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POLITICS.

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On the 18th of Mr, 1801, His Majesty the King
of Sweden, in his quality of Duke of Pomerania,
eltilied to be communicated to the Three Colleges
of the t?npire, by his Minister at the Diet. M. the
Baron de Belt, a Note, in which he invites his
Co.e.tates to chew their gratitude to His Royal
Highness the Arth-Duke Charles, who has twice
cared Staithern Germany from the furritsion of the
enemy, by the eration 'at Ratisbon of a Colossal
itattut, 'repretsenting that Prince, w which all the
Estitel of the Empire ought to contribute. Upon
the 26th of January, 1904, the King of Sweden
transmitted to the general Diet of the Empire, the
following Declaration, for the political mai'nte-
tunes and existence of the imtnediate Nobility of
the Empire

" The underiigned lus received the order of rii* Maj. vy,
the King of Sweden, as Duke of Anterior Pomerania, his Most
Gracious King and \fader, to declare :
41 That Hia M ijesty the King, always anieuted with the
liveliek Solicitude fir the welfare of the C-irmau Empire, has
net beau able to behold with indifference and in silence the
unconstitutional attempts which several Princes of the Empire
have lately made upon the ancient rights of a part of
the immediate Nobility, and upon its political existence,
scatted to it by the Constitution and the lad law of
the Empire. He hai in consequence found himself
under the necessity of representing to the Diet or the Empire,
Oral it is of the highest importance to stop arid to prevent in
future such disorders and arbitrary proceedings. The King
thereat'', euppersest that his Co-Estates will join in the resolu-
tion wWelt he her taken to pray His iniperiAl Majesty, virtue
of lit authority and of his rights, es Supreme Chief of the Em-
pare, that he will he pleased to employ the MUM which Pro-
vidence has placed in hie hands, to maintain untouched the
Germanic Constitution, and to guard it from any attempts di-
.reeted ar,sinst it. As tccabuses by the said Princes of the Em-
pire, which are made the pretexts, that may have grown up in
the mune of several ages, His Majesty the King is persuaded,
that the Emperor and the Empire, when they shall have been
requested by the interested States of the Empire, will cause
them to beeequired into withthe MCA rigid seventy, and hare
Clem folly disclosed to vire ; in order that justice may be done
to each, and that in future they may not afford room for sach
discussions, which might have consequences mere dangerous.
4' His Majesty is aim convinced, that the deliberation which
may be opened for this purpose between the Emperor and the
Empire, may take place with reciprocal harmony, and good
eisdereanding, so itearenry to the general welfare; and that i
eenaequenee the mediation of Foreign Powers, in an affair which
exclusively r-lates to the internal concerns of the Empire,
will be declined, as inch mediation would be contraty to the
independence and the dignity of the Empire, and might give
birth to an idea that the Emperor and the Empire are two dif-
ferent powers, while, in fact, they form but one.and the same
power that they are united by the most sacred and inviolable
deities. and cousequent'y want no other mediator but the con-
stitution arid the laws of the Empire.
" His Majesty the. King, therefore, deems it necessary to
ix anew the attention of the Empire upon the consequences
of them illegal takings of soiltury priewasioa, and to repeat
what he has already made known upon the subject, as a proof
that His Majesty, in diaapprevaing of these illegal proceedings,
Swam at the same time the preandicial effects of such ex-
amples.

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" His Majesty the King, * coosequeoce, invites his co.
antes to pot au end to these snacks, and to consider that their
ownmiety, their particular independence, and the independi
awe of the Enyire in general, depend upon thews ; as en
ostaas at the Empire can only exit under the egis of the con-
*Makin and tithe laws, and that it; existence is incompatible
with violent encroachments ; for, true the moment it suffers
tlbeim, its power and its consideration rust open tottering bases.
The strong would thee fancy that they had always a right against
the weak; and the Empire, reduced, by its illumine divisions,
toe wale of dissolution, would become, in the end, the prey
add the spell of foreign peepers.
" To prevent, in time, melt baneful and calamitous events,
it is absolutely neessasery, that all the States and Members of
the Empire shield prevail upon themselves to dale closer the
hoods of anise and reciprocal confidence; and that they
Mould abstain, above ail things, f•om every arbitrary act
i against the constitution of the Empire, which is the object of
their tionismin safety."
Oa the 14th of May, the Minister of Sweden
delivered to the Diet a Note conceived fie the follow-
. in; terms :
“ He Maiesty the [ingot Sweden, hosing been informed of

do. eestents of doe Declare** which His lasper al West.,
the [oven's' of all the Maths, hes coorrauThicated to the Dirt
of the Empire, dated the Ttlt lad, conceives himself also obliged
to declare, that in all cases relating to the guaranty of the Ger-
son Constitution, he can reckon upon hints.% le King of

