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§ 4 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. —mar-9-•-• HELIGOLAND MAIL. • BANKS OF THE FLBE. MIA&CH 17. All the accounts receive► from Upper C;ertisativ tend to confirm the general opin on that a war Ls; tween Austria and f runce will certainly take plate. The Vienna Court Gazettes have lately 'utit Leen • I delivered in Lower Germany. 111 the French tod Dutch troops still at.Hain burg are to march 'in a few day,. for Upper Ger many ; and all the Drench infantry that remained behind has broken tip this niurniiig. The Prince of Polite Corvo has acipiainted the Senate that he acts out for Hanover in a few days, to organize an army there, but that he will won return. WARSAW, MARCIt 6. According to the latest ad►ice from Gaeta, the Austrians continue with great activity their prepa rations for war in that country. Many horses be longing to the inhabitants of that country hare already been taken 10 requisition for military trans ports. Every thing is conveyed through Cracow. The exchange of Couriers is still very active.— (Correspondent.) 4 E t fl GOII'EN BURG II JI.IIL. GOTTENTICUGII, IeIAIICTi 20. We continue to be in perfect tranquillity here, although there is no ariival of traviilers, tier even of the post, fioin Stockholm. The minds of the people seem to be itt rest re spectiog the events that may follow so sudden a revolution. Troops are still pouring in fr all quarters, every barrat•k and hospital is lull, and the inhabitant, have a large number quartered en them ; some have as main• as 30 privates. The merchant vessels hare this afternoon gone into clear water, and are expected to sail under convey so Wednesday or Thursday next. tt Sylvester and Either, the two English 3lessen. gees on this station, have been detained by &Aisne parre's army, the otos goii.g, mid the other coining from Stockhohn ;it is not yet kouou whether they are liberated. Lieut. floss, of the Itcr;al Navy, left thin place early this wonting, with (4p:itches for Englaml. A Swedish Messenger, charged with dispatches from the new Government, is also goue in the sauna Packet. ADDRESS _ t Ell . DV KU ROTAS. litUKKEllo Tilt DUKE OT fODI TO EMU 'Form,: OE swrins. rAxta, -- . " His Royal Highness the Duke of Soderutania deem, it right, and codfortuabk to the duties of hits high statiun, polo. tidy to lay before the Swedish peopk, the mottoes and clouts which produced the important chauge a ,wliich has lately tiikeu place in the Goismonatat of this couttofp.....T he archives of the state contain a great variety of doesinteuts which will prove the necessity of that measure, both to WC pet-scat neassl posterity. "Pon this loot time past the pu blic ro opinion ndenmed • system of warfare, ssiiiela so u r sa in a counter, the commercial cosmos of which claim that neutrality, which bee fortunate geographical sitinstion, that seems to serer, Sweden, demands, and which was sacrificed by the Govern ment. As early SS tiles, I/tendril, jollied by other Powers; retina into a war with Frasier, which, from local tie cumetatices, w thee, however, confined to the loss of her trade with nea r all the States of Enron, ; a loss which, ',,e, although not to hl conapm-ed with that she has aloes sustained, was yet of great moment —Soon after difreniere• with Prussia nose. ealloth, however, were ant attended with euatte "Pewees equally important. In tool, the share wbieb Sweden took la tbs euairtion apinat France became morneutons, and Si. todeenee on time Arrest interests of the country mere de groasestag, Swedish Pommels was occupied by foreign iwuraps, and Stralsued browsed ; yet one prospect of mere novitiate boos yet remaiue Melodist. A continental peace ores on the point of torior concluded at Tilsit, and Sweden iftwited to Mom one of the contracting pieties ; Sweden re heat.; sod its osesamence of this refusal shy was compelled 1 fight Fiance, sod her numerous Mhos, single-handed, on tite Continent of Europe, and the siege of Stralsund was married no with increased viper. E'-en during that N. ge, way, after the conclusion of the convention, which stipulated the evacuation of Pomerania and Rumen by oar troops, offers of peace were mule by the eutioy, and rejected; and the German possessions tit Swede., the last remains of We conquests. of Gime/mut Adolphus the Great, were lest Sweeten had, however, to sustain !mime stiWinore severe.