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London, England, 1808-04-18 00:00:00

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GOTTENBURGFI MAILS,

A:;SV•.'::R OF SWEDLN TO Tkin‘pttNISICPECLLRATIOS.

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OF WAR.
Court of Denmark had made an alliance with
France; was prepared to receive French troops in id
country; colleeted. transport vesseli in its ports; fit
ted out all -its ships in the road of Copenhagen, to'
cover a French Expedition against Sweden, and tee
issuei -1-Dedaratioti —or- War Denitiark aCcuset
Sweden of being the cause of ;his rupture, because
she did. not make her compliments of condolence oil
the loss of the Fleet; because she would me .co-opv
rate to avenge that, humiliation ; and eapctially
cause she. sought 'aid from England' against intit 34
aggression. The relations:of .the King with lilt
neighbouring Power were, these of a simele peece.
There was neither alliance, nor atly CouVention
whatever,, which traced out for the two Courts any
common course for their political condua... There
fore, when Sweden, Russia, and Prussia, fur: is
conjunction against France, Derunark, ender the
shade of her neutrality, appeared the friend of all.
The King witnessing this system, and convinced by
some explanations denianded in the course,, of the
year 1896; of the impossibility.of obtaining a change
favourable to Sweden, could not entertain a hope
that the naval force of Denniark could ever be useful
to him ;
on the contrary, after the Peace of TilSit,
he had every reason to fear that, by the suggestions
of Russia and France, it 'might be turned against
him. His Majesty, therefore, thought it proper to
preserve a profound silence
.relative to the evenfr,
which passed in his vicinity last autumn, leaving to
England and futurity to justify thine. It is 4tte
truth, however, to declare, that the Court of Lon-
don did not invite Sweden to take walla this Expe•
dition, nor confided it to her till the moment vi ill
being carried into execution ; therefore not the least
movement was made in Sikeden on this oceesieui
the English Fleet arrived and departed %%Pithiest en-
tering into any port of Sweden,, and the amciliart
troops, embarked in Pomerania, were reatoced ita
virtue of a separate article in the Convention cOO-
- at London, relative to this object, on the 17th.
of Jude,' 1807, when certainly there war as yet no
reference to the Expedition. 'De following is the
article :
" It is fully understood, that in case unforeseen
Circumstances should render impra&iconle the objed
of this Convention, or that his Britannic Majesty.
,should find it necessary to withdraw the said„ troops
(the Gentian legion) from swedish l'ornerania, the
stipulation of this Convention shall in no ,u annex
prevent his Britannic Majesty from
givin such
orders as he may judge proper with teapot te
the ulterior disposition of these troops, 01).,11'
'ar'e'' now placed under the ()niers of his Swte.o,4*
Maj esty,"
The Court Of 'London has since fully justified tic
enterprize, and the experience of every day justifies
g
it. Numerous French Armies 'remained in 4.4(4e.!,
Saxony and over-awed the North : there were still
eiations to subjugate, ports to shut,' and tortes to
dire& against England : these Were to penetrate
thither at any _rate : they ,would hove acted `lets
case, and under any pretence that Mieht have otieted.
At present, it is the Expedition against the Danish
Fleet which is the rallying word ..61 the whole
4°,.
le.igue. What is remarkable is, that the Amy"
Government, already beset by French' trople!!,Rtlf:
powered, impelled, and even paid by Franeeyiss,w-i
a Declaration of War against Sweden, without "1
fins even to name the Power: which fercel.l‘ ;•
It seeks, with embarrassments,..grievenees and l"''•
sons, to appeal to have had ie tine dereriiiitiatieu
will of its own... It cites the ioiiiormra"" 4)
Sweden 'against the arrest of the Sweeihili waits 1
vexatious,' while in its severity against Etilien
respondence if' would net seder it to pass viCCOrclint
to Treaty, and declares that it is itneeriotislyeblie,
to take these measures. It pretends to know .ul4
thoughts of the King, and iinaginea. them .icier`"
gressioti upon Sweden. It
though ,for some months it etas concerted an agrs•
the interests of the conntry, though it Ilea about:,
cloned its own interests, and even its existeoce,,a
afreigq luduonce. In title, it reproachea.Sw,db,:i.
with having provided tor her detettee by a se.,
diary Treaty, though itself is paid toren .I;gress,no,
e a nines
and than it pronounces, though indeed wit. h
of tirnidity, the word reeteenere, whiee t
pretends to reason
verunlent that pays it had prehably crue:ly

