153 
expressed himself 
to the following effect: 
lam 
CC 
sorry that 
this 
occurrence should 
have happened, 
because had 
in time, 
known 
should, 
on hear 
ing 
that 
You 
were 
Englishmen, 
have 
come with 
the other magistrates to express to you the 
senti- 
ments of 
illustrious 
respect 
nation ; 
which we 
but, since 
feel towards your 
it has not been in 
Ol1I' 
POWGF 
to 
giVe 
You 
that 
testimony 
of 
OUT 
esteem ; 
on the contrary, since we are necessitated 
by 
OUT 
dut.V 
to 
protect 
you, 
HSSUTE 
Y0u 
that 
feel 
exceedingly 
mortified. 
trust, 
however, 
that 
you 
will 
suffer 
1'10 
inconvenience, 
for 
the 
people are dispersing; and you will 
be able to 
leave the town in safety!" " This 
place," he 
 
conti n ued , 
is a manufacturing town, 
which has 
almost ruined 
been 
by the war. 
Our goods went 
Toulon ; 
and 
to the ocean from Marseilles 
but the 
vigilance of your fleets ruined our trade, and these 
poor people, who have felt the consequence, consi- 
cause of theirdistress. 
de'r not the real 
However, 
although 
the 
POPHI ace 
do 
not 
look 
beyond 
the 
effects which immediately press upon themselves, 
there are many among us well acquainted with 
the fountain-head of the misfortunes which afHict 
France, and who know that it is less to you than