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PP' - PRICLAMATI9N OF THE KING OF SWEDEN 112 THE Note W.EGMNS. At the moment when our well-beloved Son, the P..ince R.wal of Sweden, is about to put himself at the head • f our forces, by sea and land, in order to take possession of the kingdom of Norway ; We can not refuse to our paternal heart the satisfaction of once more opening the path of peace and conciliation t our misled subjects, before the calamities inevita ble iron) the entrance of an artmzc. force confound the innocent with the guilty. Inhabitants of Norway ! yon 7 political existence has been irrevocably decided lw the great results of the war, and sanctioned by the Trcst solemn twaties. A tew factious persons who would deceive your troth and gorld faith, no longer have it in their power to cppose obstacles to the establishment in the North of a new order of things, which has been una nimous!) guaranteed by all the preponderating Pow- els The incontestable rights of Sweden to the union of Norway have been too dearly purchased by the blood and patriotic efforts of our subjects, that we shoild hesitate a single instant to render them effec tual, and to support them by all the means which ParontiaNCE has placed at our disposal. For all the sacrifices by which we have contribut ed to the general deliverance of Europe, we have cleared no other reward but the future peace and tranquillity of the Scandinavian Peninsula. It was to facilitate the happy union of Norway to Sweden, and to cement it by all the principles of honour and good faith, that we consented to restore to the King or Denmark the most valuable of his Continental possessions, ,conquered and then occupied by our victoriou4 troops and those of our Allies. It was in consideration ot this object, so much desired, that we hastened at once to put a stop to the payment of all the eontlibuttons which had already been imposed , on the Danish provinces ; that we solemnly renounc ed all the old claims which we were entitled to make on the Court of Copenhagen in favour of our sub jects. and that we added to these disinterested condi. tions of peace, offers still more considerable, and sa crifice very painful to our heart, as an ulterior in demnity for the peaceable cession of Norway. Unfortunately a single individual has hitherto dis regarded all our efforts, and those of our august Allies. That individual is the late Governor of his Danish Majesty, who takes upon him to abuse your confidence, in order tomake you act criminally to wards the Powers oho have sanctioned the union of the Scandinavian States, and who have all recognis ed the justice of our cause, and the moderation of our conduct. In vain would Pallet Christian rest upon the inde pendence of your existing position—an independence equally contrary to your own interests, and to the invariable principles of sound policy ; for if the King of Denmark absolved you from your oath of fidelity to him. he imposed upon you at the same time the indispensable duty of contracting with us and the Crown of Sweden the same obligations which previ ously attached you to the' Danish monarchy ; and it was only in consequence of the assurances given to us, that on our part concessions so important were yielded. People of Norway l—lt is to the frankness of yout stational character that we again address these words of peace and confidence, before enforcing the justice of our cause by arms. In vain did we often summon Frhsce Christian to obey the voice of honour anti of duty. In vain did we address to you Proclamations which should have enlightened you as to our beneti ceut intentions, and dispersed all t‘'e illusions by which some intriguing and factious men hoped to conceal from you your true position in regard to the other Powers of Europe. . Influenced, however, by the feelings of our pater nal heart, to consider the Norwegians in no other light but as the ancient brothers of our Swedish sub jects, we long flattered ourselves with being able to avoid every rigorous measure—that sooner or later the nation would loudly declare against the criminal audacity of a foreign Prince, publicly disavowed by bis own sovereign. It was therefore to make trial of every measure of nsildness towards our new subjects, that we have hitherto delayed establishing our l%itimate rights by force of arms. Us this interval the Governor of Nor way wank ape himself to constitute there a represen tation of the people conforMable to his private views, but in no respect consistent with the ancient usages of Norway. Foreign nations, connected with this Prince by mutual interests, have taken part in the deliberations of this assembly, where an armed force had more influence than the voice of patriotism and Cie freedom of opinion ; and die results of this