The National Register.
London, England, 1812-09-06 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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KING OF strEDEN'S._ SPEECH‘
Extract from his Royal Majesty's Speeeii to the Deputte• of the Estateg
of the Kingdom, ut Orebro, on the 18th of August, 19/It, when the

>art wcc, closed.
" Noble, honotirable, worthy, learned:enlightened, and esteemed,
worshipful g..utl Gentlemen, and Sweaish Men !—lt was with the
right of confidence that I summoned yutr, gotel gentlemen, and Swedish
inert, to meet and consult on m .tiers of the greatest consequenceio our
native co,ntly. It is now, that, with my hopes for the future bi lag
confirmed, I close your discussions. You hive followed the adviae of
your Kim:, mid found that it was conformable with hat your own
hearts and the welfare of the King demanded of you. Anituated by
the spirit of unity, you have laid aside private interest for the general
well-being ; and united for the defence of Se edeu those powers which.,
parted, well only have witnessed her degradation or her fall. You
have slewn that a King with upright intentions and aft open candour
need not to f.:ar even under foreln circumstances of great import, tel
re!y on the Deputies of his people; und that no foreign* power cart
loosen or.break those bonis of union which bind together the heir to
Sweden's throne and the heir to Sweden's soil, Since I het
saw you assembled before me, the war on the Continent has broken out
in a greater degree, and accompanied with all those misfortunes which
arc usually inseparable from it. Coefident in the maxim which has
been confirmed by experience, that strong defensive preparations aro
the surest means to insure the peaceful situation- of a State, I have
found it necessary to pay my particular attention to the military force
of the kingdom.-- My own and my son's iuclination should render yots
assured, good gentlemen and Swedish Inert, that the warlike force shalt
never be employed to any other purpose than to, defend the honour otr
the nation and the interest of our native country. Tcr defend the inde-
pendence of Sweden against present shocks and future misfortune
should be the united wish of yourselves and me. The unity of the;
Swedish people, the valour of her suns capable of bearing arms, my
sales- protecting sword, and the warm atTeetiew I bear to your native
country, shall lead the way to this end. I have on this occasion, good
gentlemen, and Swedish men, deemed it likewise needful to infers's
Son, that I have, on the 18th of last month, concluded a peace with
the King of the United Kingdom of Great pritain and Ireland; awl
that the ratification of this treaty of peace was exchanged the day be-
t Ore yesterday. Good Gentlemen of the Knighthood, and Nobility,
Continue what you have been and still are, true to the memory of your
furefialters, true to your joint duties, and to the great demands which
your native country has upon you.
[The Speech concludes with exhorting the different Orders, Clergy•
Nobility, and Peasants, to coutrihute ail ill their power to the general'
prosperity of the kingdom:]

_ •
General SAtRAZIN has published three letters, one of
which is addressed to the PRINCE REGENT. He states, that
Government has offered him a pension of 1,2001. per an.-
num, but in such a manner, and on such conditions, that Ira
man of honour could accept it. But omitting this conside-e
deration, we cannot discover by what right General SARRA-
ZIN claims a yearly allowance of 2,564/. If we ate not mis-
taken, General ARNOLD, who deserted to 119 in the Ame-
rican war, after the discovery of ANDRE, received na-moror
than 4500/. per annum. The refusal of Govermnent. to
permit the General to go to Sweden, is certainty justifi.,
able, on grounds of political expediency, because if he bee
intimate with the CROWN PRINCE, as no doubt he was,
according to his own statement, his anger- against th.s Goy
Yernment may have a mischievous effect.
The accounts from St. l'etersburgh, by the state,
that the- city and district of Moscow had raised 70,00( men; •
Smolensk°, 20,000 ; Twer, 34,000 ; Novogotod. 10,000
all of whom were forthcoming, and in a forwaid state of
organization and discipline. Iler Imperial Highness the
Princess C.A.THERINL PAWI ONA bad offered to raise a corps
of 1,5100 men, and equip and pay them at her own txpence.
The other districts of the Empire, aninpted by a similar
spirit of zeal and. enthusiasm, had followed their patriotic
examples, offering to the Government levies.
,pl, men, in
proportion to their population. The nemilnc•pt.rae9offerecit
to be raised exceeds all example, and tbe liLivierttititat‘
the utter impossibility of finding emplu)meriefur the. wbvie,,,
is said to have acc‘tpted but half what were 9fretel..