Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-03-07

Nenhal' could be inch as 10 pre-
cluJe his Imperial Majely from IN
d~rtaki"g. az the reqnrlt Of Great
Britain, th fanas Office az Mediator
which he h d 4n1med with 70 much
aiacrity on the behalf Of France
Nor can his Majelty fOrget that the
firf f,mptons Of reyiying confidence.
fince the peace of Til6t, the only
protp-d of lucc>fs in the endeavorS
Of his maietty's ambahador to refore
the ancient good understanding be
tween at-Britain and RuiIiA, aP-
pe,rsd when the lIisence Of the
liege Of Copenhagen had been re-
Gently received at St. Peterlburgh.
The ipviolability Of the Baltic Sea,
and the reciprocal guarantees IF the
power, that border upon il, guar7n-
tees faid to have been contracted
with the knowledge Of the Britilh
government, are fatcd as aggrava
lions Of his Maieiy's proceedings in
the Baltic, It cannot Be INTENDED to
rePreCsnt his Majefy as having at
any time aoquiesced in the principles
upon which the inviolability of the
Bate is maintained however his
Maiefy may, at particular periods,
bave 70 borne, for fpecial realous in
Auencing his conduct at the time, TO
aa in contradiction 70 them. Such
forbearance never could have applied
but to fate Of peace and real neu-
trality IN the North and his Ma
jeity mott ahuredly could not be ex-
pected TO recur 10 it, after France
has been GulfeTed tc eltabliN h-rlelf
in undifputed foyreigrty along the
whole coat Of the Baltic Sea, from
Dan:zic to Lubbock
Bot the higher the value which
the Emperor q RuiEa places on the
engagements refpecting the tranquil
ty Of the Baltic, which he delcribts
hinnf-lf as inheriting from his imme-
date predecedors, the Emprefs Ca
:herine and the Emperor Paul, the
lels juf'y can his Inlpcrial G1iefy
reient the appeal made to him by
his Majefy, as the guarantee Of the
peace, 70 be concluded between
Great Britaru and Denmark. In
mixing that appeal, with the utmoit
confidence and Gneerity his MajeGy
neither intended, nor can he imagine
that he of,re 7, any infult to the
Emperor Of RuGia Nor can his
Majeily conceive that, in propoGng
TO the Prince Royal terms If peace.
fuch As tho NOT fuccefsful war on
the part cf Denmark could hardly
have been expected to eHtort from
Great Britain, his MajeRy rendeIeS
himfrif liable 70 the impu,ation, Ell
tier Of exafperaring the ref:ntment,
o. ct cuFaging the dignity, Of Den
mark.
Is Maielty has thus replied to
al the different accula;ions by which
the RuiIian government labours to
juitity the rupture of a connexion
which has fubdtted for ayes, with
reciprocal advantage to Great Britain
and Rullia and attempts to dilguile
the operation Of that external inhu.
ence bv which RufIia Is driven into
uriuf hoifilities for interelts not her
ewn.
The Ru(lian Declaration proceeds
TO announce the feyeral conditions on
On which alone ihefe hcftilities can
be terminated, and he intercourse Of
the two countries renewed.
Ills Majsfy has already had occa-
fiOn to ahcrt that juIfice has in no
ilAance BEEN denied 70 the claims Of
his Imperial Majeity's fubjccts.
The termination Of the war with
Deum,Tk has been 10 anxiouAy
FOUGHT by his Majeiy, that il can
nc be neoehary for bis MajeRy 70
renew any projections upon that fb-
Jet But his majeay is at lois to
reconcile the Emperor Of Ruhi4's
Prefent anxiety fer the completion Of
iuch an arrangement, with his In.
perial Maieif IS recent refuial to
contribute his good Offices for efec-
ring Il.
4 he requiGtion Of his Imperial
Mai=fy for the immediate conclu-
Gon, BY his hajefy, Of peace with
France, Is a. extraordinary in the
fubhance, as il is ofeuGve in the
naSner His MJeGy has at no time
darLined rs freat airh Eranc- IL.