GENERAL HISTORY. 
Powers, comprehend the whole 
of what was once Poland, with 
the exception of the ancientcapital, 
Cracow, which those Powers have 
thought good in congress to de- 
clare a free, independent, and 
strictly neutral city, having asmall 
territory assigned to it. Russia, 
Austria, and Prussia, engage to 
respect, and to causeto be respect- 
ed, its neutrality, and no armed . 
force is upon any pretext to enter 
its territory. It is to possess its 
- free constitution, its academy, and 
bishopric, as settled by a former 
treaty. 
At the Diet of Sweden, which 
opened at Stockholm in March, 
the King delivered a speech re- 
markabie for the very high terms 
in which he mentioned the Crown 
Prince. Speaking of the dange- 
rous state of the country when he 
ascended the throne, he said, 
“‘By your unanimous choice a 
hero was placed at my side. By 
him ail your hopes and mine were 
animated. The dangers which 
loured at a distance vanished be- 
fore the lightning of his sword, 
and all contending spirits were 
pacified by the benignity of his 
countenance.’ After alluding to 
the new contest for the liberties 
of Europe, in which their country 
bore a part, ‘“‘ My son, however, 
(said he) did not draw his sword 
merely to raise the honour of the 
warriors of Sweden to its former 
lustre ; he had, as well as myself, 
ahigher and more important end 
inview.’ ‘This is explained to be 
the union of Norway with Sweden; 
on the effectuating of which, the 
assembly is warmly congratulated; 
the eulogy onthe Princeis brought 
to a climax, by pronouncing him 
neal 
more worthy of the choice of the 
States,than any one who hasworn 
the crown of the Great Gustavus 
Adolphus. 
The Diet app earsto have passed 
in great harmony. The States 
having been informed by theKing, 
that the foreign debt would ina 
short time be discharged, a depu- 
tation of the four orders waited 
upon his Majesty, and the Crown 
Prince, with an address of grati- 
tude on that account. In this they 
expressed their acknowledgments 
to the King, “ that by wise and 
beneficent measures, as well as 
by important personal services, 
he had given the nation the power, 
of which it would probably have 
been deprived for a long time to 
come, of discharging in a way not 
likely to be much felt by the fi- 
nances, a debt which had long 
pressed heavily upon them.” On 
August the 10th, the Diet was 
closed by a speech from the 
Throne, which began with af- 
firming, that “Seldom had a King 
of Sweden more objects to pro- 
pose for regulation to his people, 
or more occasion for joy in doing 
so; seldom had the bond of union 
between the Sovereign and sub- 
jects been more closely drawn.” 
Among other causes for satis- 
faction, he particularly mentioned 
the conviction expressed by the 
Diet, that the union between Swe- 
den and Norway required for its 
solidity an entire recognition of 
common rights ; and their having 
met with enlightened good-will 
the wishes of the Norwegian na- 
tion, and thereby excited.a mutual 
confidence, which had shewn in a 
short period what could only have 
been expected from long expe~ 
