Star. — London, England, 1805-01-25 00:00:00

-; • . ~.- ...... ,- -- v. , \ -1,..; \ .:- . --- f - ck,::... - :,---4 . •' •• ... . _ ... c r - AS. /t . •.. -•., . ~,4 , ...„0 „ _ 4 0 §, .&.. •:-___ V..." '' .1 ••••• . 6,.... -- • . " 4 :: • . 4 ' .11): Or: • I al. 0.., -...--. Paarti ir ~,, _AA% 1 • , iir4 I 1.1;;:•11sIx of his Court, upon the groimil tile, under the con ditions of the Bth article of the n•eatv of fonfo, the hoftility of Spain was ft infepara'riv n nated with that of France, that Great Britaiit (Inca engaged in a War with France, would be justified in commencing immediate againtt Spain. To this he replied, that it might appear lit; but that the execution of treaties mutt not he considered as ahro. lutelr indifpenfable, but dependant upon the cis c.0.:- fiances of the times ; and with lonic other expreff, of the fame kind feemed to with me to undcrOa.ol that he did not confider the prefent foliation of things as'tdmitting the execution of the treaty. Upon this occallon he took a new and very perplexed grortitt ; aril, he faid he wilhed to know the grounds of the prefent difpute, whether it was to he confidered as the continuation of the former War ? as in that cafe Spain would not take any part ; hot that if it was a new War, upon new grounds, the might in that cafe be forced to confider the treaty as ohilootory ; that it was neceffary therefore upon ti.is head to know the opinion of the other paweis eon, -toed in the treaty of Amiens. He cominito.l that the King of Spain had not entered into ti :l IA War as • the ally of France in virtue of t'i.o tiooy. I quoted the haft article, which is di-torte:! pat lizolatly England, and which he feemcd rat recolle& ;and teeing no end to the dirculioa i' titre, I deter mined in my next conference in :anoo it. In my next interview howevet h: anticipated me. and, on my corning into the room, he \Veil, iefeems we are to have War." i ftal that I hoped that by We, he did not mean S t otto and. England. lie anfwered No—that A l vin was ,ki.amined to pre ferve her neutrality. I raplied, that if they were de termined upon a neutrality, it only remained for us to know whether we agreed in our idat of neutrality, and whether they would clnlider the gratuity.; rat-- nniffio.n for the paffage of fiero:h troops as includ- - ed in their definition of it ? I added, that the . means of guaranteeing and km log th it neutrality t k mull be concerted with Great lit item. 0 he again declined entering into the difetithan, and ri•fereoi me to official communications with M:. Cerailos. I ac cordingly prepared the inelcled Xote, rhich I eon- • fined purpofely to the limple giteition of the inter pretation of the treaty cf . St. lideloat; (Trannatioa of imbfurs refared to in Ni., a.) SlR,;cae I 3ar.. The prefent fitnation of affairs, be:ng ct . a nature to render an explanatian Iserzaen our Loa) G.•vro ments necelfary, I find upon to .oldoos myfelf diredily to your a icel:eney, m eat. lating, that, in confequence of the friemil fentimetas which your Excellency ha.: already done !n .he honour to . declare to me on the part of his Catholic Islajell, ; (hall find its your Excellency's explatrations the tame franknefs which I think it my khrzy to employ in thole which I have the honour foi.mitat rs you. The Court of Spain h.pg conoathot a..th France by a recent treaty, which tinders it i ah!e to be called upon for its co-operation by the. !ina a de loon of that power; your Excellency as-.4i doabe.efs paceive, that the literal conaralion of anuitorinal adhefion to this Ripulation would lo identity !;0•,:i with France, (at !aft with regard to its h itt•le os), as to render a !late of warfare with !boar r.7l.:ient to contlitute Spain in a theta of the power at War with France ; even that power to confider in the firit iollance as an enemy, a power, whore hoftile efforts, dependiol folely on the will of a declared enemy, would aoly wait a canve• Ment moment for anion. Your Excellency a. !il do me tha juaice