assem bly have answered the intentions of its Chief rather than the true interests of the natinst. In such a state of affairs, a too great indulgence on oar (int could have no other effect but to encou rage crime and the dark schemes of these enemies of public repose, who will never cease to labour against the happiness and independence of the Scandinavian Peninsula. A Prince equally a stranger to Sweden and to Norway, and solely attached to the interests of Denmark, has already authorized the most violent measures in order to constitute you rebels against your -legitimate Sovereign, and to place you in state of open hostility with England, Russia, Prussia,' and Austria. A crisis like this ought not to last, and cannot last much longer, without becoming essentially danger ous to all the neighbouring States, which are uniting their efforts to suppress in its origin that spirit of fac tion and discard which already threatens to shut out from the North of Europe the beneficial effects of the general peace. Invoking, therefore, the assistance of the ALMIGII-• TT in the justice of our cause...we have ordered our well-beloved sun the Prince Royal to advance with all our forces, supported by those of our allies, upon the frontiers of Norway, to take possessing of that kingdom, and there to convoke, in our name, and ender our royal authority, an assembly of the Sages of the. Norwegian People, who, after having been fre::ly elected, will be entitled to deliberate on a new Constitution, calculated to establish tne future hap. piness of the nation, and which shall then be submit pd to our Royal approbation. We repeat, on this occasion, with pleasure, that, ffom desiring ever to infringe upon any right or privileges which our :Norwegian subjects have ea- LONDON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1814. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK Reduced 67}}—Cane. 674 664 —for account 674 k 4 per Ct. 831 114—S per Ct. Navy 9644-01uu. z S par Bank Long Ann. le4Bond:4l7s. lbs. pr. Exchequer Buis 2s. ss. pre. Paris Papers of Saturday have now arrived. The proceedings of the Chamber of Deputies of the day preceding, now that the debate on the Press has ended, are comparatively uninteresting. A Com mittee reported, that Corsica seemed to be entitled to send Members to the Chamber of Deputies. A project was entertained, and ordered to be printed, to the effect of now fully equalizing the contributions on personal and real property. for the year 1816. The following are the only extracts worth giving MADRID, AUGUST 4 The Captains-General of the Provinces are hence forward Presidents of the Courts of Justice of their Department. A translation into Spanish ♦erse has been published here of the Paradise Lost of Milton. This work comes from the pen of M. Escoiquiz, Canon, Coun sellor of State, and Confessor to his Majesty King Ferdinand. A man may be an excellent ecclesiastic• and a good counsellor of state, without possessing Any talents for poetry : the reader may convince him self of this truth, by trumping t. read this translation. The Province of Alava, one of the three Biscdyan Provinces, has found out a way of proving, intheir harangue of felicitation to the King, tliat during the six years of the occupation by the French of that ter_ r:tory, the inhabitants remained faithful to all their duties towards his Majesty. • VIENNA, AUGUST ^. On the 10th of September, it is said, the Ministers of the four great Eutotsean Powers will meet to fix the, bales of the General Peace. These diplomatists are Lord Castlereagh, Prince Metternich, Prince Hardenberg, and Count Nesselrode. On or about the 27th, the Emperor of Russia and King of Prussia will ratify these bases in concert with the Emperor of Austria: on the Ist of October the Congress will formally open for all the States of Europe which are interested in the•general pacification. We are assured that our Court has at length con sented to unite to the kingdom of Prussia the two Lusarias, and that part of Saxony situated on the right bank of the Elbe. These provinces have been coveted by Prussia, ever since Silesia was'ceded to Frederick the Great, as they furnish a very desirable rounding ; but the jealousy which has always existed between Austria and Prussia did abt hitherto permit this latter Power to realize the project. At present the relations between the two Courts are so changed, that our Court has, it is said, con sented to the cession ; but on the condition that the King of Saxony shall be replaced on his throne, and that after his death the succtssion of his kingdom shall be guaranteed to Prince Anthony, his brother, the Emperor's uncle, for whom the Cabinet of Vienna has a lively intereit. It is to be inferred that Russia and Prussia have desisted from their previous project in favour of the Duke of Saxe Weimar. Count Karaezay has arrived here, from Aix, in Savoy. He has brought the Emperor news concern ing the health of the Archduchess Maria Louisa.