S3P S W Ï D E Mi
tSfÓVBR itó
U E tit.
Population.
confifted of -49 counts,. 136 barons, 188 knights, 396 .gentlemen,
51, ecclefiaftics, 94 burgeffes, and 165 deputies of the order of peafants.*
As the monarch'is not opulent, it is evident that fo large and refpetSable
a body might conftitute a formidable bander; but the evils of faction
have been fo. great and impendent, and the Ruffian power and influence
fo deftrudtive to the very exiftenee of the ftate, that the deputies feem
juftly to regard the dictatorial power of the monarch as neceffary Tor
thdir own prefervatton. s
When the great extent o f the Swedifh territory is confidered, the
population will appear. comparatively. final! ; a eircuraftanee arifing in
part from the mountainous native of the country, and in part- froth the
fevere climate of the northern diftri£ts; Swedifh Lapland being fop*.
pofed not to contain tnore than yopo inhabitants. Yet at present ^he
population of the .kingdom is thought to ‘ exceed 3^909^909,;, The
nobility are fo nusnerousfos, tP he qamp\ified at about a
while >the peafants, the mpft numerous ckfs, amount to about 2,&po,p,QQx
This great number of nobility W$s ppnae^ad with-the
of the government, which bore a femblaace to that of Poland, and
Hungary, the"Tatter kingdom ftill x^nai^tmg ,t®0 ari&ne®arie for the
regular diftribution of good gosemment through all the elates of the
community. The example of Poland will, it is hoped, convince thefe
ariftocracies that the tranfition of their power to the ' monarch is in-
difpenfably neceffary for their own. prefervation.*
I ' 1 Olivarius L e N ord-Litteraire, N o . 12.
% olivarus computes the population in the following manner, from the enumeration made'
m Nobility. Individuals from the age o f 15 t9 63, men 3869, womep 2865, children 1904;
individuals above and under thofe ages 8206 ; abmeftics-27,263.
B u rg eja . Individuals from the age o f 15 to 63, .men 28,492, women '23,563, children
'1 1 ,0 6 8 ; individuals above'and under .thofe ages 60,500; domeftics 31,868.
Clergy- ■ Individuals from the age o f IJ to 63, men 5663, women 4 120, children 2775 ;
individuals above and under thofe ages 12,000; domeftics 15,980.
Public Officers, including the military. Individuals -from the age o f I J to 63, men 23,87-2,
women 18,230, ■ children ^823 ; individuals above and below thofe ages 48,7.06; domeftics
41,809. . . . y
Peafants. 'Individuals from the age o f 15 to 63, men 320,772, women 296,664, children
'257>2 I 3 i individuals above and below thofe ages 813,500 ; domeftics 195,388.
4 Sweden
w i p . n. pO'fiifiCAL Geography . 53*
vöriiy1 oïÊÏ{£t/aXF' ’in the ifland of St.
Bartholomew in the Weft Indies, which was ceded to them by the
fjfon'ch in ^ fß S t r
V Th„e,jSwedi£h army cotflifts oruatfonal ltroo^^ and' of* fdteigft in- Army,
fantry, the latter being computed- at about 12,000.' The total amount
of the army may be 48,000; and the foldiers are of du&%üimed
valour and ffiardihoodj and elated ygith theTorfoer fanfie of the Swedifh
iaf^as. But on a -late inyaafiM^pfCtme Ruffian., dominions f&pjjf were
found to be Tnorè ofetuent toh the' ariffpcrajcy,, than to (meiiJ fo-
'vereign.
'So fatal were the naval op^abtoijs; o f •T'y^^ fhat'fhhfSwpdiffi flfot* Navy.
• wfoch confifted of 30' fhips .ofythe line, ’chiiijiqt nfov difglay Ippve half
that number. In the ..Baltic, which T$ fnfnS^MW&óafts'and tfhoals *
gallies of a flat 'lapftfü<ftiop, afé’Jfound móré^ferincteéïhle 'than ffirps.'or^ |
war, and,1 o f c ^ r ^ , great attention- ?i v paid to 1 th^fo^foipfoeM by
Sweden as well; as„Ruffia.
. T fo reyenUe.fol;S e e len is-v domputed rat abdut a milliim^and 'anaïfl Reven«»'
^fterling 3 which* i§ -equalled by the^exp^nces of-the gowrament. The
National, debt .cannbt be much foisfthhn ifgjp'^iOTo^Iforiijig, ras it was
augmented during the late regency; but the young. jnonai'ch is anxious
Tor its reduction. ■ .This debt .being ichiefiyt laoxlrted' at Hamburgh, the
country is overwhelmed with the paper "money of tha*f+q(M; and the
fcarcity of gold and filver, and even of coppencnrrehqyv, 1® inerédible..'
The ducat i s * onl y , g o l d coin, worth /about nine fliiliings ftèrifog.»
while the filver crown may, be välüedlat four ihiHfhgs and* fixpence»
The Icheffing, or Ihilling, is worth little thofe than ope penffy nlhprig $
and the copper cönfifts of half and quarter Thilffngv the^ancient- liea&jr.,
pieces bèitig now rarely vfffble^ and fupplanted by* hank-ne&s|t Tome of
which are' for-very diminutive films. _ .
The political importance and relations of this kingdom are much, Political Im-
diminifhed finee the glorious reign of Guftaf Adolph, and the bene-
3 Olivarius L e Nord Litteraire, No. 12.
3 Y2 ficeat