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Volume XXVI of the papers of Mr. Andrew Mitchell, subsequently Sir Andrew Mitchell.

Letters to Mr. (Subsequently Sir) Andrew Mitchell, from the English Envoy’s at Copenhagen, Stockholm, Dresden, Vienna, Cologne, Bonn, Munich, Bern, and Hamburg, 1756-1770.

1. Letter from Mr. Titley to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Congratulations on his arrival at Berlin. Loss of Mr. Mitchell’s despatches by no means singular. Affairs of Denmark. Dated Copenhagen, 15 June 1756. (folio 1)

2. Letter from Mr. Titley to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) The prospects of the Court of Great Britain are not so favourable at Copenhagen as they were some weeks since. Dated Copenhagen, 5 October 1756. (folio *1)

3. Letter from Mr. Titley to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Congratulations on the victory gained by the King of Prussia [Frederick II, alias Frederick the Great] over the Austrians. Story of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams at Copenhagen, and departure to Hamburg. News of the recapture of Breslau. Great discontent at Stockholm. Dated Copenhagen, 3 January 1757. (folio 3)

4. Letter from Mr. Titley to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M. and partly cypher). No disposition in the Danish Ministers to concur in the proposals of Great Britain. Regiments in Holstein and Sleswick [Schleswig] are filling up. Dated Copenhagen, 15 March 1757. (folio 5)

5. Letter from Mr. Titley to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) News of the disgrace of the Great Chancellor, Count Bestoncheff [Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin]. Dated Copenhagen, 18 March 1758. (folio 7)

i. (Enclosed). Copie d’une note pout Monsieur d’Osten, Envoyé Extraordinaire de Sa Majesté le roi de Danemark. Dated St. Petersburg, 15 February 1758. (folio 9)

6. Letter from Mr. Titley to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) Congratulations on Sir Andrew’s return to the Court of Berlin. Mr. Titley has recovered the King’s permission to transfer the public business at his court to Mr. Gunning. Dated Copenhagen, 1 July 1766. (folio 11)

7. Letter from Mr. Gunning to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) Mutual correspondence. Marriage of the Princess Louise to Prince Charles of Hesse-Cassel [Hesse-Kassel] is declared. Dated Copenhagen, 5 July 1766. (folio 13)

8. Letter from Mr. Gunning to Sir Andrew Mitchell. Signature of an eventual treaty for the exchange of Holstein. M. Saldern governs the Danish Ministers. Inquiries respecting the successor of the Prussian Minister. (Partly in cypher). Dated Copenhagen, 19 January 1768. (folio 18)

9. Letter from Mr. Gunning to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (Partly P.M., partly cypher). Intrigues and changes at the Court of Denmark. Return of M. Moltke to power. Character of M. de Saldern. The Count St. Germain dismissed from the post of Field Marshall. Dated Copenhagen, 13 February 1768. (folio 15)

10. Letter from Mr. Gunning to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (Partly P.M., partly cypher). Death of Mr. Titley, and particulars of the legacies left by him. The report of the King of Denmark [Christian VII]’s intention to make a tour of Europe, is not without foundation, and is to take place on the 28th inst. Dated Copenhagen, 5 April 1768. (folio 20)

11. Letter from Sir John Goodricke to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (Partly P.M., partly cypher). Congratulations on Sir Andrew’s return to Berlin. Inquiries whether the King and Queen of Sweden [Adolf Frederick and Louisa Ulrika] have lately sent a valet de chambre to Berlin. Junction of the Swedish Court with the French party. The Russian Minister’s offers rejected. Dated Stockholm, 4 July 1766. (folio 23)

12. Letter from Sir John Goodricke to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (Partly P.M., partly cypher). Cold is Sweden. Character of Mr. Jennings. Whether he held any private conference with the King of Prussia? Dated Stockholm, 19 January 1768. (folio 25)

13. Letter from Sir John Goodricke to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (Partly P.M., partly cypher). The French wish to engage Sweden to make a diversion in favour of the Turks. Step taken by the King of Sweden to force the senate to assemble the States. Dated Stockholm, 6 January 1769. (folio 27)

14. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) His Lordship has received orders to correspond regularly with Mt. Mitchell. Audience of the Elector of Cologne [Clemens August], who is as much attached to the French system as ever. (Partly in cypher). Dated Cologne, 20 May 1756. (folio 29)

15. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Affair of Admiral Byng. Visit to the Prussian Minister, and orders received by him to live with Lord Stormont in the greatest confidence and friendship. Suspicion of a secret negotiation carrying on between the Court of Dresden and France. Dated Dresden, 2 July 1756. (folio 31)

16. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Reports of the extraordinary military preparations making by the King of Prussia. A courier despatched by the Russian Minister to St. Petersburg, with this Intelligence. Dated Dresden, 3 July 1756. (folio 35)

17. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. The fears of the King of Prussia’s preparations are considerable lessened. Orders sent to the Russian troops marching toward the frontiers of Livonia to stop. (In cypher). Dated Dresden, 17 July 1756. (folio 38)

18. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) The march of the Russian troops is certainly countermanded. (In cypher). Dated Dresden, 24 July 1756. (folio 40)

19. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Enclosing a letter to Lord Holderness [Robert Darcy]. False report of a new treaty of alliance negotiating with France. Dated Dresden, 26 July 1756. (folio 42)

20. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. Renewed reports of the King of Prussia’s motions, and conversation held on the subject by the French, Russian, and Austrian Ministers. (In cypher). Dated Dresden, 6 August 1756. (folio 45)

21. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. Information received from the Prussian Minister, agreeing with that sent by Mr. Mitchell. Purchase of Corsica by the French. Dated Dresden, 17 August 1756. (folio 47)

22. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Recommending two English Gentlemen to Mr. Mitchell. Dated Dresden, 21 August 1756. (folio 49)

23. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. The accounts of the purchase of Corsica appear to be premature. (In cypher). Dated Dresden, 21 August 1756. (folio 51)

24. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Thanks to Mr. Mitchell for introducing two English Gentlemen to his Lordship. Dated Dresden, 30 August 1756. (folio 53)

25. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. Audience held of the King of Poland [Augustus III] by the Prussian Minister, to declare the King of Prussia’s intention of attacking the Empress Queen [Maria Theresa], and of marching his troops through Saxony into Bohemia. General Magher is sent by the King of Poland to confer about the manner in which the troops shall pass. (In cypher). Dated Dresden, 31 August 1756. (folio 56)

26. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Lord Stormont has consented at the instances of the Polish Ministers, to wait on the King of Prussia, accompanied by Monsieur Saul, for the purpose of opening a negotiation. Dated Dresden, 31 August 1756. (folio 58)

27. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. His Lordship’s mission to the King of Prussia was attended with no success. Plans of his Prussian Majesty with regard to Saxony, and seizure of the revenues and Cabinet Papers. (Partly in cypher). Dated Dresden, 14 September 1756. (folio 60)

28. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. Lord Stormont’s commission to the King of Prussia was to propose a treaty of neutrality, by which the King of Poland engaged himself not to furnish any succours to the Empress Queen. (In cypher). Dated Dresden, 21 September 1756. (folio 62)

29. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) A friendly letter, regretting the early departure of Mr. Mitchell from Dresden. Lord Stormont wishes to thank the King of Prussia in person (should his Prussian Majesty return into that neighbourhood) for the favourable terms in which Lord Stormont has been mentioned. Dated Dresden, [20 October 1756]. (folio 64)

30. Letter from Lord Stormont [David Murray] to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) On the same subject as the last. Departure of Monsieur Gross (the Russian Minister) for Warsaw. Dated Dresden, 31 October 1756. (folio 66)

31. Letter from Mr. Keith to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) He accepts Mr. Mitchell’s offer of correspondence. Affair of Collins, the courier. Dated Vienna, 9 June 1756. (folio 67)

32. Letter from Mr. Keith to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Enclosing letters from the Commander Sinzendorff and his brother, the abbe, to excuse themselves from complying with the King’s orders to leave the Emperor’s dominions, on account of their ill health. Dated Vienna, 4 December 1756. (folio 69)

33. Letter from Mr. Keith to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M. and in cypher). Preparations for the next campaign. Expense of the Austrian army. Modes of raising funds. Dated Vienna, 1 January 1757. (folio 71)