— That Princess receives benefit from the waters, which she takes under the directicn of Dr. Corvisart. Her Imperial Highness sees nobody. , She will return to Vienna about the 15th September, by way of Berne and Constance. Our Gazette of the 28th of July contains the fol lowing article : Is According to aceounts from the Island of Elba, the Emperor Napoleon continues to enjoy good health, and to exhibit every sign of content. He resides at Porto Ferrajo, in a small house, till the palace which he is building outside the town shall be finished. A great number of strangers, and particularly of Eng lish, put into the island, and come to see the Empe. rm. He continues to lead a very active life, em• ployed alternately in his cabinet, or inspecting the different public works which he has ordered to be ,erected. Ile expends considerable sums op these works, and has invited the most celebrated artists from different parts of Italy for the execution of them." LEIPSIC, AUGUST 1. The epidemic fevers which long desolated these countries have entirely ceased. We haft no longer a foreign garrison, and only a few , detachments tra verse our city from time to time. But the wounds ' occasioned by the war will long bleed in Saxony. England, indeed, has sent us succour = but the num ber of the unfortunate is so great, that all cannot par ticipate in ii. However, the fields around our city are recovering. They are covered with fine crops, and the houses are rebuilding. The Cossacks who pass through the Saxon pro vinc•s observe exact discipline. They kill and eat their own horses when they cannot procure other meat► but they do not pillage. We were correct in stating yesterday that no suspen sion had taken place in the preparations for sending out a large force to America. In fact, in addition to the troops which proceeded direct from . France, about 15,000 men are immediately to embark for America. The prosecution of the war by the most energetic measures will not be relased in for a moment till the Americans are brought to a just sense of the duties they owe to the general rights and interests of nations. ' The Americans in every step sins the commence ment of the war, have shewn that the avowed, were not the real causes for which they took up arms. We were engaged in a contest with France for our very existence as a nation. MADISON persuaded himself that we could not possibly spare a force for the protection of our foreign possessions, and resolved on a quarrel, that he might seise upon our American Colonies.- -This is proved by the contracts of the American Commissariat, in which there were stipulations for the delivery of supplies at Montreal, Trois Rivieres, and Quebec, within six months from the day of invasion ! The arrangements for a Provisional Government were completed, and Officers appointed for the civil administration of the future dettartitents..- 41 Catch the Lion before you divide the skin 1" , The real aim of the Americans was to steal the British Provinces. Our object now is to secure them . No half measures with such men. Let them be driven from the Lakes that we may have a secure frontier. Lord Carmenlam set off last night for the Con. tinent. At a Council held yesterday at Carlton-house , his Lordship received his final instructions; after which he dined with the SPANISH AMBASSADOR. He set off in the evening for his seat in Kent whence he was to proceed this morning for Dover, where his Lordship embarks for Osu;nd. His Lordship is ee -1 companied by Mr. PLANTS, Mr. MORISR, and Mr. HUNTaR, the King's Messenger. Lady CASTLR .ItRADH went to Foot's-cray in the morning to prepare for going with the Noble Lord. His Lordship's ulterior destination is Vienna, which he will reach on or before the middle of next month ; but the first place be stops at in his route is Ghent, where the English and American Commissioners are now negotiating. From Ghent his Lordship proceeds to Brussels, and thence to Paris; at each of which cities he has liminess of importance to transact. Mr. COOKS, the Under Secretary of State, is about to proceed to Paris. His pretence in that city can. not fail to prove highly useful to the Duke of War.. LINGTOW, having been long intimately acquainted with diplomatic business,' Important conferences will -be held at Vienna be fore the opening of the Congress for the general ad justment of the affairs of the Continent, but all !lav ing reference to the various claims and interest ich must come under consideration. In a wore % ,be dif ferent Powers will, for some months to come, be as busily occupied with political discuisions as for