to it. .
It is proper hare to render to his Britannic Ma-
jesty the most-authentic testitnotirhat lilt all 10
traospelions with Sweden he never demanded o'ffen-
sive measures, nor required any thing that was net
. petfetAly Compatible r with and illtie;
Residence... The most recent and c0t:n.11364 P!",;,,'
with wbicla Isis
otinfccatetiidioiesnsistooffhtett'huperpolirmoaptptoiliis:ti,utid(Tityl
otinoonurable to all the NQ' rtb.,_tor the Da4i44
Government read in' this proposition tho c,°41).433
asreentidl.
agauidnthast
thi
Swedent eortt'hSicslo'cuitpusiponlpitli ris:lt%striau.rt: rw:lll:dit.cl°il;dlit:lll,;stat;;l
when it shall return to itself, let It cornotte tile
of things which the King has desired, WO tii:c3;
which France and Russia wish—Let 311 the n
of .France read in this consent of England the dif"
ference between the connections which . unite th!
two Courts, and those which enchain them, an°
let them pronounce on which side is to beAnnuil a
duo regard for particular interests's just moder4liou
for the genera) good.
Denmark herself bas been, during a long dole'
the objea of his moderation, and did not cease."'
be so' till she became absolutely dangerous. Whe,
the North was outraged by the devihiation,
Lower Saxony; by the oppression of the l-laneat'a
Towne, what didtshe to avenge thrill ? Swede"'
Prussia, and Russia, made war tor that cb-
jed ; but no one thought of forcing Denmark so'
take part in it. She was the Ally of Russia the
as well as at present. Why did. she not erith tier
rato
her cause ? What could she then alledge for
tranquillity, which Sweden cannot now, alledge
this is explained by the single fad, which she co'
deavours to conceal. that she is under t) C'
ence.4the French Government. Had Eng and 1, ti
principles of this enemy, she wool°
bare waited the moment of tier surrender to
her; she would have,invaded her several years D',;
fore; she would nave guarded lief, and all this wit!,
a view to the good of the North; Her ancient,
liar= with Russian is made a pretext for this •

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reSsias,. thotigh. all, the \\•or'lci kne.wo,it ts-lonly de, he Ship sttiek fast en ground, that becitthe
tent e, and that it remained suspended during the ! •
itecessary tto burn her on the :rip& where ..she Wtis
late wars of Rnssia, 'when; perhaps, that Power
Might have claimed it. . • qing : 550 Danish seamen made Prisoners of War
The Cour of Denmark, in order to justify its were landed here this morning.
proceeding, hesitates not to make all kinds of asser-
tons, dares io defend the injustice of Russia, and be-
trays a premeditated plot, and, all this it does to con-
ceal the chiet, nay only reason, which is, that-Den'.
mark is the Ally of France. But injustice and false-
hood find their end—honour and truth will triumph
in their turn. His Majesty, relying on the justice
of his cause, hopes, with conscious pride of his
reigning over a brave and loyal people, so often
tried by dangers, and always held up by the Al-
mighty, that the same providence will vouchsafe
to ble,s his army, and restore to his subjects a
safe and honourable peace, to the contusion of his
enemies.
Stockholm, March 21, 1808.

GOTTENBURGH, MAUCH 29.—8 y the I;st ac-
counts from Finland we find, that the Swedes were
retreating to Tornea. The Russian army had been
greatly augmented, some reports say to 60,000 Men ;
it is said tbatevery additional regiment that has
marched from St. Petersburgh‘ to Finland, has been
first mustered before the dtvor-of Baron &I'm NCK,
the Swedish Minister there, in the most insulting
manner. _ _

HI LL'EI'IN.

GatpsnoLst CASTLE, MARCH 30--His Royal
Majesty received yesterday two reports froth Count
.KuicpsPoa, Commander in Chief of the Artily in
Finland, bearing date, head-quarters, Longitirs and
Nerper, not far from Wasa, March 20th and 23d.
The Army eotitinues .Im, good order its march to
Ulenberg, in order to form a junaion with the co-
lumn of Count COONS TEAT, Chief of Brigade. The
rear was almost daily engaged with the Enemy's
Light Troops, but a more considerable affair took
place under the orders of Count SEWENBJ EL:4, Ad-

jutant-General, and of Colonel GRIPENBERG, Chief
of Brigade, in which his Majesty's Troops, with

the utmost gallantry, withstood the attack of the
Enemy, far superior in number, and cove►ed the
retreat of the rest* of the Army, which carried away
all the magazines formed in Brorneborg.

