The National Register. — London, England, 1808-04-25 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.' last autumn, leaving to England the-task to justify those events hereafter. " It is due to truth, host-ever, to declare that the Court of London did not invite Sweden to take part in thiS expedition, • nor confide it to her till the moment of its being put into execu tion. Therefore not the slightest movements were made in Swe den on this occasion. The English fleet arrived and departed without entering into any port of Sweden ; and the auxiliary troops landed in Pomerania were given back, by virtue of a se parate article in the convention concluded at London. relative to this object, on the 17th of June, 1807, when certainly there was as yet no reference to this expedition. The following is the article. • It is fully understood, that in case unforeseen circumstances should render the object of this Convention impracticable, or that his Britannic Majesty should find it necessary to withdraw the said troops (the German Legion) from Swedish Pomerania, the stipulation of this Convention shall in no manner prevent his Britannic Majesty from giving such orders as he may judge proper with respect to the ulterior disposition of these troops, ss Welt are uow placed under the orders of his Swedish Ma jesty. • The Court of London has since fully justified this enterpize, and the experience of every day justifies it ; numerous French armies remained in Lower Saxony, and overawed the North ; there were still nations to subjugate, ports to shut, and forces to direct against England; they were to penetrate thither, what ever the expense might be : they would have acted in any case, and under any pretence that might have offered, and yet now it is the expedition against the Danish fleet which is the :allying xt ord of the whole league!' " It is remarkable that the Danish Government, already beset . liy French troops, overpouered, excited, and even paid, b. France, issues a declaration of war against Sweden, without daring even to name the power which forces it to act : it la bours to find out grievances, and reasons for its determination, that it may appear to have a will of its own : it cites the re monstrances of Sweden against the stoppage of the Swedish mails as vexatious, while, in its sundry enactments against English correspondents, it w ould not suffer it to pass even according to treaty ; and it declares, that it is imperiously obliged to adopt those measures : it pretends to know the thoughts of the King, and is pleased to construe them as hostile, while itself, for smite months, had concerted au act of aggression against Sweden : it pretends to argue f:oin the interests of the country, though it has abandoned its own interests, and even its existence, to a foreign inthience: in flee, it reproaches Sweden with havina provided for her defence by a subsidiary treaty, though itself is paid for an act of aggression, at:d then it pronounces, though. indeed, with a kind of timidity , the word inercroar4—an intim Cation which the Government that lays it had probably cruelly dictated to it. " It is proper here to render to his Britannic Majesty the most autneutic solemn tsstimony, that in all his transactions with Sweden he never demanded offensive measures, nor re quired any thing that was not perfectly compatible nith its tranquillit, and independence. The mos: recent and convincing pram' of tills is the promptitude with which his Ministry acceded to time proposal of th.e..Kong fur the paCitication of the Baltic by a formal promise not to send thither any ships of war on conditions useful and honourable to all fats Soffit. Let the Doltish 6overnsucut read in this proposition the complete refu tation of the complaints of which thC Manifesto against Sweden is composed : and in the moments when it shall return to itself. let it comp:lie the state of things which the King has desired Niith that which France an t i Russia wish. Let all the allies of France read in this emotion of Englaud the difierence betweet. the connections which unite the two Courts, and those whit unchain them, -nod let thorn pronounce on which side is to he fouad a due .regard for particular interests, and ajust inodera- Hon nit account of the general good. " Deter:ark herself has been, during along time, the objet of this moderation, and did not cease to be so till. she hecaao absolutely dangerous. Whea the Nardi was outraged by Co devastation of Lower Saxony, by the oppresSion of the Ilanse atic towns, what did she. to avcnge them? S%%eden, England, Prussia, and Russia made war for tuis object: but. ao oat thought of forcing Denmark to take part in it. She was the ally of Russia then as well as at present. Why did she not emorace her cause ? What could sue then allege for her tran quillity which Sweden cannot now allege? All this is explained 11, toe