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She Miley. irtil be at the same time speSaters and ‘fton. So many strangers have arrived, that for several days they have been obliged to seek for lodgings in the neighbouring towns and villages. POLITICS. t f On the 18th of Mr, 1801, His Majesty the King of Sweden, in his quality of Duke of Pomerania, eltilied to be communicated to the Three Colleges of the t?npire, by his Minister at the Diet. M. the Baron de Belt, a Note, in which he invites his Co.e.tates to chew their gratitude to His Royal Highness the Arth-Duke Charles, who has twice cared Staithern Germany from the furritsion of the enemy, by the eration 'at Ratisbon of a Colossal itattut, 'repretsenting that Prince, w which all the Estitel of the Empire ought to contribute. Upon the 26th of January, 1904, the King of Sweden transmitted to the general Diet of the Empire, the following Declaration, for the political mai'nte tunes and existence of the imtnediate Nobility of the Empire " The underiigned lus received the order of rii* Maj. vy, the King of Sweden, as Duke of Anterior Pomerania, his Most Gracious King and \fader, to declare : 41 That Hia M ijesty the King, always anieuted with the liveliek Solicitude fir the welfare of the C-irmau Empire, has net beau able to behold with indifference and in silence the unconstitutional attempts which several Princes of the Empire have lately made upon the ancient rights of a part of the immediate Nobility, and upon its political existence, scatted to it by the Constitution and the lad law of the Empire. He hai in consequence found himself under the necessity of representing to the Diet or the Empire, Oral it is of the highest importance to stop arid to prevent in future such disorders and arbitrary proceedings. The King thereat'', eupperses t that his Co-Estates will join in the resolu tion wWelt he her taken to pray His iniperiAl Majesty, virtue of lit authority and of his rights, es Supreme Chief of the Em pare, that he will he pleased to employ the MUM which Pro vidence has placed in hie hands, to maintain untouched the Germanic Constitution, and to guard it from any attempts di .reeted ar,sinst it. As tccabuses by the said Princes of the Em pire, which are made the pretexts, that may have grown up in the mune of several ages, His Majesty the King is persuaded, that the Emperor and the Empire, when they shall have been requested by the interested States of the Empire, will cause them to beeequired into withthe MCA rigid seventy, and hare Clem folly disclosed to vire ; in order that justice may be done to each, and that in future they may not afford room for sach discussions, which might have consequences mere dangerous. 4 ' His Majesty is aim convinced, that the deliberation which may be opened for this purpose between the Emperor and the Empire, may take place with reciprocal harmony, and good eisdereanding, so itearenry to the general welfare; and that i eenaequenee the mediation of Foreign Powers, in an affair which exclusively r-lates to the internal concerns of the Empire, will be declined, as inch mediation would be contraty to the independence and the dignity of the Empire, and might give birth to an idea that the Emperor and the Empire are two dif ferent powers, while, in fact, they form but one.and the same power that they are united by the most sacred and inviolable deities. and cousequent'y want no other mediator but the con stitution arid the laws of the Empire. " His Majesty the. King, therefore, deems it necessary to ix anew the attention of the Empire upon the consequences of them illegal takings of soiltury priewasioa, and to repeat what he has already made known upon the subject, as a proof that His Majesty, in diaapprevaing of these illegal proceedings, Swam at the same time the preandicial effects of such ex amples. 1 " His Majesty the King, * coosequeoce, invites his co. antes to pot au end to these snacks, and to consider that their ownmiety, their particular independence, and the independi awe of the Enyire in general, depend upon thews ; as en ostaas at the Empire can only exit under the egis of the con *Makin and tithe laws, and that it; existence is incompatible with violent encroachments ; for, true the moment it suffers tlbeim, its power and its consideration rust open tottering bases. The strong would thee fancy that they had always a right against the weak; and the Empire, reduced, by its illumine divisions, toe wale of dissolution, would become, in the end, the prey add the spell of foreign peepers. " To prevent, in time, melt baneful and calamitous events, it is absolutely neessasery, that all the States and Members of the Empire shield prevail upon themselves to dale closer the hoods of anise and reciprocal confidence; and that they Mould abstain, above ail things, f•om every arbitrary act i against the constitution of the Empire, which is the object of their tionismin safety." Oa the 14th of May, the Minister of Sweden delivered to the Diet a Note conceived fie the follow . in; terms : “ He Maiesty the [ingot Sweden, hosing been informed of do. eestents of doe Declare** which His lasper al West., the [oven's' of all the Maths, hes coorrauThicated to the Dirt of the Empire, dated the Ttlt lad, conceives himself also obliged to declare, that in all cases relating to the guaranty of the Ger son Constitution, he can reckon upon hints.