— The winter of taw, and the following year, aeriqus appre hensions atone of an impending ecotone a nth our °Meshes's*, bath on the East and %Vest of our empire. " These apprehensions and daugui a as:zlit Kaye limit warded off a few months before by the Swedish Guys:mar nt, by its access . ..o to the Prate of Tilsit I 4 peace is hick Sweden wee sot prevented from contenting by her only ally, which was offered on terms by no uteaus irrectructleable a ith the public iutertst ofSoctlen. "The war broke out in Finland, end its gallant dcfender,s, at the cod of a am erg and honourable conflict, wit:, an ca.- .I,y Sir superior in number, were ohligini • to give up to him their belled country. This ntistertnoe, the most enlaniitens T greet which has hefalleo Sweden fur etntuties past, might bete hoes avoid, ri, if the powerful preparations of defer. e, which the satiation and Malmo of tier country admitted, had b ees c o s e a cted with Irili4ll4ll mid skill, and if the Mans of mailmen, no sooner adopted than relinquished, had hero conceived sad carried inteteffect,•ith unity and flannels Finised, which, in point of popuhlion and totriusie satire, formed one.thnd part of the Swedish Empire, es. lost, and this lees Lore with the must destructive pi essunt on the two tesekising thirds. " In this state of affairs, the means of soaring war 'pilot with oesserous cncinies could out prove suflicieut for any length of time, and no othet ressotoe was left thou to ht.?. den with new taxes a people unable to bear them. The public necessities ineressed is proportion ne the metals and resources of the Mate were destroyed. Trade and sa. vigatinu were at a amid ; oar mines and agriculture were unproductive from want of hands; tinivers;.l riin was spread ing wide and far ; and vet it as universally known that His Royal Majesty had Ir;dill "emitted his forint:- firm and un alterable stettruttaatatt nut trsCositledera resew with the Mir seut Goverament of France, without which, however, uo se conciliation with lleausark and Russia could thke place. " Is this situation of affairs a eir,si.lerah'e pert of the Western army formed a acoolotion to march to the capital with the patriotic view, which appears by the Potelanstalon based no their pert. Similar movements took plate among We rest of the Swedish troops, and it was in this eritieel pe. Gibes His Royal SI ajtsty cause to the unfortunate resolution of Navin; Stockholm, and directing his family, sod several Officers of the State, to 6,110 w him. The garrison wa. or. eared to file off, and it was intended to assemble as army is the South, to oppose the troops who were approsehing front the North wed Wet. Two distinct Governments were then tu be ferniest, two armies to be &wielded, and a civil war was to WI up the meamie of oar calm - too and distress. . The Imes departure was, however, postponed until the lath of Starch, at in.on. An wait erttai (1111Orrnat ion pi evaded. The attest reopertful remonstrances against Ft i's Majesty's elletereatisatioe were reiretcd, and in, n th, 'wails remained even to secure the safety ..of the king'. own person, than to prevent him from carrying his neturtimate resolve two effect le these circuinatawros all the Officers of Siete, be reejenetiew with the States orate Empire, who were pre med in Stockholm expressed to his Royal Herbeeee Me - eeeetitsteeeed wiet:tbot be sight take the rein, of Ciepego milmtinato We Mode; a wide to whit h his Royal Highnetts, .. , 400.111biesdiss bit adve.geti age, thought himself in duty ' ---- 1 1111118 i 0 mom% eas4l/sig Oat the step will be viewctii its .• .• ... 1404 Sy t s. .. : ~ . PM, basalt patriotic Swells. , ' es ippalliolia, Maids U. IPPIP." • . ..' n - 'WI I THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, • THURSDAY. Mauch ao. A Mail from Heligoland arrived last night. It brings no uei.