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THE LSE KING OF SW! EN..

The Continental Journals have announced the

sinpearancc of the third and fourth volumes of the
Works of the late King of Sweden. This colleEtion,
published by the particular direElion of his magna-
nimous son, will be the most glorious, and the most
durable monument, that tin be erected to the me-

:wary of Gustavus 111. It may not, perhaps, be
generally known in this country, that his late Ma-
jesty was one of the most distinguished writers that
Sweden has produced. lie was the founder of the
Swedish Academy at Stockholm—and obtained the
first prize distributed by that Society, for a Me-
moir on the celebrated Swedish General, Torsten-
e•tn. In an adeertisement. ',refixed by the Acade-
my to the first volume of their early trunsaftions,
which has recently appeared, it is stated, that not
one of the arbiters knew, that Gustavus had any
ambition to shine in the career of Literature. It is
a matter of some astonishment, that we have yet no
English version of this master-piece ; it has been
tr,nslated into the Danish language. A short spe-
cinien, though attempted by a feeble pen, may,
pet ii 'its, not be thought uninteresting. It is the
passage, in which Torstenson, being released from
Ins confinement at Ingelstadt, receives the
Leace of the death of Gustavus.
"Nine months-elapsed, and Torstenson.endured,
with the fortitude of a hero, the shameful cruelty of
Maximilian. The door of his dungeon at length
opens his fetters are taken of—he is free—he goes.
Universal joy pervades the city ; bonfires are kin-
dled ; the sound of bells calls the people to the
temple of the Almighty, to return thanks to the
Lord ; all the splendid ceremonies of the Romish
Church are summoned to express the sentiments
which animate every bosom. Torsterson, just re-
leased front the abode of death, enquires with
amaze the cause of such extravagant joy. The
enemy of Ferdinand, the adversary of Rome, is no
more ! Gustavus Adolphus has fallen ! 0 my.
King ! 0 hero ! 0 hero of my native land ! and
art thou no more ? Why did I not remain in tha
habitation of darkness ?r Why was I not permitted
to end my days in that dreary abode ? I should
then have imagined my country villorious—my
King among the living—and should joyfully have
awaited the summons of death. But he is no more !
Tremble, ye enemies of Sweden ! As long as this
arm can wield a sword, as long as this blood flows
through my vein, I devote you to my vengeance,
to Terdition, to death !'
" le said, and hastened from a placteesonnding
with the shouts of a joy he abhorred. Oeenstierna,
the intimate friend, and the enlightened Counsellor
of Gustavus, had, since the King's deaths guided
the helm of the state. The great spirit of Gustavus
seemed to hover over his allies, and to keepuptheir

