great town now ftands so much in manifested the detire of protecting the one 172 precision. Trust your hopes to the deprived of all resourses to annihilate generosity of a loyal and free nation. this coalition of the evil-disposed: In its name I have just given an confidering, in short, that, deterunequivocal tettimony to the well- mined not to submit to the tyranış disposed inhabitants of Marseilles, of a convention that has sworn by granting to the commisioners ruin the nation, the people of sent on board the feet under my Toulon, and those of Marseilles

, ** command a passport for procuring would have recourse to the genero

. a quantity of grain, of which this lity of a loyal people, who have

need. Be explicit, and I fly to the true Frenchmen against the your succour, in order to break the anarchitts who wilh to ruin therm; chain which surrounds you, and to Declare to Admiral Hood, be the instrument of making many 1. That the unanimous with of the fa years of happiness succeed four the inhabitants of Toulon is, to reject years of mitery and anarachy, in a constitution which does not provom which your deluded country has mote their happiness; to adopt a been involved.

monarchic government, such as Victory, oft Toulon, the 23d day it was originally by the constituent of August, 1793.

atiembly of 1789: and, in con. (Signed) HOOD. sequence, they have proclaimede By command of the admiral, Louis XVII, son of Louis XVI. ? (Signed) J. M'ARTHUR, king; and have sworn to acknow

ledige him, and no longer suffer to the

the despotisin of the tyrants which the ti Declaration made to Admiral Lord at this tine govern France. Hood.

2. That the white flag thall being

hoifted the instant the English spored HE general committee of the squadron anchors in the road of a te 1

THE

of arms;

in repelling the attacks with which

rand; Chanslegros, commandant they are at this moment threatened

Burgues ; Richaud, by the army of lialy, which marches

president of the municipality; towards Toulon, and by that of Bertrand; Sicard. general Carteau, who directs bis forces against Marseilles.

5. That the people of Toulon, Proclamation by the Right Hon. Saull of confidence in the generous

muel Lord Hood, Vice Admiral of ffers of admiral Hood, trust that

the Red, and Commander in Chief Al those who hold civil and military of his Britannic Majesty's Squadron mployments shall be continued in

in the Mediterranean, &c. on heir places, and shall not be an.

taking polision of Toulon, Aug. gyed in their respective occupa 29, 1793.

2 Chevery hindi, te which Tou: WH FToulon have, byeer.com a ce sa ftands fo much in need, will be misioners to me, made a folemn Tured to the inhabitants by the declaration in favour of monarchy, mbined feet of the powers coa- have proclaimed Louis XVII. fon

of the late Louis XVI. their lawful *: :. That, when peace shall have king, and have sworn to acknow.' care presen re-established in France, the ledge him, and no longer suffer the

ips and forts, which will be pat despotism of the tyrants which at are as to the hands the Englith fball. this time govern France, but will Eins restored to the French nation, do their utmost to establish mobe tytos i the same state they were in when narchy, as accepted by their late

inventory was delivered. sovereign in 1789, and restore peace mite dig is according to this declara- to their diftracted and calamitous me t, if approved of by admiral country. in the mood, that the Toulonese will re I do hereby repeat, what I have il the seed themselves, with good heart already declared to the people of

will, as belonging to the Eng. the south of France, that I take ps of th and the other powers coalesced, possession of Toulon, and bold it in be diem d by whose fuccour will be trust only for Louis XVII. until Hundirspught about that peace

after

peace thall be re-established in el azhich they have panted so long. France, which I hope and trust will se par goed) Beaudeal

, president; Re. be foon. hel, vice-president; Reynaud,

Given on board his Britannic linfecretary; La Poypé Vertrieux;

majesty's ship Victory, off Touet us Deydier Caden; Andraw; Vialis;

lon, the 28th of August, 1793. El Barthelemy, commiffary of the

(Signed)

HOOD. baixa departmeot; Pofele Fournier;

By command of the admiral, bet Grival; Bre Devant; Antoine (Sigoed) J. M'ARTHUR, Sec. in te Gabert; Porte; Joffre, commissary deale of the municipality; L. Cadiere,

commissary of the municipality; Note delivered by Mr. Keene, Chargé Tu G. Garibów; Boullement ; Fer

d'Affaires from his Britannic Ma.

jy',

Frant

THE

article,

, me

jesty, to the Members of the Cabi.

