Star.
London, England, 1808-04-19 00:00:00

" My past, experience of you, Sir, is abundantly
.suffieient to convince me, that in the important cons-
-01111351012 • • with which you are now entrusted, you will Captain GOODALL, whose arrival we have mew.
'Deglect nothing to deserve the confidence of his lm-'1 tioned, has tyrought some Haytian Gazettes, which
' ',penal:Majesty, which has been hitherto so justly re- I state, that the troops of Christophe have obtained con-
posed in you. I have the honour, &c.
, siderable advantages over those of Petion. We have
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(Signed) "The Comte NICHOLAS DE ROMANZOFF. , been favoured with one of the papers printed at the
“ St. Petersburgh, February, 1808. 1 Cage, from which we L.
have translated :he full • -' I%ing
To M. d'Alopeus, at Stockholm." . i 1
al'aC e : - - -
(I) The plan no doubt was to revolutionize Sweden, as had LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE,
been already attempted with Finland. Is it possible that a Sow- STA] tor HAYll.—Order of the Day' February 11.
reign Prince should so far forget what is due to his own charm. i Aftel having performed the lastlutrei undhonours due to rta.
ter, to descend into the gloomy paths of corruption and treachery, remains of the intrepid hl`Culloch, and the brave men oho fr:'
these sacred bonds which unite a
in order to destro people to • with him in the field of honour, it is time to announce to th •
y
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their Government ? Such is the example exhibited in an empire the success of the nsaritime forces of th.estAte of Hayti.
composed of ten distinct nations hostile to each other. On the 2d of this month the squadron of the State,. toadeting
(2) It was utterly absurd to suns+ se that there was sufficient of the brig Foudriayant, and L'Avant-Ocrde and Is Province et,
time for the courier togo to Stock' elm, the date of St.. Peters- Nord, which left the 'Cape on the 31st of January, Under th.
burgh being the 17th of February, and hostilities on the frontier command of Rear Admiral Ni•Culloeb, and the Chid of Dieligi
commencing the 2lst. But Count Romanzoff we ought to jus- Antoine Padden, to attack the Constitution 'and the ow, • r:
tify. It is.obvious, that while he was so profoundly engaged In his two galliots belonging to the 'rebels, anchored in the road of • Jvaa
°Meet he was utterlyignorant of what was passing in the War e..ao .......ci, and,
protected by the fort, and several battalions on shore.
Department, probably under the direction of M. de Caullricourt. After an _ amion, which lasted several louse, Ms Constitinise
Was there any One at St. Petersburgh who combined the opera- blew up, and the Guerriere, which had been driven on thore w
. s as
dons of both ? burned by our vessels.
This event, which was prepared with all that wisdom which
constantly distinguish the measures of die President, gives a fatal.
blow to those traitors and infamous rebels who still adhere to the
odious league of Petion. ~ .
'flit loss of the enemy was cAosiderable, and we may mud
this affair as the comrhencement at the destruction of .his, naval
force, which our brave seamen will soon complete.
Thc morning the funeral service for Admiral ',nano* EA •
the seamen who were killed in the action of the 2d, his been oil„
brated in the Cathedral of the Cape, in presence ptitii President,
with all the splendour due to the memory of these intrepid defek-
tiers of legitimate authority and liberty. Our loss was three nun
killed and five wounded, among whom. i 4 61e..caPain of frigate
Bastlen.
Done at the Cape, Feb. 11, 1808, in the All year of in s,
deuce. 111.,,,RAF11.11.,
Brigadier of the Artnj aEiythatiltithe Staff. '
"HENRY CANTON-lE.

ST. DOMIXGO.