courage. It was Ozenstiessa, who broke Ton-
reason s fetters, but this was not enough ; he knew
Isis love for his Sovereign, he anticipated his de-
spair at his death, and Oxenstierna resolved to
procure him the consolation most worthy of a
hero, that of revenging himself by victories over his
fues. Tor stenson, at the head of the troops, sent
him by the Chancellor, crosses the Lech and attacks
Landsberg. But a few days have elapsed since he
was relieved from his fetters, and the enemy learn,
to their astonishment and dismay, that Landsberg is
taken. But though the fortitude of his soul had
despised the hardships of imprisonment, his corpo-
real powers sunk beneath trials so severe, and grief
for the death of Gustavus had filled the measure. IN
strength decreases, and he resigns the command to
Gustavus Horn. He was obliged to withdraw into
solitude, to recruit that strength which he was de-
termined to employ in the servce of his country.
His grid led him to the spot that contained the
earthly remains of the great Gustavus Ad .Iphus.
The arm, which checked the ambition of A: I ia,
which broke the fetters of Germany, ai d
as-
serted the liberties of the empire, is now staff ; the
heart that was fired with glory, thatsympathised with
the unhappy, that glowed with such ardent love of
his country, is now cold. Gustavus Adolphus is no
more ! his immortal spirit has ascended to the man-
sions of virtue, but his name inflames his subjects
with revenge, and animates the German princes and
states to resist their oppressor ; while his corse, sur-
round with trophies of victory, attended by his
grateful subjsas and by strangers, is borne back to
his native land, and is deposited in the temple of Use
deity.
"F. Torstenson hastens to Wolgast, tobeholdonce
snore the King, the hero, his patron. and his in-
struaor, to bedue his hands with his tears, to enjoy
the last consolation of once more approaching near
the earthly remains of him whose life he would
gladly have purchased with his own. There he finds
Jan Barter, Maria Eleonora, the most distinguished
Princes of Germany, and the first Nobility of Swe-
den. Attended by this majestic retinue of heroes,
by a tender consort, and by his disconsolate sub-
jeas, Gustavus is conveyed back to his country.
forstenson returns to Stockholm. The sweet ma-
...ions that pervade the heart, when, after a long
absence, we find ourselves at home, surrounded by
relatives and It iendv, were not tasted by Torstensono
Resigning himself wholly to his grief, every objel he
sees serves to renew the memory of the hero whom
he has lost. He again beholds Stockholm ; but how
altered since the time when he quitted themetropolis
of Sweden ! Instead of a monarch encompassed by
heroes, and a people whom he united, he finds a
disconsolate multitude—the Chiefs of the nation,
pledged to maintain the kingdom, embarrassed
with the magnitude of the concerns confided to
their care, and, on the throne, a tender infant,
whose innocence is her only support. But this in-
fant was the daughter of Gustavus Adolphus. He
embrac-s her feet ; he swears once more to the me-
mory of her father, an oath of everlasting fidelity;
full of the purest devotion for Christina, he
resigns himself wholly to his grief, and to the per-
forMarice of Isis important dutie'. Love soon corn.
bins to mitigate his alliaion ;. a youthful beauty,
wrung from :ilex that was accustomed to tame the
fierceness of the Sarmatian', captivates his heart;
marriage sandions hit lame; and indissolulale•
bucds unite hills Pt Beata de la Garlic".

not nne ship I•elnngin; to the Spa.
Cotnbine. fleet, had a Surgeon on

Wales, from up-

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-PH tut E of WAiti. Birth-Day—Holiday at the
Public Offices.
'l,te KING V. ALLAN- OTHIAS, for a riot at the Eletlinn
for Kan-..e.ittiurh, tried at the late York Assizes, is gives in
the hot te.v.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
MONDAY, Avousr It.

No intelligence concerning Lord Nacsorr, or the
Combi,ied Fleet, was received when this Paper was
put to press. It is only known, that the latter had
not attempted to make N'igo, Ferrol, or Corunna,
IT to the 'Ad inst. When Lord NELSON sailed from
Tetuan Bay, for Cape St. Vincent's,. he had.with
him 11 sail of the line and 2 frigates. Thep idory,
Canopus, Donegal, Tigre, Superb, Spencer, Sportiate,
Rs:lisle, Conqueror, Leviathan, and Sul* it two ; Amazon,
and Amphion. The fleet,. in its arrival at Gibraltar,
was nearly destitute of provisions and water, the
last supply having been received at Sardinia three
months before ; the crew:, notwithstanding, were
in perfefl health.

We announced on Saturday the orders issued to
the regular Army and the Volunteer Corps, for the
perpc.le of having the full and etleaive military
force of the country ready for immediate service.
We, at the same time detailed• several cases,. in
which, with au alacrity truly laudable, these orders
were carried into execution in the moment in which
they were received. The following is the original
order then alluded to, and the source from which
the particular movements which we then announced
in the Volunteer Corps ewe their origin :

(CIRCULAR.)
" Auotrir 6, 160.

" consequence of intelligence received by C -ern-
ment of the embarkation of large bodies of wasps in Holland,
of a fleet of men of war being ready to sail from theuce, and of
the increased preparations of the French•at Boulogne, and
,ts neighbourhood, I have received orders from His Royal
Highness the Commander in Chief, to direct the Gaeral
Officers and InspeEling Field Officers attached •to the Men-
trier Corps, to give notice to those Corps of the possibility of
their being speedily called upon for service; aild al,o to sus-
pend all furloughs for working during the harvest, till further
hiders. " I have the honour to be,
Your most obedient and most humble Serracit,,
" HAR RINGTON,
"GzseralCommanding the London Dania."
The hostile preparations alluded to in this Circular

