The National Register. — London, England, 1813-02-28 00:00:00

FEI3 . `• dente—the enemies of Russia are no more—the vengeance of God. has overtaken them on the soil of Russia—and the rani they have gong is strewed- with their bones, to the utter confusion . of their frantic and proud ambition." • ELStNEUE, Jan. 30.—Private accounts from Hamburg state, that Dantzic.. is invested by the Russians. It appears, the latter are marching along the shores of the Baltic, and not towards Berlin. The Emperor Alexander has conferred new and great honours upon Prince Kutusoff , and made hint a Prince ot the Royal Family. Generals Platoff and Wittgenstein have also obtained large shares of Royal favour. I t is said a convention has been crmcluded between Prince Kutusoff and .Prince Schwartzenberg, in consequence of which, the latter with draws his army through Poland and Galicia. When the last post left Vienna, it was currently reported that a Minister was to-be sent from thence to Wilna, on a mission to I.ondon. Macdonald had left the army, and gone to Cassel. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 4.—Buonaparte has taken possession of the Hamburg Bank: Buonaparte -has demanded 60,000 cavalry of the Danish Government, to which they replied, that they would. only twins!) 15,000, which they even will not suffer to depart till the sti pulated payment has been made. They have declared their determination, in the event of the French employing force, to remove the Court to • Norway, and deliver up Copeithogen to the English.' The Russians have entered Warsaw, and the Emperor has declared his brother, Constantine, King ot Poland. GOTTINIURG, Feb. 9.—The Austrian Ambassador, Count Nup ping, passed lielsiigburg on Saturday last, on his way to Stockholm. ELSI - NILla, Feb. 7. A n arrangement is likely to take place between this country al d Russia, by which it is expected that the trade be tween Denmark, Norway, and Russia, will be permitted by the Govertunent, under certain restrictions. STATE PAPERS. DISMISSAL OF THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR FROM SWEDEN. Copy of a Letter from M. De Cobre, Charge d'Alaires pom his Majesty vie Emperor (y . the French, King of Italy, •t the , Cours of Stockholm, to his Excellency the Baron d'F.ngerstrons, Chief Minister of State to his Strilliah Majesty, dated Stockholm ; December 21, 1812. The undersigned Charge d'Affaires of his Majesty the emperor of thc French, King of Italy, has received the official nete, which his Excellency M. the Baron d'Engerstrorn addressed tb him yesterday, the `lntlt of December, in which it is stated in substance — '"1'11.4 his Swedish Majesty having in vain awaited an explanation relative to the entrance of the French into Pomerania, relative to the removal of the King's Officers to Magdeburg, and the capture of ships In French cruizers, his Majesty has ordered has Mi nister of . State and of Foreign Affairs, to declare to the undersigned, that his presence at Stockholm being altogether useless, his Majesty desires that the undersigned shall" quit Sweden as soon as possible, d that he should, at the same time, be furnished with the pass. pot ts necessary for his voyage." • The undersigned conceives it unnecessary to dwell upon the impu tation contained in the said o ffi cial note , insinuating that his Majesty the Emperor and King had acted contrary to the faith of treaties. • It would be easy for the undersigned to refute this charge by recalling the cot divons of the Treaty concluded at Paris on the 6th of January; and proving by filets that Sweden has t of fulfilled in any one point tile obligations imposed by her engagements in that inArinnent, although France had shewn the most zealous desire to restore to her that same Pomerania which had been conquered by the Impclial and Royal arms in the last war. The undersigned has to observe, that. it has never, either verbally or by writing, been notified to him, that his diplomatic relations would be suspended, until he hael - given a categorical answer. to the explanations demanded of him by the Swedish Ministry. His Excel lency, the Minister of Stare, and of Foreign Affairs, in his letter of the 7th of September 'last, addressed to the Charge d'Affaires o f France,,limits himself to demanding of the undersigned, " 1 Y hethet be is in Sweden as the agent of a friendly or hostile Power,"--de daring at the same time to the undersigned, that his continuance in the States of his Swedish Majesty depends on the answer which he shall find himself prepared to give to this question. With respect to the principal object of.the official note from his Excellency the Minister of State and of Foreign Affairs, the under signed will not lose a moment to bring it under the cognizance of hi's Court : but it depends not upon him to obey the desire of his Swedish Majesty. On•zhe contrary, it is his duty to declare, that he will never coment to abandon the post which the Emperor and King, his august nosier, has designed to confide t') b.iforo he shall leave obtained Lis imperial and Royal Majesty's orders to that ctiect• But if his wedish Majesty, in virtue of his. Sovereign tights, will cause it to be signified to the undersigned, officially and in writing, that he will no longer permit his residence in Sweden, the uncter- THE NATIONAL REGISTER.' signed conceiving, under these circumstances, he will only be yielding to force, will not hesitate to avail himself , with th e sh o rt e st p o s sible delay o f .the passport. which