STATE PAPER S. 
érdifary and minister plenipoten- 
tiary of his majesty the king of 
Prussia, received yesterday the note 
addressed to'‘him by his excellency 
the prince of Benevento, minister 
for foreign affairs, If, in this com- 
munication, the undersigned has 
found again, with extreme satisfac. 
tion, the assurance formerly given, 
in the note of the 13th of Septem- 
ber, that his majesty the emperor 
‘and king would fulfil the engage. 
ment which he had made to wait the 
result of the explanations given to 
M. de Lucchesini and the general 
Knobelsdortf, before taking any 
measures respecting the constitu- 
_ tional notification, which would put 
_ all the forces of the French nation 
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_ far from ever having had an idea of 
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atthe disposal of government, he 
has learned, with infinite pain, that 
his majesty should have had any 
regret at that engagement; and that 
MH fulfilling it, he thinks it necesary 
to order al! the measures and all the 
movements of troops, which can be 
‘taken without previous notification. 
The undersigned hastens to 
reiterate to his excellency M. the 
prince of Benevento, the assurance 
that his majesty the king of Prussia, 
renouncing his relations of amity 
with France, participates in that 
respect all the sentiments of his im- 
perial and royal majesty, expressed 
in the communication to which this 
note is an answer; that, far from 
having entered into a concert with 
the enemies of France, his Prussian 
Majesty has always sought to calm 
_allresentments for facilitating the 
re-establishment of a general peace ; 
in fine, that far from menacing the 
French armies in Germany by his 
armaments, these only took place in 
consequence of the advice received 
at Berlin, and which was so alarm. 
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ing, that it was not possible to neg. 
lect measures of precaution, de. 
manded by prudence for the welfare 
of the state. 
The undersigned is pleased, in 
renewing to his excellency the 
prince of Benevento the assurance, 
that in taking these measures his 
majesty the king of Prussia has aot 
renounced, for a single instant, the 
assurance of seeing the clouds dis. 
persed that have been raised be- 
tween him and France; and gene- 
ral Knobelsdorff is pursuaded, that 
such will be the result of the ex 
planations that have taken place. In 
begging M. the prince of Benevento 
to make known to his majesty the 
emperor and king this answer to his 
communication, the undersigned has 
the honour to renew to his excel- 
lency the assurance of his high con- 
sideration. 
(Signed) 
General Knobelsdorff. 
Paris, Sept. 20, 1806, 
Second Report addressed to His 
Majesty the Emperor and King, 
by the Minister of Foreign Rela- 
tions, Oct, 6, 1806. 
Sire 
When in the report that a few 
days back I had the honour to ad 
dress your majesty, I established, 
that if Prussia had any personal reas 
sons which led her to make war, it 
could only be from a desire to en- 
Slave Saxony, and the Hanseatic 
Towns, I was far from perceiving, 
that she would ever dare avow such 
amotive. It is, nevertheless, an 
avowal which she has not feared to 
make, and to express in a note that 
M. de Knobelsdorff has sent me 
from Metz, and which 1 have the 
henour 
