The Danes
profess, as yet, to do no more against Sweden than furnish their
stipulated aid. The agitation of Poland is still violent, though
somewhat moderated by the late change in the demeanor of the King of
Prussia. He is much less thrasonic than he was. This is imputed to the
turn which the English politics may be rationally expected to take. It
is very difficult to get at the true state of the British King j but
from the best information we can get, his madness has gone off, but he
is left in a state of imbecility and melancholy. They are going to carry
him to Hanover, to see whether such a journey may relieve him. The Queen
accompanies him. If England. should, by this accident, be reduced to
inactivity, the southern countries of Europe may escape the present
war. Upon the whole, the prospect for the present year, if no unforeseen
accident happens, is certain peace for the powers not already engaged,
a probability that Denmark will not become a principal, and a mere
possibility that Sweden and Russia may be accommodated. The interior
disputes of Sweden are so exactly detailed in the Leyden gazette, that I
have nothing to add on that subject.
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