Letter are upon the largesupossible stale : Boulogne
harbour is completely filled with the flotilla, and the
number at troops embarked in the Texel is estimated
at from '25,000 to 40,000 men.—Every vessel above
30 tons burthen has been put in requisition, for the
conveyance of these troops, and provided with
sweeps to expedite their passage, in the event of a
calm.—The public may be assured that this is not a
mere alarm, but that the proceedings of Govern-
ment are founded upon a conviction of real dangers
resulting from recent and well authenticated intellr
gence. It will be seen in the letter from our ex-
cellent Dover Correspondent, that the military thus
suddenly ordered to close quarters and prepared for
action, had received permission only- a few days ago
to assist in getting in the harvest in the vicinity of
their respective quarters. All the naval officers in
the several ports of the Channel have been.ordered
on board their ships, which arc ready to slip their
cables and put to sea at a moment's notice.

It has been invidiously stated,. that the subsidy
granted by England has enabled Russia to purchase
Swedish Pomerania. If Russia perform the condi—
tions of her treaty with us, we have no right to en-
quite how she disposes of the money. It must, how-
ever, be matter of regret, that the present circum-
stances of Europe should render such a purchase
expedient or necessary. It partakes too much of
that system. of policy which all Europe lamented
and condemned. in the successive Governments of
revolutionary France. If Sweden were unable to
defend that Province, it would have been worthy of
the generosity of Russia to have taken it under her
protelion. In the old economy of Europe, that
. order of things which France has destroyed, andiall
the rest of Europe wishes to restore, the weakness
of a state, was never recognised as a cause for its pat-
tition. The great Powers formed with the little trea-
ties of alliance, and found as much pride indefending
them as the giant feels in proteEling his dwarf. By
this system, the third rate powers and the little re-
public of Italy were able to subsist for so many ages.
They not only increased the variety of the political
system, but they aho ensured its permanence by mul-
tiplying the hub and bonds which held the whole
togethcr. Philcsophy contemplated with delight
an order of things, in which human ingenuity had
so far conquered natural inequality, that the little
power might boast its independence, and the great
power its generosity and forbearance. The first-
rate power, which seeks the incorporation of its
feeble neighbou. c, like the great landholder, who
buys up and consolidates the little farms in his vi-
cinity, dues net mead their happiness or the pub-

,Itc good. The arstinsinCon which Franca justified
'her encroachments in Europe down to her seizure of
Genoa, is the very same assigned for the purchase of
Swedish Pomerania. This removal of ancient land-
marks, this bargain and sale of whole masses of
people, destroy all sentiment of loyalty and pa-
triotism. All the attachment which the Govern-
ment has acquired from the subjen, by its anti-
quity and its uniform justice, is dissolved, and
the people cease to feel an hereditary affeflion
for a Sovereign from whom they may be sever•
ed by the first change that disfigures the face
of Europe. We lamented the assumption of the
title of Einperor of Austria by the Emperor of
GERMANY, as giving a sanellion to the usurpation
of BON•IPARTZ. For the same reasun we must la-
. ment the annexation of Swedish Pomerania to the
. already overgrown Empire of Russia. Until-then
we have unquestionable authority for the report of
this new bargain and sale, we shall not cease to
cherish a hope that it is only a conditional triabler
for the purpose of present security.

F

We have received papers and letters from Gib-
raltar up to the 23d July, bat their contents are of
no importance. The garrison were perfectly heal-
thy, and the report of an intended attack upon the
fot tress by the Spaniards, continued in circulation.
The enemy's camp before the garrison was daily en-
creasing, but their prepatations had not excited any
apprehensions among our troops.