No. Y.
• Sra--Some entertain the opinion, that General
Armfeldt, discontented with the treatment he receives
from the King of Sweden, would be, perhaps, dis-
posed to quit altogether the Court of Stockholm. As
in point of fact he is not by birth a Swede, buts na-
tive of Finland, he may perhaps be gained over,
which, in the present situation of affairs, would be of
great importance to us. On this account, before you
quit Sweden, you will see the propriety of sounding
the sentiments of M. Armfeldt. If he should be in-
clined to open with you, you will not neglect to dis-
cuss matters in detail ; an,f, without entering into any
positive obligation, you will confine yourself to the let-
ting him see all the advantages which may most flatter
his ambition. You will greatly oblige me, Sir, by
immediately apprizing me what may be the result of
your proceeding on this subject.(l). Knowing your
experience (2) in. business, I need not observe to you
how essential it is that this kind of negociation should
be carried on in such a manner that you do not corn.
mit yourself, and in this I reckon entirely on your
prudence. I have the•honour to be, &c.
(Signed) "L E COMTE NICOLAS DE ROMANZOFF.
" St. Petersburgh, Feb. S, MS."
(5) The whole of this is the excess of insolence. Baron d'Arns.
feldt may have been impatient of inactivity for a single moment,
at a crisis so dangerous to his country. It is fAse, that he has either
been ill treated or discontented. "Heis no subject of the King,
since he is a native of Swedish Finland!" What an inference,
even before the wit! "To gain hird over will be an important
acquisition—flatter his ambition!" Such is the language. You,
Springporten, Knorring, Hazelstromjraitors of every description,
now speak ;—Was it ever is the power of the Emperor to allevi-
ate your remorse by offices and emoluments ? could these protect
you from the contempt and execration of every honest man,
-even In- Ras* itself 1
(2) It it ibis very experience that justifies the measuiesfif the
King with regird to M. Alopeus. - .1 •
No. VI is a formal letter from Count .Romanzoff,
dated the sth of February, accompanying the Russian
Declaration. It contains no statement in substance
different from those already given. On a pacsage,
where the Count again speaks of the guarantee of the
Baltic, it is observed—
" In all these pieces " **guarantee of the Baltic" has no mean-
ing, unless it be, to eetute-Ctonstadt and Revel from the fate of.
Copenharen. Russia, the ally Of England, is alone to have the
privilege of stinnuonierfleets into the Baltic, without a word
being said of closing the passage ; but no sooner does she quarrel
with England, than she cries out for help to abut it." •
.• •
GOTTENBURGH, APRIt.I. •
The Queen of Sweden, by the request of her sis-
ter, the Empress of Russia, solicited public audi-
ence of the King, which was granted. She knelt
before his Majesty, begging of him to demand a peace
with the French and Russians. His Majesty's answer
was firm and manly; he said, " he would defend.
himself to the last extremity." If we have the good
fortune to be assisted by England with troops, to
have no doubt of being able to defend ourselves
against the Russians:: We have received advice,
through the Portuguese • Minister, that twenty-five
thousiuid French, and 8000 Spanish troops, are in
Holstein, but not one of them has yet arrived in Zea-
land. A Danish 74 gun ship was taken in the mouth
of the Belt. The English have taken two small
islands in the Baltic, by which means all communi-
cation with Zealand and the Continent is cut off.—
The Swedes arc blockading the Prussian ports. It is
also said that 'a scarcity of provisions prevails in Zea,
land, and that one pound of meat is at the price of
half a dollar Swedish money. The Danes have been
obliged to embark 8000 men in Zealand, and land
them in Holstein, on account of the scarcity in that
island, which must he increased by the English keep-
ing strict blockade.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, AP/tit 19.
EArrita-TuisoAir.--Holitlay at all the Public Offlcoi except
•the Customs.

Among the accounts from Barbadoes, in another
part of this Paper, is a piece of intelligence from
America, mentioning that the Northern States have
openly avowed a determination to separate from the
Union in the event of a war between the two countries,
and to throw themselves on the protection of
We know by private accounts before received that
the Northern States are averse to a rupture with this
country, but whether so decidedly to, that they would
break with their countrymen rather than go to War
with us, we have not had the means of knowing. - It-
is reported that Government haie:received some ad.
vices from America of a description very unfavou.
table to the hopes lately- entertained, of being able to
Inme to an amicable arrangement. Of differences
WA that country. The. Executive of the United
States, it is said; insist-Atpon an acknowledgment of
the..principle of • a perfectly fret neutral commerce.
We have -not• been-lable to ascertain• through what
channel this Intelligence *as receivititi but it may be
admitted as corrcictt mithon'f. tl 0014 being at all .
invalidated thereby,l fOt the . goo-sheen. States have
shewn kstronger attachrue.nt 'to Frei:ail:Politics than
the Northern, ever' since:rtitLlOhutelioetifistissf..the
• Revolution.

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Letters from Greepock. statCtlpt the Brilliant. ;*
MORRISON, arrived here• on Satirilsit -from Hos,
duras, in seven weeks,On the 27tIr-ult: of the
Ca,pes of Virginia, spoke the Euryalus frigoit-which
had come co:Oahe Chesapeake, where the tzti'n*.
gull lying. ang.4l-
- The Euryalus had accomp
Sir JOHN Ducicwourit West. Indies, where she.
left him, and was sent in quest of the Rochefort
Squadron ; but, getting no intelligence in the Chesa-
peake, intended running across to the Banks of New.
foundlarid, and then for England. The Lieutenant
who boarded told Captain MoiuueoN that matters still
remained undecided in America—that two of the lead-
ing Members'of Congress had fought a duel, in which
one was killed ; the survivor's name is CAMPBELL.—
They would pot permit the frigate to water.

The substance of, dispatches found upon the
Russian Courier who was arrested on the 7th ult. in
the Swedish territories, has already been laid before
our Readets. The Swedish Government has since.
published them at Stockholni, in the form of a pam
phlet with notes. The Notes are written with much
point ; and expose, in nervous language, the disho.
nourabje and scandalous Russian project for exciting
sedition and revolt in Sweden.

All the ports of Russia, Prussia, Denmark, and
Norway, bad been directed by the King of Sweden
to be rigorously blockaded, and for this purpose five
Swedish ships of the line and three frigates had sailed
from Carlscrona.

The following are extracts from private letters from
Sweden :

" Our armies being now in motion against Den-
mark and Norway, we are out of danger from inva-
sion and if we are properly and vigorously assisted
by the English, there will be no cause for fear during
the present year. If the English were to make a
diversion on Norway, at or near Christiansand, and
other ports, and to keep Zealand closely blockaded,
both those countries, Norway and Zealand, will be
in want of provisions in the month of June or July
next, and must fall of course. Were it then possible
to maintain those countries during the ensuing win-
ter, the plans of the French would be totally de-
feated, and our two countries might execute theirs
with honour. It is, however, understood, that the
English must use every exertion and endeavour, and.-
that in true earnest. Our army consists of brave,
strong, and healthy men, inhabitants of the country,
who are full of cgurage ; and the nation at rge - are
ready to venture every thing for the defence of their
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