The National Register.
London, England, 1813-06-20 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.'

JUNE 20.

and by the care and activity of the personage who has the 'greatest
coon:mil in that country, it has been raised to 80,000 mein Front
the moment of his arrival, he turned his chief attention to the army,
and it soon experienced the effects of his active and intelligent
miod. To acquire the co-operation of such a Poss-er, became int-
mediately one of the chief objects of British negoeiation. His
conduct last year saved Russia, and enabled Count Wittgenstein
to obtain such splendid virtmies on the Dwina ; because Sweden,
in that imminent crisis, genet ously dispcused with the assistance of
the large force promised her by Russia for the conquest of Norway.
The indemnification proposed to Denmark for the proposed cession
was the Duchy of Oldenburg)), which, though not strictly Russian,
was still so connected with that Government, that it could take
neon it to propose the offer. The Treaty signed between Sweden
and Russia was communicated to this country in July, 1812 ; upon
which occasion a most urgent desire was expressed by the contract-
ing parties, that Great Britain would accede to its stipulations ;
which, cobsidering the state of Europe, and the danger of Russia at
the time, his Majesty's Ministers thought themselves justified •in
sanctioning:. They were, however, anxious to make Sweden useful
to the common cause, and consented to snbsidize that Power for so
teat a purpose. Site had incurred great expenees to that effect ;
and the demonstrations of her forces last year paralized 60,0(X)
French troops, who would have been otherwise employed against
Russia, but were detained at Stralsund and Konigsberg by the me-
naces of Sweden to land in Germany, and act in the enemy's rear.
For site!) conduct was Goadaloupe given her ; and 1w was convinced
no objection would be made to a grant which would contribute to
advance the commercial prosperity of the world and secure the re-
sistance of Sweden to the Continental System. Never was the con-
duct of any Government more disinterested than that of the Swe-
dish ; and it consented even to waive its claims on Norway, pro-
vided Denmark would co-operate with the Allies against France.—
TA required only a small tract, which tt aye's round the northern
frontier of Sweden ; and such were the claims to British aid of that
Power ; and such time motives wild) induced Ministers to give
Guadaloupe, in order to fix her firmly in the interests of tngland.
it was Moms ible he could conclude without adverting to the situatbra
ot Ifan,bttrgh. That unfortunate town had certainly suffered in a man-
ner which every one must commiserate ; they had indeed committed
themselves in a manly, thought perhaps not in a very politic manner ;
they had suffered in a manner which claimed for them the sympathy
of (very one. is was a great consolation, however, to ;his country,
to reflect that they had not been ledlino their suffering,: lty any repre-
sentations made to them by the British Government %Vial respect to
Drnmark, and Count Bernstorfrs• mission to this country, there were
stron,!, reasons to suspect that Iltionaparte never thought that mission
eauld produce rtny thing inimic:d to his interest. This was plain, from
Baonapnee's conduct and declarations; for in his dispbtrh to the
Empress of May Iti, Mali he c0,,1d not but suppose Como BernstorlT
was still in London, he speaks elf taking his ally Denmark to the Con-
gress with hint, and he does her the honour of placing her first on the
Fst of his good :lilies, with the exception of America only. With re-
sptst to the terms on which Denmark stated herself ready to treat a&
soon as named, it would appear they were inadmissible. The first
proposition was in itself inadmissible, namely, that we should, treat
separately; and abandon Russia and Swesden ; next, tIK:t we should
restore all our Danish conquests ; the Danish fleet ; and that we should
also guarantee the rest of Denmark's possessions, and particulnly
Norway, which they well knew we had at that time acceded to Swe.
den's taking possession of. (Hear, hear !)--The' Noble Lord con-
cluded by uttering a high eulogium on
.the character and conduct of
the Crown Prince, the whole of whose past conduct he sho.idd prove
had been such as to justify this country. in placing itnlilicit confidence
in his hishour.--(Laud cheering!)
Mr. CANNING when he first saw the Tresty, now the subject of
discussion, considered it as disgraceful to the country. He tilt
many objections to it : some indeed, had been removed by the ex.
planation of the Noble Lord 10-oight; others, however, still re-
mained after hearing that explatuttloti. In justification of giving
Norway to: Swedensit was said that Sweden was restrained, bv.fear
of Norway, from aiding and assisting in the common cause ; if such
was the tact, how was it that he (Norway being still in possession
of Denmark) the Crown Prides:, had _commenced operations by
taking up a position at Stralsund ? He particularly objected to
the dismemberment stf any State. ;With respect to the cession ot
thiadaloupe, he otrjeekd strongly to it, It had been a contemplas
lion with Government, even when he had the honodr of holding a
situation in its to give to Sweden a Wf 4 India Colony ; lie did not
t disapprove rite loins:4)lc, but he considered the excel:hint-as had
I:he...usual made would Iwon to name the Island, but to delay
the trami'er of it till peace should arrive entering indeed luta