•unt of actual hostilities between frulice and Austria, but the tenpiar of all the Ger. mall Papers received through this channel, is cal culated to prepare us for the result. A Gottcithurgh Nita arrived yesterday, from which we have made some extracts. The Duke of St:0E101,0:1A has piddisheil a Proclamation, eif phi mitory of the motives and abject of the recent revo lution. We give this important article at length. CHARLES, Dake of Sudermania, is lifty-eight years of age ; brave, active. and prudent ; but well knoan to lie systematically attached to the French interest. We slo mit, however, believe, that any devotion which lie Lan manifest towards the Corsi can despot will procure the restitution either of Finland or of Pomerania and the Isle of !Loges', to the Crown of Sweden. ... Oar attention, which, after basin been en grossed during several weeks past, by domestic eveuts of the roost intereetsug nature, was begin lung to direct itself towards Germany, has been suddenly and painfully attracted towards the North of Europe. Sweden seems destined to pass thro' the revolutionury crucible, in which bu many Con tinental States have been melted down, and will probably assume a new political shape. We are, however, by 1141 means iii possession of facts suffi cient to enable tis to assert, or to infer, a hether French and Russian money ha. pirnilured the pre sent change ill the Government ; or, whether it hut resulted, as it did in Ills, from the int. rmil fermentation and disenotents. consequent on long protracted wee, aggravated by national losses and misfortunes. It is highly probable that, when we know the sacrt.t springs which have been played upon, we shall tied that both the causes ulluded to have operated to depose GVSTAVUS ADOI.P111:4. That tile upper orders in Sweden are accessible to corruption, and that furcigirgold has usually found its way into the senate, we know by history. Louis the I.sth, in 1772, aided GUATAVUS the 3d to ussinue the yeuveruineut, to cluinge.the constitu tion, and to render I self. though not despotic, yet independent of the StateS in a great degree.— Sir J. GouDitteb:, then our Envoy at Stockholm, wrote. on that °relation, to the Ministers here, to inform them, that. with 50,0001. sterling, he would undertake to effect a second revolution in Sweden, Moosieur de Vesoceszt, the French Ambassa dor, had just produced one with 1,-.lo,outt litres, ' remitted for the eipress purpose from Versailles. Deep, atrocious. and impriociplech as the policy Of I.IONAVARTIt is always found to be; and mire strained, as he bra spews !Unwell, in Ws treatment of the Spanish kings and people, by any com punctions of humanity. or of remorse, in his plaits of conquest and anibitiou ; yet we itieline to be lieve that he has rather aided than produced the actual revolution at Stockholm. The loss of Swedish Pomerania. the demolition of the fortifi cations of Stralsund, and the conquest of all Fin land, as well as Laplaild, on the Eastern side of the Gulf of Botliniu, quite to l'ortiaa, had alienated the utii-ctions of the Swedes. It must, moreover. be owned, that the prospect before them presented no flattering iinages. AL uxe:Pea threatened either an invaeitni, by the way of Aland, in the month of May ; or to send his fumes down the Western slunk. of the gulf of Bothnia ; by either of which routes lie might reach the capital. The Dante menaced Seania, atid fowl assembled - troops in Zealand for the purpose ; while the Norwegians were aearcelv prevented, by the feeble and ill provided army stationed on that frontier. from [treadle.; the Western provinces of Iit:STAVI.4 . II dominions. Winter end Amine aggravated the calamities of war, anti propelled the inhabitants to rise against their Sovereign. No doubt the Duke of St:DLItMANIA, brother of the late King, and uncle of the reigning Monarch, fotneuted the dis coetents, and turned them to his own advantage. Ile is a P.inee of capacity, experience. mind talents, who long administered the affairs of Sweden after the amasionation of (Tusraves the Third, during the nephew'is snivarity." Though le has always wurrnly and strenuously opposed the part taken by the isufurtuirate King, now arrested, as injurious to Sweden, and maculated to dram her population, as well as to exhau-t her reesoorees ; facts, which, it we examine candidly, it will he 111111111 thffiCUlt to deny, or to disprove ; yet has the Duke of St DIA• MAN IA always been esteemed brave, patriotic, and incapable of meditating designs det •utal