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London, England, 1812-03-07 00:00:00

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ANHOLT' I'vEILS.

STOCKHOLM, FEB. 21.
Royal Majesty, about fourteen days ago re-
by an Open boat which arrived at Ypstadt, the
ing Repert from the Commander in Chief, and
tnt Geaer al Mr. Peyron :
HUMBLE it miner.
:y lest report was ef the 27th ult. snd was for-
by the Counsellor of Justice, Mr. Luinggren;
ismod your Majesty of French troops having
1 into t'wedish Pomerania the occurrences
have taken place by this proceeding, I saall
issively lay before your Ma't.sty. So ea. as
:3cl the report had reached us'from Mecklenaerg.
Swedish Pomerania was shortly to be eccupied
,enclr troops ; but this wort being industriously
tted by the officers and men belonging to Gen.
's divisten, I consideted it merely as a feint,
led to cloak some.other purpose ; and also that
army of your Majestys ally intended to enter
rovince,in an amicable Manner, I ought to
tad due intimation given me ; though at the
.ime such a march into Swedish Pomerania was
regarded as being improbable, considering the
ruction privately transmuted on this head to the
Governor Count Morner. In the mean time, I
1r Staff Adjt -Lieut. Von Schwartzar, to Dam-
with proposals to the French Commander in
, in case of the troops entering the province.
On the entry of the troops Lieut. Von. Schwartzer
tctually discharged the commission entrusted to
And received the most friendly assurances, that
ostility was to be feared, but that it was done
to make invest;gation concerning the yam
..ity of colonial produce said to be here, in etc
ttry ; and that this was the sole-purpose of his
esia. I having myself paid the most punctual at-
to all the instructions given regarding the
mental System, was perfectly convinced, that no
• depot, 'or magazine ef prohibited goods was to
md, and likewise fully believing, .that this was
meant as a step to march farther in, thrtiugh
;wall and Wolgast, I impatiently waited the ar-
f these allied troops ; mere particularly SO,
A no eiders to proceed to hostility against them;
besides .which, all the opposition that i cculd
,gainst such a powerful division of treops we uld
ineffectual, as explained in my submissive
apcssal ot the Ist inst. I therefore, in the night be-
the 2flthand 27th, caused the four guns and
ammun thin which were still remaining at Stralsund,
;ransported over to Rugen, although the de.
of Rugen, which, by reason that it might be
wired over the ice at every point, required an
if not superior force, than that ef the assailants,
had it at their option to choose the place of at.
On the 27th, when there no longer remained
doubt of the division of French being in full
a, in several columns, against Stralsund, I sent
the orders marked letter B and letter C, to the corn-
ier of the advanced posts, and intended remcv-
ty head-quarters to Rugen, immediately after
a conference with General Friant, whom I
Assidered as an ally of Sweden ; and a too pie-
e would have resembled a flight,
hewn a suspicion .f the amicable intentions,
according to all my Instructions, I was pound
ieve actuated this your Majesty's high ally.
Ile an ival ot General Fri.rnt was preceded by
'lours by that of his Chief of the General Staff,
ael Collictie, who then first brought me the Ge-
:ar.a.r.om; liments, and announced his entry ;
,a likewise commissioned to request my assis-
for 'obtaining quarters and provisions for the
. I immediately made the regulation contained
private instructions regarding provisioning the
but which was answered with—' It is our c us-
id our orders that the country in which we are
ind us with every thing neecful ;' but at the
ime gave me the assurance, that every thing
be done with moderation and goad erden—
:while, the troops arrived ; and, as I had caused
to be placed without tee town gates, the co•
, were detained until my consent arrived far
marching into the town, and the guards w etc
without compromising your Majesty's rights;
ird was composed of French :tat ps alone. At
towards evening, General Fr lent arrived ;
together with the Brigade General Grandcau,
,uartered in the Governor's house. At eleven
in the evening he made me his first visit ;
, after some elucidation concerning the purport
their entry, and further assurances of his amicable
tions, I. replied, that he might have perceived by
iroceedings that I was actuated by the sante
ly sentiments, and that, in consequence, it was
.uty to inform him, in confidence, that my in-
ictions prescribed me not to permit the troops of
foreign power to take possession rf Rugen ; that
gtven.orders conformable thereto ; and that I
he would not insist on a matter which might
rostilities to ensue, and which would certainly
the good understanding which at preieneexis-
between both our Governments. After several
having been said on both sides, which I shall
to some future time, when I shall have the
• of repeating them verbally to your Majesty,
announced to me that I was his prisoner of war ;
in his own words,' he should give me a gnard.'
gainst superior force I had no other remedy,
to protest ; any recourse to arms would have
insanity, and would have been of more evil ten-
:y for yaur Majesty's interests, more especially as.
General declared, that in case of my making any
-ition, he had orders to make my whole detach-
prisoners, by which all the artillery, ammuni-
old stores (however small), would have been
your Majesty. The unpleasant and Trott dis-
mg circumstances which now solely threaten my--
s Ives all the other possessions of your
-ty in this province, at least for the present ;--
often happens that evils may be averted by
ig time.
• Having been deprived of my liberty, in the man-
.er before described, I conceived it best to resign the
command to my next in rank, the Col. and Knight
' .11 Normann, and although General Friant offered
Itravelling pass to Stockholm, I considered it my
to await your Royal Majesty's gracious orders
ling my future proceedings, being besides con-
that I may be of use by giving good advice
counsel to my successor in the command, and in
measure contribute to the welfare of the pro-
After the act ot violence perpetrated on my--

