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London, England, 1805-11-09 00:00:00

IMPORTANT STATE PAPER.
NOTE
IaA.SIsMiTTED BY THE MRON DE H t.RDENBERG,
TO
M DUROC AND M I, \ FOREST.
The King has commanded me to communicate
what follows to his Excellency Mar.hal 1)oroe, sithl
to M. Ltfore,t. Envoy EXtranrdinary :srtel Minister
Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of the
French:—
" His Mal,fsty is uncertain, whether he should be more
niti,n,nl at the outrages winch the French armies have taker.
tli Isherfr of COornitting in his Provinces' or at the eNttaor
,1
d. afg.14.311.11ti by which it is attempted, at this (lay, to
nintry then,. Prussii had il..clated her neutrality; but, al
iusrioe totot ie last to r prior elenlment,, all the advantage-
benceFonti woutl be in favour of Franc:, she made
sietie,,,e m n'', might have endanger I lieu ,rarest in
trusts. intee:ity, this 0.110/%14111. Whitit. w i'h•
riot kmilig in the le ea devise •KoriUgve to Frans..., privity-el to
• an invafitablie three of security on 11).111y 4.4,11ti1l
leowJias it been repaid? Justly j ,alms of that consideration,
obi eS us no Ile due to fin power than to hie quality, the
Kan,; lug reed, with sensations which lie has in vain ensl..a-
youriul to sopprirs•, the inditicat ry dispatit communicated by
the !Ma" Ansbassadm bi his CAIIITt.
" A justification is attempted Hiroo that aiithmity of the
'.-.tike of the last wars, and the similati,y of riirtioistrices;
at if the ei.cepinvisi which were then admitted had not been
froar.lrel upon positive ads, which have been since annnhlc.l by
the peace; 44 if the Emperor ever try,k Chop A,IS into his c .3..
+lgnition, when he took po:serrion of the Aunty, of Hanover,
of a ennotry that had been an long placed unfler the protection
of Prussia! Bet ntionince ot nor intentions is ',leaned, as if
the intantion dot not exist in the nature of the transaction, so
toile as the contrary is no: stipulated! As if the solemn pre-
tytati nis of the authorities of the Province, and of the Minir_
ter of Ms Majesty to His Highness the Elector of Bavaria,
had not sufficientle made known what was lay no means near -
sery, and that I myself, with the man in my hand, in the
eieferences which I had with their Excellentlet M. Deroc
Lod M. De Laforeat, had not declared that on troops
whatever sh.luld pass through the lliargrariates, le-ringing out
to thoin, at the sari, Ruse, the route of communication. that
Basal to lia.l stipulated for herself, as the only an • in which the
march of the troops was sot likely ti meet with any teistruc-
tion ! It has bent said, that in malty; of such importance, a
monist explanation should take plat, as if that were a duty
iiicimthimt on the Power which reposed in confident • nit the
faith of a principle, and not upon that clutch intended to sub.
suet it. In short, a pretext is made of facts, which bare never
Earl any other foundation than in false reports: and in im-
puting outrages to the Austrians, which they have never coin.
the obeys, it inns of His Ma•esty are only directed to the
Co.",f4st which their combat' offers to that of the French

