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of the year 1809, the Swedish 

 commerce was continually dis- 

 turbed by Danish privateers, hav- 

 ing at length proceeded to actual 

 hostilities, by giving directions to 

 his subjects, that all Swedes, who 

 shall be found on board of ships 

 captured, or which may hereafter 

 be captured, are to be treated as 

 prisoners of war:— we have found 

 it necessar}' to repel force by force, 

 and do herewith declare, that as a 

 state of war with Denmark, has 

 now commenced, we shall take all 

 the necessary means and steps to 

 insure the security of our subjects 

 and kingdom, and to obtain for 

 ourselves a reasonable redress ; and 

 we do accordingly herewith order 

 and command, that all navigation, 

 trade, and communication by post, 

 and all other exchange of letters to 

 all ports, towns, and places in 

 Denmark and Norway, or in the 

 provinces appertaining to them, 

 shall, on pain of law, entirely cease 

 from this) day forward. And for 

 such cause, it is herewith our most 

 gracious will and command to our 

 field-marshals, chief governors, 

 commanding generals, admirals, 

 governors of districts, and all others 

 our commanders by land and sea, 

 that they and all persons serving 

 under them, shall not only, each in 

 liis place, take all necessary pre- 

 cautions to have this our gracious 

 will and duty immediately made 

 public, but likewise seriously take 

 care that it be carried fully into 

 effect, and strictly observed. Ac- 

 cording whereto, all whom it may 

 concern have to regulate them- 

 selves. And, in further conside- 

 ration whereof, we have signed 

 these presents, with our own hand, 

 and caused them to be confirmed 

 under our royal seal. 



Given at the palace of Haga, the 

 15ih Sept. 1813. 



(Signed) Charles, L. S. 

 (Countersigned) A. G. Morner, 



Proclamation addressed to the Ha- 

 noverians. 



The victorious arms of powers 

 allied against France, have, under 

 the manifest protection of divine 

 Providence, nearly completed the 

 deliverance of the country from 

 her ten years' sufferings. The va- 

 liant army of the north is al- 

 ready approaching ; it is led by his 

 royal highness the illustrious 

 crown prince of Sweden, whose 

 love of justice and heroism, have 

 both disposed and qualified him 

 to become the deliverer of the Ger- 

 mans. The troops of our king, 

 attached to this army, have already 

 occupied the capital, and great part 

 of the country. 



All faithful Hanoverians will 

 gratefully venerate, in this conso- 

 latory change of affairs, those wise 

 measures which his majesty, our 

 beloved king, has ever steadily 

 pursued during the most untoward 

 circumstances, and which his royal 

 highness the prince regent, who 

 is no less warmly interested in the 

 welfare of the hereditary German 

 states of his house, has, with equal 

 constancy, continued and com- 

 pleted. Instead of groaning under 

 the yoke of foreign rulers, to whom 

 the annihilation of our constitution 

 and language, the destruction of 

 our property, and the shedding of 

 the blood of our children, were 

 only a pretext for the gratification 

 of an idle ambition, wc are now 

 once mere blessed by the paternal 

 government of native princes, who 



