1810.] 
Sips? Rag | 
STATE OF PUBLIC AF 
AIRS IN MARCH, 
Contuining a offictal Papers and authentic Documents 
SE 
GERMAN VY 
On the occasion of Hanover being 
occupied by the troops of his majesty 
the king of Westphalia, the following 
proclamation w as agcued'i in his majesty’s 
name: 
HANOVERIANS!—{he emperox, my ex- 
alted brother, has transferred to me by a con- 
vention concluded at Paris onthe 14th Janu- 
ary of this year, all his rights asd claims on 
_your country, and incorporated it with my 
kingdom, His deputies have delivered it to 
me,and I this day take’possession of it. You 
are her.ceforth to enjoy the invaluable advan- 
tage of being relieved from the pain‘ul state 
of uncertainty in whichtyou have hitherto 
lingered, and for ever ynited with a state, 
which for the future wij] secure you against 
all attacks of continental -. eryerss and hich 
will also know how to »“*% act you from in- 
sults which might be a att em ean the course 
Of a maritime war the Mise) and wretched- 
ness to which youhave hith¢, to be exposed, 
cannot but render you mor, gvankful for the 
happinees and tranquillity which you are now 
tu enjoy. Your loyalty and your good senti- 
ments are Known. J depend on your attach- 
ment; the esteem and regard which your 
king will ever entertain fer you, are the surest 
plesgesof his unwearied solicitude to promote 
your prosperity and weliare, by every means 
which he has in his power. Ientertain the 
pleasing hope, that you, cn your part, ‘will ne- 
ver irustrate the confidence which I place in 
you, nor destroy the brilliant prospect which 
now opens to your view. 
Given in our Royal Palace, in Cassel, the 
Ast March, 1810. 5 
2 
oa 
JE ROME Napore 
HOLLAND. 
Letter from the King to the Legislative Body. 
GENTLEMEN.~-I have been disappointed 
in my expectation of being enabled tw return 
before the ist of January. From the annexed 
documents, contained in the Moniteur of yes. 
terday (eke 31st of January), you will per- 
ceive that the result of ouraftairs is connected 
,with the conduct of the English govern- 
micnt. ‘ 
The regret which T have felt has been con- 
siderably increased st reading the unjust 
accusation made against us, of having be- 
trayed the cause of the Continent, that a of 
having been unfaithful to our engagements ; 
and I write this letter to you, to diminish the 
impression which so unjust and astonishing 
an accusation must make upon your hearts, as 
well as upon the heart oi every true Ifol- 
lander. 
Whilst, during the four years that have 
elapsed sirce the commencement of my reign, 
the nation, and you in particular, mailed: to 
Watch over her interests, have borne with so 
much difficulty and distress, but, at the sanve 
time with so much resignation, the doubliuz 
of the imposts, so considerable an augmenta- 
tion of the public deot, and armaments ge 
great and so disproportiona‘e to the popula- 
tion and means of the kingdom; we litcie 
thought that we should have been accused of 
having violated cur engagements, and of net 
having dene enough, at a moment when tire 
state of maritime affairs operates upon us with 
a greater pressure than upon all other coun- 
tries collectively, and when, to complete our 
misfortunes, we are besides compelled te 
sustain a blockade upon the continent. 
It is the heartielt consciousness of these 
considerations, gentlemen, which should lead 
us to the exercise of patience, until the me- 
ment when the justice of his majesty the en- 
peror, my brother, shail make reparation for 
a charge which we have so little deserved. 
I cannot ascer 
prevented from gratilying the first and most 
anxious of my wishes, namely, that of returm- 
ing to my capital, and seeing myself in the 
midst of you at this diiicult and critical 
juncture, 
But however distant that period may be, be 
assyred that pes can alter my affection 
for the nation, and my attachment te her in- 
terests, nor lessen youin my esteem and con 
fidence. Louis. 
Paris, February 1, 1810. 
fia letter trom the duke de Cadora 
(Champagny), the French minister for 
foreign affairs, to the Dutch minister, 
announcing the resolutions of Buonaparte 
concerning the annexation of Holland to 
Trance, the writer observes: 
if these Soe are contrary to the 
views of the people of Holland, the emperar 
is certainly sorry for it, and has acoptea this 
course with great regret. Bat the sania Hon 
destiny pie presides over the affairs of this 
world, and which chooses that men should be 
governed by events, obliges his majesty to 
“folliw up with firgimess those measures of | 
which the necessity has heen demonstrated to 
him, without suitering himself to be turned 
avide by secunijary considerations. 
‘The duke then takes a review of the public 
events of the last two years; excises the con- 
cuct of his master, in issuing the Berlin aud 
(Milan decrees, as having been calledior by the 
tyranny of !ngland on the seas; observes, that 
this.measure, which compelicd the shutting 
of the Dutch ports avainst English commerce, 
wes so contrary to the ancient habits of the 
people, as to create an opposition between 
Holland and Frasce. During the subsequent 
period, all the measures adopted by the em- 
peror, fhe success of which depended more 
upon their execution ia Folland than in-any 
wwe 
tain how long I may yes be. 
