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=+;._~ t- FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. COLONIAL DEPARTMENT, FEBRUARY 27. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, 13 the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to appoint Maj .r. General Sir Charles Shipley, Knight, to be his Majesty's Gayer. nor of the Island of Grenada. His Royal Highness the Pi ince Regent has also been pleasel, in the name and on the behalf of Lis Majesty, to appoint M dor- General George Wm. Ramsay to be his Majaty's Governor of the Island of St Croix. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has also been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to cmifer the ho• nour of Knighthood on E. Hydri East, Esq Chief Justice at Fort William, in Bengal. ADMIRALTY OFFICE, FEBRUARY 27. A letter from. Captain Gordon, of the Magicieutte, to 3 ,, 1ts Wilson Croker, Esq. announces the capture of the American schooner privateer Thrasher, of 14 carriage -guns and SO wen, otter a chace of nine hours, twelve leal,st.b east of the island of St. Mary's. BRECON CIRCUIT. The Hon. CFORot HARDINGE and Aar! Mel's? r. Esq. Cardiff—Tuesday, April 6. Brecon--Iveschy, April IS. Pflliteigne—Monday, April 19. FOREIGN OFFICE, FECRUARY 27. Dispatches, of which the following are copies, have been received by Viscount Castlereagh, his Majesty's Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, from Gene. ral Viscount Cathc..rt, K. T. his Majesiy's Ambas. sador Extraordinary Plenipotenti.ify to the Court of St. Peteisburgh Sr. Parr burgh, Jan. S, 181 s. MY Lonn—l have the pleasure to acquaint your Lordship, that Count 1 feller arrived here last night from his uncle Count Wittgenstein, with accounts of the surrender of the Prussian corps which served i:i Courland under General Yolk : and this officer statcs that the French Marshal, Macdonald, has written to Count Wittgenstein to treat for capitulation, appa rently not aware how completely he w as surrounded. Count Wittgenstein had sent Prince Repuin to settle this business. Accounts were received last Monday of the capitulation of the garrison of Memel ; and I saw in the hands of Field-Marshal Count Soltykoff, the copy of the capitulation. The Prussian corn. mandant was a major, and the garrison consis!ei of two Prussian battalions ; but there was no return of their strength, °I of the ordnance and stores in th:: place. Your Lordship will observe, that Gumbitinea and Insterburg are occupied, and that detachments are sent to Allanberg, Krelitzburg, and Braultsbelg, between Dantzic and Konigsberg; so that I have no doubt but that the latter place is occupied by the Russian troops.—J have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) CATIICART. [Here follows a Journal ut Military Operrions from the YStfa to the 30th Dec. the substzice of which ua• already arptartti,l PROCLAMATION. By the Grace of Guo, Wr, AL lailtier the First, Emperor and Autocrat of as &c. &c. GOD and all the world are witness with what objects and what forces the enemy entered our dear country. Nothing could avert, his malevolent and obstinate intention,. Proudly calculating on his owl, force, and on thn:e which he had embodied aganst us from almost all the European Powers, and hurried en by desire of conquest and ti irs: for blood, he hastened to penetrate t yen into the bosom of air great. empire, to spread amongst us the horrors and all the misery of a %via of devastation, anti to tome upon us by surprise, but for n !deli he bad lung been pr e p ar ing. Having foreseint, by gamer proof- of h s unmeasured arni.ciun amid the violence of his prwedings, what hitter sufferings Is was about to inflict upon us, and seeing him alrea , ly pass our frontiers with a fury which tiothing could arrest, we have been compMeJ, though with a sorro Nisi! and wounded heart in invoking th e aid of Goo, to draw the sword, and to promtve to our Empire that we would not return it to the scabbard vo long as a single olvllly remained in arms its oa- terri.ury. We fixed firmly in our hest t s this detertninatios, plying on the 'ramie of the people whom Goo has confided to us; and mr,t have not been deceived. What proofs of courage, of bravery, of ptety, of patienc:, and of foul. Itude, has not kut•sia shewnt Ihe enemy, who penetrated ioto her bosom with a;I has characteristic Fero sty and rage, has not been able to draw from her a single sigh by the severe wounds ha has inflicted. It would seem that with the bl4od which flowed, her spirit of bravery iitcreared : that the burning vil.a:es animated her pa. triotism, and the destruction and profanation of the temple:: of Goo strengthened her faith, and rourished in Ler the sentiment of implac.