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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



guria and France, as France has 

 made no romplainf concerning the 

 destruction of the Mahratta empire. 



Proclamation pullished fjtrsuant to 

 the Orders of hix Prussian Ma- 

 jcyftj, in (\uidU\) of Prince oJ'.Ans- 

 ])ach, bij the Magiitrafc.- of all 

 the Places in Am-pach bordering 

 on Syabia. Dated September 

 ^4th, 1805. 



In conformity with a supreme 

 rescript of the I8th instant, address- 

 ed to the nndtTsij^iu'd loca! authori- 

 ties, iiis majesty the king of Prussia, 

 our prince, has resolved, during the 

 present critical circumstances, in 

 Avhieh the other powers are about 

 to Ijc involved in niatiial warlare, to 

 observe the most rigid neutrality, 

 for the Atelfare of his states and of 

 his subjects. li\ consequence of 

 this retohition, his majesty has 

 thonght proper to order, for the 

 n)aia(onaii(;e of this neutrality: — 

 1st. That no passage of foreign 

 troops, nor of convoys accompanied 

 by a military escort, shall be allow- 

 ed (o take plare through the states 

 of his majesty without his su|)reme 

 consent: — 2dly. 'J'liat the passage 

 of- any troops, of whatsoever descrip- 

 tion, that shiili either be demanded 

 or attempted, without previous ap- 

 pric^vtjon, shall be refused with civi- 

 lity ;■ but, at thv same time with un- 

 shaken firmness ; and that no areom- 

 modation, conveyance, assistance, 

 or succours of anv kind shall be 

 granted, upon any i)retence M-hat- 

 soever, either for payment or ae- 

 Jcnovvledgnient, but that such at- 

 tempts are to, be protested against, 

 &c. The inhabitants of this city 

 are hereby informed of an Hrrangc- 

 nient which ought to quiet their ap- 

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prehensions, and excite their grati- 

 tude, inasmuch as it evidently proves 

 the paternal solicitude of his majes- 

 ty ; and it is expected that notice 

 will be given to the undersigned de- 

 partment, of the approach of any 

 troops that shall appear, and of the 

 demands they may make. It is at 

 the same time piddickly notified, 

 that his majesty has thought proper, 

 in the present critical conjuncture, 

 to prohibit generally and most 

 strictly, any exports from his states, 

 and to extend this prohibition to 

 bread-corn of every kind, whether 

 in grain or flour; as also to oats, to 

 pease, and other leguminous pro- 

 ductions, and to horses of any age 

 whatsoever. All who shall offend 

 against this prohibition shall be pu- 

 nished, without any regard to the 

 particular circumstances, by the 

 confiscation of the prohibited arti- 

 cles which they may wish to ex- 

 port, as well as of the horses and 



^i true Statement of the Conduct of 

 the Serene Elector Palatine of 

 Buvariu, in aiiszcer to the " His- 

 torical Representation of f lie Events 

 zchich have directed the Conduct of 

 his Electoral Highness.'' 



T»;e serene elector palatine has 

 published an historical representa- 

 tion, in which, he owns himself an 

 ally of France, and declares war 

 against Austria and Russia, excu- 

 sing, by false allegations, the breach 

 of promise he had made to the llo- 

 man '.npcror, of ceding his troops 

 to him. Not content with the in- 

 demnifications the serene elector had 

 received by the conclusum of the 

 empire of 27th April, 1803, he suf- 

 fered himself, from ambition, to be 



drawn' 