% le King of Stasion, and, with • jost title, as one of the mere ancient, being do guarantee of the peace of Weapbalia; het, however, that His I.l3jeety it ios not thought it necessary to Are:are his as aste r as a gowantee of the Casititutish. in the bininen ingratiate, always conceiving that the Chtef of the Empire , - woubl Nato Moen to the Diet his mode of thinking and ea*. The esothatots of she King are, besides . , toe wen Mara, end have been to often annatonicated to the Diet, An His lieleety to think, that it it noessary to repeat them open ehie oecoeicia." We bays read then sewage declarations, which the King of Sweden has addressed to the Diet of It:dolma. Nothing midst be more striking thin the inconsistency of these proceedings on the part of she ling of Swedes, if the folly with which they are impressed did not strike still more. What ! When Poland has been partitioned under your eyes ; I._ when the feeble Ottoman Empire exists only at the pleasure of the powers which border your states ; when France, in shutting her ports against the ves sels of your nation, can hurt so cssentially your commerce; without any provocation, without any motive, you are pleased to insult France every day ! When Gustavus directed the chitty years war, it was with the assistance of France, and with that force of genius and will, inherent in all proceedings of a great man ; Poland was then respectable ; Turkey existed is its full vigour; and Russia, as yet, had no existence in Europe. But with what right, and with what views, do you excite the Ger maric Body against Fiance ? When Germany found herself involved in a disastrous war, by the instigations of Sweden, you were the first to make your peace, and to send your Ambassadors to re side at Paris. During all these crises, the Germanic Body did not hear a word from you ; but scarcely has it been concluded, when you hasten to let it know you ate alive, and demand that a statue should be raised to Prince Charles. That Prince has acquired the glory and esteem, which Germany has bestowed upon him. France is the first to acknowledge it. Is it then with your troops that he has acquired it ? If you were a Member of the Empire, why did you not assist it with your armies ? If you were one of the guarantees of the treaty of Westphalia, why did you make your *ace before the Empire of Ger. many made its ? How is it that you are the only person who does nut perceive, to what extent your proceedings at llatisbon are troublesome to the Germanic Body itself t While you sell your cities, you go to dis cuss imaginary interests in German• ; while you receive hospitality at Baden, you commit an out rage upon your father-in-law. There was not a moment of your visit at Catlsruhe, that has not been marked with just cause of complaint, no the part of that Prince. Finally, w)►ile you were with your father.in-law, the Eledor of Baden, you signed and• dated from Munich, a note adverse to his in terests; and after that Prince was wrecked by the war, surrounded by armies, and on the eve of be ing invaded, he stood in need of your assistance, if your arm had been able to succour him ; and this is the instant, this is the capital from which you have chosen to write against him ! You are still young ; but when you shall have at. rived at the age of maturity, if you Will read the notes which you have inconsiderately written tra velling post, you will assuredly repent of not hav ing followed the advice of your experienced and faithful Ministers. You will then do what you ought to have done always. You will have only in view the happiness of your subjefis, and the good of your country. That which it has done for yourself and your ancestors, demands that you should not sacrifice its interests to vain and fantastical passions ; you will only attempt what you are equal to, and you will not drive the Germanic Body into ear, not being able to do any thing for the success of the war ; of that w.n. in which your father-in-law, and your brother-in-law, would probably make common cause with France. And, then, if the interest of the Baltic leads you to unite with Denmark, you will feel that this in terest is truly your own; that it is inseparably con netted with the safety of your states, with the dig nity of your crown, and the glory of your nation . You will take your precautions in such a manner that your coasts will not be unfurnished with bat teries, and that fleets shall not pass with impunity within half gun-shot of your shores to bombard Copenhagen. It was not by such trophies your an cestors acquired the glory and merit of the finest pages in history. In fine, you will not do, for the temptation of a small bribe, what no other nation in Europe has yet dour, snake a treaty so unworthy of your rank, which is in a manner a first abdication of your Sovereignty. We are well aware, that if you read these coun cils they will be lost upon you : but we believe, at the same time, that yon will not receive another lesson front France. She is too indifferent to your condua. Assuredly she does not as reason of you, because she cannot confound a loyal and brave station, and the mra who, for ages her faithful allies, were justly called the French of the North ; she cannot confound them with a young man, whom wrong notions have kd astray, and whom reflec tion has not en'thtened. Your people shall then always well treated by France; your merchantmen will be well receiv ed by her. Even your squadrons, if they shall stand in need of it, shall be viftualled in her ports. She will never see upon your flags any ensigns but those of the Custavi, who reigned before you. And when the heat of your passions shall have passed away, when you shall have learned to understand the real situation of Europe, and to appreciate your own, France will still be ready to turn its regards to the real interests of your nation, and to shut them against that which you may have been. or to what you may have dune.