The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-04 00:00:00

NORWAY,

strroi or HIS MAJESTY THE NINO or SWEDEN AND NOR-
WAY ON THE OPENING 01' THE NORWEGIAN STORTHING,
OCTOBER 20, 1536.

" Gentlemen—After a deliberation of five months' dura-
tion the eighth ordinary Storthing was dissolved, in execu-
tion of section 80 of the Constitution.

" In virtue of section 69, which confers on the King the
right of assembling Storthings out of the ordinary course,
and of section 70, which is the sequ©l thereof, au extraor-
dinary Storthing was convokod.
" The laws which j shall cause to again submitted to
your considerAio are of the higLost importance to the
couotqcs, _

The flourisbe-„,g state of our finances w;.1,1 enable you to
adjust the expenditure without difficulty. The surplus of
the, revenue is considerable, notwithstanding the reduction
of one half of the land-tax, The exposition of the state of
the kingdom will be again addressed to you.
" Thelaws relative to communes and trades deserve to en-
gage your attention. The most scrupulous reflections,
founded on local knowledge, must serve to guide you in the
resolutions which you will submit for my sanction.
" In accepting the Constitution of the 4th of November,
1814, I did not fail to perceive its imperfections, but I con-
sidered that the compact between the King and the Swedish
people on the one hand, and the Kit kg of Norway and the
Norwegian people on the other, gave a legal existence to
the independence of the Norwegian nation. Governed
until the data Af tide 'treaty of Kiel by ancient laws,
whotelv 4)ntrity was relieved from every kind of eon-
tranl, tho new Government communicated to the nation a
life which can only be preserved as long as her assemblies
shall be profoundly sensible of the imperative necessity of
obeying' the fundamental laws, and of not subjecting to
arbitrary interpretation any of its paragraphs which were
adopted with a sincere cordiality by the representatives of
both States.
" The Rigs-act, which guaranteed the constitutional re-
lations between the two countries, affords, as far as con-
cents Sweden, the most convincing proof of its observance.
Hereditary animosity was buried in the silence of the tomb,
and the prospect of a censtaat ftlendship has illumined the
horizon of Scandinavia, 1 invoke Providence that this ho-
rizon, instead of becoming obscure, may always remain
Serene, and b.e rendered still more bright by the rays of con-
ea.r.4 and fcateroal, love, I fondly persuade myself, gentle-
men, that your wishes concur with mine.
" I renew to you the expression of my sentiments, and
I pray the supreme Arbiter, who consolidates or overthrows
empires, to bless your labours."
rile general exposition of the state of Norway refer Ted
to in the above speech, is a document of consider:A*loNa
It reviews the political and commerc4ll,4l;7y the coun-
try from the date of the pe'-- 1815, to the
present t;” wrrn Swei en
-..-
—.9. on the subject of the timber trade, rankest, in
the only part
stated that " within these few the
'ears' trade in
as the
which has relation to this couutierYi;
acquired an extension y a, which is the
• nacre
progress still exist.
impediments which, chiefly oppose
Its gress d
for favouring that
tad it
has
The measures adopted by England
branch of commerce with her colonies have injured this
source of Norwegian trade. For a long time. past the King
has availed himself of every opportunity to induce the Go-
vernment of Great Britain to change those measures; but

though the negotiations for this purpose have hitherto keen
fruitless, it is to be hoped that those efforts which motives
of local interest oppose, will soon be crowned with a suc-
cess which will still further vivify our commerce."