The Sun.
London, England, 1804-08-31 00:00:00

ITROM Tilt FRENCH PAPERS.

The fonowitt ohservatic,nt are inserted in the Official Paper
of the French Government, of the i4th instant, under the
head of Rarisbwr, and are, no doubt, intended to convey to
all the powers of Europe, its sentiments with respect to
the condutt of his SW.EDISI4 MAJZSTY. They are pre-
ceded by three Notes Of that Sovereign, which seem to have
been inserted merely to affinil' the Writer in the Alwriteor
an opportunity of commenting ;upon the conduit of the
KING of SWEDI u, in his quality of a Member of the Ger-
manic Body. The first Note relates to a Proposition made
by that Prince so far back as the month of May, 1801, to
the Diet at .Ratisbon, to erect a Statue to the Archduke
CH s x t4s. The second,,presented in January, complains
of the cOndua of some of the Princes of the Empire, as tend-
ing to trench upon the authority of the Est es a OR, who, by
the Germanic Constitution, was the legitimate Head of it.
The last Note, delivered towards the middle of last May,
refers to the Note previously presented by Russia, and is
. alreadt before the Public.

6, We have. read the strange Declarationi which.
the KING of SWEDEN has addressed to the Diet of
Ratishon
" Nothing could be more striking than the in.
consistency of these steps on the part, of the Swe.
dish Monarch, if the stamp of folly, which is im.
piessed upon them, did not strike still more forcibly.
What I Whilst Poland has
.been divided under
ynur eyei ; whilst .the enfeebled Ottoman Empire
exists. no longer than . the Powers bordering upon
. your States will permit ; whilst France, by shut.
ting her Ports against the Ships of your Nation, can
so. essentially, injure your commerce ; without pro.
vocationwithout any Motive to induce you to it,
you delight in offering-her. daily insults I -
is, When GtIsTAIryS was successful' in the thirty
years-War,. it was with the assistance of France,
.and with that force of genius and inclination whic4
charatierizts all- the measures of
.a great man ;
.Nland was then; respeftable ; Turkey existed in
.all her vigour ; .and Kuaia had nut yet any ex.
istence in Europe.
_ _ _

" But by what right, and with what views, do
you excite the Germanic Body against France ?
When Germany was eng.aged• in a disastrous War,
through the instigation of Sweden, you were the
fist to make your Peace, and you sent Ainbassa.
dots• to. reside at Paris. During every crisis the
Germanic Body heard nothing of you ; but Pe'tce
was hardly ciincluded, when you resolved to strew
that you were still in being, and you demanded that
a Statue t:liould he erected to PtiOCC CHARLES.
". This Prince has acquired glory, and the esteem
of Germany. France is the first to acknowledge
it. Hut is it with your Troops that he has acquired
it ? If you arc a Member of the EMpire, why did
you not succour it with your Army? If you are
tune of the Guarantees of die Treaty of Westphalia,
why did you make your Peace before the German
Empire made theirs ? .
c, Flow does it happen, that you are the only
pawer that does not feel how disagreeable your pro-
ceedings at Ratisbon are, even to the Germanic
Body itself ? whilst you sell your Cities, you en.
gage in a 'fantastic discussion of concerns in Ger.
many whilst you, hospitality at Baden,' you
insult your Father,in.law.• There has not been a
day .of your residence at Carlsruhe, in which you
have not given' just, cause of complaint to that
Prince. At last, 'doting your abode with-your
Btother.in.taw, the Eledor of BAVARIA, you sign
and date from' Munich, a Note, contrary to his in.
teiest, This Prince was then weakened by the,
War ;,he was surrounded by Armies; he was 'on
the point of keing Invaded ; he .would have wanted
your assistance, if your arm could have given him
any ; Ind it is at that motnent, and 'in the very
heart of his Capital, that you write against him I
", You are yet young ; but when you shall have
attained the age of maturity, if you read the Notes
which you issue as ;Intrpaptais when travelling post,
you will surely repent of not having followed the
advice of your experienced and faithful Ministers :
you will then do that, which you always
.ouglia to
have done ; you will regard only tfie welfare of
your Subjects, and theiooil of your Country ; what
it has done for you and for your ancestors, requites'
that you should not sacrifice its interests to vain aid
irregular passions. You will attempt no more than
you can perform ; anti you will
.not drive the Ger-
manic Body into a War, to the success of, which you
could contribute nothing ; and in which your Father.
in.law and Brother.in-low, would probably make 'a
common cause with France. . , •
' ". And then, it the interest of the Baltic induces
you. to unite with Denmark, you will feel that this
interest is truly yours ; that it is conneled with
the safety of your States, wii!i the dignity of your
Crown, and the glory of your Nation, You would.
;have' taken Your precautions so as not to have left'
your Coast unprotected, or to have suffeted an Elie.,
My's Fleet to pass with impunity, within halt
cannon shot from your shores, to bombard Copen-
hagen. It is nut by.such trophies that your.ancestors
'acquired glory,' and adorned the page of Iliatory.
In short, you will not make, from; the inducement
Of a:pitiful subsidy, what no nation of- Europe'lras
yet made, a Treaty so unworthy of your rank, as to
,be. nearly tantamount to an abdication of your So.
vcreignty.
:" We really think, that if you read this advice,
it will be lost upon you ; but we believe-, at the
same time, that you will not receive any other lesson
from France.. Sue is very indifferent to- all yout
`steps;
iodeed, she does not call you to account for
your conduti,. because she cannot confound a loyal
and , brave nation, and a people, who,' being her
faithful Allies for centuries, vvere•justly,called the
French of the North ; nay, she does not confound
them, with a young man led astray by false notions,
and unenlightened by refleetion::
"• Your Countrymen will be always well treated
by France ;:,your Merchant Ships will he well re-
ceived by her; even your Squadrons, if they are
iii want, will be. victualled' in ports ; she will see
in your Flags none but thefEnsigns ot pusTavus,
who reigned before you ; the fire of your
,passion 001.14 extinguiohed, when you shall have
learnt the true altuation 61 Europe, and, appreciated
your own, France will be always ready to regard
the true interest
our Nation, .and to- shut her
eyes upon what' you have been or what you • shall
. have done."