The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-27 00:00:00

111,111,g.

peeelt addressed by his Royal Highness the Prince Royal to
:the King, upon his Majesty's resuming the Government
of the Kingdom, on the 7t of lanuaryt 'Sta.
Slng„
My most ardent wishes have been fulfilled. 'the
re-established health of your Majesty again enables
you to resume the government of the kingdom.
_ I can appeal to your own heatt, to judge of the
delightful emotion mine experiences in replacing in
tll*. hands of your Majesty an authority, the • pro-
longed exercise of which has constantly kept before
the the danger which threatened your days.
Notwithstanding the daily reports which I have
snlnnitted to your Majesty; both respecting the ex-
terior and interior situation of the State, I, never-
theless, consider it my duty to profit by the present
occasion, so important tor me, upon all accounts, to
Present your Majesty hh a rapid sketch of them.
When your Majesty decided upon embracieg. the:
Continental policy, and declaring war against Great
Britain, S*eden had got clear of an unfortunate con-
test ; her wounds were still bleeding ; it was neces-
-BAry for her to make new sacrifices, at a moment
t'ven when she lost one of the principA branches of
her public revenues; the whole of that produced by
the customs being nearly annihilated.
In defiance of the insulated situation of Sweden,
she has performed, for the interest'of the common
cause, all that could be expeaed from a people fait h-
-I.tl 1 to their engagements ; more than two millions
of rix-dollars have been expended in recruiting rite
army, and placing in a,tate of defence the coasts of
our islands, our fortresses, attd fleas= .
I will not dissemble from your Majesty, that our
commerce, has been redUced to a simple coasting
trade from port to port, and has greatly suffered
from this state of war. Privateers, under friendly
nags, agdust which it would have been injutious-
to have adopted measures of sa'ety and piecaution,
have taken advantage, of our confidence in Heaties,
to capture, one after--another, nearly fifty of our
merchantmen ; but at last, Sire, your ficeilla re-
ceived orders to protect the Swedish flag, and the
Just commerce of your• subjects, against piracies
'which could nether be authorised nor avowed by
any Government.
The Danish cruizers have given much cause for
Complaint on our part ; but the evil decreases daily,
and every thing leads Lis to think the lawful cons-
mereet of Sweden will not be any longer disturbed
by them, and that the relations of good neighbour-
londship will be more and more strengthened.
The,cruizers under the French have given at:
ttnlitnited extension to their letters of marque; •the
flitiries which they have done us,have been the ob-
i"tl of our complaints. 'Tile justice and loyally of
f Majesty the Emperor of the French have guatan-
-teed their redress.
The preteetions given by friendly vernmens
'lave been respelled ; and such of their
slips as hate
lOuched open our coasts, lia'Ve been at liberty to
c"tinue their voyage, whatever might be their des-
tination.

About fifty American ships, driven upon our
F.,°asts by successive tempests, have been released.
-fills act of justice, founded upon the rights of na-
tions, has been appreciated by ~the United States :
and appearances pro:nise us, that better uncletstood
relations with their Government will facilitate the
exportation of the numerous piles of iron with which
;41 PULlic places are now filled. •
Political considerations join with the faintly con-
lie6lion which unites your Majest) and the. King of
Prussia, to consolidate the relations of friendship that
subsist between the two Powers. • - ,
The Peace with Russia will not-be troubled : the
treaties by which it is cemented are executed on both
*ides with frankness and good faith.
Our relations with the Austrian Empire are upon
the most amicable footing;' the remembrance of
glory brings the two nations nearer to eacti other;
and your Majesty will neglect nothing which can
contribute to maintain the reciprocity of confilence
and esteem it causes.'
It Spain and Portugal should assume a tranquil
posture, these countries will offer to Swedish coal:
'Tierce, advantages which would guarantee the per-
le6tion of the plans sire has commenced for improv-
ingher- iron mines.

