The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-11 00:00:00

SWEDEN.

VITRACT 07 A PAITATZ ZatT7ES. •
Srockuome, JUNE 21.—1 n order to give you a
correct account of the shocking outrages that were
yesterday perpetrated by an iocensed popelaee, I
must advert to the remote causes of them. It is
wall known, that on Prince Augostenbcrg being
declared Crown Prince, and thereby beeonting the
adopted heir to the Throne, a desperate faction
was formed auainst him. obviously to set aside the
choice of the country, and to procure the no.
mination of a Prince who was likely to become
more subservient to their system of policy. To
them the dawning virtnes of the Prince, which
would have shuns in their meridian spleudour in
the King, were odious, ittolconverted into crimes.
The Prince, on his arrival in the capital, endea.
wowed to conciliate the affections of the people,
as shy hest means of ensuring a happy reign, and
promoting the interests of the country. I have
frequently seen him visiting incognito:is the hos.
pitals and prisons, and doing every thing in his
power to alleviate the sufferings of th,c wretched.
He was also in the habit of inspecting the proVisipos
and necessaries in the public stores destined for the
use of the army, and of exposing the n•farious.
practices of jobbers and contractors ; as also'
•the provisions exposed to public sale, or such as
-were, at a season of unparalleled calamity, dist ri.
billed gratuitously to the poor. By these acts of
charity and condescension, he was beloved by the
lower ranks (if the people, but incurred the jea.
lousy and resentment of some, tt ho conceived
they had, from their rank and great aeuence, pa.
rausount claims to consideration. Among the
most conspicuous of this description of Nobility,
were the famines of Fersen and Piper. Jealous
of the increasing popularity of the Crown Prince,
and apprehensive that they would, in the event of
his being King, lase their cunsequence in the. 0.,
vernment, they combined with others whom they
had gained over to their party, and endeavoured
by intrigue and corruption to bring the young
Prince into contempt, and to thwart every melt.
sure that tended to insure his elevation to the
Throne. The funeral procession of the Crown
Prince arrived here yesterday. It was led by
Count Ala Ferias, in a carriage drawn by six
horses. An immense assemblage pf people had
collected. No symptoms of riot or (outrage were
observable until the corpse had reached-New-street
(Asgatan), when the populace began to hiss and
shout at the Count, who did not seem to suppose
that the indignity was directed to him ; but on a
atom. beipg thrown into the carriage, ,the Count
pitt his head out of the window, And if I may
judge from his gestures, which were toe signifi-
cant to be mistaken, set the mob at defiance.
This exasperated them to such a degree, that they
discharged a volley of stones at the coach, one of
which struck the Count in the face. The Count
immediately ordered the postillions to stop, jumped
out of the coach, and with great difficulty reached
the near;:st (louse. At that moment Baron Sit.
versparre, the Atljatant.Geheril, arrived, and
on detrlauding the cells° of the riot, the general
exclamation *as "Count Fersen has murdered
the Crow o Prince.tk Silveriparre then told them,
that the King had •ordered him to declare,
that the Coma should be arrested and tried. .The
mob ern huzzacd and began to disperse. The car-
riage had in the meats time advanced a little, and
stopped in the square. In half an hoer after, the,
Count came out of the 11,...4e, and in approaching the