—(Monitear; eel thence copied ask Mc Jostens! der Debate.) 1 : 11031 TirE DUTCH PAPERS. HAGUE, AIGUST 12. The Senator Garrat, who occupies one of the first places in the Legion of Honour, has been here since the day before yesterday. It is said that General Marmont has set out for the Flemish Coast, to hold conferences with the Emperor, and that he will again return to the camp at Zeist, where the Em peror is no longer expeaetl. Our Ambassador Schimmelpenninck has left Amsterdam for Overys sel. According to letters from Paris, Mr. Schint melpennink is appointed a member of the Legion of I lonour. Yesterday an English frigate was so near to Sihe vening, that one could count with the naked eye her port holes. At last it cast anchor, and sent a flag of truce, commanded by a Lieutenant, to one of our fishing smacks laying to the eastward, and detained there by wind and tide. This smack came in the evening back to Schevening : the master said, that he had been warned by the English not to go to sea, as they had stria orders to capture all fishing vessels. lie was besides desired to inform his coun trymen of this order, which has caused great distress to our fishermen all along the coast. HAGUE, •ttcrs7 14. Yesterday morning we received intelligence from the coasts of Frante and Flanders, that not only all the troops were embarked, bat eren the heavy artillery. A letter from Ghent, of the Hai, says, that apartments are ready, both there and at Brus sels, for the reception of the Emperor.• According to the same letter, the grand expedition is absolutely ordered to set sail before the end of this month. Vince r, auoust 12. Last Wednesday General Marmont left the camp by Zeist for Ostend, to pay his duty, in that city, to the Emperor. According to all probabi lity, his absence will be but short. He was accom panied only by two Officers, besides his first Aid-de- Camp, Colonel Desveaur. General Grouchy, as the oldest General of Division, commands the Gal lo-Batavian Army, a interim. We do not know whe ther the Empetor will visit the camp at Zeist, though we suppose this will be the case, as the magnificent preparations for his reception continue with interrup tion. The grand manoeuvres and firing, both with the artillery and small arms, which began last ues day, are in hunts to be continued every Tuesday, as soon as General Marmant returns. About that time, some more battalions are erpeazd in the camp. The troops who are there, have, with great labour, construaed barracks, in which, during bad weather, they may deposit their effeas, and even cover themselves. From this it is concluded, that this camp will not break up for a long time. The trees planted before some 'tents ; a small citadel, with four bastions, proviaLd with artillery; an half moon, ditches, pallisadoes, casemetes, a draw-bridge, Sec. all constru6ed before the tent of a Captain of the 9th regiment, cause particularly the admiration of visitors. The prole Lion given to all shop keepers, merchants, Sec. has caused a number of Clem to build shops in the neighbourhood of the camp ; some have even &named permission to establish their trade in the camp itself. Every thing wanted not only for necessaries, but for luxury, may be obtained there as well as in one of our large towns. Even two small speaaeles are exhibited there s the one of Italian rope dancers, and the other by an equestrian corps, under the famous Swedish Pirafor Tourniaire. The visitors in this camp, from all parts, are many times more numerous than the troops. Every day waggons, loaded with am munition, pus from Goerincham through this city for the camp. To-day one company of arineuri, and another of sappeurs, have passed through here for Flushing. CORFU, JULY 2. The war is begun in Oreesr. The troops of Ali-Pacha have been defeated by the natives. Se veral cargoes of gunpowder have left Corfu fin. Parga. The garrison at Corfu shies not conceal the assistance it gives the insurgents. Major Christachi, commanding the battalion of Albinois, in the pay of the Republic of the Seven Islands, is gone to Parga. On the other side, this Republic demands the occupation of Parga, Pre veza, Voniza, and Hutrintum, by Russian troops. Notwithstanding what the Republic says to the cui.trary, the Senate is there for nothing, though every thing is done in its name.—(Monifear.) Mr. Livingston, the Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to the Court of France, has received his letters of recal, and is making prep rasions to leave this country, and to return to Ame rica. We are assured that he has himself demand ed his recal, but we are ignorant of the motives which have determined him so to do. He will be succeeded by General Armstrong, who is on his way to come here.---(Journal thr Ddratg. Aug. 17) It we in a square of 100,000 men, and at the firing of 2000 cannon, the the Emperor dis:ri bumd the decorations of the Legion of Honour. (id.) 1 THE BRIT-116;1i PRESS. 