Advice: were received from St. Mary, &illy,
stating the arrival there of a Swedish vessel, the
Master of which reports, that on the 23d June, he
fell in with in lat. 3ti. 4.3. N. long. 15. 3.$ W. the
AfrityPne frigate, and the Wolf sloop of war, havirg•
under their convoy 38 sail of merchant vessels, all
will, bound to Barbadoes.
Sir BROOK WATSON, the Commissary Gtno-al of
the Army, tranaaded business with the Cu r ore
of the Excirequea, on Saturday at twelve tt'Llock.
A large party, coasisting of Mr. Pt rr, Lords
HARROWRY and Mut.onave, Sir W. Sc.srr. and
several others, went down tbe River on :lain-day to
Woolwich, where they dined with the Flounder
Club, at the Crown and Sceptre.
An express arrived in town yesterday, stating.that
Lord ARTHUR SOMERSCT has givenup the et:nue:A
for the City of Gloucester,
The Gsrcraar Gil ratan, —, from New•Yorbi
•bound to Amsterdam, is detained and .er.t
Ply-
mouth, by the Here privateer of Guernsey.
3niirrsor4, the smuggler, now command' a Baha-
ma privateer, and has made some valuable prszes.
Capt. RORSTER, of the Calypso, who seas so des-
perately wounded in the late action off Boulogne, is
in a fair way of recovery at Deal-HospitAl.

A Letter fmm the fleet off Brest, clued the 4th
instant, states, that two strips of the line and two fri.
gates lately came out of Brest, with the appareat in-
tention of punting to sea : it was suppe-ed that
would follow, and a general joy pervaded out fLet.
The enemy, however, brought to in Bertheaume
Reads, and after manceuvring there for four days,
returned to port. Our its-shore squadron, which
consisted of the Indefatigable, Acosta, &nta 3lar2w-
erne, Surinent, and Ramaer, ktpt nearly within gun-
shot of them.

The 93th Regiment, Colonel BURKE, and the
tooth Regiment. Colonel FALCON, embarked on Sa-
turday, on board the transports at Portsmouth, des-
tined for Canada, Halifax and Quebec.
After the last engagement with a portion of the
Boulogne flotilla, one of the captured gunboats was
given up to the Gryfie cutter, Lieut. bolters, by the
other vessels, who refusedsto share in the produce of
'her. By way of return, Lieutenant Fosters defray-
, ed the expences of the funeral of the brave. Lieut.
MARSHALL, who was killed in the contest, and has
since actively promoted a subscription for the relief
of his widow and six children, which we sincerely
hope will prove•adrquate to the purpose for which
it was set on foot. _ .

Most of our brave wounded men in the Royal
Hospital at Plymouth, from Admiral CALDER'S
fleet, are not very bad cases ; and hope% are entertain-
ed, that great part may recover. lieutenant Mo-
t. vNtta's wound is in his shoulder, .tnd•he is in a
fair way of doing well.

Some of the papers having annoe♦nced'laat week,
that the tide would rise on Saturday ten teet higher
than has been known for the last century, some
thousands of persons living near the water side, be-
tween Richmond and Gravesend, employed them-
selves in removing their furniture, lest it should ►e
carried off by the flood. By one o'tlock, many
thousands were assembled on the three bridges, and
the slime all along from Greenwich to Fulham, on
both sides, were lined. At 40 minutes past two,
the tide had neaped, and fell above three inches,
and before three to above eight inches. Many
waited to see the mud on the shore, before they
would believe they ceuld he mistaken.

THOM as JOU NSOM, of VAUXhallythe 1111 M who won
Doooai's Coat and Badge, on the In instant, and
one of the men who won the Vauxhall wherry ma
the preceding day, is engaged to row against 34 sus
Tay Loa, of Westminster, on Friday the I'.3d instant,
from the Old Swan, London Bridge, to the Swan,.
Chelsea:4er a considerable wager. Bets G to-4 on
.lonitscio. Much money is depending.
IV most melancholy circumstance happened last
Thursday aftet noon at Weymouth. The servant
Firl of Mr. DA vis, surgeon and apothecary, in St.
Thomas's-street, between five and six o'clock in
the evening, took the infant daughter of her master
out fot a walk. She remaining out much longer
than was cape& d, several person; went in bearch
df her ;° when, shocking to relate, they were both
found drowned in some very shallow water. In the
girl's pocket wan found a nate, written by herself,
requesting that the child might be in'errcd in the
same grave with her. The Coroner's Jury sat on
the bodies on Saturday, when there appeared a
number of bsuises oti the body of the child, sup-
posed to have been received by it when struggling
for lite. The Jury brought iu a Verdnt of fele den.

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set in the 11Altic.