The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-11 00:00:00

GO7TENBURGH MAIL.

A private letter from Stockholm,states, that there
is no longerany doubt ót peace being shortly con-
chided between Russia and Sweden on the follow-
ing basis :—Russia to retain Finland and the island
of Aland, and to desist from persevering in her
request of the Swedish ports being shut against
England.
GOTTENBURGR, SEPT. 4.—Geheral Armfeldt has
spent the most of his time, since his arrival, in view-
ink+ the fortifications of this neighbourhood ; he
take his departure for Scania on Thursday or. Fri..'
day next.
. Seven P. M.—Count Rosen, the new Governor
of this town, is this _moment. arrived from Stock-
' holm. A letter frt'&n the Alert states, that iu the
-engagement they only lost one man killed and tour
wounded.

STOCKHOLM, AUG. 30.—His Royal Majesty has
received the following report from Count WaCk-
meister

" In consequence of the enemy having, on the'
19th instant vigorously attacked my advanced parties
near Silva!' on the road of Umea, I judged it neces-
sary to reinforce them- with fresh troops, and the
enemy was thrice repulsed ; but soon after the Rus,
sians, who occupied a' very advantageous position,
commenced a tremendous cannonade and musket
fire, which did so much execution among our troops,
that the severe loss they sustained in killed and•
wounded induced me to order General-Adjutant La-
gerbring, who commanded that part of our army, to
retreat by the bridge Which was in his rear, after
five hours uninterrupted fighting. As soon as th'ee
troops-were under the guns of my batteries, they •so
successively kept up a %.vellc-Oiredted that the
enecny's'ficewas "silenced for a "wholehOur.' but
the ,enemy's vast superiority in infantly'arid thas-
seurs enabled him to force- his passage across the
river, and to form a violent attack on my left wing,
which was at first repUlsed in the most gallant man-
ner; but being considerably reinforced, 'he eoin-
pelled our troops to Lill back. I therefore took op
a position, especially with that part of the army which
had not yet been engaged, my right wing being sup"-
ported by Sifvar, and my left by a wood"; in the
centre a battery of six-pounders was formed on •an
advantageous height, which commanded the whole
,field of battle. This position cost the enemy a great
number of men, but did not prevent him forcing it
both_in front and flank, and in particular, from turn-
ing my left flank. As it thus became impossible to

maintain that position, I judged it necessary, on ac-
count of the severe loss which we had sustained, and
the exhausted state of our troops, after seven hours
hard fighting, to order the army to retreat, which
was done with the greatest order. The enemy did
not pursue us with much vigour, excepting our left
wing, part of Which was cut off, but fought its way
through the. enemy's pursuing corps, and rejoined
the army. The retreat was made in the direction
of Djekneboda, this being the only place where I
could draw up the army ,with any advantage. On
my arrival in that position, I received certain intel-
ligence that the enemy ,was advancing in consider-_
able force to turn both my right and left wings,
which wa‘i undoubtedly possible, and had• it been
done, I should have found it a very arduous task to
extricate myself without a very great loss. con-
sideration of these circumstances, I resolved not to
expose the army to the dangers wide which it was
threatened, and therefore diretted- the troops to con-
tinue the ordered retreat as'far as Ratan.. The_num-
bar of the Russians taken prisoners amounts to 120
men, two of whom are OftiCers. Our loss amounts
to abotat 1200 in killed and wounded.
". COUNT, WACKMEISTER,
" Commanderip Chief of the Army of the Coast."
" Head-Quarters, Ratan, Aug. zr."

