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rience. After noticing the event 
which had again rekindled in 
Europe the flame of war, his Ma- 
jesty observed, that, prevented by. 
its situation and confined resources 
from taking a more active part, 
the Scandinavian Peninsula had 
only been able by concurring in 
the principles of its allies, to give 
proof of its continued friendly 
union. 
The Diet of Norway was as- 
sembled in this summer, and on 
July 5th, a royal speech was de- 
livered before it by the Chancellor 
of the kingdom, Count Essen. Its 
principal topic was the new war 
by which the repose of Europe 
had been disturbed, and which 
rendered it necessary that the 
united Scandinavian peopleshould 
be prepared for any exigency, al- 
though there was reason to hope 
that they might still enjoy the se- 
curity of their geographical posi- 
tion. Mention was then made of 
the fraternal disposition towards 
the Norwegians displayed by Swe- 
den ; and it was announced that 
the misunderstandings with Den- 
mark, on account of Pomerania, 
had been brought to a desirable 
conclusion. 
This last event was effected in 
the following manner :—By the 
treaty of Kiel in January 1814, 
the King of Sweden had ceded to 
the crown of Denmark his rights 
to. Pomerania and Rugen as a 
compensation for Norway. The 
King of Denmark, compelled by 
circumstances to acquiesce in this 
exchange, found his new posses- 
sion of little value on account of 
its separation from the other parts 
of his dominion ; and by a treaty 
with the King of Prussia, dated 
June 4th, 1815, he ceded to that 
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king his rights to Swedish Pome- 
rania and Rugen, in return for 
the Duchy of Lauenburg (which 
had been made over to him by 
Hanover), and a sum ‘of money 
in addition. This exchange was 
completed by letters-patent from 
the King of Sweden, dated Oct. 
Ist, absolving the inhabitants of. 
Pomerania and Rugen from any 
remaining allegiance to the Swe- 
dish crown; and in the same 
month, those districts were for- 
mally occupied by the King of 
Prussia’s commissioner. 
The part to be taken by the 
Swiss Cantons on the renewal of 
war between the allied powers 
and France was necessarily re-' 
garded as a matter of importance; 
and on May 6th the ministers of 
the four great powers at Zurich- 
delivered a note on the subject to 
the Diet then sitting. They be- 
gin with applauding the deter- 
mination expressed by the Helve- 
tic body, at the moment of Buo- 
naparte’s return to France, of 
taking up arms to defend its fron- 
tiers, and avert the disorders with 
which all Europe was menaced 
by this event. They proceed to 
mention the compact entered into 
by the sovereigns at the congress’ 
of Vienna for subverting this 
usurpation, and their invitation to’ 
the rest of Europe to accede to it, 
which had been accepted; and 
they announce that they have been 
commissioned by these powers to 
represent to the Diet their confi- 
dent expectation, that Switzer- 
land, by a formal declaration, ' 
would adopt the same principles, 
and concert with them the mea- 
sures necessary for opposing the’ 
common danger. They affirm, ' 
however, that the allied powers 
