The National Register.
London, England, 1819-06-13 00:00:00

THE EX-KING OF SIVEDEN.

The following letter, with the signature of Gus.
tavus, the ex-King of Sweden, is extraeted front
the Courier:—

" Many journals having inserted articles concerning
Prince Gustavus, son of Gustavus Adolphus the Font th
(Gnats&sou). fames lidog of S.vedea, it is neressaty to
explain what had been said respecting this young Prime,
and the public ought no longer to be ignorant of all the
unlawful and unjustifiable transactions of the last there
yenta.
" It is tame to make known that secret intrigue w ere
employed to separate the King from his father, to whom
Le owes not only the attachment and respect that estate
inspires U 4 with for our parents, but moreover, a feeling
of personal gratitude towards his father, Mho had made
over to him a great trait of the con.ider.thle plop-gay de-
coked on him from his 1110111t`f of ble.sed nittiory, ti.o
defunct Queen of Sweden, and tile remainder of whicts
he divided among his other children.
" Flinn( Gustavus's father, who is the year 1312 was
separated from the Queen, his Consort, gave her, as the
mother of iiis children, the most unequivocal proof o: his
confidence by trustiug to her Majesty, not only the educa-
tion of the Priucessea, bait that of Prince Gustavus also ;
however, miller three cunditions, viz. Is% that their ed.'.
cation should be conformable to the religion in a high they
were born, 2d, to the tank they hold iii the mid ; and
3d, to the duties they may one they be called upon to
" The Queen aftsrwards received a new mat k of con-
fidence from her former Consort, by his giving up to her
the administration of the above•utcutioned inheritance,
relinquished in favour of his children, which was paid by
the Swedish Government, and placed at the dist °sal of
her Nlajnsty.
" But that moment she seemed resolved to act ab-
solutely contrary to the tensor of the conditions pi esclibed
to her, exactly in the same tuannee as her son, who,,p give.
Ably to such, was on Isis coining to age (I. e. at seve tweet')
to present himself to his father, anti concert %WI him as
to 114 future destiny, but refn.ed so thing at Ihe time,
&whit iric himself it/capable; and rejected the importiiiii.
Mites of kis father, his friend and benefactor. Instigated
by his royal mother, lie persisted in disobeying the re-
peated (a defy of his sire, aileging as a reason that he had
Ira (Milled kis mother upon his bottom, ilia to leave her
mitt lie bad attained his 21st )ear —a singolor of
a yonhg prince, who, refusing his majority, art. with the
disobedience that a son inig!it more windily do if he were
°lege. It would be reverting and coottaiy to Val we, to
charge this some so virtuous and &a obedient a son entirely
with such an offence ; it woold be even unjust to say, be-
fore it could be evidently proved, that Ike Queen-moth••r
of this ',lime lied acted only from herself; yet, it must lie
known, that abe bestowed her confidence, 4411 41111 more,
committed the charge and education of her son, with
which she ulnae was intrusted, into the hands of a Cal-
vinist, of a republican, and stranger; who, nvireover,
possesses no acknowledged title that could iiiidingolib or
recommend him in any way for the situation of Mince
Gustave✓s governor.
" Let siuhudy allege the name of the famous Laliarpe,
on the side of the Emperor Alexiiiider, to prove a parr-
dos i for Labarpe was but Alexander's tr acher, and nut
his governor. Let nu one abuse any mete the name of
the Emperor Alexander, by repttsentiug it in family dis.
sessions, as it cannot appear con .onaut with the digni:y
that characterises a great sovereign.

" It has been said in the gazettes lately, that the Empe-
ror of Rts.sia had appoini-ell Prince Gustavo., Governor of
one of his proviures; at another time, that he was going
to England with the Esuperos's penniaiun, to finish his
studies, uhd to be alkiwed by hint 2,00:. sterling for the
expenses of his removal, which woillil indicate that the
Prince had not 4 Silif eillley to provide tor it himself.
•'Let us, therefore, put a stop to so many weakly
grounded novelties, sari endeavour, at least, to deli lop
the truth, and not belies e it tuneable that the Emperor
Alexander would carry dis,inuniation so tar a. 1101 to givot
any advice at all to Psioec Gustavus's father of his good
intentions towards his bon, while he is in painful anxiety
iur the termination of she same soul's disobedience."

The above article k sent to the editor of the Courier,
with the iv/pest that he Nilliudrut it in his
(Signed) GUS.CAESSON.
Bark. June 1. IBI9.

intelligence was received-Worn ,Lagnyra, by the
way of St. Thomas's of the very late date of the
15th April. On the 7th of that month, a convoy
consisting of seven vessels of war, and three trans.
ports, sailed from that port, with u supply of pro-
visions for the garriFon of Cumana. An official
despatch, dated early in April, from the island of
Chiii.,,ues, on the river Apure, had arrived from Gen.
Murillo. A few days preceding he had a severe
engagement with a body of independent troops
amounting to 400 men, who were on their way to
join Gen. Pees, and consisted chiefly of Englishmen.
I he whole of the detachment, with the exception of
about 40 were tilled in the acion ; and those not
killed were taken prisoners. Previously to the
a lion just mentioned, Gen. Pact had been rem-
pellet' to toreatfrom the A.,:ure on the other side
of the river Arancu. Morales, who under Merino
commands a division of troops composed of Creeks,
received an accession to his force of 400 men, deser..
tam from Pats in his retreat to the Arancii.