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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



<Iiiire. — In consequence of tliis lau- 

 dable and weighty determination, 

 ■we fully expect to be accompanied 

 ty the blessings and prayers of our 

 faithful subjects, as it is our purpose 

 to contend for the future indepen- 

 dence and the honour of the Swedish 

 rame. And since it has been our 

 care, that, during our absence, the 

 administration of publicalfairs should 

 be preserved, and carried on with- 

 out obstruction, in its usuhI course, 

 we have graciously tiiought proper 

 to establish a regency, and to nomi- 

 nate and appoint, as members of (he 

 same, tlie -Swedish baron Wrangle, 

 baililf of the empire, president, &c. 

 ice. Count Charles Axel, major- 

 general, &c. ; Count Samuel Uglas, 

 lieutenant general and inspoclor of 

 the cavalry, i&c. ; baron Brock Ce- 

 derslrom, president of our chancery, 

 and commandant of (he order of the 

 northern star ; baron Frederick 

 l-Viliiam Ehrenheini, our chancellor 

 of the court : and our iidjutant gene- 

 rals of the fleets and armies. — Our 

 gracious will and pleasure, therefore, 

 is, that all our loving subjects and 

 faith.fu! servants, of high and low 

 degree, shall yield the same obedi- 

 ence and obsccjuiousness to the re- 

 gency appointed in our royal name, 

 as to ourselves. To this end, all 

 whom it may concern are command- 

 ed to conform tiiemselves ; and for 

 the better security of the same, we 

 have, Milh our own hand, signed 

 this present, and verified it with our 

 royal seal. 



(L. S.) Gustavus Adolphus. 



M. Ilosenblad. 



Kiipohwi, King of Italy. ThcfoU 

 loxii-ug is an /Iccomit of the I'm- 

 ceedings rdatixr to the Assumption 



of the Crown of Italy by Napokortf 

 Emperor of' the French. 



Paris, March ]Sth, 1805. 



Yesterday at one, his majpsty, 

 being seated on his throne, surround- 

 ed by the grand dignitaries, the mi- 

 nisters, and great officers, and the 

 members of the council of state, the 

 grand master of the ceremonies, in- 

 troduced M. Melzi, vice-president of 

 the Italian republic, attended by M. 

 Marcschalchi, ambassador of that 

 republic, and the representatives of 



its principal public bodies. M. 



Melzi addressed the emperor in the 

 following terms : 



Siiiii, Yon have ordered me 



to assemble together the consuUa of 

 .■^tate, and the deputation of the Ita- 

 lian republic, and to invite them to 

 lake into consideration the object 

 most important for their present and 

 future destinios, the form of their 

 government. I have the honour, 

 sire, to present to you, in the result 

 of their labours, the wish they have 

 formed. The first consideration that 

 struck the minds of the assembly, 

 produced a conviction, that it was 

 impossible to preserve longer the 

 present form, without the peril of 

 remaining far behind the rai)id 

 course of events (hat characterises 

 the epoch in v.hich we live. The 

 constitution of Lyons had all the 

 characteristics of being provisional. 

 It was but the effect of circumstan- 

 ces, a system constitutionally too 

 weak to answer the views of dura- 

 bility and preservation. ■ The urgent 

 necessity of changing it, is demon- 

 strated to reflection as it is generally 

 felt. In setting out from this point, 

 every tldng was simple. The system 

 of a constitutional monarchy was 

 pointed out to us by the progress 

 of enlightened reason, and by the 



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