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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



and even the subje6l of this article 

 are all of so extraordinary a nature, 

 that his majesty has been yet hardly- 

 able to comprehend the objedt of 

 such an a6t of political extravagance. 

 If it has been done in the hope of 

 misleading the public as to the con- 

 du6l of his majesty, as it appears 

 from the uncommon pains that are 

 taken to draw a line of separation 

 between his majesty and his subjects, 

 let the world understand, that any 

 instigation to that eft'edt never could 

 have been less likely to succeed than 

 at this moment, or than it always 

 will, with a people whose interests 

 are bound up with those of a sove- 

 reign, who has never separated his 

 prosperity from theirs, and who 

 never feels so happy as when he 

 contributes to the glory and to the 

 happiness of his subjc6ts. As his 

 majesty cannot, consistent with his 

 own dignity, or the honour of his 

 crown, permit any ofticial inter- 

 course, after such an insult, he has 

 ordered me, sir, to communicate to 

 you, that from this day all diplo- 

 matic intercourse of evcr3' kind, 

 both private and public, is immedi- 

 ately to cease between the French 

 legation at Stockholm and his ma- 

 jesty's governuient. As a sentence 

 in the article above-mentioned seems 

 to inDply that the French govern- 

 ment is disposed to admit that the 

 continuance of the commercial inter- 

 course between Sweden and France 

 ■would be attended with some advan- 

 tages, his majesty, on his part, is' 

 willing to permit the same, from 

 those sentiments of esteem which he 

 has always entertained lor the French 

 people ; sentiments which he has 

 inherited from his ancestors, and 

 which owe their origin to far hap- 

 pier times. 



(Signed) T. D. Ehrenhcim. 



Order issued by the Court Chancellor 

 at Stockholm on the 7th. of Sep- 

 tember, 1804. Signed by C. B. 

 Zibet and A. D. Hummel, 



His majestjf the king has been 

 pleased to inform me, by his gra- 

 cious letter of the 26th of August, 

 that for a long time the prevalent 

 tone of most French journals and 

 daily papers has been marked by a 

 want of due respect for kings and 

 princes, and for every lawful go- 

 vernment ; that this insolence, so 

 worthy of chastisement, has conti- 

 nued to increase, and the conse- 

 quences thereof have lately appeared 

 i.n one of the newspapers most ge- 

 nerally known, which has dared 

 to insert expressions attacking the 

 king's exalted person, and conse- 

 quently the dignitjr of the empire; 

 and as this cannot be passed over 

 without animadversion, his majesty 

 has been pleased to order : — I. That 

 from the hour when this nc^tification 

 is made public, the importation into 

 the Swedish empire, and the pro- 

 vinces belonging thereto, of French 

 journals, -weekly magazines, and 

 daily papers, is stri6tly prohibited ; 

 and that no exception can be grant- 

 ed or demanded. — II. That all im- 

 portation of books and writings 

 Avhich may be printed in France in 

 future, is likewise prohibited ; those, 

 however, which have already ap- 

 peared, arc not included, provided 

 their contents be not contrary to 

 the regulation of the ordinances 

 still in force ; but with respect to 

 French books, which may be pub- 

 lished in future, exceptions may be 

 admitted, if an humble request be 

 made for the purpose through the 

 ofl'ce of the king's court of chan- 

 cery. In consequence whereof, 



I am required to publish this gra- 



