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Letter from the French Minister for 
Foreign Affairs. 
Paris, Oct. 22. 
I HAVE the honour of trans- 
mitting to the National Convention 
the translation of a letter which 
has been addressed to me by the 
minister of the Ottoman Porte. 
The convention will there see what 
manoeuvres have been employed at 
that court to discredit Citizen Se- 
monville, appointed ambassador in 
-the room of the heretofore Count 
de Choiseul. As soon as the recall 
of the latter, and the nomination 
of the former, were known, the 
ambassadors of Vienna, Berlin, and 
other courts, used every kind of 
intrigue to cause Citizen Semon- 
ville to be rejected by the Porte; 
and in this they have succeeded. 
The provisional executive council 
has already pursued proper mea- 
sures to undeceive the Ottoman 
Porte, and to avenge the insult of- 
fered to this citizen. 
(Signed) Le Brun, 
Declaration of the Kings of Prussia 
and Hungary, delivered to all the 
Ministers at the Diet of Ratishon, 
excepting those of Saxony and Ha- 
nover. Delivered at Ratisbon, 
May 17, 1792. 
TN consequence of the association 
made between all the princes, 
on the invitation of the deceased 
Emperor, for the defence and safety 
of the empire, the Kings of Prussia 
~and of Hungary, conjointly, hope 
that none of the states of the empire 
will withdraw themselves there- 
from ; but, on the contrary, will 
hasten to contribute, by every 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1792. 
means in their power, to support 
the war against France, who threat- 
ens the empire. Their Majesties 
demand that the aforesaid states, 
without entering into any discussion 
on the question, whether the war 
is against the empire or against the 
house of Austria, will explain them- 
selves categorically on the succours 
they are willing to supply ; and on 
which, however, they are left to 
their entire free will, flattering 
themselves, that the supplies will 
be proportioned to the grandeur of 
the respective states. These suc- 
cours may be given in troops, in 
warlike stores and arms, in money, 
or in provisions, and a full liberty 
to the belligerent armies to recruit 
in the said states. If, contrary to 
all expectation, there should be any 
state who, by any reason whatever, 
renounces the association, their said 
Majesties will be forced purely and 
simply to cover their own states, 
as also those of their allies, and to 
abandon the others to their fate. 
They will even adopt the principle, 
“‘ He that is not for us is against 
us,” and will put it in execution as 
circumstances may require; but 
their Majesties have so high an 
opinion of the patriotism of all the 
states of the empire, that they 
assure themselves beforehand of re- 
ceiving from each a speedy and sa- 
tisfactory answer. 
[This declaration, after being 
made verbally, was delivered in 
writing to all the ministers at the 
Diet, except those of Saxony and 
Hanover. It was received with 
general dissatisfaction. The impe- 
rious tone assumed by the Kings 
of Hungary and Prussia, and their 
menacing the co-estates, were loud- 
ly complained of. ‘‘ If Francis I.” 
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