52 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. 
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CHAP, VIII. 
The German Empire the natural Barrier of Europe agaist France. —Consé- 
quences of the Elevation of the House of Brandenburg.—Prussia the na- 
tural Ally of France.—Policy pursued by Prussia since the French Revo- 
lution.—Consequences of that Policy.—-Conduct of her, Cabinet tn 1805.— 
Her Determination to remain neutral in the impending War,—V iolation of 
Anspach.—Concention of Potzdam. —Marks of the Displeasure of Prussia 
at the Conduct of France.—Mission of Haugwitz to the French Head- 
Quarters. —Treaty of Vienna between. France and Prussia.—Occupation of 
-. Hanover by the,,Prussians.—France, refuses to confirm the Alterations 
~, mude, by Prussia in, the Treaty of Vienna.— Mission of Haugwitz ‘to Paris. 
Treaty of Paris—Surrender of, Anspach, Neufchatel, and Cleves.—An= 
nexation of Hanover to Prussta—Exclusion. of the English Flag from 
Ports of the German Ocean under_the Controul of Prussia.—Remor- 
strances of the English Ministry.—Embargo on Prussian Vessels. —Block~ 
ade of the Prussian..Parts——His Majesty's Message, on the War with 
Prussia. —Hanoverian Declaration.—Letters of *Marque issued against 
Prussian Vessels.—IWar between Prussia and Sweden.—Causes that led to 
a Rupture between France and Prussia.—The Investiture of Murat in the 
Duchies of Berg and Cleves. —The Offer to restore Hanocer to the King of 
England.—The Continuance of the French Army in Germany.—The Indig- 
nation universally felt and expressed at the Conduct of Prussta.—€unfede- 
ration of the Rhine.—Dissolution of the German Empire, and Abdication 
of the Emperor.—Opposition of the French to the Formation of a 
Confederacy in the North of Germany.—Recall of  Lucchesini, 
and Mission of Knobelsdorf to Paris.—Prussian Ultimatum.—Delay of 
Prussia in announcing to Russia and England her Intention of going to War 
with France.—Mission of Lord Morpeth to Prussia.—His Reception by 
the Prussian Ministers.—Blockade of the Prussian Ports and Rivers 
discontinued. 
‘QONERMANY, by the positign® inviolate, the eomplex form of its 
J and extent ofits territory, and 
the number and valour of its inha» 
bitants, is the natural rival of France 
on the continent, and has been for 
ages the strongest bulwark of Eu- 
rope against the encroachments of 
that restless and ambitious power. 
Whe its ancient constitution was 
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government, and the slowness of 
its public deliberations, unfitted it 
for conquest or aggrandizement ; 
at the same time that the great. 
ness and solidity of its resources, 
when brought into action, enabled 
it successfully to resist, and effec- 
tually to check, the progress of any 
power 
