The National Register.
London, England, 1811-03-24 00:00:00

REGISTER.

ed during the course of my reign. May he one day prove wor-
thy of ascending the throne on which Gustavus Adolphus sat.—
But should that son be destined to neglect the sacred duties
whiehtfall to his share on entering life : to forget that the first and
most binding obligation oa a Swedish Monarch is to love and
honour a free people; to wander from the path t raced by the great
Princes Wbo have tilled this throne, however rapturous be the
joy of his birth, however deep my sorrow at his loss, I would
beseech Heaven as a blessing, to recal from earth that child, the
spring of Any fondest hopes : for I should never cease to grieve
at the thought, that my descendants should forget after my death,
that whilst Providence entrusted them with sovereign rule over
a mighty kingdom, she also gave them free and loyal subjcctr,
whose happiness and prosperity it is their duty to secure."

They will also recollect the joy which they ex-
pressed at the birth of this very Prince, whose in-
terest they have for a time so shamefully abandoned,
and which drew from his Royal Father at the con-
tlusion of the same Diet these glowing expressions of
gratitude :

" Ihave received from you the most affecting proofs of grati-
tude and attachment to me and my family, as well as to a belov-
ed consort who, whilst you were assembled, has crowned my
hopes by giving me a son, the invaluable supporter of my throne.
The lively emotions with which you have shared my joy, and
the engagements Which you have contracted with him, have
drawn still closer, my beloved subjects, the ties that unite us,
and which I cannot render too numerous. My most ardent
wishes are, that this child may, during the course of his life, pre-
serve and deserve the love which you have displayed towards
him at his birth, and that the honourable name which y6u have
bestowed upon him, may incessantl/ recall his duties to his -
mind, without ever becoming a term of reproach through the
want of those virtues which you have a right to expect from its
bearer. I shall spare nothing to educate him in these sentiment?,
and my chief care will be to implant in his infant heart that sin-
cere affection which I shall never cease to feel for my people."

On comparing the conduct of their present Go-
vernors with that of their lawful King, they will
feel and acknowledge the difference which exists
between the tools of a foreign Despr,t, and a Prince
whose education Gus-rAvus 111. so faithfully
decribed to the Diet, in 1786, in the following
words :

44 Among the reasons that have called for the convocation of
this Diet, there is one mosi dear to my heart, that of presenting
you this child, who in so many respects may be considered as
your own; and who, since you witnessed his birth, will enable
you to judgeby the progress he has made of the hopes which you
may form of him in future.

" It isv. in: ray opinion, a great blessing that the first object
which strikes his eyes, at an age when the soul takes deep int-
pressi•yas which seldom wear away, should be the assembly of a
free people, obedient to the laws, and of a King who governs
through them w:'.iout any abridgment of Hs power. Let his
youthful heart be deeply moved—let be tilled with respect
for the Constitution of the kingdom, and with esteem for the
nation. Since fortune and birth have raised him ;above the rest
of men, I will teach even his infancy the consideration which he
owes to a free people. He shall learn that, should Providence
one day entrust him with the Swedish Sceptre, he shall ascend
the-Throne only to make his subjects happy.
44- Such are the principles on which his education is founded.
He is made acquainted with the virtues and exploits of his heroic
ancestors, the former Monarchs of Sweden, but when lee will

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