to believe, that I am far flour itileniog on tt.c, idea with facts fat:lion, and that if I tlwel upon it, it is folely in order to repeat to yoiir Excelicacy in a mote for mal manner, the affirances which I have already had the honour to make verbally narric:y, that his hlajelly's Govern:moo has no ni;:ntion whltever of giving filch a cosittrizaion in the in "ice to the article of the treaty of St. 11.i.oaofo, or to por fire a flop foonloi upon the ialaaiio , „ ,:•••I , :r ref peas jolt and conclvlive), which i o.lVC:aur point ed out. I would then eiairavaar to tiat'o! your E•7cllency fenfible, that, no I , ;.:latoia•!2 •a. l ut} value I attach to the indirect do-%17.0.H - o your Excellency has already m td.. tit ~ter..-aola and pacific intent.ons . 1. j: thelifs, in confideration of the L: and formal treaty, the 1> t.f it. e in compatible with the exetution I i the which I have Oa quoted, it would be impot t..n: even j neceffary, that the Ilntiih G.o/errin•ra (L.P.:3 re : ccive from that of Spain a declarati.m, thr I,,rtna- Ility and autlien.kity cf which looolt he capable of removing the didruit, winch her a-tient conritz inn and exiling rte ties ~ vith the enzioy of Great fhitair. might naturally in!pirc. It only remains for me to omters to ylar Excel lency, thi. anxious loth:nude wl ; ich I ~eL tk your aufwer, and to r(peat the affuraliccs, &c. (Signtjj To His Excellency Don Pare Cevailos, Sze No. 3.....latipatch front J. H. frere, tin. to !...rd Hawklft..-;:ry, dated Madrid, loth jew:lF My Lord—Having detain..d t; e !•:-ITer.g:r for fome day: in expe&ation of the anftv...i fr , .m M. Ve. vallos, I am at length cnablcd to f d it. ..houlh I apprehend it will appeAr little fati.r..tt .ry to your Lordllsip as it did to My fit!t imptenion was return an r•ser, p• iat ing ont the manner io which my queft 1 , 1 hat elAtd,and t epeating the IWe:twit • r and formal manner. Cunt civini;, h , wynr, c tt in the prefent fkate of tiLg , ,, a catepsolical ar A •r, if et totted from Spain, would be Irf, lav rrabl evalive reply which I :lad lOpporing their iate:,ti..ns be the utmoft sel,;ch :hey w ,, tti-.1 • ,i.tire h -card, without a more ezplicit opani9s. tl•c 41 (.1 :I . IS Majefly's Givernment ; and . t , ty , my duty, at any race, ;‘, ^bible means of conciliation, I r :c tueloic.l in whicb, u you: Lori.L:p will tale : n?.)1112:) , .. E act. FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1805. ornEa 4 9 56 term% on which the continuance of peace had been acquiefced In; previntis notice having been given to the Spanith Government that a Rate of war would be the inuneditne confequence of fuels a meafure, his Man fty on this event (toed almoft pledeeti to an minim commencentent of hottilitics ; the King, however, pre. 'en...! a perneering adherence to the fyftent of m oderation fo con• From the moment that heflilities tied commer.ent Ito ween et rialto his difpolition lie refoleed Rill te leave an opening for Great Bonin and trance. afu fianent ground of Wit agaitnit Spain, accommodation, if Spain thould be Mil allowed the liberty to, on the part of Great Britain, neceffarity f, slowed from the Treaty adopt the tonere preferibed by a kilt (role of her own intereits and of St. Ildephonto, it not din:teamed by Spain. fecurity. It is here worthy of remark, that the groundlefs and That Treaty in fad if r trtd ;lain with the Reptnalican uremreful imp...nations thrown out againft bis Majefty's conduct ',remnant of France, by a intend acknuwledement of unqualified in the Spanifh Telanifetto, are built upon the foundation of this Vanange, and by (petals Pipulatious of unconditional offence. forbearance alone. Had his Majefta esereiten, without referee, his jaR rights of war, the reprefeneations fo faintly greeted, and Ile Cie Articles of •hat Treaty Spain covenanted to %faith a fo infidimilly dwelt upon, could nut have been even Rated under It end cantingrat of Naval and htilitary force fir the prorecution any colourable pretext : the