station, and no report having been made to me of any having
been detained. I beg further to observe, that to every
application made to me by any of the merchants, I gave my
decided opinion that Swedish ships trading to England, or to
those countries where Swedish produce was admitted, were not
liable to detention, and that they would not be molested by the
cruisers under my orders. Knowing the extreme distress that
Sweden must suffer from the interruption of her coasting trade,
I acted upon the instructions I received with the utmost
possible moderation, consistent with the tenor of those
instructions. They were not acted upon until I had an
opportunity of communicating with the Consul at Gothenburg, and
some of the principal merchants, who appeared perfectly
satisfied with the indulgence I allowed to the trade of Sweden
under the existing circumstances, and the same has been
signified to me by the Swedish Government, who have expressed
themselves satisfied with the mildness and consideration with
which I have uniformly acted to this country. I shall therefore
feel most sensibly, if any unfavourable cases have been made by
misstatements upon any part of my conduct since I came upon
this station. There being no immediate appearance of the
Russian fleet putting to sea, I propose to remain here some
time longer, for the greater facility of communicating with
England, as well as for accelerating the trade from this
rendezvous.

I have the honour to be, with great regard, &c.
JAMES SAUMAREZ.

To the Right Hon. C. Yorke.

Everything being now adjusted to the satisfaction of both Governments,
the trade was carried on by means of licences to the ports in Russia
and Prussia, while the Swedish coasters and packets met with no
interruption. The Swedes began to look for a successor to the throne
to fill the place of the late lamented Crown Prince. The candidates
were the King of Denmark, the Prince of Oldenburg, and the French
General Bernadotte, the Prince of Ponte Corvo. The last was proposed
by Count Moerner, to whom he had shown much kindness when a prisoner.
In order to secure his election he sent over a large sum of money by
means of the Swedish Stralsund packets, which performed their voyage
unmolested; and the first intimation of this event was obtained by the
author about the 15th of