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pont have been fOrined on the tits-pike batiks, and
garrisoned so as to render the passage at all tittles
clear, and check the pursuit of an eneiny. They
are n,..t unmindful of the scattered corps which, on
their march to join MASSESA at Santaretn, will now
fall in with him in the course of his retitiat, and
render him more forinidable than he was at its be-
ginning. But all this they conceal, becartge
would lead the nation to. expect. from bur
Commandei• and braire warrior's no ino're tbati it N

in their. power to pc:florin ; because it would 'hi :ike
us deem the necessity, to 'which their.tinited .eier-
tions and bra Very have reduced the proud inVader
of Portugal, to renounce his vain 'enterprize, and
dash front his head the laurels with which expec-
tation had untimely bound it, equal to the MoSt
brilliant victory. They know that This is, in fact, the
greatest triumph which we have a. right to
expect from the true relative f?)rct and situation of
the two armies, and therefore artfully 'labour to
make it appear the least, in'order that the thunder-
ing peals which will announce it may awake no
exultation in our hearts. They turn the tide of
gratitude for the past into that of extravagant hope
For the future, so that should the latter- be checked,
as it unavoidably must, by the limited nature of
human events, the former may cease to exist. In
such a case they would not rend asunder the veil of
delusion, in which they hide the motives of their
Conduct and the true meaning of their Writing's,
because they would thus•diiarM them of allfutute
power. Neither would they find: it 'necessary to
commit themselves, by making openly severe 'ob-
servations on the pretended ignorance, incapacity,
or want of exertion of the intended'victith of their
hypocrisy, for such remarks would- naturally spring
in minds :prepared by their deceitful arts for,their
growth. •
We shOuld not have resumed the consideration of
this subject had we not perceived that this jesuitical
`style of writing which received a check some
'months. ago, began to prevail anew, and'. scatter
.wido its-poisonous influence. .Some politicians, lie-
. ceived, by its speciousness, and not glancing deeper
thfflthe ackrinceof words, even suffered themselves
to bfliceived by i.t) and 'founding their arguments
'in favft•-,or A•gaiMt national measures, on the•rx-
.aggeratitd stkfrnentt thus ?given, unsnspectio,gly
-smopplied tfteif talents :arid well-Thea-nt exertions.

Others ecptxlly deluded, but even more sanguine,
built still wilder hopes. on these misrepresentations,.
instead'orresting their expectations oa the o:Ily true;
`basis of enthusiastic' and unsh.aken confidenee-!
'Briti9ll courage, energy, and skill. These iincon,
sciously aemerl their opponents with a weapon'
which, in case' the fullness of their hopes shoutit
never .be completed, v-ill be vehemently used;
against themselves. It was netetsary, therefdre,i
that our warning voice should 'Once Tricire be
'.and without, as ya, pointing out to public indigna-
tion offenders who may be reclaimed, to-make them
feel that their principles are known, their writings
watched, and that not only theik tehdency but fheir
authors may be exposed.

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,IGENCE.

SWEDEN.

