Star.
London, England, 1809-09-28 00:00:00

GOTTENBURGH MAILS.

The Auckland Packet has arrived with Mails and
Passengers from Gottenburgh.
The report of a renewal of hostilities between France
and Austria is again revived : indeed, it is pretended
that a battle has actually taken place, and that the
French have sustained a defeat !—We have not been
able to learn on what authority this rumour rests.
Another, received through the same channel, seems
entitled to more credit :—A peace is said to have been
concluded between Russia and Sweden ; one of thg
conditions of which is, that British Ships are to be
excluded from the ports of Sweden.

The following extracts are from theprinted journals:
STOCKHOLM, SEPTEMBER 14.
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His Royal Majesty has received intelligence, by
reports made on the Ist and 2d of this month, by
Admiral Baron Puke and Lieutenant-General Count
Wachmeister, that the latter, on the 28th of last
month, made good a descent near Rata, with a corps
of 1500 men, with which he arrived the following day.,
at Unea, where he occupies a position. The remain-
der of the Al my of the Coast arrived at Unea.

It appears by authentic intelligence received from
different quarters that General Kamensky, with
his retreating army, reached Skelleftea on the 29th
ult. from whence he pursued his march to Pitea.

His Royal Highness has received the following
Report from Admiral Baron Puke

" The Tarramas frigate arrived here yesterday
with the six gun-boats which were near Pitea. Major
Hunswolf, Captain of a frigate, reports, that on
the 2511► he set sail with the same frigate from Ratan,
and arrived at live o'clock in the afternoon at Pitea-
Holm, at the South entrance of the Harbour. He
found that the enemy occupied there a strotig posi-
tion, but nevertheless resolved to push on with the
gun-boats to the bridge, in order to destroy it, and
by this means to cut off the enemy.
" For this purpose the Major led on the gan-boats,
placing himself at their head in an armed boat, and
on this occasion experienced the misfortune of being
badly wounded. Captain Jagerfelt, who succeeded
in the command, now advanced against the bridge
the destruction of which was, however, rendered im-,
possible by the enemy having assembled near it a very
superior force, which forced our flotilla to retreat.
",Our loss in this action consists in 6 killecLand 17
wounded ; among whom are Major Hunswolf and
Lieut. Munk. The loss of the enemy, whose force
consisted (f :;00 men, is far more considerable,, the
number of his wounded being from GO to 70. The
first Lieutenant of the Jarramer frigate now commands
that ship. This Officer, whose name is Melander,
reports that on the 26th of last month, at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, he descried a flotilla of 13 Russian
boats chasing two detached Swedish sloops, which
retreated to the frigate. The latter immediately cut
the cable, and cleared for action, butt when she came
in sight of the enemy's gun-boats, the latter sheered
off and took shelter near the coast, where it was not
possible for the frigate to attack them. Ott the 29th
inst. the frigate received intelligence of Kamensky's
retreat to the Northward, which was brought by .the
brig Delphini. Captain Boy, on reconnoitring the
coast, found it occupied by the enony in such fc:te,
that it was impossible to attempt a landing,
(Signed) PUKC,
" Admiral and Ctantnander fa Chief.
" Head-quarters, I;;)ca, Sept. 4, MD."
Count Essen and Baron Lagerljelke, who, by his•
Majesty's command, are going to Paris on a partieu-.
Lir mission, have informed his Majesty, that they set
sail from Istadt pq the 2.5 th ultimo, in the eYelanat

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reached Struistind entite 27th, 4t noon= and intejed
to-proceed on the 29th oa their journey to the Freitch
General Count Wachmeister, Commander-inechief
of our army of the coast, haS sent a report to his Ma-
jesty, bearing date the 25th ult. by which it appears,
that on the 17th, 19th, and 20th ult. oar army *as
ngaged with the entmy near Djekneltoda, Safvir,
and Ratan. Our troops behaved with the utmost
gallantry in all these engagements, but sustained very
considerable loss,and were at length compelled by the
enemy's vast superiority of numbers to re-embark.
Of the state of our negotiations for peace, nothing
transpires ; but we hope • that we shall soon be at
ipeace not only with Russia, but also with Denmark.