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adopt every necessary measure for 
security and defence. The Russian 
troops, under the command of gene- 
ral count Tolstoy, are already at 
the entire disposal of his majesty, 
as the emperor Alexander has fully 
authorized him to dispose ef them 
at pleasure ; and likewise of those 
whiclgare under general Benningsen, 
in Silesia. 
I therefore request your ex- 
cellency to write as speedily as pos- 
sible to lord Cathcart, the comman- 
_der-in-chief of the troops of his 
Britannic majesty, and to prevail 
upon him to take, without delay, 
such steps as are necessary for these 
different purposes; and-in particu- 
- lar to comply with the invitation 
that will be transmitted to him by 
the order of the king, through 
count Kalkreuth, to consult per- 
sonally with him and count Tolstoy, 
on the positions which the troops 
of his Britannic majesty, the Rus- 
sians, and Prussians, will have to 
take in consequence of the above- 
mentioned arrangements. 
As the Swedish troops are in 
the same predicament with those of 
his Britannic majesty and the Rus- 
sians, it would be extremely de- 
sirable to prevail upon his Swedish 
majesty to conform to this arrange- 
ment. e ; 
I hope that to this end your 
lordship will act in concert with. 
prince Dolgorucki, whom his impe- 
rial majesty of all the Russias has 
charged with every thing relative to 
the destination of the Russian army. 
In case his Swedish majesty will re- 
sign the conduct of his troops to 
count Tolstoy, the king is ready to 
give them the same guarantee which 
he offers to the troops of his Britan- 
nic majesty, during their conti- 
auance in the north of Germany. 
685 
With regard to the provi- 
sioning of the fortress of Hameln, 
it is conceived, that the grant of a 
certain district, from which the gar- 
rison might themselves procure 
provisions, would be attended 
with great inconveniencies, both in 
respect to the subjects of his Bri- 
tannic majesty, and on account of 
the collusions which might thence 
ensue between the troops. It there- 
fore appears preferable, to furnish 
necessaries from the Hanoverian 
territory, through an intermediate 
person, to whom general Barbou 
must send a statement of what he 
wants for daily consumption, and on 
whose requisition the Hanoverian 
ministry will take care that it be 
delivered at the places appointed 
for that purpose. But general Bar- 
bou must, on his side, engage to re- 
main quiet within the town of Ha- 
meln. 
Conformably to these ideas, — 
the king has sent M. Von Kruse- 
mark, lieutenant-colonel of the 
Garde du Corps, and adjutant to 
field-marshal Vou Molleudorff, to 
Hanover. I have given him, for 
my part, a letter to the minister of 
his Britannic majesty at Hanover, 
and another for general Barbou, 
that the necessary arrangements for 
providing instantaneously for the 
subsistence of the garrison of Ha- 
meln may be made, and put in exe- 
cution without delay. 
I have now nothing left, my 
lord, but to refer to the verbal com- 
munication I had the honour to 
make to you, and to intreat you to 
take in general such steps as you 
shall think expedient for carrying 
into execution the whole arrange- 
ment which I havehad the honour to 
submit to you. I request you to 
have the’ goodness to inform the 
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