Star.
London, England, 1819-05-21 00:00:00

AF7PAIRS OF StftEDIV:

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some embroidery after their own taste.
The Princes of the House of Vasa have never taken
any steps towards reclaiming their right to the Crown
of Sweden sirfce the Congress of Vienna. When,
about a year since, the young Prince Gustavus being
of age, his father King Gustavus LV. required of hint
whether he acceded to the abdication• which he the
King had made of every pretension to the Crown of
his ancestors ? the young Prince declared solemnly,
" That he did not accede to it, and never would."
Gustavus IV. then wrote to the present King of
Sweden, Charles John, that, faithful to his'nord,
never to attempt the recovery of the Crown which he
bad abdicated, he thought himself bound franklyto
' inform him of the refusal of the young Prince to ac'
-cede to the abdication. King Charles John replied,
that he appreciated as he ought to do this honour-
ableproceeding on the part of Gustavus IV. but that
he;did not feel any necessity of an abdication by the
young Prince Gustavus inasmuch as he, Charles John,
had been recognized by the States General of the
Kingdom, and by all the Powers of Europe.
'3Ve are assured that on this occasion, or even pre-
viously, the present King of Sweden declared to the
Emperor of Russia and the English Government,
'that " not having had any ambition to obtain the
Crown of Sweden, and having accepted it merely on
the instance of the Four Orders of the Realm, he was
ready to make a sacrifiCent it to the interests of the
nation, if ever the States General of Sweden and the
Diet of -Norway expressed their wishes to that effect,
and freed him from the oaths that bind him to the
two Kingdoms."
On the cession of Norway to Sweden, this latter
Power engaged, by the treaty of Kiel, to undertake
a certain portion of the . debts of Denmark. The
amount of these debts appeared eventually to be
greater thanwas at first understood, and Sweden has
resisted payment on the ground that Denmark has
not exactly fulfilled the conditions of the Treaty, and.
that the Norwegians, in resisting the union of Nor-
way with Sweden, have caused her to contract ex-
traordinary expenses. Denmark replied, t'hdt ftttf-
rendering her right, she fulfilled her part of the
Treaty, and that she was not bound by the acts of -
the Norwegians.
Such was the question which was submitted to the
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle. The provisional deci-
sion of the Sovereigns was favourable to Denmark,
and the Court of Russia was especially chargechspithi
pressing the conclusion Of this affair. 1 if
The Emperor Alexander, anxious to !Asleep thp
promise which he formally gave to Denmark in 1007,
to compensate her for her losses in •consequence
her attachment to Russia, appears to hake displiefedt •
in the negociationc now pending, It very lively setillbe ye
the interests of Denmark.
These negociations already began to occupy the
attention of the political world, when circumstances
which are altogether foreign to this affair gave occa-
sion to very hazardous conjectures. The young Pt ir ce
' Gustavus was seen to receive marks of favour from
his uncle, the Emperor of Russia, and to prepare ior
a journey to England.. Prince Christian, the presump-
tive heir to the Ca-awn of Sweden, was seen,p4;l3lnic:li
his tour in Germany, to unite himself in
friendship with the family of Vasa.
4 Princess of this-House was seen to unite he
with the presumptive heir of the Grand Duchy'bf •
Baden. On the other' side( rumours were heard of
alliances proposed and refused, and reports the most
extraordinary were circulated; among others, that
Sweden, not being able to support the weight of the
debts of Norway, would consent to cede Norway to
the young Grand Dukcof Oldenburg, son of .the
late Queen of Wertemkurg, sister of the Emperor
Alexander. The advantage of a better equilibrium
in the North would recompense Denmark for het pe-
cuniary pretensions; but the establishment of a
branch of the House of Holstein. Oldenburg in Nor-
way would naturally lead to the re-establishment of
the House of Holstein Vasa in Sweden, and one
might easily imagine, the formation of a family com-
pact in the North, which would procure for Russia
an immense developement of her marine, and would
give to Denmark and Sweden the advantage of her
protection and the assurance of peace.
The article, after some further observations, con-
cludes by asserting the falsity of the several rumours
in circulation respecting a proposal said to have been
made to Charles John to abdicate his Throne.
A letter from Frankfort, dated May the Bth. says,
0 The most impenetrable veil continues to cover the negociat'afts
which, it is asserted, are carrying on between Russia and the
present Government a Sweden. Conjectures ire multiplied all
, iafusitrwr. It is mid, that the Cabinet of Stockb In has askejt
the mediaticn or irtervention of England; and a report Cats
been &caved, that Danish Agents had been :wrested on the
frontiers of Norway."

A Letter from Cadiz, dated April 19, says—" Many of the
transports, ,hartertd in England, are arriVed in the roads of
Cadiz ; bat it is sow perceivable, that the fidelity of the seamen
wh6 man these vessels is not at all to be depended upon. As
Englishmen, they entertain notions wh:eb are widely opposed to
the meets of the expeditiou, nay; many of them have cimultted
printed proclamations in favour of the cause of indepenneact.
The iffeades oli Iletrrio have AtCovered many of these :it'd!' s .s;
and they see clearly, that no gond will result learn. the atrial of
these foreigners. These observations apply equally to the trench
seamen on board the transports arrivdd froM Bourdeittx and
Bayonne; all of sheet openly profess a spirit of independence wl l:h .
' cannot be tolerated in a country that groans under an arbitarq.ck
pedant hie likewise &Birthed, that die expedition will not isl
fore the south of Ikeemfor ; and the troops, which had been Seta
on board siverafshiPs, have been disembarked since my las: let-
ter. The news from Mexico is said to be of a favourable tiaiiite,
hat the Spanish Qovernment has not thought proper to puttlish :t.
Many of the corps of insurgents have retreated towards the
Eastern Pt ovineta ; but this beam iful portion of the lfeAt
is far from beiog tranquillised Don Manuel Canzada;ieetred
of holding Mmonical Meetings at his house, has been arre:4,4.l,
and all his hooka and papers seized by the Agents of the Idly
Cate. Nadi' vela had soot ridbruloss than such a persera.
don; it is of no utility whatever.; the more the _Freemalons are
aiitmeolet, attre'prdselyies do they Make. Tyro Meteor the
ktedsoesieliof rut lite been &dared or& foteeride. They
are &haat allecaten and uaserviceable, The San Juan Baptista
Bar heetrtikte' h 9 i Ottetteet untlet tIV nig of Ahl/411, at sfly
miles off Cape S:. Vincent, and in sight of a Spaniik whoop/to
The late *frivol., from liavannalt Itave bees ratiscr favourable
t 6 thir eel/tartlet of Coat; fru t e Metca gar ti fun of In-
surgent privateers." •