Star.
London, England, 1808-09-19 00:00:00

COTTENBUR OH. SEI'T. 9.

I There has been an affair between the Swedish and
. Russian gun-boats, year Abo, in which the Russians
lost nine, and the Swedish-only two.
&Pr: It —Sir J. Saumarcz joined the Swedish
fleet off Baltic Port, on _the_ SOth instant, and bad
detached five chips of the line and two frig.ttes to
',blockade Crosistadt.

straggling parties, consitinOn itl of from 4..t0 5000 Ile: -quarters, Grabby, Sept. 7.
aimed peasants, and numerous Lands of !Others, who In pursuance of his Royal Majesty's most gracious
pluncLr and murder along the roads, without distinc- ,' orders, the Southern Army in Finland •has beim cif-
ticn of friend el'. C.ie. Several 1. reigners have been : videil into two divisions ; the first of width, corn-
mtird,Ted ender the pretext of their being French-' manded by Ma; "r-General Vegesack,eftected, on the
men, though, in reality, they were German's or Ita- 28th of August, a successful descent in Christian-
lians. It ought, however, to be known, that the Ge- stadt, had formed there a junction with the Northern
nerals, and all those who possess any degree of in i Finnish P.r.iiy; and the second division,' under the
9uence, appear to make the greatest exertions in ; command of Major General Count Lentingshausen,
favour of the French. They have even caused their ,is already en:b.-irked, to proceed to Finhind the first
property and merchandize to be respected, and parti4favourable wind, - -
cularly, among other instances, a quantity of cotton I ' According to a retort received by his Royal Ma-
which was en its way from Portugal for a French . jesty, from Rear-Adm:ral Nauckhoff, c 1 the 31st of
house." I August, Vice-Admiral :-.i.i imarez joined .ht English
BAYONNE, SEPT. 1. /and Swedish fleet, stationed eIF Rogerwick, on the
The French army in Spain occupies very strong 31st, with four English sail of the line, one frigate,
posiaons along. the river Ebro ; tete,r-dul!ont have and sever aksmalier vessels, when five ships of` the
been erected to protect all the passages of any con- line and two fricates were detached to blockade
sequence. Cronstadt.
The inhabitant; of the towns in Catalonia, with Lieutenant-Colonel 13 innt reported to+ his Royal
the exception of those. of Gerona, have not taken any Majesty, under date. ( f the 9.1 and Mt instant, that
:he smallest share in.the instmecticn excited by the ' one of the Russian gun-beats, which got en shore in
Monks. the action of the 9.0t1i of Aweist, has been got otr
The English have conveyed an incredible quantity • f‘ •. the Swedish gunthoat, No. 42 ; she bore the pen.
of their merchandize to Gibraltar, whence it is distri- dant of the Cemmander of the Russian flotilla,. Bri-
bated among the towns in the South of Spain. They gadier Satitwanotr, which was pre-Tilted to Mc Ma-
have even asked permission of the insurgents to open jesty. General Partin Piidengk took his departure
warehouses in the ports of :;pain. All these are a , from hence on the 4th of this month. Lord Somer.
sure boozy for the French army. I ton, who arrived three day; ago, left our head-Tam • •._

intelligenci: direct from Portugal we learn, that.
the puke of Abrantes has his head-quarters at
Mafri, a position vilich commands Lis!mri ; and that
the Russian squadron had formed a line under the
protection cf the forts, to dam& the 'mouth of the
Tagus.

tors the same day. Las: Sunday re D:11171 was sung
in celebtation of the victory gained, on the 30th of
last month, by the Swedish flotilla of galleys. His
Royal Majesty has received two reports from Field-
Mal shal Count Klingspor, dated Lead-quarters,
.Lappo. 23d August anJ Sd September ; also a report
from Baron Vegesack, dated the 4th instant, which
state in substance, that the Swedish troops, which had
pushed on is far as Omassa and Rarstula, were com-
pelled, by a superior Russian force, to fill back to
Kuariane ; that on the r 2 .8 th of August, Major-Gene-
ral Baron Vegesack arrived at Christienstad, and
disembarked his division, with the exception of the
regiment of Westmanland, which was still missing ;
that the second • brigade, commanded by Colonel
D'Obeln, was attacked on the 29th of last month, but
repulsed the enemy, and reoccupied Omassau ; but
that Major-General Guiperberg, who commanded in
Kuartane, having been attacked by a Russian corps
of far superior strength, was compelled to retreat to
Ruona, which position being cf the utmost import-
ance, all possible preparations were made to defend
it with the utmost vigour, and Adjutant-General
Major-General Adlercautz; left the head-quarter, to
take upon himself the command of the corps destined
for that service.
On the Ist of September in the morning, the enemy
formed two batteries of heavy ordpance against our
right wing, and intelligence was received, that the
Russian force consisted of eight regiments of infantry
and chasscurs, lately arrived frOm the interior, with
a considerable park of artillery. The cannonade
began at eleven o'clock in the morning, and at one
o'clock in the afternoon the troops were closely en-
gaged. The action lasted till seven o'clock in the
evening, when the Russians were driven back, and
the Swedes remained masters of the field of battle ;
but notwithstanding this advantage obtained by our
gallant troops, Major-General Adlercautz found it
necessary on account of the loss sustained by his
corps, and by the certain intelligence he received,'
that a strong Russian corps was endeavouring to turn
his right wing, to fall back to Salmais, when he took
up a more concentrated position, and maintained it
with the utmost gallantry, notwithstanding sever.:]
attempts made by the enemy to dislodge hip!,