234 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



troops as a signal given by your 

 great mightinesses for a a civiliasur- 

 reciion ; the fatal consequences of ~ 

 which your great niightliitbses will 

 have alone to answer lor. 



In order to prevent sucli dread- 

 ful constqueiices the undersigned 

 think it their uuty, in the present 

 critical urgency, once more sub- 

 missively to apply to your great 

 miglitiutiscs to eulreat you never to 

 consent to the adoption of sucii 

 measures, to expose this town to a 

 military defence, or to suffer such 

 undisciplined and pillaging troops 

 to be quartered wittiin iis walls, 



The wisest measures your great 

 mightinesses can adopt, are only to 

 have confidence in the patriotism 

 and good will of the inhabitants, to 

 direcc their steps according to the 

 course ot the natural exigencies ot 

 the circumstances, and not by an 

 audacious attempt of forming a mi- 

 litaiy defence ot the town, to prc- 

 cipiiateits inhabitants into unavoid- 

 able misery and ruin, and you your- 

 selves only will be answerable. 



(Signed, &c. &c. &c. ) 

 Anulcriam, Oct. 14, 1791. 



EXTRACTS FROM THE MADRID 



GAZETTEj uale.l S pt. 2, 17iJ+. 



TLe lln^ of Spun, with a view to the 

 important object of providing for 1 1 e 

 great and extraordinary expetices 

 of the 'war, ivith the sniallat pos- 

 sible burthen to the people, 'wai on 

 the 2d of September, pleased to c\- 

 pedite tlje fodoiuivg decrees : 



i'lrot. 



1 



HE variousevents ofwar 

 having, since the com- 

 mencrment ofthis sccondcampaign, 

 occasioned great ex peaces and lobijcs, 

 vviiicii could not be fGreoceu when 



thecalculation of the necessary funds 

 to conduct it were made in the out- 

 set; and it having become indispen- 

 sable to seek new means to secure 

 the interest, and the considerable 

 capital which will be wanted to 

 provide witii the same exactness a» 

 heretofore, for the subsistance and 

 maintenance of the armies and the 

 fleet, my paternal feelings do not 

 permit me to burthen afresh the 

 poorer part of my subj;ict8, who, on 

 account of their greater number, 

 contribute in a larger proportion to 

 the exigencies of the titate; and, at 

 the same time, with immense ha- 

 zards and fatigues, expose their 

 persons for the defence of all. i 

 have thought justice and equity re- 

 quired, that the more easy class»^s— 

 the most <,pulent,and those who re» 

 ceive more immediate benefits from 

 the government — should contribute 

 with thei»- property towards its ex- 

 pence. Upon this principle, and 

 by the unanimous opinion of my 

 council ot state, among other things, 

 I have resolved, that, from the first 

 ot the ensuing month of September, 

 a deduction shall be made in the 

 resjiective pay-offices, from all sala- 

 ries, penb.ioas, grants, or otlier as- 

 signments, enjoyed by the persons 

 employed in my royal service, be it 

 in what department soever, (the 

 military alojie excepted), either in 

 Spain or in thf Indies, of four per 

 cent, on their gross amount, provid- 

 ed it exceeds 800 ducados, (about 

 1601.) per ann. and that the samebe 

 also deducted from the military en- 

 joyingtherankot mareschaldeccimp 

 inclusively, wjio are not in actual 

 service, observinsr that the exemp- 

 tion I giant to the other officers of 

 my atm.y and navy, not serving the 

 campaign, extends merely to t'leir 

 pay according to rank, and not to 



the 