By a report made by GneralWrede? Commander

In order to Stimulate and uphold the brave Ca=
talans, in the heroic resistance which, they are every.
where making to the enemy, 'and prineipaily in or-
der to dired their exertions to the preservation of the
highly deserving Gerona, the Government lately by
a Decree declared all the inhabitants of the pi incipa- •
lity free from 0:0 personal tax, who should perform
active service during the wer with France. The li-
mitations annexed to this a6t of grace, solemnly dis-
pensed to those a6tive patriots, were adapted to the
situation of things and the intelligence received by
the Junta. But the information since received,
while it has filled all good citizens with Satisfadtiou
and joy, has convinced the Junta that immunity
should be general, as the merit and services have
been general. In Catalonia there is, no differ-
ence of persons---all are soldiers.. In the villageS
and high roads—in the cities occupied by the enemy _
—wherever there are Catalans, an interminable ha-
tred towards the French is manifeited, an inextiri=
guishable zeal in behalf of the country, a loyalty to= •
wards Ferdinand VII. which stands every trial:—
The Mqnjuich Gerona, with three breaches, and
assaulted five tithe's in-two hours, bravely forced the
assailants to take shameful flight, leaving the ground
,covered with arms and. dead bodies. Provisions,
ammunition, and French convoys fall into hands of
the brave partizans; .and in the, cities and towns
which the superiority of the French arms, or rather
.•
their treacherous perfidy, has put in •bondage, it ;A'
the houses and-walls which are captive, and not the
hearts of their inhabitants, which are everbursting
forth in the most' energetic and heroic expressions of
their feelings; No; the Valiant Catalans have not
degenerated; the blood of their ancestors still runs
in their veins; the ancient hatred of that de-
testable nation still survives, .which by the in-
justice and atrocities of succeeding times, is more
deserved, the present race of Frenchmen being
more pre-eminent in guilt than their forefathers.—A
province which thus universally deserves well of the
,country, admits of no difference among its sons with
respect to the immunities before granted, the more
so in reference, to au impost even more odious than
burthentsome in its effects; and which being per-
'sonal, has more the aspe& of a degrading servitude
to the unhappy who pay it, than a resource to the
State which receives it.

Moved by these just considerations, the Su-
preme Governing Junta of the Kingdom, who
anxiously embrace every opportunity of relieving the
people froth their burthens, and of rewarding the
services they render their country, notwithstanding
the urgent wants of the State, to which this ruinous
war has reduced it; has resolved,- in the name of
our Sovereign Don Ferdinand VII. to suppress at
once this 'species of impost, releasing from that
mark of servitude a Province, all of whose inha-
bitants are loyal, free, and brave. To this end it
bas-decreed::—

K' 1. That the personal contribution is abolished
for ever in Catalonia.
2. That this decree be comthunicated to those
whom it cAlcerns; &c. •
• .‘ The Marquis of Asroßai,
" Seville, July zi, 5809."

SIEGE OF GERONA' CONTINUED.
GERONA, JULY 24.—Last night was repeated the
attack on the mountain of ,Montjuich. Two hours
and a half of firing from our batteries, and of dis,
charges. from our musketry, did' .onsiderable da-
mage,. both to the enemy's works and to thews-
sailants. 'the French , became desperate on their
ill success, and renewed their exertions ; but all
was in vain. The coolness of the garrison of this
castle was admirable. • They- were not at ail dis 4
composed by the fire of the enemy, and returned to
it the language of defiance.
JULY 25.—The besiegers continue to , throw
bombs into the city, and they regale us with a'sUt-
ficient 'profusion, but they have ceased with the
grape shot. They take away a few of our lives, but
this is a useful sacrifice to the honour of our coun-
try. Our defenders wish only to discharge their
duly to their Sovereign. There is nothing to desire
on the part of the garrison ; it much, more than. anzt
savers all our hopes, and attra6ts general admiration.
It surrounds its with an impenetrable wall.'- Those
deeds, that out of the distria of Gerona would del
serve 9ttention, succeed each other with so ritual
rapidity, that they lose all their relative importance.
It may be said of Gerona, that it is the school of va-
lour ; such are the models presented in its walls, tor
the imitation of the Spaiiish people.

AUG. I.—The admirable manner in which our
artillery has been served has destroyed the tower of
St. Louis, where the enemy bad its principal magi:.,
zine of powder, and a great number of our opijo.;,
nents were, on that occasion, killed. A few soli
diers made a sally during the night, when the,Frend4-
were asleep, and spiked &Nile. artillery on the other
side the fosse, and then returned, ridiculing the beg-.
ligence of the enemy. Others, to the number of
only" four, set fire to their works, which contintied
to burn during the *whole evening, and occasioned'
discharges of musketry by the enemy, who were
norant, of the cause of the calamity. . .
We shall insert the dispatch received from the
Governor of MoUtjuich, whiCh the folio :viva

