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toy looser continue our royal functions, and preserve trait.
quality noil voter in the kingdom:
" Therefore we consider it as our sacred duty to abdicate
one Royal dignity unit Crown, which we du Letehy, free sad
uncompelled, to pass our remaining days in the (tar and
worsiiip wishing that all our salOcets and their de.
e • . ailaiits may enjoy more happiness and prosperity, iu fiituic,
t the merry and blowing of Gd, and revere the Knit.
testiunme mad conlirinition therein, we lime 'J4.'BollBlly
written mad 'Signed the present, currulnirated with our lloyal
Seal.
" Gripsholui.Castle, the litl, Ifnivb, in the year of the
nativity of our Lord and eat joist Jesus Christ, On*
Tliiiiteaud Eight Hondmi and nine.
" Gt!STAWLS ttOLPHIJS,"
(Gezettc. am Diet, May 17.)

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. LONDON.
TUESDAY. JUNC 13.

We stated, yestreilij, that Government hail re-
ceived Dispatches, eitimeiveing thut the Archduke
CRAMMER had followed tip his victory on the :23 I,
♦; ..it ItJM APA Irtt: too a considerable ',art of his ar-
tillery. ammunition, and baggage on that day, and
effected his escape to the southern bunk of the
Dsuulse, with great difficulty. The ■c was
Coleus. The French cavalry antreftti severely.—
The has or the /to:Arians was also great, particu-
larly in General Officers. This, however to he
talented, is out without EMIR consolation. It
Jews that the Austrian Offi ers do not Juink from
danger. lu the late war the Austrian troops were
brine, but mast• ot their officer* de,graced them-
selves. Their loss, however, we are happy to learn, it
taally iocoisisideralde, wheis compared with that of
the French. We hope and trust that the acces-
sion of strength which BONAPARTE ha* acquired
by the junction of the army of Italy, sill he met
correspondent reinforcements, uu the part of
the Arcl•JulM, Cl/ARIAS. auffictent to enable him
I. preserve the advalosti4e which he acquirel ill the
Valid limo Lies on the Dania..
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The sudden extioction of the intrepid Scatt-L
most eceite universal concern; and the • I ciion of
Go &welt. for the task of attacking him, is one of
the many proofs exhibited by NAPOLSOW of dia.
ceruneent in his choice of goose officers to Whom he
delegates the care of defending his ill-acquired
rearmed. Gamut is known to he one of the
moat able Generals in the service of BOISAIPARTE.—
Not that we consoler the spirit or the Meatus of in.
surrection and resi.tatace to the oppressor of Ger-
many as extiuguisheal with &KILL. That gallant
leader will, we do not question, be succeeded by
fathead not teas eaterprising. lf, as we are assured,
the Ideal Ita4rii is in possession of the adherents
Of SCHILt. the mouth of the Oder, and the wittily
ewunnerce of Osat river, may be said to be at their
disposition. GRATthil. iu the account of the cap-
ture of Stralsund, tranatuitted to LOCI% BONA-
PACTS. does not anode in soy mannwr to Rogros.
A more tinport•nt possession. CO long as Sweden
was isi alliaaace with this coutitry, could nut bore
been obtained in the Baltic, it being only *boat 90
English mile. from Ystadt, its the province of Scu-
ola. We are yet to learn the fate of Hugel), atter
the capture of Stralsusid.
Selma., like the Unities CNILISTIttr, Duke of
Eatinswtra, is the Seventeenth Century, who,
without territories or regular troops, maintained a
long anti desperate conflict agninst the powers winch
then oppressed anal enslaved Germany ; seemed to
have heel& formed to awake and revive the courage
of hi: otiontrymen, if the fortuue of war had allowed
him a more extended career. When expii mg, he
—might reclaim with STIoTSI—

•' Erxrw •liquis soottil et onibue liter !"

Kew York Papers to tha 4th hist have been re-
ceived, hut they Enutaiu uo nova of any interest
or truportaut-e.
A Gottenhurg,ll Mail arrived yt sterrlay, with
Lettere and Papers to the 1.4 ioetaut. The Act of
Medication of the unfortunate (iltarsvcs ADOI.-
Indus. ..f which we give A copy, was published in
the Chaette of the Diet, on the 17th. Russia
evidently intends to prosecute the war with igour

and activity against Ss ed;•ii. A scowl:on of twelve
sad of the line ;v actually out or preparing to put to
sea. A flotilla of not Ices than 106 gun-Wats, set
sail on the 26:11, fur A Iviid, and a Swedish corps of
000 men was, on the 17th, surrounded by a Rnsvian
corps of greatly superior forte, and made prisoners.

The Proclamation of &minim to the soldiers
of the army of [tidy, dated MI the 27th of May.
from Eherldinf, however inflated or triumphant
may be its hinguage, ought perhaps rather to in.
spire hope, than to excite uneasiness. It is Minutia
that he hail not 'Ali thing nearer /anise, tither con-
soling or exhilarating to publi.h, when he resorts to
EVOICAS BEAUNASIVOItiI victories, in order to
maintaia the courage, and to animate the exertions
of his own army till the Daisidie ; fur such is its
manifest object sill intention. The advantages
gained by EtiGust over JEII.I.4LIIICH acs exagge-
rated fur that purpose ; and the iron crown of th.
Lombard King. introduced with great theatrical
effect at the cliii‘e : But unt a word or theisrch.
duke CaIaILES, of Vienna, of Ins preparations to
operations against Austria ; of !Imagery, to
which country he had so kindly niftred the right In
elect a kiug ; net nuy mention either ot list. 9 :1.
or 1111COLLOWILATIS, or of their corps; WciMrs in
this oddness. Yet. sorely, after the contents of

