ation I have received from Mr. Fenwick of the
lamented death of the Crown Prince must have thrown this
Government under very considerable embarrassment, and possibly
may lead to some change in the politics of the country.

I request you will favour me with any information you receive
relative to the Russian fleet, as it will in a great degree
decide the time when I may proceed towards the Gulf of Finland.
It is with great satisfaction I have the honour to inform you
that the numerous convoys that have sailed from Gothenburg have
all cleared the Belt without loss, and the two homeward bound
convoys are, I hope, by this time far on their way. The one
under protection of the Edgar and Saturn was off Romsoe last
Sunday, and the one which sailed more recently was yesterday
off Dars Head.

I hope the time is yet very distant, but I trust you will be
pleased to signify to me the proposed period of your leaving
Sweden. I will give directions for one of the ships under my
orders to convey you and suite to Yarmouth, or any other port
you prefer.

I have, &c.
JAMES SAUMAREZ.

The Author, then lieutenant of the Victory, was despatched to
Soelvitzborg, where he made arrangements with the authorities for the
correspondence between the Admiral and Mr. Foster, and also for a
supply of fresh beef and vegetables for the fleet, which occupied the
Roads of Hano, where the convoys assembled, the merchants having built
store-houses on the island of Hano, previously inhabited by a few
fishermen. The convoys at anchor there consisted of ships under
various neutral flags, which had licences from Government. These
entered St. Petersburg and every port in the Baltic with British
manufactures or colonial produce, returning with timber, hemp, tallow,
&c. the produce of Russia and Prussia. As soon as they had accumulated
to about 500, and the wind came fair, they sailed from Hano under
convoy to the Belt, where a strong force was always kept to protect
them from the attacks of the Danish gun-boats. The tyrannical decrees
of Buonaparte were thus rendered null and void on this part of the
Continent.

The following letter from Mr. Foster to Sir James exhibits in strong
terms the alarm excited in Sweden by the communication of the
Admiral, while it points but the excellent policy of his not acting
under the circumstances upon his instructions.