The official description of the action with the Russian fleet will be found in the Appendix; as also Sir James's correspondence with his Swedish Majesty on the subject. As it was hoped that some shift of wind would enable us to attack the enemy, we remained in a state of anxiety for three weeks. In the interim, intelligence was received of the success of the British arms in Spain, and of the expulsion of the French from Portugal. Sir James, in consequence of this information, and of the opinions before mentioned, and seeing that the enemy could neither be attacked nor blockaded any longer, weighed anchor on the 30th of September, and in company with the Swedes proceeded to Carlscrona, where he arrived on the 9th of October. CHAPTER IX. 1808, 1809. Sir James at Carlscrona.--Arrangements.--Author left in Sweden.--Letter from the Swedish Admiral.--Sir James leaves Carlscrona.--Arrives at Gothenburg.--Makes arrangements for the protection of the Trade.--Leaves Rear Admiral Keats in Command.--His departure from Sweden, and arrival in the Downs.--Proceeds to the Admiralty, and receives their Lordships' high approbation.--Proceedings of the Fleet.--Revolution in Sweden.--Sir James reappointed to the command in the Baltic.--His correspondence with Mr. Foster.--Official notice of the Duke of Sudermania being elected King of Sweden.--He confers upon Sir James the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword. On Sir James's arrival at Carlscrona, he was received with every mark of attention and respect by Admiral Puke, the governor, and other authorities. The sick, amounting to 3,000, were landed from the Swedish fleet; and their hospitals were visited and supplied, as far as possible, with medicine from the English, while they on the other hand received fresh provisions, vegetables, and water. Arrangements being made for the protection of the commerce, and convoys, which were to sail as long as the sea was open, Sir James, and the Swedes themselves, aware of the inefficiency of the Swedish ships of war compared with the English, and desirous that they should be in a better state to co-operate next season, complied with the request of Admiral Nauckhoff, to leave the Author with them during the winter, to assist in their operations of refitting, &c. On his leaving Carlscrona, Sir James received the following farewell letter from that officer: His Swedish Majesty's ship Gustaf IV. Adolf, 20th October 1808. SIR, I have the honour to acknowledge your excellency's letter of the 18th of this month, in which your excellency has been pleased, in the most polite and flattering terms, to mark your satisfaction with the co-operation of the Swedish squadron, and the conduct of the commanders of the ships under my orders.