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SWEDISH vi-Eity.

.Athlrers on the Swedish l'reuty moved by Mr.
Wait Utteele iu the Hutto: of Conusious ou Wed-
acidity :
Thu se humble Ad*** be yr-wilted to His Majtety,

Hututey to repro:strut to tIo Majesty Hut his faithful Coot-
mws, els ays desirous of Popp, rtio.d the dignity of HirMa-
jesty's Cro,on, and the faith of ergasenients toe:traded by
His Majo.ry with Foreign Powers, r ill snake Ruud the Nub-
ility grouted by His Majesty to the liirg of suede°. Never-
theli oil His Majesty's faithful Cumwons feel it to he their
duty to represent to His 'Majesty, that in the picsrut shite of
the cosh et with His 31ajast)'s etirtni‘a his faithful Cllllll-
woos stolid have been better utiitied to liace answered such
oohs for pecuniary aid, as His Majesty might have thought
eau-dicta to make upon this Hoarse, fur the purpose of assist-
ing the King of Sweden trader such I xigeticio s as his fidelity
to Great P. itain may boar upon him, ratio r think*/ Intake
ally growl rtrultin„! linen the teruts of a specific Coavention.
Humbly, ton Meset.t tu His Majesty, that his faithful Corn-
tows lOtre sears with great roucera, that by the Thirol Arhele
of the f'orive.,tion with the lii - of Soviet', which His

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Majesty had b..en most graciously pkestil to direr t should be
laid upon the Table of this House, that Ilia Majesty has
bound himself Polio conclude any KW? or Truce, or Con-
veution of Aentrality with the enetny, ex:apt in coneert sad
by instant ogretssent with the King of Swedes. A species
of engagement which as it appear to UM 7.lMiaty'a faithful
Commons, ought never to be entered into excepting spots
the Mom tom are ,deliberation, and when the relative "host-
tiou of the codirsetier Parties is far different front that is
which Great Eritain and Sweden now stand. That the ex-
perience of such Couteacee made in due comic of the he. wor
with Prance, tend to prove that they coconut be birdioi so
the `0.43.et of the 1w..1 aoutracting parties, herniae no maw
nee of obligatien can laud estate to its utter rain : sod in des
peculiar situation in which Sweden sow stands, it appears to.•
this Howe but too probable that all the efarts of Ills Met-
jest), may not be suffitient to pncerve her from sulintissioo
to her t minim, whilst Oil tl.r mite; baud, the perm" ranee of
Sweden in the contest can in 1110 nay be benefictal w Gleat
Britain; and the snick in question may throw diffieultit• in
the way of Negociahon for the restoriditra of the bleating" of
Weace.
To represent to His Majelty the surprise of this House at
net iodine i t the Tinaty atilonitted to its consideration, say.
Amick of Commercial Herniation betstes the two connt..ies.
If His Majesty's Ministers having represet.ted to this Hume
that the best how of ss, is the present contest, depeuil-
ad e two certain inentillr‘ll abectiog the Commerce of Neu-
tral nations, Which are tosnikstly sod ILVOI6tO/ impracticable
without the co-operation of Sweden, it was ostural to ex-
pect, aunts time stun Sweden is to be defended with the
blond and transom of great Britain, "mar mipnlatien ffionld
have been recinired from her, that she would net render to-
tally int liectual the mentors which Ha Majesty" 31inisters
have repeatedly &eland to be the must atiiesesum two se-
nusininz to be used against France.
That Hi. Majesty. faithful Commune are the more din.
appointed at this ontlmion in the pretest Treaty, beemuse,
by the sth article of the Secret Convention, metered he.
between His Majesty nod the King of Swede% sod algood
at Stockholm on the id of December, loot, it appears. that
commercial, arrangements had become matter of discussion
betwien the -two Powers, and that " new points, whereby
the comatroial inkiest' of the two cuantrics might be more
closely "toweled, were reserved fur a particular set."
In these enconattances lids Majesty's faithful COISIDIMIS
du freelY grist to Ili, Majesty the supply wet-sway to, make
good the poncho: of His Mayestys Royal word, hut, at the
same time, flu"' deeply lassont that such engagements
should hare been entered iota, as may tend to embarrass
this country in inepiciatioa • and that stipulator.. are al-
together kft out, the imtit:sion of whit; may defeat the
torahs now rebid upon by His 314estes 31inisten for the
aseerstful prostkittion of the war.