The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-12 00:00:00

BULLETIN

Head-quarters of the Crown Prince of Sweden,
• ' Aug. 23, 1314.
The garrison of Frederickstein,/ consisting of
1300 men, marched out of, the fortress on the
Morning-Of the 16th ; and though the hon9urs
war were granted to it, it left its arms and co-:
lours : the soldierS have returned to their homeS.
There were many Danes 'among the oflicers. We
found in the fortress provisions foe 70 days, and
134 pieces of cannon, 52 of which were of brass;
the.artillery ammunition is considerable, and every
thing connected with that service _n the. best
state. -

The army, after-having made itself master of
the paSs of Swinestmd, with the fortress of Fre-
derickstadt, and Having turned Frederickshall, no
longer saw in its front any obstacle but the Glotn-
men; to its Marching upon Christiania, and com-
bating the army of Prince Christian. The Crown
Prince might have satisfied hinise;f with blockad-
ing Frederickshall, but the wish to secure his
movements, against eten. improbable events ; the
glory which, there would be in 'mastering a fort-
ress.whicli had nevet been taken, and-before which
Charles ai 1. perished ; the influence wbieti .the
fall of ,such a bulwark would have on ulterior
operations, determined him to order it to be- at-
tacked ; and. General.Suremain, commanding in
chief the Swedish artillery,•Was charged. with this
operation. There could be no doubt of •a regular
.siege ; the nature of the ground must hive ren,
dered it long and'painfill•; anti the Swedish army
being in command of the seaiand•tlins enabled to
bring up its .artillery to the • soot where it could
be most effectually use"i,- the grown Prince re-
solved, that the attack .should take place on the
opposite side to that 'which .was aitacked by
Charle.s
.treoeneksnali is an open trlyn, placed ut-tise
mouth of the river Tisedal, which hut) an
arm of the sea, called Idetjord ; the fortress, call-
ed Frederickstein, is built on a rock, which rises
perpendicularlY.above the town, and surrounthed
by three small torts which cover the fortress on
the side where the mock is less steep..
After a slight attack, conducted by sonic bomb-
vessels andgun-boats, the town demanded a ca-
pitulation, and 'took the ..oath of fidelity to the
King of Sweden ; but it could not be occupied -in
a military manner, without being exposed to 4e-
struction from the fire of the fortress.

On the Bth, the artillery was begun to lie•land-
ed ; 9 mortars were destined to form three batte-
ries on the Isle of Sango, an insulated rock, at
the entrance of the harbour, and on which, doubt-
less, it Wkis never supposed that large artillery
could be placed.
In the nights. of the 9th, 10th, and llth, ten
other mortars and four 12-pounders were dragged
by main force from a creek where they had been
landed behind a ridge which concealed them from
•the enemy. We worked without interruption
on the epaulments necessary for covering them,
and on the trench by which communication was
to be had with' the ammunition depot. On the
evening of the 12th, all the artillery was in posi-
tion', for Ming to the north of Frederickitein, and
at the distance of 22,000, paces, a battery of ten
mortars, and a ricochet battery of four pieces of
cannon, exclusive of the batteries on the isle to
the west of the fortress. These works were con-
cealed from the enemy.
In the nights of the 11th and 12th, the garrison
was kept on the alert,.by counterfeiting surprises,
and the Crown Prince recommended that they
should he repeated every night, both to fatigue
the garrison, and to embrace the oppOrtnnity, if
it should occur, of really surprising the fortress.
On the 13th, at nine,in the Morning, the firing
opened from all the batteries, was kept up till
mid-day, and resumed at six in the evening. A
bomb blew up a small powder magazine of the
besieged, %via) returned the fire with great acti-
vity. Lieut.-Colonel Silfvertolpe and some sol-
diers were killed, and an officer and some soldiers
Nvounded.

In the night of the 13th, the garrison had an.
other surprise, which kt them ou the alert. On
the morning of the 14th, the batteries of the,lsie
recommenced firing with much correctness and
effect; but it was resolved, that to avoid destroy-
ing: the town., into which a number of bombs had
fallen, the large mortar battery should be trans-
ported behind two rocks, very near the fortress ;
an operation less hazardous than it at first sight
appeared, especially as it appeared that the gar-
rison, though 1300 strong, durst not make any
sorties or reconnoitre the works.