years before in military contests. A letter from Antwerp, dated August 11, received this morning, says, m His Excellency the Duke of WILUNOTON arrived *ere yesterday : he was not immediately known, as he was in plain cloaths but when discovered, very much cheered, especially by the British. His Grace very Cheerfully shook hands with several English Ladies, who were anxious to approach him. This morning he visited the Dock yard and Citadel, and aboLt one o'clock set out for Bressels." At the Councl held on Monday, at Carlton House, the further prorogation of Parliament from the 27th instant to Tuesday the Ist of November, was determined on ; and notice to that effect will ap pear in the Gazette of this evening. A Swedish vessel has arrived from Rio Janeiro, which left that place on the 24th of May. She touch ed at Falmouth, where her letters for this country were landed, and those that have come to our hands are to the date of the 2Sd of By them we learn that the convoy had sailed previous to her departure, I and its appearance, therefore, may be daily expected. Another, convoy was appointed by the Admiralty to sail from Rio on the Ist July. There was a great scarcity of produce.in the Brazils, and generally throughout the cotton country the crops are very de. ficient. The packet had not reached Rio on the 22d of May. The exchange had been rising ever since the opening of the trade of Holland; and the Swe. dish ship we have referred to is bound to that country. The exchange, by this intelligence, is at 94; the rea son assigned fur this considerable advance is the great demand for the foreign ships destined to Europe. The only article of information through this chan nel, from the River Plate, is the following, date.l the end of April : 41 there to no Idea of pees between the porn of the Rio du la Pl*, and the !lest Rennes Ayres M off Maw Vislce." joyed, to the present hour we warm them anew, and in the most solemn manner; persuaded that the happiness and the future tranquillity of the Scandi navian Peninsula will require nothing of the two nations but the indissoluble union of their reciprocal interests. We therefore, by these presents, declare the Diet convoked by Prince Christian, criminal, and in ton. tempt of our rights, as well as those of all lawful Sovereigns, and even of those of the Norwegian na tion. We further declare ill the acts of authorities constituted by that Diet null, and of no value nor obligation ; and we expressly forbid all our Norwe gian subjects to pay obedience to them, or to con.' form themselves to them in any manner whatsoever. We alike order, by these presents, all strangers who are now in Norway to depart from the kingdom forthwith, or to take the oath of submission and fide lity before our constituted authorities, under pain of being punished as rebels or spies. And to manifest yet more our paternal sentiments for our new subjects, we promise, in the most solemn manner, favour and pardon to all our native subjects of Norw ay, who may be considered until now as se duced by foreigners, if they hasten to return to - their duty as subjects, and to obey with zeal and submis sion all the laws and ordinances which we have caused to be published to that effect. CHARLES. - THE EVENING STAR. GRAPES.IND, AUGUST 15. His Royal Highness the Duke of Camanitqaa sailed this day for Ostend. Several of the suite of his Royal Highness slept last night at the White Hart Tavern, in this town, and this morning every prepa ration was made for the Duke's reception, whose ar rival was announced about half-past eleven o'clock by a Royal salute from the gun-lines, which was an swered by a discharge from the artillery at Tilbury Fort. The yards of the Royal Sovereign yacht and of the Hasty gun-brig were immediately manned, and the barge, having the Royal Standard flying, received his Royal Highness at the Nei Tatters Bridge, in which he was conveyed, amidst the ac clamations of a great number of persons, on board of the yacht, conducted by Captain Sir EDWARD Benne ; on his arrival on board, the Royal Standard was hoist ed at the main, and a salute of 21 guns fired from the Harry. His Royal Highness's Sotte followed ; and at half after twelve o'clock the yacht was under weigh, under a second salute from Tilbury Fort. The two travelling carriages and a curricle be. longing to his Royal Highness, were embarked on board of the HASTY, which soon followed theyacht. The wind has been so favourable, that there can be no doubt of the Duke's landing at Ostend early to- morrow. NAVAL INTALLIGENTI. FALMOUTH. AUGUST ts. Nbthing arrived but three coasters, and the Phea sant Hill, Captain CARTER, from L ondon.: Sailed the Duke of 'Lent packet, with a mail (or Lisbon. PORI SMOUTH, AUGUST IS. Arrived his Majesty's ship NORGE from Plymouth. and FERVENT sloop of war from Havre-de-Grace.