terms :--

" Under date of the 3tst ultimo incloaes the
• •

er,,,rnehicaton of the Commandant of the ravelin,
D J Codiiio, observing that in the front of the
b,:l cry towards the Royal road, there are four pieces
s.,,i),ch the enemy has attempted to destroy. The
same wiac,r, n his note of that day, remarks, that
netny had coot need, dorng the whole night,
lab,iors at the entrenchment on the right side of
the ra,•-lin, in front of the breach."
Uod:1 the same date, the dispatch from the Go-
Vt; ,cquaints us, that a bomb thrown from Sar-
ra:;,t:.:, has silenced the fire of the enemy from the
tower of St. Louis, which has been in a great degree
41etr, poi by it, and the explosion was so violent as
to sh,ihe oven the castle of Montjuich. Of the
'Lennon that wore planted on the battery only one
The loss of the enemy in men was very
consi,!er. ble.

7einll:lS.

Tne nine persons whose names are in the annexed
and who belonged to the corps therein distin-
z:,ii•dled, volunteered to silence the new battery
5,vh.,...11 the enemy bad constructed to flank the Royal
rold and the bridge of the ra‘elin. This work they
:!cc,,mpliihed in two successive attempts, and the
sin-11,1.,e they had erected is still on fire, notwith-
,,t.,:icling the endeavours of the enemy to extin-
i.;,,,,h it.
[Then follows the list of those persons, and the re-
cominendation of the Commanding Officer to re-
ward them for their courage.)

MAILS.
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THE SUN.

SOLZIA QUIS DICIII lALSUI4 AODZAT ?

LONDON,

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 180 g.

Advices have been received from New York, by
a vessel arrived at Liverpool on Saturday, which
staw, that the American Government has enforced
Ole Non-Intercourse A& against this Country, and
ha; issued a violent Proclamation.

The followingi is extraaed from an American

Riper:--
" BOSTOM, Auc.s.—Mr. COLES, the Messenger to
France, in the Syren, passed through this city yester-
day tnorning, on his way to the city of Washington.
The celerity with which Mr. CoLzs travelled, has
I to the opinion that he is the bearer of very im-
. ortant information from France. Added to this, we
understand, that, at the time of his departure for
France, it was his intention, in case the state of
our, affairs would permit, to remain in that country
two or three years. His sudden return, there-
ft>re, does not augur very favourably to the hopes of
a good ut:derstanding with.the French Government.

" Several late letters from France concur in al-
lue-ing to the probability of Mr. ARMSTRONG'S
Sp:•etty return home.
" Every information from France increases in
listility to this country. A letter of the. 17th June,
from Paris, positiveiy states, that Mr. ARMSTRONG'S
baggage was actually shipped on board the Mentor,'
and that be was to embark immediately. The French
Government, it is said, will give facility and safety
to our commerce on no other terms than our with-
ttrawiug troth all connexion with Great Britain.—
The American property in France, it is apprehend-
ed, will he sacrificed the moment Mr. ARMSTRONG
withdraws from that country. To what a deplora-
ble humiliating condition are we reduced !
" the subje& of the three conditions prescrib-
tr..! EcSKINE, in the letter of instruetions of
Mr. CANNING, the New-York Lvening Post says,
' The first condition being in the spirit of our
n•en law, may, without disadvantage or dishonour,
be complied with. The matter of the second con-
dition being distin&, and forming no part of the
sehjeCt of the projeeted arrangement, may, with
e,ther and similar points be referred to subsequent
nego.iation. And with regard to the third condi-
;;,,n, by the adoption of the same open and dignified
course, which was formerly pur-red by the United
States to enforce a non-intercourse with France, it

" 1)-c:owes unnecessary, and would without doubt be

It is with regret we have seen the abuse heaped on

the Bri►ish Government, from various quarters for a
supposed breach of contra&. We should all learn
caution from the issue, as it now appears; by
;ie publication of Mr. CANNING'S iIISITtIaiOIIS to
Mr. ERSKINE, that th7ee conditions were proposed
as esential to the arrangement, though the two first
ere said to have bee❑ suggested by the Members of
our own Administration, and the last is stated to
base beep acceded ►o by Mr. PINCKNEY.

