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they owe tothe kind concerns of this 
monarch, in their first endeavours for 
laying the foundation of their welfare, 
they hope, with a well-grounded 
certainty, that they will be indebted 
to him for the confirmation of the 
same in this decisive moment. 
(Signed) Curertrowirz. 
Warsaw, May 25th, 1792. 
Answer of the Prussian Ambassador 
to the above Note. 
THE underwritten ambassador 
and minister plenipotentiary of his 
Majesty the King of Prussia, has sent 
to his court, by this day’s post, the 
note which his Excellency Count 
Chreptowitz, the Chancellor of Li- 
thuania, and minister of foreign af- 
fairs, delivered to him this morning, 
together with the declaration which 
the Russian ambassador, M. Bulga- 
kow, deliveredion the 18th of May. 
The Marquis of Lucchesini, in ex- 
pectation of orders from his court, 
does not hesitate, on account of the 
tenor of this note, to put Count 
Chreptowitz in mind of the contents 
of that which the underwritten de- 
livered on the 4th instant, and of the 
verbal declaration he made on. the 
same and following days to the Mar- 
shal of the diet, and members of the 
then diet. 
These two steps are perfectly con- 
formable to the ministerial language 
which the underwritten has adopted 
since his return to Warsaw, after the 
change of government of the 3d of 
May 1791; and are recent instances 
of the acknowledged sincere mode 
of thinking of his Prussian Majesty, 
who would not suffer the illustrious 
Polish nation. to be Jeft in the dark 
concerning the present critical situ- 
ation. of affairs. 
Maravuis or Luccursin1. 
Warsaw, May 26th, 1792. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1792. 
Act of Adherence of his Majesty to the 
Most Serene Confederation General 
of Targowitz, as read at the first 
Sitting of thetwo General Confeder- 
ations at Brzesc, and conformable 
to the Original, deposited among: 
the Archives of their Chancellary. 
NITED in heart and mind with 
a free and republican nation,’ 
which from the rank of citizen, has’ 
elevated me to the throne; wishing 
to co-operate in concert with that’ 
nation in the salutary work which: 
must lay a new and more durable 
basis, on which the republic may 
stand free, independent, and entire,’ 
and which tends to organize its poli-' 
tical and civil administration with 
more wisdom,—I give way ‘to ‘the’ 
impulse of that sentiment by which 
Iam animated. Yes, it is the wish, : 
it is the passion for the public good, 
which I ought to place before every 
other interest; it is the desire to se- 
cure your happiness, generous and 
free nation! which dictate the fresh’ 
testimonies of paternal love I offer. 
you this day. On 
Sincerely attached to my country, 
knowing no other pains, no other 
pleasure than those [ partake with’ 
you all, my efforts have continually 
had for its object their safety, ho-: 
nour, and glory. But the private’ 
views of my co-assistants, a taste for 
reform and novelty, have not always’ 
permitted me to follow the move-’ 
ments’ of a heart which was ever 
yours, ¥ 
Of this the operations of the last 
diet are a proof. Seduced by new 
and bold maxims, which tend only 
to trouble the tranquillity of nations, 
our legislators have dared to break 
the respectable ‘empire of laws 
which, from, the first ages of the 
republic, have served as its found- 
ation: | ‘they! bave' endeavoured to 
subjugate 
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