— Sailed his Majesty's sloop DEXTEROUS for Plymouth. Came into harbour his Majesty's ships Sm:nu/ism. Nom', and the Livrapoor..—Wind Westerly. DEAL, AUGUST IS. Arrived the GRIEFOK sloop of war Ism Ostend. and the GOLIATH man of war from Fammatouth • and has sailed for the Rives.—Wind S.W. Stud it The Lords of the Admiralty, and The Navy Board, left town this morning for Chatham, to ir.- spect the Dock-yard. The GOLDFINCH, Captain WALLER ; which arrived at Plymouth on Friday se'nnipAst, frith a convoy from Bourdeaux, received the unpleasant information from the ROYALIST sloop of war, Captain PHILLIPS, on her passage, that the Americans are in possession of our private signals. While cruising she observed a large sloop of war, which on being telegraphed signified in answer that she was the WANDERER, and desired the ROYALIST to close. On doing so, tha ROYALIST made her out to be an enemy, and gave chace, but without effect. Some are of opinion that the private signals were not destroyed on board the REINDEER previous to her striking, while others, witls more probability, conceive that the Americans have obtained them through some private traitors in this country. The Neptune, LUISA*, from Porto Rico, arrived off the Wright on Sunday, spoke, on the Sunday pre ,eeding, his Majesty's ship ACIAR, with a fleet from Cork far Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, &c. about 4t) sail, all well. By acc , ,unts from St. Michael's to the 7th ultimo, the following American privateers prit into different ports of tl• . e Avaes, and ik en supplied with provisions, &c. for a month, viz.—The I'ike, Yankee, General Armstronp, Kemp, and the Livawtt. The two latter were blockading the port of Peril, and prevented two. English vessels, laden with wine, from sailing for their destination. _ _ _ The MArgatet, RICHARDS, from New Providonew to Bermuda, was captured the and of May. by the Jamei Monro, American schooner letter of marque, from L'Orient, bound to New York, and after being plundered was given up. She was again taken and plundered a few days After, by the Perry. American schooner privateer, and arrived at &rim& 31st May. Sunday se'anight the Resolution, ol Curligan, hum% master, sailed from Ayr, and having living a leak, foundered near Larn‘sh. The crrw with dif• ficulty got into . the boat, and landed next day at Troon. The John, JACKSON, arrived at Greenock on Friday, from Greenland,. a full ship. On the 17th ultimo, in lat. 69. SO. N. long. 2. 48. E. spoke the Tyler, Smith, from Havre-de-Grace, bciund to Archangel, out one month, all well. Captain KENNEtf, of the Venus of Irvine, which was captured by the Peacock, states, that the Stran. ger, Captain Louden, was the first prize that the Pea. cock made, and that Captain Louden and the crew landed on the Western Islands. Some communications brought by the East-India fleet reached.us yesterday, and the trading intelligence is very satisfactory. It is true that the ships were de. tamed some months on account of a difference with the Chinese Minister, the circumstances of which should be explained. Mr. Russet. having been appointed to treat in a principal commercial capacity with dte native agents. his nomination was objected to, and a message sent to Mr. ELPIIINSTOIII4 desiring him to wait on the Viceroy : the latter -would nut condescend to cnosplp with this notice. but returned for answer that he was at home and should be happy to receive the Vi c eroy, if his Highness should wish for an interview. The busi ness was, as we understand, to procure the substitution of another Officer in the room of Mr. Russm.. During the time that this disagreement subsisted, Mr. Russ= died, and itwas supposed that this accident would have removed the difficulty, but the British Authorities in sisted that the appointment of that Gentleman should be formally recognized, and that he should be declared by the Chinese Government to have been a fit person to have fulfilled the duties he had been selected to dis charge. With this requisition the native Functionaries complied, but' all subjects of controversy were not then removed, and it seems that they required us to be responsible for their hiss of trade by the war with America. The Chinese Minister said it brief terms, that the Americans brought dollars for produce, that they espended a large sum, that their profit was con siderable, that this profit was lost to the State, and that the British, who kept them away, must remune rate the Government for this loss. It is scarcely ne cessary to observe, that this applicitionv as ineffectual. &team—This day the Loan MAYOR ordered the price to advance one penny in the peck-loaf -.40 take place on Thursday—.the price of tile quartm loaf will then be One Shilling. I .