The Sun.
London, England, 1808-05-19 00:00:00

• GOTTLATURaII

GOITENSURGH; MAY 9.--;•On SaturtlV last ar-
rived here his Britannic Majesty's Slip. Viaory,
Vice-Admiral Sir JAMES &it/MAR i z. Colonel
Mva-
r: Y, who came in hel-) set off immediately for
Stockholm.

.Ay 10.—The post from Stockholm, which has
just arrived, has brought us the unpleasant intelli-
gence that the fortress of Sweaburgh, in Finland,
has been shamefully given tap to the Russians. The
King has dismissed Admiral CHONSTRDT, and all
the Officers who were accessaries in this affdir.
STOCKHOLM, MAY 6.--Lieut. CJLLEItSTM of
the Life Guards, arrived here on the sci instant at
night with the following report, having been de-
tained by the enemy nineteen days, between Swea-
borg and the Head-Quarters of the ArMy in Fin,
land, which on the 25th of April still continued at

Lnruijocki.—The Enemy having, on the end of

March, driven in our out-posts, and advanced against
the town of Helsingfors, which was occupied by one
battalion of the Regiment of Adderczuz, our troops
were obliged to retreat into the Fortress. AL) com-
munication with the Town was interrupted by the
Enemy, and the Fortress surrounded on all sides.

The 17th March, the Enemy opened a well di-
reaed fire from a Battery constru tied on Block holrn's
UK The 18th, oth, and loth, the Enemy con-
tinued to keep up a brisk cannonade against the
Fortress, and threw numerous shells ~and red hot
balls into our works.

The 2► st March an Officer arrived with a flag of
truce, and required a conference; the principal ob-
jeet of which was, that on our side the town should
mot be fired upon, in order to prevent the Mischief
which might otherwise be dune to the distressed in.
habitants, and that, on the other hand, the Enemy
should not eret any batteries within the lines.
The 28th March we discovered that the Enemy
was construtiing a battery on the heights, in front
of Lllricaburgh ; our fire was immediately duetted
against that point, and answered by the enemy,with
bombs, shells, and balls.

The 29th, 30th, and 3I st March, the Energy
continued to cannonade and boti)bard the Fortress,
without doing so much mischief as might have been
expeCted ; one Officer and five rank and file of the
Garrison were killed, and 32 wounded. But in
consequence of the excessive fatigues sustained by
our Troops, the number of sick, amounted at the
end of March to 61 5 ; and although we husbanded
our stores with the utmost care, yet one-th:rd of
our gun-powder was spent at that time.
On the 2d of April another Officer arrived with a
Flag of Truce, who was the bearer of a Proposal
from the Russian General, to surrender the .Fortress
in ease that no succour should 'arrive ; and after a
conference held on that subjefl, I this day concluded
the Convention which I respe&fully take leave to
annex to this Report.

Yew Majesty will' most graciously be pleased to
consider, that from the impede& state of the For-
cress, which can make but a very feeble defence in
winter, when it is liable to be attacked on all sides,
the extensiveness of the works, and the compara-
tively imall number of the troops wllO were able to
defend them; and from these considerations, I hum-
bly trust, not di3approve of a measure to which I
thought it my duty, although very,
,reludiantly, to
submit.

C. 0. 0. CRUNSTIDT.

Inceborg, April 7, 111,2.

CONVENTION
Between their Excellencies Messieurs Dt Sue/rent N; ce-
netal in Chief, Engineer 'laud Quartcr.Nlaster.General of
the Armies of his Majesty the. Emperor of all the Russia:,
Knight of the Orders- of St. Alexander, Newsky, acid St.
Cearge, of St, %Vladimir and St. Ann, Commander of the
Order of St. john of jerusalem; and Da CILONST CDT.,
Vice•Adiniral In , the service of his Majesty the King of
Sweden, Chef de l'Escipire;pnd Commandant of the for.
tress, Commander and Gra4Fl Crt',:s of the Order of the
Sword, and Commanda of the.plriv of St. john of feru.
Warn.

