i7f5 ANNUAL RE GIST ER, 1794. 



7 o an appi'nafion m ndc fn Inrd Grcn - 

 v'lllt] lyt/if Eiiglisii co>2sul at Jin- 

 sti'.rdam, lord St. Helen wai direct- 

 ed to sand the fiiUowuig ansiter. 



Hajiic, Get. 10, 1794. 



Sir, 



LORDnrf-nvinchnvingrccc'ued 

 a lelter tVoai yon, in which 

 you state, thnt in consequence of 

 the progress lately made by llie 

 «neiny on the frontier of this re- 

 public,, a crenftral consternation had 

 'taken place at Amsterdam, which 

 had produced a considerable cnii- 

 jrration of the inhabitants of that 

 city, and that it might, therefore, 

 be expedient, that some assistance 

 should be furnished by Great-Bri- 

 tain to such other persons as might 

 be disposed- to leave that place with 

 their cfiisct':; I am diiected by his 

 lordship to inform you, that his ma- 

 jesty, farfrom beingdisposed toassist 

 cr facilitate any such emigration, 

 wishes to check and discourage it as 

 much as px1:^siblc, considering it as 

 highly prejudicial to the interests of 

 the republic, as welLas of the com- 

 mon cause. 



I beg leave to recommend it toyou 

 ♦0 take every proper opportunity of 

 making known these sentiments of 

 Iiis maiesty, particularly to tliose 

 perRons wliose conduct they maybe 

 likely to iufnience. I am with great 

 esteem and regard, 

 iSir, 



Your most obedient and most 

 humble servant, 

 (Signed) vSt. Helen. 

 :-H. Pye Rich, esq. Amsterdam. 



Prorlamation of the French general 

 Andre liJas.iena, to tht pto/jle o*' 



Garc'z.'tn, and oilier chws in Pied- 

 mojit, Mai/, 1791. 



THE invincible Fr.-nch republi- 

 cans are at your doors. They 

 knoAV no enemies hut the enemies 

 of liberly. They invitcyou to slialce 

 off the yoke of your perfidious ty- 

 rant, and you sliall be treated as 

 brethren : otherwise, you shall be 

 dealt with as slaves. T expect your 

 immediate answer at my cnmp. 

 Massexa. 



Equalifi/, Rlerty ,fraternitTj , nrdecitJt. 



Ricii.nrdand Cliodien, repre.<ientative^ 

 of the people with the armij of tlie 

 North, in order to secure to the 

 inliatitants of the conquered coini- 

 hie.<: their tran(j!ii//iti/,sajetj/,anil 

 propertif, and to take measures to 

 preven t allentcrprixes in those coiiv- 

 tries, ivhichviaii be hostile to the 

 interests of the French republic, 

 order as Jolloivs : 



ARTICLE 1. Every inhabi- 

 tant of a conquered country, 

 absent from his place of abode, is 

 pcrmilted to return within a fort- 

 night from the date of this arret ; 

 after that period, those who do not 

 return vi'l be considered as emi- 

 grants. This permission, however, 

 is not to extend to those who have 

 been guilty of any crime against the 

 republic, for which they will be 

 pursued and treated as the enemies 

 of the French people. It is not to 

 extend to the inhabitants of the 

 conquered countries, whose effects 

 have been sequestered by laws an- 

 terior to this arret. The delay 

 granted to the inhabitants of places 

 actually blockaded, shall be estima- 

 ted from the day on which tiie 



blockade 