" A corps of French troops, stated to consist of
20,00() men, and of which about 4009 are quartered
in Stralsund, entered, on the 27th of January, into
Swedish Pomerania, under the command of the Ge- '
nei al of DivisiOn Count Friant. He declared on' the
28th, to' the Members of the Pomeranian Govern-
ment, that the cause of his entry into the province-,
which had taken ph ce in consequence of orders for
such purpose given him by the Emperor his master,
pr( ceedeJ from intelligence obtained from sundry pla9l
ces, of large quantities of English goods and colonial
produce being deposited in Pomerania ; that never-(1
tireless no hostile intention was harboured, but merely
to investigate the real state of the matter concerning
the pretended prohibited trade; that this expedition,
it was supposed might be effected in 15 or 18 days ;
that if General Peyron had for a moment been put
aside, yet he had never been considered as a prisoner;
that the French troops, who would observe the attic- I
test discipline, had received orders to perform duty
conjointly with those of Sweden ; that the civil au-
thorities are to continue their functions; and finally,l
that the most speedy and proper steps should be taken
for the supplying and provisioning the French troops
by the Country.
" The post route, both within the province itself,
as also wtth the adjoining German States, was broken
off until the 2d of February, in the evening, when
the French Vice Consul, and some inhabitants of the
province, were arrested. A statement of all the Co-
lonial produce in the province was demanded within
two days, from the inhabitants of Stralsund, and its,
suburbs ; and three days for the rest of the country.
" This investigation has fully combated the fore-
going reports spread concerning Pomerania, and
more especially so as rvn even a sin& magazine of
prohibited goods were any where to be found.
" The e packets which were iroaen u? i 4 Pome.

