The National Register.
London, England, 1813-02-28 00:00:00

TtIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

runt the ostensible communication by the
.way of Gottenburg until
still la'er, and what was the Milk of It ? that the con., spond-
euce renuet.ed the battle. neither more nor less active. Pub ! the
question tot a communication h?, this way, or by that ; is regu-
lar ;f• is very considers You i
ble. ,aveveseels• the ports ot
1a..-'. Sant truly !---Do you get salt in the Thames? The English
tea. ing vessels besiege Got tecibtvg—a fine proof that they do not enter
there! I. hey exchan:e their merchandise in the open sea, or near to
the ccia-os. Your little islands serve as magazines in the winter sea-
son Your vessels openly. carry Colonial produce into Germany I
have caused half a score ot them to be seized at Rostock.—ls it pos-
sible that ore can affect thus to he mistaken on the first princiele ot
the Continental System ?—Very well.
" Yon do net approve of this in yeur note; it is not Of that I com-
plain. it is of the f ict. I have not slept a single hour in the night, on
accomo Dt your affairs : you might suffer me onrepose in peace, I have
need I it.—Again, is this restitutionscf the English prisoners a proper
thing ; those who had so imprudently atterowed the dignity of the
ug.and violated his territory. Restored without any satisfaction !
Vas it no so, Monsieur (le Cadore ?—(The Alinister, all in tremula-
lion, did nut omit replying affirmatively to this, as well as to some
other similar questiote.)—Another violation of territorial light, is the
ca, tute of a French privateer in the interior of the pert of Stralsund;
bitt. v., me, n' account tos been rend' red 4.—lt is not to one's
Ili. toot that one shows these little attentions !--Very well, remain with
t. Se Eneli h !--If one mete to judge from the evil which you save dote
v•ar. you never could hat e 10-en better Mends to the Ens leas
than at this moment.—Oh, Oh ! it is you that tell me so ! It is you
who assure me that Sweden wishes rather tn remain on my side ; but
pto •Is. I say, wive inc proofs !—Vcey well ! your state, at the end (if
en nuforiutiate war respired some circumspect', n and precaution.-
11 I have bed thein to toy ioss. You -hive cejoled me, yes you ;
you, vourself.---Yau have had tie address to gain the bad season ; you
have tia,e to settle yreii intercats with England ; is it just, that if any
tug-e'er toes exist cents- ry to faith, that lam to bear the burden ?
You have had time to put yourselves in a state of defence: you have.
still ,he winter before Snit. , What, then, hate you to risk ?—Yes, the
expo rt trade ;- that is the battle-horse: what then is become of the neu-
tral fl r. ?—There are no loner any nctstral: England acknowledges
Hone, tea can I acknoeledee them any !weer.-- Salt, aye, Salt ! one: can
fold Means to obtain what is necessary. I Low t!...1 you do in 1801, when you
were in open r pture with England ?—Stiffet ! Do you not believe that I
subs o ? i hat Fiance, that Boards %tooth ,t Holland, that Ge, mail stiffer ?
But Iles is precisely %hat er end must be put to. A maritime peace
at any piece !—[Here the Emeeror was violently agitated ] Yes,
Sweden is the sole cause of the t ri:is I experience. Sweden has
done mac mote harm than five coale lens together. Rut now. restore
eitto her commoeications with the rest of Europe, she has taken ad-
vantay,e of it to carry on the comrade:- of England.—Ah ! Sir, tim• ,
always time : I- ? ~ve lost too much time.—lt was necessary, you
said, tit enter into the new SVStelll, Wil 'tout making too mans sacri -
fit es : tt was also r sasry for 11;C, you added, to do some gond tor
S ev: den. H sal me : when you macie choice of the Priece of Porte
Co: vo, did I ri..k nr ;Ore in pea matting him to accept the act ?
