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and the necessity of the war, which 
the French nation maintains against 
the King of Hungary and Bohemia; 
and that he will moreover find in 
it that common principle of liberty 
and independence of which they 
ought not to be less jealous than 
France. For England is free like- 
wise, because she determined to be 
so; and assuredly she did not suffer 
other powers to attempt to compel 
her to alter the constitution she had 
adopted, to lend the smallest assist- 
ance to rebellious subjects, or to 
pretend to interfere, under any 
pretence, in her interior disputes. 
Persuaded that his Britannic Ma- 
jesty is not less ardently desirous 
than himself of seeing the good un- 
derstanding and union between the 
two countries consolidated and 
strengthened, the King demands 
that, conformably to the 4th article 
of the treaty of navigation andcom- 
merce of the 26th September 1786, 
his Britannic Majesty shall remind 
all his subjects of Great Britain and 
Ireland, and publish it in the accus- 
tomed manner in those two king- 
doms, and in the islands and coun- 
tries dependent upon them, an ex- 
press prohibition to exercise against 
France, or against ships of France, 
any hostility, by cruizing on the 
seas, or to take out any patent, com- 
mission, or letters of reprisals, from 
the different princes or states who 
are or shall be at war with France; 
or to make use, in any manner, of 
such patents or commissions. 
The King requires besides, that 
all articles of the aforesaid treaty, 
which relate to the case of one of 
the contracting powers being at 
war, and especially the 3d, 16th, 
24th, 39th, 40th, and 4Jst articles, 
shall be punctually observed and 
executed, in the same manner as 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1792. 
his Majesty is determined to act on 
his part, respecting all the stipula- 
tions of this treaty. 
The Minister Plenipotentiary 
of France, 
CHAUVELIN. 
London, 12 May, 1792. 
Ath Year of French Liberty. 
Note from Lord Grenville ‘to M. 
Chauvelin, dated May 24th, 1792. 
THE undersigned Secretary of 
State to the King has had the ho- 
nour of laying before his Majesty 
the offical note, which Monsieur 
Chauvelin transmitted to him the 
15th instant. He has orders to tes- 
tify to that minister how truly sen- 
sible his Majesty ever is to the 
proofs of friendship and confidence 
which he receives on the part of 
his Most Christian Majesty, and 
with how much sincerity he returns 
them by sentiments perfectly reci- 
procal. } 
His Majesty could not learn with- 
out the deepest regret, that, a war 
has broken out between his Most 
Christian Majesty and his Majesty 
the King of Hungary and Bohemia. 
This sentiment is equally, inspired 
by his love for humanity, by the 
interest he takes in the maintaining 
the tranquillity of Europe, and, by 
his sincere wishes for the. personal 
happiness of their Most Christian 
and Apostolic Majesties; and for 
the prosperity of their dominions. 
In the present circumstances, he 
thinks it right to abstain from en- 
tering into a discussion of the mo- 
tives and the steps on each side 
which have. brought on a rupture 
so afflicting to a sovereign, the 
neighbour and friend of the two 
belligerent parties. 
Confining himself, therefore, to 
expressions 
