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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



attested document is found, proving 

 the sale or transfer to have taken 

 place, before the declaration of the 

 war; else ship and cargo are to be 

 seized for the benefit of govern- 

 ment. 



9. If the owners or commanders 

 of a neutral vessel happen to be 

 natives of a nation at war with us, 

 and are provided with passes of a 

 neutral power, in such a case the 

 pass is not to serve as a clearance, 

 as long as they cannot prove having 

 become subjects and residents of 

 such a power previous to the decla- 

 ration of war; else, they are to be 

 sent off, with their ships, not allow- 

 ing them to take in return cargoes. 



Abdication of Gustavus, King of 

 Siveden, and Election of a Suc- 

 cessor. 



The members of the states met at 

 an early hour on the 10th of May at 

 Stockholm; when the regent having 

 ordered the lord chancellor to read 

 aloud the act of Abdication volun- 

 tarily made by the unfortunate Gus- 

 tavus on the 29th March, baron 

 Mannheim addressed the assembly; 

 and, after drawing an aftecting pic- 

 ture of the situation to which Swe- 

 den was reduced by the king's pas- 

 sion for war, renounced all allegi- 

 ance and obedience to the person 

 and authority of Gustavus IV. and 

 declared him and his issue, now and 

 for ever, deprived of the crown and 

 government of Sweden. This decla- 

 ration was received with shouts, and 

 adopted by the constitutional repre- 

 sentatives of the Swedish nation, 

 without a dissentient voice. The 

 prince regent then declared that it 

 would be necessary to new-model 



the constitution, for which purpose 

 a committee was appointed. 



By a report from gen. baron 

 Wrede, acommanderinchief of the 

 northern army, dated head-quarters, 

 Hernosand, the 22nd May, 1809, it 

 appears, that lieut.-col. Fummark, 

 with a detachment of 600 men be- 

 longing to the regiments of West 

 Bothnia and Wasa, was on the 17th 

 ofthis month attacked and surround- 

 ed by a Russian corps, upwards 

 of 2,000 men strong, unexpected- 

 ly, which had crossed the ice, and, 

 after a vigorous resistance, compel- 

 led to surrender in the vicinity of 

 Bure ; but that the Russians have 

 not since made any further pro- 

 gress, inconsequence of the warmth 

 of the weather having rendered the 

 ice impassable. 



The duke regent issued an edict 

 on the 1st inst. by which he orders 

 all Swedish subjects, belonging to 

 the militia, who are absent on leave, 

 to rejoin their regiments. He de- 

 clares in his edict, that although he 

 has offered to the enemies of Swe- 

 den the fairest and most equitable 

 terms of peace, yet they have not 

 been accepted either by Russia or 

 Denmark; both these neighbour- 

 ing powers having refused to enter 

 into any negotiations on that impor- 

 tant subject, and the former having 

 even recommenced hostile opera- 

 tions against Sweden; he adds, that 

 under all circumstances, it is una- 

 voidably requisite to employ the 

 whole military force of the country 

 to repel the threatened invasion ; 

 and that he accordingly feels oblig- 

 ed to call all the militia to arms, 

 and trusts that the known valour of 

 the people of Sweden will ultimately 

 succeed in asserting her indepen-. 

 deuce, and obtaining peace. 



Fro. 