* • revenge. The army, tie nobility, the gentry, thy clergy, the merchants, the people, In a word, all chests, all estates of the empire, neither sparing their property nor their lives, have breathed the same apirit—a spirit of courage and of piety, a love equally ardent for their Guu and tor their country. 'ibis unanimity, this universal seal have proe:uced effects hardly credible, such as have scarcely existed in any age. Let US contem plate the enormous force collected Irons twenty kingdoms and nations, untied under the same s'anehrtd, by an ambitious and atrocious enemy, flushed wiih ,LISTe34, entered our cows. try; hall a maims o 1 soldiers, infantry and cava'ry,'ACCi nipannier by fi . teen hundred pieces of cannon. With forces so powerfaf, he pierces into the heart of Ru-sia, extends Mmself, and be i ,Lii to spread fire and devastation. But s a mouths haviscarcely elapsed since he passed our frontiers, and what is become ul him ? Let us here cite the words of the Holy • . salruist " I myself have seen the ungodly iu great power, qui flows rishing like a green bay-tree." " I went by, and 13, he was gone: I sought Wm, but his place could no where be found." PSALM 11/Vll. v. M. S 7. This sublime s.n.tesice is accomptshed is all Its fore-, on our arrogant and impious enemy. Where are his armies, hie a mass of black clouds, which the wind has drawn together? fiery are dispersed as rain. A great part wetting the earth with their blood, cover the Gelds of the Governments of Moscow, Kalouga, t Smolenako, White Russia, and Lithuania. Another part equally great, has been taken in the frequent battles, with many Gene rals and Commanders, in hue, after numerous bloody combats, In the end whole regiments, imploring the magnanimity of t h e ir conquerors, have laid down their arms befor e t h em . Th, rest, eonipo,ing a number equally great, I ursurd in their pf ::cipitate flight by our victorious troops, overtaken by cold and hunger, have screwed the road from Moscow to th e trontiers of Rus-i; with carcases, cannons, waggons, and bagga ge ; so that, of those numerous forces, a very inconsiderable part of the soldiers, ex hausted and without arms, can with difficult y, and almost lifeless, return to their c:aintry, to scree as a terrible example to their countrymen of the dreadful st4ferines which must overtake those rash men, who dare to carry t4ir hostile designs into the bosom of powerful Russia. CD day we inform our well-beloved and faithful subjects, with a lively joy and giaieful acknowledgments towards God, that •he reality has surpassed even our hopes; and that what we announzed at the commencement of this seat, aczompleffied beyond ail measure: their is no longer a tingle enemy , 111 the face of out ter-. story, or, radii r, there they all remain, but in n hat state !--ele wounded, and prisoners. Leco their proud Chief himself has ssit 1. the utmost difficulty escaped, with his piincipah officers, teavirg e i his army dispersee', abd abanduning his cannon, o: which therea:c more than loon pieces, ezeinsive of this • buried or thrown into the water, which have been recovered, and are now its our hau.ls. the scene of the destruction of his armies surpasses all belief. One almost imagines that our I yes Elective tit, Who has been able to effect 'Liar Without derogating buns the merited gin yof the Commander in Cbici our armies his distinguished General, wh, lies rendered to his country services for ever mensora'ile, and without detracting from the merits of other valiant and able '- seal , , - ---"- wing wanting to your Majesty‘s glory but to put a stop to it. Cornmandeis, sho have distinguished themselves by t'iteir zs a u i n e t t i r i p il k e aee owtatrhaeg;innyaiti,Ehnvileassned, in 1, e as t ill likewise I t y o i seord t heer c t o h n e fi se ca iz ti u o r n e 4t If your Majesty thinka prop. r that the King shouid cause Li n nci all a t t h t e he pon the Emperor Alexander tu be informed of the pos-ibiltty ot a re- cutitess that ts hat they trave acconiplislod Snip . al tho n t h e pb wor. _AM , JO : , ••V#ol. ie on the cowl:tem of dtearirg war against England.' Austria, 01 all Lngrish merchandt;e or colonial produce wherever they conciliation, I augur sufficiently well, from the 1.1.. g it..ri nsi yof that Monarch, to dare assure you that he will wilt n v y Alper to Acknowledg. , then, PieovineNes tois w•mderfil and ardour, t or from t :set vent Let us prostrate ourselves bet. re hi s genera; btavet yof the trews, we ettin ken her resolution. I have been a song time the dupe of Preis- ported contrary to the tenor of the treaty and posterior to the . overtures that may be tonally equitable foryour .L.ii gee tor c • hand h stisin ride anal i of a and of you—she at I nrth came to find, by the cata.ttoptie King's declaration, which interdicts the British commerce with North . If ~a d • sidently ye-cur hi- c 1 ) .' .. 