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London, England, 1805-11-08 00:00:00

IMPORTANT STATE PAPER.

NOTI TRANSSIITTID ST TN& BARON DC NAIDENS/10.

TO N. DUICIC AND bl. LAIFOREST.
" The King has commanded me to communicate
what follows, to his Excellency Martha) Duaoc, and
to M. Laroassr, Envoy Extraordinary and Mini-
fler Plenipotentiary othis Majefty the Emperor of the
French t—
" His Majefly is uncertain, whether he fhould be •
more furprikd at the outrages which the French ar-
mies have taken the liberty of committing in his Pro•
vinces, or at the extraordinary arguments by which
it is attempted at this day to jutlify them. Pruflia
had declared her neutrality—hut adhering to the IA
to her prior engagements, all the advantage of which
henceforth would be in the favour of France, the
made faciifices to them which might have endanger-
ed her deareft interefts. This invariable' integrity,
this cOnnedion which, without being in the 'call de-
gree expenfive to France, produced to her an inva-
luable degree of fecnrity on many elrential rints--
how has it been repaid ? Juftly jealous of that con-
fideration which is no let's due to Isis power than to
his quality, the King has read with fenfati!ms said)
he has in vain endeav owed to ilipprefs, the ju(lifica-
tory difpatch communicated by the French Ambaf-
fador to his Cabinet.
" A juftificatim is attempted upon the autism; V
of the prat:flee of the laft wars, and the familarity ni
circumflances ; as if the excepti'ns which were ti,en
admitted had not been founded upon pofitive aft.,
which have been fince annulled by the peace ; a; if
the Emperor ever took thofe alts into his c )nfidera-
tion, when he took pofTeffion ssf the country of Han-
over, of a country that had been fo long placed under
the proteelion of Ptuflia ! But ignorance of our in-
tentions is plead/11, as if the intention did not exift
in the nature ot the tranfaetion, Co long as the con-
trary is not ftipulated ! As if the folemn isrotefta-
lions of the author hiss of the Pr wince, and ot the
Minifler of his Majefty to his Highnels the Eleflor of
Bavaria, had not fufficiently made known what wa s
by no means neceffary, and that I myfelf, with tJ'c

rnlr, ;n my liar :n t:ie conferences which I had with'
thl:r Excelltnc:es M. Duaoc and M. Desarostirr,
had not declared that no troops whatever lhould
th-ottf:01 the Margraviates, pointing out to them, nt
the ftrne time, the route of communication, that
Bavaria had flipulated for herfelf as the only one in
'which :he march of the troops was not likely to meet
with any obltrudion.

" It has been Lid, that in matters of filch import-
ance, a pofitive explanation Mould take place. is if
that were a duty incumbent on the Power which re-
nofed in confidence on the faith of a principle, and
n A upon that which intended to fubvert it. In (hors.
a r.retext is made of fats which have never had any
~.her foundation than in falfe reports : and in irnput-
;n% ontrtges to the Auftrians, which they have never
r.omititred, the obfervation of his Majelly is only
to the contraft which their condufa ofte'rs to
...t :.f 'he French armies.

King could have eaten drawn from thi: con-
trail conclufions more unfavourable refpellin g the
intentions of the Emperor. He will confine himfelf
to the refleftinn, that his Imperial Majefty had at
leafi his rearms for confide: ing therfiftve engage-
ments which esilled between him and Pruflia, as of
no importance in his eyes; under tile prefentlircutn-
(lances ; and that he hinsfe'f was confequently on the
point of facrificing every thing to adhere to his en.'
gagements.
" lie confiders hioifelf at this day abfolved from
all obligations antecedent to the prefent time. Thus
reflored to that Hate of things, in which he hai no
other duty than that of his own fakir and the max-
ims of common junk?, the King will not the lets
evince that he is always animated by the fame pt in-
ciples. To fee Europe participate in that peace, in
which he afpires to maintain his own fuhjees, is his
only with—tn contribute, by all the means in his
Power, to re-ellablith it upnrY a folid balls, and to
apply to this great wink his alive mediatinn, and his
unremitting endeavours, (hall be his chief duty.
is But, impeded on every tide in there his noble in-
tentions, the King can no longer entrua to other
hands than his own the tate of providing for the
fafety of his people. Wit ,out obligations for the
future, and alto withnnt aft noes, he finds himfclf
compelled to order his Armies to occupy thnfe pofi-
tions which are indifpenfablyneceiTary for the protec-
tion of the State.