Stasion, and, with • jost title, as one of the mere ancient,
being do guarantee of the peace of Weapbalia; het, however,
that His I.l3jeetyitios not thought it necessary to Are:are his
as aster as a gowantee of the Casititutish. in the bininen
ingratiate, always conceiving that the Chtef of the Empire

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woubl Nato Moen to the Diet his mode of thinking and
ea*. The esothatots of she King are, besides., toe wen
Mara, end have been to often annatonicated to the Diet, An
His lieleety to think, that it it noessary to repeat them open
ehie oecoeicia."
We bays read then sewage declarations, which
the King of Sweden has addressed to the Diet of
It:dolma. Nothing midst be more striking thin
the inconsistency of these proceedings on the part of
she ling of Swedes, if the folly with which they
are impressed did not strike still more. What !
When Poland has been partitioned under your eyes ;
I._ when the feeble Ottoman Empire exists only at the

pleasure of the powers which border your states ;
when France, in shutting her ports against the ves-
sels of your nation, can hurt so cssentially your
commerce; without any provocation, without any
motive, you are pleased to insult France every day !

When Gustavus directed the chitty years war, it
was with the assistance of France, and with that
force of genius and will, inherent in all proceedings
of a great man ; Poland was then respectable ;
Turkey existed is its full vigour; and Russia, as
yet, had no existence in Europe. But with what
right, and with what views, do you excite the Ger-
maric Body against Fiance ? When Germany
found herself involved in a disastrous war, by the
instigations of Sweden, you were the first to make
your peace, and to send your Ambassadors to re-
side at Paris. During all these crises, the Germanic
Body did not hear a word from you ; but scarcely
has it been concluded, when you hasten to let it know
you ate alive, and demand that a statue should be
raised to Prince Charles. That Prince has acquired
the glory and esteem, which Germany has bestowed
upon him. France is the first to acknowledge it.
Is it then with your troops that he has acquired it ?
If you were a Member of the Empire, why did you
not assist it with your armies ? If you were one of
the guarantees of the treaty of Westphalia, why did
you make your *ace before the Empire of Ger.
many made its ?
How is it that you are the only person who does
nut perceive, to what extent your proceedings at
llatisbon are troublesome to the Germanic Body
itself t While you sell your cities, you go to dis-
cuss imaginary interests in German• ; while you
receive hospitality at Baden, you commit an out-
rage upon your father-in-law. There was not a
moment of your visit at Catlsruhe, that has not
been marked with just cause of complaint, no the
part of that Prince. Finally, w)►ile you were with
your father.in-law, the Eledor of Baden, you signed
and• dated from Munich, a note adverse to his in-
terests; and after that Prince was wrecked by the
war, surrounded by armies, and on the eve of be-
ing invaded, he stood in need of your assistance, if
your arm had been able to succour him ; and this is
the instant, this is the capital from which you have
chosen to write against him !

You are still young ; but when you shall have at.
rived at the age of maturity, if you Will read the
notes which you have inconsiderately written tra-
velling post, you will assuredly repent of not hav-
ing followed the advice of your experienced and
faithful Ministers. You will then do what you
ought to have done always. You will have only in
view the happiness of your subjefis, and the good
of your country. That which it has done for
yourself and your ancestors, demands that you
should not sacrifice its interests to vain and
fantastical passions ; you will only attempt what
you are equal to, and you will not drive
the Germanic Body into ear, not being able to do
any thing for the success of the war ; of that w.n. in
which your father-in-law, and your brother-in-law,
would probably make common cause with France.