A Portuguese frigate, arrived at Scilly in 33 days
from Rio Janiero, with Dispatches, brings a report
+,a% French frigate had arrived at Rio Jiniero to
neg,oc..ate for peace.

A Mail from Lisbon arrived this morning, with
advices from thence to the 3oth ult. A private Let-
re; from that Capital, of the 2gth states, that the
licad-quarters of Lord WELL;NGTON were then at
Sivas, that general Ban sfoßp was at Castel Bran-
co, and that the French had retired towards Madrid.
report had reached Lisbon, from Spain, that the
fit. la ROMANA was enerSted at Seville, and

that he was to take the command of the army Of

Estramadura.

We have extraeted' an Order issued by the Spa-
nish Junta, dated the 15th ult. dire6ting the utmost
exertions to be used for supplying the British army
wi►h provisions, and the answer of the persons to
whom it was addressed, stating that considerable
supplies had bet obtained.

A Gottenburgh, Mail arrived last night, by which
we have advices from Stockholm, of the 30th ult.
and from Gotteuburgh, of the 4th instant. The
Russians, after obtaining a victory over the Swedes,
near Umea, on the 19th, found themselves under
the necessity of evacuating that place, which was on
the 24th ult. in possession of the Swedes.

We are sorry to learn that his Maje§ty's ship
digameninon, of 64 guns, was lost in the River
Plate, on the 20th of June last.

The _Gazette of Saturday contains Copies and Ex-
traits of the Dispatches from Spain, of which we
have already communicated the substance.
The perusal of. Lord WELLINGTON'S Letters must
be very gratifying to the friends of the sick and
wounded British, abandoned at Talavera by the Spa-
nish General ; and the trausaBion is creditable, as
well to our Commander, who has used every exer-
tion, in order to alleviate the di stres,:ses of these un-
fortunate men, as to the French Marshal MORTISE,
from whom it appears that they have experionced so
much attention as to render their situation, in the
opinion of an Assistant Commissary who had been
allowed to return, preferable to that of the French

troops.
Lord WELIANGToN's second letter, incloses a
Report from Sir ROBERT WILSON, giving an account
of his engagement with the French under Marshal
NEY (not SOULT, as had been before stated) in
which he acknowledges himself to have been worst-
ed, after a very spirited and judicious attempt to de-
fend the pass of Banos, and thereby to prevent the
passage of the French troops towards Salamanca.—
Sir ROBERT'S COIIdUEI is spoken of in terms which
we are convinced must be highly gratifying to that
officer. He is denominated as "an active and in-
telligent partizan ;" an expression to which some
petulant friend of Sir ROBERT WILSON in this i
country most needlessly objeas, as derogatory
from the character of the Lieutenant-Colonel. We
do not apprehend that Lord WELLINGTON is in the
habit of considering how his Dispatches will read in
The Times, but it really strikes us, that if he had
consulted his whole .Staff, and turned over every
page in the Military Dictionary, he could not have
found a term more suitable to the situation in which
Sir ROBERT WILSON had been placed, or More cal-
LAlated to give satisfaetion to the mind of that zea-
lous soldier, than PARTIZAN. The word implies a
specks of warfare more suited to the cal!ing forth of
every species of qua nfication necessary to an Officer,
than any that could have been named. In an
" aaive and intelligent Partizan," what is called
" military resource i"—Thin frame of mind which
enables a man to judge promptly from circumstances
as they arise ; to profit from every thing that occurs,
I .
and to turn even disadvantages to a good account.
We have been led to these remarks by our anxious
wish to defend Lord WELLINGTON from the flip-
pant, the injudicious advocate of Sir ROBERT WIL-
SON, and by our conviaion of Lord WELLINGTON'S
intention to do complete justice to his merits.
We have great pleasure in noticing the gallant
condu& of the native troops under Sir ROBERT WIL-
SON'S command. The steadiness which they appear
to have manifested, convince us of what we have
long suspected, that the great deficiency of the
Spanish and Portuguese troops, and, perhaps, parti-
cularly the latter, lies among the Officers.
Of the third Letter from Lord WELLINGTON,
which is dated (as we have before stated) trum Trox-
' illo, the 21 St of August, an exttat only is given in
the Gazette.

