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ton en the tzcentij-fourih of August^ 

 180-4, b'l ilte Imperial Envoy s, ac~ 

 companied bt/ the Imperial Pa- 

 tent already puhlhhed, contain- 

 ini( the ifrand, ordinary, and 

 abridged Titles of his Majesty the 

 Emperor. 



The envoys for the eledlorate of 

 Bohemia, and the archduchy of 

 Austria, have received from their 

 sovereign, the annexed printed prag- 

 matic ordinance, by \vhich his im- 

 perial and royal majesty, as sove- 

 reign of the Austrian monarchy, af- 

 ter the example of France, and for 

 the reasons therein contained, has re- 

 solved to assume the liL-reditary im- 

 perlal title. The undersigned envoys 

 have not delayed to communicate this 

 o/dinnnce to the general diet of the 

 empire, and as his majesty has already- 

 addressed letters of notification to 

 his several co-estates, it is not to be 

 doubted that his communication will 

 be received with the most friendly 

 regard. As this new hereditary 

 dignity, according to the express 

 contcnls of the pragmatic ordinance, 

 will produce no alteration whatever 

 in the relation between the German 

 hereditary states and tJic Roman 

 empire : the undersigned envoys for 

 the electorate of Bohemia, and arch- 

 duchy of Austria, have it particu- 

 larly in charge, explicitly to declare 

 that no change will be hereby pro- 

 duced in any other political rela- 

 tions and connexions, but that his 

 majesty will, with redoubled atten- 

 tion, continue to preserve unim- 

 paired the friendly and benevolent 

 sentiments which he has constantly 

 most assiduously cherished towards 

 all his co-estates of the empire. 



Frederic Count de Sladion. 



J'-gid.Josuph Char, dc Fahnenberg. 



Note on the Fart of the King of 

 Sznedcn communicated to (he Diet; 

 dated August IGlh, ISOi. 



In consequence of the note given 

 in to the diet of the empire, on the 

 25th instant, by the envoys for the 

 elet^torate of Bohemia and arch- 

 duchy of Austria, relative to the A us- 

 trian imperial title, the undersiiincd 

 envoy from his Swedish majesty finds 

 himself obliged to declare, that his 

 majesty the king of Sweden partici- 

 pates with the most sincere satisfac- 

 tion in every thing which can tend 

 to promote the interest or gratifica- 

 tions of his imperial house ; yet his 

 Swedish majesty, both in quality 

 of guarantee of the constitution of 

 the empire, and in that of a state 

 of the empire, cannot but consider 

 the objccl of this notice as so inse- 

 parably connefted with the compo- 

 silion of the German empire, that 

 it is not to be laid before the diet 

 merely as a notification, but as a 

 subject for deliberation ; in the dis- 

 cussion of which all the members 

 of the diet may express their opi- 

 nions as authorised by the consti- 

 tution. 



Knut Bildt.. 



Note transmitted by Order of his 

 SKedish Majesty to M. Caillard, 

 the French Charge d' Affaires ui 

 Stockholm, Sept. 7, 1804. 



IFis majesty the king of Sweden 

 has received a report of the impro- 

 per, the insolent, and the ridiculous 

 observations which Monsieur Na- 

 poleon Buonaparte has allowed to 

 be inserted in his Moniteur of th« 

 1 Ith of August, under the arficl* 

 RatisboD. The tone, the style, 



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