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L o.N t) O N, Oclober
W HAT Kc'j-land was lail ^ar,'
Swedrjn is ar j:-re{eiit—a ibt-
cfconfufion an.d icbclliou, engender
ed and lupni>rred by ihc innigiies of
the Fiench courr, a.’.d ;Iie prevalence
of Ruffian polii.cs. B ^
The bnrgluis cf Ftochhclm are
arming thti;iieives under pretence of
internal fafety, in the r«bfence of the
troops; but more ceitainiy for the
purpofe of atrcmpih'g a revoiution.
The office? s of the army iii Finland,
independent of their (oveicign,olent a
deputation to the Einprefs uf Ruffia,
making propoluls for a truce in that
quarter, until they d'«ouici iiave con
certed meafuics for iubjugnting their
king; or for reducing iiini to the ne-
ceffity of abap.donipg the Vv-ar, which
they ailed re v\ts uniultiy and ralhly
commenced on his pa? t. They declare
that the king* by his late nieafures, has
broken th * corn pad nctv\ecn fovereign
and lubjeef and therefore they hold ir
to be theii duty, to coj'icert mealures
for the l^fety of the (late.
V*. lien the hirig of Sweden heard
of the diiatF^cdivUi or ’nls ticonsin Fin-
^ i
land, anci i ::e pro pod r;ons of his offi
cers to the 1 Hipjxfs Toi a cciT.uion of
hoffiliiit'', Ifis !; ejehy immcd/iatclv
fasiued away 1—a. o v»'as with difficul
ty ai'oukd lo a hnie of his ala. .aing
fituaticn.
Thus circumfianced, there is no
doubt of the EmprcF’s endeavours to
fan the iiame cf diicoid She has al
ready ccmmunicarcd her terms of pa
cification with Sv/eden, which is, to
rant a general amncPcy for what is
palt; only on conditiens, how'ever, that
the Swedifii government lliall accede
to the general confederacy which has
folong been forming between France,
Germany,Spain, Ruffia, and Denmai k.
If this league flicuUl be fuffeied,
farewell to the greatnefs of Sweden,
ilie w'ill become literally a province of
Ruffia—farewell to the Britifh trade
in the Baltic—and adieu to the ballance
of Europe, for the fcale will preponde
rate in the North.
Thefe things call for the immediate
interfeience of Great-Britain and Pruf-
lia, who will feemingiy very foon have
enough cn tbcis hands ; more cfpeciallv
ai Poland ii alio armed to divert Pruf-
fia, in favour of tlie Emperor, and
even thefe United States arc Hill agita
ted and trembling under the Iccret in-®
fluence of the French machinati
ons.
The very t roubi efomc indigeftion and
ilatulencics which are the King's chief
complaints, are in a perfon of his years
generally prcncunced by the faculty to
be forerunners of the gout. The phy-
fical endeavours arc to keep the hu-
i
i
«r
Pr
He
ironrs cut of the, head and ftcmacli
and fix it upon the extremities.
1 hcjg^rcfent Grand Signior is a
inceSf the moft excellent characier.
.c v/as the firft Tuikifh emperor th>t^
the imprifonment cf the
Heir Spparefit, with w hom he five's ^n
the inoH familiar footing. Heiis \tfy
HiiiT in puniIking the enormities of
his bafhaw i. He is a great encourager
cf tile military Europeans, and fond
ef doing every thing that may
tend to ili^ welfare of his fub-
jccls.
The plan which is* faid to be deter-
mirved upon by government will total
ly Hop the circulation of counterfeit
cepper. Each halfpenny is to contain
as much metal as is intrinfically the
value of one ha]f]>enny, and theexpence
of coinage, ^c. is to be defrayed by
government. U^xin calculating the
cxpencc cf coining them at the Tow
er, and comparing that calculation
witii what the Birmingham people of
fer to do them for, it is found that a
mofl confidernble favirg will he made
by employing thde old praditioners
in the ait of making money. They
are accordingly to be employed.
Grvat/irfs of mind In bis Majesty.