Was I not on the ;ionic of embroiling myself with Russia ? Was it
not hciieved—is flat, eettaps, still believed, that you, on your
side, i rid the hax r< -awl roles on the ether, supported by me,
would aarn to reculiquer their lest provinces ? Were not men's
nlithus tie it mit agtwed in Poartid ? 'What did Ido then ?.1 caused
such thing- to be said, - such reports to he circulated, as meek detach
Rto• train my sv'-:em. It is only now that, more anti more unde-
ceived t respect to Swedish politica, 1 have taken a decisive step,
NN I 1 dl 1 will nor conceal from you. I have sent back' M. de Czerni •
cOetf to lettsaia ; I have informed him of the declaration which 1
have niatle to aott to day. 1 have strongly 'pressed the Emperor
:Alexander to take the Ante step on his part —Choose ! Cannon must
be tired on the Eoelish which approach your coasts ; and their mer-
chaodize must in Sweden be cuntiscated, or you must have war with
France. I cannot do you any goat harm : I occupy Pomerania,
and you do not much care ahoto it : but I can cause you to be attack-
ed the It ussians and by the Danes ; and I can confi-icate all your
vessels on the Continent ; aan I will do it, il.within fifteen tins you
ore lee at war with. Englanci.—Yes, you are right ; the time for
the going and rrurning of time courier must be reckoned, and some-
thug mar a Eva, M. de Catinte, I order you to send offa courier
immediately ; mind you, *Sir, will do the same. - If within five day s
after the whew! act 01 M. A !quiet the King has not resolved to ha
at • war vs ith England, M A !quiet' shall sea out immediately, and
Sweden shall have war with trance and all her allies.—Yes, it is
just : l have not positively demanded the. state of wato.beltire this
moment ; but I sorts now forced to it by allimaginable means,—Save -
deo has already fount that she cannot remain in a miXed state with
England, w:theut dosing great injury to the Continent.- At 'length,
!Miles have taken a general developement, which requires a perfect
ef measures, or a state Of open hostilities. This was what
Olt other powers :lave th9uat rilght to be tione.—Russio tlontgh
ICON;-7 wall the test, has only obtairiedrace vvitit me, co: the 0.141-
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dition o declaring war egret's t England. Austria, a power of the first
order, if }ranee did not exist, has ftatikly taken her resolution I
have been a. long time the dupe of Prussia, and of you. She at length
came to find, by the catostrephe of Holland, that it was necessary to
come to a determination, and she frankly adopted a state of war. Den‘
mark has done so long ago; but with %bat title can 1 exact front that
country, what I cannot obtain front Sweden? I often say to myself.
who knows whether I shall ads.ays be on a good footing with Russia ?
%Vim can read the chapter of events? May it nut one day be of the
neatest interest to me, to have a friendly Power in the North, 'iron;
in its own resources, as well as by my alleince ? But co.ild it, mean.
a hile, be believed in Sweden, that I would relax any thing in my
invariable principles in favour of the new Prince Royal. On the con-
trary, the political crisis into which I have brought myself in her favour,
gives me a stronger title. Aleanwhile, Sweden owes a great obligation
to the.person of the Prince Royal ; for without thatochoiee (by no.
means mfloenced by me), 1 should two months ago have taken the step
which I now find myself forced to do. I nevertheless repent of th s
delay, which, on account of the season, has been so beneficial to you ;
not because I regret whstever good you may have detived from it, hnt
becuuse yon have ased me too ill—For a long time past, the office
winch was intended for you, was ready in the bureau of Monsieur the
Duke de Cadore (an affirmative reverence from the Mieister), but
waited for the arrevai of the Prince Royal, who is instructed in my way
of thiekine f, •
" I have tea been able to do it; I have fold you, thin I was on the
point of embrodieg myself with Rossia ; I nave all Europe notice,
that at this decisil'e moment, try spit m might be caletbie of modifica-
tion. Besides this, new complaints iigainst Sweden, reached nee fr
stn
all sides. Ah ! 1 know what 3on have to say to ine : l have read all
that you have wrote.—Well, 1w it so, there may have been ',owe exalt.
geratiun in the complaints, but there still remains a sufficient quantity
f treth.---1 wish that you had a better cau'c to deknd. ()It no! Cie
situation of the Prince Royal will not be so ditli.adt ; all comes lima.
hence; there is nothing embarrassing in the choice.—But yr!, could
the) believe in :sweat, that they might serve in the cause 'of England,
withont resentment on my part, because I lave and esteem the Prince
Roy ? 1 likewise love and esteem the sing of ;he is my
Brother, and yet 1 have broke with him ; I have silenced the voice of
.nature, to give ear to that of the eo neral interest."
* The Trade of Stralsund, by the King's orders, paid the value of
this privateer, which was taken merely to consequence of her own
imprudence.
+ The Emperor had premised the Prince Royal not to exact any
thing from Sweden, before the month of May, 1811 ; and the Prince
Royal assured him, that after that term, Sweden would extend her
system of policy, and be openly for or against the Continental System,
according as her interest might tequire.
(To be continued.)