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But what motive could have induced the Minis;
ters of• London to mention Prussia in this Manifest°
Is it.the interest of Pruisia'? - &it if the. interest 01.
Prussia touched them, they would have, accepted tb°
mediation of Rtsia. Why do they publish at this
hour this indiscreet paragraph, which-clearly sheWs
that the spirit which has already caused, the Cabinet
of Berlin to take so many
,fa;se steps, is yet in' ma'
tion ? Is it to
.be' useful to Prussia, and to con'
ciliate fur her 'the interest of France, of which,
under the. present circumstances, she stands in so
great need ? France has evacuated many cb!)9.
England not one ; and the preliminary br
sic of all these Negotiations was the titi possideas,
When the French treat with their enemies, thq,
either.Charige the Governments gull ty of having united
11 with. England against the interests of the Continent,
or if they evacuate a conquered country, it is in
cOnsequence of adorable peace, all the conditions of
I which are: observed ; and as they are never seen t°
attack their Allies without a declaration' of war, "
treacherously surprise their capitals, so they are never
seen to quit a f‘rtress be6ne its fate has been deter-
mintd by negotiation. The Enish attack 161. the
sake.. of plunder, and retire when they 'have buttlt
and pillaged all before -them. This war is we"
! suited to them; for it is a war of pirates. When
they once entered Copenhagen, they should love,..re;
mained there until. peace WaS concluded.: NOW,
.

litiiiCk;bur
tlid'dis-

could equal the infarriy of the"it
honour qt their 4igrageful
. But if it .I.4re-triie that" the Fr.:rich hlve exatiied:
a little from: their.enensie, why should thev not in
faa They. haVe 8-00,0b0 troops, and they are
ready to make every sac' ii to double their tome,
if it should ne necessary ; not that w is their tiatu:-.
ral trade, and' that they.
,do not sensibly feel the
-Sacrifices which, they make in withdrawing so
many hands from the cultivation of their ;o tcr~le
Sq. In. possession of a fine country, they wish
to, addict themselves: to the conquests of corn-`
tnerce and indristryi ; but your tyranny 'will not
suffer them. YOU have roused a giant, wlloin lav-
ing roused, you continue to irritate incesintly:
burin; fifteen years, your injustice has only tended.
to adt to.his energy and power, .which your per-.
severance in 'your tyranny will still increase. He
not only will not lay down his arms, but he will aug7.•
mt•nt his force until he has conquered the libertysor
the,seas, which is his tirst right,. and the patrimony
of all nations. If the afflicting consequences of war'
are protratted, if the Trengh troops continue a huf-.

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• then to the territories which they occupy,
,you are
the cause: All the calamities which oppress'Europe,
pros. ,:d from you alone. These great questicS are
not to be resolved by diplOtnatic-conmon places.--.
you are disposed to make peaCe,
.France,
wil! hr.. ready to tnake it.. Of this y,Ott. 'cannot
.be ignorant ; .you well know it. An anedote ge-
nenhly . known May be quoted in support of this {
assertion : ,when the
,Imperial Guart. set out for Jena,
Nand it was known thai. the Emperor was to join the
army a few day s afterjor.l LAUDE DA LE. asked M.
CHAMPAGNY, whether, if England made peace, the
Emperor NAPOLEON .wotild .CotiseOt 'to stop and
countermand the march 'of bistro ps against Prussia ?
The Emperor replied in the affirmative. With one
word, you could have saved TrUssia.. By prevent-
ing the fall,pf this Power, yonwonld, have main-
tained on the .Elbe that barrier -so necessary. to your
dtarest interests, ,the re-establishment of ',Adtich in
future is impossible. •
But while Itte alledged.rejeainn of the, Empe-
" ror of Russia's mediation, between Great' Britain
" and France, is stated.as.a just ground of his
rial Majesty's resentment his Majesty's rerest
" of that mediation, for the re-establisluow „of
" peace between Great. Britain and Denmark:, 1,5170'
fir presented
,as an insult, Which. it
.was beyond the
. " bounds of his Imperial Majesty's Moderation to
endure." (tO.) , N . •
• (to), The E iiperor of Russia MUSt'neeissarily.lie
offended_at the comrianniCation that. Mr. 'Ca-tivNO.
made to Mr, Rylna (M. Rut), and in which the
gngl" Minister declares liiinSelf certain that RusSia
Would guarantee Denmark frOni the just resentnuAit
of France, if, after having suffered its dependence
to be violated, and its Fleet ,io be carried,.away, Den.
mark should constitute.itself into a Briti,h Piovince.
This, fahieb'ood had no etfea but to irritate the Prince.
Royal : it could not impose upon' any body. Eng-
land wished Russia to guaranige Denim:FL trona, the
resentment of France, at the time when she de-
clared thashe offered violence ui Denmark only. to
guarantee herself' from the secret engagements con-
trthed 41111,4 by the Emperor of Russia.. It is
really bard to, detarthine.which is the most remark-
able in instance,thi the' bad reasoning or the itn-
s .
Morality of the Cabinet of Loudon. •

