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general blockade of Norway has 

 been resolved upon in couiiuon 

 concert with Great Britain. 



At the same time the King of 

 Denmark compromised in the eyes 

 of the monarchs, the gaurantees 

 of his word, and of the treatj' of 

 Kiel, was justly irritated against 

 his late subjects for the non-exe- 

 cution of his will. His Majesty 

 resolved, in consequence, through 

 the intermedium of the undersign- 

 ed, to transmit his iinal orders to 

 the Prince, the heir of his crown, 

 who, in quality of first subject, is 

 bound to tet the example of obe- 

 dience to his Majesty's subjects in 

 Norway, Danes by birth, who, 

 by refusing to return, will become 

 guilty of rebellion ; and to the 

 Norwegians, in tine, from whom, 

 as a last proof of his affection, he 

 should endeavour to avert the hor- 

 rors of a destructive war. 



The adoption of this resolution 

 by his Danish Majesty, and the 

 orders which the undersigned have 

 received from their respective 

 courts, characterize the nature of 

 their special mission. The under- 

 signed deem themselves compelled 

 to declare, that they are by no 

 means mediators between Norway 

 and Sweden, but rather commis- 

 sioners (heralds at arms, if the ex- 

 pression may be used) charged 

 with carrying into execution in its 

 full extent the treaty of Kiel, and 

 the stipulations guaranteed by their 

 sovereigns. 



However, the known character 

 of his Highness, the rectitude of 

 his intentions, the general esteem 

 of Europe for the Norwegian na- 

 tion, and the wish to effect the 

 union of the two kingtloms with- 

 out the effusion of blood, have 

 induced the undersigned to enter 

 into modifications which they ac- 

 knowledge are not within the lite- 



ral meaning of their instructions; 

 they have yielded to the wish to 

 furnish his Highness with the 

 most honourable means of descend- 

 ing from the eminent place to 

 which circumstances have unfor- 

 tunately raised him ; and they 

 have with pleasure lent themselves 

 to every arrangement which could 

 prevent the character of his High- 

 ness from suffering, and to stipu- 

 late immunities for the Norwegian 

 people. 



They have thought, that in so 

 doing they in no respect departed 

 from the liberal intentions of his 

 Swedish Majesty ; but they could 

 not resjard the following arrang-e- 

 ments to which they have acceded 

 as articles stipulated and agreed 

 upon, until they had received the 

 assent of that monarch. 



His Highness Prince Christian 

 Frederick has postivel}' declared, 

 that he could only replace in the 

 hands of the Diet the rights which 

 he had received from the nation. 

 The convocation of the Diet was 

 in consequence deemed necessary, 

 and the time for effecting this 

 convocation and securing its deli- 

 berations becomes the object of 

 negociation. A truce was propos- 

 ed by his Highness; the under- 

 signed were anxious to second his 

 wishes ; but the various conditions 

 which they proposed were all suc- 

 cessively rejected. At length, 

 upon mature deliberation, they 

 have the honour to submit to his 

 Highness the expression of inten- 

 tions from which they cannot de- 

 part. 



The bases of the armistice are : 

 1. A solemn engagement from 

 his Highness to the King of Swe- 

 den and his august allies, to resign 

 into the hands of the nation as- 

 sembled by its representatives, all 

 the rights which he has received 



