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3808.] 
English ships. But the question here was, 
the checking of those aggressions which 
England had commenced, and by which all 
Europe was disturbed. The Emperor de- 
manded from the King of Sweden a co-opera- 
tion founded on treaties; but his Swedish 
Majesty answered by proposing to delay the 
execution of the treaty to another period, 
and by troubling himself with the care of 
opening the Dutch ports for England; in a 
word, with rendering himself of service to 
that England, against which measures of de- 
tence ought to have been taken. It would 
be difficult to find a more striking proof of 
partiality on the part of the King of Sweden 
towards Great Britain, than tiie which he 
has here given. 
His Imperial Majesty, on the 16th of No- 
vember caused a second note to be delivered, 
in which his Swedish Majesty was informed 
of the rupture: between Russia and England. 
This note remained two months unan- 
swered, and the answer, which was trans- 
mitted on the 9th of January to his Imperial 
Majesty’s minister, was to the same purport 
as the former. 
The Emperor is, however, far from re- 
gretting his moderation. He is, on the con-. 
trary, well pleased to recollect, that he has 
employed every means that remained to him 
for bringing back his Swedish Majesty to the 
only system of policy which is consistent 
with the interests of his States; but his Im- 
perial Majesty owes it at least to his people, 
and to the security of his dominions, which 
is to a sovereign the highese of all laws, no 
longer to leave the co-operation of Russia 
with Sweden amatter of doubt. 
Informed that.the cabinet of St. James’s, 
endeavouring to terrify Denmark intoa con- 
currence with the interests of England, 
threatened that Swedish troops should occupy 
Zealand, and that the possession of Norway 
should be guaranteed to the King of Sweden; 
assured also that his Swedish Majesty, while 
he leit the Russian note unanswered, was se- 
cretly negociating a treaty at London; his 
“Imperial Majesty perceived that the interests 
of his empire would be very ill secured, 
were he to permit his neighbour, the King of 
Sweden, at the commencement of a war be- 
tween Russia and England, to disguise his 
well-known sentiment of attachment to the 
latter power, under the appearance of a pre- 
tended jiaataniy: His Imperial Majesty 
therefore cannot allow the relations of Sweden 
towards Russia to remain longer in a state of 
uncertainty. He cannot give his consent to 
such a neutr:lity. 
His Swedish Majesty’s intentions being 
therefore no longer doubtful, nothing remain- 
ed for his Imperial Majesty but to resort to 
those means which Providence has placed in 
his hands, for no other purpose except that 
of giving protection and safety to his domi- 
nions ; and he has deemed it right to notify 
this intention to the King of Swedeh, and to 
wil Burepe. 
State of Public Affairs in March. 
253 
Having thus acquitted himself of that du- 
ty> which the safety of his dominions re- 
guires, his Imperial Majesty is realy to 
change the measures he is about to take, to 
measures of precaution only, if the King of 
Sweden will, without delay, join Russia and 
Denmark in shutting the Baltic against Eng- 
land until the conclusion of a maritime peace, 
He himself invites the king, his brother-in- 
law, for the last time, and with all the 
feelings of real friendship, no Jonger to hesi- 
tate in fulfilling his obligations, and in em~ 
bracing the only system of policy which i 
cousistent with the interests of the srovtneik 
Powers. What has Sweden gained since her 
king attached himself to England ? 
Nothing could be more painful to his Im- 
perial Majesty, than to see a rupture take 
place between Sweden and Russia. But his 
Swedish Majesty has it still in his power to 
prevent this event by resolving without delay, 
to adopt that course which can alone preserve 
a strict union and perfect harmony between 
the two states. 
Done at St. Petersburg, Feb. 10, 1808. 
SWEDEN. 
Convention between bis Britannic. Majesty and 
the King of Sweden, signed at Stockholm og 
the &th February, 1808. 
The consequences of the treaty of Tilsit bee 
tween Russia and France, unfolding them- 
selves more and more, in such a manner as to 
threaten Sweden with a speedy invasion, for 
the purpose of forcing her to accede to the 
French system: and his Swedish Majesty 
finding himseif therefore under the necessity 
of bringing forward, to resist its effects, a 
greater force than he has at his ordinary dis- 
posal, his Britannic Majesty, animated with 
the constant desire of contributing to the de- 
fence and security of his ally, and of suppor~ 
ting him by every means in a war undertaken 
for the mutual interests of both states, has 
determined to give to his Swedish Majesty an 
immediate aid in money, as being the most 
prompt and efficacious, to be paid from time to 
time at- fixed periods; and their Majesties 
having judged it expedient that a formal con- 
vention, with regard to their reciprocal in- 
tentions in.this respect, should be concluded, 
they have for this purpose named and Ames 
rized their respective plenipotentiasies ; that 
is to Sayin the name and on the part of his 
Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, Eaward Thornton, 
esq. his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister 
Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the King of 
Sweden ; and in ‘fie narne and on the part of 
his Majesty the King of Sweden, the Baton 
D’Ehrenheim, President of his Chancery, aud 
Commander of the Order of the Polar Star, 
who, after having communicated to each other 
their respective full powers, have agreed upon 
the following. articles :— 
Article I. His Majesty the King of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
engages that there shail be paid to his 
Majesty 
