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London, England, 1808-04-20 00:00:00

INTERCEPTED CORRESPONDENCE.

The itreptiou of the itserian troops into Fin-
land, aad the incendiary Predatnations chew
luted iu the Province, w"re already known to the
K two, though the Minister of Russia, I* A LOPetsl6
had not yet made any commenicetiort that wall
pare the way fur such intelligence, autpo costs
ries nor dispatches from the Swedish Andmosadoe
at Petersburgh hid arrived since these erents.-d-
Cousiderittg, therefore, that Minister es deprived
of his public quAlity by the in.idious aggression of
his Colin, us • dengerou, ehesny, by the revolu-
tionary prisicitles *with whic,h that agrarian wee

stecompaniell, and u a homage for the ♦isheeiellr,
whose liberty had in all probability been violated
llis Ma./ Eery ordered, on the 2d of March, that a mi-
litary geard should he stationed with M.
This measure, which, in every other eireutriv
stance, would have been extremely repugnant to the :,
ICING, has ►een fully justlieii by the event : a Cou-
rier for Petersburg!) arrived at Seyneldskar on the
22(1,..and set out on the 2Sth of February by Tor-
tea, for Stockholm, having been arrested on the 71h
of March, a mile from Horne:mud, with the follos-
ing dispatches:
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F.. I.

sia—Tlie Baron de Stedingfi has tigasmitted to one, on
the 9th ofJanoary, an official note (of which I herewith sent:
ye" a copy', in answer to mine of the ibth of November.
Ita contents not hem; more satisfactoey than the mending
oflietal cuminuaication of that Ambassador, with respect to
what an august master expected, (a) nothing more was to
he hoped from molongimr, is ciroommances so pressing (I),
a correspondence which lass already lasted more than four
mouths, and produced no result ; the Emperor has resolved
to Moue the Declaration which you will find herewith, in
order to nseetiaia definitively the resolutions of the Court
of Stockholm.
TLoaßh I shall transmit this Declaration to Baron lite.

it to

tlise I, the Emperor direets you, Sir, to
the Ministry of His Swedish Majesty. Yon will observe to
them on this oeetsion, that it still depends on the king to
grnosetwe good basenohy between the two tats (r). Tint
that tho tarot essential Interests of Russia do not allow His

imperial Blakey to admit, io the present situation of affairs,
. dee Intl tloobt the dispection of Seedea with rcgord to
aorta re).
I bare the Imooor to be, ebb distinguished coosideration,
• AO, your must humble end mad ote.dient scrvaot,
COCNT NICOLAS DE ROSIANZOFF.
St 11/44effeerKi Feb. Si 07) I 00s.
To Kr. *looms.

No. 11.
Copy •f • Note from the Suadieh Anitiassador, Sara)
!livelinak, to the Minister, Coast de Romasaff, dated
00th w Ist) of January, imoS.
The king barites shindy s
Petershorith, in saner to the Nan of the nith Septeniar,
erect. 6,) his opi-iion in the rata -politico of t►e North,
sad the difficulty of applying to it the engagements of 1750,
His Majesty ►ad sons hope of gaining the assent of His Im-
perial hfsjsaty, to the evidence of these statements. The
s',cbtest glance at tha circumstances of that time sod those

to lb. Court of

of t'..e pr.seet, seem auttu itnt to ober, their immense die-
; and the Cabittet of St. Petro slang ought taut to he-
sitate wore than say other to pronounce oa which aide was
the preponderantsat that time, and on which the It is at

Rump:a, t►e principal support of the Convention of 1780,
was the fist to sbolioh it in law. If it was at her hash
lotion that Secden acceded to the sew system, under
►rr auspices she was t►en reconciled to England ; she,
howtver, rout/wird direct engsgenier.ta 'with that Power,
erbirli, accord:he to C•r mire of public morality, she thinks
lieredf re:,liged tv therea e, while the other contracting party
shell ne.t iorriiire the ensageurrnt un its put.
1 . nrrto.l utr 1.,t) of ;an bring once ationeoneJ, the
*hotting the Ba:tic Sea, too.-ried in the concert and com-
mon armamente sh.rh it stipulatrgt, apdiearrel the leer to
re.rnn! Sweden, re s tin: time of the last convention,
there bus s a u n t in thil riMp,Ct dither concert nor en"

tastty *et prweiyirs, sinus the posers on the *hors of this
tits. t; *Lotting, *lnch, it the time t 4 the Declare.