indulgence, therefore, which poll of any war in which the French Republic might think proper to tined the actual Rate of war, was not not only raifraPrefraltad. engage. She freeificelly lurrendered any right or pretentnn to but transformed 'mot grounder complaint, becaufe the forbear. ' enquire iota, the nature, print:ice of that war. She (limn sore extended to the amtreffors was not carried to a dangerous and lend, In the firft !finance, a contingent of troops and fhips, which, inadmilfible extreme. In °a ee fequen of the imelllgen ce above e' itfelf, comprina to. mederete proportion of the means et her (hated , dirediens were feet to his Menfty's Minifter at Madrid, annelid; but in tie tient of this contingent being at any time to make reP refentations and rernonftrances to the Spanills Court, found inf ancient far the perprafes Of France, the further bound her- to demandPex I dons relative to the canting Cone • be fen to put ut to a (late of activity the utmoll fume, both by fee and tureen Spain a nd France ; and above all, to infift ent ch on at a the Wad, that it amulet he in her pow power to coiled. She covenanted Naval Armame nts in their ports lhould be placed as tha fame that this farce Mould be at the difpolal at France, to be crnaloyed footing as they were preelonny ro the enmnteocentent ofMM. fides conjointly or feparately for the annoyance of the common memo; 1 between Crest Britain and France: and he was further directed, thus fubmittlng her entire power and reraurees to be urea as tie i cxplicitiy to Rate to the Spanifh Cloven ment that his Matta i n n meneet , o f name" ambition and aggnalon, and toll.: applied felt a duty impofed upon him of falai*. without delay, every in whatever proportion France might ti.ink proper, for the eeovr lure of precaution, and particularly, of giving orders to his ed purple of endeavouring to futnert the Government and deltrey I Admiral off the non of Fermi, to prevent any of the Spain& Ihips the national exilterten of Great Britain. I of war failing front that port, or any additiaral &ipsof war from The charaater of fuel, a Treaty gave Great Britain an 'neon- • entering it. tenant tip le. to dneern to Spain. that unkis (he decideally re I No tubitarteal redrefs, no Intistadory etrlenatior was afforded conned the ereny, or gATC afrurances that The wuald not per• in confequence of there repeated rerrefentetit ns; whillit, under form :he obligetione of it, the would cot be coufideted at a tat atral . the cover of his Majeay's forbearance, the enemy had received Intern corifiderable remittances of treafure, together with the &aline of Riaht. however, for prudential reams. and from motives 1 procuring other (apatite. of forbearance end tendernefs towards Spain. was nut txdrc:r, din Every eircumflance of the general condue of gpain was peculiarly I its full extent ; amnia confequence of affur.useee of a locale aitpan calculated to excite the vigilant attention of the &inn Government Lice on tire part of the Spanifh Government, his Majetty did not, I , the removal of Spanilb (hips out of theirdocks, to make room for In the nal, inttance. infin 08 a diftind and formal reruncietion i the accommodation of the men of war of France—the march of of the 'fenny. It does not appear that any tape& &mann of French troops and (cameo throu'h the Spaniititerritory—the equip- Inecour bad been made by France before the month of July • one merit of naval armanwntsat Ferrol—theconfideration that thejune thountal eight hundred and three; and on the firft notifizatinn of tint, ref this armament with the French fhipsalreadyin that harbour, the War, hie anajetty's Manatee at Madrid was led to believe, in would create a decided fuperiority of numbers over his Majefty's contequence of cot unueicattnin which paged between him and fguadron craning off that port—the additional naval exertions, the Spandh Government. that his Catholic Manny diet no: con- and the conferment irancare of expence ',halt this conduntof Spain Oder himfelf as mmenarine bound by the mere fact of the exiftenee nee, ffarily irepond opal' Great Britain. All there together m• of a War Intween Co at Britain and France, without nionquent quired thofe precautions, both of reprefentatinn and melon, to enplane:int and difeuintn, to fulfil the ftipaintiuns of the Treaty which his Mantle had immediate recut:rte. While official notice of Si. Ildephonfo, though the articles of that Treaty would ter vainly' Was given of his iliejelty's intention to adopt thole neceffary msa • /nee rife tot vry different interpretation. In the month of oa.