRODIE ; Pe-
rtiriau, Capt. F. DOVOL Al, and Cormorant store-
ship, rennin at Spithead with the West ludic con-
voy.
The report that an engagement has taken place;
is corroborated by letters from various parts of Hol-
land, as well as by the reports of a Gentleman who
left Rotterdam en the toth, and wlso obtained his
.information from one of the moot respectable houses
iii that city. He states, t‘ that previous to his de-
parture he had been favoiarert with the perusal of a
letter from Cette to a Merchant iii Rotterdam,
communicating intelligence of the Toulon Meet
having been chased and overtaken by the Euglisli ;
that two French ships of the line had run ashore,
and were burnt by their crews to avoid being taken ;
that five ships of the line, three frigates, and several
smaller ships of war, and a considerabhi number of
transports, it was supposed, had been taken by that
division of the English fleet that was left in pursuit
of them." These particulars, the writer states, he
receive:: from thi. Captain of a frigate which made
her escape into Cette.

Cant is a sea port in the Mediterranean, in the
district of Montpelier, and the (Miner part of this
account agrees with the letter from Nismes, iu the
same quarter, which stated, that two dreadful ex-
plosions, had been heard us the coast, on the lath.
We understand that a latter, dated the 11th of Oc-
tober, had been received from Lord Cut.t.tx (moon,
which adds to the pr 'liability of imengagement, by
the information it conveys respecting the movements
and intention of the enemy in Toulon. His Lord-
ship had learned that the enemy had intended to
sail in two divisions, one of ten, and another of
seven wail of the line. The first, he had yea-
sou to suppose, was destined for Naples, to
protect an expedition against Sicily that was pre-
pared there.—The enemy expected to make them-
selves masters of that ialabil by aow de main, in
the supposed absence of Sir Jvim STUART. with
the greater part of the British unny, of the Railing
of the advanced guard of which they had obtained
information. Lord C 01.1.1,1 cwoqo dispatched a
fast-sailing vessel with this intelligence to Sicily;
in consequence of which, the expedition was coun-
termanded, almost at the very moment that it was
ahout to sail. His Lordship, however, was not in-
duced by the knowledge he hail obtained of the de-
signs of the enemy, to quit Isis station, but still
continued to keep a look nit toward* Barcelona ;
knowing how important the possession of that for-
tress was to the Freni4i, how much it was distressed
for provisions, and• the probability of a bold and
immediate attempt to succour it. The event, we
trust. will do credit to the sagacity of this excellent
office, and show that lie completely anticipated
the designs of the enemy. •
His Lorlihip, we understand, sent a frigate to
look into Toulon, on the lath of October. She
stood near enough in to ascertain that the whole of
the Beet was in readiness to put to sea, and that the
ships most advanced appeared to be on the point of
sailing. Sl.e was chased a few leagues from the land
by a line of battle-ship and fti,:ate, who, as soon as
they had discontinued the pursuit, appeared to steer
for the there, Islands;. probably for the purpose of
demising her with respect to Barcelona being the
destination away part of the fleet. These islands
would amorally be the rendaavous, supposing
Naples anti Sicily to be its object.
A letter from Giturriltar, dated the 27th last.

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brought by the Woo/with recently orrivtd
mouth, leaves no doubt of it>ti being the intention
of the enemy to put to sea. 'lt is written by Mn
()Aker who, frog) his politic situ4tion, toast be the
best itifurtued upon this subject. It is as follows:

" Gibraltar, Oct. 27, 1809.

" Lord Collingwoo4.expects the Frestvh fleet out every
moment. Barcelona is sold to be in great waut of provi-
sions, and large colivoys are collected at Toulon, Corfu,
Marseilles, Burgue, all destined fur that port, and it is ex-
pelled they will take adeautage of the first strung N. W.
plc. fifteen sad of the line, Froelich, nod tone Ittiounati, arc
in the outer road q and it is supposed to be the best mauued
Beet France ever seat to sea. Lord Culliogwoutl has with-
draw's his line.of.hattle shops train the Adriatic and Sicily,
and every thing he coo collect Leis getting with him. That
there mitt be all aeti,rs 1 Aare an doubt, provided our fleet cuu
keep their station."

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Admi-
ralty, Iron) the Casa,- (flag-ship), of *so guns, oil
Flushing, contai JJ iii uu account of the procoedings
of the Uritish iurce in Walcheren and the Scheldt.

Two Gottenburgh Moils arrived last night. The
letters and 'Japers, which are to the 11th inst. state,
that an armistice had beat concluded between Swe-
den and Denmark, which sat to have commenced
en Saturday, the 1 Ith instant.
The.stmadron of Sir JAMIa SAuuLeaz has left
Carlscrona, and put into Ilarok-lioads.
The Governor of Gottenburgh received final
instructions, on the 511), for the shutting of the
Swedish I'orta ugainst the English. .They were
notified to the public on the Stit, in the churches.

