SITATIE) PUA P ER 5. 
notwithstanding the _ ill-founded 
hopes held out by the combined 
powers, he prosecuted the most 
vigorous and most expensive war. 
There was no. sovereign but the 
King endeavoured to prevail 
upon, by the most advantageous 
proposals, to join his Majesty ; 
notwithstanding this request was 
addressed to the Empress at differ- 
ent times, since the last months of 
179t, and during the year 1792, 
- by M. de Galvez, Spanish minister 
in Russia, and M. de Zinowief, 
who resided in the-same quality at 
Madrid, but especially in October 
1792, and December 3793, when 
M. de Amat, then Spanish charg 
@’affaires at Petersburgh, and soon 
after M. de Oris,. minister of his 
Catholic Majesty, had long confer- 
ences on this subjeét, the former 
with count Osterman, and the lat 
ter with count Besborodko. Not- 
withstanding all this, there did not 
exist the least circumstance which 
promised an active co-operation on 
' the part of the Empress, nor does 
it appear that the occupation of 
Poland could have prevented her 
from co-operating in favour of the 
common cause. It was under these 
circumstances that the King, my 
master, no doubt from fear and ap- 
prehension of sinister consequen- 
ces for his kingdom, resolved to 
make peace, convinced, that if he 
were left without assistance in the 
war, that support, which might 
be promised him for the attain- 
ment of peace, would prove still 
less efficacious. This is the true 
situation of Spain, and his Catho- 
lic Majesty obliges himself to ful- 
fit whatever he has promised for 
the benefit of the common cause, 
dn which, at the same time he must, 
for the future, decline participa 
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tion in any measuTe, which has no 
certain and consistent object. 
(Signed) Tue Prince or Peace, 
Note sent by Baron de Budberg, 
Chargé d Affaires from Russia, at 
Stockholm, to the Foreign Minis- 
ters, relative to the non-admission 
of M. de Schwerin, who went to 
Petersburg for the Purpose of noti- 
fying the Marriage about to take 
place between his Swedish Majesty 
and the Princess of Mecklenburgh 
Schwerin. 
THE Empress having given 
orders to M. the Count d’Oster- 
mann, to acquaint the Swedish 
ambassador, that the mission of M. 
de Schwerin not being agreeable 
to her Majesty, be could not be ad- 
mitted ; the chargé d’affairs (M. de 
Budberg) has received orders to 
declare that the motive of this re- 
fusal was founded as much on the 
unfriendly proceeding of the Rea 
gent, as on the principles of his 
political conduct with regard to 
Russia. Both the one and the 
other being diametrically opposite 
to those ties of affection, of friend- 
ship, and of good neighbourhood, 
which originally have been the 
basis of this sort of missions, and 
which have never been adopted 
between courts that were not unit- 
ed by similar ties, or being so, 
have not taken care to cultivate 
and fulfil the duties of them. That 
this was the situation, as to Russia, 
in which Sweden had been placed, 
since the Duke de Sundermania, 
who holds the reins of government, 
not content with having formerly 
insulted her Majesty the Empress, 
in endeavouring to surprise her by 
insidious and delusive overtures 
and propositions, entered into a 
public treaty with the French as- 
with those men who 
solemnly 