- fares, the Spanifh Government was at the lame time allured, that ter a conventien was rigned, t.. ) . which Spain agreed to pay to his Majefty !till felt an taro& defire to maintain a good under- France a certain tuna monthly in lieu of the navel and military rue- (landing with Spain ; but that the continuance of lush a Rate of 46‘1 , 11 which they had Itipulated by the Treaty to provide, but of things mutt be rubjed to the condition of aliftaining on their part the amount cat this fum, or of the nature of any other flipulae from all holtile preparations, and on making, without hefitation bons which that convention might contain, no official information or referee, that full and explicit difeloffire of the nature and extent whatever waa given• of the (nailing engagements with France, which had hitherto It was immediately Rated by his Intanntjs Minilier at Madrid been fo frequently am! fo fruitkftly demanded. Ito the Sranith Government, that a fubfady as large as that which The precaution. , adopted by his Majefty were loch only as he they were (um:soled to bare engaged to pay to France, far exceed- deemed indifpenfably neceffary to guard agaitift the augmentation ed the bounds of forbearance ; that it could oily meet with a tan- by Spann of her means of naval preparation during the dirculnon, porary connivance, as If it was emulated, it might prove in feet a and against the poffible coofequences of the fele arrival of the ex greater injury than any other iroitility. In feria to there union- peeled .Imeriean treafure in the Spanifh ports ; an event which !trances, it was rei•reientiel as au expedient to fain time, and aft has more then once in former times, become the epoch of the fueancea were given which were ecofirmed by nrcumitanccs, :emanation of dikufl ons. and of the commencement of boftility which came to his Majefty's knowledge from other quarters, that on the part of Spain. the difputittert .if the :amnin Government would induce them to The orders iffued by his Majefty, on this occaEornto the Adml extricate thee-naives from this engagement, if the cootie of events rals commanding his fleets, afford the moll ftriking example of a Thould admit of their doing In wail tansy. fentpuloos and indulgent forbearance ; the moll Itridt limitation When his Majefty lad find rearan to believe that fuck a con was ;neat, as to the extent and allied of the meafures propoled• senior, was concluded, directed ilia alitlifter at Madrid to de- and the execution of thole orders was guarded with the ftrongefi elate ;hat ferbeerire to confider Spain as an enemy mug dc- injundtions to avoid, by every Imams coralltent with the attain nend ie fume decree nano the amount of the fuccours, and upon mein of theirobjed, any ad of violence or hoftility againft the doe her matnten Mg a per neutrality lit 412 tier retpeets; but that minions or Intends of his Catholic Majefty. The huftile prepa it wauld be impuffnle for him to confiner a permacert payment, rations ill the harbour of Fara rendered it neceffary, in the firft to the amount of tb'er which was Rated ta have been to agitation, inflance, that a reinforcement ffiould be added to the frmadron in any other light than as a direct fubfidy of War. Ills Meneity's cruising off that port ; and orders were at the fame time conveyed /11110 T war directed, therefore, firft to pi-cu.