to the or real interests of his couutry. We mast wait for forth. r, and more explanatory particulars, before we vent tire too hastily to decide on the Nome or effects of the Swerli•li Revolution. The language of the Proclamation isailed - by the hew (lover AAAAA rut, as well as of the oti!r Papers promulgated, leave us under nine!' mwertaiisty as to its spirit, and its results. We by nn means an ticipate as certitia, nor even us pro's:stile, any na tional subruisiiion or degradation at the feet of the Corsican Tyrant; though we admit that peace may eventually, and even speedily, take plare be tween Sweden and her numerous enemies. Mean while, we laud observe that GUSTAVUS, though or rested. is not deposed. It is, indeed, true, that his uncle declares him to be incapable or acting, or of conducting the important affairs of the nautili." But the Duke .does not venture to assume any title beyond that of Admiaistrator of the king dom for the time-being," and abstains from de nominating himself Regent. Thew names nriy indeed signify the same thing, under different de nominations. Time will .hew: We shall *re sume this subject us seem as we obtain ulterior lights and information, whereby to appreciate its couvequcuces. Uminestioliably, however beneficial peace may be to Swede% NAPOLEON will exert his powerful endeavours to render it pernicious to üb. It is in that point of view that we ought to consider its operatioti ; as, abstructedly viewed, it is of little moment, whether GUsTAVUS ADOL PHUS, or A:HAMA:I6 Duke of SUDEINIANIA, admi nister the Government of Saardeu. Meanwhile this event will 'probably discoucert all the plans and projects of our enlightened cabinet, for cirrying their arias into the Baltic ; and will suspeuti, or totally prevent, the expeditioa about to ptocerd under Sir JAMES SAUMAIIKE, to the Sound, and to Gottenburgh. 11, however, after the symptoms and indications a hich Gusreavus his already given of eccentricity and irritability, our hliiiisters were not prepared for moth a convulsion as the present, they are even snore incapable than we este,nt them. Yesterlay, aboiiitv -- ;;T; o'clock i Tlla MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's Niece, from Wiu&or, where he was received by the Dukes of YORK cud KLNT. At two tieloek His MAJESTY held a Private Levee, which was attended by The Lard Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasur', the Maater-Gameral of the Ordnance the Firm Lord or the Admiralty, the three Svcretanes u/State, the Chinternee of the Exchequer, the Commander in Chief, the Judge Ades- I' ale , the !And Steward of the Ilousbold, the Duiri•ot Mut:t rim. ; Lords Gardner, Arden, (in waiting), Hcatioield, ((gold stoic) ; Sir G. Osborn, (gruein in muting) i and 1). Baird Captains Doorstop and Gordon. The following had the honour of being presented to HIM NI AJUSTV Lord Gardner, upon siseceethint to his (ilk. Captain Doorsout, epos hie appointment to the Board of Ad alty, Laid Dal's are. Lientenatit-Geueral Sir David Baird, upon his return fru. Spain. The Hooporoble Csot .Govioa, Aids-dc.Cosup to Sir David Bed* spun his return from Spells. Hl3l MAJESTY gave audiences to the Duke of PORTLAND and the other Cabinet ?diiiisiers pre sent ; Sir D. Du NDAS and Mr. RYDER. The lotto` • laid before His MAJESTY tlw proceedings of severed Courts-Martial. About secret o'clock, ILA 51AJEETT set off on his teturu to %%Incisor. lies Msaasty a .rrival iu town yesterday was quite unexpected. The Report of the Select Committee of the • House of Commons upon alleged utilises in the Patronage ortlie Foust Litho Company. was given EL:U.4IVMM in THe 11111'Et1111 Poets of yesterday. Its leiv,i,oh which was eousiderable, obliged us to leistpoite the fullowieig Letter, which was published in The Gn:ette of Tuesday night : Elbert ut a totter from Ca l mat' M`K inky, of Ws Majesty's ship the Lively, to the Hue. W. W. Polo, dame Villa Garela, Marsh 1009. I I I beg leave to state to you. for the information of my Lords Crentuissiouers of the Admiralty. that I I since my last letter of the (Oh hest. (which I had the honour of trinsmitting by the Statira) on the 7th instant, a body of French troops entered the towns of Carril mid Villa Garcia, and having killed some old men and