It appears from this extraEl, that from the causes
which we have aheady stated, Lord IVELTANG.roN
was obliged to break up from Jaraicejo, where he
had his head-quarters flow the t i tit to the 20th,
and to fall back upon the frontiers of Portugal, where
he hoped to be supplied with every thing he might
wont.

This statement confirms most fully every thing
we have advanced upi,n the subjea of the retreat of
the British Army. It appears that the French Mar-
shals, finding it quite hopeless to proceed offen-
sively against Lord WELLINGTON, and probably
finding it difficult to subsist their several corps while
united, have separated into different parts of Spain.
VICTOR and MORIIER remain on the Tagus, and in
La Mancha; Ney has retired to Salamanca, and
SOI:LT to Plasencia. One of the most important fans,
in corroboration of our statement of the nature of the
retrograde movement of the British, is the confirm-

ance of the head-quarters for nine days at Jaraicejo,
between the bridge Arcobispo and Truxillo, with ad-
vanced posts en the Tagus, which must have been
almost within shot of those of the French, Wero.y

here see the nature of the escape, which some affeEt
to consider as so fortunate a circumstance !
It appears also, that although Lord WELLINGTON
was retiring towards the frontiers of Portugal, and
of course was getting nearer to the coast, he did not
at all consider an embarkation as necessary " in a
military point of view ;" and eve❑ the Duke of
DALMATIA will not aspire to the honour of driving
Lord WELTANGToN into the sea.

We shall take another opportunity of noticing the
attack upon the British General on the score of im-
providence : but we cannot forbear from remarking
at present, that if Lord WELLINGTON'S forward
movement had rendered his retreat either in faet, or
in his own opinion, doubtful and dangerous ; or even
if it had caused his march to be disorderly, his fore-
sight and prudence might with justice have been call-
ed in question ; and it would have rested with him to
repel the charge of improvidence by a circumstantial
defence. But the accusation is most suspiciously
preferred against a General, whose retreat has been
much more deliberate than his advance, by no means
less orderly, and never for an instant precarious.

PORTUGUESE PAPERS.

EXTRACT OF A PRIVATF. LETTER.

" Lisnom, AUG. 29.—The whole of our army
has left Spain. Sir A. WELLESLEY has his head-
quarters at Elvis; General BERESFORD is at Castel-
Branco. They are said to have been obliged to re-
tire for want of provisions.
" The French have retreated towards Madrid."
LISBON, AUG. 28.—They write from Spain, that
the Marquis DE LA ROMANA was expected at Se-
ville. The objeB of his journey was supposed to be
of great importance : among the various conjeaures
hazarded on this point, the most general one is, that
he will take the command of Eitremadura.—(Cor-
reio de Farde.)

BADAJOS, AUG. 22.—ROYAL ORDER, addressed
to Senhores Don Louis MENDONZA and Don AN-
DRES GONZALES PACLIIO, Members of the Su-
preme Junta :

" The Supreme Junta of the Government of the
kingdom has seen, with the most lively interest,
the observations which your Excellencies make in
your memorial of the 12th instant, on the causes
which have led to the want of provisions in the com-
bined army, arid the means of remedying this evil ;
and while it employs the necessary measures for this
purpose, it charges the to inform your Excellencies
that out own security and defence requiring the
said army, should be abundantly supplied with
whenever it requires, for its subsisieuee and opera-
tions, our generous allies, who, frOning for our
liberty aid independence, with the same enthusiasm
as they would defend their own, rendor themselves
creditors both by gratitude and justice, to every
consideration and sacrifice of the nation and Go-
vernment. Your Excellencies will use every pos-
sible and conceivable effort, in order that the said
army may want nothing of co-operating with the
commission which his Majesty has given to the
Member Don LORENZO CALVO, and with the in-
tention of the Government, which are direEted
exclusively towards the welfare and salvation of the
country. I communicate this by Royal Order to
your Excellencies, for your information, dire lion,
and fulfilment.

" May God preserve your Excellencies many years.
MARTIN DE GARAY."
Royal Palace of Seville, August is.