he has now the honour to send back herewith to his Excellency. M. the Baron d'Engerstrotp,. Minister of • State and of Foreign Affairs ;, because, till the existence of the ciro cumstances which he has specified, it will be hitpossible for him to make use of it, and, therefore, to no purpose to keep it. The undersigned has the honour to be, tac. AUG. DE CAERE. Copy of a Letter from his Ercellen_cy . M. Baron D. Engerstrom, to if. Dc Cabre, dated Stockholm, Dee. 23, 181 g. " I have received the letter, Sir, which you have done me ant! having, to address to me, under date of the 21st of this month ; having, in the course of my official duty, laid it before the Sing, his Majesty charges me again to repeat to you, your presence at Stock holm, cannot be toleteted any longer. Your diplomatic character having now ceased,- you will find yourself, Sir, in the situation °fall ordinary foreigners ; and, consequently, subject to the execution of all the orders which the Police may find it ne ces s ar y tp give resPecting you. The Chief Governor of that department , t o whom re p orts, S e r f little to your advantage, have been made - respecting you, has received orders to make you quit the capital within tour and twenty , hours.. A Commissary of Police will accompany you to the frontier; and by these means you will not have any further occasion for the passports which you have sent back to me. (Signed) " Baron D. ENGERSTROM." Caps of a Letter from M. De Cabre, to his Excellency the . Baron D'En gertrom, fa, ¢e: dated btockhatna, Dee. '23, 181?. " I have just this moment received the letter which you have this day written to me, in which your. Exoellency, announcing to me for the first time " that my diplomatique functions have ceased," in forms me at the same time.," that I become subject to the orders of the police, and that the Governor has received instruction to cause me to be conducted to the frontier." ' 6 This determination of the Swedish Government, and the manner in which it is communicated to me, appear to rite Ittore than sufficient to justify Me in the eyes of my Court„ for abandompg the post which 1 have filled with honour for more than a year at the Court of his Ma jesty the King of Sweden. I request, in consequence I that your Ex. cellency winsend me back my passport's, of which intend to avail myself with the least possible delay. ' In 'consequence of the answer of M. De Cabre to this last preceding letter of his Excellency-the Baron De Engerstront, the passports were Peturned to M. De Cabre, and Ole Commissary of Police was not sent with him.' M. De Cabre was indulged by his special request s , with permission to remain three days longer at Stockholm, whence he departed for France on the 27th Deteniher. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS ANNEXED TO THE RETORT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING'OF &-WEDEN, BY HIS MINISTER OF ;TAT,. FOR SO. RRIGN AFFAIRS, DATED S7OCKHOLM, JANUARY 7, 1813. No. 1. Extract of a diipatch to the King from Baron de Lagerbjelke, Swedish Minister at Paris, dated October 26, 1810 : notwithstanding all the personal prejudices of which 1 had just been the object, it would have been easy f 4.4 me to have prepared my self against a scene but little agreeable. The nature of my conferences with the Duke ofCatiore; the precipitate departure of M. de Czerois. elicit . ; the catastrophe with which Switzerland saw herself threat ened on commercial accounts • the advantage gained in Portugal, by which it was nodoubt intended to profit, t hear down the Eng lish on alt points at once; all these circumstances united, had given me sufficient insight t 6 judge what the object of the audience would be ; but 1 acknowledge, that 1 did not expect s.) violent an explosion. 1 had never beheld the Emperor in anger ; but he was so at this time, to a point which surpasses all imagination. I was introduced a little atter nine o'clock in tly, morning. I found the Duke de Cadore with the Emperor, and the presence (.1 this third person caused tile at first to suppose iat 1 had been calle i ota bear aa official declaration, but that shGuld rot fie permitted ttend the discussion. 1, nevertheless, resolved to reply on ev6l , oecasion where 1 could introduce a : word. " It is impossible for me to render your Majesty an account of all that the Emperor said daring the space of at least an hour and quarter, because his agitation was so great, his discourse so broken, his repetitions so frequent, that it was extremely difficult to remem ber all. I began by, presenting your Majesty's letter,. " Do you know , ' (said the Etupercn) what..is ,the subject of rue letter ?" Y explaind it, adding a complimeat.. Without m,king anv reply thereto, the Emperor went 00. (Every break •in the Empeior's des nurse, will sufficiently explain to your Majesty the nature of the . short replies which I endeavoured to make 'in .the intervals). "t Oh; ho 1 Mon sieur the Baron, do they at length w.:ase to believe, in Sweden, that I am merely a dupe ? Do they climb: that I can accbaitn9aztte, in) etf to this mixed or half state of things t Oh I give me no sent , niv:: o ! it is from facts that we draw ()or proofs in matter, of politic. let US see these facts. 'You signed the peace with Inc in - the, beginning of the year—you engaged yoursef a e i to break otl all corniriutiicai inns with England—You kept a Minister at London, and an English I in Sweden, until the summer was far a dvance d, )oft did not 2-Ai.t SI t inter.. • .*--