women whom they saw in the streets, and set tire to a few houses of the people whom they judge initnicul to them, thq retreated to Paden. On the oth, a party of eighty iufantry arid four cavalry, under the coinocuid - of three-officers from Pontivedra, entered *Alarm, hut a fire being opened on them from this ship, and the Plover, and the caronuade from the launch, they mode a waist pre cipitate retreat; the Commniellog Officer, on a good hoses., cud the four cavalry, benefiting by their Jiving mounted, left their cum etteimite, who out. running their officers, a Captain sold Lieutenant fell into the hands of the Spaniards, who delivered them to It is with the most heartfelt satisfaction that I can with confidence Leasure their Lordships, that the spirit of the Galliciaite is aroused to the moat enthusiastic ardeur, governed by cool and deter non rd courage, which the feelings of loyalty mil ; patriotism naturally inspire, and they confidently look for aid to the generosity of the British tio vernment speedily to succour them with arms and ammunition, to enable them to succeed in tit., glorious nod just cause which they have undertaken. to expel the perfidious invaders of their country.— The enemy it; much distressed by a malignant ver, not leas than two cart-loads are buried tinily from the bear!-quarters at St. Ingo ; the Military Go censor mid Commanding Officer of Artillery. with isiordwr of other Offit:era, bays &lieu 'victims to it. • Skinnirlws daily take place between the peasants I sod the enemy, which renders the'it procuring pro visions both difficult *MI harassing, roil many fail ',kiting to fatigue. 111 this perpetual warfare, the osteany invariattly sufkr, particularly on the Yd init. when 105 Frenchmen were pillaging the Convent of St. Bernardo de SAM Claudio, where Don Bernardo Goncules, with 32 Spaniards, attacked them, took many hordes with pillage, and only Ili of the enemy ~aped. On the 9th, mils. and 1 ith Moment, the French attacked the peasants of Deza and Tres deza, sustained by those of Bannon Tabeiros, and were (Obliged to retreat with the loss of 114 torn and an officer. The appearence of His Majesty's ship has very much grstitied the Spaniards, who are incessant to their praise and gratitude to the British Govern ment. On my coming to this place on the I lth instant, 1 left the ('lover at Maria. the Firoth bee, ing at Potiteredos, but have received information to day, that a division of the Spanish array. under the , •onimand of the Marquis de Vallsolieres, was at• tacked on the 11th by Marshal Sault, who lid. snoop retired to Toy, and ordered all his eleiachments is the vicinity or Vi g o to joi., hi,n by forced Ili:Wis. r.; I would hot therefore detain her any longer. I have the helmet to be, Liheaui: 11•Kix1.LT. HOME CIRCUIT. • • KENT ASniZEB. ItAIItrITONE, En KaD IY, IEtRCS 28. ' The LoaLoanCum' BARON and \lr. J ust i ce HEATH arrived iu this town last night ; this m orn . Mg they went to Church, and service helm, con_ c4uJed, they proceeded to the Costa (louse, and opened their respective Commissions. The Calendar of Prisoners is very numerous, inn the eases are not likely to occupy much time, ti. they are chiefly for petty offences. CIVIL $1 DEL-s-SEDUCTION. aIN V. HIAMES. Mr. Serjeaut BEiT stated, that this action was brought to recover damage. for as severe an injury as a parent could sustain, in the seduction of rin daughter. The Pluitatiff in this cuse was a mats who had formerly been in busiuess in the town of Chatham. bet lately had conducted the 'strainers of another person. The Ueleadaist was Purser of His Majesty's ship Costragens, mid represented himself. as t ‘ e." fact really was, • pewees of good rtune. He should prove that he intrialatelf himself to the daughter of the Militiff and ire family by a feigned name his real swine. was Hughes, but with her hr (-salted himself Georae Jones—a faetwhich of its. If fully desnonstretell ties has( telt, of his intentions. flit% iug thus obtruded himself on the faintly ill the Plaintiff, he outline! them that hie intent:roue towards the young ammo', who had become the victim of his lust. "tete perfectly honourable ; ,mid barite; thus ectiiii,. ed her coutiJence. he foiled means to seduce tier, and the snowiest he