And, then, if the interest of the Baltic leads you
to unite with Denmark, you will feel that this in-
terest is truly your own; that it is inseparably con-
netted with the safety of your states, with the dig-
nity of your crown, and the glory of your nation.
You will take your precautions in such a manner
that your coasts will not be unfurnished with bat-
teries, and that fleets shall not pass with impunity
within half gun-shot of your shores to bombard
Copenhagen. It was not by such trophies your an-
cestors acquired the glory and merit of the finest
pages in history. In fine, you will not do, for the
temptation of a small bribe, what no other nation
in Europe has yet dour, snake a treaty so unworthy
of your rank, which is in a manner a first abdication
of your Sovereignty.
We are well aware, that if you read these coun-
cils they will be lost upon you : but we believe, at
the same time, that yon will not receive another
lesson front France. She is too indifferent to your
condua. Assuredly she does not as reason of you,
because she cannot confound a loyal and brave
station, and the mra who, for ages her faithful
allies, were justly called the French of the North ;
she cannot confound them with a young man, whom
wrong notions have kd astray, and whom reflec-
tion has not en'thtened.
Your people shall then always well treated
by France; your merchantmen will be well receiv-
ed by her. Even your squadrons, if they shall stand
in need of it, shall be viftualled in her ports. She
will never see upon your flags any ensigns but those
of the Custavi, who reigned before you. And when
the heat of your passions shall have passed away,
when you shall have learned to understand the real
situation of Europe, and to appreciate your own,
France will still be ready to turn its regards to the
real interests of your nation, and to shut them
against that which you may have been. or to what
you may have dune.—(Monitear; eel thence copied
ask Mc Jostens! der Debate.)

1:11031 TirE DUTCH PAPERS.

HAGUE, AIGUST 12.

The Senator Garrat, who occupies one of the first
places in the Legion of Honour, has been here since
the day before yesterday. It is said that General
Marmont has set out for the Flemish Coast, to hold
conferences with the Emperor, and that he will
again return to the camp at Zeist, where the Em-
peror is no longer expeaetl. Our Ambassador
Schimmelpenninck has left Amsterdam for Overys-
sel. According to letters from Paris, Mr. Schint-
melpennink is appointed a member of the Legion of
I lonour.

Yesterday an English frigate was so near to Sihe-
vening, that one could count with the naked eye her
port holes. At last it cast anchor, and sent a flag of
truce, commanded by a Lieutenant, to one of our
fishing smacks laying to the eastward, and detained
there by wind and tide. This smack came in the
evening back to Schevening : the master said, that
he had been warned by the English not to go to
sea, as they had stria orders to capture all fishing
vessels. lie was besides desired to inform his coun-
trymen of this order, which has caused great distress
to our fishermen all along the coast.

HAGUE, •ttcrs7 14.

Yesterday morning we received intelligence from
the coasts of Frante and Flanders, that not only
all the troops were embarked, bat eren the heavy
artillery. A letter from Ghent, of the Hai, says,
that apartments are ready, both there and at Brus-
sels, for the reception of the Emperor.• According
to the same letter, the grand expedition is absolutely
ordered to set sail before the end of this month.
Vince r, auoust 12.

Last Wednesday General Marmont left the
camp by Zeist for Ostend, to pay his duty, in that
city, to the Emperor. According to all probabi-
lity, his absence will be but short. He was accom-
panied only by two Officers, besides his first Aid-de-
Camp, Colonel Desveaur. General Grouchy, as
the oldest General of Division, commands the Gal-
lo-Batavian Army, a interim. We do not know whe-
ther the Empetor will visit the camp at Zeist, though
we suppose this will be the case, as the magnificent
preparations for his reception continue with interrup-
tion.

The grand manoeuvres and firing, both with the
artillery and small arms, which began last ues
day, are in hunts to be continued every Tuesday, as
soon as General Marmant returns. About that
time, some more battalions are erpeazd in the
camp. The troops who are there, have, with great
labour, construaed barracks, in which, during bad
weather, they may deposit their effeas, and even
cover themselves. From this it is concluded, that
this camp will not break up for a long time. The
trees planted before some 'tents ; a small citadel,
with four bastions, proviaLd with artillery; an half
moon, ditches, pallisadoes, casemetes, a draw-bridge,
Sec. all constru6ed before the tent of a Captain of
the 9th regiment, cause particularly the admiration
of visitors. The prole Lion given to all shop-
keepers, merchants, Sec. has caused a number of
Clem to build shops in the neighbourhood of the
camp ; some have even &named permission to
establish their trade in the camp itself. Every thing
wanted not only for necessaries, but for luxury, may
be obtained there as well as in one of our large
towns. Even two small speaaeles are exhibited
there s the one of Italian rope dancers, and the other
by an equestrian corps, under the famous Swedish
Pirafor Tourniaire. The visitors in this camp,
from all parts, are many times more numerous than
the troops. Every day waggons, loaded with am-
munition, pus from Goerincham through this city
for the camp. To-day one company of arineuri, and
another of sappeurs, have passed through here for
Flushing.