6 ova. and the an event so unexpecteu . anu ti t • US ".. boasung and glorying in our vi es, lean tr.,' h law ' Hollai.d, that lt was weessary to come to a deter mina:ion; his States. I have further to declare to your xceEency, that his td she frankly adopted a state o f War, Veltman; has dune so e 'al and Ro 1M • such • p ya Majesty attaches importance to the prq• bl eu your Majesty I • _ could take place, how many nations of the w.iuia ant t, ri il•le example to he modest and pearea t xrcutory s sacred tar atilt 'Their gratttude would he augmented I y cud , his will ; to resemlili• nut thn•re impious gritteretnis t The trade of Stralsund. by the Kines orders, paid the value posals which in his name I have just Anuounced, that tic has ex- reason of the horror which inspire them against the rerun. ut 4 • :upset (It trOD cateasey, ss .1 ou tiu 1, • • this privateer, which Wfi Llken ;may tonsequewe of her pres.ly ordered me, in case the King should 4 4 0: Judge proper, scourge which has lain so heavy ou them, and the ravages of .f out for dogs and crows. Goo is mighty in his kindt.es- :in.: In in Ina icurrutlencs, full 414 withoyt restjActionit • consient to it ; v.eithdiaw .which have left such mei traces b,ttaktul it. ' his anger, 144 us be Fuidtd by the justice of our ~t;.::, u:4l w. ••• • - - - MR. 'WAKEFIELD'S IRELAND. Ills day was published, In Two Volumes 4to. with a Map, price Sc. 6s. in boards, AN ACCOUNT of IRELAND, Statistical and Isolstical—By EDWARD WAKEFIELD. Printed f.a. Longman, Hure, Rees, Grine, and Brown, Pater alstet-zow ; and at the British Gallery, 54, New Bond-street. .VIPEEN AND FRANCE. iMPORTANT STATE PAPERS.—Continued from our last. DoCUMENTS JOINED TO THE REPORT TO HIS MAJE'TY THE KING OF SWEDEN, BY HIS MINISTER OF STA'I E AND FOREIGN AFFIIRS, DATED STOCK. lIOLM, JANUARY 7, 1813. No. f. rrract of a Dispatch to the King, from 'Baron de lauterbjelke, Swedish Minister at I'aris, dated October 46, 1810. " Notwithstanding all the personal prejudices of which I had been the object, it would have been easy for me to have pre p.red myself against a serve but little agreeable. P 41 The nature of my conf e renc e s wi t h t h e D u k e o f Cadore— the precipitate conduct of M. de Czernicheff—the catastrophe which Switzerland saw.herself threatened for commercial affairs —the advantages gained in Portugal, of which it was, no doubt, • -int. iickil !'o profit, to bear down the English on all points at once .—all these circumstances united, had given me sufficient insight to judge what the object of the audience would be; but I ac litiowiedgu that I did not expect so violent an explosion. I had A. vet beheld the Emperor in anger, but be was so at this time, . to a point which surpassed all imagination. .0 I was introduced a little after nine o'clock in the morning. I found the Duke of Cadore with the Emperor, and the presence of this third person caused me at first to suppose that I had been called to hear an official declaration, hut that I would not be per- Suited to attend the discussion. I nevertheless resolved to reply on every occasion where I could bring a word in. It is impos- Able fur me to rends'. your Majesty an account of all the Dupe ', tor said during the space of at least an hour and a quarter, because hie agitation was so great, his discourse so broken, his tepetitinns so frequent, that it was extremely difficult to class them all in my memory. - " I began I y presenting your Majesty's letters. 'Do you know,' said the Emperor, ' what is the subject of this letter ?'— . I explained it, with adding a compliment. Wit! out any reply !hereto, the Emperor wrist on. Every break in the Emperor's discourse will sufficiently explain to your Majesty the nature of the short replies which 1 endeavoured to make in the interval. " Oh, oh ! Monsieur, the Baron, do they, at length, cease 110 believe in Sweden that lam merely a dupe : De they think that I can accommodate myeelf to this mixed or half state of thin,. l' Oh! give me no sentiments; it is from facts that we draw oar proofs in matters of politics. let us see these facts. You signed the peace within the beginning of this year; you engaged kourselves to break o ff all commun i cat i on w i t h E ng l an d ; you ept a Minister tn London, and an English agent in Sweden, till summer was advanced; you did not interrupt the ostensible communication by the way of Gottenburgh till still later, and what was the result of it ?