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expressed by his Britannic Majesty, 
not to meddle with the interior ar- 
rangements of the affairs of France. 
We are not surprised at such a de- 
claration made by an enlightened 
and high-spirited nation, who have 
been the first to acknowledge and 
establish the principle of the na- 
tional sovereignty ; who, by substi- 
tuting the empire of the laws, the 
expressed will of all, to the arbitrary 
caprices of a few individuals, have 
been the first to furnish the example 
of subjecting kings themselves to 
this salutary yoke ; and who, final- 
ly, have not thought too dearly pur- 
chased, by long convulsions and vi- 
olent storms, that liberty which has 
been productive of so much glory 
and prosperity. 
This principle of the unalienable 
sovereignty of the people, is going 
to be displayed in a striking manner 
in the National Convention, the 
convocation of which has been de- 
creed by the legislative body, and 
which will no doubt fix all parties 
and all interests. ‘The French na- 
tion has good grounds to hope, that 
the British cabinet will not, at this 
decisive moment, depart from that 
justice, moderation, and impartiali- 
ty which it has hitherto manifested. 
Full of this confidence, which 
rests on facts, the undersigned re- 
news to his Excellency Earl Gower, 
in the name of the Provisional Exe- 
cutive Council,the assurances which 
he has had the honour to give him, 
viva voce, that whatever relates to 
commerce between the two nations, 
and all affairs in general, shall be 
carried on, on the part of the French 
government, with the same justice 
and fidelity. ‘The Council flatter 
themselves that there will be a full 
reciprocity on the part of the Bri- 
tish government, and that nothing 
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will interrupt the good understand- 
ing which subsists between the two 
nations. 
The Minister for foreign affairs, 
Le Brun. 
Note delivered to the Right Honour- 
able Lord Grenville, oxe of his 
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of 
State, by the Ministers of the Em- 
peror and the King of Naples, on 
the 20th September, 1792. 
MPHE undersigned Envoys Ex- 
traordinary and Ministers Ple- 
nipotentiary of his Imperial Royal 
Apostolic Majesty, and of his Ma- 
jesty the King of the Two Sicilies, 
in consequence of the ties of blood 
and of friendship by which their 
sovereigns are attached to the King 
and Queen of France, have the ho- 
nour to address themselves to Lord 
Grenville, to represent to him the 
imminent danger which threatens 
the lives of their Most Christian 
Majesties and their royal family; 
and the fear, but too well ground- 
ed, that the atrocities which the 
factious in France commit against 
those august persons, will have no 
other bounds than the greatest of 
all crimes. They are afthorised to 
express to his Excellency the wish 
of their respective courts, that his 
Britannic Majesty, in case so horri- 
le an act should take place, would 
be pleased not to'permit any resi- 
dence, or grant any protection or 
asylum to any person who should 
be concerned therein, in any man- 
ner whatever. 
London, September 90th, 1792. 
(Signed) Sranpron. 
CASTELCICALA. 
Note from Lord Grenville, one of 
his Majesty’s Principal Secreta- 
ries 