-ft againft the Con- to the Bririth Admirals, to fend intimation to the Spanilh Govern- Vent ioines a violation of Neutrality, and a jeßillable caufe sf war ; meat ef the inftrudions they had received, and of their determi fecondly, to declare, that our abftaining from bunnies cutift de' nation in confequence, to refilt, under the prefent eireunntances, Fend upon its being only a temporary manure, and that we muft the failing either of the French or Spaniffi fleets, if any attempt for be at liberty to confider a perleverarce in it as a cask of War ; that minion (Medd be made by either of them. thirdly, that the eetrance of any French troops Into Spain mutt H.s Majefty's plea/um was at the fame time Ggnifled, that they be refuted ; fourthly, that any naval preparation mull be a great were not to detain, in the Grit inftance, any (hip belonging to his enure of jea/ouln, and any attempt to gi ve nasal effiftance to France Catholic Majefty, failing from a port of Spain ; but to require the an immediate elide of War ; fifthly, that the Spanifh ports mutt Commander of Inch thip to return dirently to the port from whence remain open to our commerce, and that our (hips of war nu ft have the came, and oily in the event of his retufing tocomply with Inch equal treatment with thole of France. Nis latently's 111initter requifitiem, to detain and fend her to Gibraltar or to England. was alto latftrudledat any French troops entered Senile or if he re- Further diredlons were Liven not to detain any Spanith botne (lived authentic information of any naval armaments preparing ward-bound (hips of war,unlefs they mould lave treafureon board, for the affiftance of France, to leave Madrid, ata.l to give imme. nor merchant (hips of that nation, however laden, on any account diate nut:ee to our Naval Commanders, thee they might proceed whitfoever. That, in the prefeention of thole meafures of pre to eenilities without the delay "net might be utcanuned by a tete- caution, many valuable lives &oak' have been facrificed, is a (ob tain.: home. jean of much regret to his Majefty, who laments it as an event pro- The execution of theft i: (trite:thole produced a variety of alifeur. deed alone by en unhappy concurrence of circumltanecs, but Bra - ; detain which !tie t y's Milliner told Mr. leveller, in which nen in no degree affect the malts of theatre. The citation a: ae.r to his quantal, whether a contii.uancc of Itch r ,,,rd_rr of :he jell princirle and due exercife of his Menai+ right, cells fa. .v.t, T. , to France a t:L111 be crendered as a ruund ef War, and upon every littinnation of the Laws of Nature andof Nations,which r tu was :w.f.:ranted to declare it ? that he was to authorize. I tinoin and juftify the adoption of Inch mcafures as are requifite fur en at a; Wear wouh! be the infallible cunt, quince. decree and the preventiou of aggro lion. It taut, however, hill thought denrable by ho Manny to pro- I I: remains only further to °Drente, that if any additional proof Iran, of palace tae eh Minn of this queftion anal it was there- r were rcquiiitc of the witdom and neeeffity of precautionary =a fore .• cal in the i: eruttitins to his alliance at Madre!, that as I lures, that prof would be found even its the Deciantiou relied the fubady was nprefinted by the Spanifh Government to be I upon in the hlanifefto of Spain, in which its Government now merely i 1 temporary nicantre, his alajetty might flat continue to neon ate If to have contemplated from the beginning of the war, overlent it fan a time ; but that hie deaGon in thle refract amen the neceffity rat making itfeif a party to it, in fupport of the preen elepend tartan knowing the precut nature of ail the itipulatians le- Inns of France. exprefily declaring, that Spain and Holland, renal Son., end France, and upon the Spun& Government 'Leine • %vim treated conjointly with France at Amiens,and whole interells determined to elute their neutrality to be terra - nil in all other I and political relations were fo cleanly cennented with her, mutt partietibra. That until then gin ions were anawcred in a fatis- I have with difficulty refrained from taking part agahill the injuries fectory manner, anal the Convention coatninitieeted to him, he and ialialts ofiered to their ally." 