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• Bot until the liussian Declaration was publish-
.
" ed, Ili. Majesty hael no season to suspe& that
" any, opiniens which the Emperor of Russia Might,
" entertain of the tratispetions at Copenhagen„could
" be such as to peeelude his Imperial Majesty from
," undertaking, at the. request of Great Britain, 'that
• same .office of Mediator, whiCh he had assumed
" with. so Mach alaerity on the 'part of France., Nor
• can his Majesty, forget that the first symptoms of
" reviving confidence, since the Peace, of Tilsit, the
" only prospe& of success in the endeavonrs of his
" Majesty's Ambassador to restore the ancient and
" good understanding. between Great Britain and
" Russia, appeared when the inteltigence of, the
" siege.of Copenhagen had been recently receiYedi
. PetersburglL!' (If.)
(1 1) If the EMperor of Russia has shewn'Eng-
• land the first symptoms of reviving confidence atter.
the Peace of Tilsit, it is not consequently true that
lie has concluded at Tilsit secret arrangements
which Placeo hiln at enmity with England. If those
demonstrations have taken place at the moment
'whets
. the investment of 'Copenhagen was known
at St.. Petersburgh, it was not because the EmpeNr
of Russia felt:no resentment-;it was because 14 felt
• some hopes of softening the ferocity of England by
gentlemeasmes ;, it was becausehe wished tointer-
fere to save his unfortunate Ally ; it ,Was because,
. ignorant of the causes of the Expedition to Copen-
hagen, knowing ihat he had nivei i no pretence for it
directly or iodirectly; he was able to persuade him-
self for some time that England had some reasons to
indece her to take so important a step. He was,
however, better informed by the cominenications'of
the, Prince Royal, by the communications of England
herself, by the Nlanifesto of the English General,
which explained the Odious pretensions of his Go-
vernment ; and_ then he demanded that the attack
on Copenhagen should cease. England answered
him by. setting Copenhagen in flames, and carrying
away tle Fleet. .
After this operation, the most fatal fot England
, of all the enterprizes which she has ever undertaken,
• Only two courses to pursue t either to non-
- thine to occupy' Copenhagen, and that she thirst not
'do- or to evacuate Copenbageit4. the consequence of
Which she knew would be, that the Sound would be
for ever shut 'against her. She then had the mean-
ness to have recourse to the mediation of Russia.
She.laid open her charaaer ; she thought she could
impose upon. the Emperor ALEXANDER but she
Could obtain nothing by a proceeding rendered odi-
ens by this very opinion. Russia replied to her
with the silence 'of contempt, ani by fortifying
Cronstadt and her coasts'. This proCeeding of Eng-
land, then, prove 'one thing, :namely, that she did
not think that, Russia' had formed secret engage-
ments at Tilait, contrary to her 'interests. This
'truth, established in so .many ways in these notes,
overturns all the scatfolding of the English Manifesto.
" of the Baltic .Sda, and the
"'reciprocal guarantees Of the Powers that bttoflr
" upessit, guarantees said IQ have been corm-at-tett
." with the knowledge of the British Government,
" are stated es aggravations Orfila Majesty's proceed-
" irigs in the Bah no Baltic. li.cant :beltitended'tO, ,
re-
, time. " present his Majesty as' haYing at any me
tsced in the principles upon which the inviolabi.

