450 
that the town fhould not be fired upon, in or- 
der fo-prevent the mifchief which might 
otherwife be done to the diftrefled inhabi- 
tants, and that, on the other hand, the ene- 
my fhould not ere& any batteries within the 
lines. 
** The 28th of March, we difcovered that 
the enemy was conftructing a battery on the 
heights in front of Urnaborg, our fire was tm- 
mediately direXed againf that point, and an- 
fwered by the enemy with bombs, fhells, 
and: balls. 
«¢ The agth, 3cth, and sit of March, the 
enemy Continued to cannonade and bombard 
the fortrefs, without doing fo much mifchief 
as might have been expected ; one officer and 
five rank and file of the garrifon were killed, 
znd thirty-two wounded. 
*€ But, in confequence of the exceffive fa- 
tigues suftained by our troops, the number of 
fick amounted, at the end of March, to 515; 
and although we hufbanded our ftores with 
the utmoft care, yet one-third of our gunpow- 
der was {pent at thattime.  - 
‘¢ One the 2d of April another Officer ar- 
rived with a flag of truce, who was the bear- 
er of a propofal from the Ruffian General to 
furrender the fortrefs in case no succour 
fhould arrive ; and after feveral conferences 
held on that fubject, I thisday concluded the 
convention, which refpecttully take Jeave 
to annex tothisreport.. 
‘© Your Majefty will moft gracioufly be 
pleased to confider, that, from the imperiedt 
ftate of this fortress, which can make but a 
very fecble defence in winter, when it is lia- 
ble to he attacked on either fide,—the exten- 
fivenefs of the works, and the comparatively 
small number of troops who are able to defend 
them, and from these confidgrations ] hum- 
bly truft your Majefty will not difapprove of 
2 measure, to which I have thougbt it my 
duty, although meft reluétantly, to submit. 
* Patines April 17, 1808.” 
“C. O. CRenstresT.™ 
On the 7th of May, his 1 Majesty re- 
ceived advice from the General in Chief, 
Count ‘Klinspor, that he army in Fin- 
land again g gained a coasiderabie advan- 
tage over the enemy, near Revolax, on 
the 27th ult. when the Russian Genezal 
Boulatoff, seven other officers, and 400 
men, were maade prisoners, of wliom 100 
were wounded. Two 16-pound howitz- 
ers, two 8-pound brass cannon, two 
standards, 21 artillery and mfantry am- 
munition waggons, eight drums, and a 
considerable quantity of arms, were taken 
from the enemy, whose joss im killed is 
said to have been seven officers, and 200 
hen. 
SPAIN. 
The-péople of Madrid, since the events 
oi Aranjuez, have been constantly a a 
state of ferment, 
State of Public Affairsin May. 
-begen from two ranks. 
[June 1, 
On the 1st and 2d of May, the assern- 
blazes of the people were more nume-- 
rous, and appeared - to have some de- 
terminate object in view. 
An «ad-de-camp was surrounded by 
the assembled mob, but he defended him- 
self long, and at last was on the point of 
sinking, when ten grenadiers of the guard 
advanced briskly, with charged bayonets, 
and rescued him. 
The Grand Duke caused the alarm to 
be beat, and every one repaired to his 
post, while a battalion of the Grand 
Duke’s piquet, with two pieces of can- 
non, advanced near the court of the pa- 
lace. where the seditious were the most 
daring: being drawn up in a line, a firing 
The grape shot 
flew through the different streets, the ar- 
rayed crowds were dissipated in a mo- 
ment; and the greatest dismay succeeded 
“to the most éxtray agaut arrogance. 
While this was going forward, the in- 
surgents made for the arsenal, to ‘get pos- 
session of eight and twenty pieces of 
cannon, and to arm themselves with 
10,000 muskets which were there. at 
hand; but General Lafrane, who, with 
his brigade, was quartered in the con- - 
vent of St. Bernardino, advanced with 
his regiment by forced marehes, so that 
the insurgents had scarce time to tire 
some cannon shot. All who, were found — 
in the arsenal were put to death, and 
fire-arms, which they had begun to take 
from the chests, were again locked up in 
the armory. 
The French saci of Madrid were 
alone engaged in this affair, consisting of 
two battalions of fusileers of the guard; 
eommanded by Colonel Friedrichs, a 
piequet of infantry, and 5 or 600 cavalry. 
When the eannow were heard, and the 
zlarm was given m the five camps, the 
divisions were formed, and advanced 
with rapid march towards Madrid; 3 when 
they arrived, order was already restored ; 
the garrison ef Madrid, composed | of 
$000 1 men, was quite. sufficient. to bring 
all the iwseurgents back to their senses. 
The French reckon their loss at 23 
killed, and, between 40 and 50 wounded. 
That of the insuvgeats amounts to some 
thousands of the lowest orders. 
Letter from King Carlos WV. to the, Emperor 
Napoleon. 
«Srna, my BrotHer—-Your Majesty will 
euiedy I hear with pain of the events which 
have taken place at Aranjuez, and their con- 
sequences; you will not, without sympathy, 
see 2 King who has been compelled to resign 
his throne, chrow himself into the armsof a - 
grees: 