" The King could bare even dome from this contact, eons
elusions more imfavuuralile respecting the intontiens of the
Emperor. Ile will eueßne hi inset( to the refection, that His
I:nisi-vial Majesty had, at 614, his reasons for con.idering the
posit.ve engagement. which existed hetweeti him and Prussia,
as of no sonnortaisee in his eyes, under the present circum-
stances ; and that he himself was consequently on the point
of samificing every thing to adhere to his engagements. Ile
niiisid.os himself at this day absolved from all obligitioes an.
tevesletit to the present tine. Thus restored to thug .fate of
things, in which he has no utiles duty than that of his owe
s.fetv, and the maxim. of common justit,', the King will not
the leis evince, that he is always animated by the .41130 prier
" To see Ewa,* participate in that peace, in which IN
aspire. to maintain his own subj.iels, is ha only wish To sees
'Tan*, by iU the means in hi power, to re.estedish it upeei
a solid trios, and to apply to this great we* his .Hive mein&
(ion, :end his unremittnig endeavours, shall be h$ chief dull. •
" Rut, invest 11 on every side, in these his amble. intentions,
the King en, nu hanger entrust to other hand. than his own
tlitt care of providing for the safety of his people. Withoist
oSl*zetio.e Air the Niel., and ales witheet berme aces, he Male
bin's*" compelled to outer his armies to ne,upy those preitians
which are indispeue,tl) aect.s.sary foe (le protection of the
State.
• Entresiine t'ie'r Excellencies /4. Duroc and M. De I,a-
-(..et u. t.snsmit the,e olmittvationg to Ilia Imperial Maje.ty,
have to MOM, thum of my high consideration.
(Signed, 46
" llerhut, 14th lich.ber. taws.-

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NAIAL INTELLIGENCE.

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PORTSMOUTH, ICOV. 7.
This afternoon. the Prior, of Weirf, of 99 guns,
bearing Vice-Admiral sir Robert Calder's flag, ar-
rived at the Motherbask, from Lord Nels,,n s fleet
of Cadiz. She sailed some time nefore the hue glo-
rious adion ; the strong east winds haring kept her
a lung time at sea. She is under quarantine.
Arrived also the Sephii sloop of war, from Ply-
mouth ; and the Locust gan-brig, horn a cruise.—
Wind fr.:asterly.

PLYMOUTH* NOV. G.
Came in the Repulse min of war, and the Plover
sloop of war, from the Westward ; and the Guispia
Spanish privateer, captured by the ',dome frigate.
—Wind B.E.
haat, NOV. 7.
Sailed l'lnseurtelite, and another frigate, to the
French coast.
Came down from the River, ten sail of transports.
which remain in the Downs, with the rest of His
Majesty's ships as per last.
P. S. Sailed the Prinrru Efisairth packet, Capt.
Ferresdaile, fur New Providence.
FALMOUTH, NOT. 5.
Arrived the Manchester packet, Captain Davis,
from the Leeward - Islands," 49--daos pamaysa
and the Owes Chortitte packet( Captain Kerr, from
Jamaica, in 65 days. passage : she confirms the cap..
tura of the Chestrtield packet, Capt. slight, after an
eastagemeat of two hours and a quarter, by a French
privateer, of 10 guns, in which the Chesterjfeld had
three killed and nine wounded—she would have
beaten off the privateer, but her ammunition was
all expended.
The Pkotr, Harpy, and thoober sloops of war.
are sailed in quest of the two French privateers off
the Land's-end, as it is reported they have taken se-
veral vessel.
NARWICH, OCT. 7.
The Mails of the sth, for Humana and Gotten-
burgh, are detained here ; and among other pas-
sengers, a Messenger, charged with dispatches for
the Court of
YARMOUTH. NOV. 7.
Yesterday sailed the squadron under the command
of Rear-Admiral ['tinsel!, on a cruise off the Texel.
Sailed seven sail of transports, to the Northward,
under convoy. Wind W.
Hto4 LLOYDS I.IST.
A V
At Hoylake—sle.folisi awl Ada." Wand. Ire,Ml BOOM.
At Liurete-a--the Earl M Limerick, from Peters-
bu,gh
At Varell---the Coinmer*, A 411014. from Virginia.
At Pi tatt...eloritetlx, Sprlttoall,
At Sioniam--the Juno an I Ann, Witlrainenn, from ditto ;
• rrercett. Iblightirs; and the Apoll.„ Immo, 'tom Af
At Cliarleinoa—thi pre', Young, Polo dies.gariagiirtft. Male, !role Lhervuel.