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London, England, 1816-08-15 00:00:00

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• itAliimnott, AUGUST it.
On the-Vith ult. the possession of the Duchy of
I.auelibtwg was delivered up at Ratzeburg to the
'Government by the Prussian Commissionei
appointed to th;t efEct. It will be recollected that
Ibis cession is a consectoetice tit that of Pomerania vs
Prussia, end of Norway to Sweden. Tn the first m-
eanie, itowever. the portion of Latienborg belonging
to Hanover was ciftled to Prussia ; and tir following
is the patent o! tau.. HanoveriAn Uovernment by
which this cessiotr-was made :

" George, Prince Regent. in she name • and on the hehtlf of
hls Majesty Gtorge Ill.:by the grace of Gou, King of the united
kingdom of Great•Britaiu and Irthutd, King of Hanover, Duke
'Of Brunswick and Luneburg, &c.
• " Upon the ultimate filtration of Germany fmtit a forelgss
yoke, effected with the help of the Allied Powers, ft wag our
mon envious wish again to torte wider our $ 'erOre the whole
possessions of our house in Germany, and maintain them unsepa-
rated, and to be able to reward the subjects of the satt4 fur the
loyalty and a.taehmert of which they had given to Ms the most
.slgstal proofs even mishit the'pressure of 'foreign occupation.—
This endeavour, which we at all times prefer red to any proffered
aggrandisement of the territory of our Stares, had :11,0 for ha
special object the undivided conservation of the• Duchy of Save-
-I.suenhorg, whose inluditants had always, -and especially in the
late troubloos times when under a foreignyoke, give*undoubt.ed
rroofs of their devotedness and attachment to us and our house;
and towards th.: attainment of this object we readily offered
every Paennee compatti..e nigh the true welfare of our °CUMIN
btates at a whole.

" As, linwevt r, k Is a consequence of the diversified changes
.which so 'navy of the European powers have toren latterly doomed
to experience throttels the pressure of circutustaue•N that for
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the Gunflint:loml of die future territorial relation, of Germany.
neither the opinite:4 of the powers with whine help our country
was delivered front a t•. reign )okr, should be neglected, nor that
. rite interests of Genitally and its vatious.states, can be separated
from what has been recortary for the execution sof divers trea-
ties concluded among foreign powers, and fur themaintenance of
the gesteral tranquillity thereon depending; t. it has hence con-
stet.tivtly happened, that the cession of the part of the Duchy of
it.t.he-latuenburg on the right ede of the I.lhe to the t tug of
Prussia (an assent to which has btconie so imperiously necrs•
barn Wat any farther delay ou our dee would nor secure to this
past ot our subject.' ill' it connexion under tour sceptre) will be
con• coed with important consequences tut the %sellout of our
'other Gutman States generally.

• " Under these circumstances., and Convinced that It k our duty
to make this sacrifice, however severe to our heart, for the be-
nefit of the whole, we :.,we resolved, in conformity to a treaty
concluded with the King of Prussia oo the 19th of May last year,
• and afterwards Modified by another treaty ef the acid of Septem-
ber following, to cede to and place at the disposal of his Prussian
Majesty that portion of the Duchy of lauenburg situated on the
right kwk of the Elbe, wkh the exception of the canton of Neu-
haus and the territory inctutkd herwsen it awl bl•eklettburg, by
whom again it is tainted:orb' to be ceded at:d conmeyed to his
Majesty the King Of Denmark.
• " We have at the •ante conditictied for ;he maintenance
of all the exiting right; and t•ropleyes of the s.tid ceded purautt
of the Duchy Lauent.urg : in particular for the rtee•at con-
cluded with the States thereof on the l Stlt Stptemler, i 70i, and
ritatied by his Majesty the King on cheltisr June, 1755; and as
well the taking upon Wm the glans of the Sure by the new OCCO.
pier, .us the speedy and equitable repayment of the (.104:s and
debts cooltracte4 during the French occopatient.
• ° We have comilossioned and empowered John Christian
Doriog, Cornotandaur of our Order of the Gavial's, to carry into
Iff-ctthe above ceesHout, and :n our 'same to release the State,
anti inhaboant generally front the oaths of fidelity and allegiance
by which they !Love been hitherto hound to our house; soil who.:
lie recommends to them to chew the seine fidelity 3nJ at-
tachment to their new ruler that they have hitt:Tao whewit to us
and ro our house, we commutficare to tliem the assurance that
the rezollec•rutt of their loyalty and auachment to us and our
lot efa. here can never he erased front our hearts.
" ISy his R u ;al tiighne ss the Pr, nce Wegener spscial command,
"C. Vote Ds CCev, Vun Likraitifq Von AIIii6WALD C.
" thuova, July 15, LIM."