Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-12-01

fHiHCutV. IT. inNSeu NJ. Percev1l hQJey
tn be able to 6ll his place with effect he is
indeed, entitled to the prlise of courage
but we 10 believe, tina, his most s,ng,iin.
! friends expect that nothing but some great
aud unforeseen accident can enable him TO
stand his ground one week after the meet.
ing ofthe Parliament. We have not heard
lof any accession Of talent, rank, character,
and fortune. since the appointment OF Mr.
Croker, to the office Of Secretary 70 the ad .
miralty, in the room of the Hon. w Pole, Sc
even that cannot be considered new &C j..
|qulrement. In fact the Premier is more
naked and deserted than he even app ,ars
tn be: for the few changes that have taken
place have not introduced a new friend, s.
even of some of his colleagues who remain
IN Office, they are more for sl,ew than use !;
as Earl Bathurst, Earl Camden, and l..
Cover, only retain their seals Until their
successors are appointed. In fact, as we
stated some time ago, the Earl of Liverpool,
Lord Eldon, and Perceval, are the only
members OF the cabinet who are determin-
ed to stay in until they are diven out. Thus
Mr. Perceval's Ministry resembles beseig-
ed town, with a straitened garrison, in
which the Commander is reduced to every
possible expedient to mask his weakness &
impose uDon the bcseiger; for which pur.
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boots are sometimes planted so as TO look
like s ms, and the men are ordered to pre-
sent themselves uponthe walls occasionally,
in new uniforms that their numbers may
thus be multiplied in the eyes of the enc
my.
We have made some further extracts
from the German papers, to the Eth inst,
received on Saturday. The treaty Of peace,
l,s.tt II n
the 18th at FrederiGksham, and its ratii.
cation is to be exchanged at Petersburgh
within four weeks. The king of Sweden
has engaged by it to exclude all English
vessels of every description from his ports,
but has reserved to himselfthe importation
OF salt and colonial produce: He has also
surrendered to Russia the whole Swedish
territories on the 4 asst OF the Gulph of Both
MA, as tar as Tornea. including Tavest-
lend, Findland Proper, East Bothnia, Sc.
together with the Isle of Aiand, the Yves.
tern frontier of Russia being in future to be
formed by Aland Half, the streight be-.
tween Sweden and the Isle of Alaad, the
Bothnian Gulph, and the rivers Tornea s.
Muonio, to the confines of Norway. These
Conditions are not merely humiliatlng
oa account OF the great extent of ter
ritory thus severed from the Crown of Swe-
den, but because they are destructive OF
the security and independence of wnat is
left to it; as from the moment the surren
dered provinces are organized, and pro.
Perly reduced under the subsection of Rus.
STA, it will be in her power, at any time,
to penetrate into the very heart of Sweden
Proper, by an invasion by sea from Aland,
cooperating with the force marching oy
land along Inc Coast from. Tornea. The
KING OF Sweden feels and ad,nts that these
Conditions are huniliatlng and degrading
but ne says, tndt the exhiu5:ei sta.e ot the
c1uhtry did not warrant the hlpe of f,yo.
raoie terms, shat Cor what 5 leit 90 ie, the
| nation Is indebted to the late revolutions,
which placed him on the throne.