the term of five years; and an immense district on the continent of Africa, which had been entirely relieved from it, again exposed to all the evils which must flow from its re-establishment.-Because, deeply impressed with the horrors of a commerce which the humanity of the legislature had prohibited, and which is described, in the article above referred to, as repugnant to the principles of natural justice, and of an enlightened age, this house had unanimously addressed his Royal Highness the Prince Regent to employ the whole weight and influence of this country, in the late negociations for peace, to procure its general and entire abolition; and because it is incumbent on ministers to show from what causes the endeavours which it was their duty to make for the attainment of this important object have failed, under circumstances which were undeniably most highly favourable to their success.-Because, this proof can only be given by the production of the papers which have passed during the late negociation upon this subject, as was admitted to be usual in cases of failure, and because no sufficient reason for withholding such information, in the present instance, was given in the debate. AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, WILLIAM Prorogation of Parliament. July 30.-At two o'clock his Royal Highness the Prince Regent came from Carlton-house in state, to proro. gue parliament. The speaker, attended by about 40 members, soon afterwards appeared at the bar. The speaker addressed his royal highness in a speech of some length. He commenced by noticing the importance of the period at which they had met, and of the events during their session, of which, though distant, they had not been idle specta tors. They had proceeded in their usual course to correct errors which experience showed them had crept into our old institutions; to originate new measures experimentally; and to collect information, which, though not immediately acted upon, would be the basis for progressive improvements hereafter. With regard to their finan cial arrangements, they had, without having recourse to new burthens upon the people, been enabled to sustain, on the extended scale to which it had been raised, the mighty military esta blishments of the country. From these great establishments in the south, cooperating with the powerful efforts in the northern nations, and from their joint exertions, had sprung those glorious events, which had ended in the overthrow of that enormous military despotism-the disgrace of our times. He then paid a compliment to the wisdom, justice, and ability, with which our military affairs had been conducted at home, and the consummate skill and bravery which abroad had contributed so much to the happy termination of the contest. The speaker then adverted to our efforts in concluding a peace, not less prosperous than the war had been glorious; a peace which had demonstrated the justice of our diplomatic system, and raised our national fame as high in po. licy as in arms. He eulogized the temperance and firmness displayed on this occasion, and characterized the peace as equally honourable and advantageous to all the contracting pow ers. Peace restored, commerce revived, and thrones re-established, furnished well-founded hopes that the same master-hand which had accomplished these things, would be equally visible in the approaching congress, and only cease in its endeavours when it had left the world in a state of universal happiness. The right hon. gentleman concluded by alluding to the contest with America, and observing, tex that however desirous of peace we might be, it neither could nor ought to be attained by any compromise of our maritime rights. He then presented the three million vote of credit bill, to which the Prince Regent gave the royal assent in person. The Prince Regent then addressed the parliament: My Lords and Gentlemen, I cannot close this session of parliament without repeating the expression of my deep regret at the continuance of his majesty's lamented indisposition. When, in consequence of that calamity, the powers of government were first intrusted to me, I found this country engaged in a war with the greater part of Europe. I determined to adhere to that line of policy which his majesty had adopted, and in which he had persevered under so many and such trying difficulties. The zealous and unremitting support and assistance which I have received from you, and from all classes of his majesty's subjects; the consummate skill and abili ty displayed by the great commander, whose services you have so justly acknowledged; and the valour and intrepidity of his majesty's forces by sea and land; have enabled me, under the blessing of Divine Providence, to surmount all the difficulties with which I have had to contend. I have the satisfaction of contemplating the full accomplishment of all those objects for which the war was either underta ken or continued; and the unexampled exertions of this country, combined with those of his majesty's allies, have succeeded in effecting the deliverance of Europe from the most galling and oppressive tyranny under which it has ever laboured. The restoration of so many of the ancient and legitimate governments of the continent affords the best prospect of the permanence of that peace which, in conjunction with his majesty's allies, I have concluded: and you may rely on my efforts being directed, at the approaching congress, to