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are, like you, members of the 

 Scandinavian family ; and battles 

 between the two nations are eqiial- 

 Ij' repugnant to nature, to reason, 

 and to sound policy. 



Norwegians ! Suffer not your- 

 selves to be heated by the instiga- 

 tions of the individuals who have 

 only their personal interest in view. 

 Sacrifice not the welfare of your 

 country to the deceitful illusions 

 which they present to you. Open 

 your eyes to the dangers into 

 which a criminal ambition is pre- 

 cipitating you. Sweden will not 

 lay down her arms until she lias 

 effected an union necessary to her 

 safety and repose. You may pre- 

 vent the calamities of a war v. hicli 

 can only be advantageous to your 

 seducers. Look forward to the 

 futurity which awaits you, and to 

 the glory and prosperity which 

 must ensue from an union of the 

 two nations. 



Norwegians ! Reject, then, an 

 influence and errors, equally un- 

 worthy of you ; let the national 

 will speak, and fix its laws under 

 the segis of an enlightened and 

 beneficent monarch ! He offers 

 you, with the removal of every 

 semblance of war, independence, 

 liberty, and the guarantee of all 

 your privileges. Your fidelity shall 

 be the pledge; his virtues shall be 

 your securities. 



NORWAY. 



Christiana, July 26. 

 On the 30th of June came the 

 following envoys from the allied 

 powers, through Sweden, to Chris- 

 tiana, namely : General Baron de 

 Steigentesch, for Austria-; Major- 

 General Orloff, for Russia; Au- 

 gustus J. Forster, for England ; 

 and MHJor Baron de RIartens, for 

 Prussia. Sonie days afterwards 



they had an audience of his Majes- 

 ty, and on the 7th inst. presented 

 the following : 



Note A. 



The undersigned, charged by 

 their respective courts with a spe- 

 cial mission to his Highness Prince 

 Christian Frederic of Denmark, 

 have the honour to address to him 

 the present official note. 



The cession of Norway, pro- 

 duced by the treaty of Kiel, was 

 guaranteed by the four powers, 

 allies of Sweden. That decree of 

 policy was irrevocably fixed. Tlie 

 allied sovereigns consider the union 

 of Norway to Sweden as one of 

 the bases of the new system of 

 equilibrium, as a branch of indem- 

 nities which it is impossible to re- 

 place by any other. 



The events which latter!}' oc- 

 curred in Norway, the opposition 

 which the decision of Europe found 

 there, and the resolution which 

 his Highness has taken to put 

 himself at the head of that oppo- 

 sition, determined the allies of 

 Sweden to take the necessary steps 

 for effecting the union of Norway. 

 It is with this object that the un- 

 dersigned have repaired to his 

 Highness. 



They are charged to express to 

 him the painful impression which 

 his proceedings have produced on 

 their sovereigns, to summon him 

 formally to return within the line 

 of his most sacred duties, and to 

 declare to him, that should lie re- 

 fuse to yield to the general wish of 

 Europe, which recalls him to Den- 

 mark, an unequal war will arise in 

 the north, and arms will infallibly 

 produce what persuasion has in 

 vain attempted. For this purpose » 

 the army of General Count Be- 

 ningsen, as well as a corps of 

 Prussian troops, have been placed 

 at the disposal of Sweden, and the 