34. Letter from Mr. Keith to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Communicating the thanks of the two Counts Sinzendorff to Mr. Mitchell, for the trouble he has had on their account. Dated Vienna, 12 January 1757. (folio 73)

35. Letter from Mr. Cressener to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Treaty between the Courts of Vienna and Versailles. Loss of Collins’s mail. Behaviour of Admiral Byng. Progress of the siege of St. Philippe. Dated Cologne, 8 June 1756. (folio 68)

36. Letter from Mr. Cressener to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Change of conduct in Monsieur D’Ammon (The Prussian Minister) towards Mr. Cressener, from hostility to intimacy, by order of his master, the King of Prussia. The French are making magazines in the Duchies of Juliers [Jülich] and Berg. The King of Prussia, and also the French, have demanded passage to their troops of the Elector. The agency of a French actress used by the French. Dated Cologne, 28 July 1756. (folio 71)

37. Letter from Mr. Cressener to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Answer of the Elector to the Rescript of the Empress Queen, containing a full declaration in her favour. Paper circulated in prejudice of the King, as Elector of Hanover, and of the King of Prussia. Report of a prohibition to export grain out of the Duchies of Juliers and Berg. Fears about Russia. Dated Cologne, 10 August 1756. (folio 74)

38. Letter from Mr. Cressener to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Enclosing a letter from the Princess Lubomirski [Izabela Czartoyska?] to Lord Stormont. Thanks for Mr. Mitchell’s good offices in his behalf. The French send Monsieur D’Ammon, and Mr. Cressener away from Cologne and the latter comes to Maastricht, still retaining his diplomatic character. Military conduct of the King of Prussia praised. Victory gained by Prince Ferdinand. The French in great want of money. Orders of march to French troops in Germany. Dated Maastricht, 5 September 1759. (folio 77)

39. Letter from Mr. Cressener to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Mr. Cressener removes as Minister to the Elector of Mainz [Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein]. His instructions, and steps taken to facilitate the ‘Conclusum’ of a neutrality, proposed to the Electors of Germany, with the King of Prussia. Dated Ratisbonne [Regensburg], 11 February 1763. A postscript is added with some particulars of the Electoral votes in passing the ‘Conclusum’. 13 February 1763. (folio 81)

40. Letter from Mr. Cressener to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) A friendly letter in general terms. Dated Spa, 3 July 1766. (folio 85)

41. Letter from Mr. Cressener to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) Congratulations on Sir Andrew Mitchell’s arrival at Berlin. Dated Spa, 3 July 1766. (folio 87)

42. Letter from Mr. Cressener to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) Relative to money transaction with an officer of Hussars, names Rode. Mr. Cressener’s commission is extended as Plenipotentiary to the Electors of Mainz and Trier. Dated Bonn, 7 April 1767. (folio 89)

i. (Enclosed). Letter from Monsieur Sterwath to Monsieur Rode. (In German). Dated Warendorff, 18 August 1758. (folio 91)

43. Letter from Mr. Cressener to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) Elage on the late Prince Henry of Prussia. Death of the Elector of Trier [Johann Philipp]. Views of this Prince. Dated Bonn, 16 January 1768. (folio 96)

i. (Enclosed). Liste du Chapitre de Treves, composé de seize Capitulaires votans. (folio 98)

44. Letter from Mr. Cressener to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) The Chapter of Triers elect Prince Clement to be Archbishop. Scheme of the Courts of Vienna and Dresden defeated. Dated Bonn, 19 January 1768. (folio 93)

45. Letter from Mr. Burrish to Mr. Mitchell. Accepting Mr. Mitchell’s offer of correspondence. Dated Munich, 23 June 1756. (folio 99)

46. Letter from Mr. De Visme to Sir Andrew Mitchell. Notification of his appointment as Minister to the Diet, and Plenipotentiary to the King of Bavaria [Maximilian III Joseph]. Dated Munich, 13 May 1770. (folio 101)

47. Letter from Mr. Greville to Sir Andrew Mitchell. Acceptance of Sir Andrew’s proposal of correspondence. Dated Munich, 7 July 1766. (folio 103)