had accomplished his abject lie abandoned her. lie had promised that on the (I ,y following the day of his base act, he would male her the only reparation, by marrying her; but in. stead of fulfilling his p •r, she retested a letter from line the next tai, in whieh he stated, that he had that uneuent received a letter train his Niter, informing him that his mother was at the IMMIt of death. and he mu-.f immediately set off fur IV:sr wickshire. Lie, aceorditittly, under this pretest, abandoned the girl he had so basely seduced, mud it was not till alter he had gone that Ins real and stution in life were discotered. Ile trusted the Jury would think, when they heard the evi dence, it was a cue for exemplary damage.. Anne King, the girl alluded to, said, she was 20 years of age ; that ' all e lived with her father at Chatham, and worked at the aline-binding with a Mr. Taylor of the same place. Ode evestirig last May, as the was coining house with Miss Taylor, the Defendant crossed over the way and offered her Ins arm. She desired him to keep his distaste, which he did, but he followed her home. Her mother saw him, and asked him whet he wanted? lie said he meant no harm, but wished to see her. lie came again, and told her thut his intentions were honourable, and hinted at marriage. He coutinued to visit her for needy three weeks, when he desired her to tell her insther to provide such things as she thought neceesury for her wedding ; she accordingly did provide several things. A day or two before the intended day,they walked out to. get her, and as they came to the Star at Rochester, he said he warned to go into the home for a short time ; she uccompanital biro into a beck parlour. and they continued together foe istrar ass Stour, in which time he aeconsplsehed bis purpure. He pro untied, however, that the marriage should take place the next (lay but one. On the morrow site receiver! a I. tier, which she produced as follows: " My dear Ante 1 ate wretched ; I have just re ceived a letter front lily father, intorntiug itsc that my mother is at the point of death, I sm o',ligerl go at a moment's sloths: into Warwickshire, and I left this place at one o'clock. Ileaveu bless you, mud believe, &e. G. J." She afterwards went to his lodgings, and there learnt that his ensue was not Jones, but Hughes. She underwent a very long cross.examiliation from Mr. C;AEROW. in winch she stated, that the first night he followed her hone lie staid to supper, and her mother went out to fetch them oysters. He came daily afterwards, and she ale up walked out with hen ; and on the ev,!iiitse k , when she went to the Star, he had not been in the. room a piaster of nu hour, before lie began to be tricked, Lilt she de nied lie was wicked more then once. She was use lasichnly after it vids over, to think he should be such a deetiven," Mr. CARRON' exercised unlit ingenuity in th:s part of his cross-examination, and led her into a great degree of absurdity ; for at last site swore that she was downright ravished ; that she culled out aloud; but that her mouth was stopped with a silk hendkereltiel; mud yet, after all this violeace. she went house quietly, sad never told of it, until her deceiver turd run away. Mr. Gettaow then addressed the Jury In an able speech, is which he commented on the conduct of the girl and liar pareitts, and insisted they could not find a verdict for a Plaintiff who had ahewn such little attention to the preservatiou of his daughter. :After the Learned Ames had stumped up, the Jury found a verdict for the Plaiutill.—Dama ges DOl. . Twenty-three ttousand Russian troops, we are C011eCrIle;1 to state, hive tirade themselves masters of the Isle of Aland, in the 'Cul( of Bothnia: and as Sweden is a prey to anareby and revolutiori, since the arrest of Gurrevcs, we understand, that the Reg' Cut Duke of SURERSIANIA has ..t sit a de putsition to the liaisons:. Commatider, demanding suspension of further hostilities, end the eVit:'ll.• titian of the island. The result wits Lot kauwis at Stockholm when the last dispatches came away. but Couriers had beets sent off to Petersburgle to know the pleasnre of ALEXANDER relative to the propoOnno made by the Regent of SwIDWN. 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