STATE .PAPERS. 
¥t is also decreed, that the private 
secretary of his highness, Larrey, 
shall be written to, to send imme- 
diately to the council all letters ad- 
dressed to his highness on military 
affairs. 
Extra fram the Records of the Deli. 
berations of the States General of 
Monday, Fan. 19, 1795+ 
THE counsellor pensionary Van- 
den Spiegel has communicated to 
their high mightinesses a letter 
which he received from the stadt- 
holder, written on board the pink 
Johanna Hogenraat, off the road 
of Schevelling, dated January the 
18th, with the note annexed there. 
to, worded as follows: 
(Keir, 
*¢ T was informed, by Mr. D’Eu- 
ghuyza, of the answer received from 
Paris. Since his departure, I dis- 
coursed with the officers of the 
marine, and the pilot of the pink :.I 
subjoin you their replies ; by which 
you will see that it is impossible to 
land any where else but in England ; 
and, as there exists no armistice, 
it cannot be required of me, that 
I should be wandering on the seas, 
in expeétation of the success of the 
deputies of the assembly of the 
States of Holland,’ sent to the 
French general, who, in my opi- 
nion, will not prevent the arrival 
of the French at the Hague: I will 
make then one of the ports of Eng- 
Jand; and as soon as I can possibly 
do it, I will go on board of one 
or other ship of the States, which I 
suppose are at Plymouth. 
*« hope, sir, to write to youfrom 
thence, in order to inform you of 
she place I landed at, and the pro. 
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vince I shall withdraw to, Excuse 
my bad writing, for I write this 
lying in the cabin. 
I am, with esteem, sir, 
Your devoted servant, 
(Signed) W. Prince or ORance.”® 
«<P, S. I hope, if circumstances 
will permit, to return to one or 
other of the’provinces, or even to 
the Hague, and to receive some in- 
telligence concerning the success of 
the deputies sent this day,’’ 
Questions put by the Prince of Orange, 
William the 5th, Stadtholder, Cap- 
tain and Hereditary Admiral Genes 
ral of the United Pravinces, to the 
underwritten, on the 18th of Fa- 
muary, 1795, ia the evening. 
Quest. 1, WILL it be possible 
at this moment to.make one of the 
ports of the republic? 
Answ. There is not the leas¢ 
possibility ; the wind is east, the 
passages are obstructed by the ice, 
and the pink not strong enough ta 
be exposed in the icicles. 
Quest. 2, Is there any possibility 
of landing any where else, but in 
England ? 
Answ. No; thesame impossibility 
exists for all other ports, on account 
of the ice; the Elbe, the Weser, as 
well as the Eastern and Western. 
Ems, are so much encumbered with 
ice, that none of their ports can be 
entered. 
Quest. 3. Will it be prudent te 
remain here at anchor? and by 
taking this resolution, is there no 
danger to be foreseen? 
Answ. The weather is now fa- 
vourable, but if the wind should 
shift about to the west, which is 
often the case at the turn of the 
tide, 