On the 15th, before and after dinner, the bat-
teries of ,Tango kept up a well-supported fire, to
which the fortress made a less vigorous reply tha;i
usual- In the eveuiug one of the mortars illacej
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on the new land battery was tried, and arrange-
ments were made for conveying thither 'three
others, when orders came 'to suspend hostilities ;
the fortress, in virtue of a Convention concluded
with Prince ,Christian, being to he immediately
given IT to the Swedish troops. .The two gates
were delivet ed lo them that night, and the union
11-I,r of the MO nations since waves-on the sumtnit
of these rarlis,_fortified by nature and by art.
•_pc,.ibfle-ss the fortress must have been obliged
to surrender after.,some days' farther bombard-
ment. The desert-1010n which it must have caused,
the discouraged state of the .greatei part of the
rgarrison, formed of troops who had mutinied even
. before a bomb lied fallen, must have rendered
uselcss,the efforts. of Generalsidiltue and Peterson
to prolong resistance.
The CroivnYrince has been happy to embrace
this opportunity of giving the Norwegians a proof
of his esteem for that pation, and of his -anxiety
to prevent by all means a single drop of blood of
. two nations, formed to esteem each otber, mitt
to live united, being shed to gratify foreign pas
sons and iatcresfs •

The Crown Prince hastened to visit Fredericks-
hall. At the distance of about, i5O paces from the
glacis is the spot where Choiles XII. was killed.
T4ieCrown Prince, on reachitig this place, took off
bis bat by an involuntary movement, and at the
same moment all the Officers who accompanied him,
seized with the same respect, followed his 'exam-
ple. After remaining for some moments in pro-
fotind meditation; the Prince conversed with those
who surrounded him about the illustrious warrior
of whom the spot recalled the memory ; and dur-
ing this conversation the Prince and leis snite re-
mained with their heads uncovered, xvithout per-
ceiving' it. His Royal Highness said he would beg
the King to permit that there should be rais-
ed on this spot, a monument, consecrated to the
memory of the hero who there closed his glorious
cqreer..

At present, the Swedish army occupying Frede
Ti shall and Frederickstadt, which cover all its
communicatio►►s, and having cleared the'Glom-

men, is, in all military respects, in a position so
adramaC;cous, that the union of N rway, should
it unhappily be necessary to effect it by arms, can
no lontrer be doubtful.

Tbe Crown Prince, accompanied by Prince
.car, Field-Marshal Count Essen, and General
Adlercrcittz, has made a tour on the left bank -of
the Cilorinnen, as far as the other side of 'frog-
stadt ; our farthest advanced posts on the road of
Biak.ier and of Fedhi are- within four miles of
Christiania. The peasantry express on every oc-
casion-their s3tisfact ion with the events which have
taken place. In no country of Europe has the
husbandman been so ill tVeated as in Norway; a
crowd of petty tyrants oppressed them, and ap-
propriated to themselves with impunity their fa-
re-:s and their Linds. These•eXattions shall con-
tinue no longer ; justice shall be, equally admini-
sterel-tii all ; and the peasant, tinder the protec-
tion of a: just and etiergetic,Govenunent,"shall be,
permitted to gather in peace the fruits of his la-
bouts and •
• ".!here has been a tumult at Christiania.• It was
directed against General Haxthausen, a Dane -by
birth, and an active enemy of Sweden ; • some
persons of the middle class were the prime movers
of it.' At Wergen,' the multitude, urged by fa-
hav_e_hrpkep, iitt.pi the -warehouses of the
merchants, atm estatuisnen-a maximum.

Five hundred thasscurs of the regiment Of.Ag-
Perintus have surrendered to our advanced posts,
•
under Cle guidance of t*o subaltern. Officers, kind
dOWIT •heir arms. These. soldiers declare,.
that their Officers wished to detain them, by threat-
ening them with the penalty of death : the soldiers
Crossed the Gloinmen before their -eyes, and paid
no regard to their threats.

Prince Christian is indisnoSed ; be has given up
the ad►uinistration of the -kingdom to a Cotincil
of State, doubtless in consequence' of existing
treat►es, and Conventions recently signed. Thus
Norway, for many years past so unfortunate, is
about to enjoy peace and tranquillity.. Should
some individuals still wish to foment disturbances,
the country and the laws will do them justice.
The King, full of paternal solicitude for the
Nirwegian people, does not doubt that the Coun-
cil of State %rill perform its duty. Its members,
respons,b!e to his Majesty, will omit nothing that
may maintain order acid tranquillity, and prepare
with prudence the'means of .an union which gua-
rantees the future happiness of both nations. ••