The National Register.
London, England, 1812-10-18 00:00:00

OCT. 18._

see my position, and know my weakness; if I declare my-
self in your favour at the onset of the contest, Russia will
pour an army from Finland into the heart of Sweden before
you can prevent her, whilst England will burn my..capital
and take my fleet. Allow me to dissemble until you are
ther at 'Moscow, or on the road to St. Petersburgh, and the
ice has shielded my capital from the attacks of the English.
Meanwhile I shall treat with Russia and England, and amuse
them both with protnies and false demonstrations. 1 shall
dttain the Russian army in Finland as long as I can, under
the pretence of taking it with me on some expedition in
your rear, and' when t can no longer, I shall demand the
cession of that province. If I get it, my troops will oc-
cupy it, and' find themselves 4 few leagues from St. Peters-
burg; then, should you haVe beaten, the Russians, and
drawn all their forces to the interior, I shall occupy that
capital. whilst yott. take Moscow."
We are still willing. to hope that our conjectures may
be disappointed, and that BiIINADOtTE is sincere in our
c3u.4e; but from the Note of complaint, which our Mini-
ster has found it necessary to prevent to the Swedish Go-
vernment, it appears that suspicion is not confined to
one breasts, Let Win" clearly vindicate hitwelf by acting
(iron his promises in an energetic and eteecti%.e manner,
And we shall be the lust to retract our doubt), and to du jus-
tice to Ms sincerity.

ADDRESS
TO errs NVORTHI AND' INDEPENDENT LIVERY OF LONDON.

IlnoT tan Opportdnity has been recently I
afforded you of choosing your Representatives in the Com-
mons House of Palliatnent, when the. exercise of so impor-
tant a constitutional privilege required yoUr best judgments.
Your elective franchise returned to you in a moment a
uncommon events, when circumstances gave additional
weight to a duty at.all times essentially sacred to the coun-
try. On your choice depended the dignity of the metropo-
litan city; its vital interests.—its very character—lhe respec-
tability in which it would hereafer be estimated, eminently
tested upon the propriety of your election.
At a time when the tranquillity of the country is endan-
gered by a faction—when the loyalty of the subject is at-
tempted to be alienated from the family of a venerable and
virtuous .Sovereign—when principles subversive of public
order are propagated with industry—when mi.creauts, nur-
tured in obscurity. and educated in the school of iniquity,
burst forth upon thenation to influence the public mind—
whet' misrepresentations, deriving their origin from demo-
cratic and revolutionary mind., are sent among tie people-,
with a view to stimulate them to acts of destruction—when•
the fomentors of rebellion, grown old in the A.:curity hither- ,
to afforded,by their own insignificande, not only reprobate
the measures of Ministers, hut dispute the power of Partial'
nient to support its di:;nity—A the.cafety of nations no
longer depends upon the justice of Covcsninents—when I.
desolating foe, aiming r.t. ktuivcrsf.l dominion;
threats over Litrov, the cncts. of whose arbitrity power '
England alone has been e.ble to wltlistand, afid t, the.avetem-
plishinent of whose rclaons purpofts*.t..:nglaad lass the bottom-
of being the obstackt, yoc nave proved. yourselves worthy
the confidence placed in your loyalty to your Eovemign and
attachment to your Conitautiou,—in age pregnant with
ko many dangers, you iravd proved..yoyughteS ti;serving a
/Wee in the Senate of your country.
You have shewn the world that the leader of a contenip-
"le faction is unfit 14 represent the City of London-4.)ms.
Pa Caraiq of a mi4frisble set of rut-Loam; koiiticiaus, nom-