His MajeHy, wd.o, with a magnani
mity that dees him thegreateH honor,
hcfitated not a moment to receive his
Excellency Mr. Adams, as Minilfcr
Plenipotentiary from the United
States, treated him at all times, when
ever he prelenrcd himlelf at Court,v\’itli
Incoming attention. His fpeech on
the occafion Blo w ing as it does the po
litical greatneif of his mind, is worthy
of public not’.ce.
“ I w ifii yon, Sir, fthe King faid to
Mr. Adams, at bis fiiH audience) to
believe, and that it may he underHood
in America, that I iiave done nothing
in the late contcH hut what I thought
myieif indil|xnikil'ly b‘^und to do, by
the duty which I owed to my people.
I will be very fiank with you. Sir ; I
was the lalt to conlent to the reparati
on ; but the Icparation being made,
and having been inevitable, I have al
ways faid, as I fay now, that 1 will be
the laH to diHui b the independence of
the United States, or in any way in
fringe their rights,**
For a King thus to receive and ad-
drefs one who had been his fubjecT, in
a diplomatic charader, commiflioned
by ihofe who had been in his allegi
ance, and now a6fing as fovereigns in
dependent of him, was no common
event. The low minded Prince, and
, what is equally ridiculous, the high
minded fubjt^ls, like the women of
Genoa, who confidered themfelves as
the Queens of Corfica, would have
boggled at it. They would have
thought the leccpticnof a MiniHerin
thele circumHarces beneath the royal
dignity, and confidered every audience
he afterwards might den,and, ray, his
very prefence at Court, as an infult.—
His MajcHy, however, better inHruct-
ed in principles cf found poliev, and
therefore conducting himfelf witj^
.^manlinefs on fo trying an cccafion
gave his fubjeSs an ufefcl Icffon.
taught them to fubniit to an ine'vhalja
neceffiry, hot only without reffnin^
but with a good grace.
Domeftic Intelligence,
NEW-YORK,* November 27.
T UESDAY^laH being the annk
verfary of the evacuation of thi,
cky, by the troops of Great-Eritain,
the fame day was celebrated with pe
culiar marks of fatisfaefion. In cooi-
memoration of this auf|)iciou3 event
the artillery, lighl-hoile, grenadien^
and infantry of Gen. Malcolm’s bri!
gade, under the command of
ChriHie, were paraded abou? twelve
o’clock, and exhibited many beautiful
and foldierly manesuvres.
On Monday evening the loth inlf.
came on at Wilmington on the Dis-
w are, one of the hcavieHHorms of wind
ever known at that place, which lalied
until Tuefday about noon. A number
of cattle were drew^ned in the meadows
in the neighbourhood. The Broad
Dskes, in the road to Ncvv-Callle,
w'erc carried away ; and a man at
tempting to pais, was uafortunately
drowned. ^
Our Legiflature meets at Albany tb:
Sth inHant. Their complexion is
aniifedeial; but it is faid, from the
moderation and candour exhibited br
his Excellency the Governor, and fe-
veral of the leading characlers, that
the organization of the new govern
ment will be carried through without
the leafl interruption The perfons for
fenators have not yet been agreed upon
—fome fuppofe they will be taken from
both parties.
The building of the City Hall goes
on—it will be finiihed m an elegant
flyle.
Ext rail cf a letter from a gentleman in
Be? mudto bis friend in Bhiladelghio.^
elated l^o^vember
“ M e have a change of Governors;
our foimer one is called home on bu-
finefs fo important, that he has taken
his paHage at this feafen of the year.
Our late one has orders to garrifen
the IHand, in the HrongeH manner
pcffible; not in one place is cmniit-
ted a fortification that is any ways nc-
ceffary, but for what reafon I cannot
V/e have a great quantity of
military Hores lately arrived, and a
greater fupply cxpeCIed, with a num
ber of troops and 3 guard fhips of 4®
guns each.”
A letter from a gentleman in Lon
don, dated AuguH 27, fays :—“The
Americans have furprifed the workl
more in adopting the new geverniner:!