self, another immediately followed, %Nell was the railia, were taken possession of by French troops, and
putting seals on your Majesty's Custom-house ;—as immediately received French colours. Flom the sth
all these proceedings, in my opinion, transform this or Gth of February, the country had to supply the
hitherto allied army into our avowed enemies, I French Generals and Officers with the expense of .
deem it incumbent oo me, to inform the Royal Po. their tables and the troops with proper diet.
meranian Government of this my opinion." i " The Government was then obliged to issue a
[The reports then proceeds to state, that on the Proclamation, by which the inhabitants were bound',
morning of the 28th a detachment of 2000 men ap- to furnish certain rations to the French army, which
peered on the ice beforeethe Isle of Rugen, the Corn- were to be paid by the Government of Pomerania ; .
mandent of which, on the advice of Gen. Peyron, to meet which a poll-tax was imposed." ;
agreed to admit the FrencJi into the gal rison. On the A Report of General Peyron, under date of the
same day General Friant signified to Peyron that he 4th of February states, that the troops which had
.;
did not consider him a prisoner of war, and qualified marched into Pomerania consisted of an artillery
l:is former expression respecting " giving him a corps with'about 40 pieces of light artillery ; three
guard," into an intimation that it was only intended regiments of cavalry; four infantry regiments, each
:hat he s;:c:a'd remain quiet. The letters referred JO in consisting of four or five battalions ; 200 seamen;
the rerort are subjo:ned, but they contain nothing of and 100 Custom-house Veer:. The inhabitants are re-
any interest. The instructions of General Peyron quired to make declaration of the colonial produce
we also given, from which it appears that an inuma- in their possession, and the Custom-house Officers to
tion had been made by the French Government, that search for the same.,
in the event of an English force appearing off the " All the vessels in the harbour," he adds, "have
coast of Pomerania the French troops would much been laid under embargo ; from which not even the
to its defence, and to prevent their interference his Royal Customhouse cutters and Post-Office packet%
Swedish Majesty had ordered the militia in Pome- are exempted ; these last were taken 'by force, and I
rania and Rugen to be organized, and adopted other have prohibited all deliveries from them.
measures to prevent any colour for the interposition " Several official persons, and among others the
cf his high ally. The instructions are dated so far Post Director, Kummerow, together with sundry pri-
back as the 24th of April, 1811, and are addressed vete persons, have been thrown into prison, on seis-
m Count Morner, the predecessor of General Pey. picion. The Stralsund Paper was then rrohibited,
ton. The private instructions to the same officer are and the Editor of it put into confinement. The course
as follow :] of the post was totally stopped, but again permitted,
" PRIVATE INsanuermase—ln case of any corps since the 3d inst. The French Consul, Mahalin, has
of French troops having entered Pomerania previous been arrested, and Consul Coretean has arrived here
to Gen. Count Morner's arrival there, the General has from Rostock, but as yet has not announced himself
to require an explanation of the cause of their taking as successor to the former."
such possession, and likewise to declare that it is con-
trary to the article in the treaty of peace, by which
France guarantees the integrity and independence of
the Swedish pcssessicns.
If any French troops, or those of Powers in alli-
ance with France, should require permission to enter
Swedish Pomerania, Count Morner will reply, that
by his Royal Majest)'s orders, such steps and mea-
sures
had been taken as had placed the King's Ger-
Man dominions in a perfect state of defence ; and
that every thing that his Majesty. the Emperor, has
a right to expect from a faithful ally, and who is
fiunly devoted to his cause, shall be formed against
the common enemy; but should an English force,
too greatly superior, make its /appearance, in such
case he will nut delay requiring the assistance of the
Imperial troops. In case of a corps of French troops
having already enteieJ Pomerania, this must not pre-
vent General Count Morner from taking possession
of the province with Swedish troops.
" General Count Morner must not suffer any fo-
reign troops to enter the Island of Rugen, unless he
has his Majesty's orders for so doing, or that a too
powerful force of the enemy should require a speedy
aid from the Fresich General.
" Should a corps of French troops be in Pomera-
nia, without having been called thither to co-operate
in the deters,: (if the province, the Commander in
Chief of it should be informed, that such troops, being
in a friendly country, ought to pay for all their neces-
saries, and that he has to provide such for them.by
agreement with the contractors ; but that, in case of
a corps being called in to assist the Swedish Powers,
the needful pros/Icons tbr We turmer snail eHi;er HO
taken out of the Swedish magazines, or be drawn
from the country.
" Privateers provided with letters of marque from
the French Government are to find assistance and
protection in the ports and oil the coast of Pomerania,
and the Island of Rugen, and they may likewise
there dispose of their prizes. Should the French Ge-
nerals or Commanders on the coasts adjoining Po-
merania require assistance, either of troops or gi;n-
boats, General Count Morner may thereto cons lit,
if he thereby does not expose the SwedieS Domini-
ons. But in such cases we rely on his judgment and
experience. All connection and intercourse with the
English is strictly prohibited. The instructions, which
have reference to the defence of the Island of Rugen,
and the protection of which should be the object of
General Count Morner's particular attention, are ap-
plicable not only 'against the English, but likewise
against the troops of any other power that might
attempt to take possession of the Island without
having been called there for that purpose—of con-
tributing to its defence in conjunction with the Swe-
dish troops." (Signed) "CARL JOHAN."
" Stockholm Place, April 24,1911."
The Stockholm Gazette proceeds to state, that
since the 14th of February his Majesty, notwithstand-
ing the irregularity of the mails, has received the fol-
lowing intelligence from Stralsund, bearing date the
sth instant

PARLIWIENTAR r PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH t 7.
Their Lordships met at half past three o'clock, to hear farther
arguments of Counsel in the Appeal Cause ut the Earl of Elgin
el. A. M‘Leati, Esq. Judgment deferred.
be Watch and Ward Bill was reported, and ordered to be
read a third time on Monday next.
Lord WALSINGHAM brought up the Report of the COM..
mittee on the bill for granting to the Earl of Wellington an An-
nuity uF £OOO, in addition to Vic £2OBO, voted un a former fie-
casioo, during his life, and the life of his successor ; which Re-
port was No., ed to, and the 13ill, if engrossed, wa., ordered to be
read a third time on Mut:•lay next.
Several Bills were brought up front the Commons, and read
the first time.--Adjourned to Monday.

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