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London, England, 1808-12-10 00:00:00

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tilta.;inel- AU embarkations for the peas:,alPr•,nstaa,
tottlirm
understand, are suspended.
Of various other reports that have been Th, . sica
circulation—as that General MoonE' • "t
s divi4st b oe
been cut off, and that the van guard under 0,.
wand of .General Hou . had_ --,e co
been-surcousded IP*
made prisoners=-it is sufficient in say that the 4
such intelligence could be knovrik__These
r.b..,. Don'
'are the mere suggestions of ap-preheasio-' Ell
things are bad enough, certainly, without ' b Da°
ha
them aggravated by unfounded fictions.-4 PI
not without. strong hopes that Sir .listari;' Jar'.
and Sir DAVID BAIRD will make good their ''' mos
but they will lose many fine fellows by the ;Zs lish
if
fatigue and privations, and the spirits of the ins
will:be much depressed by reverses so tualonseir in'll
and which, it cannot be disguised, must h ' to II
has
proctucedby ethpable mismanagement, in bib
or other. The Juntas first, and the Supreme junta M H
terly have produced some appeals, well c.alrutalti
!excite in the public mindthose feelings and d• .
IS I .
rwhich were suited to the crisis ; but, what mid Bo
li avail, if advantage was not taken of the •
and the physical strength of the country sallt,i
bto
action I—Were they taker; by surprise; Novi j
, LEON gave them sufficient warning. A
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THE MEDITERRANEAN.
I The Princess Charlotte packet, in fourteen da- tall
to i
from Gibraltar, has arrived at Falmouth. COt
••st of i
• Captain CARPgTAR, of the Army, and three 4(
Eau Messengers,_arrived in this packet, aza 1.1 6n4
4 in,
brought act ioants:eif the loss of the Auckland pair
PARSONS Master, on her passage home with a.
& c.i
This distressing 'event occurred in the Bay of - . 1
but we have the satisfaction to add, that thee:ova
mails were saved. lige
The letters by the Princess Charlotte were rot wh'
livered out when our paper was put to pets; but
do not learn that the, packet has broughtsairs, , an
importance. . -•..;. MC
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GOTTENBURGH MAILS:' . RR
Two Mails from Stockholm arrived this mid *Tv
the following are their chief contents ;- - GI
. STOCKHOJ—M, NOVEMBER 24. lt
His RoYal Majesty has received the folios* I°
i. pert from the Ginerat in, Chief of the Finaish as
I My last report was dispatched from hence. -st
i Slit of October, by Lieutenant-Colonel and ith ' ar
• taut-General Marttinau. bj
On the 27th of October an action took pi:eels fa
a
tween the fourth brigade of your Majesty's arw .
and a Russian corps greatly superior in number: iss
elwhich the loss was very considerable en boths'a io
t i without any signal advantage having been obtain je
• 1 Colonel Sandels, Chief of Brigade, has forted se
1
' !advisable with the main body of bis clines to f
e back to Salami, three miles on this iltettN• - 91
if leaving however his advanced posts in %kink 91
which position he would have been able warn j,
o environs of those places ; but it is to be' a • -• • 1
'f that the want of forage has obliged him by *et:. w
d
d to retreat to Nassila. ,
On the sth instant the enemy attacked on • • .al
Seppo pass, in the vicinity of Kalijecki, aad ', .
i• our, troops by a cannonade kept up with great Ti : b
II
to fall back ; the enemy thereupon threw a • k
lover the river, and formed another attack u
d advanced position, which he forced to make a - th
grade moVement, and join the main body of our-, H
it posted near Kalijocki. , 11
In The Russians continued their attack the foll, -
day, without making the least impression on , en
Majesty's troops. In the mean time the enemy, I;
a- structed a bridge across the river near Ala • ga
11 and crossed it with a strong detachment of foot. Si
ie soon as report had been received of this mos.,. so
- orders were given to attack and repulse the' th
as who had passed the river : although this
Ki proved successful, yet the extreme want of
?s compelled the army to take up another posisits • $ll
P.." Pyhajocki, whence it will fall back to Pukila, i in a
le' have strong reason to apprehend, that c•
le the great superiority of the enemy, and the!' fa
forage, it will not prove possible for your .• • m
Lis army .to maintain that position for any lengskei." 'cilia
`d —ln addition to the above want of forage, lign , .
wi- 11 be hardly possible to supply at the peel '
!d son, the darkness of the weather, and the seas
n- tigues sustained by your Majesty's troops tido lh
:d command, almost continually obliged to lie es
e-1 arms, have greatly encreased the number of the' y
he who exceed 600, and whose transport and • •14
x- increases our difficulties in a very consid- '. :31:
gree. But in spite of all these difficulties I. le
at strenuously endeavour to impede and ob • - 111
le
ns enemy's progress, as far as circumstance= ;hi
he any way permit.
3- General in Chief(Sofigtheed )C. N. b
Northern Flinn!--"lrsh :41:
or Head-quarters, Brakesud, Nov. to.
of STOCKHOLM. NOV. 22. A
ER Major General Morner, who, in absence dr. •tv
at Marshal Baron Toll, commands the southern .
he army, has transmitted, to his Majesty the foil' is
sr- Report of a naval action, which took place ot ' :
ne 10th instant, off Helsingburgh : : al
ad , ,s This afternoon four sail hove in sight: a
soon after were ascertained to be two English 'ia
en and two merchantmen,
which they bad
of ' voy. When these vessels arrived off Hetmlr''
Pta
rnt Danish gun boats, and two armed vessels ,
suldefc £
en from Elsineur, and attacked the headol°st
he which had parted company with the rest, that *'