lity
of the .Baltic is maintained; tiowever his
Majesty may at, partictiliE periods have forborne,
" for. special reasons influencing his conduct at the
" time, to act in contradi&ion to them. Such for-
" bearance never could have applied but to a state
of peke and real' neutrality in, the North; and
" his-Majesty most assuredly could not be expelled
f'. to recur to it, after France has been suffered to
" establish herself in undisputed Sovereignty along
" the whole.coast of the Baltic Sea, from Dantzic
to Lubec." (12.)- -
t 2.) Why should not-England consent to the in-
violability of the Baltic ?: If it be not an inclosed sea,
Why do the English vessels pay toll at Elsineur ?

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" Nor can his Majesty conceive that, in proposing
"•to the Prince Royal terms of peace, such as the
" 'most successful-war on the part of Denmark could
hardly have been expected to extort from Great
" Britain, his'Majesty rendered himself liable to the •
"imputation, either of exasperating the- resentment,
"'or 'of outraging the dignity, of Denni-ark.". (13.)
'(t3.) Europe will judge whether these conditions
are; such its Denmark :could hardly obtain by the
most successful war: England required,
• I.' That the Danish, Navy should be given up to
hur in deposit till peace.
-2:: That the just indignation produced by the•at
tack upon Copenhagen should give way to friendly
sentiments towards.'Englanch • •
•3.•• That the Danish anny.shotlld take part against
France, and carryon the' war for 'England. •
'We should add to all the advantages offered by'
these fine terms granted by 'England, the•loviofithe
Danish possessions in Germany, w bleb France
would have icizeci, and iipon which territories she:
would have beaten the-English, if she allowed them .
to -land there. .
We should in vain look' for the traces of any cal;
culation, for any appearance of reason in such argu-
Ments. The fat is, that the British Councils 'are
guided by precipitation and ignorance, and that' in
what the Government says, does, or intends,• no ob-
jed, view, or motive, can he discovered: • • •

