438. 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 18 14-. 



Convention 



Between hix Royal Highness the 

 Prince Royal of Stveden, in the 

 name of the King of Sweden, on 

 the one part, and the Norwegian 

 Government on the other part, 

 concluded at Moss, Aug. 14. 



Art. 1. His Royal Highness 

 Prince Christian shall, as soon as 

 possible, convoke the States Ge- 

 neral of the Kingdom of Norway, 

 accordini^ to the mode prescribed 

 by the existing constitution. The 

 Diet shall be opened on the last 

 day of September ; or, if this be 

 impracticable, within the first 

 eight days of October. 



Art. 2. His Majesty the King of 

 Sweden shall communicate directly 

 with the Diet by one or more Com- 

 missioners whom he shall appoint. 

 Art. 3. His Majesty the King 

 of Sweden promises to accept the 

 Constitution framed by the De- 

 puties of the Diet of Ewswold. 

 His Majesty will propose such 

 changes only as are necessary to 

 the union of the two kingdoms, 

 and engages to make none other 

 but in concert with the Diet. 



Art. 4. The proojises of his 

 Swedish Majesty, and. of the 

 Prince Royal, to the Norwegian 

 people, shall be strictly fulfilled, 

 and confirmed by his Majjesty to 

 the Norwegian Diet. 



Art. 5. The Diet shall assemble 

 at Christiana. 



Art. G. His Majesty the King 

 of Sweden declares, that no person 

 shall be molested, directly or in- 

 directly, for any opinions here- 

 tofore expressed adverse to the 

 union of the two kingdoms. The 

 Norwegian civil anc. military func- 

 tionaries, or those who are fo- 

 reigners, shall be treated with all 

 regard and courtesy. None of 

 them shall be harassed for his opi- 



nion. Those who decline con- 

 tinuing their services shall be pen- 

 sioned according to the laws of the 

 country. 



Art. 7. His Majesty the King of 

 Sweden shall employ his good 

 offices with his Majesty the King 

 of Denmark, to procure the revoca- 

 tion of the ordinances or edicts 

 promulgated since January 14, 

 1814, against the public func- 

 tionaries, and the kingdom of Nor- 

 way in general. 



Done at Moss, Aug. 14, 1814. 

 Ratified, Christian FiiEDEmcK. 



Pope^s Bull re-establishing the 

 Jesuits. 



PIUS, BISHOP, SERVANT OF THE 

 SERVANTS OF GOD. 



(Ad perpetuam rei memoriam.) 



The care of all the churches con- 

 fided to our humility by the Divine 

 will, notwithstanding the lownessof 

 our deserts and abilities, makes it 

 our duty to employ all the aids in 

 our power, and which are furnished 

 to us by the mercy of Divine Pro- 

 vidence, in orden that we iway be 

 able, as far as the changes of tidiies 

 and places will allow, to relieve the 

 spiritual wants- of the Ca-tholic 

 world, without any distinction' of 

 people and nations. 



Wishing to fulfil this duty of 

 our Apostolic Ministry, as stioii as 

 Francis Karen (then living) and 

 other secular priests resident for 

 many years in the vast empire of 

 Russia, and who liad been mem- 

 bers of the company of Jesus sup- 

 pressed by Clement XIV. of happy 

 memory, had supplicated our per- 

 mission to unite in a body, for the 

 purpose of being able to apply 

 themselves more easily, in confor- 

 mity with their institution, to the 

 instruction of youth in religion »ud 

 good morals, to devote themselves 

 to preaching, to confession, and 



