August, when he met the waggons loaded with
specie on their route from Ystad to Stockholm. Soon after which he was
informed that Admiral Krusenstjerna was to arrive at Carlsham on the
20th, and he accordingly met him with Sir James's assurance, that he
would be received on board the Victory and permitted to depart after
having made his communication to the Admiral.

This will be best explained by Sir James's public despatches to the
first Lord of the Admiralty, of which the following is a copy.

Victory, Hano Bay, 21st Aug. 1810.

SIR,

Admiral Krusenstjerna has done me the honour this morning to
come on board the Victory, with a verbal communication which he
has been charged to make to me from the King of Sweden relative
to the election of an heir apparent to the throne. After
expressing to me the regard and confidence of his Swedish
Majesty for my services to Sweden, Admiral Krusenstjerna
signified to me that he was desired by his Swedish Majesty to
communicate to me his Swedish Majesty's intentions to maintain
the harmony and good understanding that subsist between the
respective nations, in which the interest of Sweden is so
particularly concerned. In order to the maintenance of that
harmony, as well as for the existence of Sweden, it was
indispensable that the Government should be headed by a person
who was independent, and not liable to submit to the will of
others. He was directed to inform me that of the four persons
who have been proposed to be successor to the throne of Sweden,
the Prince of Augustenburg had declined the acceptance of that
distinction, in favour of his Majesty the King of Denmark, but
who, from political circumstances, was _not_ considered
eligible. The Prince of Oldenburg had also been mentioned, but
insuperable objections also arose to prevent the choice fixing
upon his Serene Highness. The Prince of Ponte Corvo, through
the medium of the Swedish minister at Paris, had offered
himself a candidate for the high situation, and was the person
recommended by the King of Sweden to the Diet now assembled at
Orebro, to be successor to the late Crown Prince.

Admiral Krusenstjerna was also instructed to signify to me that
the Prince of Ponte Corvo, in offering himself for this
distinction, had professed his firm intentions, as far as
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