Majesty has'thus replied to all the &ire-
" 'rent accusations by which the :Russian Govern-
ment labours to•jnstify the rupture of a -cam-
-- oexion which has subsisted for ages', with recipro-
cal advantage to'Great Britain and Russia, and 'at-
• tempts to disguiSe the Operation of that external
influence by which nu.ssia is driven 'into' unjust
hostilities, for- interests not heroWe.', :(t4.) '
(14.) So that Russia has no interest in going, to
war with England ;:for the iotereste-of commerce
and navigation concern not the Russians. They have
nb iti•Nrest in the indzpentrence of theßalti4for
an Order' of the •Englith Ciaincil, has ,stripped the
Baltic of its independence,'-and anotherA)rderof
the same Council inight decide that they. had! no in-
terest in the navigation of the Neva. The.objett.; !
which all the Powers propose to themselves;themselves;in re-
establishing the liberty of the seas,' and restoring,'
peace to Europe, is an, .objeat foreign to Russia.
Russia, for the last hundred years, has-derived such
advantages fronF her cOtineetion with England, that •
site has noshing further to, wish for. These greatt
advantages consist in' a Treaty of Commerce; which
has fettered and ruined the industry'and commerlin
of Russia ; but since this Treaty has.eminently con-
tributed to the prosperity of 'England, whiff signifis
it if it has all thejetfeas upon Russia of a perpetual
frost.
" The term nation del& war with Denthark has
" been so anxiously sought by his Majesty;' thatiit
" cannot be necessary : for hie Majesty to renew any
" professions 'upon that • snbjed'. But his Majen
"is at a-loss to reconcile the Emperor otAlussta's
s• present anxiety, for the,conwletion of suelLan ar
rangement with his Imperial Majeaty's .recent
" refusal to contribute his good offices for effeaing
" (is.)
• (t 5.) His Britannic Majesty laboUrs here under a
great embarrassment, and his Council 44 not fruitful .
iivexeedients. France, Austria, Russia, require that
the Danish Fleet should be restored ; that reparation'
,should. be made to the Prince Royal ; that the. Eng-.
'fish people, following the example of the. Romans
upon a similar oecasion,. should surrender into the
hands of the Prince Royal the person whO advised
the Expedition against Copenhagen ; that the houses
destroyed in that' city should be rebuilt at the ex-
pence of England, and finally that his'Britannic Ma-
jesty should disavow the outtage offered to all'So-
veteigns. This is Or distant from the proposalamade
*Jay England.
The requisition of his Imperial Majesty for the
immediate conclusion,. by his Majesty, of a Peace
'4 'with France, is as extraordinary in the substance,
-as it is' offensive in the manner. His Majesty
has at ne time declined to treat with France, when
France' has professed a willingness to treat. on
" 'an admissible basis. And the Emperor of Rus-
" sia cannot fail to remember' that the last Nego-
" tiation between ,Great Britain and France was
" broken otf upon points immediately affeaing,
" not his Majesty's own interests, but those of his
" Imperial Ally. But his Majesty neither on-
" derstands, nor will he admit the pretension of
" the Emperor of Russia, to dilate the time, or
the mode, of his Majesty's pacific Negotiations
" with other Powers. It never will be endured
" by his Majelly that any Government aliail, in-
" damnify itself for the humiliation of snbservi-
" ency to France, by the adoption of au insulting
" and peremptory tone towards Great Britain."(l6)
(16.) When a person endeavour's to support a
cause which has neither truth nor justice in it, he
should do it with ability, and there.ia-pu ability
played in the remarkable assertion comained in the
following paragraph : :" The last Negociatiou be-
tween .France and England was broken off:upon
,points immediately affecting, not his Majesty's,own
'interests, but those of his Imperial People
of Europe, hear this. It, was not France which op-
posed pence; it was'not..the important interests ,of
England which,prevented it; it was Russia alone
• which then threw obstacles in the way. Well 'then,
when this obstacle no longer exists, 'why does Eng-
land object to peace ? Why does she, in place Of ne-
gociating, -.ask upon ,what basis, France is :swilling to
treat ? Why does she violate the flag of every native ?
Why does. she Maintain the whole world to that
state of irritation and violence which oppresses all
atiatiens; and isatburthen to all Sovereigns.? ..Every,
Englishman sheuld blush at being governed:by suoh'
Bien. . . . ''T

We. shall make no observations upon the sentence
which concludes this paragraph. Insulting languagv_
from 'one Sovereign to another. is,Klegrading on!y to

will despise the insult of England, but the Russian
nation will not forget it. What the Manifesto would
have lost by the suppression of this phrase and many
Others is not pgrceived. France and Russia have the
'highest-esteem tor each other. Their union is the
despair ot,Eogland,,and it will be fatal' to her. The
expedition against Copenhagen should not have bees
undertaken. Negotiations should have been

opened for peace, somuch the more easy to be con-
cluded, as, according to the Engli'sh Miin " it

was only broken off upon points immediately affect-
ing thelinterests of his 4nperial Majesty?! _

