Star.
London, England, 1814-11-05 00:00:00

SPEECH OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE KING.

" We have been unwilling to delay for a single
moment, solemnly to express to you, Gentlemen,
our lively satisfaction on the great and important re-
solution which you adopted in your sitting of yester-
day. The ever-memorable day has at length arrived,
which must terminate the ancient enmities of the
North, and open a new era of tranquillity, of glory,
and happiness.
a' Norwegians and Swedes have thrown aside the
arms which they lately directed against each other;
and on those mountains which formed a hostile fron-
, tier, they are about to raise a trophy consecrated to
Concord, and to the new fraternal alliance of the two
nations. There they will abjure the errors of preju-
dice, the delicate recollections of the past ; and will
promise each other union in counsels, union in dan-
gers, mutual attachment, and unconquerable courage
against oppression. From thence will they proclaim
that they aspire to no other glory but that of living
independent amidst their mountains, and that the
pole and the sea are at once the boundaries of their
territory and of their hopes.
66 In the name of the King, then, and of Isis :pc-
cessor, in the name of our common country, we con-
vey to you, Gentlemen, the united expression of their
satisfaction. May PROVIDENCE, who watched over
the North, while the destinies of calamity swept over
the rest of Europe, bless the moment when two na-
tions of the same origin, similar in character, and
animated with equal love of liberty, seek, under the
sway of the same King; a permanent guarantee of
their respective rights.
66 We have seen from Vet resolution how im.
portant you yourselves consider it, to discuss and
promptly to decide upon the alterations which the
King has projected in the Constitution. We join you
in the same wish to finish this great work with the
least possible delay, that nothing May retard the so-
lemn recognition of the King and of his successors
to the throne, according to the order of succession of
the %as of Septemby. We are, therefore, ready 10

enter at once into the discussion of the plan ,o( Akft
Constitution, with the Committee who in you bave
design AteJ for that purpose ; and we feellstrsua4ed,
that on year side, as on our% *Ol.ll moment will
be lost in putti..g the last seal to.khe union of the two
kingdoms.
" The King will then deposit in the midst of you
the oath, which shall be to you a pledge of the prin.
ciples of his government, and of his private senti.
mats. You will then receive the Prince, who, de.
stined to inherit one day the solicitude 'of his father
for the kingdoms of Scandinavia, already tees his
glory united to that of old. Norway, and his own hap-
piness depend upon that which he shall be able to
make you enjoy. You will learn from his mouth
how well lie knows how to appreciate a people who
feel their own value, and lov: their liberty.

PROCLAMATION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF
NORWAY TO THEIR COUNTRYMEN.

g The Representatives of Norway assembled ac. •
cording to the Royal Proclamation, founded on the
Convention entered into at a. by this Conven-
tion they were made acquainted with the principal
object for the Diet's rotisiAration. That the slum-
Lion of the country generaLy was precarious, and
that its power of rebistance was much weakened by
the armistice which had been concluded—with this
they were acquainted before they left their homes ;
but, as Norwegians, they did not doubt, that if an
bonourable peace could not be obtained, they would
Still find means to asezrt the honour and liberty
of the country, under the guidance of a King who
had been chosen by the Norwegian people, and to
whom the oath of fidelity had been taken.
6, The illness of King Christian Frederick, which,
for a length of time had made the Norwegian nation
uneasy, did partly continue. The King could not
open the Diet in person.
4, From the speech which his Majesty caused to be
delivered by his Privy council, was perceived, not
only the uncertain internal situation of the country,
but the mournful certainty 'vr.rs obtained, that Nor-
triy coned expect no assistance lioni the powerful
States of Eumpe, and that these persevered in their
' alliance with Sweden. It also learnt, that our be.
loved King, with the same affection for the Norwe-
gian nation which formerly determieed his M tjesty
to place himself at the head of the people, had now
offered the sacrifice of cohsenting to abdicate the
crown, as this was the only condition on which an
armistice could be obtained, which had become ne-
cessary in order to save the army and a great part of
the country.
44 The King issued the dry following, the act by
which for himself and his heirs he abdicates the crown
of Norway, without any reserve ; after which his Ma-
jesty departed the same evening.
" The liberty, honour, mid independence of Nor-
I way, were the objects the Diet had to labour for. If
this end could be obtained by a -.mewed combat—if
the means and resources of the country were adequate
for conducting a war, perhaps a protracted one, against
la superior enemy, who had already acquired consi.
derable advantages ; if there was a sufficient hope for
the fortunate result 4if the contest to lanction the ex-
posing a great part of the country to the calamities
of war—it, after the greatest success, it could be ex-
pected that the frontier might still be defended, and
peace on the ocean, so necessary to Norway, be ob-
tained—or if the liberty and independence of the pro-
ple could be secured through an honourable union
with Sweden, protected by the maintenance ut the
Constitutiqn of Norway—these wcre the important
questions which the Diet had to decide on.
44 1' he Assembly followed cha dictates of its duty
by endeavouring to obtain better inoarof scion of the
real situation of the count) y, as well with regard to
the departments of war and the commissariat, as to
its finances.

44 Commissioners from his Swedish Majesty made
proposals of changes in the constitution, which they
considered as necessary for the union with Sweden.
That theie proposals will be modified and fixed so as
to make them compatible with the liberty and honour
Norwayut under the union, of this the convention of
Moss is the gurantec.
•• The hour in which a resolution was to be taken
had arrived. After the maturcst deliberation, ani.
mated by an equal zeal for the honour of Norway,'
and for its peace—with a view to the spirit which the
representatives of Norway in every district knew to
prevail ; and not unmindful of the political and eco-
nomical advantages which an union with Sweden may
procure for Norway—the Diet has yesterday taken
the following resolution :
4• Norway shall, as an integral State, be united to
Sweden under one King, with the preservation of its
'constitution; suject to such necessary alterations as
the welfare of the country may require, having at the
same time regard to the union with Sweden. These
alterations in the constitution, which his Swedish Ma-
jesty has acknowledged in the convention of Moss,
dated 14th of August last, are to be considered and
determined on by the Diet as speedily as possible;
and as soon as this has been done, the Diet will so.
lenutly elect and acknowledge the King of Sweden,
his Majesty Charles XIII. as the.cciostitutional King
of Norway."
•6 During the consideration of these changes in the
constitution, care for the liberty of the pesp:e and
She security of the State shall govern the labours of
the Diet.

44 Countrymen ! the Representatives of Norway,
honoured by pair confidence with the high calling
they are fulfilling, arc assured your approbation u ill
reward their exertions—that you, with a dispositiou
which is natural to Norwegians, will receive their de.
.tettnination; and that you rirricipate with them in
he hope, that an honourable union u;th 4 ite;gl'.
bowing country will .contribute to the *clime of old
'Norway, which was ever free and indepenti,
" Christiana, in Norway, Extraordinary Diet, the
21st of October, 1814.

•6 to behali of all the Representatives.

44 Cliamir, Iwo tontere rithiseno.