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ANNUAL REGISTER for the YEAR 1772.

to the interests of the kingdom in general, than any other.
The three royal brothers were too prudent, to confine, at such a conjecture, their whole fortune, and all their persons, within the walls of a single city; and they were too wise not to see, that their being in separate stations would contribute more to the success of the great design which they had in view.  Prince Charles, the King's next brother, accordingly set out for Scania, under pretence of meeting the Queen Dowager, upon her return from the court of Berlin, where she had been for some time upon a visit; and Prince Frederic Adolphus, went into the neighbouring province of Ostrogothia, which lies in the way from Stockholm,under the pretence of drinking some mineral waters for his health.  Both these princes had regiments, and principal commands in the army, and were greatly beloved by the troops.
Everything now being in as good as could be Aug. 12th wished, an insurrection took place in the garrison of Christianstadt, where one Hellichins, a captain, having at the head of the soldiers, seized upon the magazines, arms, and fortifications, speedily published a studied manifesto, which though a strange ill put-together composition, carried sufficient marks of the quarter in which it had been fabricated.  In this piece they represent the states of the kingdom, as a combination of persons, who by artifice and violence, the violation of the laws, and the injury of their fellow citizens, had usurped the title and authority, which they now assumed; that they had exercised a most illegal despotism, broke through all the limits of equity, totally neglected the true end of their appointment, and promoted foreign designs; all of which was manifest, as they had taken no measures for preventing or supplying the want of corn, nothwithstanding the dreadful dearth with which the provinces were so grieveously afficted, nor had set on foot any means or expedients, for the promoting of industry and commerce, or for causing a circulation of money; that all the several branches of national defence, had been so grossly and palpably neglected, that the ruin of the kingdom just be the unavoidable consequence; that all public and private security, was trampled under foot, and the honour, reputation, and property, of good honest men were not protected.  That his despotic, and arbitrary power was carried so far, as to encroach even upon the rights and lawful power of the King himself, in direct opposition to the majestic dignity of the crown.  That therefore they, the garrison of that city, finding such a government to be the worst of all despotic and arbitrary systems, are bound by the oaths they have taken, and the obligations they owe to themselves and to posterity, to reject, oppose, and suppress it; and they accordingly renounce all regard and obedience, to the present states of the kingdom, as they all themsleves; and all that they have hitherto resolved and concluded upon, is thereby declared to be an absolute nullity, and liable to enquiry and punishment.  They then call upon all true Swedes, as they regard the duties they owe to God, their King, and their country, to join
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join with them; as the only means of delivery from a most deplorable ruin, and the danger of a foreign oppression, not the less destructive for being clandestine. They conclude, in the fashionable strain, with a pious appeal to Heaven, of the rectitude and integrity of their motives and intentions, which are solely directed to the good of their country, in such a manner, as to give to God the things which are God's, and to the Kind the things which are his. 
It will occur to everybody, that these random, loose, and general charges, assertion without the pretence or appearance of proofs, and conclusions, which could not be deduced from the premises, if the facts were even established, might, from any thing to the contrary that appears in the piece itself, be applied with equal ease and justice, to any othe government under heaven, as to that of Sweden.  This military memorial has however the singularity, of presenting a list of such grievances, as probably were never before exhibited,, either by the garrison of a fort, or by the whole of an army.  It besides affords a key, to those insinuations which the King threw out in his late speech.
Prince Charles was at Carelscroon, between forty and fifty miles southward of Christianstadt, when the news arrived of the revolt.  He immediately seized the opportunity, which his rank and quality afforded, of giving the troops orders to assemble, and taking upon himself the command; and became master at the same time of Carelscroon, by which the arsenal, magazinzes, and navy, were put into his hands. He then published one of those enigmatical incomprehensible manifesto's, which seem at present to be estabished, as a particular mode among the northern powers of Europe; and which he ordered to be read at the head of every company; and to be printed, and read on the following Sunday, in all the pulpits of Schonen. 
It would have been impossible to guess, from the greater part of this declaration, what part the prince himself intended to take, or how the people were to act with safety to themselves, in the present cicumstances.  He expresses great concern for the tumult of Christianstadt, which he says threatens the ruin of many worthy subjects; that the oath which he had taken to their beloved King and the kingdom, did not permit him to see, with a rigid composure, or pusillanimous indifference, destruction breaking in upon his beloved countryman; that he is determined to quench a fire with all expedition, which, when blazing out in a flame, it would require much blood to quench; that he devotes himself with joy, to prevent the dangers, that threaten their beloved sovereign, the country, and the national freedom; he therefore permits all the inhabitants to second his views, in whatever he shall command for promoting that patriotic design.
Hitherto, it would appear, so far as the sense can be gathered, that this prince intended, immediately to set about the quelling of the insurrection, and that he warned the people to prepare for giving such assistance, as he should require upon the occasion.  The conclusion of this piece, though dark and misterious, seems however to insinuate another intention.  The prince exhorts
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