The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-06-10
STATE PAPERS.
RUPTURE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND PRUSSIA
DECLARATION.

DECLARATION.
GEORGE THE THIRD, By t5s grace of God, of tie u
nifed KiagSm Of Great Britain and Ireland, King
Defendtr ef6e Faisb DEte of B-nnf1visk and Lznen-
burg, ArebTresjarer and E!stior Of tie Holy Roman
+ Empire, &c. G'e.
d The court of Prufia has avowed thore hoitile de-
igns, which fhe thought conceal by her friendly
HprofeiGons.
Al The Note Verbale, delivered ON the 4th of April
alby the Pruflian envoy, baron Jacobi Kr0 TO the
81 Brtih miniitry, announces that the electorate Of
Hanover has been taken poneihon Of, and that the
HPorts OF the German Sea- aud of Lubbock have been
Se.oled againR the Bri,ih flag.
az This declaration gives the lie tn all tho.e auran
Fees by which the cabinet of Berlin has hitherto endea-
vored 10 cloak its proceedings. which it moreover
adds the preenon, that his Pruiiian n,aiey has ac-
INJURED, by HI, fyhem of policy, claims to the graft
RI uls OF all the northern powers.
Thus actually dfpoefled Of the ancient inheritance
23of my lamiy, and insu,ed in my rights fove-
B'eign, have ordered thoie nieafures to be taken
(which the honor Of my requires but Gill
lowe it to myfsl, to Europe, and to my fnbees to
make public declaration Of n,y ent;ments as eetor
fJos Brunfwiek Lunenhurg, upon the unua uiurpat-
ION ofmy German pofleiiions
81 It's not neceiiary prove how contrary this aa is
Ito the rights OF nations er to the laws of the Ger
nan empire Their infrataion is too evident to re-
&luire TO be proved. l. is the noa acred principle
g3of good faith, of honor, and in fact of all the obi
cations upon which the reciprocal ffety of different
among thenileves, and of each civil fociety
ceif, repoie, which trodden under foot in fuch
ssnanner, that the world would have difficulty in be-
eving it, IT did not oaufe the faas to be laid be-
ore them, which authenticated in the narrative
(Which have ordered TO be prepared.
N The proceedings of the court Of Berlin when the
;4eleorate was occupied by its troops in 1901 its
conduef, far from being friendly during the negoci-
>1fit,n fOrth ,,.le
k}Luneville; the declaration which it made, when
Jfrance prepared TO invade the electorate and, ait-
3y the burthenome conditions under which it endea.
vored to cauie 1t to be evacuated fubfttute her
si'wn troops intead Of France, had given too many
proofs to the government. Of Hanover, to oblige
ft to endeavor to avoid all fort of erventon on the
part Of this power at the moment that it was on
Hhe point OF engaging III jpu,e with France. The
events which retarded the arrival in Hanover Of the
&expedtion, concerted between Great Britain Ruiia
and Sweden gave the Pruilian troops an opportuni-
ny OF anticipating them after the French army had
Jbeen obliged to eyacuate the electorate.
al This tsP was accompanied by the uiof friendly
Horoettations on the pare of Pruiia. She invited the
tianoverian government refume il, functions in my
lname, and to collect the wreck of the army
q The country, already 70 unfortunate, doubly felt
he weight OF the numerous rcqui,ions extorted by
1.-THE Pruan corps, without the leaf regard to the g.
Htaation in which tie French left it.
After the unfortunate reult of the eampai-n of the
Aaihes III the fouth OF the empire, attack in the
s2uortb waste be expected. His imperial n,aieny of
(SRu!iia, to ohviate the dangers which Prua might
I$be expofed placed, in eonfeiuence of the convent
Ion OF Po,zdsm, stroops under count de Tolftoy,
@aand the corps ofgen. Bennington under the orders
lSof his Pruian majely, and promifed him. moreover
Nall the aiaAnce for which he might have occsGon
sSlt was fearcely to be expected that Prui1ia would
ava herfef Of this advanraae ard of that which the
keDrp pifa nf,h Gbf.f E,,l AL
tan gave her, to obtain from France terms contrary
to the nereits which thele reources were intended
!3,to protect This, notwithstanding, has a6fu ally
sHhappened. The ircret treaty, tie effects of .hch
81 A@sinn,ng TO appear, was bgned by coun, Haug-
Di'a -.'si sire rrcuen general Duroc, the 2ta OF
Oecenher, 1905, the period fixed as the term when
zffuiha was to declare again France in cafe that
sNpower ihond have rejected the propo[tions which
account Haugwitz was to make to her. i'll conleouence
4of the convention of Potzdam.
~ Seven days after, December o. the cabine. Of
propoied to the Britih ambaIador the arrange
..3hfH.S 70 he taken IN common with the Prufian ge-
Hneras, ter the diipoiitons of the allied arn,esn Low
ter Saxony; and dipatched, in eonlequence, li.u,.
Neo. baron dc kru!eniark, with letter to the Han
So'era government to induce it to furnilh proviions
4or the French garriion a, HameIn
n Twas nceel!ary concur in this ARRANGEMENT.
n (which was only provfonally terminated the 4th of
anuary becauie it was prevent the French troops
~ ."ei '"ni'S any t'iNS aSaIlit Hanover during
Hthe negotiation.
i Was the court of Berlin then ignoran, in VIVA,
2nianner count Haugwitz had conc udsd this neroca
J-ion! Did 1t not know, before tie fgDature of the
3reaty, what would be the end of it /? Or did that
81 niner diipoie as lie peatd, of the good faith of
Il ;lis matter
n Il was oil the 27.h OF January, that the cabine.
f,t Berlin, announced to tie Hanoverian government
Il that in coiequence OF treaty igued and ratified
s.1y the two parties, my German poTeiIions would
ino longer be occupied by the French troops that
Whey would be entirely evacuated by thofe no were
stil there, and delivered up, uu,il .gre pace be-
tween England and France Gould have decided their
condition, to the protection of the troops of his
NPruian niaetty, and to his exclusive adniinarati-
hon. The tlanoveri1u government was required
gnut to no purPoe, to intimate all the public Of
= icers that they were, for the future 10 confder
AhenelveS as finally refponGblc 20 the Pruian eonl-
n n'ihon CT identification, excluding all jo,egn ,ej-
.lmer.
Y The dhratch addrefed the 25.h Of January to,thc
aPruilian mniter, and Intended TO iuilify this pro-
zceeding, was fgned with the king Of Pruilia's own
Naand. 1t ended with thefe words--"I think it ne
ceiiary to oberve how much the territories in quef
ion ought 10 be fitisted with this change of fccne
y nd my witheS would be fulfilled, if in conlequence
90 the dintercfed views by which am jmpelled,
s'he aominitration have taken upon me should turn
sut To the happnef Of the country aud i,s inhahi-
giants; and by that 7IiiaG7oyy to his Britain
Il nc naJeiy, to whom dcGre nothing more than to
gVe, IN ibis igRaa-e, IN an oJf,5, ali the proofs
Il confederation, Of defercuce and OF friendlp which
h -reuniitanees may PIT in my power"