

ANNLTAL REGiSTE R, 1794. 



An^vtr of the senate of Fenice to 

 the clove address, sent to citizen 

 Lallemand, ^ov. 24, 17g4. 



THE senate receives, with real 

 satisfaction, andasu testimony 

 of the continuation of the friendly 

 correspondence which has hitherto 

 subsisted between the French nation 

 and that of Venice, the note which 

 you transmitted on the ]3th instant, 

 to make known the character of 

 envoy to us, with which you are 

 invested. 



The senate has been extremely 

 pleased with the contents of the 

 credentials, and the instructions 

 which you have to cultivate a good 

 correspondence bclween the two 

 nations, as well as the assurances of 

 the continuation of tiie personal dis- 

 positions, which you have evinced 

 for several years at Naples and 

 Messina, in favour of our repu\jlicj 

 dispositions of which, we hope, you 

 will continue to give us farther 

 proofs, during the duration of the 

 ministry which is entrusted to you. 



The senate, invariable and con- 

 stant in the maxims of an exact 

 neutrality, avail themselves v/ith 

 eagerness of this opportunity for 

 assuringyou, thatthey will continue 

 to observe it with the same care. 

 You will consequenV.y be persuaded 

 that you will enjoy, contbrniably to 

 the ministerialcharacterwith which 

 you are invested, the suitable pri- 

 vileges as well as the jirotection 

 which the laws accord to foreigners 

 and natives who reside in ourstates. 

 Maintain a peaceable conduct, and 

 conform to our usages. Fully re- 

 lying on the just reput:itior! you en- 

 joy, we flatter ourselves you will 

 transmit to your government tliis 

 expression of our sentiments, and 



at the same time adding, the great 

 pleasure we experienced in seizing 

 this opportunity of renewing toycu 

 our sincere wish to preserve our 

 ancient friendship and good under- 

 standing. Highly sensible to the 

 flattering assurances contained in 

 your note, we feci much satisfac- 

 tion in rendering justice to the 

 conduct of Monsieur Jacob, during 

 his residence as charge d'afiairs, 

 and for the care he has taken to 

 further the cause of amity ar.dgond 

 harmony between the two nations. 

 We have therefore sent to Mr. 

 Jacob the customary present, as a 

 particular mark of our gratitude, 

 consideration, and aflection. 



uiddress vf the stadtholder to the 

 United States. 



Kigh and mighty lords, 



TI/HEN, in the beginning of 

 V V last year, this state was un- 

 expectedly attacked by the French, 

 and the enemy had, in a short space 

 of lime, nearly approached to the 

 last frontier of the province of Hol- 

 land, I thought it incumbent on 

 n)e, in conseijueiice of the respec- 

 ti^e posts trusted to my care, to lay 

 my views before your high mighti- 

 nesses, as also the grounds of my 

 confidence in the salvation of onr 

 country. This I proposed in the 

 assembly of your high mightinesses 

 on the 2 th February, i/CjS. and I 

 had, in that luoment of danger, the 

 inexpressiblehappiness of seeing the 

 spirit nf (he nation roused, of see- 

 ing how the inhabitants joined 

 heart and hand, and how effectually 

 onr allies cc-ojjerated : it has since 

 pleased theSuprerae Ecing to grant 



us 



