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maintenance will alone depend the 
maintenance of the common Safety 
of the north of Germany. 
Those, therefore, whose terri- 
tory is comprised in the said lihe 
of neutrality, and which, conse- 
quently, will enjoy the benefit of 
this protection, being principally 
implicated in. this case, we have, in 
our quality of Prince and Direétor 
of the Circle of Lower Saxony, 
addressed to them conjointly the 
present letter of Convocation, in 
order to unite them to assemble, 
by their deputies, furnished with 
the necessary instructions on the 
20th of the month of June, in. the 
town of Hildeshein. We have no 
doubt that they acknowledge, in 
its full extent, the. urgency of the 
case, and of the actual conjunctions, 
as well as of tbe importance it is 
to procure to the north of Germany 
security and repose ; and. that in 
ecnsequence they will adhere and 
contribute every thing that can at- 
tain the common end, sufficiently 
~ in time to avoid being surprised by 
danger. 
We, the King, shall depute to 
the common assembly of the States, 
ourintimate Counsellor Von Dohm, 
directorial minister to the Circle of 
the Lower Rhine and Westphalia, 
and plenipotentiary to the Electoral 
court of Cologne, furnished with 
necessary powers; and we entreat, 
very amicably, this assembly to give 
from this time faith and confidence 
to all that he may prepose on our 
part, upon the subject of the affairs 
in question. 
April 22. 
Roya Puusstaw Epicr. 
Frederick William, by the Grace 
of God, &e. 
WE. have signified to the am- 
bassador of the French republic, 
Caillard, by a note from our ca- 
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binet ministry, that we will per 
mit such national Frenchmen, who 
reside in oar dominions as our tems 
porary subjects, (Subditi temporarii) 
and who have real right to the pro- 
tection of the French nation, and 
wish to preserve those rights, to 
get their names inscribed in @ 
register which will be opened 
for that purpose by the said ame 
bassador, but in such a manner, 
that all those subjects shall, the 
same as before, remain our tem-~ 
porary subjects, (Subditi temporarii) 
that they likewise shall submit to 
our laws, ordinances, and jurisdic= 
tion, and not make the least pre- 
tentions to any immunities granted 
by the law of nations only to ame 
bassadors, and the persons actually 
belonging to embassies. 
We have further given orders to 
inform the said Caillard, that the 
national Frenchmen, qualified as 
above, are at liberty to wear the 
French national cockadein our do- 
minions,,.but the wearing of the 
said cockade is hereby rigidly for- 
bidden to all other persons. It 
therefore results from these pre- 
mises 
1. That the wearing of the 
cockade;shall be confined to French- 
men of the afore-mentioned de- 
scription, ‘together with the am- 
bassador, and the persons belong- 
ing to the embassy, 
2. That national Frenchmen 
shall,,all, be entitled to. have 
their names registered, the regis- 
tering to -relate only to their con- 
nection with France, and to leave 
them subject, as before, to our 
laws, ordinances, and jurisdiction, 
as our temporary subjects. 
3. Thatall persons belonging to 
the French colonies established. in 
-ourdominions,; farther, all French- 
men in our service, by oath of 
allegiance 