—that the correspondence remained the same, neither more nor less active.—Foh! the question is not of a communication by this way or by that , it is regular, it is very considerable. You have vessels in all the ports of England. Salt truly ! Do you get salt in the Thames ? The English trading vessels besiege Gottetiliergh : a fine proof that they do not enter them 1 hey exchange their merchandises in the open sea, or near to the coats. Your Intle islands serve as magazines in the • whiter season ; ur insiels openly carry colonial produce into Germany ; I have caus e d h a lf a s core o f them to be seized at Rostock. Is it possible that one can affect thus to be mistaken ohi the first principle of the continental system ? Very well— you do no: approve of this in your note; It is not of that I corn " pain, it is of the fact. I have not slept a single hour ht the night, en account of your affairs ; you might suffer me to repose in peace —I have need of it. " Again—ls this restitution of the English prisoners a proper thing ?—those who had a.: impudently attempted the dignity of the K;rig, and volated his territory? Restore without any satir action ! Was it noz se, Monsieur de Cadore ? [The Mi abuts, all in tremulaiion, did slot omit rtplyii g ..tirmatively to this, as s"ell as to some other similar quits ions.) Another viola tion of territorial right is the capture of a French privatser in the interior of the port of Stralsund; but to tur, notliiiig has been rendered l' ss It is not to one's frier is that one thews these little atten - Hone ! Very well ; remain with the English ! If one were to Judge front the evil a hick you have done me this very year, you never could have been better friends to the English than at this moment. Oh ! oh ! his you teat tell me so! It is you who as sure me tha: Sweden wishes rather to remain on my vide; but proofs, I say, give me proofs ! Very well; your state at the end of an unfortunate is ar required some circumspection and pre caofion, Well, I have had theta to my loss; you have cajoled me; yes, you—you yourself. You. have had the address to gain the bad season ; you have time to settle your Interests with Eng land. Ts it just that if any engagements exist contra: yto faith, that lam to bear the burden ? You have had time to put your selves in a state of defence, you have still the winter befur.: you.v What then have you to risk?—Yes, the export trade, that Is the battle horse; wl.at then is become of the neutral flag ? There ;re nn longer any neutrals. England acknowledges none, nor can I acknowledge them any longer. Salt, aye, salt! one can find }nears tp obtain what is necessary. How did you do in 1801, when you wo e in open rupture with England P—Suffer !Do you not believe that I suffer too ? that France, that Bourdeaux, that No.iand, tha- Germany, suffer? But this is precisely what an end nibs; be put to a maritime peace at any price !—[Here the *.ii peror was violently agitated.] 't Yes, Sweden is the sole cause of the crisis I experience.— Ina e.ten has done me mote harm than five coalitions together. }a .r n:.se, restored to Ler cemmunitations with the rest of Ea gone, st:e has taken advantage of it to carry on the commerce tot England. ,O, Sir, tinie I always time ; I have lost too much time. it was necessary, you sa-d, to enter into the new system ivithout making too many sacrifices— it was also necessary for vie, you added, to do some good for Sweden. Hear me! When you made choice of the Prince of Potato Corvo, did I risk nothing $n permitting him to accept the offer? Was I not on the point pc end roiling myself with Russia I Was it not believed; is It pot perhaps still believed, that you on your side, and the Saxons pod Poles on the other, supported by me, would arm to MOH. titier their lost provinces ? W ere net men ' s m i n d s then much g-tated In Poland? What did I .!o then? I caused such thiils to be said, such reports to be circulated, as might detach Russia from my system. It is only now, that more and more uodeceived ash respect to Swedish politica, I have taken a decisive step, ; hich I will not conceal from you. I have sent back M. de ztriticheff to Russia. I have informed him of the declaration in fetch I have made to you tc•Klay. I have strorgly pressed t:ie ?sr or Alexander to take the same step on his part. Choose! 