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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



sia, to obtain their effectual concur- 

 rence to a pacification. 



The vote delivered ly the Imperial 

 minister, CounCde SchlicL to the 

 states of the Upper Rhine, on the 

 \6th of August, 1794. in ivhich 

 the emperor claims a spcedij supply 

 of money andmen against France, 

 was aliO delivered to the circles of 

 franconia and Snalia in the end 

 of September, where the Prussian 

 minister seconded it ivith all his 

 power, and presented thefollowing 

 note, 



HIS" Prussian majesty seconds 

 the request of his Imperial 

 majesty, since both courts, after ha- 

 Ting indefatlgably continued the 

 ■war, and made immense sacrifices, 

 have a right to require of the other 

 states, that they do oppose with all 

 their might the danger which in- 

 creases every day, and to furnish 

 ■without delay every thing that Ger- 

 manic good sense and spirit deem 

 requisite. 



Meanwhile, his majesty the king 

 of Prussia cannot but signify, that 

 the Impi rial court laid a false con- 

 struction on the treaty for a subsidy 

 between Prussia and England; who, 

 though she p'edged herself to p:iy 

 the subsidy, has no right lo dispose 

 at her own pleasure of the Prussian 

 army, which is forthv/ith to remain 

 to defend Germany in that quarter 

 ■where his Prussian majesty will 

 deem it most expedient, or wher- 

 ever the allied powers have agreed, 

 or -will agree with Prussia to let it 

 act. 



Conclusum of the circle of Francovia 

 addressed to their 7najesties the em- 



peror and the hing of Prussia, for 

 the purpose of obtaining a peace, 

 or at least a speedy truce ; agreed 

 to in NovemhLry 1704. 



CONSIDERING the most da^i- 

 gerous turn which the present 

 war against France has taken, in 

 several events which succeeded each 

 other ; considering the most immi- 

 nent danger which is more and more 

 approaching, with rapid strides, the 

 frontiers of thec'rcle of Franconia; 

 considering farther, not only the af- 

 flictive apprehensions which his Im- 

 perial majesty has reiterately mani- 

 fested, that it might happen, that 

 the august house of Austria v/ould 

 find itself so much weakened; as to 

 be under the necessity of retreating 

 to its own frontiers, without being, 

 capable any longer to save the ter- 

 ritories of the Germanic empire ; 

 and that his majesty the king of 

 Prussia has likewise recalled a con- 

 siderable number of his brave troops 

 from the theatre of war, to pro- 

 tect his own dominions, and signi- 

 fied that, according to circum- 

 stances, the remainder might also 

 be withdrawn; and, considering the 

 internal concerns of this circle, 

 render the repose and the momen- 

 tary re-estabiishment of this circle 

 at least necessary at this present pe- 

 riod ; the general circle, by virtue 

 of a repeated proposition of his 

 most serene highness the prince of 

 Saxe Cobourg Saalfeld, and of Saxe 

 Meningen, as a venerable co-state, 

 on the part of Henneberg Roem- 

 blld, has unanimously resolved : 



1. It is understood of itsfelf, and 

 there can be no doubt in this res- 

 pect, that ihere is by no means any 

 design to encroach upon the deli- 

 berations of the ernpire in general 

 upon the important question — how 



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