Our intercourse with Southern America has en-
tirely ceased ; civil war ravages these fine and un-
fortunate countries. When they have a regular ad-
.olinistration, the produce of the kingdom will find
au advantageous vent there.
The maritime war has interrupted our commer-
cial relations with Turkey; but nothing which in-
terests that ancient friend of Sweden can be indif-
ferent to your Majesty.
Sire ! Such are the exterior relations of Sweden ;
Justice and loyalty towards all nations have been the
Political guides of your Majesty.
The army and the finances,—these two principal
guarantees of a State,—have, above all, been the ob-
Jeas of my constant solicitude.
• A wise. economy has governed the expenditure of
the funds destined for the armaments which the
state of war rendered necessary. This war hay-
'og great influence upon the exportation of Swedish
ProduCtions, • upon the general proceedings of
trade; and the _ imaginations of merchants, had
caused the course of exchange to rise to an ex-
orbitant height. I particularly-directed my attention
to stop this scourge of States ; which having mica
''broken its dykes, no bounds can be placed to its
ravages in repressing, on the one side; stock-job-
-
6 ; in carrying into execution the ancient laws
against the unlawfUl exportation of gold and silver;
•in imposing a duty of. transit upon the conveyance
0f ingots from foreign countries, passing through
Sweden; in endeavouring to bring back the nation
•to the principles of economy which distinguished
their ancestors. On the other side, 1 have endea•
Vo3red to give aCtivity to the interior industry and
Jaw 411 tommerce of Sweden.
I five had the satisfaction of seeing my efforts
.crowned with success; and that the course of ex-
change upon ILimburgh, which, in March last was
at 136 sk. on the 3d of the present January, Was
only 84 sk.
I have taken measures lo render more general
inanutaaure of linen, and the culture of hemp ;
lo proceed adively in the discovery of new soutces for
obtaining salt ; to continue the clearing of the ground
in ,lecartia ; establ:,h a new communication with,
'tnid new market; t4l Ve, wei Wit ; to form CCJIII-
Puny dest:ined to carry on the berriti,,-tiihery in the
Open sea; to prolong our commercial relations with

Vinland ; to carry ink) execution the finanei.al rest).
Itnions of the States of the Kingdom; to give to
the direction of inagazine, to those of the cus-
toms, and to the isLind of St. Bartholomew, a fresh
organization.
The harvest not having proved a good one, I have
adopted means to prevent a scarcity, 'by causing
corn to be imported from foreign countries ; but in
order to prevent such importation influencing the
exchange, salt must be exported for grain so re-
ceived. This exchange will be efieled with so
much the more facilit), ai there yet exists a suffi-
cient provision of salt in the country for two years'
consumption._ _ . _

I have with grief observed the . immoderate use
and Manufacture of brandy, by which the general
interests are sacrificed to individual ones, corrupt the
nation; and will sooner 'or later inevitably cause a
scarcity. I have only employed exhortations on this
subject, which I have colleted from the paternal
sentiments of your Majesty ; and I leave it to other
times, and to the judgment of the States, to [mit an
end to an evil which, every body acknowledges,
continues increasing.

I have paid particular attention to the state and
organization of the hospitals, to the religious esta-
blishinents, and to the means of preventing, or at
least-of relieving, the condition of mendicity.
The interior police and agriculture have not been
lost sight of; and a central ACademy of Agriculture
will shot tly be established, for the purpose of giving
an itnuulse and an encouragement to the public eco-
no-ny, arid to scientific knowledge, which will Con-
tribute to insure the prosperity 01 ;he State.