"- His Majesty proclaims anew iliose principles
" of Maritime Law, against which theActued Neu-
" 7trality, under the.auvices of the Empressi.:AT it A
tuag..was originally directed ; and. against which
‘ Abe Tiresent .hostilities of 'Russia are denounced.
" -Thos& principles :have been recognised and- tided-
upon iil the:best pernads of the history. of Europe;
"-and aced uiion by no. PoWer with more strianess
cc:end:severity:than by, Russia herself in the reign of
ILmpribis CAT ti A kti • Those principles it is
"-the right and: the dutylif this •Majesty to main-
‘-tain ;, and against every Confederacy his Majesty
" determined, under the blessingof Divine Pro-
" -videnat, .to maintain them. They-have at all
- times .contribtfted es,ientially, to. th e support of the
,Maritinie Power of Great Britain." (t
(►7.4 y That which has .maintained the ;maritime
power of England has ,not been tyrannical. principles
or..:maxims, but the .policy, the energy, • the good

sense‘-'end the prudent condua. of: pruiancesiuri
it kettle divisions which they have oftem,had.the ad-

;tress to scatter on the ,That which will

esseiititilly cOntribute to. its,destructionis the thought-
esiness; precipitancy, viol‘!nce, .ano.silly arrogance
Of their buccesiuri. The Enweror of Russia wishes
tor .ti.'maritilnit peace. Austria,l47rancev:and 'Spain
participate in, these sent itnents.- You have declared,
that the Negotiation with France Was unly, broken.

off upon points affeeting the interests of Russia.'
'herefore then, we again At', ,do you
~cominue
warY VOy, it Is not vt'tsli for
• •
It IS because you do not wish for iieaCe;that yo*"
raise Useless questions. Frances, Ati4triA; Spain, Hot-7
land, Naples, say, as' well as the 17r*40 of Russia,
that they `` proclaim anew the-principle4lof the armed
neutrality." ..Those‘pd.wei4 have doubtless 'the right
to det-laro. the principles whicji arc to.l e the rule' of
th"6ir they the right to say on what con-
ditions it boxotiies thsein to he'your enemies, 'or neu-
tral. You, you rod 'en ..stie the principles of tour
laws. '\Well thou ! this Opposition'of prin-
ciplo will not bean impeli nets t t re-ectablishront
of peace:' They have n neither sideany effe& dining
peace ; th 4 have no application, except'Whert you
are' at War with a maritime power but in that case
each Govertiment isas the right and power to t °fist-
det the •flrit. 'vii.lation of its flag as an at ochosti-
lity. The' circuniCtances in which 'you swill 'then
find' Vourselve4:. will determine your condua then.
If is 'With FranCe that yotrare: at war; you will
not juq,e' her .a.powersutficiently feeble to render
it inditterent. to you 'whether you draW other clic-
mies upon' yOU; and you will sisetv some considera-
i tion for the rest of Europe. You did riot venture
to insult the tiagsitif ,every Power, till 'you had the
address to arm all she COntinent against France.' It