2aiirton must be fired on the English which approach your coasts, I nd !lois merchandise in Sweden be. confiscated, or you must lave war with Fraser. I cannot do you any great harm ; I oc tipy l'omerau'a, and you do not much care about it; but I can Muse you to be attacktal by the Russians and by the Dams, and .can confiscate all your vessels on the Continent; and I will do :; if within i 5 days you are not at war with England. Yes, you re right ; the time for the mans and returning of the courier Inv be reckoned, and something more. }.' H e re, M. de Cadore, I order you to send off a ccnrier int iediately, and you, Sir, will do the same. If within five days i..r the official act of ii. Alqiiter, the King has not rtsolved to at war with Ergland, M. Alquier shall set out immediately, d Sweden shall have war vri.h France stud all her allies. Yes, is just; I have nut positively demanded the state of war before cis moment, but I am row forced to itby all imaginable means. ir w oe Ins already found that she gaunt remain in a mixed ate with England, doing great injury to the Continent. At tug - h things have taken a general slevelopernent, which reqoirts perfect equality of measures, or a r ate of open hostility. This what ail other Powers have thought ought to be done. Rua _ • long ago; but with what title esa I wit bee that teestrY what I cannot obtain Irons oweden? I often my to myself, who knows whether I shall always be on a good footing with Russia? Who can read the chapter of events ? May it not one day be of the greatest Interest to me to have a friendly Power in the North, strong in its own resources as well as by alliance ? But could it, meanwhile, be believed in Sweden, that I would Mu any thing in my invariable principles in favour of the new Prince Royal ? ' On the contrary, the political crisis into which I have brought myself in her favour gives me a stronger title. Mean while Sweden owes a great obligation to the person of the Prince Royal; for, without that choice (by no s.Aans influenced by me), I should, two months ago, have taken the step which I now find myself forced to du. I nevertheless repent of this delay, which, on account of the season, has been so beneficial for yuu ; not be. cause I regret whatever good you may have derived from it, but because that you have used me too ill. " For a long time past, the office which was intended for you was found prepared in the bureau of Mons. the Duke de Cadore [so affirmative reverence from the Minister]; but I waited for the arrival of the Prince Royal, who is instructed in my way of thinking t. I have not been able to do it. I have told you that I was on the point of embroiling myself with Russia. I gave all Europe notice, that at this decisive moment my system might be capable of modification. Besides this, new complaints against Sweden reached me from all sides. " Ah ! I know what you have to say to me ; I have read all you haVe written. Well, be it so—there may have been some exaggeration in the complaints, but there still remains a sufficient quantity of truth—l wish you had a better cause to deleud. " Oh, no ! The situation of the Prince Royal will not be so difficult as comes from here, there is nothing embarrassing in the choice. But yet, could they believe in Sweden, that they might serve the cause of Eugland, without resentment ou my part, be cause that I love and esteem the Prince Royal ? " I likewise love and esteem the King of Holland : he Is my brother, and yet I have broke with bins, I have silenced the voice of blood to give ear to that of general interest. It you were on my trentlers, I should, with regret, be forced to act as 1 have just done with the Sw►ss; I have caused soma troops to march, and the Government has confiscated the English merchand►ze. Let us resume ourselves at length. If but bweden act as she thinks most advantageous to her, I know that it is out of my power to force her. Let her frankly rangti herself on the side of England against me and my allies, if such be her interest; or let her unite with sue against Engla►d. But the tune of doubt fulness has passel away. When Ave days have passed, M. Al quier will depart, and I will give you your passports. You have said no more than what you ought to have said, but I cannot . do otherwise than send you back. Open war or constant friendship ; this is my last word, my ultimate declaration. Adieu! May I see you again under more favourable auspices. " The Emperor left me without deigning to hear me further. On leaving the Emperor's apartment, 1 saw no one else in the other apartment, not even the Officers on duty. I know not what had given cause to this exiraordinary circumstance, whether by order, or proceeded from the spontaneous discretion of the functionaries, because that the Emperor had frequently elevated his voice to such a pitch, that it was impossible slot to hear hint iu the next room. " I had afterwards a conference with the Duke of Cadore, on parting from whom I set olf for Paris. This conversation was nothing more than