The works of the canal of God)land, that grand
monument of your Majesty's reign, have been car-
ried on -with great aetivity.- Those of the canal
of Sodertelje, stopped by obstacles which the
zealous efforts of the Direelors have not been able
to surniount, have again recommenced with more
rapid st t ides. • -
I have carried into execution the solemn resolution
of the States of the kingdom, sandioned by your
Majesty, regarding the national armament ; but,
careful not to deprive agriculture- of anymore arms
than are indispedsably necessary for the defence of
our country, I have merely ordered a.-levy of 15,000
men, exclusive of the 50,000 which the States had
placed at your Majesty's disposal. The .most direful
errors were carried even into Sahonen, -where vio-
lence and a public rebellion threatened for a moment
to oppose the execution of the measures ordained.—
Already did our enemies, or. such as are envious of
our repose, begin to rejoice at our intestine dis-en-
sions; but these were soon suppressed by the united
force of the army and the laws; and ,were succeed-
ed by the return of national sentiment, and obedi-
ence to their duty. Tee vacancies in the new en-.
rolment, and in the national armament, are almost
entirely filled up ; and every measure has. been
taken to render them
.useful in this employ, ,The
regular army has been recruited, as is also the whole
of the reserve new clothed, and supplied with well .
conditioned arms, of which sufficient quantities are •
found in the magazines ; and the foundries for
arms have obtained a renewed activity. The making
of gunpowder and saltpetre has been extended and
improved, and the artillery put into a respectable
condition.'
The pensions granted to Officers and soldiers
wounded durhg-the war have been either confirm-
ed or augmented. The accounts of the expences of
the late war have been .accelerated; and such mea-
snres as -have-been - successively adopted, had no
other object in view than to render the troops ser-
viceable, and to supply them with- the necessaries
requisite.
Your Majesty will deign to perceive by this state-
ment, that not withstandingall that the detractors of
Sweden have insinuated' oe this head, as that it
would take sixty years to organize an army of 60,000
men ; yet this will be appareet in the month of
April next, both to the friends and enemies of your
Majesty.- The intent of this augmentation of our
military lorce, is merely defensive. Without any
other ambition than that et preserving her liberty
and laws, Sweden will have- the means of defend-
ing herself, and she can do it. Bounded by the
sea on one side, and on the other by inaccessible.
mountains, it is not soley on the courage of her
inhabitants, nor in the remembrance of her former
glory,, that she has to seek for the security of her
independence ; it is rather to be found in her local
situation,' in her mountains, her forests, in her
lakes, and in her frosts. Let her therefore profit
by these united advantages ; and let her inhabitants
be thoroughly persuaded of this truth, that it iron,
the produce of their. mountains, cultivates
.their
farms, by ploughing up their fields, that it is like-
wise iron alone, and the firm determinatiou of mak,
ing use of it, that can defend them.
I have been seconded in my efforts :by the good
spirit prevalent in the - army,- and by the zeal and
abilities of the public fundionaries
The Magistracy has maintained its ancient
,repu-
tation; it has painful duties to fulfil,. but this has
procured it a fresh claim to the general esteem.
The different departments of the Chancery of
State have rivalled each other in giving the quickest
dispatch, compatible with the formalities required
by our laws and customs, to all businesS which has
come under their cognizance.
The Secretary of Stare's' department for Church
affairs has, since the 17th of March, expedited nearly
600 causes; that of the Inter tor 952 ; that of Fi-
nance and Commerce, 1653 ; and the War depart-
ment, 2535. The causes in which final decision
has not yet been given, and which are confined to
a very -moderate number in each department, ie
r comparison to the extent coining under their set e-
ral denominations, are either of such a nature as to
require your Majesty's decision, or io be again •
brought forward !or filial determination.
Should your Majesty deign 'to recogniie in the
sketch . which I hove laid befOre you, the desire
whiCh has actuated 'me to deserve the high eonfi •
dence you have shewn towards we, this would
prove, next to the joy I feel-on your Majesty's re-
establishment, the most pleasing recompence,fer all
my pains. May Heaven, in accordance with my'
prayers, lengthen your Majesty's days ; and that
Sweden, .protected by your virtues, Sire, may find
an imperishable guarantee fur her future destiny,
-in the absolute devotion which my heart has vowed
to your Majesty; in the respectful attachment of
my son ; in the sanctity of the laws of the State
in the uprightness of
,the public fun6lionaries ; • and
in the union, the courage, and the patriutisin of all
Swedes !

With the most sincere sentiments of attachment,
And with the most profound respell, I am, Sire,
your Abjesty's most humble and faithful subjed;
and good son,

Palaed at Stockholm, Tan. y, 1St!:

CIIARLES JORN.

BERLIN; JAN. 2.—Reports being spread abroad
concerning- private recruiting for an independent
corps having taken place in this city, his Majesty
has deemed it necessary to have a strict inquiry
made into the. tiutter ; from Which it appears, that
an officer in the army had formed an idea of raising
an independent corps in the event of a war breaking
out, if he, could obtain the Royal permission
that purpose ; and that he had not only expressed
such -tnteution, but had also given information to
people out of employ,, in case of war taking place,
to apply to him ; in consecrlence of which, his
Royal Majesty•condemned him foF such offence to
a year's imprisonment in the fortress of Glatt. One
Ofhis friends, who was acquainted with his inten-
tion, but without participating in its execution, has
received orders to retire to his estate, and not quit
it without permission.

The Commissary of Justice, M. Bartels, who had
been advocate for the first mentioned person in se-
veral, law processes, was also arrested at the com-
mencement of the investigation, but released in a
few hours, it appearing be had not the slightest
knowledge of the business.