was then your maritime principles were changed ;
and they' became More"hnjuse and more violent, in
proportion as your Continental, conneMions became
more contracted, 'yoor MliesAnaintsined with
Jnore 'difficulty the struggle, in. which you had en-
gaged them. it 'was thus ,that when iitl9llll was
obliged'to colled'all her force against the French iri
Poland; you violated her flair, 'and refused her, in
respell 'to her Contuneretal TrOty, concessions:
which you showed yourselVes,divosed to •grant when
she Wd- no kruer aiiy enethies • to. coinbat. The
`Poweri of, the Contiimit, 6. in prOCiziailli lig anew the,
principles.of the artno.i nitr,;.l!y," do out an:toting:e .
the mtdtims tZpoii Which they purpose to act in ' the
next 'Maritime War. ' Yno,;Catinot prevent their di-
reCiing their policy astbey understand it ; they ex-
ercise in' this the ri!lit whieliappertains to all Go-
veromenti, and to the- utsnrpation of which they
would have nothing to e. oppo, but the iillinat Riau
reittine: On your'part, you proclaim " the princi-
pres of your maritime 'laWs," that is, the maxims
which you wiil ertiploy in your next war. The Con-
tinent has no interest in demanding from you either
declarations or renunciations. Declarations would
have no eifetit, tram t 6J:110c you might think you
could forget them wittLimoonlty. Jtenunciations are. •
without an object, since .w 4.1 cannot renounce what we
do not possess. If we judge of wttat you will do by what
you have hitherto done,. we-may conclude that you
will not:requite froM the Powers of the Continent
either dielaration'or eentuiciatii ; and .as they will
demand none from you, th;.trk:! is hence no question
to discuss, no diffiCulty-ta'resOfve there is. nothing
which can retard for a. day the blessings of peace.
If,.however, yon should
.raise' the strange and novel
pretension of imposing tipon,France, and the other
Powers 'of the Contineilt, by an aet of your will alone,
the • obligation of subscribing io your maritime laWs,
this is as if yOu were to Nquii.e.that. the Legislature
and SOvereignty of Russia, Prance, and Spain should
be transported to Landon---a fine prerogative for
your Parliament, it Would he the same as if you
werelOproclaitu eve'rlaslitig or as if you were
1 to fix. as the termination of war the moment When
you Should have seized -oh Si.' lieteriburgh, Paris,
Vienna, and Madrid. But if chi, be not the but-
tom of your. sentiment, there is no further obstacle to
peace 't for according to yob!. own expressions, "
gociations were brokeh off oh :points which touch.
ed-imenediately not the interests of his Britannic
Majesty, bUt thoseof his imperial Ally ;" forthe Im-
perial Ally'of his Britannic ,Majesty' has infOrmed
you 'the peace iat henceforth the principal end of his
wish, , the principal object or .his interest..

9r Er S' U N.

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SOLAM QUIS DICIRE FALIVM •

vitiakv, T.4No4lil' 13, 1609.

Last nighi a /riatiiiln; i4f tk 7th 'reaciVed town,
which contains a very lons co ntnuntary. upon the
British Declaration in answer,to the Ruin Ma-

niteto, We have not root's iirpresent to enter into'

ton°

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ova but notice, that it las less of viole it invective
against this country than we have btee ► at custome.l

to find in thecolumos of.the Miniteur.

The Salcette Frigate arrived yesti,rday at St.
ITelep'* with Dispatches from India. Lord WIL.,
LIAM.BENTINCIC came passenger in this Vessel.

Mr. SANSOSI, the Chairman of Committee of
American Merchants, yesterliy waited upon the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, to know whether li-
cences would be' granted fOr the proteCtion of par-,
goes destined for America. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer said, he saw no occasion for such licen..ec;
as we were not at war with America; but %edict
not think there could be any objediou to grant them,
to satisfy those why might think it necessary to ap-
ply for them.

Fr is stated in that the B ink of
England had offered to len I Guvcantnont Ten Mil-
lions, for one year,without interest, and that Govern-
ment had declined the offer, as not being adequate
to their expectitioni. NVe have moon to be.
lieve that the above statement is inacetwate.

WE are happy to announce the safe arrival at Pots
mouth of Adtnirat MuunAY, with the Polyphemus
and Africa, and the. Transports from Cork.

The Dispatches brought to Prince STA n Ementtc ,
by the. Austrian Messenger NEtimAx.,Og, were yes-
terday, ,cointuunicated .to jiii IVl:ljestyt.s Ministeri,

and it Wai generally believed that the Prince imme-
diately after applied for pas:yoits, fur the purpose of
leaving this Country.

Yesterday the Clux,El4, the Doke of CAIVIBRIDOIi
Prineelises.A.tiousTA-, ELI Z ETU, MARY, and AME-
LIA, honaured Lad); CTIMILOTTE witha

at, her apartments, in St. James's Palace.
Yesterday the I.)oke of Cu Nisetti.A.ND .and .PrincOss
CHARLOTTA of WA Las,dined with their MAJESTIBC
and the Paisci,,ssr.r. ,;, .

