The Sun.
London, England, 1803-07-18 00:00:00

PARIS, YULY 14.

NVETTIII/ 'twenty-four hours after the arrival of
the. Courier with the. Convention of Sid.dingetr, re-
lative to the Army Of the KIA.G •of ENGLAND in
Hanover, the'First Consul sent that an to the Eng..
fiat Government, in order to know if His Ertl..
TANNIC MAJESTY was willing to rat►fy it.
Citizen TALLEYRAND, Minister for Foreign,Af-
fairs, wrote in consequence to Lord HAWkESBURY
the following Letter

LETTER FROM THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AF.
FAIRS TO LORD HAWKESBUkY.

" MY LORD,

" Paris, yane. 10, 1803.

" After a slight Engagement with the Troops of HIS
BRITANNIC MAJESTY, the French Army have occupied
the Country of Hanover.
" The First Consul having nothing in view but to obtain
pledges for the Evacuation of Malta, and to labour to ac-
complish the execution of the Treat§.of Amiens, does not
wish to make the Subjects
of His BRITANNIC MAJESTY
experience all the rigors of War. The First Consul cannot,
however, ratify the. Convention concluded between the
Flcnch Army and that of Isis MAJESTY, of which I have
the honour to subjoin a Copy, until it has been ratified by
HISBRITANNIC MAJESTY; and in that case the First Consul
charges me expressly to declare, that it is his intention that
the Army of tIaeKING of ENGLAND, in Hanover, may be
then exchanged against all the Sailors or Soldiers which have
been made prisoners by the Vessels of His I‘l::jesty., •
" The First Consul will see with pain.thai His BRIT
NIC MAJESTY, in refusing to ratify the said Convention,
will oblige the French Goierinneut to treat the Country
of Hanover with all the rigurs of War, and as a Country
which, left to itself, wilt be conquered without a Capitula-
tion, and left to the diser.:tiun of the occupying Power.
" I wait with impatience, my Lord, 'for information
from you respeaing the intentions of His 't ANNIC MA-
JESTY.

" Receive, my Lord, the assurance of my very high con.
sideration, (Signed) CH. MA U. TA LLEI'RA N U ."
(Then follows the Convention between General
MORTIER and the Hanoverian Deputies.j;

General MORTIgIt received at the ;aloe utne or.
ders to announce to the General of the. Army of the
KING of ENGLAND in Hanover, that the First Con.
sul would not have any difficulty in ratifying the
Convention of Suhlivgen as soon as His Bat TANNIC
MAJESTY should have ratified it himself. There
was not a single man of sense in Europe, who could
doubt for an instant of the ratification of the KING
of ENGLAND.

The astonishment was therefore very great when
the Answer of Lord HAWkESTICRY was received.
ANSWER. OF LORD liIWKE.SRUKY TO THE MINISTER. FOR
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DATED Isrn JUI44, 1303.

" I have laid before Hi s MAiss.ry your Letter of the
loth inst. and I ant ordered by His MAJ EST Y to inform
you, that as he has always considered the Character of ELEC-
TOR of HANOVER as distind from his Character of Kt N c of
'GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, he cannot consent to ac-
quiesce in any met which could give a sandion tattle idea that
he might be justly attacked in one capacity for the condud
which he might think it necessary to adopt in the other. This
principle is not now advanced for the first tune; it has been ac-
knowledged by several Powers of Europe, and particularly by
the French Government, who, in 1795, in consequence of
His Majesty's accession to the Treaty of • Basle, acknow..
(edged his Neutrality r
as ,4,ECTOR of HANOVICRt at the time
they were at War with hint in his quality °Mt NO of REA?
BRITAIN. This principle was still further confirmed by
the conduit of Hts MAJESTY on the occasion of the Treaty
of Lunevil le, and by the arrangements which lately took place
relative to the German Indemnities, which ought to have fur
their objed the Independence of the Empire, and which
were solemnly guaranteed by the principal Powers of Europe,
but in which His Majesty, as /C
-.INC of GREAT...BRITAIN,
took no part. Under these circumstances, Ills 1441 J &sr vis
determined, in his charailer of ELECTOR of II Ana VER, to
appeal to the Empire, and to the Powers of Eurape who
guaranteed the Germanic Constitution, and consequently his
Rights and Possessions, as a Prince of the Empire.

" Until His MAI isry shall be acquainted with their
sentiments, he has commanded me to 'say, teat in his
chitraaer of ELECTOR Ot HANOVER he will Scrupu.
lously abstain froth every adi which may be consi-
dered as contravening the stipulations containtid in the
Convention which was concluded on the 3:1 'of June bc.
tWeen the Deputies appointed by the Regency of Hanover
'and the Ranch Government. I beg you will accept the as.
stirances of the high cowideration with which I have the ho-
nour to be, •
• " Your humble and obedient Servant,
(Signed) " HAWKESBURY."

A dispatch was then sent to General MornEa,
acquainting him, that in consequence of a retusal of
ratification by the KING of ENGLAND, the Conven.
Lion of Suh/ingtm was considered as annulled.
Or the 3oth. June Get Mal MORTIER wrote to
General WALMoDEN, informing him in the Con.
vention of Sublitigen was annulled, summoning him
to surrender, and desiring a categorical answer in
z.t hours.

Then follows a Letter from General Motel! ea
to the First Consul, dated July 6. After giving an
account of the Negotiations which took place re.
spading the surrender of the Hanoverian Army,
and stating that he had refused the Prwctsitions
made by M. Boric on the rapt of General Wm,-
mons t.r, it proceeds :

" I had determined to attack the Enemy on the night be.
wen the 4th and sth. 'They had manned all their batteries
on the Elbe, and I had'on my side established counter-bat-
teries ; my troops were well disposed, anti every. thing an,
pounced a favourable issue, when General W A I. MO ur_tr mule
fresh propositions. Citizen First Consul, the Hanoverian
Army was reduced to dispair ; it implored your clemency ;
I thought that, left to itself, you.vvould treat it with bounty,.
and I concluded with general WALOoDSN, in the middle

Of tr.l.lbr, th: subjoined Capitulation. lie signed it With
an aching helm You will perceive that his Arr.,). to lay
its :inns, and that his Cay.itt t.) be titSiliGtil.!ted, by
wilich we obtain 030 excellcat lorses. The soldier: Will
return home, and doi,ote eietiiselves to agriculture; they
will be no more tlnder the orde'rs of England.