We have received a series of the Monitestr. and
some other Pais Papers, to the .sth instant. Bo-
NAPASTE had not, at that date, visited Paris, since
his return from Germany. This circumstance ap-
pears to have given rise to the report ofjus illness,
but it dues not seem to justify that inference.—
lie seems rather to have deferred his (titre into that
capital, with a• view to mark it by some circuin-
!tan& of extraordinary eclat. Some think he
means to have • himself proclaimed Emperor of
Ilermapy; others, that he is to repudiate Jost-
itimitiand take a new wife. liis family are crowd-
lug round him. The King of Sazusv, ati.l many
other distinguished fortiguers, are assembled at
Peataiableau ; and great preparations were making
for his entrance into hiscapital, which was expected
shortly to take glace.

HIS MAJESTIC has been grac.ou.ly pleated to op.
point the ltit;l,t lion. Col. CIIAILLiS VootitElt.
M. P. t be Conitable of the fort and gnirition of
the city of Utsirrick, in the room of the Hun. Wm.
COCILATNE, arerabed. . • . -

Government yesterday reckired dispatches from
Duldin Cootie.

The Tharae.r frigate, Hon. Copt.INA LORG RAZE, iY
Ordered to take Chevalier Dun Aaticue, 'from
l'aitsmoutli to Cadiz. 'Chi* viitlesitaii was the
Alinister of FERDI NA D, at the Court id Locts, in
holland, front whence lie escaped with souie diffi-
culty, attended by the Spain-li Consul. Soon after
he arrived, he received instructions from the
Supreme Junta,. to remain in London. Ile is now
murdered, by the same authority, to proceed to
Seville : and it is expected that lie will occupy a
situation of high rauk and responsibihty in the GO-
verniueut.

The present High Sheriffs of the city of' Dublin,
Sir EDWARD STANLEY, and Sir JAN:ES RIDDELL,•
have summoned, on the pres.ent City Term (Irsed
Jury, • nomber of respectable Boman Cathoiich.
We are happy to state the urr;vsl of some more of
onr brave fellows hum flu farad ; they were landed
at Portsmouth, Dover, and flarwich. Two of those
gallant regiment* (the Itoyak nod 8 Ist,) were sent
its waggons to Colchester: tut ';btil, oath, dud King's.
German Legion, to Ipswich.
A new regulation has just taken phlze with rea.
pert to Coavittatidera of prison slops; those ships
are in future td be commanded ls:: Lieutenants,
who will receive their appointments flout the Trams-
port Ihesril, and, coming through such channel,
they do not authorise theta to punish any military
person that may be on board the ships a Inc:i thty
costubiud.—This regulation will prevent any olds.
underatantling (similar to Lf.rt which lately ascent-
rid at Plymouth) 44 to the authority of the Com-
manders of prison ships to inflict ptinistoueot on
the militia who may be doing duty on beard their
ships.
" Captain H Its [AID tir is ripponts.:l to the Repulses
in the romn•of the Hon. Caitaiu who, we
are sorry to state, is very ill, from the effectrof a
fever, which he caught at Flushing.
It was reported yesterday that Mr. CANNING'S
statement, in reply to Loral CASTLEREAGH Mid the
Earl of CAIt&ILS, will be submitted to the public
this day.
We uuderstand that the Artoansv-tlatstass,
will this day move, its the Court of Kin g'• ,Teich.
for Criminal informations alpinist Mr. CLissono.
the Barrister, and three other 'persons, fur exciting
riot and disturbance in Coveut-Garden Theatre.
At two o'clock, yesterday, a vestel arrived its the
Thames, off the Tower, under the orders of Admis
rat Mutat, containisic the whole of the property
belonging to the Duchess of Bottom/Ica. borne.
shately on her arrival, two officers of the ship pro—
ceeded to Count Warmer, in fialfinoon-street,
• Piecaditly, where they received the necessity in-
structions for the landing of the property this day.
It is said to be of fininense value.

At the time the hot packet left Jainaica,
con.-
derable appreheasious were entertained for the
safety of the Link Belt sloop of war, and a trans.
pert under bar convoy. as they were spoken oft the
east end of that island en the lab of Angus,. by
the Garland frigate. the Lillis Belt baring Gera-
ral Monotone ea board. appointed Lieutenant-'
o:merrier sod Commander of His MAJ WV, form
in Jamaica: .and as bite as the 9th of September,
when the Garland returned to Port Royil. they bad
not been hmrd of.—. Hence it is feared they bate
both foundered.