'FRIDAY,. Aucusr 31. We have received l)utch Papers to the 21st. ant: are also in possession of a regulir series of the .11). tour, to the 19th, we believe the only one in town. Amon the several curious extracts, which we have made from them, is one from the Alunitew, of tht. pith, cent lining the most scurrilous, insolent, an , unqualified abuse of the KING of Swatter:. 11 1 ,. r , is also another sake in the Moniteur, unskr tL head of Cody% in which Russia is libelled it) tl.t same insolent and audacious manner; but ss, have not room for it this day. Such an atticie in the London Gazette, would be considered claration of war; or certainly an itjury is:quirt) : recaration. But to the other curses ul the lion me.' be added, that vile and insidious toyer., titan of a national Gazette, without a national ie. sponsibility. Thus, the Afoniiettr is a composition of all the common materials of an ordinary News. paper ; but it is also the medium through which the *state papers are communicated to the public. Ir. this ambiguous charaaer, it favours and assiststheinWgue. of Government more effettually than a paper purely and exclusively official. Through this anomalous print, the Usurper threatens'his slaves, or thunders his anathemas against Princes, who, from their strength, or the remoteness of their situation,are able to set his force and fraud at defiance. It is totally impossible that Europe can cease to be agitated, if the ferocious Bon sPAarr. is to continue a course so inconsistent with the usual etiquete between bide. pendent Princes, and contrary to the established laws of nations, for these last four centuries. We have also - received, exclusively, as usual, the small Paris Papers. They come down to the 19th, and contain several interesting articles. Oae of these, In the Journal glcs Debate, confirms the report of the meal cf the American Minister, Mr. Usti NGSTON ; and states, th it he was preparing for his departure from Paris. We can now state, upon authority which we ton• sider unquestionable, that the part of the French flotilla which came outof Boulogne, has returned in l .o that port. The Duke of Yo an arrived at five o'clock on Wednesday at Woolwich, to inspett the new pray Lice upon gun carriages, which was executed in manner highly to the satisfaftion of His Royal High- 3 nets. After having inspeCted the several works carrying on there, he dined with General Mac LLOD upon the. Common. Tne Harpy brig, which suffered in the engagement off Boulogne, in which the Cansfinif ?co cotter was sunk, it is said, had three men wounded, but only onc killed, being cut in two by a shell. What is very extraordinary, the mutilated remains of the unfor tunate mall fell on the As of the shell, in such a manner, that the blond flowing from the wound es. tinguished it, and prevented its bursting, wheels doubtless saved the lives of many of the crew. Orders have b en received by all the men of war in the Downs, t 3 be ready to cut or slip their cables, at a moment's notice. Government seem in earnest in t' e'r exertions to be prepared for the speedy conveyance of the Guard. and other troops from near the metropolis, to any part of the coast which may be attacked. is cons and Co. have finished more than two hundred of the belf;ianorr, _the greater pit a which have been sent to the different coach-makers and stables Feepers, and are hung upon the spare carriages which they have in their yards and sheds, and have entered for the service of Government. JACO R 3 and Co. have a great number more in band ; and se veral other coach-makers, and some carpenters, have entered into contraAs with (;uvernment, for deliver. ing a va-t number within a few days. It is reported at Dover, that BONAPARTE, was present at Boulogne on Sunday ; and the Master r: a vessel sent in by the C4ampian, for breach of b!ock ade, reports that he saw him there, and that he in formed the army, in a speech addressed to thert;. that he would not quit the place till the expedtice 11:14 sailed. Government, we understand, have ordered t: Officers in the different department, whose s:rvicc may be esrential, to be upon the watch. Mr. M A RSDL N, Secretary to the Admii alty, sleeps at i! O:lice, and several of the Clerks and Mosengeti have been ordered to ittend all night, fin- 6.; pm pose of transmitting to Minket.: and others, bti,% . - tins of such accounts as may an iv:. A letter r iceived from &Al ti by .tpliv.il ..• • veyance. dated the ..!?..1 ant, corian... the p ort that a 111.1SSIAII eq ladron passed Sound on the I sth, consisting of four sail Of 1 : :• line and thre frigates; and that eight sail of t. line and six frigates were expelled in Copenhagen road, on the following day. Report state that the latter division had troops on board, as likewise that a third had sailed from Revel with 'tool's also. Our cruisers off Ostend captured lately a fisliirc! boat, the crew of which state, that last week the sixty transports, which in the beginning of this month sailed from Flushing, had passed through Ghent, and joined the right /4 ing of BON AT A tires flotilla, which is composed of 400 ships of different sizei. forming two lines in the canal of Bruges, behind the sluices of Slykens. They are in this position out of all danger from a bombardment, and it requires lama short tim • for them to reach the port of Ostend. R - NAPAIiE has, since his arrival on the coast, been twic e at Ostend, but only for twelve hours each time.. On his tin st journey, he reviewed the troops, starnmed four leagues round the town, and commanded by General Ols on or ; sold on the second, he inspezt.... l the flotilla, commanded by Admiral VLltflf