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cheréus conduct of her Cabimet, will re- 
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Petia heen ae as of her facrifices at 
the moment when her only aim Is to ageran- 
cize berlelf, unlefs fhe feels the Jofs of her 
independence to be fuch, and how much the 
kas cepaaee from her duty, m abandoning 
ene ot the oldett oe ms of her Houle, 
and of febjects who implored, in vain, her 
afiiftance. beflices, her fucrifices have no 
connection with my fytem of policy, and 
confer no right on her to ufurp the Govern- 
mnt of my German fubjeéts, whofe fidelity 
nothing has hitherto thaken, and which they 
will retam towards my perfon, and a family 
of Princes who for many ages have only 
fought their happinefs. 
leis evident that the conduct of the Court 
of Berlin is not the free expreflion of the 
will of its Sovereigm, but the confequence of 
the influence exercifed by my enemies in 
the Cabinet of that Prince. Al! the Courts, 
and all the States, however, who can judge 
of circumftances, and all that they owe to the 
fyftem adopted by the Court of Berlin, will 
agree that the aét committed againft a Sove- 
reign united to bis Pruffian Majefty by the 
ties of blood, and until now by thole of 
friend{kip, places the fafety of ‘Europe in 
greater danger than any att of hofhility on 
the part of a Power with which one might be 
at open war. 
Convinced of the juttice of my caufe, T 
make my appeal to ali the powers of Europe, 
who are interefted in refifting the contolida- 
tion of afyfiem, which, by threatening the 
pol:tical exiffence of an integral part of the 
German empire, brings into queftion the fe- 
curity of the whole. I demand, mof ear- 
neftly, the conftitutional aid which is due to 
me as Elector, from the Empire, its auguit 
Head, as well as Ruffia and Sweden, the 
the powers who have guaranteed its conflitu- 
- tion, and who have already manifefted, and 
fill continue to manifeft, the mof honourable 
TN for the prefery ation of my States. 
Laftly, I protelt in the mo:+t jolemn man- 
ner, for my tcle and my heirs, againft every 
encroachment on my rights in the Elec- 
torate of Brunfwick- ane sea rg, and its de- 
pendencies ; and repeat, in quality of Elec- 
tor, the Declaration made by the Miniler of 
my Crown at the Court of Berlin, that no ad- 
vantage, arifing from political arrangements, 
much lets any offer whatever of an indemnity, : 
or equivalent, thall ever engage me to forget 
what f owe to my dignity, the attachment, 
and exen Hey fidelity of my Hanoverian 
iubjects, fo as to yield my confent to the alie- 
Hation of my Electorate. 
Given at the Palace of Windfor, the 20th 
day of April, 1806, in the 46th year of my 
reign. 
E. Count de Munfter, 
GEORGE R.” 
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ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, May 6. 
Leiter from Sir Fobn Borlafe aieie Bart. and 
Ve B.&e. Ge. to Wn. Mar{aen, E/q. 
Foudroyant, at Sea, [March 14. 
Sir,—I requeft you will communicate te 
their Lordthips, that, at half paft three A. M. 
on the 13th of March, his Majefty’s fhip the 
Londen, which I had ftationed to windward 
of the fquadron, having wore, and made the 
figpal for feme. ftrange fails, I direéted the 
Yquadron to wear likewife on the larboard 
tack, the wind being at W. S, W.3 and, as 
day-light appeared, made the fignal for a ge- 
nera} chace: foon afterwards the London was 
obferved in-aftion with a large fhip and a fri- 
gate, and continued fupporting a running fire 
with thofe fhips, which were endeavouring 
to efcape, until half paft feven, when the 
Amazon, being the advanced fhip, purfued 
alfo and engaged the frigate, which was at- 
tempting to bear away. The remainder of 
the fquadron approaching faft upon the ene- 
my, (and the aétion having continued from 
“before day-light until 43 minutes after nine 
A.M.) the line of battle fhip, bearing the 
flag of a Rear-Admiral, ftruck; and, at fifty 
three minutes paft the above hour, the fri- 
gate aifo followed herexample, when an offi- 
cer carne on board the Foudroyant with Ad- 
miral Linois’s fword, and informed me that 
the fhips which had furrendered to his Ma- 
jetty’s colours were the Marengo 80 guns, 
740 men, and the Belle Poule, of 40 guns, 
eighteen-pounders, and 320 men, returning to 
France from the Eatt-Indies, thefe fhips 
being the remainder of the French fquadron 
which had committed fo much depredation 
upon the Britifh commerce in the Haftern 
world. 
I have much fatisfa€tion in ftating the me- 
ritorious ad gallant conduct of Captains Sir 
Harry Neale and William Parker, fupported 
by the zeal and bravery ‘of the officers and 
crews of their refpetive thips, who claim 
my warmeft thanks and acknowledgments 5 
and whofe exertions, I hope, will recommend 
them to their Lordfhips’ particular notice and 
favour. é 
l cannot, however, avoid regretting that 
the force of the enemy did not afford to the 
officers and men of the other fhips of the, 
fquadron, who fhewed the moit earneft de- 
fire to have clofed with the enemy, an op- 
portunity of difpiaying that valour and at- 
tachment to their King and Country, which, 
Iam confident, they will be happy to evince 
upon fome future and more favourable occas 
fron. 2 
I have enclofed a lift of the killed and — 
wounded on board his Majefty’s fhips, as well 
as their defe€ts; and have likewife forwarded 
a particular ftatement of the fhips captured, 
together with an account of the lofs fuftained 
by the enemy, being the moft correét that 
could be afcertained from the Rolle d’Equi- 
pege. WKear-Admiral Linois is among the 
wounded, 
