Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-06-23
of war are to be h:s

the late minister of war are to be e.,
official defenders.
Since the revolution, the war taxes.
which Gustavus had imposed by his
own authority, have been abolished !:
and this, with other measures of a like
tendency, have rendered the new 60
vernment popular.
Inprivate letters from Gottenburph.
tits apprehended, that Sir Saml. Hood
intends to send back the convoy which
lately arrived on the coast of Sweden
from this country. Licences continue
to be granted at Stockholm to British
as well as to other vessels. Sir Samu-
el Hood, however, persists in suffering
no armed vessel to enter the ports Of
Sweden: and it is said that he neither
goes on shore himself, nor suffers any
OF his officers to go on shore.
Mr.. Merry has given notice TO Mr..
Smyth the consul, that in the event of
war between this country and Swe-
den, the property of the merchants
should be rcciprocally respected by the
two governments.
1t is said thata Congress is to be held
by the Danish, Russian and Swedish
Plenipoteatiaries, and that Mr.. Mer-
ry, our minister at Stockholm, had not
been invited. ! hat gentleman accor-
dinghy comes home in the Alexandria
frigate.
Denmark is said to have made de.
claration that she will not consent to a
suspension of hostilities with Sweden.
until the English are wholly excluded
from the Baltic.
The following extract of Swedish
letter, will give US some idea of the
state of parties in that country.
Ertract Of letter dated Goften5urph
Ihrif 90, 1909.
"We have two parties in this coun-
try, each struggling for asceudancy.
One is the avowed advocate of French
policy, at the head of which is Adler
SPARE; the other, and by far the stron-
gest in point of the number of adher-
ents, is that in favor of England; the
director of which is the hone st and in.
trcpid Klingspor, who is seconded by
men of acknowledged merit and con-.
sequence. Both parties are equally
DESTROYS for peace but the latter con-
tends for it without being obliged to
shut the ports of Sweden against Eng
land, with whom free intercourse is
necessary to her existence. 1t is, how
ever, feared that the government will
be overawed, and that ere long, every
port in Sweden will be regulated bv a
French commissary. Admiral Sir S.
Hood has received such strong assur.
ances of safety being extended to the
British trade and subjects, that he has
allowed many ships to enter this port.
Notwithstanding this confidence, Mr..
Merry is about toleave us Immediate
~, and the Alexandria has been APP.
pointed to take him on board.
sThe Danes have peremptorilv re-
jected the pacific overtures made to
them by our Duke Regent, nor will
they listen to any terms until the Swe-
dish ports are closed against those they
term The Robbers. This demand has
been Peremptorily rejected here, and
already we are again at war with Dem
mark.
"There certainly is no disposition
on the part of our government to wage
war with Great Britain, nor will such
step be acceded TO readily. The ST.
tuation of our affairs has induced ma
ny merchants to apply for licences to
protect their property from capture or
seizure. The reply has uniformly been
-" That their property is sufficiently
projected, and that no misunderstand-
ing with England is intended.'