His majesty therefore expeds, on net of the King of Sweden. the part of Sweden, the fri&eit

observance of the said treaty, and THE undersigned chargé d'af- that, according to the conditions

faires of his Britannic ma- expressed in the thirteenth jetty has orders to communicate to orders will be given, that no veifels the ministers of his majefty the or goods, taken by the enemy froza king of Sweden, a copy of the British subjects, mould be per orders issued out by his Britannic mitred to enter into the Swedish majetty, in his privy council, con. ports; and to present, in case an cerning several measures relative enemy's vefsel should carry angleze to the trade and navigation of vessels or goods belonging to Britiken neutral nations during the present tish subjects, that captured goods or war.

vessels should be sold in the states al The minister of Sweden will no of Sweden ; and that all British rokers doubt obferve, that the rules pre- failors, prisoners, &c. carried into a.se fcribed in these orders are more the ports of Sweden, as well as their alur favourable to Sweden than those enemy's vessels themselves, thall nog 25 che le stipulated in the treaty existing be- be permitted to make any tlay in the tween the two courts, as in the these ports; and all the Britizo, ret treaty all transports of provisions failors, masters of vessels, and all of to an enemy are declared contra- prisoners at their arrival in any of me band, and subject to confiscation. Swedish port, shall immediately beat

The exception in favour of Swe- set at liberty. den, in the article of these regulations concerning blocked-up ports,

of the is founded upon the same treaty, The following is the An/wer of swede the principles of which are perfealy Bergfiedt, the Chargé d'Alfanger to pr conlistent with the prescriptions from the Court of Stockholm to their bersa

? given to the commanders of his

of London, delivered to the Minika terkand majesty's armed vessels.

It can of his Britannic Majesty. certainly not be imagined that

not

fighness the duke regent of Sweden other courts interested in the preobserved, with inexpreibble plea- fent war; he has the honour to sure, that he had not been miltaken declare to the said ministers, that in the favourable opinion which he her imperial majefty, in confeever entertained of the principles quence of an arrangement made of justice by which the iteps of with his Britannic majesty, has rethe court of Great Britain are solved to set sail a fleet of twentyguided, and of its religious ob- five Dips of the line, and fome Servance of treaties ; his royal high- frigates, which is dettined to cruize nefs ailuring at the same time, in the north and east seas, to check that all the points of these treaties and cut off the navigation of the Shall be observed on his side with French rebels, and to protect the less strictness.

coasts of thote seas from their priThe underligned, moreover, has vateers and robbers.---The inftrucspecial orders from his royal high- tions with which the commander nels the duke regent, to give the of this fleet is provided, prescribe firongest afsurances on his part, that to him to seize and capture all the

rors and excesses against their own the justice of these reasons, and of government in other states; and the friendship of his Swedish ma. they have not only pronited them jesty, the empress does not delay to succours and every aslistance, but renew her urgent representation to even attacked, by force of arms, the king her ally, to induce him to most of the adjacent powers.

persevere in his friendly as well as By so doing, they put themselves falutary intentions, having given into an immediate state of war with orders to his admiralty to refuse all the powers of Europe; and convoys to all Swedish thips, which, bei from that period, neutrality could in the present juncture, are bound cher only take place where prudence for France; and to prescribe to all me it prescribed, to conceal the resolu- others bound to other barbours, to celerite tion prescribed by the general in- submit to their being searched by tereft. But this motive exists no the ships of war of her imperial entre Jonger, since the moft formidable majefty, which is at present a point weer ao powers bave joined in league to absolutely neceffary, and compatible with make theirs one common cause with the indulgence and respect : «2 wi against the enemy of the fafety and that ought to take place between si prosperity of nations. If there be allies and neighbouring powers. any whole ftuation does not allow (Signed) NOTBEK, such strong and decisive efforts as Stockholm, July, 30, 1793.

siges of the other powers have recourse to,

cont it is but juftice that they should join Declaratory Memorial to the Court of the common cause by other means

bether which are wholly in their power,

Denmark, respecting its Naaigal za trca and especially by breaking off all

tion during the War with France,
delivered by the British Minifer

Td 5 commerce and intercourse with the

at Copenhagen. perturbators of public reft. Her imperial majesty thinks herself the

NO

O one can be mistaken, how it's act more entitled to propose these mea much the circumstances of fures, as the first set the example the present war differ from those i ive i of them, and introduced them in upon which the law of nations in a related her dominions, notwithstanding the troduced among the powers of Eusu mata temporary prejudice which resulted rope, and its usual customs, are therefrom to the exportation and founded. It can be as little denied, s, the sale of the productions of her em- that this difference must have an pire.—She has but too well fore- important and essential influence Teen the inconveniencies to which upon the exercise of the privilege ili the public wtal would be exposed, which belong to the neutral powers tres if the common enemy had been by virtue of the universal law of permitted, by nieans of a free sup- nations, or by separate treaties. ply of provisions and naval stores, At present there exifts no gan to foster and prolong anarchy. She vernment in France, which is ac has but too well foreseen those in- knowledged either by the bellige conveniencies, to hesitate about rent powers, or even by those who sacrificing fome momentary advan- ftill adhere to neutrality. The tages--the least which so great a court of Denmark has no minifter caule exacts. Equally confident of at Paris; and fince the tragical end

of