40] ANNUAL REGISTER, ISU. 



ately proceeded to the frontiers, 

 thence to Roraas, and finally across 

 the mountains to Drontheim. He 

 was every where met by the peo- 

 ple from the hills and valleys, in 

 crowds, accompanied by their 

 wives and children, who exclaimed, 

 " We will conquer or die for old 

 Norway's freedom," adding, in 

 their plain and affectionate mode 

 of address, " Thou shalt not leave 

 us." On arriving at Gulbrandsthal, 

 a pass, famous for the extermina- 

 tion of a band of Swedish invaders 

 by the mountaineers, the Prince 

 alighted at the marble pillar com- 

 memorating the event, and having 

 read aloud the inscription in the 

 words of an old ballad, '• Woe to 

 every Norwegian whose blood does 

 not boil in his veins at the view of 

 this monument !" he asked the sur- 

 rounding peasants,if they were will- 

 ing to imitate this noble example : 

 and was answered by a thousand 

 consenting shouts. Entering Dron- 

 theim, he alighted at the house of 

 General Von Krogh, where the 

 principal citizens were assembled 

 at a solemn entertainment. The 

 venerable host, 80 years of age, 

 was unable, through infirmity, to 

 join the company ; but he caused 

 himself to be led in at the close of 

 ihe entertainment, and amidst uni- 

 versal acclamations, drank the 

 health of Christian, as Regent. 

 The Prince, after a stay of four 

 days at Drontheim, returned to 

 Christiana. On the following 

 day all the bells of the city were 

 rung, and the cannon were fired, 

 the town guards and troops pa- 

 raded the streets, and the Prince 

 repaired to the principal church, 

 where he took an oath as Regent 

 of Norway. On Feb. 19th the 

 Danifch flag was taken down, a 



funeral dirge playing the while, 

 and the Norwegian colours were 

 hoisted amidst loud acclamations. 

 A council of state, consisting of 

 seventeen persons, was appointed, 

 and the Prince issued proclama- 

 tions to the people of Norway, to 

 the bishops, the civil officers, the 

 army and navy, a circular letter to 

 the clergy, and an addreiss, in the 

 French language, to all Europe. 

 In his proclamation to the people, 

 after adverting in indignant terms 

 to the forced cession of tiieir coun- 

 try, he called upon them to as- 

 sert their independence, promis- 

 ing to stay among them and 

 hold the reins till an assembly of 

 the most enlightened men of the 

 nation should have formed a wise 

 constitution, on whom it should 

 depend whether he was to con- 

 tinue in the trust now reposed in 

 him. The subject of another pro- 

 clamation was, the abolition of 

 privateering, and the relation 

 which was to subsist between Nor- 

 way and other nations. Its pre- 

 amble acknowledged as a y)articu- 

 lar benefit conferred upon Norway 

 by the King of Denmark, before 

 he absolved the nation from its 

 oath of allegiance, that he had 

 given it peace with Great Britain. 

 It proceeded to declare Norway at 

 peace with all Powers, except that 

 which should violate its indepen- 

 dence, or attack its frontiers ; and 

 to proclaim free access to all its 

 ports to the ships of all nations, 

 with the permission of importing 

 every kind of merchandize by 

 such vessels as should bring two- 

 thirds of their cargoes in grain or 

 other provisions. 



On Feb. 24th, the Swedish 

 Count, Axel Rosen, appeared at 

 Christiana, commissioned to put 



