436 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



affection for the Norwegians re- 

 mains the same. 



If you accept the terms of the 

 armistice, and the bases of the 

 union, I pledge my word to em- 

 ploy all the influence I possess in 

 persuading the people of Norway 

 to submit to the union as tlie only 

 means of security in their power. 



Honour me, Sir, with your 

 confidence. I have deserved it, in 

 cheerfully subscribing myself, 

 Your Majesty's, &c. 



Christian Frederick. 

 Christiana, July 13, 1814. 



Note to the Envoys of the Allied 

 Potvers. — Note B. 

 Although you, Gentlemen, en- 

 voys of the allied powers, charged 

 with a special mission in Norway, 

 have declared that you are not 

 mediators between Norway and 

 Sweden, it is doubtless inse|'ara- 

 ble from your character to be the 

 guarantees of such stipulations as 

 shall be agreed to between the 

 two kingdoms. It is with this 

 view that I invite you to give me 

 the assurance that yoii will guaran- 

 tee the bases of union wliich the 

 King of Sweden may accept, as 

 well as the armistice, in all the 

 points that may be definitively ar- 

 ranged forthe period of its duration. 

 If the commissioners of the allied 

 powers acquiesce, I am equally 

 desirous that they should assist in 

 settling differences of a serious 

 nature, which may arise during 

 the armistice ; and I shall submit 

 to their decision whether the pe- 

 riod ought to be so far prolonged 

 as to enable the Diet to close its 

 deliberations without interruption. 

 I require of you to guarantee, so 

 long as the armistice shall conti- 

 nue, the raising of the blockade by 

 the maritime forces of England 

 ttnd Russia, in order that commerce 



and free navigation, bolli with re- 

 gard to importation and exporta- 

 tion, be restored to the ports of 

 Norway, and likewise, that per- 

 mission to ship grain and other 

 provisions for Norway, be imme- 

 diately given in Denmark, and in 

 the ports of the Baltic, as well as 

 in England, Holland, and the 

 White Sea. If the exportation of 

 corn from Archangel for the pro- 

 vince of Drontheim, for Nordland 

 and Finmark must be limited, I 

 require 25,000 zetverts. 



1 would again call your atten- 

 tion to the situation of the King 

 of Denmark, as it affects this 

 country. You will admit that the 

 King of Denmark has done the 

 utmost in his power to carry the 

 treaty of Kiel into effect. The 

 evils which he assists in imposing 

 upon his ancient subjects, who 

 have given to him unexampled 

 proofs of their fidelity, exceed 

 those limits which humanity pre- 

 scribes to Sovereigns. It is fit that 

 he revoke these rigorous measures. 

 The circumstances in which I am 

 placed direct my conduct; theKing 

 of Denmark can have no influence 

 on the fate of Norway. It is conse- 

 quently cruel to make him answer- 

 able; and I invite you to employ 

 your good offices with your res- 

 pective sovereigns to relieve him 

 from this obligation, and that his 

 subjects, after so many sufferings, 

 may have no more numerous and 

 foreign armies to maintain. 



I require your answer to this 

 note. Gentlemen, before you quit 

 Norway, accompanied, be assured, 

 by the good wishes of all those 

 who have had the opportunity of 

 knowing you, and who have learn- 

 ed to esteem you as highly as does 

 Your's, &c. 



Christian Frederick.^ 

 Christiana, July 13, 1814. 



