CHAPTER XI.

Sir James's third year in the command of the Baltic Fleet. Proceeds to Gothenburg and Havre.--Correspondence with Mr. Foster, Admiral Krusenstjerna, and others.--Swedes shut their ports.--Death of the Crown Prince.--Murder of Count Fersen.--Restrictions of the Swedish commerce.--Sir James's judicious conduct in that and in several disputes.--Election of Bernadotte, and his entry into Sweden.--Correspondence on the subject.--Sir James returns to England, and receives the approbation of the government and the nation. 187