single fat t. which she endeavouni to conceal, Hutt she is a present outlet th • influence of the. French GoYerume:;t. liad Loglaud followed the principles of this enemy, she would Not r -' ~L~_ , APRIL 95. have waited the moment of her surrender to disarm her; she would have invaded her several years before; she would have guarded her; and nll this with a view to the good of the North. Her ancient alliance with Russia is made a pretext for this 4.. gre-sion, though all the world knows that it is merely defensive, and that it remained suspended during the late wars of Russi a , when perhaps that power might have claimed it. " The Court of Denmark, in order to justify its proceeding•, hesitates not to make all kinds of assertion, dares to defrnd the injustice of Russia, and betrays a premeditated plot, and all this it does to conceal the chief, nay, the only reason, which is that Denmark is the ally of France. But injustice and falsehood find their end, and honour and trust will triumph in their turn. His Majesty:, relying on thi , justice of his cause, hopes, with the conscious pride of reigning over a brave and loyal people, so often tried by dangers, and always supported under them by the Almighty, that the same Providence will vouchafe to bless his arms, and restore to his subjects a safe and honowable peace, to the confusion of his ehemies." " Stockholm, March 21." PROVINCIALS. Last week, a valuable mare, belonginA to Mr. Podmo nt , ,farmer, near Ilawarden, Vlintshire, was saddenly taken ;after drinking some water in a pond, and alt efforts to swallow ,any thing proved ineffectual. She swelled remarkably large, And lived two or three days in the most excruciatheg agony, hen she died. On opening her, nothing was found in her 'bowels that could occasion her death ; but ota cutting open the 'wind-pipe, a large thad was discovered alive !—which she is supposed to have taken into that orifice on drinking the 4rater. ~.._.__ . A few days since as some children were gathering primroses and violets, on a sonny bank in the parish of %albumin, near Arundel, one of them, the son of Mr. Randal, was bitten on ! his arm, by an adder, the venom of which caused such a violent !swelling and inflammation, that the poor child's life was cot,. isidered in imminent danger. A young man went afterwards to !the spot, and with a stick destroyed three of these venemous Ireptiles. I About a week sinm, a Nobleman's game-keeper, in Kent, shot . : hare, which, on taking op, he found to be very big with young; ;he therefore opened her withsare, and drew foro two living leverets, which, on being w iped dry, skipped a bout the dead ani mal, and actually sucked her as long as warmth would admit the flow of milk. One of them died soon afterwards; but theother, vve to Liebe, is in a fair $s nNo of recover. A shocking accident held the lady of W. G. _At:runner, 1 1 Esq. of Clewer. Surrey, on Monday night. Mrs. Althorpe,. her son, and two daiy,liters, had returned home from a iisit, ii when toe former went into her bed-room, leaving her family is the draw ing-room imderneath. The shrieks of the mother tat med tier children, and on their hastening up stairs, Mrs. A. was l:, ing oa the floor with her garments literally reduced o tinder. Surgical aid was adinioistered ns quick as possible, nst the unfortunate lady (lied, in about three hours after the ac trident happened. The deceased has left eight children to be ,,wail her loss. _ _. • Lately, Llii a butcher and his wife, of the name of Bevan, mere eturning lanne.from Chepstow market, with a horse and cart, n going over the Undy bridge, they fell into the w atcr and were Browned : it is supposed they had fallen asleep in the cart llirnugh fatigue, and the horse being left to himself overturned ,the cart, under which the bodies were found. The woman was heady ready ,to lye-in: they have left four infants, two of witecit ore twins of 14 months old.—The same nigh:, a man em• loved in a paper-mill, at Niounton, near Chepstow, got ("t -angled in the wheel, and was crushed to death. A few ,days since the following distressing circumstance hap ened at Hull. A woman of the name of Slather, being em loyed in cleaning her room, with her back to the chimney. a sy about three years of age caught hold of a kettle upon th e E. re, and putting its mouth under the spout, poured a quantity of ()oiling water down its throat, which scalded it so dreadfully, that it languished about twenty-four hopes, and then expired. Last week at Coaxey, near Wells, a voting man, of the name of PritHen, having occasion to go to a blacksmith's shop on bu siness, some irritating language took place between him and the blacksmith's a pitrent ice, and the capenter struck hint, when the lad immediately thrust a piece of red hot iron into the- or pen tees aide, and killed lii,al on the spot. Verdict—Mawfaushier.. , . ._ .. r I , . , .1 1, • 4