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of the injustice of the attack of the 
French against us,—o! the conse- 
quences which may be apprehended 
from it,—and of the necessity of 
forming some good and strong union 
between all the interested and good 
neighbours,—above all, to prevent 
them, you will, as far as your own 
circumstances allow, form some de- 
termination favourable to our just 
views, and enable us to hope that 
we shall receive from you that as- 
sistance which our confidence in 
your friendship, and in the interest 
which you have always taken in 
every thing that concerns our fa- 
mily states, induce us to ask from 
you, on so weighty and pressing an 
occasion as the present. 
In expectation of this, nothing re- 
mains for us but to assure you of the 
continuance of our great affection ; 
and we pray God, &c. 
Written at Turin, this 10th of 
October, in the Year of Grace 
1792, and of our Reign the 
20th. 
(Signed) Vicror Amapvevs. 
Form of the Answer to be returned to 
the King of Sardinia, Nov. 1792. 
Sire, 
WE have learnt with much re- 
gret by your Majesty’s letter of the 
10th of October, that the flames of 
war have extended to your Majesty's 
states; and we take a real interest 
in this unhappy event. 
Your Majesty invites all the Hel- 
vetic body to make yours a common 
cause against the French nation. 
You must still remember that we 
addressed to you, as well as to the 
other two belligerent powers, a de- 
claration,in which we engaged to ob- 
serve the strictest neutrality. Your 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1792. 
Majesty will deign to take into fa- 
vourable consideration, that the si- 
tuation and circumstances under 
which the Helvetic body now are, 
and the assurance which they gave 
ip consequence, require that they 
should remain faithful to the system 
they have adopted, and that they 
should scrupulously adhere to a neu- 
trality which has been announced to 
all the belligereut powers. 
We beg that the Almighty will be 
pleased soon to restore peace, so de- 
sirable, and to pour down his bles- 
sing on your Majesty in particular, 
and on all your subjects. 
Letter from the King of Sardinia to 
the Canton of Berne. 
Victor Amadeus, by the Grace of 
God, King of Sardinia, Cyprus, 
and Jerusalem, &c. 
Most dear and great Friends, 
Allies, and Confederates, 
IF at the first moment when we 
heard of the invasion of Savoy by 
the French, we did not hasten to 
communicate to you that disagree- 
able event, we flatter ourselves that, 
without ascribing this delay to any 
want of confidence on our part, in 
the sentiments entertained by your 
republic towards us, you will con- 
sider it as the natural effect of our 
first surprise, andof the indispens- 
able operations in which such an 
event must engage us. Hoping, 
however, that you must have else- 
where learnt, with as much indig- 
nation as displeasure, a proceeding 
so injurious and flagrant on the part 
of a neighbouring nation, with 
which we were not at war, and 
which we had not provoked by any 
hostilities whatever,—we now com- 
municate to you as to good im 
an 
