The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-12 00:00:00

BAMBERG GAZETTE.

AVAusivw, FEA. 24.—The Army of Generals
KUTUSOW and BUXHOFDEN has taken quarters of
cantonment in the vicinity of Dubno, within a dis-
tri& of ten square (Germany Miles. The Generals
KUTUSOW, BOXHOFDEN, LANGEREN. WOIKOWSKY,
BERG, MULLER, and BOGELANORA, have their
quarters in Dubno and, according to the prepara-
tions made, appear to exped, to remain there with
their Troops a considerable time.

It is stated that the Earl of
.LAODERDALE is to be
appointed Governor-General oelndia. •
The Worcester Ele6tion is finally closed. The
Majority in favour of Mf: LYGON was 357.
Mr. ALcocK has declined a contest for, the City
of Waterford, and Sir Joxx NEWPORT will bo re-
ele6ted without opposition.
Yesterday the,. Board of Agriculture voted, their
Gold Aledal nimas WILLIAM COKE, Esq. for
his extensive and -successful mode of irrigatipu, by
which he has converted a,traCt of unprofitable boggy-
land in Norfolk into sound and excellent water-
meadows. _ _ _

On; Thursday last a Special Court was held at the
Charter-house, for' the eleEtion of a,Governor, in the
room of the Right Honourable WILLIAM PITT, de-
ceased; the Lord ChanCellor ERSKINE and the Right
Honourable CHARLES JAMES Fox. were the candi-
dates, when the had- was unanimously chosen with-
out:a division.
Earl SPENaR eleaea Master -of the Trinity-
house 'Company, in the room of the late MT. PITT.
Yesterday the DUKE of YORK held ' a public day
at his Office in the Horse Guards, and saw a num-
ber of Officers of distinEtion. • •.

Captain JAMES, whose military and literary ta-
lentA are well known, has been appointed to
,a Ma-
jority in the Corps Of Artillery Drivers, by Earl
Morait.

A Leith Trader, arrived in Yarmouth Roads on
Monday, saw three large Ships off Flamborough
Head, on the 6th inst. which, the Master positively
asserts, were of the line. It is conjectured, that
they may probably be Dutch, Men of War which
have escaped from Helvoet .3 as a 74 and two 44's
weri;in that Pcrt u sb.utt-titne sires.

, ST ItE PAPER.

•
OF 'BAR()N- VON -IThßbENtiltO;
.STER oF STATE TO THE ACING OF PlalgSlA, TO

LORD HARRONVBY.

Berlin, Dec. 22, ISos.