c.o.'. e. pitied proprl) the defeare of the Senud, is at p...
•• . touch more difficsilt to be executed, sines the
Wm flood the passage of the Crest Belt very prac-
ticable fee sh-ps of war, sod still woes since the Danish
Morns 04.1 10114171. COM.
In general,. el.c.:ig.• in tler principles of neutrally adopt :al
In the list n stance, would rot cooly be contrary to the sub-
sisting engsgeuwats of the King. guaranteed by Runaia her.
gat It wooed probably he of no *Bert by not producing any
charge in the prisiciplis of England during the war; it rorild
*Ay brit tr. occasion • rapture betweea the two stet. a, use-
less to the Ally of Ruatia, hurt rul perhaps to herself, and err-
taiuly raison, to litti Irn. Rot with this atischisent to his
sogageoncrts, 11w K iog is nut iosensible to the advastages of
the pacification of the Baltic It is possible that England
tiniest reliant to the sostrality .4 that sea ; that she might
promise aot to send *Wirt any ships of war, if the measures

(0 To what Hie Imperial Majesty had demseselml-Yes
The poilleution or the Baltic sea ; but to whet he ex-
piated 'maser—No.—If lie exported from Sweden what he
lend limortf gr ward to France, the sacrifice of his interests
sod b • lioderi,Nooe.
(fi) Ilse fray attic Eighth miter have hems vary penning;
sots itlimanitin: an esdraiirilinary delay of the English Mille,
the answer of England arrived at Stockhofin on the 16th of
March, stlll • long time helm, a wartime eapelitinn is the
t:otf of Finland was plyni ally possible. The Conrt of
So eaten weeded to the proposition, couarnted not to disturb
tLe trarvoillity of the Baltic, if Sweden weir tel at Pescca—
Thus, there might still mat in the world a protein, sad happy
corner : R resifts,: ul ri
not permit it. It remains to be seen,
win thee her istsAnus invai.ion of Finland will protect her
twists fora the English theta
(ej The Rumian semi must have eiiteieri rinland before
the declaration ciiuhl hare been di livered, ninth more before
the arrival of an sinner. Yet have they still the impudence
hi talk of good 11.11-11011. T. %That. was exp,c',4l (rims the King
was in fact sa illegal, at. humiliating, that whoever Mica the
Character of His Msjesty, could never report that he would
cousp'y wrllrngly. The Prince Royal of Denmark has Aeon
highly extolled fur having refused to treat with England, niter
lsoistilittes ; yet has the brew proposed to the king. Con.
trithemns, absurdities, and falsehood, are the ordinary at-
tendants of injustice.

(4) There Was ahead), no doubt of the disposition of the
►ia( Every thing was on the footing of peace till the •td
February, .ben the Kiug vent for V Atop's,* to ask him
*hat was intended by the armaments of Ramie es the fro,-
iKI • > and ir.forined bins that he was ohligest to plum himself
4a a state of sideuce to We side.

oiloptell *einem Britisli Ceinvaeree, throughout almost all
the coasts of the Baitic, dut not provoke her snuarnentx, or
if New Wotan*. dill Out cttl on her to act use auxiliary
This is a 'what of view, at least, which appears to unite the
rcoannavtial interests of the whole North ; and which the
,Court of St. Teicralnirg will, perhaps, find sueickutly im-
portant to merit its particular attention.
It is in these terms that the Undersigned Ambassador Ex-
tesonlinaryof 111. Majesty the King of Swede., has received
orders to reply to the Note which lila Excellency Count Ho-
man:off has wildtmeed, of the date '6-28 of November, and
which he ',maenad to transmit to his Court. He profits by
this opportunity to renew to Count Rocuanteff the assurances
of his high consideration.
Bt. Petereburgb, 9.21 Jen. time.