complete the settlement of Europe, which has been already so auspiciously begun; and to promote, upon principles of justice and impartiality, all those measures which may appear to be best calculated to secure the tranquillity and happiness of all the nations engaged in the late war. I regret the continuance of hostilities with the United States of America. Notwith standing the unprovoked aggression of the government of that country, and the circumstances under which it took place, I am sincerely desirous of the restoration of peace between the two nations upon conditions honourable to both. But, until this object can be obtained, I am persuaded you will see the necessity of my availing myself of the means now at my disposal, to prosecute the war with increased vigour. Gentlemen of the House of I thank you for the liberal provision which you have made for the services of the present year. The circumstances under which the war in Europe has been concluded, and the necessity of maintaining for a time a body of troops in British pay upon the continent, have rendered a continuation of our foreign expenditure unavoidable. You may rely, however, upon my determination to reduce the expences of the country as rapidly as the nature of our situation will permit. My Lords and Gentlemen, It is a peculiar gratification to me to be enabled to assure you, that full justice is rendered throughout Europe to that manly perseverance, which, amidst the convulsions on the continent, has preserved this country against all the designs of its enemies, has augmented the resources and extended the dominions of the British empire, and has proved in its result as beneficial to other nations as to our own. His majesty's subjects cannot fail to be deeply sensible of the distinguished advantages which they have possessed; and I am persuaded that they will ascribe them, under Providence, to that constitution which it has now for a century been the object of my family to maintain unimpaired, and under which the people of this realm have enjoyed more of real liberty at home, and of true glory abroad, than has ever fallen to the lot of any nation. The lord chancellor then declared parliament to be prorogued to the 27th of August next. STATE PAPERS.-FOREIGN. KIEL, JAN. 14. Treaty of Peace between his Majesty the King of Sweden on the one part, and his Majesty the King of Denmark on the other. In the name of the most holy and ever blessed Trinity : His Majesty the King of Sweden, and his Majesty the King of Denmark, impressed with a wish to put an end to the calamities of the war which has unfortunately subsisted between them, by means of a salutary peace, and to restore good understanding between their states, have for this purpose, and upon bases which will secure the duration of peace, respectively appointed the following Plenipotentiaries, viz. his Majesty the King of Sweden, the Baron Gustaf Von Wetterstedt, Court Chancellor, Commandant of the Polish Order of the Star, Knight of the Prussian Red Eagle of the First Class, Member of the Swedish Aca demy; and his Majesty the King of Denmark, Mr Edmund Von Bourke, Great Cross of the order of Danebrog, and Knight of the White Eagle; who, having exchanged their full powers in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles : Art. I. There shall henceforward be peace, friendship, and good understanding between his Majesty the King of Sweden and his Majesty the King of Denmark; the high contracting parties shall do every thing in their power to maintain perfect harmony between each other, their respective states and subjects, and avoid all measures which might be prejudicial to the peace happily restored between them. Art. II. As his Majesty the King of Sweden has unalterably determi ned, in no respect to saparate the interests of the allies from his own, and as his Majesty the King of Denmark is desirous that his subjects may again enjoy all the blessings of peace; and as his Majesty has also received, through the instrumentality of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Sweden, positive assurance on the part of the courts of Russia and Prussia, of their amicable disposition to restore their old connections of friendship with the Danish court, such as they existed before the breaking out of hostilities; so they solemnly charge and bind themselves on their side to neglect nothing that may tend to a speedy peace between his Majesty the King of Denmark, and their Majesties the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia; his Majesty the King of Sweden engages to use his mediation with his high allies, that this salutary object may be as speedily as possible attained. Art. III. His Majesty the King of Denmark, for the purpose of giving a manifest proof of his wish to renew the closest relations with the high allies of his Swedish Majesty, and in the full conviction that the most earnest wishes are cherished on their side to restore a speedy peace, as they have solemnly declared before the breaking out of hostilities, engages to take an active part in the common cause against the Emperor of the French, to declare war against that power, and in consequence to join an auxiliary Danish corps to the Army of North Germany, under the orders of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Sweden; and all this according to and in pursuance of the convention that has been settled between his Majesty the King of Denmark, and his Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland. Art. IV. His Majesty the King of Denmark, for himself and his successors, renounces for ever and irrevocably all his rights and claims on the kingdom of Norway, together with possession of the bishopricks and dioceses of Christiansand, Bergenhuus, Aggerhuus, and Drontheim, besides Nordland and Finmark, as far as the frontiers of the Russian empire. These bishopricks, dioceses, and provinces, constituting the kingdom of Norway, with their inhabitants, towns, harbours, fortresses, villages, and islands, along the whole coast of that kingdom, together with their de pendencies, (Greenland, the Ferroe Isles, and Iceland, excepted); as well as all privileges, rights, and emoluments thereto belonging, shall belong in full and sovereign property-to the King of Sweden, and make one with his united kingdom. For this purpose his Majesty the King of Denmark binds himself in the most solemn manner, as well for him as for his successors and the whole kingdom, henceforward to make no claim, direct or indirect, on the kingdom of Norway, or its bishopricks, dioceses, islands, or any other territory thereto belonging. All the inhabitants, in virtue of this renunciation, are released from the oath which they have taken to the King and Crown of Norway. Art. V. His Majesty the King of Sweden binds himselt on the other hand, in the most solemn manner, to cause the inhabitants of the kingdom of Norway and its dependencies, to enjoy in future, all the laws, franchises, rights and privileges, such as they have hitherto subsisted. Art. Vi. As the whole debt of the Danish monarchy is contracted, as the other well upon Norway as parts of the kingdom, so his Majesty the King of Sweden binds himself, as Sovereign of Norway, to be responsible for a part of that debt, proportioned to the population and revenue of Norway. By public debt it is to be understood that which has been contracted by the Danish government, both at home and abroad The latter consists of Royal and State obligations, bank-bills, and paper money formerly issued under royal authority, and now circulating in both kingdoms. An exact account of this debt, such as it was on the 1st of Jan. 1814, shall be taken by commissioners appointed to that effect by both crowns, and shall be calculated upon a just division of the population and revenues of the kingdoms of Norway and Denmark. These commissioners shall meet at Copenhagen, within one month after the exchange of the ratification of this treaty, and shall bring this affair to a conclu-ion as speedily as possible, and at least before the expiration of the present year; with this understanding however, that the King of Sweden, as sovereign of Norway, shall be responsible for no other portion of the debt contracted by Denmark, than that for which Norway was liable before its separation. Art. VII. His Majesty the King of Sweden, for himsel and his successors, renounces irrevocably and for ever, in behalf of the King of Denmark, all rights and claim to the dukedom of Swedish Pomerania, and the principality of the island of Rugen. These provi ces, with all their inhabitants, towns, havens, fortresses, villages, islands, and all their dependencies, privileges, rights and emoluments, shall belong in full sovereignty to the crown of Denmark, and be incorporated with that kingdom. For this purpose his Majesty the King of Sweden engages, in the most solemn manner, both for himself, his successors, and the whole Swedish kingdom, never to make any claim, direct or indirect, on the said provinces, islands, and territory; the inhabitants whereof, in virtue of this renunciation, are released from the oath which they have taken to the King and crown of Denmark. Art. VIII. His Majesty the King of Denmark solemnly engages in like manner, to secure to the inhabitants of Swedish Pomerania, the islands of Rugen and their dependencies, their laws, rights, franchises, and privileges, such as they now exist, and are con tained in the acts of the years 1810 and 1811. As the Swedish paper-money has never been current in Swedish Pomerania, so his Majesty the King of Denmark engages to make no alteration in this respect, without the knowledge and consent of the states of the Province. Art. IX. As his Majesty the King of Sweden, by the 6th Article of the Treaty of Alliance, entered into at Stockholm, the 3d of March, 1813, with his majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, bound himself to open, for the period of 20 years, reck. oning from the date of the exchange of the ratification of the treaty, the port of Stralsund, as an entrepot tor all colonial produce, merchandise, and manufactures, brought from England and her colonies, in English or we dish vessels, upon payment of one per cent. ad valorem on the goods thus introduced, and an equal duty on their removal from thence; so his Majesty the King of Denmark engages to fulfi. this existing agreement, and to renew the same in his treaty with Great Britain. Art. X. The public debt, which is contracted by the Royal Pomeranian Chamber, remains chargeable on the King of Denmark, as sovereign of the dukedom of Pomerania, who takes upon himself the stipulations agreed upon for the reduction of the said debt. Art. XI. The King of Denmark recognises the donations which the King of Sweden has given on the domains and revenues in Swedish Pomerania and the isle of Rugen, and which amount to the yearly sum of 48,000 Pomeranian rix dollars; his Majesty |