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

532 STATE PA P ERS. CIIRISTIk juLy %.--On the 3.oth of June came the follow. ing Envoys from the Allied Powers, through Sweden, to Chris. amid ; namely, General Baron de Steigenteselle for Austria ; Major General orledf, for Russia ; Augustus J. Forster, for En .land ; and Dlajor Baron de Martens. far Prussia. Some days afterwards the' had au audience of his Mtsty, and on the 7th instant presented the fol:owing:— NOT!: A, The undersigeed, charged by their respective Courts with Spe cial mission to his Highne.s Prince Christian Frederick or Den ma, k, have. the honour to address to him the present official note. cession Of Norway, produced by the treaty of Kiel. was goat - winced by the filter Powers, allies of Sweden. That decree of pulley w•is irrevocably fixed. The ,flied SevereL•n• consider the union of Norwav to Swede's as one of the bases of the new system of criiihroon, as a branch of indemnities vehicle it is illiPossiole to r.-1•1;ire by any other. Tile events w hieh latterly occurred in Norway, the opposition s):licht the decision of Europe found there, and the resolution which hi• Highness has taken to put himself at the head of that opposi te"), deterenii.eil the Al:ies of Swede it to take the necessary steps for etteeting the neion of Norway. It is with this ()eject that the undersigned have repaired to hi. Highness.' They are charged to express to him the painful impression which his proceedings have produced on their Sovereigns, to summon him tut malty to return within the line of his most sacred duties, and to &dale to him, that should he refuse to yield to the general wish of Europe, which reeals him to Denmark, an unequal war will arise in the Noi th, and arms will infallibly produce what persuasion has in vain attempted. For this purpose the army of General Count ingsen, a• well as a corps of Prussian troops, have been played at the disposal of Sweden, and the general blockade of Norway has been resolved upon in common concert with Great Britain. At the same time the King of Denmark, compromised in the eyes of Monarchs the guarantees of his word, and of the treaty of Kiel, wes justly irritated against his late übjects for the non-exe— cution of his will. His Majesty resolved in consequence, through the intennedium of the - undersigned, to transmit his final orders to the Prince the Heir of his Crown, who, in quality of first sob jett, is bound to s e t the e x a mpl e o f o bedience to his Majesty's sub— jects in Norway, Danes by birth, whO, bV retusing to return, will become guilty of r hellion; and to the Norwegians, in tine, from wit in, as a last proot of his atketion, he should endeavour to avert the horrors of a destructive war. _ The adoption of this resolution by his Danish Majesty, and the orders whirl: the undersigned have received from their respective ('Duets, eliaracterise the nature of their Special mission. The un dersiginll deem themselves compelled to declare, that they are by 11 0 .heans mediator , between Norway and Sweden, but rather Com mi• i.Crs.—hutaliis at arms, it' the expression may be 11Sed,— ch.trguil wtfli caurVtlig into execution in its HI extent the treaty of K a I , 'an!' ihr viaValitced by their Sovereigns. ilfwever, the known character of his Highness, the rectitude of leis iiitetiti , ns, the general . esteem of Europe for the Norwegian wit ion, and the wish to of the union of the two kingdoms %Milt onl the dlit•ion Of blood, have induced the undersigned to enter into modn'icai ions which they acknowledge are not within the literal meaning of their : they have yielded to the wish to fur: iat his Highness Kith the most honourable means of descending from the eminentsplace to which circumstances have unfortunately rai.e,l him; and they have with pleasure lent themselves to Ckely could prevent the character of his Higlincis '4ll anti to stiptiliLe immunities for the Norwegian yeti*. have !I:might, that in Ro doing, they in no respect departed troni the liherai iiitentions of his Swedish Majesty; but they c6iild not regain the I . :Miming art.ingenients t 9 which they have acceded, St ipti!atral and agreed upon, until they had received the ot that Monarch. Hip iiiithtst7.4. Prince Christian rrederiek Las pnsitiiely declared, thiit rossl:4 only replzee its :he hands of the Diet, the rights e► hich it: 11lrl I (Telt - ill from the nation. The conyoration of the Diet wa, rele-etpir• (le( nsvd neees-ary, and the time for of tin , c.niv-r.stiAsi and i•centing. its deliberations heroines the object of ticst: , (7 A WIC(' wait pripo‘ed by his Hightseig : the under— sl:!lti IV well* as 4 ,:initN seeetld big !Mt the various conditions ',Wit 1 . 11.110•1•(1 were Hll sncees7 , ively rijected At knells. 1:7 ipatisre delik-ststinsi, they have the honour to sidossit to Isis the 4.7xpresitott of intentions from s% Bleb tiny cannot tit;a T. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. AUG. 21. The ha-es of the armistice. .ire :- 1 A solemn ei ga . ,:cittettt from los I-Ugliness to till Kitt!: of stwod e n aid his august Afars, to it-i_• ii:to Ilse hoed , of the Patio,. 4,0.1 bled by its representative - s, all the tights which he bas received from it, and to employ all his it floctice with the people, to indoce theist to consent to the onion The country between the (Motown and the Swedish frontier 4101 be cvacti.ited by the NorweLian ops as well as the. We.. of IVa!ehoren, anti the fortresses of crecierickstadt. with its citadel, Fredericksliall. Freelerickstein , The country shall be declared iientrat, and the lOtlllssts shall tie occetipied by Swedish troops. 3. After the oecopation of the fortre•seF, the blockade of Nor• way shall lo• r a i s ed, respect to the poste. of Christiania, Christian. rand, and Ilergen, with the necessary modifications, and during the period of the trece. After giving in this ultimatum. tvith regard to which the tinder. shoed demand a categof ical answer, they also address themselves to his Ilicliness, in order to learn his resolution in regard to the letter of his Danish 111iijesty. They have, at the time, the honour to declare to his I . ligh. Hess, that wit/never inav be his answer to this official note, they will consider the it wegociations as terinitiateol, an,l w ill demand their pasvorts, whether for the porpoise oh' continuing to tiling about the moon of the two kingdoms in a pacific manner, or to fellow up an iiieffectual negociation by more efficacious measures. They seize with eagerness this opportunity of p r e sen t in g to hi s Royal Highness the expression of their gratitude. (Signed) STEM ENTESCII. 0 It LO FF. FORS I E R MAIiTENS. Christiania, July 7, 1814. To his Nighties Prince Christian Frederick ut Denmark. THE ANSWER OF HIS MAJESTY. To the note from you Gentlemen, the Envoys of the Courts allied to Sweden, charged with a special mission to Norway, I hasten to reply ctinformably with my duties to the people of Norway, and to the regerd due to the overtures yon are commissiotted to make. The happiness of Norway is the sole object of my actions. The Norwegian nation, from the oath of fidelity to the King of Denmark, and not acknowledging his power to cede them in full sovereignty and property to the King of Sweden, as well as justly irritated by learning it was a principal condition that Swedish troops should take possession of fortresses never occupied by Danish troops during the union, wished to avail themselves of those rights, which in si milar sassy belong, according to public opinion, to every nation. A ware of this oneral sentiment, which an inveterate hatred between bordering nations rendered more marked than ever. I per. ceived that internal disturbances and anarchy would result from a forced union : and I put tus.self at the heat) of the nation in order to pre% cot these calamities. The regard due to the Soveteigtity which resides in the nation itself, made me assemble a diet, and it formed a enostitution calculated to consolidate the happiness of the people. Their “ffeetion anti conlithoi •c offered me the Crown, which I teen thought it my duty to accept : and desirous of cants bitting to tile happiness of the people, I was perm ailed that the imlependanee of Norway under a Government which the nation its( If had foe Inca, and an alliance with Sweden guaranteed by the great powers, which should secure the repre.e of the North with that of the Norwegian people, who wish only to live free amovg their rocks, would be the most desirable state of things for Norway. I founded my hopes on the application, in our favour, of the same principle , ' in support of ref w Welt such generous efforts had been lavished in Germany cud in Spain. The great powers of Europe have otherwise decith tl ; declarations which you have made, persuade me that the safety of Norway demands, tle:t we should yield to the law of the strongest ; and I perceive that the,e same 'towers, not wishing to bring the ca lamities of war on Norway, are desirous of attending to eve' y thing that may secure ns much as possible the happiness of N.lrtsay wiited to Sweden. I even see it in my power to stipulate for the welfare of Norway, by the sacrifice of a situation personally flattering to me. I do not hesitate to make such sacrifice. in a manner worthy et a man of honour, worthy of the crown which I wear, and of the people who have conferred it on me.. Yon have recognised glut it is only ieto the hands of the Diet that I can resign my rights ; and it is also only that assemb:y, of the rrpre sentati yes of the nation which C3ll de c ide whetber the nation shooki prefer an unequal! struggle for its ;ndependence to the Icomunble ctgtl ditions i‘sloeh shall he offered to Norway a., a kne , doto united to S..i,ye• den. I acknowledge it to be my duty to wake known to the natio* E [ ... I