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perfect approbation

GO777ANBURGH MAIL.

STOCKHOLM, AUGUST SS.
Extract of a Letter from Orebro, 21st August :••••".
44 Immediately after the election of the Prince of
Ponte Corvo as Crown Prince of Sweden, and suc-
cessor to the Swedish throne, a courier was dispatched
to Paris, to notify that happy event to his Majesty the
Emperor of France and King of Italy, as well as his
Highness the Prince, whose answer is shortly ex-
pected."

MONDA,
PRICE OF STOCES
s per CL Cons. money, 671 U—so. -
Navy S per Cent. sins, par to Ss. pro. ,
Bonds 113 a. 44a. pram.—Omalom s 4ls.
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By the Princess Augusta packet, Captain FURS;
arrived at Falmouth, we have received accounts from
Messina to the 28th July, and from Gibraltar to the
21st ultimo. The former are particularly interesting,
Captain Funs had an interview with Sir JOHN STU-
ART, before he left Messina, from whom be learnt that
the force of the enemy on the opposite shore amoun-
ted t 2 47,000, of whom 14,000 were sick. Th'e shells I
thrown by the British frequently fell into the enemy's
camp ; and scarcely a night passed that some of their
boats did not come over to us with deserters. A boat
with 14 men and two very fine brass guns, came over
while the packet lay there.
The French General is in the habit of sending over
his proclamations inclosed in the hollow of canes, and
set afloat : some thousands of his threatening and
cajoling papers have been picked up on the shores of
Sicily. The French army expect the Toulon fleet to
come and convoy them over to the island.
The British ships of war there, on the 28th July,
were the CANOPUS, CUMBERLAND, VICTORIOUS, WAR-
RIOR, THAMES, SUCCESS, TERMAGANT, WEAZLE,
SWALLOW, PILOT, BUSTARD, HALCYON, and ORENZA.
Skirmishes are frequent with the French gun-boats,
and in every instance the enemy has been beaten or
put to flight. On the 21st July, the English and
Sicilian gun-boats made a general attack upon the
French gunboats and batteries ; the enemy retreated
among the rocks and hauled up their boats, of which
many were knocked to pieces. We lost 4 men killed
in this affair, and 17 were wounded. While the
packet was at Cagliari, a vessel arrived from Messi-
na with a report, that the THAMES frigate had fallen
in with a great number of French gun-boats on their
way from Naples for Scylla, and of which he had
taken and destroyed 58. This is probably the affair
mentioned in the concluding paragraph of our corres-
pondent's letter, which we shall subjoin.
It is ascertained, that eight of their largest gun-
boats were sunk, by a division of our boats, on the
10th of June ; that 14 more, laden with warlike store
were captured about the same time. In these affairs,
we had one Sicilian gun-boat sunk, and one captured.
The Success and CEPHALUS attacked another division
of them, near Catraro, on the 14th, took SO, and de-
stroyed a great many more.
A third division, of forty sail, were attacked on the
18th off Squallace, by the RESISTANCE frigate, which
took and burnt seventeen of them, and dispersed the
remainder. The British soldiers and seamen are in
high health and spirits.
In another column we have given a Proclamation,
issued by his Sicilian Majesty on the 10th of July,
copied from the Gibraltar Chronicle. The subjoined
letters and General Orders are direct from Messina :
" MESSINA, JUL, 26.

gg The storm in this quarter has thickened very
mud; of late. General MURAT came down, about
two months ago, to Calabria, with all his best Gene-
rals and Ministers of State, to step into his kingdom
of Sicily ; and he issued a proclamation to notify that
the fate of the island was already decided, and that
he was coming over with thirty thousand brave
French troops to drive away the English from the
country. It was discouraging to find the backward.
ness of the Court to assist in the general defence.—
On the contrary, they shewed an indifference that ap-
peared most mysterious, and Sir JOHN STUART was
left alone with the British troops, either to take the
best steps for resistance or to secure his retreat. Our
gallant General did not hesitate to chuse. The spirit
which animated us at Alexandria and at Maida,
again :hewed itself. Our batteries rose as if by ma-
gic--all our troops were drawn together—the Streight
of the Faro was covered with gun boats—every thing
was armed that could swim—our men of war came
gathering round us from every direction, so that
Mu-
RAT has remained ever since with his thirty thousand
Ivrea -in-Calabria, amidst all the comforts of the pes-
tilential air, the musquitoes, the tarantulas, and the
hot weather, to enjoy the sight of this coveted king.
dom, enamoured of its fertility, and sighing to finger
a little of its treasures, with which he had promised
to balance all his accounts, and to settle the claims
of his troops, and all his followers.

Our preparations now are so advanced, that un-
less he receives some co-operative aid from other quar-
ters, it is impossible he can hope to accomplish any
thing here ; but after all, we hope Government will
now begin to think of us a little, and of the country
we are defrodiog, for our situation begins to be cri-
tical. The people are all very well inclined to us ;
but they frequently ask us what is to become of them,
should they expose themselves to the resentment of
the French, and then_ be abandoned by us at a peace ?
Thus we, who were sent to assist, have been
left to our own exertions for every measure of de-
' fence.

4, Our Commander in Chief has only a choke of
difficulties, And the British Government must now
either resolve to give up Sicily, or take more decided

the firmness of Lientenante Dablreup 2.
their Commanders, caused their Are
; we fortunately had no Joss ; the
r men killed. I cannot mithciendy
ct of all the Officers, Masters' Mates,
id every seaman and marine of the PIM
tain Ferris has expressed to me his
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on of all belonging to the Nemesis.

EVENING STAR.
• LONDON. -i*.`r'‘' '1 •
DAY, SEPTEMBER 10.
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measures for its preservation, The total sxpences of
our governnient upon this isitadeince we first arrived,
as etltnlated here, have *gay cam* twelve mil
lions atetling."
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