STATE PAPERS. 
Sprelgelder, the sum of four thou- 
sand pounds sterling, of which her 
Royal Highness shail have the free 
disposal, for her own use, without 
defraying out of thatsum the charge 
of the maintenance of the persons 
attached to her suite, and intended 
for her service. His Majesty the 
King of Great Britain has been 
pleased to take upon himself the 
full and entire execution of the said 
engagement; and his Majesty, in 
consequence, promises and engages 
to secure to her Royal Highnessthe 
Duchess of York, the annual pay- 
ment of four thousand pounds ster- 
ling, including the interest of the 
sum of six thousand pounds sterling, 
mentioned in the third article. 
Article V. His Majesty the King 
of Great Britain grants, as a coun- 
ter portion to the portion given by 
his Majesty the King of Prussia, the 
like sum of one hundred thousand 
crowns in gold.—His_ Britannic 
Majesty also engages to secure to 
the Princess, in case of the unhappy 
event of mournful separation by the 
death of his Royal Highness the 
Duke of York, the annual sum of 
eight thousand pounds sterling for 
her jointure, together with a resi- 
dence, and a suitable establishment. 
Article VI. This treaty shall be 
ratified by his Majesty the King of 
Great Britain, and by his Majesty 
the King of Prussia; and the letters 
of ratification shall be exchanged in 
the space of six weeks, or sooner, if 
possible, to be computed from the 
day of the signature. In witness 
whereof, we the Plenipotentiaries 
of his Majesty the King of Great 
Britain, and of his Majesty the King 
of Prussia, by virtue of our respec- 
tive full powers, have signed the 
present treaty, and put thereto the 
seals of our arms. 
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Done at Berlin, the 26th of 
January, 1792. 
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FINCKENSTIEN. 
(L. 8.) TF. W. Count pe Scuvu- 
LENBERG, 
(L..S.) P. C. p’ALVENSLEBEN 
Decree of the National Assembly of 
France, presented by a Deputa- 
tion to the King, Jan. 26,1792. 
HE National Assembly, con- 
sidering that the Emperor, by 
his circular letter of the 25th of 
December 1791; by a new treaty 
concluded between him and the 
King of Prussia on the 25th of July 
1791, and notified to the Diet of 
Ratisbon on the 6th of December ; 
by his answer to the King of the 
French, on the notification made 
to him of the acceptance of the con- 
stititional act; and by the official 
notice of his Chancellor of the 
Ceurt and State, dated December 
21, 1791, has infringed the treaty 
of the Ist of May 1756, endeavour- 
ed to excite among divers powers a 
concert injurious to the sovereignty 
of the French nation; considering 
that the French nation, after hav- 
ing manifested its resolution not to 
interfere in the government of any 
foreign power, has a right to expect 
for itself a just reciprocity, of which 
it will never sufler any derogation, 
applauding the firmness with which 
the King ofthe French has replied 
to the official notice of the Empe- 
ror; after having heard the report 
of the diplomatic committee, de- 
crees as follows: 
Art. I, The King shall be invit- 
ed by a message to declare to the 
Emperor, that he cannot in future 
treat with any power, butin the 
name 
