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shall be allowed to go to another 

 University without express per- 

 mission ; and those who shall 

 transgress this order shall never 

 be admitted to any office, or 

 allowed to practise any profession, 

 in the Hanoverian dominions. 



26. Christiania. Yesterday 



his Majesty the King and his 

 Royal Highness the Crown Prince 

 left this place for Drondhiem, 

 where they will arrive on the 2nd 

 of September. On the 24-th inst. 

 the Storthing, in full assembly, 

 had a solemn audience of leave. 

 The President, on this occasion, 

 addressed his Majesty in the 

 following speech : — 



" Your Majesty is quitting our 

 assembly for the purpose of 

 placing on your royal head, and 

 in the ancient regal seat of Nor- 

 way, that crown which the wise 

 Swerre, and the brave Hager 

 Adelsteen, the noble and constant 

 friend of liberty, wore before you. 

 We acknowledge with gratitude, 

 under Divine Providence, that 

 all the qualities which were the 

 ornament of those ancient kings 

 of Norway are united in your 

 Majesty, and can refer to the 

 unerring testimony of history for 

 a confirmation of your Majesty's 

 virtues. This assembly enter- 

 tains no higher wish than that of 

 being present at the solemn act, 

 when your Majesty shall put the 

 , seal to your oath, in the holy 

 temple of God, to maintain the 

 independence and the liberty of 

 Norway ; yet, we must renounce 

 this our wish, in compliance with 

 the wise determination of your 

 Majesty, which ordains that we 

 shall re-assume and finish as soon 

 as possible the important business 

 yet depending. Mean time, 



however, some of our body will 

 be present at the coronation of 

 your Majesty, when they will 

 reiterate to your Majesty, as the 

 constitutional king of Norway, 

 the assurance of our inextinguish- 

 able fidelity, of our firm attach- 

 ment, and of our ardent love. 

 We unite with the people in their 

 prayers to Heaven, that it may 

 bless and preserve your Majesty." 



The King replied to this speech 

 nearly in the following manner : — 



" Though I had greatly wished 

 to be surrounded at the ceremony 

 of my coronation by all the 

 national representatives, I must 

 sacrifice my desire to the import- 

 ant affairs still remaining for your 

 attention, more particularly as 

 they regard the equal partition 

 of the public charges. But, in 

 leaving you, I take with me the 

 sure conviction, that you are all 

 animated by the same patriotism. 

 No people can be happy, unless 

 an intimate union subsist between 

 their representatives and the 

 head of the government. Then 

 alone will their rights be main- 

 tained, the liberty of the nation 

 be preserved, and its name be 

 honoured amongst foreigners. I 

 shall renew with fervency in the 

 face of Heaven that oath before 

 sworn to you, that I will govern 

 the empire according to its con-* 

 stitution and laws. I will implore 

 Divine Providence to bestow on 

 me the same wisdom and power 

 by which the great kings you 

 have named were directed, whose 

 memory is preserved to us in the 

 annals of Norway." 



The Imperial Proclamation of 



26th August, O. S. ordering a 



levy of recruits, is as follows :- — 



" By the Grace of God, \Ve, 



I 2 . Alexander 



