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PROCLAMATION @F THE PRINCE 
¢ REGENT. 
Brunswick, August 2. 
We George, by the grace of 
God, Prince Regent of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Treland, and of the Kingdom of 
Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and 
Luneburg, &c., in guardianship 
of Duke Charles Frederick Au- 
gustus William of Brunswick 
Luneburg, to all who see these 
presents, greeting : 
As it has pleased Divine Pro- 
vidence to call away to a better 
state in the kingdom of peace 
from the midst of his deeply af- 
flicted family and faithful subjects 
our dearly beloved cousin the 
reigning Duke of Brunswick 
Luneberg, Frederiek William, by 
a glorious death on the 16th of 
June, in the conflict for the tran- 
quillity of Europe and the inde- 
pendence of Germany; and as 
through this, never enough to be 
lamented event, the succession to 
the said Duchy devolves on his 
eldest son, our much _ loved 
eousin Charles Frederick Augus- 
tus, therefore have we, as well 
on account of the ties of con- 
sanguinity as of the expressed 
wish of the deceased, been moved 
to take upon us the guardianship 
of our said cousin Duke Charles 
Frederick Augustus William, dur- 
ing his minority; and we now de- 
clare, in the name and as guardi- 
ans of our said cousin, that we 
take possession of the ducal ter- 
ritories of Brunswick Luneberg, 
with all the rights, regalia, and 
Superiorities, as passessed by our 
deceased cousin Frederick Wil- 
liam: we now, therefore, enjoin 
all subjects and inhabitants of the 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
ducal Brunswick Luneburg” ter= 
ritories, in virtue of their oath of 
allegiance, to be true and obedi- 
ent to our said cousin and us, on 
account of the guardianship de- 
volved on us, and also the gene- 
ral colleges, magistrates, and ad- 
ministrators, to proceed uninter~ 
rupted in the business of their 
several departments, and to con- 
tinue to watch over the interests 
of the country and the govern- 
ment, to the best of their ability. 
In particular, we hereby authorise 
and request the home College of 
Counsellors at Brunswick, as 
chief administrators of the coun- 
try, in future as heretofore, to 
continue in the regular adminis< 
tration of the country, and to re- 
port to us the instructions com- 
municated, or still to be commu- 
nicated to them. 
Given at Carlton-house, this 
18th July, 1815. 
Georce P.R. 
Count Munsrer. 
Address of the Belgian Preiates 
to the King of the Netherlands. 
Sire,—We believe it our duty 
no longer to delay expressing to 
your Majesty, the surprise and 
the grief which your proclamation 
of the 18th of this month (July) 
has caused us. 
In the conviction that it ts the 
first duty of the Bishops, to speak 
the truth to the Throne when the 
grand interests of Religion are in 
question, we now fulfil this duty- 
with the more confidence and 
frankness, as your Majesty fre- 
quently testified to us your inten- 
tion to protect religion with all _ 
your power, and as in that very 
proclamation, which is the cause 
of our uneasiness, you assure ta 