wrepetition of what had passed with the Em peror, that my dispatch to your Majesty and that of the Minister Baron Alquicr might agree as near as possible. Every thing having been said on this subject, I could not forbear expressing to the Duke of Cadore, how sensibly 1 telt the harsh aad violent lorni into which the Emperor had put his demand. " The Minister laid great stress on the satisfaction which I had (as lie told me) hi tempering the Emperor's vivacity, espe cially towards the conclusion, and quoted several passages which expressed sonic interest, and which gave some hope for the fu ture. lie g ace me a courier passport, which was prepared be forehand. Pie promised me not to send his courier from Fon tainbleau till about the same time I should expedite site from Paris, that is to say, in the evening of this day, in order that this might have a little advance. •` He a,sured me that M. Alquier would have two days to prepare his office, be.ides the five which formed the time of bis yr.•scrpaon. He dwelt much on the tact, which he requested, Inc to make of consideration, that the election of Monseigneur the Priuce Royal, tar trona having provoked this step on the Em peror's part, had retarded it for several months, and hasi thereby p.ocuresi fur Sweden a delay doubly important, on account of the segson. tie even added, that the Emperor's resoln•ion of taking his steps, were whilst the Prince was said to be on his journq, and had partly in view the intention of not rendering him inno cently unpopular." t The Emperor had promised the rrince Royal not to exact any thing front Sweden before the month of May, 1811; and the Prince Royal assured him that, after that terni, Sweslen would extend her system of policy, and be openly for or against the Continental system, according as her interest might require. No. 11. NOTE FROM THE FRENCH MINISTER BARON ALQUTER. TO THE MINISTER OF STATE, BARON D ' ENGERSTROM, DATED STOCKHOLM, NOVEkIBER 13, 1810. MONSIEL RLE BARON-1 have several times predated to your Excellency, that the evidently false interpretation given by hweden to her engagements with France, would produce tome serious and important event. I will not lose, Monsieur I.e Baron, remindinZ you of the explanations, hitherto useless, the sh:trt time which is allowed me to lay before you damands with which I am charged to make to your Court. " His Majesty the Emperor and King is informed, that in contravention of the treaty of Pal is, the most active commerce continues between Sweden and England: that a regular corre spondence subsists between the two countries; that packet-boats come and return front England and Scotland to Gottenburgh ; that there sail from Swedish ports, not merely some vessels under a stmilated distinction, but immense cargoes, openly directed for England. lncontestible accounts prove, that troni the 20:h to the 22d September, more than 1500 vessels, with English car goes, destined for the Baltic and North Sea, wets in Goitenburgh Roads; and that the Swedish Minister, not confining to shutting his eyes, upon this state of things, gave commercial permissions to trade directly with England. His Majesty the Emperor and King not only feels himself injured by so manifest a violation of the treaty of Paris, but considers it with api ofound and legiti mate resentment, as one of the causes which, by preventing the conclusion of peace with England, aggravates and prolongs the misfortunes of Europe. " If the British Government did not repose with secutlty upon the fatal condescension of Sweden, the English vessels which this year penetrated into the Baltic in such numbers, would not have entered It, because no asylum would have been Num to them; they were sure of receiving upon the Swedish side a friendly re ception. There they were furnished with water, provisions, and wood ; there they could wait and choose the opportune moment for introducing their merchandize upon the Continent, and every where this importation was favoure 4. His Majesty owes it to his dignity, not to staler any longer so striking an infraction of a treaty, in which hearkening but to sentiments of esteem and af fection for the King, he 'hewed himself so generous to the Swe dish nation. g• It Is certain, Sir, that Sweden, by har commercial r e lati ons with the English. render the sacrifices and the ttforts of the Con tinent useless, that in her pretended neutrality she is the most useful ally that ever the British Government had ; that she thus constitutes herself the enemy of the Continental Powers, after having adhered to their principles. But whilst that Prance, Rus sia. Austria, Prussia, and an the other countries of Germany are st.ifering and imposing on themselves painful privations for the purchase of peace, it cannot be expected that Sweden will, for any longer time, find in the violation of her promises the means of i curably mewing her pro.perity, and of obtaining immense riches for herself, " His Majesty the Emperor and King, my master, desiring to change an (adult of things so opposite to the system adopted by nearly the whole of Europe, has formally charged me to press Ais Swedish Majesty, by Ele most lively instances, to declare war against England, and the - tin irder ' widest Wang lave, five days titer tho date of the &spats& which I have the honour of addressing to your Eteelleney.