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formed; for, in case her armies 
should prove unsuccessful, the last 
ray of hope to maintain the security 
and independence of the continent, 
would be extinguished. 
The king, still animated by the 
same wish to establish a general 
peace on a permanent footing, and, 
if possible, to the satisfaction of all 
parties, must consequently have 
been ardently desirous that his me- 
diation, stipulated in the convention 
signed on the 3d of November, at 
Potzdam, should have been accepted 
by France. In an interview which 
count Von Haugwitz had with Na- 
poleon, on the 28th of November, 
that monarch manifested a disposi- 
tion to accept of this mediation on 
the two following conditions :— 
1. That during the negocia- 
tion no troops of his Britannic Ma- 
jesty, nor any Russians nor Swedes, 
should, advance into Holland to 
commence warlike operations there, 
after their departure from the 
North of Germany. 
2. That a more extensive eir- 
cuit should be allowed to the fortress 
of Hameln, in order to relieve the 
distress of the garsison for provi- 
sions. 
The king could not accept 
these propositions under the cir- 
cumstances of the moment in which 
they were made ; but these have to- 
tally changed, and in the present 
conjuncture, his majesty has not 
only judged them admissible, upon 
condition that the emperor Napo- 
Jeon engages on his side, not to send 
any troops iuto the north of Ger- 
many, as long as the negociations 
shall continuc, and that he shal! not: 
undertake any thing against Hano- 
ver during the same interval ; but 
even favourable, as time will thus 
be gaincd to take some deliberate 
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measures, and to prepare for every. — 
contingency ; either in case a war 
should break out, or this’ interme- 
diate state of things should lead to a ~ 
definitive negociation. 4 
That no time may be lost, his — 
majesty has sent major Von Pfuhl 
to the French head-quarters, that — 
this arrangement may be carricd — 
into effect. At the same time count 
Haugwitz has received the neces- 
sary instructions, bearing date the 
19th inst. and the king has given 
France to understand, that he shall 
consider the occupation of Hanover 
by French treops, as an act of hos- 
tility. 
Agreeably to what I have just 
stated, his majesty has authorized 
me to inform your lordship, that, 
in conformity with the assurances 
already given, in case the treops 
of his Britannic majesty, and the 
Russians, should prove unfortunate, 
the king engages for the security of 
the troops of his Britannic majesty 
in Hanover, and grants them per- 
feét liberty, in case of necessity, to 
retreat to the Prussian army, and to 
the states of the king, but with the 
following modifications, which cir- 
cumstances render necessary :— 
1. That they take their posi- 
tions in the rear of the Prussian 
troops, and abstain, during the pe- 
riod of the intermediate negociation, 
from every movement and step of a 
provoking nature towards Holland. 
2. That in case the Prussian 
troops shall be attacked by the 
French, his majesty may rely with 
perfect confidence on the support 
and co-operation of the troops of 
his Britannic majesty, as Jong as; 
they shall continue in the north of 
Germany. His majesty has given 
orders for a respectable corps to 
advance into Westphalia, and will 
adopt 