On Wednesday, and last evening, their
TIES had Seledt parties to. tea. and cards.
Mr..CLIV.e (of Herefordshire), with his family, ,
set out on Wednesday morning, tiotn.his house in
WiMpoluestreet, on his return to France, axe pri-•',
Boner on his parole of honour; -the prolongation
of his liberty having been refused- by the •Freech
Government. The7Transport B. have granted
him a Flag of Truce for the purpose.
The next Packet from the Leeward Islands is ex-
peeled to bring intelligence that the' Danish Islanes
are in our posses ,ion. Let teraof this ist ult. from
St. Thomas's give a deploranle account of the state
of that Island., fur .want of provisions.
On Wednesday last their Royal Highnesset. the
Dukes -of KENT, CUMBERLAND and Caterierooe,
favoured the. Han. Geoftoe VILLIERS Va.r.ir.es
with their company to diluter, at Cranbourne
the elegant Villa of that Gentleman, near Wiudior..„
The Earl of Wtrice three Ladies Cony.
wAta.ts,
.Mr.,and .vlrs. Deuxtstoieo, Mr, and Mr..
Cu,xs aod:ln other persons of .rain; andlashion,
were also of the. party.
THE KING of SwiDEN.—A young imatt,-e trt
tine Filesbire, who has resided for sonic years in
Sweden,,and is settied.io that country a, n Arms
in a -let ter- lately• written to his father, says, " The'
i,Queen of. Swimgli fell upon her knees. three times
before the KA en, end besought him:to ass n doox.k.
IP] tit.T t.tticteet irlie di wrQ
thatr ofEicisice ; but he woul.l
e would rather resign the -
Crown of Sweden thae.go from allninee wit i
.Enelxid. The-King of SWEDEN has one of the best''
chareders which a man can .have.. He is . strift in
religion, and Airm in his undertakings.
-.4 t)4 lie has never hati to do with
enter 1111 i deCiarra,
,one of inch a noble as47:Te W ;T AV s 4;;;;.,1.-
rritre, -of Sweden . •
Sir Heriav-VANts .Temesse. has got a horse to
make a tirst-effort for the plate at the ensuing New-
rnerkit*Meeting,- whose speed-is expeCted to prove
sopericir to that t lierubletonien or Diamond, of
sporting celebrity.
---.A.-,,eurions circumstance occurred last night at
Drury-lane Theatre. During the performance of
the Pantomime,- a Gentleman in the Prince's Mx
leaped out upon the Stage, animated, perhaps, with
tbe. desire of -imitating the Clown, or Harlequin ;
but,. 'however well. he might be qualified for per-
-forming either of these charaeters on another ocea-
sion, hacicertainly sacrificed:more freely to cline.
chus than was prudent on a debut. He reeled aL nit
a little, rolled over the lamps,- and having coin.
gulshed the lights, fell into the orchestra with a -
crash which produced a vertunexpeCted and
sant discord.—The galleries cried. encore, end the
new performet retired, covered with oil, after
agreeing to pay for the broken lamps end Cri*llVAias.
Thursday sennight the Tragedy of Dougiet, at,d
the entertainment of "his all a l'-uce, were-per-
formed at Gloucester 'Theatre, by a party of Ama—
teurs, Ter the benefit of the Infirmary.. The-
veipit amounted, to-.g51. Mrs. Lerclizterm per.
formed the part.of Lady „Randolph, Mr;
BuckLe, who attended from Cheltenham, declined
.receiving tho smallest pecuniary remuneration ; end
it was with great relucience Mrs. LITCHFIELD could
be prevailed-upon to accept her travelling expeoces.
The Earkind Countess of BeßKltLiti were present,
and all the fashion of the country.
Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, be•
fore the Right Hon. EDWARD Lord ELLRNI3O Roo oft,
Lor&Citiel -Justice, Btc. in and atter Hilary Term
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