The National Register. — London, England, 1814-08-21 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL• REGISTER. tve S,verc:grts. to relieve him from this obligation alit! that his übjccts, after so many . sufferings, may have no more nu merous and t reign !limes to maintain. 1 require your me wet to this wite, Gentlemen, before y ai ou thqoseuit Norway, accompanied, be assurel, by the pod wishes of l who have had t he opportunity ot knowing you, and who have learnt to estettm )ou highly as does, Yotir's, CHRISTIAN FREDERICK. Christiania, July 13, 1811. ANSWER OF THE ENVOYS TO HIS HIGHNESS PRINCE CHRISTIAN FREDERICK. The undersigned have r ceived the commuaications which his Hig!iness Prince Christian Frederick of Denmark has transm.tted to the In presentine filch note of the ith ult. they had flattered themselves that in entering into the views ot his Highness for the convocation of the Diet, .0 d the negociation of an armistice, they would probably s ucceed I - removing every considereble ditlicu ty, and obtain a confi dome twh ich might a:imit their propositions without restriction. Not one of I •ie thief. points, however, submitted by the undersigned, has been fu:ly accepted as part of the bases, of an arm i s tice. Each has suture ► mo iifications which, if they do not annul the general etl: et, at least render doubtful the concurrence of his Swedish ND v• Without entering into any &tails ‘vhich could only give rise fresh discussions, they feel theniselves obliged to declare, that the conce,sions demanded a, bases of the union arc not compensated by ally advaio ages atlorded by the proposed armistice. The under igned are tberi.:fore compelled to rest their hopes of the success ot their negociation upon the generosity ofthe King of Sweden : and painful as it is to see all their eftbrts fur the accomplishment of a pacific union frustrated, they ate still happy to submit entirely to the conscience of his Swedish. Majesty the acceptance of his Highness's propositions, in order thereby . to furnish him with an occasion of commencing by a signal benent the exercise of his influence over Norway. With respect to the guarantee of the bases of union, the armistice, and of all the points that shali be definitively arranged and accepted by Sweden, the , :ndersigned are convinced, that none of the Powers of whom they are the representatives, nor even Sweden herself, will ob ject to this act of ju-tice Indeed, the raising the blockade, if his Swedish Majesty colisents to it, necessarily involves the revocation of all those bebigureot measures which were taken against Norway. The observations added by. his Highness with respect to the painful situation ')ei..mark, induce the undersigned to remark, that the re solution of the Prince to place himself at the he - ad of an illegitimate opposition, is the sole cause of the misfortunes- of his true country, and that he might at once have spared to Denmark the suspicions of the Allied P ? wers, and to the undersigned the chagrin of stating that in an official note. At the close of this c:i.ninuhication, the undersigned have the ho inoui to ask of his Higllne , i, a last proof of his frankness, in the pub ication vi their official notes as s e cedily as possible. They demand this on the principle that Norway should be informed of all the dangers to which she e; exposed, and of the real object of their mission. The departure of the undersigned being irrevocably fixed for Sun:!ay the lith ot July, they have the honour to present to his Highness, their hommage, and the reiterated assurances of their sro: t ound re spect. STEIG NTESCH. ORLOFF. FORSTER. MAR FENS. Christiania, July 15, 1814. The above named Envoys had their audience of leave with his Ma jesty on Su,: jay the 17th, a: d returned on the same day toward Sweden. The 1 agl Envoy, P. Morier, the same day took his departure for Gc):t burgh. On Tues.,,cy the 21st, his Majesty departed for Mois t whence he was tc, rep.nr the next thy for head-quarters. PROCLAMATION OF THE ICING OF SWEDEN 7'o THE NORIVEGIA,VS. At the moment when our weli-beloved Son, the Prince Royal of Svieden, is about to put Ititwelt at the head of our liners, by sea audi land, in order to take p .s.ession of the Kingdom of Norway. we cannot relate to our paternal heart the satisfaction of once more °porting the path of peace and conciliation to our misled subjects, before the calatuitie4 inevitable from the entrance of au armed force confound the innocent with the guilty. lithirtitatits of Norway ! your political existence has been Ores vocably decided by the great results of the war, and sauctioned by the most solemn treaties. A few factious persons who would de ceive your truth and good faith, no longer hove it in their power to oppose obstacles to the f! taiabitmelit the North of a new order 11111111611 AUG. 21. of thins, which has been unanimously guaranteed by all the pre ponderating powers of Europe. The incontestable