MY .LOllO,
Con'formably to the Answer I have already had
the honour to transinit to your Esxtellency, to the
question which you addressed to me, relative to the
security of the Troops of His Britannic Majesty, in
the North. of Germany, I•hasten to lay before, you
the positive assurances which I have the, pleasure to
be able to communicate to you.
Your Excellency is acqUainted with • the preSent
state of affairs. You will first perceive that, at the
pointto .which matters have now come, since the
unfortunate Battle of Austerlitz between Austria
and France, in consequence of the return of the
great. Russian Army, and the total uncertainty in
which *e are with regard to the intentions of NA-
POLEON towards Prussia, the utmost 'caution is
atAolutely necessary. The bravess.Aimy Cannot4al=
ways reckon upon
_success ; and it is undoubtedly
tbe interest of Prussia and the interest of the world;
to prevent .any attack updo her at the!present.mo-
mem, when she would have to bear the whole bur-
den Of the War ; and- no Confederacy adapted to
circumstances has been forined ; for, in case her.
Armies should prove unsuccessful, the last ray of
hope, to-maintain the security and independenth
of
the Cominent, would be extinguished.
The King, still animated by the. same vish to
establish' a general Peace on a permanent footing,
and, if possible, to the satisfaCtion of all parties, must
consequently have been ardently desirous that his
Mediation, stipulated in the Convention signed on
the 3d of 'Novemberat Potsdam, should have been
accepted, by France. In an interview which Count
VON RiUGWITZ had with NAPOLEON on the 28th
November, that Monarch manifested a disposition
to accept of this Mediation on the two following
conditions.:-
1. That during the Negociation no Troops of His
Britannic Majesty,• nor any Russians or Swedes,
should advance into Holland to commence warlike
'operations there, after their..departure from the
North of Germany.
2. That a more extensive circuit should-be alloW-
ed to the Fortress of Hameln, in order to reliel'e the
distress of. the Garrison for provisions.
The King could not accept these propositions
tinder the circumstances of the moment in which
they.were made; but these have totally changed,
and in the present conjuneture His Majesty has not
only judged them admissible—upon condition that
the Emperor NAPOLEON engages, on his side, not to
send any Troops into the North of Germany, as
long as the Negociations shall continue, and that
he shall not undertake any thing against Hanover
during the same interval—but even favourable-, ,as
time will thus be gained to take more deliberate
measures, and to prepare for every contingency ;
either in case a War should break out, or this inter-
mediate state of things should lead to a definitive
Negociation.. • •
That no, time may be lost, Ws Majesty has sent
Major VON Num, to the French head-quarters, that
this arrangement may be carried into etteet. At the
same time Count HAUGWITZ has received the ! ne-
cessaey instructions, bearing date theoth inst. and
the King has given France to understand, that he
shall consider the occupation of Hanover by French
Troops as an•a6l of hostility.
Agreeably to what I have just stated, His Ma-
jesty has, authorised me to inform your Lordship,
that, is conforinity 'with the assurances already
Oyer), in case the Troops of His Britannic Majes-
ty and the Russians should prove uncirtunate, the
King engages for the security of the Troops, of His
Britannic Majesty in Hanover, and -grants them
perfect liberty, in-case of necessity, to retreat to the
Prussian Army, and to the States of the King, but
with, the following modifications, which circum-
stances render necessary :-
1. That they take their positions in the rear of the
Prussian Troops, and abstain, during the period of
the intermediate Negotiation, from every move-
ment and step of a provoking nature towards Hol-

land. •
t. That in case the Prussian Troops shall be at-
tacked by the French, His Majesty May rely with
perfe& confidence on the support and co-operation
of the Troops of His Britannic Majesty, as long as
they shall- continue in the North of. Germany. His
Majesty has given orders for a respectable-Corps to
advance into Westphalia, and will adopt every ne-
cessary measw'e for security and defence. - The Rus-
sian Troops, under the command of General Count
ToLsToY, are already at the entire disposal of His
Majesty, as the Emperor ALEXA N DER has fully an-.
thorised him to dispose of them at pleasure ; and
likewise of those which are under General BEN-
NINGSEN,' in Silesia.
I therefore request your Excellency to write as
speedily as possible to Lord CATHCART, the Com-
mander in Chief of the -Troops 'of His BRITANNIC
MAJESTY, and to prevail upon him to take, without
delay,,such steps as are necessary. for these different
purposes ; and in particular to comply with the in-
vitation that will be transmitted to him by the order
of the King, through 'Count KALKIIEUTII, TO con-
. suit personally with' him and Count -ToLsToY on
the positions which the Troops of his BRITANNIC
MAJESTY, the Russians,.and Prussians, will have to
take in consequence of the above-mentioned ar-
rangements.
As
,the Swedish Troops are in the same predica- •
ment with the Troops of- HIS •BRITANNIC MAJESTY
and the Russians, it would be extremely desirable
to prevail upon His Swedish Majesty to conforin to,
..this arrangement.
• I -hope that, td this end, . your Lordship will a&
in concert with Prince VoLGortucKir„ whom His '
Imperial Majesty ofall the Russias has charged With
every thing relative to the destination of the Rus,
sian Art„ y, In case His Swedish Majesty will
resigfi the condu& of his Troops to CountToLsToY,
the King is ready to give them the same guarantee
which he offers to the Troops of His Britannic
Majesty, during their continuance in the North of
Germany.
3. With regard to the provisioning of the Fortress
of Rimeln, it is conceived that the grant of deer-
' tain distriet, from which the Garrison might them-
' selves procure pros be attended with,
' great inconveniences, both in respe,`_:l, to the subjets
of His Britannic' Majesty, and on accoUnt of the
wh.Cll nii,4la• thatce en;tie t?.:tw4,:cu thtt.