STAM E> PAPE RS: 
less she feels the Joss of her indepen- 
dence to be such, and how much she 
has departed from her duty, in aban- 
 doning one of thé oldest possessions 
of her house, and of subjects who 
implored, in vain, her assistance.— 
_ Besides, her sacrifices have no com 
_ nexion with my system of policy, and 
confer no right on her to usurp the 
t ‘government of my German subjects, 
_ whose fidelity nothing has hitherto 
shaken, and which they will retain 
_ towards my person, and a family of 
princes who formany ages have only 
_ sought their happiness. 
It is evident that the conduct of the 
 eourt of Berlin is not the free expres. 
‘ sion of the will of its sovercign, but 
the consequence of the influence ex- 
_ercised by my enemies in the cabinet 
of that prince. All the courts, and 
all the states, however, who can 
_ judge of circumstances, and all that 
_ they owe to the system adopted by 
_ the court of Berlin, will agree that 
_ the act committed against a sovereign 
_ united to his Prussian majesty by the 
_ ties of blood, and until now by those 
of friendship, places the safety of 
Europe in greater danger than any 
act of hostility on the part of a pow- 
ver with which one might be at open 
War. 
Convinced of the justice of my 
cause, I make my appeal to all the 
powers of Europe, who arc interest- 
ed in resisting the consolidation of 
a system, which, by threatening the 
‘political existence of an integral part 
of the German empire, brings into 
“question the security of the whole. 
Idemand, most earnestly, the con- 
$titutional aid which is due to me as 
elector, from the empire, its august 
head, as well as Russia and Sweden, 
the powers who have guaranteed its 
constitution, and who have already 
Inanifested, and still continue to ma~ 
“Wifest, the most honourable dispo- 
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sition for the preservation of my 
staics. 
Lastly, I protest, in the most so- 
lemn manner, for myself and my 
heirs, against every encroachment 
on my rights in the electorate of 
Brunswick-Lunenburgh, and its de- 
pendencies ; and [ repeat, in quality 
of elector, the declaration made by 
the minister of my crown at the 
‘court of Berlin, that no advantage, 
arising from political arrangements, 
much less any offer whatever of an 
indemnity, or equivalent, shall ever 
engage me to forget what I owe to 
my dignity, the attachment and ex- 
emplary fidelity of my Hanoverian 
subjects, soas to yield my consent 
to the alienation of my electorate. 
Given at the Pa'ace of Windsor, 
the 20th day of April, 1806, in the 
46th year of my reign. ( 
(L. 8.) 
E. Count de Munster. 
George R. 
The Grand Pensionary of the Bata- 
vian Republic, to their High 
Mightinesses. 
High and mighty lords, 
Notwithstanding the unsettled 
state of my health fora long time 
past, and particularly the unfortu- 
nate diminution of my sight, would 
have afforded more than sufficient 
grounds for withdrawing myself from 
the fatigues of public business, f 
have hitherto continued in office from 
a sense of duty to my country, and 
with a view of doing it some essential 
service; being further influenced by 
the persuasion, that the renewal of 
the late war, and the consequences 
arising from the approach of the ene- 
mies’ bands towards our frontiers, 
rendered such a step, on my part, 
the Jeast doubtful. At present, high 
aud mighty. lords, these imperious 
motives exist n» more: and my con- 
riction, 
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