414 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1812. 



the 17th of March, expedited 

 nearly 600 causes ; that of the in- 

 terior 952 ; that of finance and 

 commerce 1653 ; and the war- 

 department 2535 ; The causes in 

 which final decision has not 5'et 

 ■been given, and which are con- 

 fined to a very moderate number 

 in each department in comparison 

 to the extent coming under their 

 several denominations, are either 

 of such nature as to require your 

 Majesty's decision, or to be again 

 brought forward for final deter- 

 inination. 



Should your Majesty deign to 

 recognize in the sketch which I 

 have laid before you, the desire 

 which has actuated me to deserve 

 the high confidence you have 

 shown towards me, this would 

 prove, next to the joy I feel on 

 your Majesty's re-establishment, 

 the most pleasing recompence for 

 all my pains. May Heaven, in 

 accordance with my prayers, 

 lengthen your Majesty's days ; and 

 that Sweden, protected by your 

 virtues, Sire, may find an impe- 

 rishable guarantee for her future 

 destiny, in the absolute devotion 

 which my heart has vowed to 

 your Majesty; in the respectful 

 attachment of my son ; in the 

 sanctity of the laws of the state ; 

 in the uprightness of the public 

 functionaries; and in the union, 

 the courage, and the patriotism of 

 all Swedes ! 



With the most sincere senti- 

 ments of attachment, and with the 

 most profound respect, I am. Sire, 

 your majesty's most humble and 

 faithful subject, and good son, 



C. John. 

 Palace at Stockholm, 

 ./ an. 7,1812. 



Appointment of the Hereditary 

 Prince of Sicily to the Govern- 

 ment as Vicar-general. 



The King our Lord, by a reso- 

 lution, dated this day, signed by 

 his majesty and sealed with the 

 royal seal, has constituted his royal 

 highness Don Francis, hereditary 

 Prince of the Two Sicilies, his 

 most dear son, his Vicar-geiieral 

 in this kingdom of Sicily; trans- 

 ferring to him, with the most am- 

 ple title oi Alter Ego, the exercise 

 of all rights, prerogatives, pre- 

 eminencies, and powers, in the 

 same manner as they could be ex- 

 ercised by his Majesty in person. 

 In tlie name of the king I com- 

 municate to your excellency this 

 sovereign determination ; trans- 

 mitting to you also a copy of the 

 same, that you tnay forthwith 

 communicate it to all the depart- 

 ments depending on the office of 

 Secretary of State, the Royal 

 Household, the Treasury, and 

 Commerce, which are committed 

 to the charge of your Excellency. 

 (Signed) 

 Marquis de Circello. 

 To the Marquis Tomasi. 



Palermo, t/nn. 16, 1812. 



ROYAL LETTER. 



Ferdinand, bj' the grace of God, 

 King of the Two Sicilies, Jeru- 

 salem, &c. Infante of Spain, 

 Duke of Parma, Placencia, Cas- 

 tro, &c. Grand Hereditary Prince 

 of Tuscany, &c. 



My most esteemed Son Francis, 

 Hereditary Prince of the 

 Two Sicilies : — 

 Being obliged through bodily 



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