—l re. quest you to accept, Stox (Signed) Atgotta." LETTER PROW THE PRINCE ROYAL OP SWEDEN TO HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH, DATED STOCKHOLM, DECEMBER 8, 1810. " Star—By my letter of the 19th of November I had the ho nour to inform you, that the King, faithful to the sentiments which he expressed to your Majesty, resolved to declare war against England, notwithstanding every t►ing which the safety of his States opposed to that measure, and with the object alone of pleasing your Majesty. " The King will alwaye be proud of having given this proof of devotion to your Majesty; but it belongs to me, who am a daily witness of his sufferings and inquietudes, to appeal to your Majesty's magnaultuity, in an affair which may have an influence upon the King's health, land upon the happiness of Sweden. I flatter myself that your Majesty will graciously receive my ob servations. " In addressing myself directly to you, Sire, I take advantage of an old privilege, which I shall always like to preserve, and which will renew in my heart recollections equally agreeable as glorious. " Sweden, ire the sad condition to which the last war has re duced her, neither should nor ought to aspire, but after a long peace. It was the only means of regaining, by agriculture and commerce, the losses she bad sustained; and thus•re-establishing by degrees her fimnces, and of entirely recruiting her military system and her administration. Far from that, it is Sweden who has just declared war; she has hazarded this step without a single battalion ready to march, without het arsenals or magazims con taining the least necessary article, and what is still worse, with out a single sous to provide for the expLnces of so great an enter prise. In a word, in the state in which the Government of this country is, such a step would undoubtedly make it be accused of folly, if your Majesty's approbation did not legitimate every thing. Sweden, it is true, possesses in herself the principles of a great force; her inhabitants are by nature warriors ; her consti• tution allows of eighty thousand men being put on foot ; and its male populatit.n is such, that this levy can be easily raised. But you, Sire, know, that war can only be supported by war; and a great military State, purely defensive, is an expellee which Swe , den cannot support without foreign aid. " The Contitutional laws forbid the King from imposing new taxes, without the consent of the general States ; and the war has just destroyed one of the principal branches of Public Revenue, the produce of the Customs, which anic:lnted to more than six millions of francs a year. To that must be added, that the contributions are in arrear, and that the confiscations which are made, fall upon Swedish subjects, and not upon foreigners, who take the precaution In insuring payment fur the goods imported. " In short, Sire, our situation is most alarming, if France does not come to our succour. Since the first alliance concluded between Gustavus Vasa and Francis I. France has been not only the constant friend of Sweden, but has supported and succoured her in all her wars. Nature seems to .have destined these two nations to live in harmony; and if she has refused Sweden riches, she has endowed her wish valour and all the qualities requisite for the execution of the greatest designs. There is here but one wish, that of being sincerely of accord with France, and of par ticipating in her glory every time an opportunity presents itself. But money fails us. " Deign, Sire, to take into conrideration the particular state of this country, and be pleased to kindly accept the expression of the sentiments," &c.,&c. FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME, DATED STOCKHOLM, DECEMBER I'2, 1610. " SIR r.—M. de Cz.