MARCH '3O. This morninge arrived here his Bri-
tannic Majesty's Ships the Stately and Nassau, of
64 guns each, commanded by Captains PARKER
and CAMPBELL, having on board 500 Danish prison 7.
ears, taken out of the Prince Christian Man of War,
Of 74 guns, . which struck to these SLiips, on the
evening of the 12d, od Zealand. She maintained a
funning fight of more than two hours, before she
struck, and afterwards went on shore, when it be-
came necessary 'to set fire to and destroy her. The
Stately had five men killed and forty-seven wound-
ed in the a&ion the Nassau one killed and sixteen
wounded. The Dane had 50 killed, among‘eliich
three Lieuteliants, and 88 wounded. Thus is the
'navy of Denmark reduced to one Ship of the. Line,
which is said to be at Copenhagen. By advises frotlnk;
Belsingburgh, received to day, we learn that as late
as the 26th inst. the French had not crossed the
Belts, though it had been confidently reported they
Were to embark tor Zealand on the lath, Count
MIOLKI, the Danish Minister at Stockholm, and
Mr. GILDENFOLM, the Secretary, arrived at Helsing-
burgh a few days since under a Swedish guard, and
embarked in a Flag of Truce for Elsineur.
MAUCH 25.—A conscription of alt the young un-
married men, without respect to rank, betweeo the
ages of 18 and 25 years, throughout Sweden, flas
been ordered to take place immediately ; this, it is.
thought, will raise 150,000 men.--A great many
regiments have gone, and more are marching to the
frontiers of Norway, which, it is said, are not to
a& merely on the defensive. The English Ships of
'War which have been frozen up here, all gut clear
from the ice some days ago and sailed ; and by ad.
vices received to-day tram fielsingburgle we learn,
they. have arrived at the Sound. They consist of
three Sail of the Line, one Frigate, and some smaller
Vessels. Since Russia, Denmatk, and Prussia, have
4eclared against this country, all intercourse is
tstriCtly forbidden here, and the letters direCted' to
these Countries have been returned to the writers.
Arum 4.—A Danish Flag of Truce arrived at
trelsingburgh on the Ist instant, for the purpose of
making enquiry respelling the number of killed and
wounded on board the Prince Christian Man of War
in the late ;talon. All the Prisoners, five hundred
and twenty-five, were landed here yesterday. , A
Privateer,. fitted out at Marstrand, sent into that
:port, the day beforelesterday, four Danish Vessels
she captured in their passage from Norway to Jut-
land.—The.Masttr of one of them has made oath
before the Commandant of Marstrand, that three
Ships of the Line, and 24,000 troops. were (*-
petted to arrive at Drontheim froM the Texel; slid
that it was said in that part of Norway which he
left, they were already come. The report of a great
number of French troops being in Jutland, gains
ground. Ten English Mails are. now due here.—
The Forward Gun-brig arrived front Yarmouth this
morning. it is rumoured here, that Baron NICOLA Y,
Who was on his journey from London to Saint Peters-
burgh, has been arrested at Prelsluhaven, and
brought back to Slockhnim, where he is placed putl,
der a strong military- guard ; a great number of let-`:
ters, aucl the dispatches of the Russian ' Minister,
ALorEus, were, it la said, taken, upon him.
Artt t t. e.—The day before yesterday arrived here
this Britannie.Majesty's Ship Dißatori of 64 guns,
together with the Tartnius.Bolith, Salcette Frigate,
Daphne, Snake, and Chariger Gun-brigs, Btc. These
Shtps have brought a great quantity of arms.and.am-
illUtiiliOn for the Swe7dislt. Government, and a large
sum of motel.. Last night also arrived Admiral Sir
SAMUEL. 1-loop, in the Centaur, with several other
Ships, w hose Bane:4 I cannot yet learn many more
I am told are gone to the Sound : these arrivals have
sliffesed it general sati•ilaaion here, as we now think
ourselves secure tioni any invasion ut the French and
Danes, though, indeed, we have as yet no account
to be depended upon of the'French having Come over
to Zealand, or even of their having entered Ha.
stein,--There is no news to=day from Finland, nor
'lOl hear that operations have yet commenced on the
frontiers of Notway, where a considerable Swedish
army is assembled.
STOCKHOLM, APRIL 4.—His Royal Majesty has
teen informed, by a report from Vice-Admiral
"K B, Commanding Admiral in Cat lscrona, of they
30th of last month, that the first Division of 1114'
Swedish Fleet, consisting of five Sail of the Lino,
two lErigates,• and four Brigs of War, set sail from
that Port the 30th March early in the morning,, un-
der the orders of —ear-Admiral Baron CEDICKSTROMI
and on the departure of the above report, had al-
ready cleared the Bar of Carlscrona.
GOTTENBURGII, MARCH 30.--Two English Sail
of the Line, the Stately and Nassau, arrived %ere ,
this morning, under to orders of Capt..PAttx,en,..
after having taken, soon after they had entered the :1-
Belt, the Danish Ship of the Line Prince Cytstjan
Frederick - . • j
* of 74 gum, which ran ashore "the
inst. in order to' avoid her being taken. During the
s Riots, 80 men and three Officers -were killed • but

