4o6 ANNUAL REGIS IE R, I8i4. 



as the Prince Resent cannot dero- 

 gate from the rank which Hanover 

 held before the subversion of the 

 German Empire, his Royal High- 

 ness lias resolved, laying aside in 

 the name of his House the Elec- 

 toral title, to declare by the pre- 

 sent note, which the undersigned 

 has orders to deliver to bis High- 

 ness Prince IMetternich, that he 

 erects his provinces forming the 

 country of Hanover into a King- 

 dom ; and that he shall hence- 

 forward assume, for his Sovereign, 

 the title of King of Hanover, 



" The intimate friendship which 

 subsists between his Royal High- 

 ness and the Imperial Court of 

 Austria does not leave in his mind 

 any doubt but that it will receive 

 this declaration with sentiments 

 analogous to this friendship, and 

 will recognise the new title which 

 circumstances have induced his 

 Royal Highness to adopt for his 

 house in Germany. 



" The undersigned is happy to 

 snze this opportunity to repeat to 

 his Highness Prince Metternich, 

 the assurances of his distinguished 

 consideration. 



"Vienna, Oct. 12, 1814. 

 (Signed) 



" Count Munsteb." 



Proclamation. 



Hanover, Oct. 26. 

 We, George Prince Regent, in 

 the name and on the behalf of our 

 Father, his Majesty George the 

 Third, by the grace of God King 

 of the United Kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, King of 

 Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and 

 Luneburg, &c. 



To all our Subjects, Prelates, 

 Knights, Gentry, &c. greeting, — 



Whereas, it was decided in the 

 Treaty of Paris, by the chief 

 Powers of Europe, and with our 

 assent, not to restore the form of 

 the ancient constitution of the 

 German empire, but to establish in 

 its place a Confederation of all 

 the independent German States 

 which should fulfil the object of 

 securing the common country 

 againstforeign enemies, and against 

 the abuses of arbitrary power in 

 the interior; therefore, the abo- 

 lishing of an elective head of the 

 empire makes the electoral title 

 hitherto borne by our royal house 

 unsuitable to the new order of 

 things. In choosing a title in 

 place of that of Elector, we have 

 considered that the Electors of the 

 holy Roman Empire were in law 

 considered equal to Kings, and 

 that they enjoyed royal honours ; 

 that not only all the remaining 

 ancient Electoral houses, but also 

 one of the new ones, which was 

 inferior in rank to our's, have as- 

 sumed the Royal dignity ; lastly, 

 that we can be the less disposed 

 in our German relations to abate of 

 the splendor of onr Royal house, 

 as it has filled for above a century 

 one of the greatest thrones in the 

 world, and has by this connexion 

 afforded manifold protection and 

 support to Germany ; — Consider- 

 ing all these circumstances, we 

 have therefore resolved, imploring 

 thereto the Divine blessing, to 

 erect our German States into a 

 Kingdom, and to assume for them 

 the title of King of Hanover. 

 This step, previously approved by 

 many powers, having been on the 

 12th of October communicated 