CORFU, JULY 2.

The war is begun in Oreesr. The troops of
Ali-Pacha have been defeated by the natives. Se-
veral cargoes of gunpowder have left Corfu fin.
Parga. The garrison at Corfu shies not conceal the
assistance it gives the insurgents.
Major Christachi, commanding the battalion of
Albinois, in the pay of the Republic of the Seven
Islands, is gone to Parga. On the other side, this
Republic demands the occupation of Parga, Pre-
veza, Voniza, and Hutrintum, by Russian troops.
Notwithstanding what the Republic says to the
cui.trary, the Senate is there for nothing, though
every thing is done in its name.—(Monifear.)
Mr. Livingston, the Minister Plenipotentiary
from the United States to the Court of France, has
received his letters of recal, and is making prep-
rasions to leave this country, and to return to Ame-
rica. We are assured that he has himself demand-
ed his recal, but we are ignorant of the motives
which have determined him so to do. He will be
succeeded by General Armstrong, who is on his
way to come here.---(Journal thr Ddratg. Aug. 17)

It we in a square of 100,000 men, and at the
firing of 2000 cannon, the the Emperor dis:ri-
bumd the decorations of the Legion of Honour. (id.)

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THE BRIT-116;1i PRESS.

'FRIDAY,. Aucusr 31.

We have received l)utch Papers to the 21st. ant:
are also in possession of a regulir series of the .11).
tour, to the 19th, we believe the only one in town.
Amon the several curious extracts, which we have
made from them, is one from the Alunitew, of tht.
pith, cent lining the most scurrilous, insolent, an,
unqualified abuse of the KING of Swatter:. 111,.r,
is also another sake in the Moniteur, unskr tL
head of Cody% in which Russia is libelled it) tl.t
same insolent and audacious manner; but ss,
have not room for it this day. Such an atticie
in the London Gazette, would be considered
claration of war; or certainly an itjury is:quirt):
recaration. But to the other curses ul the
lion me.' be added, that vile and insidious toyer.,
titan of a national Gazette, without a national ie.
sponsibility. Thus, the Afoniiettr is a composition
of all the common materials of an ordinary News.
paper ; but it is also the medium through which the
*state papers are communicated to the public. Ir. this
ambiguous charaaer, it favours and assiststheinWgue.
of Government more effettually than a paper purely
and exclusively official. Through this anomalous
print, the Usurper threatens'his slaves, or thunders
his anathemas against Princes, who, from their
strength, or the remoteness of their situation,are able
to set his force and fraud at defiance. It is totally
impossible that Europe can cease to be agitated, if
the ferocious Bon sPAarr. is to continue a course so
inconsistent with the usual etiquete between bide.
pendent Princes, and contrary to the established laws
of nations, for these last four centuries. We have
also-received, exclusively, as usual, the small Paris
Papers. They come down to the 19th, and contain
several interesting articles. Oae of these, In the
Journal glcs Debate, confirms the report of the meal cf
the American Minister, Mr. Usti NGSTON ; and states,
th it he was preparing for his departure from Paris.

We can now state, upon authority which we ton•
sider unquestionable, that the part of the French
flotilla which came outof Boulogne, has returned inl.o
that port.