" There shall be an Armistice between the Rus-
sian Troops besieging Sweaburgh, and the Swedish
Garrison, from this day to. the 3d of May (new
style), of the current year 1808. If by the noon of
the eaid 3d of May the Fortress shall not have re-
ceived effeCtual succours, by at least five Ships of
the Line, it shall be given up to the Troops of his
Majesty the Emperor of Russia, which succour, it
is te:be understood, is to have a&ually entered the
Port of Sweabur4h by the hour appointed, and is td
.be considered as not having. arrivec, if it has only
come within sight of the place.
" The day after this Convention shall have been
approved by his Excellency the General Commander
in Chief, the Count DE Boxisovorm, the Admiral
M. Da CanNsTenT shall evacuate the Isle of Lan-
goru, the guard of which shall be relieved by a
Russian guard. On the two following days, that is
to say from 94 hours to "4 hours, the same shall be
done in the Ne or Westervarto, &c. including the
stualt work of Lol.velt, on the rock adjoining, and
joining that of Lille Ostervarto.

" The I;artisan which shall he there shall pass
OVer to tb,,, Inge LiilatLis wbie.b conativate, the FQr.

Tress, car ing with them only What appertains try
each as his property, without destroying, or in the
least damaging the Works, magazines attillerr, or
ammunitiorr, exc.l.pt provisions, which they may be
allowed to take with them.

" Of the three Islands Willa shall be the gdarantee
of this convention, that of Langnip shall be entirely
given up to the Russian Troops, who, however,
shall not, before the said ad of May, begin any
works on the side opposite to the Fortress. As to
the two other Islands, though occupied by these
satue troops, they shall be hectored, provided
the lIIICCOUr shall arrive before the ► time 904
plated, precisely in the state its which they
now are. In the mean time, the Swedish Hos.
pital which ,is there, shall remain tinder the
inspeCtion of its own Officers of health and • Neal.'
dents, and shall have no other communication with
Sweaburgh than for the conveyance of convaleiCents
and that of the sick, who marsupply their places
without exceeding the number of those at present
there. The mill and bakery at Westervarto shall
remain at the disposal of this same Hospital."
The other articles of this Convention, which watt'
signed April 4, are hot of (lilac!) importance, except
one which stipulates, that " The Flotilla shall beo
restored to Sweden, according. to the particular re-
turn, made thereof, after the conclusion of Pace, in
case that England should also restore to Denmark
the Fleet which she took last year."
His Majesty having received intelligence that
Vice-Admiral CIIONSTIZDT, contrary to the orders
given him, and after having held a Council of War;
at which all Officers of rank were present, has con-
chided a Convention with the Commander in Chief
of t he Enemy's armies, by Which he binds himself; on
certain conditions; and lit case that no succours
should arrive before the ad inst. to surrender to the -
Enemy both the Fortress and the considerable Flotilla
which were lying there, together with all Stores ;
he finds that condo& to-be sir such a nature, that the
Vice-Admiral, as well as all the. Officers of rank who
aMed with him, have thereby forfeited his confi-
dence; and accordingly his Royal Majesty
proper to dismiss him, as well as all the aforesaid
Officers who shall not have protested against the
above Convention, from his Majesty's and the pub.
lic service. --(Stockholm Gazette of May 6.)

PLYMOUTH. MAY 16. Arrived • the Soleta,o of
guns, Captain SPROULE, from Rio Janeiro,-with-
Dispatches for Government, . with which Captain
SPitovLs landimi, and set otf immediately for the
Admiralty. The Commercial Treaty' bets een ,the
Portuguese and British Governments is brought .oier
in the Solebay. She brings no • particular news:'
The Surveillante Frigate, Captain Sir J..CoLiteat;
had arrived at Rio Janeiro before the. Soleboy 'sailed,
which Will on the 17th of M"::reli.