Star.
London, England, 1808-06-29 00:00:00

ERITISH EkPEDITIOM

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GOTTENBUROH, JUNE 14;
X am sorry to have no good news to communicate
td you : since my last, the Swedes have been repulsed,
and driven back by the Norwegians with the loss of
upwards of 800 men killed and taken prisoners ; in-
deed every thing wears a very gloomy aspect in this

quarter. It is said that the King of Sweden wishes to
separate the tritish troops into three divisions, to act
in different points, very distant from each other ;—to
such arrangements Lieutenant General Sir Jolty Mocom
could not agree without further orders from his Go-
vernment.

Lieutenant. Colchael MURRAY arrived at this place
in the Superb man of war on the'l lth instant ; and
on the 12th Lieutenant General Sir JOHN MOORS and
he set off for Stockholm. 1 understand it will be at
least eight on ten days before they return : something
will certainly then transpire respecting the destination
of the British forces; at present the whole of the troops
remain on shipboard, and, in general, are in good
health.

I suppose you have heard, before this time, of the
enemy having captured or destroyed 22 sail of mer-
chant ships, British and Swedish, part of which sailed
from this place, about a fortnight since, for Stockholm.
The Governor of Malmo is much censured for not
having rendered some assistance, as it is said the Swe-
dish flotilla, under his command, was superior to the
force of the enemy. lam sorry to observe, that, ge-
nerally speaking, such is the coolness and treachery
of Swedish officers in the cause, that little good can
be done by the British troops in this country.
A fleet of about twelve sail of merchant ships have

just arrived here from England. The gun brig which
convoyed the merchant ships was almost blown to
pieces, nearly the whole of the officers and men were
killed or wounded.

COTTENBURGH, JUNE 18.
We are all anxiously waiting the return of General
Sir JOHN MOORE, from Stockholm, as without doubt
we shall en his arrival be enabled to form some idea
respecting the future destination of the troops. At
present it remains a profound secret ; but there is
every reason to believe that a misunderstanding exists
in a certain quarter, or surely the army would have
acted in some point or other before this time.
It is the opinion of many officers that we shall
soon return to England, as there appears no chance
of success in any enterprizes against the enemy in
this part of the world : it is stated, and I believe on
good authority, that the Swedes have been lately se-
verely beaten by the Russians in Finland; and it is also
much feared that country will soon be lost. In Nor-
way the Swedes have been equally unsuccessful ; the
Norwegians, I understand, are now well disciplined
under very able officers, particularly those who were
taken with the Prussian General BLUCHER, and who
have been for some time past in the Service of the
KING Of DENMARK.
In an action which lately took place in Norway, I
the Swedes lost upwards of 800 men killed and taken
prisoners : indeed, it is feared, that should the British i
troops leave this country, the Norwegians will soon
have possession of CI ottenburgh.
It certainly cannot be the intention of the British
Government to send the forces now here against Zea-
land, as the Danes have all their tegular troops in
that island, consisting of 25,000 men. They have
also organized their Militia or Peasantry, and there
is no doubt of a considetable number of French troops
having succeeded in crossing over from Jutland, and
even Zealand, as in calm weather our cruizers can-
not prevent the Danish boats passing over the Belts.
It is incredible the mischief occasioned by the Da-
nish boats, which continually annoy the British and
Swedish merchant ships, and even ships of war of
small force. You have no doubt heard of our hav-
ing lately lost the Hannah gun brig and three others,
in different parts of the Baltic, by these boats, and of
the number of trading ships taken off Malmo. It is
hoped that a serious enquiry will take place into the
conduct of the Governor of that place, as he would
not suffer one of the gun boats under his orders, to
render the least assistance to the unfortunate Com-
mander of the English gun-brig during the action,
although it is said the force he kept back was superior
to that of the enemy.
The conscripts in Sweden come forward with much
spirit ; they are, in general, very fine-looking young
men, and were they well officered, might bid defiance
to the utmost efforts of the enemy against their-coun-
try ; about 2000 of them marched off afew days
since to join the Swedish troops near Norway.
I hear that the Swedish fleet consists of eleven sail
of the line, well equipped and manned, besides a num-
ber of frigates, and smaller vessels.
A small fleet of merchant ships arrived here a few
days since from Stockholm; under convoy of the Que-
bec frigate and a gun brig ; they will proceed to Eng-
land as soon as the wind changes fair.
I have just heard that no Officer belonging to the
British army will be permitted to remain on shore after
the 20th instant, so that this will, in all probability,
be the last letter I shall send you from this place.

On Monday afternoon a party of the 12th Regi.
ment of Light Dragoons, marched into Deal barracks.
The Flintshire Militia marched from the Barracks
near Canterbury, on Thursday morning, for Folk-
stone. The East Essex Militia is on its march from
Danbury, and is to occupy the Barracks in Which the
Flintshire was stationed.