'atilt give no poative anfwer tanner he would make the pear. It will further appear, by a reference to the dates and refutes of anal tumours a caufe of war or not. ;he fevers' reprek mations made by his Majelty's Charge d'Affaires Wore the receipt ref :hoe inaredlions, dated January at, ift , i4, at the C't eat of Spain, that the detention of the Spanith treafure the reprrt of fame naval armaments in the ports of Spain had ne- (hip , never was in qocftion during the dikuffions which preceded eaCuntd a freib Corretwatrience twancen his !Vanity's al in al •r ! eicparture from aladrid. Tin: ground of complaint therefore, Ind the Spenifh (I.'Veltllltllt. In one of the Not CA ri:re' by has fines t, cn fo much relied en, formed no part of the mo t nt, former, be 1. a lares, that If the Rine was forced to gig.. a tilt: of the previous hollite charader ro Itrengly manifated by the tear, he would wart no otherdeclaration then whet he hen -In ttle 3e..nah a ourt in their mode of treating the points in dinuilion, non. 11 , e aerwers of the Spaniel Covet •'TTCOI nor ; . a, van appear in the fermi) of the anal rupture of the Dego • evalive mann; ; hi, Mtjerty's Minn et* r h.:A the Cre ala ti.' ti at r.l4t!Tid.. .beer rata mot part by a note delivered ou net lath ostry, in On the: 2fah .f (Montt ant. his IVLajeily's Charge d'Affaires seinen he &clans that all further forbear nee on the part ot Lino reetauteal a note to the Spanifh Minifter, in which the following 1 .0.1 molt depend upon tbc eaffitlon of all Na t al arinaintrts anti con•litions were Minted upon, as preliminary to the appointment • rroailaitlan of t:. fate of prizes In their pie a, era uniels •hch. •of a Nina:ter from Great Britain, who might treat of the adjutt p:intt were agreed to without modification, he had orders to leave nic.:t of other matters which remained for difeulnon. The condi- Madrid. Olt the Inconel of there points a Iniendory anfwer was I tions were three : Fait, that the orders given at Ferrol, Cadiz and inter, anal orders 'Sued accordingly ; on the firit a reference was ' Canhagena, Omutd he countermanded, as well for the equipment of to framer declatatire... 'lathe gut Rini ahoy diteitniog the I gape of war in any of thole ports, as for their removal from one I recay with trance, no tandory antwer wet evt r riven. As of thole ports to another. Secondly, that not only the pre-fent ar hewever no ant .1 pre; tar "bins appeared to proceeding at that i mantents Mount he difemainued, but that the eftablifitment of gips nee el 15. ;: !: eons of ennui, the matter v.-% ,!rued to remain of war in the Ziff , rent port alumni be replaced on the footing on which they flood at the . commencement of holt dines between Eng tli re ••.r tire! . In tier n:r•let July, t Ica, the Government of Spain gave an land and France. 1 hinny, that a full difclofure Should be made of for. ▪ std fettle., neutrality, net danvowcal any nr- I the exilin; engan mutts, and of the nature intentions of Spain t• er aryl ir. ▪ torte; eet in the fuhtein , n-iinth. wi in ss;t:i r.ipeet ti, From the period neon:mentioned to the rte;, 4 ;n l rarc, rr tee nt anti COIJI ot rani • nee ri •i a, ' of Noveniber, feveral Ilott 5 pallet between his Majelty's tarn, the tritan t here dnafrairn recent , d advice from the Ad- Charge d'Alletces ar.d the inianifk Matinee, confifting, with little .• tear antraarninr his ntajcityn nip, ill ;it port of Ferrel, thet I variation it Shur in urgent demands of fatisfection au the •• • ere emente re minion anal nine& had terninii Snail i are 0: Lenten and aufatinactra y replies on the oth e r. nt ;•tatLd delays and rein - need lipplications, his Itelajefty's e • ;au French meta at ,we attics wet. isfl.lol.fli to Sloe `C 1 , 414:11 ✓. ;Orr, bet nu an- Charge &Arlen.