•rnicheff asked me if I would take charge of a letter for your hlajr.sty. I hastened to do it, hoping that lie will tell your Majesty what he has seen in Sweden. In truth, Sire, full of confidence in your magnanimity, and of your parti cular kindness for me, I have but one thing to desire, viz. that tl.e truth should be known to you. " M. De Cz-rnicheff will tell your Majesty that Sweden is upon the point of being reduced to the most deplorable state; that she Is without ail means of suppprting the war which she has just declared; that nevertheless the Government redoubles its efforts in so violent a crisis ; bat that it is not in the power of the King to extend, as in other places, the system of confisca tions ; that tht_ Constitution here guarantees the rights and pro perty of every individual ; and that if even the Kiag should adopt ,contrary ni...isure, no Louncillor Of State would give his con sent, to it. " hava the happiness of having in my favour the general opinion of the nation—bet most certainly I shall lose this mural force, that day in *shirt' it was believed I had the least intention of making the smallest attempt upon the Con,titution. " The King offers to your Majesty every thing in his power. No sacrifice will be painful to bun, to prove to your Majesty his devotion to France : but I conjure you, Sire, deli') to calculate our means, and grant us the confidence we merit, by our sincere and unalterable attachment." In another letter the Prince Rnyal points out the embarrassing situation in which lie is placed by con tending duties to France and Sweden, adds, that it has always been his desire to conciliate the former, and that such being his feeling, he resolved to absent himself from the deliberations of the Council of State, which came to the following resolutions, with respect to war with England : I. That a state of open war, provoked by ns, would infallibly cause the capture of all vessels which are gone to carry iron to America. 2. '1 hat at the tertninatiqn of an unfortunate war, our maga zines were empty, our arsenals without activity, and in Sant of every thing, and thaE our funds %%cry deficient to answer an the wants. 3. That considerable sums were wanting to protect the fleet at Carlscrona, and repair the fortifications of that place, without there be - ng any fund- tur such purpose. 4. That the re-union of the army required an extraordinary expenditure of at least seven or eight millions, and that the Con stitution does not permit the King to levy any tax without the consent of the Stwes-General. 5. That salt 1, an object of the first and most etsolute neces sity in Sweden, and that It has hitherto been supplied with it from Englard only. . . . . It is added, that all these resolutions, and the misery of the nation, were neglected to gratify the Emperor, and war was de clared with England.—This is dated N0v.19, 1810. " When the voice of the Swedish people called on me to sue erect. to the throne, I hoped, on quitting France, to be always able to unite my personal affections with the iiitereas of my country; my heart cherished the hope that it might identify with the sentiments of :his people, yet always preserving the remem brance of Its first affectiot.s, and never losing sight of the glory of France, nor of the sincere attachment which it has vowed to your Majesty ; an attachm tit foun led on a confraternity in arms, which so many great deeds hteve illustrated. " It was with this hope that I arrived in Sweden; I found a nation in general attached to Frat ce, but still more to to their liberties and their laws; ji:alous of your friendohip, Sire, but never desiring to obtain it at the expense of their lionneur and in dependence. Your Majesty's Minister wished to irritate this national feeling, and his arrogance has offended every one • his communications bore no ch arac t er o f t h ose regar d s which ; are mutually due from crowned heads ;co each other. In fulfilling your /Majesty's intentions, as it pleased his passions, Baron Al quier spoke like a Ronriti Pro-Consul, without reflecting that he was not speaking to slaves. That Mintster has, therefore, been the first cause of the distrust which Sweden has begun to dis cover with regard to your Majesty's instructions concerning her; subsequent events have added weight to It. " I have already, Sire, had the honour in my letters of the 19th of November and 13th of December, 1810, of giving your Imperial Majesty information of the situation of Sweden, and the desire which she Lad of finding in.your Majesty a supporter. She could not but perceive in your Majesty'. silence all cruntrittli indifference, and she owed it to herself to provide against the storm which was about to beeak out on the Continent. humanity has already suffered too much. The blocs l i ot man has, I for the last twenty years, inundated the earth, and there is no thing wanting to your Majesty's glory but to put a teop to it. r