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mil, not only the constitution i 



of 3d May 170 1, and agree to 

 the reestabliihment of that 

 which existed before the revo 

 lution, but even to order tl.e 

 army under prince Poniatows- 

 ki to be delivered up to the 

 Rufsian general Brinicki. I'his 

 was to take place according to 

 the agreement on the 29th Ju- 

 ly- 

 Many people, however, have 

 difsented from the general re- 

 solution. Malachowzki, Po- 

 tocke, Sapiheat, Soltik,&c. re- 

 fused to sign the reconferation. 

 Upwards of 4000 nobles, and 

 several others, afsembled, call- 

 ing out, " The constitution with- 

 out the kingP'' They sought af- 

 ter Malachowzki, prince Sapi- 

 heat, Potocke, and Soltik, and 

 carried them round in public. 



In the giand dukedom of 

 Lithuania in particular, a spi- 

 rit of resistance still seems to 

 manifest itself. What a dis- 

 grace to the policy of Europe, 

 that not one state could be 

 found friendly to a cause so 

 honourable to humanity ! — It 

 is not many months since Eu- 

 rope was on the eve of a gene- 

 ral war for a barren territory 

 between the Bog and the Dnei- 

 stcr, to preserve the balatwe oj 

 power; and now, a whole king- 

 dom has been allowed to fall a 

 victim to the ambition of Rufsia, 

 without a single suspicion be- 

 ing thrown out by any one 

 power that the same balance 

 ^vould be thereby endangered 1 



The following are additional 

 • ircumstanct's" — the cmprtis of 

 I Rufsia, desirous, as ihe prcten- 

 dcU, of stopping the laiiheref- 

 iusion of blood, sent orders to 

 htr generals to propose an ar- 

 mistice, which was acctpied. 

 She afterwards wiote a letter 

 witli her own hand, to the king 

 of Poland, in which (he point- 

 ed out thefoUj of his attempt- 

 ing to defend the new consti- 

 tution by the force of arms, 

 as (he was resolved to double 

 and even triple her army, if 

 necefsary, in order to overturn 

 it. She at the same time in- 

 formed him, that the courts of 

 Berlin and Vienna, folly agreed 

 in sentiments with her ; and that 

 farther obstinacy on his part 

 would induce these powers to 

 unite their forces against him. 



This letter made such an im- 

 prtfsion on the mind of Stanis- 

 laus, that he immediately re- 

 solved to sign a renunciation 

 of the new constitution 5 and 

 this intention he communica- 

 ted to the diet of Warsaw, 

 which will even be difsolved 

 to give place to that of Tan- 

 gowitz. 



It is, however, stated with 

 much confidence, and we be- 

 lieve on good authority, that 

 the new constitution will not 

 be entirely annulled, but un- 

 dergo considerable alterations. 

 One article is, " That the suc- 

 cefsion to the throne of Poland 

 ihall be settled on prince Con- 



