STATE 
rated assurance of my high and per- 
fect consideration, 
Berlin, 26th Jan. 1806. 
_ . Gigned ) Hardenberg. 
To Mr. Jackson, his Britannic Ma- 
| jesty’s Envoy Extraordinary, and 
_ Minister Pienipotentiary. 
Wo. Il. His Prussian Majesty's Pro- 
~ clamation on taking temporary 
Possession of the Electorate of 
Hanover, dated 27th January, 
1806, has already been given. 
PNo. IIL. Copy of « Note from Mr. 
| Secretary Fox to Baron Jacobi 
’ Kloest, dated 17th March, 1806. 
The undersigned is commanded 
y his majesty, to state to baron 
acobi Kloest, for the information 
his court, the great anxiety felt 
y his majesty, at the manner in 
hich possession has been taken of 
electorate of Hanover. If his 
russian majesty judged it ex- 
edient, in order to prevent French 
oops from approaching so near 
jat part of his frontiers, to take to 
ie electorate, it does not appear to 
§ majesty that it was by any 
eans necessary that the civil go- 
wnment of that unhappy country 
; more numerous, and conse- 
ently more injurious to the in- 
bitants, than necessity required, 
uid be maintained there. His 
jesty relies with the greatest con- 
ence on his Prussian majesty’s de. 
ration, that the present occupa- 
nis merely temporary; but his 
esty cannot but express a wish 
Ht the declaration on this point: 
sre more solemnly made in the 
eof Europe. The honour of the 
art of Berlin, as well as the con- 
PAPERS. 
sideration mutually due to each 
other, from two princes so nearly - 
connected in blood and alliance, 
seems to call for a clear explanation 
ov this important subject. 
His majesty on his part desires to 
be equally explicit, and to put an 
end to all hopes (if such, indeed, 
have been entertained by the court 
of Berlin) that any convenience of 
political arrangement, much less any 
offer of equivalent or indemnity, 
will ever induce his majesty so far to 
forget what is due to his own legi- 
timate rights, as well as to the ex. 
emplary fidelity and attachment of 
his Hanoverian subjects, as to con. ° 
sent to the alienation of the elec. 
torate. P 
Ifis majesty learns with concern, 
that it is in agitation to give up 
Anspach, and other parts of his 
Prussian majesty’s dominions, to 
Bavaria, in consequence of a con- 
vention with France; but he does 
not pretend any right to interfere, - 
or to give any opinion with respeét 
to the propriety of the measures, 
whatever they may be, which his 
Prussian majesty may deem eligible 
for the interests of his crown and 
people ; at the same time it is to be - 
observed, that his majesty, whether 
in his capacity of king of Great Bri- 
tain, or in that of elector of Hano- 
ver, was in no way a party to the 
convention alluded to, or responsi- 
ble for its consequences. The ces- 
sions, therefore, which his Prussian 
majesty may make to his majesty’s 
euemies, can surely never be al- 
leged asa justification of taking to 
himself his majesty’s lawful inheri- 
tance. 
His majesty, therefore, hopes, 
that his Prussian majesty will follow 
the honourable dictates of his own 
heart, and will demonstrate to the 
Yy2 * world 
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