TP.MPORARY RESIGNATION OF THE KING.
A most momentolo, though not unexpected event, has oc-
curred in Siveden : Charles the XIIIth has resigned the Govern-
ment into thellarittSbilietnadotte. This measure, though pro-
fessing to be but temporary, arid the consequence Of indispo-
sition, which is hived 'tta be transitory, will no doubt be soon
made permanent. The following is an abstract of the Royal
Proclamation for carrying this arrzngement into effect. It is re-
markable that it contains some restrictions similar to those of
our Regency Act
:
We, Charles, 'by the grate bf 'God King of Sweden, &c. &c.
Make known, whereas, owing fo an illness that has befallen
tit, and Frain Which, by 'the assistance of the Almighty, We
hope soon to be restored, we have deemed it necessary, in or-
aer to prottnite this objett, for the present to Withdraw otit'selves
frrim the'care and trouble which so closely united with the
management of public affairs ; and in order during our illness
hot to retard the OrogreSS'Of *c have thought ftt to order
What is to be observed respecting the Government.---And ever
do, therefore, hereby apiotnnt and nintioate our bawled Son,
his-Royal Highness Carl Johan, Crown Prince of -Sweden, and
Generalissimo of our Military forces by laud and sea, during
our illness, and untit we .shall be restored to health; to tuarage
the Governinerit in °tit- nalue, and with all the rights we pos.,
sess, and alone to sign and issue all 01 ders, !cc. with the fol-
lowing 'Motto above the 'signature :—Ditvlitig the Illness of xi?)
most gracious King and Lord, and vrecable to his appointment ;
however, his Royal Highness the Crown Plince must not,
during the Administration, four P oyal-power and dignity, cte.
ate any Noblemen or Knights, and the vacant offices of the States
can only, until further notice, be managed by those whom his
RoyalHigthness shall arpoiiit to that effect.
44 he 'Palace of Stockholm, March 17, 1811.
" CHARAIES
. . " JAF. WETTERSTEDT."

S-roczuorm, MARCH 17.—The sensation excited by the ell-
ttivot'yofthelate conspiracy against the Crown Prince is not
subdued. The plot appears to have been more 4, xtensive t:)an
Was at first imagined. Several persons ar;.. implicated ; and it
IS said that Gen. Baron and another officer of rank have 1):!eTi
arrestA. His Majesty, lam sorry to say, is sufkring under a
very severe indisposition.
Ei.zimxtra., MARCH 113.—From the number of crairiers
which have passed through this glace during the last ten days, it
stems sortie Important discussions are pending between the
Courts of Paris and Stockholm'; no less than two from the
'firmer and four from the latter capital have_ arrived here, du.
'ring the above-mentioned period. The Secretary to the Em-
.basxy at the last mentioned place is said to have been among the
'number,

FRANCE.
PARIS, MAR CI! 20.—" On Stiriday his Majesty the Ernpernr.
;rid Kink, seated on his thtone,-arid surrounded by the Princes,
Grand 'Dignitaries, &c. gave audience, before mass,. to the
Deputatidn, frotri the cities of Haniburgh, Lubeck, and Bre-
•Then.

Mr. Doorman, as President of the Deputation, presented
the following Address ;: •
" Sire, itt all times we have been Emma:nen in our hearts,
and' from preference. If the -iiilarthy which preceded yen!.
'Mitjeity's reign, relaxed,' for xmotnent, ties-of such long stand-
ing and so-agreeable, we hastened to draw them closer, the in-
stant your accession to power Iv-assist ed't he UOrld :social order;
,and yonr new 'subjects, Sife, cannot swear to be more faith:lll
to. you than they have shown themselves to be for these ten years
past;-inbreaeVoted to 'your spleaSitre, mod- obedient to your
•systerit, nor more disposed to contribute tote accomplishment
of your 'designs, by every effort and Sael'itice in *their power ;
itis apletrsart roniolatiorrtothehonourablerethembranctspf
~ our country. -to reflect., that our independance could yield only
to Mit to whthn everything yitlded, and that our politieallik.,
Histence Ives ivitSeonly at that epoch when the destinierhad
determined that the Tiber and the Elbe should flout under '[he
yonr Majesty, from thin devoted point wheiite
• you take a view of-human affairs, permit our fe,.-bleness to in-
- dulgelit any degree of pride, we" will I.4enture to think that *e
•enter not as a vulgar territory, as:: an obilpre acquisition, list()
that immense circle of provinces; struck with Idiniration, and
happy in obeying a single muster.'
REPLY OF HIS MAJESTY.
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" Gentlemen, Deputies of the Haase Towns of Hamhurgh,
Breme;), zuid I..v.bcck—You formed `part'brtlie Gtrniaiiie em-

RtONTER.
.FOREIGN INTELL.