% received his palnewte ern the etb of November, neer was !T enant to either of them. 'foie ere. fin re.! M . the :Jo': d• ;lined hurt Madrid on the a itla of diet moo'. D u ring t h e or'li of San Anbtr, erforroatio- WI! T. 5:!.1J1 I n4'1.1 tunas u• tile Of this ntgonatinn, no nient:on was 'made of the detention rrea(nre p.a. dogs it any where appear cleat an The!lntik Admiral flattened off Ferrol, thet order. h a! Seer. " e a t en by the Co•at of Madrid for arnitog. waheut nle of tio• o d been received at Manna of that tranfadion. It is •as t n., p un, four ftsipe of the lire, two lea:mei, .! les I here fore, ttttt tite attempt made by the Sea• venue; that 1 tecornua to this intelligence) f:in;:le :tts tlyail an if of that event, in sh ello which has tneneiv -n at Canaan al and Cadtt, end n.nictil are-, et ti frier publiffied, that the nate uf in m equally have anftn tine tint-rate flap , of tin lit • were (Oren til ta f a i!f•nnt 1 !•.. • n t.r, at Li and Spain, had th, dote !Stun rawer Glen „. i t t ac to ne n ., e, and ?int, it, team or fact, the 'man taltim-tcly took place •••• nor ; and as an additiunal proo f •• aaderi hese 1 , 501 gin II ni arm the pacaete time u: war. 1 11!"41 adiatet Gas, end Lvtadi ttaculti‘ctc4 with that Mustier ay . ot erd ancsnivc,a: eiuteuon of the acetate. NIS MI7LS77'S DECLARATIOA: THE FOLLOWING PATERA WERE YESTERDAY LAO St- 1011,11 LOT!) 110 USC 3 Or PARL!AMENT ; The !riding cirenmftances which charldierife the reiterated abufe of hie Majdty's moderation, were each of them of a nature to have cahaufted, any left fettled fyitem of lenity and forbearance. Succours afforded to his eremite; explanations refufed 'or evaded, after repeated demands : conditions violated, after dillieirt notice that on them depended the continuance of peace. Such has been the eondua of the Spaniih Court j and lt is, under thefe eircum- Rance% that his Majefty finds the domineering inftuenee of France exerted, and the Spaniel nation in a Mite et:declared and open war. His Mijelly appeals with confidence to ail Europe for the ac- knowledyncnt of his exemplary moderation in the whole eourfe I of theft tranfaclinns. His Majcfly feels with regret the nectiEty which places him in a ftatc of boftility with Spain ; an I would with heartfelt fatisfadlion °Verve, on the part of that country, the af fumption of a more dignified fcnfc of national importaner, end a more indeper.cltnt cacreife of rovereign rights. His Majefty would indeed be rmdt happy to discover in the councils or Spain a reviving retire of thole ancient feelings awl ho nourable propenlities which have at all times been fo congenial to the Spenifh character, and which, in bett-r times, have marked the conifilet of it, government. His Majelly will, on His part, eagerly embrace the fica. opportunity, thus offered, of refuming a Rate of peace and col.fidence with a nation which has In many des of common inked: to Collillet it with Great Britain, and which be has hitherto been ever dB - pored to regard with fend !mut, of the uttaoll roof 1.- ration and agent. Downing-arm, January 1205. FAPLR.S RELATIVr. TO TI.IE D15C:77,310N WITH S:'AIN AND itl4. No. I.....Extradt of a Difrritch from Lord Ila-sylc•f!-.:ry to J. 14 Frac. Efq.ditztlDo‘trni%;.ftrert . , 2 ! I (hall now proceed to ftgrii . y to :.a ht. Majeßy's pleatUre with refpeet to the c:4ldusl which it will be ropi-r fur you to uhfcrie at the Court at which you rcliJe. It is the King': finrere and earneß el:fire that the Spanifh Government may be enabled to maintain the fit-Vita neutrality in the war which has c,mmenced between Gteat Britain and France. You will there fore endeavour, by all the means in your power, to imprefs upon the Spann Minifters the expediency of their adopting this fy Rem ; and you wil: afire them, that if it be adored his Majeliy will refpeft it with the molt fcrupuluns good faith. His blajefly's Government having no means of de ciding how far his Catholic Majelly may