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

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 stwoden
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• raised, 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 presenting to his
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 decide 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*

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