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expressions of the wishes he will 
never cease to form for the speedy 
and permanent re-establishment of 
peace, he does not hesitate, how- 
ever, to give to his Most Christian 
Majesty the direct and positive assu- 
rance of his readiness to fulfil in the 
most exact manner the stipulations 
of the treaty of navigation and com- 
merce of which his Most Christian 
Majesty requires the execution. 
Faithful to all his engagements, 
his Majesty will pay the strictest at- 
tention to the preservation of the 
good understanding which so hap- 
pily subsists between him and his 
Most Christian Majesty ; expecting 
with confidence that, animated with 
the same sentiments, his Most 
Christian Majesty will not fail to 
contribute to the same end, by caus- 
ing, on his part, the rights of his 
Majesty and his allies to be respect- 
ed, and by rigorously forbidding 
any step which might affect the 
friendship which his Majesty has 
ever desired to consolidate and per- 
petuate for the happiness of the two 
empires. 
(Signed) GRENVILLE. 
Whitehall, 24th May, 1792. 
In consequence of the preceding Me- 
moirs, the following Proclamation 
was published. 
By the King.—A PROCLAMATION. 
Georce Rex. 
WHEREAS hostilities have 
broken out between the Most 
Christian King and the King of 
Hungary,—his Majesty, for the 
preservation and continuance of 
friendship and amity between him 
and their said Majesties, doth b 
this his royal proclamation (with 
the advice of his privy council) 
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strictly prohibit and forbid all his 
subjects whatsoever to take any 
commission at sea from any foreign 
prince or state, against any other 
foreign prince or state now in ami- 
ty with his Majesty, or their sub- 
jects, or by virtue or under colour 
of any such commission already tak- 
en, or hereafter to be taken, to set 
or employ any vessel or ship of war, 
or to serve as mariners in any ship 
which shall beemployedagainst any 
prince or state now in amity with 
his Majesty, or their subjects, during 
the present war. And all his Ma- 
jesty’s subjects are required to take 
notice of this his royal command, 
and to conform themselves to the 
same, upon pain of incurring his 
Majesty’s high displeasure, and of 
being punished with the utmost se- 
verity of law and justice. And — 
whereas the Most Christian King 
hath caused application to be made 
to his Majesty, that his Majesty 
would, conformably to the article 
of the treaty of navigation and com- 
merce, concluded at Versailles the 
26th of September, 1786, renew 
and publish, in all his dominions 
and countries, the strict and express 
prohibitions contained in the said 
article; his Majesty doth hereby 
strictly forbid all his subjects to re- 
ceive any commission for arming 
and acting at sea as privateers, or 
letters of reprisals, from any enemy 
of the Most Christian King ; or, by 
virtue or under colour of such com- 
missions or reprisals, to disturb, in- 
fest, or anywise damage his sub~ 
jects; orto arm ships as privateers, 
or to go out to sea therewith, under 
the severest punishments that ean 
be inflicted on the transgressors, be- 
sides being liable to make full resti- 
tution and satisfuction to those to 
whom they have done any damage. 
Given 
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