APPENDIX.

We have now to commence a series of anedotes, public documents, declarations &c. by way of illustration of the preceding Memoirs: and we shall begin therefore, with the celebrated manifesto issued by the Duke of Brunswick, the father of Her Present Majesty,-upon the entrance of the Allied Army into France.

Declaration by the Duke of Brunswick Lunenburg, commanding the combined armies of their Majesties the Emperor and the King of France, to the Inhabitants of France.

THEIR Majesties, the Emperor and the King of Prussia, having entrusted me with the command of the combined armies assembled on the frontiers of France, I think it my duty to inform the inhabitants of that kingdom, of the motives which have influenced the conduct of the two Sovereigns, and of the principles by which they

are guided. After arbitrarily suppressing the rights, and invading the possessions of the German Princes in Alsace and Lorraine; after having disturbed and overthrown in the interior. part of the kingdom, all order and lawful government; after having been guilty of the most daring attacks, and having had recourse to the most violent measures, which are still daily renewed against the sacred person of the King, and against his august family,those who have seized on the reins of government have, at length, filled the measure of their guilt, by declaring an unjust war against his Majesty the Emperor, and by invading his provinces, of the low countries. Some of the possessions belonging to the German Empire, have been equally exposed to the same oppression; and many others have only avoided the danger, by yielding to the imperious threats of the domineering party and their emissaries.

His Majesty the King of Prussia, united with his Imperial Majesty in the bands of the strictest defensive alliance, and as a preponderant member himself of the Germanic body, could only refuse marching to the assistance of his ally and of his co-estates. It is under this double relation, that he undertakes the defence of that monarch and of Germany. To these high interests is added another important object, and which both the Sovereigns have most cordially in view, which is to put an end to that monarchy which prevails in the interior part of France, to put a stop to the attacks made on the throne and the altar, to

restore the King to his legitimate power, to liberty and to safety, of which he is now deprived, and to place him in such a situation, that he may exercise that legitimate authority to which he is entitled.

Convinced that the sober part of the nation detest the excesses of a faction which has enslaved them, and that the majority of the inhabitants wait with patience the moment when succours shall arrive, to declare themselves openly against the odious enterprizes of their oppressors, His Majesty the Emperor, and His Majesty the King of Prussia earnestly invite them to return without delay into the paths of reason and of justice, of order and of peace.

It is with this view that I, the under written general commandant in chief of the two armies, do declare,

1st. That, drawn into the present war by irresistible circumstances, the two allied courts have no other object in view than the welfare of France, without any pretence to enrich themselves by making conquests.

2dly. That they do not mean to meddle with the internal government of France, but that they simply intend to deliver the King, the Queen, and the royal family, from their captivity, and to ensure to his most Christian Majesty, that safety which is necessary for his making without danger and without obstacles, such convocations as he shall judge proper, and for endeavouring to ensure the welfare of his sub

jects according to his promises, aud to the utmost of his power.

3dly. That the combined armies shall protect the towns, burghs, and villages, as well as the persons and property of all those who shall submit to the King; and that they will concur in the immediate restoration of order and police, throughout all France.

4thly. That the national guards are called upon to preserve, provisionally, tranquillity in towns and in the country, to provide for the personal safety and property of all Frenchmen, until the arrival of the troops belonging to their Imperial and Royal Majesties, or until orders be given to the contrary, on pain of being personally res ponsible: that, on the contrary, such national guards as shall fight against the troops of the two allied courts, and who shall be taken with arms in their hands, shall be treated as enemies, and punished as rebels to their King, and as disturbers of the public peace.

5thly. That the general officers, the subalterns, and soldiers of the French regular troops, are equally called upon to return to their former allegiance, and to submit immediately to the King, their legitimate Sovereign.

6thly. That the members of departments, districts, and municipalities, shall be equally responsible, on pain of losing their heads and their estates, for all the crimes, all the conflagrations, all the murders, and the pillage which they shall suffer to take place, and which they shall not have in a public manner, attempted to

prevent within their respective territories; that they shall also be obliged to continue their functions until his most Christain Majesty, when set at full liberty, shall make further arrangements, or till further orders be given in his name.

7thly. That the inhabitants of towns, burghs, and villages, who shall dare to defend themselves against the troops of their Imperial and Royal Majesties, and to fire upon them either in open country, or through half open doors or windows of their houses, shall be punished instantly according to the rigorous rules of war, or their houses shall be demolished or burned. On the contrary, all the inhabitants of the said towns, burghs, and villages, who shall readily submit to their King, by opening their gates to the troops belonging to their Majesties, shall be immediately under their safeguard and protection, their estates, their property, and their persons shall be secured by the laws, and each and all of them shall be in full safety.

8thly. The city of Paris and all its inhabitants, without distinction, shall be called upon to submit instantly and without delay to the King, to set that prince at full liberty, and to ensure to his and to all the royal persons, that inviolability and respect which are due by the laws of nature and of nations to sovereigns; their Imperial and Royal Majesties making personally responsible for all events on pain of losing their heads, pursuant to military trials, without hope of pardon, all the members of the national assembly, of the department, of the district, of the municipality,