48. Letter from Mr. Villettes to Mr. Mitchell. Enclosing the copy of a paper containing the pretensions of Messrs. Bondely and their friends, to the Government of Neufchatel [Neufchâtel]. Dated Bern, 5 August 1756. (folio 105)

i. (Enclosed). Copies of various documents referred to in the above letter. (folio 107)

49. Letter from Mr. Villettes to Mr. Mitchell. Thanks for the Intelligence transmitted. Report of an engagement between Prince Ferdinand and Marshal Richelieu. Dated Bern, 4 January 1758. (folio 114)

50. Letter from Mr. Villettes to Mr. Mitchell. Thanks for the news of the Surrender of Schweidnitz. Representations made, conjointly with the Governor of Neufchatel, against the irregularity of the State of Bern in permitting their regiment in the French service, under Colonel Jenner, to be employed in a hostile invasion of the territories of the Kings of England [George II] and Prussia; and answer of the State. Dated Bern, 6 May 1758. (folio 116)

51. Letter from Mr. Villettes to Mr. Mitchell. Remarks on the military conduct of the King of Prussia. Want of a cypher. Report that Jenner’s regiment is to be sent into Bohemia. Dated Bern, 7 June 1758. (folio 118)

52. Letter from Mr. Villettes to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Thanks for intelligence. Situation of the Prince Ferdinand’s army in the neighbourhood of Cassel [Kassel]. Dated Bern, 11 September 1760. (folio 124)

53. Letter from Mr. Villettes to Mr. Mitchell. Notice of the appointment of Mr. Colebrooke, as successor to Mr. Villettes, in the character of Minister to the Helvetic States. Change in the north. Dated Bern, 15 April 1762. (folio 120)

54. Letter from Mr. Colebrooke to Mr. Mitchell. Notification of his appointment as Minister to the Swiss Cantons. Dated Bern, 8 July 1762. (folio 122)

55. Letter from Mr. Stanhope to Mr. Mitchell. Notification of his arrival as Resident at Hamburg. Offers his services. Dated Hamburg, 23 August 1757. (folio 126)

56. Letter from Mr. Stanhope to Mr. Mitchell. A duplicate of the last, with a postscript. Dated 6 September 1757. (folio 128)

57. Letter from Mr. Stanhope to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Thanks for Intelligence of the King of Prussia’s motions. Difficulties respecting the cessation of arms, in regard to the disarming of Hessian and Brunswick troops. Dated Hamburg, 1 October 1757. (folio 130)

58. Letter from Mr. Stanhope to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Baron Munchausen is sent to Stade to get a true account of the state of affairs there. Dated Hamburg, 30 October 1757. (folio 132)

59. Letter from Mr. Stanhope to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Siege of the Castle of Harburg. Advantage gained by the King’s Electoral troops over part of the French Army. The French have evacuated Zell. Dated Hamburg, 10 December 1757. (folio 134)

60. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Mr. Mitchell. Notification of his arrival at Hamburg as Minister to the Hans Towns. Dated Hamburg, 9 August 1763. (folio 136)

61. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) The Duke of York [Prince Edward] expected at Turin. Transaction about Corsica. The Archduke Leopold is to marry the Princess of Modena and the Archduke Joseph the Infanta. Dated Hamburg, 13 January 1764. (folio 138)

62. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Mr. Mitchell. (P.M.) Introducing Sir Thomas Hesketh to Mr. Mitchell. Dated Hamburg, 14 June 1764. (folio 140)

63. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) Congratulations on Sir Andrew’s acquired honours. Mission of the Count de Redern to Hamburg, respecting the transfer of the Embden. East India Company. M. de Saldern is still in Holstein. News from Stockholm. The Court of France has refused to pay any more subsidies to Sweden. Reports of the King of Prussia’s interview with the Emperor. Dated Hamburg, 11 July 1766. (folio 142)

64. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M. and partly in cypher). Sentiments of the King of Prussia respecting the English, expressed to M. de Saldern. Reports of commotions at St. Petersburg. Death of the Queen Mother of Spain [Elisabeth Farnese]. His Catholic Majesty had rejected the offer of Great Britain to accept a part of the Manilla ransom, instead of the whole, on condition of prompt payment. Dated Hamburg, 29 July 1766. (folio 144)

i. (Enclosed). Declaration de sa Majesté Imperiale de toutes les Russies. (In cypher). (folio 141)

ii. (Enclosed). Copy of Mr. Woodford’s despatch to Mr. Secretary Conway. Account of the conferences held of the King of Prussia by Monsieur de Saldern. (In cypher). Dated Hamburg, 13 June 1766. (folio 148)

65. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M. and partly cypher). Return of M. de Saldern. Mission of General Shilosofou to the King of Prussia, on the part of the Empress of Russia (Catherine II, alias Catherine the Great), against the oppression of the Elector of Saxony [Frederick Augustus III]. Hints respecting M. de Saldern, and Monsieur de Zoeg. Plan of establishing an East India Company at Hamburg. Departure of the Queen of Denmark [Caroline Matilda]. Dated Hamburg, 4 November 1766. (folio 156)

66. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M. and partly in cypher). Remarks on the new Prussian edict. State of the Ministry in Denmark. The Queen of Denmark has captivated all hearts except the King’s. The King of Spain [Charles III] persists in having an article with regard to the Manilla money. Dated Hamburg, 16 January 1766. (folio 159)

67. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) Expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain. Dated Hamburg, 25 April 1767. (folio 162)

68. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) Death of the Duke of York. Reports of the Selswick Treaty being signed. Negotiation carrying on between Hamburg, Denmark, and Russia. Sir James Gray leaves Paris for Madrid. Dated Hamburg, 6 October 1767. (folio 164)

69. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) Still on the subject of the treaty between Hamburg, Russia, and Denmark. Reports from Hanover. Dated Hamburg, 15 January 1768. (folio 166)

i. (Enclosed). Translation of the Promemoria of the treaty of commerce between Hamburg, Russia, and Denmark. (folio 168)

*69. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Sir Andrew Mitchell. On the proposed cession of Holstein to Denmark. Reventlau’s dismissal, and Saldern’s influence with the King. Dismissal of Madame de Plepe, The Queen of Denmark’s Grande Governante. Report that Russia will not receive Macartney as Ambassador. (Partly in cypher). Dated Hamburg, 23 February 1768. (folio *169)

70. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) Changes at Copenhagen. Various news. The King of Denmark [Christian VII] resolves to make the tour of Europe. Dated Hamburg, 11 March 1768. (folio 170)

71. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) The Empress of Russia has communicated M. de Saldern’s treaty with Denmark to the King of Prussia. Wilkes and his party. Dated Hamburg, 12 April 1768. (folio 172)

i. (Enclosed) ‘Copie du Discours écrit et signé de la main du Roi de Suede, lû et rémis par lui au Senat’. (folio 174)

72. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) Treaty of commerce negotiating with the French. The King of Denmark is arrived at Sleswick. Riot in London. Dated Hamburg, 17 May 1768. (folio 176)

73. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M. and partly cypher). M. de Saldern will shortly pass through Berlin to Russia. Reports respecting the motive of his journey. Dated Hamburg, 2 August 1768. (folio 178)

74. Letter from Mr. Ralph Woodford to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) Mr. Woodford receives permission to return to England. Mr. Matthias is to carry on the correspondence. Dated Hamburg, 6 September 1768. (folio 181)

75. Letter from Mr. Stanhope to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) Congratulations on Sir Andrew Mitchell’s arrival at Berlin. Dated Dresden, 2 July 1766. (folio 183)

76. Letter from Mr. Stanhope to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) A private letter on Mr. Stanhope’s health, etc. Dated Dresden, 3 October 1766). (folio 185)

77. Letter from Mr. Murray Keith to Sir Andrew Mitchell. (P.M.) Requesting Sir Andrew to lend his aid in procuring a Prussian passport for Mr. Keith’s baggage. Dated London, 14 February 1769. (folio 187)

78. Letter from Mr. Murray Keith to Sir Andrew Mitchell. Views of the Electress of Saxony [Maria Antonia] in paying a visit to the King of Prussia. (In cypher). Dated Dresden, 10 October 1769. (folio 189)

79. Letter from Mr. Murray Keith to Sir Andrew Mitchell. Ministers will soon be sent by the confederates to the different counts. Inquiries as to the intentions of the King of Prussia. Dated Dresden, 3 December 1769. (folio 191)