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not think himself called upon to take 

 part in that discussion ; but he feels 

 himself authorised to claim in fa- 

 vour of the subjects and vessels of 

 the king, his master, all the rights to 

 which they have a just pretension 

 in a neutral port belonging to a 

 republic, whose connections with 

 the states of his majesty are very 

 ancient, and generally known. No 

 convention made between the city 

 of Hamburgh and his Prussian 

 majest)"^ being capable of invalidat- 

 ing or altering his rights. 

 ' In consequence of these consi- 

 derations, he dares hope that his 

 Prussian majesty may still suspend 

 the occupation of Cuxhaven, until 

 the two courts shall have the means 

 of entering into mutual explana- 

 tions, more particularly since such 

 an occupation, in the actual circum- 

 stances, might give room to ill- 

 disposed minds to attribute to his 

 Prussian majesty views not less op- 

 posite to the sentiments of justice 

 and moderation which govern all 

 his measures, than to the friendship 

 and the good harmony which sub- 

 sist between him and his Britannic 

 majesty. 



At aU events it will not escape 

 the wisdom and humanity of his 

 majesty, that the entrance of a 

 numerous corps of troops into a 

 village both poor and with a small 

 extent of territory, would probably 

 augment the misery of the inhabi- 

 tants ; and that the city of Ham- 

 burgh having always possessed that 

 place, so indispensably necessary to 

 the preservation of the navigation 

 of the Elbe, all which may trouble 

 that possession, derange ancient 

 customs, and influence the pilots 

 there at present to seek a refuge 

 elsewhere, would strike a sensible 

 blow at the commerce of all the 



countries of the north of Germany^ 

 and even at that of the states of 

 his Prussian majesty. 



( Signed ) Carysfort. 



From the savie to the same. 



Berlin, Nov. 18, 1800. 



The undersigned extraordinary 

 envoy and minister plenipotentiary 

 of his Britannic majesty thinkshim- 

 self obliged again to address himself 

 to his excellency count Haugwitz, 

 relative to the intention of his Prus- 

 sian majesty, in taking military pos- 

 session of Cuxhaven. When the 

 undersigned had the honour of 

 transmitting to his excellency the 

 verbal note of the 1 6th, it was not 

 exactly known, " that the Prussian 

 vessel brought into that port had 

 been restored." The fact being 

 now certain, as well as the zeal ma- 

 nifested by the senate of Hamburgh 

 to fulfil the wishes of the king ; the 

 surprise and consternation excited 

 from the moment when the orders 

 for marching a detachment of troops 

 were known, would be raised to 

 their utmostheight,if it were ascer- 

 tained, that notwithstanding the 

 complete satisfaction given to his 

 Prussian majesty on all the points re- 

 specting which he thought proper 

 to complain, he should not appear 

 less attached to his determination of 

 causing Cuxhaven to be occupied 

 by his troops. In fact, it appears 

 at first sight that this occupation 

 would be so calculated to give the 

 most seriousalarms to all commercial 

 nations, that, without alluding to 

 the interpretations which calumny 

 might be desirous of giving to the 

 measures, strong hopes are enter- 

 tained from the justice and modera- 

 tion of his Prussian majesty, for that 

 reason only, that he will come to 



