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London, England, 1808-03-23 00:00:00

DECLARATION OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA

AGAINST SWEDEN.

PBTERSBURGII, FEB. 24.—The following Declara-
tion has been published here :

" Justly indignant at the violence which England
has displayed towards the King of Denmark, the
Emperor of Russia, faithful to his character and to
his system of unceasing care for the interests of his
empire, notified to the King of Great Britain, that he
could not remain insensible of so unjust and unexam-
pled an aggression on a Sovereign connected with
him by the ties of blood and friendship, and who was
the most ancient Ally of Russia.

" His Imperial Majesty informed the King of Swe-
den of this determination by a Note, dated the 24th of
September last, and presented to the Swedish Am-

bassador.

An article of the Treaty concluded in 1783, be-
tween the Empress Catharine and Gustavus 111. and
another in the Treaty of 1800, between the late Em-
peror Paul and the present King of Sweden, contain
the reciprocal and stipulated agreement to maintain
the principle, that the Baltic is a close Sea, with the
guarantee of its coasts against all acts of hostility,. vi-
olence, or vexations whatever ; and further, to em-
ploy for this purpose all the means in the power of
the respective Contracting Parties. His Imperial Ma-
jesty, referring to these treaties, considered himself
not merely authorized, but bound, to call upon the
King of Sweden for his co-operation against England.
44 His Swedish Majesty did not disavow the obli
gations imposed upon him by the treaties referred to,
but refused all co-operation until the French troops
should be removed from the coast, and the ports of
Germany opened to English ships. But the question
here was the checking of these aggressions which
England had commenced, and by which all Europe
was disturbed. The Emperor demanded from the
King of Sweden a co-operation founded on treaties ;
but his Swedish Majesty answered by proposing to
delay the execution of the treaty to another penod,
and by troubling himself with the care of opening the
Dutch ports for England. In a word, of rendering
himself of service to that England, against which
measures of defence ought to have been taken. It
I would be difficult to find a more striking proof of
I partiality on the part of the King of Sweden towards
Great Britain, than this which he has here given.
gg His Imperial Majesty, on the 16th of November,
caused a second Note to be delivered, in which his
Swedish Majesty was informed of the rupture between
Russia and England.

" This Note remained two months unanswered, li
and the answer which was transmitted on the 9th of
January to his Majesty's Ministers, was to the same
purport as the former.

The Emperor is, however, far from regretting
his moderation. He is, on the contrary, well pleased
to recollect, that he has employed every means that
remained to him for bringing back his Swedish Ma-
jesty to the only system of policy which is consistent
with the interests of his States ; but his Imperial Ma-
jesty owes it at last to his people, and to the security
of his dominions, which is to a Sovereign the highest
of all laws, no longer to leave the co-operation of
Russia with Sweden a matter of doubt.

s, Informed that the Cabinet of St. James's, en-
deavouring to terrify Denmark into a concurrence 1
with the interests of England, threatened that Swe-
dish troops should occupy Zealand, and that the pos-
session
of Norway should be guaranteed to the King
of Sweden ; assured also that his Swedish Majesty,
while he left the Russian Note unanswered, was se-
cretly negociating a treaty at London, his Imperial
Majesty perceived that the interests of his empire
would be very ill secured' were he to permit his
neighbour, the King of Sweden, at the commence-
ment of a war between Russia and England, to dis-
guise his well-known sentiments of attachment to
the latter power, under the appearance of a pretended
neutrality. His Imperial Majesty, therefore, cannot
allow the relations of Sweden towards Russia to re-
main longer in a state of uncertainty. He cannot
give his consent to such a neutrality.
~ His Swedish Majesty's intentions being there-
fore no longer doubtful, nothing remained for his
Imperial Majesty but to resort to those means which
PROVIDENCE has placed in his hands, for no other pur-
pose except that of giving protection and safety to his
dominions ; and he has deemed it right to notify this
intention to the King of Sweden, and to all Europe.
64 Having thus acquitted himself of that duty,
which the safety of his dominions requires, his Impe-
rial Majesty is ready to change the measures he is
about to take, to measures of precaution only, if the
King of Sweden will, without delay, join Russia and
Denmark in shutting the Baltic against England until
the conclusion of a maritime peace. He himself in-
vites the King, his Brother-in-law, for the last time,
and with all the feelings of real friendship, no longer
to hesitate in fulfilling his obligations, and in embracmg
the only system of policy which is consistent with the
interests of the Northern Powers. What has Sweden
gained since her King attached himself to England ?
" Nothing could be more painful to his Imperial
Majesty than to see a rupture take place between
Sweden and Russia. But his Swedish Majesty has it
still in his power to prevent this event by, without de-
lay, resolving to adopt that course which can alone
preserve a strict union and perfect harmony between
the two States.
" took at St. Petersburgh, Feb. 10, 1008."
The Swedish Ambassador is still here, and was this
I day present at the ball given at the Court ; but the
march of troops, at the head of which is Prince Papkra.
-lion, continues without interruption towards Finland:

PARIS, MARCH It.
The Conservative Senate has this day held a Meet-
ing, under the Presidency of the Prince Arch-Chan.
cellor. His Highness notified at this Meeting se-
veral Imperial Statutes and Decrees, by which, in
virtue of the Senatus-Consultum of the 18th of Au-
gust, 1806, various titles of Princes, Dukes, Counts,
Barons, and Knights of the French Empire have
been decreed. All the great Dignitaries of the Em-
pire have been raised to the rank of Princes, and their
eldest sons are to be entitled Dukes. The Ministers,
Senators, and Counsellors of State, are to retain
for their life, as well as the President of the Legis-
lative Body, the rank of Counts. The first President
and the Imperial Procurateur at the Court of Cas-
sation, the first President and the Imperial Procu-
rateur at the Chamber of Accounts, are Barons.
The same title is given to the first Presidents and
Imperial Procurateurs of the Court of Appeal, but
not till they shall have filled their offices tea years,
and the Emperor shall have issued an express decree
for that purpose. In like manner, after three years
service, the Presidents of the Departmental Electoral
Assemblies, and the Mayors of 37 great towns, who
were present at the Emperor's Coronation, partake of
the rank of Barons. The Members of the Depart-
mental Electoral Assemblies, who possess an income
of 15,000 francs, may be created Barons by an ex-
press decree of the Emperor. All the Members of
the Legion of Honour are to assume the title of
Knights (Chevaliers.) The Emperor reserves to
himself the raising by special decrees, to the rank of
Dukes, Counts, and Barons, those of his Generals,
and other of his Military and Civil Officers as he shall
deem worthy of this honour. Other Imperial decrees
determine in what manner these titles may pass over
to the eldest branches of the families. This new
Nobility confers nothing but honour, and gives no
right or privilege before the law.
In the Mediterranean, an incident occurred, which
adds to the offences Great Britain has committed
against Russia. A Russian vessel, on board of which
were the Members of the last Government of the
lonian Republic, was lately captured by English
cruizers. The crew and passengers were sent to
Malta, and treated as prisoners of war. The latest
intelligence from St. Petersburgh informs us, that the
Emperor of Russia purposes to consider all the Eng-
lish subjects who are in his States, as hostages, res-
ponsible for the freedom and safety of the persons
who have been taken in the aforesaid vessel.
His Serene Highness the Prince of Neufchatel was
yesterday married to the Princess Maria Elizabeth,
daughter of Duke William of Bavaria.
M. Blanche, Secretary of the French embassy to
the Porte, who was last year sent on a mission to the
King of Persia, was attacked and plundered at the
&stance of 30 days journey from Constantinople, and
was in danger of losing his life.
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