The Duke of Yo an arrived at five o'clock on
Wednesday at Woolwich, to inspett the new pray
Lice upon gun carriages, which was executed in
manner highly to the satisfaftion of His Royal High- 3
nets. After having inspeCted the several works
carrying on there, he dined with General Mac LLOD
upon the. Common.
Tne Harpy brig, which suffered in the engagement
off Boulogne, in which the Cansfinif ?co cotter was
sunk, it is said, had three men wounded, but only onc
killed, being cut in two by a shell. What is very
extraordinary, the mutilated remains of the unfor-
tunate mall fell on the As of the shell, in such a
manner, that the blond flowing from the wound es.
tinguished it, and prevented its bursting, wheels
doubtless saved the lives of many of the crew.
Orders have b en received by all the men of war
in the Downs, t 3 be ready to cut or slip their cables,
at a moment's notice.
Government seem in earnest in t' e'r exertions to
be prepared for the speedy conveyance of the
Guard. and other troops from near the metropolis,
to any part of the coast which may be attacked. is-
cons and Co. have finished more than two hundred
of the belf;ianorr,
_the greater pit a which have
been sent to the different coach-makers and stables
Feepers, and are hung upon the spare carriages
which they have in their yards and sheds, and have
entered for the service of Government. JACO R 3
and Co. have a great number more in band ; and se-
veral other coach-makers, and some carpenters, have
entered into contraAs with (;uvernment, for deliver.
ing a va-t number within a few days.
It is reported at Dover, that BONAPARTE, was
present at Boulogne on Sunday ; and the Master r:
a vessel sent in by the C4ampian, for breach of b!ock-
ade, reports that he saw him there, and that he in
formed the army, in a speech addressed to thert;.
that he would not quit the place till the expedtice
11:14 sailed.

Government, we understand, have ordered t:
Officers in the different department, whose s:rvicc-
may be esrential, to be upon the watch. Mr.
M A RSDL N, Secretary to the Admii alty, sleeps at i!
O:lice, and several of the Clerks and Mosengeti
have been ordered to ittend all night, fin- 6.; pm-
pose of transmitting to Minket.: and others, bti,%.-
tins of such accounts as may an iv:.
A letter r iceived from &Al ti by .tpliv.il ..• •
veyance. dated the ..!?..1 ant, corian...
the port that a 111.1SSIAII eq ladron passed
Sound on the I sth, consisting of four sail Of 1::•
line and thre frigates; and that eight sail of t.
line and six frigates were expelled in Copenhagen
road, on the following day. Report state that the
latter division had troops on board, as likewise that
a third had sailed from Revel with 'tool's also.
Our cruisers off Ostend captured lately a fisliirc!
boat, the crew of which state, that last week the
sixty transports, which in the beginning of this month
sailed from Flushing, had passed through Ghent,
and joined the right /4 ing of BON AT A tires flotilla,
which is composed of 400 ships of different sizei.
forming two lines in the canal of Bruges, behind the
sluices of Slykens. They are in this position out of all
danger from a bombardment, and it requires lama
short tim • for them to reach the port of Ostend. R -
NAPAIiE has, since his arrival on the coast, been twice
at Ostend, but only for twelve hours each time.. On
his tin st journey, he reviewed the troops, starnmed
four leagues round the town, and commanded by
General Olson or ; sold on the second, he inspezt....l
the flotilla, commanded by Admiral VLltflf

ItOrdZ PAM!Lr.

WEYSIOUTii, AUG. 29
Yesterday was the finest sailing day ever remem-
bered here; the Royil S.rereign yacht kept close in
shore, the other vessels who accompanied her stood
across the Channel, almost out of sight.
The ROYAL Fa salty landed at ball past five
o'clock, and were saluted as usual. His MAJESTY
walked on the Esplanade, and remained there till dark.
This morning, His MAJESTY was on horseback at
seven o'clock, and met the 2d battalion of the Sn.
mersetshire Militia, and marched with them to the
ground, where they pitched their tents, which corn.
pletes the encampment. On His MAJEsT v's return
to the Lodge, he gave an audience to Lord PAW. ET,
which continued a considerable time. His Lordship
arrived here last night.
After His MAJESTY had breakfasted, the ROYAL
FAMILY, between nine and ten o'clock, embarked
on board the Rood S.opercign yacht : they were con-
veyed front the shore, in an elegant barge, steered
by Sir HARRY &mist° NEALE. There was an
excellent breeze when they set sail.
W.: are so extremely thronged with company,
tit numbers of families have been obliged to leave
u' fur want of lodgings. The following arc the
last arrivals at STACIE'S Hotel
Mr. Hibbett, Captain Hudson, Lord Etawkesbury, Earl and
Countess of lichertot, and two dauctitirra...