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152 year 1792, and was imprisoned afterwards, in spite of the laws of nations, because in his despatches, which had been intercepted at the time of the second partition of Poland, he spoke with horror and indignation of this act, and of the conduct of the Empress. He was a man of highly estimable qualities; his mind was refined, and his heart sensitive; a