AN ACCOUNT
OF THE
DISPUTE
BETWEEN
RUSSIA, SWEDEN & DENMARK,
AND
GREAT BRITAIN.
Character and anecdotes of the Emperor Paul I. of Ruſſia.
IN order to explain the reaſons that could actuate the Northern Powers to league ⟨themſelves⟩ at this juncture againſt Great Britain, and ſet aside and violate Treaties ſolemnly ratified; or ⟨before⟩ we ſtate what the right of ſearching Neutral Veſſels is grounded on; how neceſſary it is for every ⟨nation⟩, but particularly Britain to adhere to it, and what engagements really were broken by theſe powers, ⟨it⟩ will he neceſſary to give a ſketch of the hiſtory of ⟨the⟩ Emperor Paul I. of Ruſſia.
One of the greateſt crimes charged againſt ⟨Catharine⟩ was her conduct to Paul, in whoſe right ſhe ⟨governed⟩ Ruſſia thirty-five years. In his infancy, he ⟨ſeemed⟩ poſſeſſed of ſenſe, activity, a diſpoſition for the ⟨ſciences⟩, and ſentiments of order and justice; but all ⟨theſe⟩ periſhed for want of cultivation.—She could not ⟨bear⟩ him, kept him at a diſtance, ſurrounded him with ⟨ſpies⟩, held him in reſtraint, expoſed him to every kind ⟨of⟩ humiliation ; and while her favourites, inferior to ⟨her⟩ ſon in years, governed Ruſſia, and wallowed in ⟨wealth⟩, he was living retired, inſignificant, and in ⟨want⟩ of neceſſaries. Thus ſhe ſoured his temper, and ⟨rendered⟩ him capricious and miſtruſtful, ſavage and ⟨cruel⟩. Not ſatiſfied with depriving him of the affecti-
