us ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



his forces by sea and land, at the be- 

 pinnuig of last year, it was for the 

 declared purpose ot opposing views 

 of aggrandizement and ambition on 

 the part of France ; and that when 

 his majesty acquainted parliament 

 thutacts of hostility had been direct- 

 ed by tli€ government of France a- 

 gainst hismajesty'ssubjecls, and af- 

 ter war had been dcclaredagainst his 

 majesty and the united jirovinces, 

 tf e then avowed object of prosecu- 

 ting; the war on our part, was to op- 

 pose the fiirther \iews of aggran- 

 dizement imputed to France, and 

 that the prosecution of the war on 

 tliis ground, and for tlie attainment 

 of this object, WAS approved by both 

 houses of parliament. 



2. Because it would liavfe been 

 equally bec(jming and expedient in 

 tills house as tending to the same 

 desirable object of peace, at this 

 time to have declared, in conformi- 

 ty to the other resolutions, opened, 

 discuMs^d, and submitted to its con- 

 sideration. 



That, at or before llie end of 

 April, i;p3, the armies of France 

 w ere obliged to evacuate Holland 

 and FJanders, and to retire within 

 th<;ir own territory ; and tliat the 

 prince of Cobourg, conuuander-in- 

 chi:f of the en>pcror"s forces in 

 Flanders, did on ihe 5 th o1' April, 

 t'ugage and declare that he would 

 join and co-operate wiih general 

 Dumourier to t^ive to France her 

 foustituiional king, and the conMi- 

 tutionwhicli «be had formed for hcr- 

 telfj and ihat the prince of C'o- 

 bourg did also then declare, onhis 

 word of honourj that if any litrong 

 places should be delivered over to 

 his troops, he should consider tlieru 

 uootherwisc than as sacred deposits; 

 and that, on the Oih of (lie same 

 inoalli, all tiie preceding declara- 



tions of the prhice of Cobourg wrre 

 revoked. 



That, by the l.^th ar'ti'cle of the 

 treaty concluded with the land- 

 grave ai Hesse Cassel, on the J 0th 

 of April, ITf'S, his nwJTisty's mini- 

 sters were of opinion that tke sittiU- 

 tion of affairs had tlhen entirely 

 •changed its aspect, in Consequence 

 of which his majesty might not ha\ c 

 occasion for the Hessian troops, and 

 might be at liberty to relinquish 

 their service on certain conditions 

 of compensation to be made to the 

 landgrave. 



That, on the Uthof.Tuly, aT93> 

 a convention was concluded be- 

 tween his majesty and the king of 

 Prtissia, in which their majesties re- 

 ciprocally promised to tonlinlie to 

 employ tiicir respective forces, as far 

 as their circumstaiKeswou'd permit 

 in carrying on a war equally just and 

 necessary. 



That on the t2.3d of August, 1793^ 

 loul Hood declared to the people of 

 Touloa, that ht had no other view 

 but that of restoring peace to t 

 great nation, upon the raoStjust, 

 liberal, and honoui alile terms : that 

 the inhabitants of Toulon did in re- 

 turn dcdare, that it was their una- 

 nimous wish to adopt a monarchical, 

 governn'ieht, siich as 'it was origi- 

 nally formed by tke constituent as- 

 semlly in 1789; and that lord Hood, 

 by hi* proclamation of 2Sf1i .August, 

 accepted oF that de.:laration, and 

 did thrn repeat what ht had already 

 declared to tke people of the south 

 of F'rance, that he took possession 

 of Toulon, and held it in trust only 

 for Leui5 the Se.venteenth. 



That the conatimtion, to which 

 tlie declarationand acceptance here- 

 in immediately before stated was the 

 samewhich hlsmajesty"s ambassador 

 at tlie Hague did, in a memorial 



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