" Entreating their Excellencies M. Duitoc and M.
DELarnss sr to tranfmit there obfervations to his
Imperial Nlajedy, I have to afrure them of my high
cnnfi,lerat inn. ( Signed ) ." HARDIII!IRG.
" Berlin, Oftotier i 4, 1815."

LONDON.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8.

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It has feldom fallen to our lot to record fo many
interefling events on one day as we did yeflerday, in
our Firit and Second Impreflions. As our Paper
was at prefs before the nature of the difpatches re-
ceived by Government from the Continent was fa-
fered to tranfpire, we fhall, for the general int trma.
Lion of en r Ittaders, recapitulate the leading features
of the News of yefterday, and add fu.ch other parti-
culars as have fince become public.
LORD NELSON'S VICTORY,
As it was the moll important, fo it occupied the
larger part of our columns, nor are we yet done
with the fubjed. By the rictus fchooner, feveral
particulars have been received relative to thisglorious
anion which deferve to be made known.
Towards the middle oflaa month Admiral Vic-
tims ova received orders, from Paris, to fail at all
events from Cadiz before the 2 tfl, to accomplifh a
particular object which the Emperor had in view.
Vtu.twseva knew that Admiral Louts had been
detached with feveral Chips from the fleet off Cadiz,
and fuppofed that the force had been, in confe-
quence, reduced to about twenty fail of the line, it
not having tranfpired that a reinforcement had ar
rived fhortly after Admiral Lours's departure.
Lord Nizsom had been apprifed of the inftrustions
which VILLENEUVI had received, and of his in-
tention to obey them. His Lordfhip was, there-
ftre, thoroughly prepared to meet the enemy. On
:be ether hand, the Commanders in Chief of the
Combined Fleets having learnt that the Hero of the
Nile commanded the blockading fquadrnn, were fully
fenfible of the kind of reception they would meet with,
fhoold he fall in with them, and therefore, it is pre-
f.-lied, had confulted upon all the means neceffary
'or a vigorous defence. It was not poffible that two
'Teets could meet on more equal terms with refpe.ft to

As Coon as Lord NE Lsox was convinced that he
411 it in his power to bring the enemy to aftion,
• the 2 I fl, he canted it to be underftond on board
• •very Ship, " That England expeaed every
•••ii to do his duty." There wac, however, little
:eiTity for the intimation ; every man teemed to
p,—„:e of the ardour cf the Commander in Chief,

•
a' td burned with impatience to commence the alien.
On no occafon whatever have oar brave tars felt
Inch confidence of fuccefs. It was the word through-
out the fleet, "'that when led on by Lord Nst.sms,
they were lure of viaory, whatever might be the dd..
parity of force."

At the commencement of the anion our (hips eon-
tefied with each other, as far as was conliftent with
' the prefervat:on of order, the honour to get fir( en-
gaged. The Vacroav did not fire a (hot until the
was dole aloogfide the Sandlllma Trin;dada, when
the Commander in Chief ordered her to be lased to
the enemy. As foon as the men began their work,
the Commander of the Santiffistaa Trinidada defired
his men to al lift in lathing his (hip to the Vicroar. It
was about two o'clock, w'ien the battle was at the
hotteft, that thy gallant NELSON received a mnfket
ball in his breall. What was very remarkible, rt ab-
folutely penetrated through the ftar which be wore.
The BRITANNIA, and Pawl having driven from
their Rations, were prevented from (haring in the ac-
tion to the extent they could have wi(hed.
The Illt.ceiscs did wonders; the was the fiat in
the anion, and one of the lift nut ; and, we are lorry
to fay, the number of her killed and wounded is very
great. .The Vicroav alfo fullained a great loft.
At the time the Pfeil.. fchooner left the fleet,
which was fame days after receiving the difpatches,
it blew a very heavy gale of wind. The Admiral
had caufed to be funk about eight of the (hips, and
had ordered the men to be whhdrawn from nearly all
the ref, and their malls and rigging to 5e cut away
preparatory to finking them. There was one fine (hip
in the care of the DONICI4L and EUETDICE frigates,
which the Admiral wifhed to preferve ; theft two
(hips joined after the anion.

By this time Admiral Ducitworrit wr.l nave rein-
forced out fleet.

The enemy made Ceveral unfnceersfut attempts
froln Cadiz, to recover Come of their Itraggling flips.