" Count CRONSTEDT, Chief of Brigade, reported
from Knopio, Alipitka, and Idensobenonder date the
13th, 61 LI, and 13th March, that with the troops un-
der his command, he is continuing his march to
Ulenberg, pursuant to his orders. • He had some ,
Severe engagements with the Enemy on the 11th
near Lippanirta, and the 15th, near Knopio, during
which a cannonade was for some time kept up
vn both sides, without the Russian troops hav-
ing been able, notwithstanding their great supe-
riority in number, to make any successful attack on
your Majesty's troops ; they were, on the contrary,
continually repulsed."
GOTTENBURGII, APRIL 6---Intelligence has been.
received from Matsu-and, that the Swedish Sloop
Basta, commanded by Ensign WESTBECK, has taken
and carried into Marsrrand harbour six Danish and
Norwegian vessels,' laden with iron, timber, oats,
witeat, malt, and flour.

MS SWEDISH MAJESTY'S I'ROCIAMATION, ToUenING

THE LEV Y-r.N.MASSE,, DATED ST OCKHOLM, 141,1 r

OF MARCH, 1808.

" We, QUSTAVVS Anou.nus, make known, that,
as. the Eastern Frontiers of the Kitt;(loin are already
attacked by the Enemy, and those in the West and
North are likewise threatened, we tee! ourselves
called upon to make the utmost exertions for the
defence of our invaded Country. For this purpose,
and in order that we may be able to raise a suffi-
cient force to attack the Enemy, it is our will that all
young men from 18 to 2b years, both inclusive,
of whatever rank or condition they may be, who
have not enlisted in the regular army of olihtiA, or
navy, shall hold themselves in readiness to take up
arms for the defence of Our native land, and aisens-
'ble at such places as shall be pointed out to them at
a moment's notice."

ST00;1101.14, MARCH 18.—The French General
of Division, GRANDJZAN, informed Lieutenant
WAIIRENBERG, by a Letter, of the 6th of October
last year, by General BRUNE'S order, that the
Swedish Packets would not be molested on their ar-
rival at Grosses Zuker, in the Isle of Rugen, but ,
be allowed to enter that Port, until the exchange of
French and Swedish prisoners should have been
completed. In spite of their soleMn assurance, two
Swedish Packets, which on the strength thereof were
dispatched tioto Istadt to Rugen, have been detained
there by the French commanding Officer, and declared
good and lawful prizes. On board of one of them was
his► Majesty's *Aid-de-Camp, Major. DAttMFELT, who
was sent with a flag of truce to Rugen, and, con-
trary to all usages of.war, detained in Stralsund un-..
der a,militarY guard and on board the other. was
Major SCIIONTZ, of the artillery, who was likewiSe
declared a Prisoner of war. This condut on the'
part of the French, by no means unprecedented,
is recorded as an additional proof of the well-
known fa&, that no reliance can be placed on the
most solemn and most sacred promise of that people.

Srocacuoi.m, M.tacit. 20.—Lieutenant-General
Baron CA nPALON has made a report, dated the Igth
inst. stating, that the English Squadron which was
frozen in near Gottenburgh, and consists of three
Sail of the Line, two Irrigates, and three Brigs of
War, got'afloat the said day, and
.is ready to set sail
with the first fair wind and weather.

The following Men of War have touched at Ma.
deira since it has been in our possession Surveil-
'ante, Hyacinth, Confance, and Raves, bound to
the Brazils with . dispatches • Lively, on a cruize
off the Western islands ; Viper Schooner, Lieut.
ToWsixe, with dispatches from Sir CHARLES COT-.
TaN, and to wait the arrival of Sir SIDNEY SMITH,
who is on his way to the Brazils Baraeouta, with
dispatches for the East Indies; his, with an East
India Convey ; Gaerrier, for Jamaica ; Franchise
ptid Cherub, with a Convoy for, the West Indies.
The Comris has left the -Madeira station to join Sir
.C; it Alt Lliti COTTuH. Upwards of 8 Portuguese
tmany of whom are petsons of distinffion), who
'made their escape &am Lisbon, got on beard Sir
Cud% 1.1:11 COTTON'S Squndion, and have hince arrived
'at Portsmouth, are to be conveyed to the Brazils in
two Transports which have been ordered for the
purpose, and are to sail.with the next convoy.