rights of Sweden to the union of Norway have been too dearly purchased by the 1);oni and patriotic efforts of our subjects, Unit we should hesitate a instant t• render them ef fcctnal, and to siipport then, by all the means which Providence has placed at our thsplisal, For all the sacrifices I! , %illicit we have contrifutedt , o eli t i l i i i e st e d et a :er: t l WO deliverance of Europe, we t• di sired no other reward but Itie future peace and tranquilli t y of the Srandinabian. i was to facilitate the happy o n ion of Not way to Sweden, and to cement it by all the prineiph s of honour and Lood faith. that we consented to restore to the King of Denmark the most valuable of his Continental possessions. conquered and then occupied by our victor ions troops and those of our allies. it was in consideration of this object, so marl, desired, that we hastened at once to pot 4 stop to the paymeht of all the contribmions which had already nein imposed on the Danish proving s ; that we solemnly renounced ad the old claims m hich we were entitled to make on the Court of Copenhagen ill favour of our sohjects, and that yve added to these cikintercsted conditions of pi are. offers still more consideralsle. and sacrifice. very painttil to onr heart, as an ulterior indemnity 1 , 4 ti e peaceable cession ot Norway. [Joint tuoatele asi itAtividnal has hitherto distil:Byard Fl a t our Oforts, and those of our atiLlost Mlles. That inditilloal is the 1 1 late Goeei 'tor of his Danish Majesty, %silo takes upon hint to abase VOlll C OEfitielll'e, in order to oinkr you act criminally towards the Vowel . % who have sanctioned the onion of the Scandinavian States, i and who have all recognised the justice of our cause, awl the mo_ deration of our conduct. In vain would Prince Christian rest upon the indepeutlereee of your existing position ; an independence eqoally contrary to your own interests, and to the invariable. principles of simnel pottes ; for it the King of Denmark absolved you from yams oath of fidehtv 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 previously attached you to the Danish monarchy ; and it was only in consequence of the assurances given to us, that uu our part concessions so important were yielded. People of Norway ! it is to the frankness of your national cha racter that we do again address these words of peace and confidence before enforcing the justice of our came by aims. In vane did we often summon Prince Christian to obey the voice of honour and of duty. In vain did we address to you prot•lamations which should leave enlightened you as to our beneficent intentions, and dispersed all the illusions by which some intriguing anti factious men hoped to conceal flout you your title position in regard to the other powers of Europe. Influenced, however, by the feelings of our paternal heart, to consider the Norwegians in leo other light but as the ancient bro thers of our Saedish subjects, we long flattered ourselves with be i ng able to a void every rigorous measure—that sooner or tater the nation would loudly declare against the criminal audacity of a fordo p, ince, publicly disavowed by his own sovereign. It was, therefore. to make tine! of every measure of mildness to wards our new subje its, that we have hitherto delay e el e a l a mi,hnig our I t gitimate eights by fusee of arms. In this interval the Go vernor of Norway took upon himself to constitute there a repre stuta' iota of the people, conformable to leis private views, but in no respect caosistent with the aoeient usages of Norway. Foreign agents, connected sash the 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 the freedom of opi nion; and the results of this assembly have answeird the intentions of its Chief, rather than the true interests of time oat ior. lii such a state of at heirs, a too great indulgence em our part could have no other tifiet but to encourage crime and the dark schemes of these enemies of public repose, who will never cease to laic or against the happiness and intlept ndence of the Scandinavian limn . sob. A Prince equally a stranger to Sweden and to Norway, and solely attached to the interests of Denmark, Las already authorised the most violent measures, in order to constitute you rebels against your legitimate Sovereign, and to place you in a state of open hos tility with England, Reis-ia, Prussia, and Austi ia, A crisis like this ought not to last, and cannot last notch longer, without becoming essentially dangerous to all the neighbouring states, which are uniting their efforts to suppress in its origin that spirit of faction and discord, se Inch already threatens to shut out from the North of Europe the beneficial effects of the general peace. Invoking, therefore, the assistance of the Almighty in favour Of 1 thejustice of our cause, we have ordered onr %sell-beloved Son, the ' I l'rince Royal, to advance with all oar forces, supported by those of vi-4t ~-• _ 534 I