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ever with the ministers of other 
courts. 
This, Sir, is the only answer 
which it will be possible for me to 
return to the note in question; 
-which, as well in its form as in its 
object, cannot be considered as a 
regular and official communication. 
I shall always feel the greatest plea- 
-sure in reporting to his Majesty the 
assurances which you may be au- 
thorised to give me for that pur- 
pose, of the friendly dispositions of 
your court; and I desire you to ac- 
cept the expression of the esteem 
and high regard with which I have 
the honour to be, &c. 
GRENVILLE. 
Letter from Monsieur Chauvelin to 
Lord Grenville, May 25th, 1792. 
Portman-square, May 25, 1792. 
I HAVE this moment, my Lord, 
received the letter which you have 
done me the honour to write to me 
on the subject of the note which I 
sent you yesterday, the 24th instant. 
I have the honour to thank you for 
the obliging manner in which it is 
expressed. You have done justice 
to my intentions, in believing that 
I did not intend to depart from the 
established rules and forms of this 
kingdom. 
I by no means thought, when I 
presented that note to you, that 
the demand contained in it ought 
not, as well as all others, to be laid 
before the King of Great Britain; 
it was expressly in the intention of 
giving to his Majesty fresh assur- 
ances of deference and respect for 
the British government, that I did 
myself the honour of making that 
last notification; and it being my 
desire to make this manifestation of 
the dispositions of the French go- 
vernment as public as possible, I 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1792. 
thought it best to beg you to com- 
municate it to both Houses of Par- 
liament. 
In making this request, my Lord, 
I intended to obviate the false in- 
terpretations which might be occa- 
sioned in the two Houses by the ar- 
ticle of the proclamation, which is 
the subject of it; I flattered myself 
by this means to contribute towards 
the maintenance of that harmony, 
and of that cordiality between the 
two states, of which I with joy re- 
marked the expression in the assur- 
ance which you gave me, that it is 
no less desired by his Britannic Ma- 
jesty than by the King of the French. 
As to the rest, my Lord, any 
other form which it may suit you to 
adopt, and which may render very 
public the sentiments of France, 
her true dispositions with regard to 
England, and the orders which I 
have received from the King of the 
French, and which I have commu- 
nicated to you, will equally answer 
the wish of the French government. 
Please to accept the homage of 
the esteem, and of the high consi- 
deration with which I have the ho- 
nour to be, &c. 
(Signed) F. CHAuvELIN. 
Note from M. Chauvelin to Lord 
Grenville, dated June 18th, 1792. 
THE undersigned Minister Ple- 
nipotentiary to his Majesty the 
King of the French has transmitted 
tohis Majesty the official note which 
Lord Grenville addressed to him on 
the 24th of May last, on the part of 
his Britannic Majesty, in answer to 
that which he had the honour to 
deliver to him on the 15th of the 
same month, together with the 
royal proclamation published in 
consequence of it. He is directed 
to assure his Britannic Majesty = 
the 