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the teak avid •isreY/A Bulletins, so humiliating
to this conqueror, so little analogous to his usual
publications, while leading his troops from vic-
tory to victory in former campaigns, he would
lint have omitted any possible *mime or subject of
congratulation to an army recently repulsed. l'he
loss of Ti-ieste, like the fall of Seat Li., if, after all,
the latter event rests on incontesiible authority;
lintli those misfortunes are to be deplored. But
they arc, iwrertheless, only of relative and inferior
consequrnce. It is, haw, and whether Nseuts.ots
can extricate himself from his present situation.
mid subject Austria? or whether he is compelled
to abandon his !Key, and to retreat? Three are the
points on which hinge the destiny of Europe.

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At • moment when the destiny of Europe, and
the order of things which is to prevail, perhaps Tor
centuries to conic, are apparently hastening to some
great and decisive crisis on the Danube, in the
vicinity of the capital of Austria; it is difficult to
awake any other thno a very inferior interest in the
events, however interesting they may be, that pass
on other parts of the Continent. Yet, nt tiny other
time, the fate of Gusravus Anot.ettes would
attract asseittiou, and excite conituiseration.—
The CostrlNsant adopted by the I)iet on the loth
of May is one of the 111104 curious sad extraordi-
nary State Papers ever promulgated by any repre-
wristative* legislative body. In that production.
the Meinhertinf the Diet lint milydepose tlie,reigii-
ing Sovereign., but they I.kewil.e declare " his issue,
both born sod not born, for ever excluded from
the throne and govertiment of Sweden." And so
set ere a sentence is inflicted, nut us Ity the Thighs',
on en 411LEti I. for making war on his people, or
violating the laws mull constitution.: Not, as on
CHRISTI is 11. in the SiXtresllll century, whom
the Swedes expelled for tyranny and cruelty : Nor,
as they since declared SIGISSIEND to laser for-
feited the throne of Sete-dem ',realise he resided in
Poland, of which country he was likewise Sove-
reign : Cit'STATVII is deposed, and his posterity
involved in the same sentence, fur having ming
war on the common enemy and scourge of man-
kind, on a Cot-sit:en usurper, who has him•elf
deposed, imprisoned, or driven into exile, half
the anciglit moitarchn. of Europe. Yet, while
we 4.' we by nu means attempt to justify,
the ~ne a conduct embraced by the late mis-
guided anti unfortunate King of SWEDEN. it was
not sufficient fur him to plead, that Box seairre
wai ;a ruflitn, invested by violence, craft, and
treichery, with the insignia and the attributes of
Royalty. De did not the less possess, as the Diet ,
tells reason assert—" a decisive influence over the
fete of the Continent." GIISTAi ES despised this I
considerntiou, and has heroine the victim of his
want of prudence. As soon as the treaty of
Tilsit 'was signed, as soon al ALFRANDER
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and FREDERIC WILLIAM withdrew Irma the
contest, the two protecting bastions that co-
erred and protected Swede,,, were lost. Freifll
that instant he could may irritate, as well as im-
poverish hi. people, and precipitate his own de-
struction by au injudicious coutiumitice of hostili-
ties. Future times, therefore, while they recognize
the elevation of Guarsvues mind, and the rectitude
or magnanimity of his intentions, will not the less
acquiesce in the unhappy necessity, which, by de-
priving him of the affections of his subjects, has
enabled Isis Uncle to ascend the Sweetish throne,
or at least to assume the administration of the
(notary. We believe, however, that (7usaLLs
KID. will tint' it as difficult to induce the Russians
to retie, Or eVell to suspend die conquests which
they have already made, as his predecessor could
hate done.

Sir Famous Boanrrt• gave notice last night in
the Muse of Commons, of his intention to move a
Resolution, this tiny, to be entered upon the Jour-
nals, expressing his biros of Parliamesitery Reform.
and binding the Douse to bring the subject for-
ward next Sessi #### .
Three divisions took place, last night, on Mr.
Cuswiries Bill ; or, inure properly spenking, Mr.
I'aacteat.'s Bill, for securing the purity of Ilse
representation in the Douse of Coinirimis. The
iituul•ers, upon the br%rral divisions, will be seen
io our report of Parliamentary Debate, hi which it
appears the Bill was parsed by a majority of only 12.
In this contest, the original supporters of the Bill
became its opposers, and for a very plain reason.—
Mr. l'orrsorsx lately stated that the Bill, is in-
troduced by Mr. Cuawest, had been so completely
frittered sway and altered in its progress by Minis-
ters, that only three lines and three gnartree of it
remained.—lt is, therefore, as it tiow stand•, to all
intents and purposes, a Ministerial ineasiere.—We
rejoiced, when we found the Douse of Commons
take the work of Reform into their own hands..—
Miiiisters hare woefully disappointed the public
expectation.
A letter from Cork, dated lars• in the night of
the 29th silt. says—'• A gentleman arrived this
aftensoon ii 4 town, who strum, that he raw yesterday
■ French s 4, put into Bantry Boy in distress, and
she was taken itosse.niton of by the lstteries."
Nothi:q; of nnblic interest occurred yesterday in
the Court of King's Bench.
The Ann*, PABLIEVIETT, Irwin Roll to Whim-
land. r, a 7 captured on the 14th alt, mid carried into
4ffit-um:
The Bristol, .!oars, frost Bristol to Liverpool,
is lust iii.tar Carnarvon.