confider himfelf as bound by the treaty of defenfive and of- i fenfive alliance, which was concluded at St. Ilde fonfo on the 19th of Augult 1796, it is indifpenfably', neceffary that you ffiould lore no time in afcertaining this important point. If the Spann Government fhould Rate to ylu, that they conceive themfelves to be under the obligation to furnifh to France the num ber of troops and (hips which are ftipulated in the treaty above mentioned, but that Ceir co-operation will extend no further, you will refrain from giving any opinion upon this nteafure, but will content yourfelf with fignifying that you will tranfmit the information to your Court. You will however watch, with the molt unremitting vigilance, the prcgrefs of any preparations which may be made for carrying it into execution ; and you will, from time to time, transmit fuch intelligence as you may be able to ac quire upon the fubjea, to the Commanders of his Majelty'n flips in the Mediterranean, at Gibraltar, and at Lifbon, in order that thole officers may be enabled to purfue fuch meafures as may be bell cal culated to intercept the Spaniffi auxiliary (hips, on their attempting to faiL from the ports either of the Mediterranean or of the Atlantic ; a proceeding which would he in aria conformity to the molt rigid principles of neutrality, and could 40t be conftrued into an all of dire& aggroffion againft Spain herfelf. If, however, you fhou'd learn from the Spanifh Miniilcrs that :be French C-srernment will not be fatisfied with the definit::e foacours flipulated, but will require his Catholic %jelly to place a greater propottion of his naval and military force at the dif pofition of Fr:lnce, yl•ti will Rate to them, unrefecv edly, that his Majefty will conf:drr a compliance with this requifition as equivalent to a declaration of war, and as juilifying his Majefty in.proceeding to immediate hottilities againft Spain. The n e xt o ;ljee't to which his Majefty has calm manded me to dire& your particular attention, is the fituation of Purtu7al. It is extremely important that you fhou:d take the eatlieft opportunity to dethe the Spanifh Government to explain to you, without referee, their fenciments and intentions in this re cta:El. In any converfationa which you may have with the Spanith Nlinitters upon, this fubjeft, you will obferve to them that his Majefty having con ! fented to refpc& the neutrality of Portugal himfelf, ihe cannot (Witt 'it to be moleßerl by any other power whatfoever ; relies upon the jußice and magnani mity of his Catholic Majelly that he will, neither of himfelf, nor in concurrence with France, carry intoexecution any mealirres which rnayendanger the fecurity and independence of that country. You will, however, nut conceal from the Spanish Mini (try, that if the King of Spain thould .:Low the en trance of any French troops into his tetrituries, kr (hould not relit: it by force, the King would confi der it as imputing upon hiro die neeellit y of sc,;aid ing the conduit of Sdain as a jultifiable ground ut war un his part, in regard to Portugal. 1 have hill fur ther to fignify to-you his fslajetty's pleafut e, that you cultivate the molt cordial underttanding with the Mi oilier of that power at Madrid, and that you con cur with him in promoting the fecurity of her Fr:ith ful MajePy's dominions. Having now Rated to yob loch proceedings on the part of Spain, as would render it expedient for his Majefty to commence Inotilities againtt that power, I have to fignify to you his Majefty's pleafure, that if any of thefe events fhould occur, you fhould make the ttronge(t reprefentations againit them, and, in the cafe of your not receiving a fatisfattory anfwer, you will immediately quit Madrid and proceed to Lifbon, whence you %sill return to England. Pre vioutly to your departure, you will ;rpm ire the offi cers commanetog his Majetty's (hips in the Mediter ranean, at Lilbon, and at Gibraltat, of your inten tion, in order that they may proceed to hoftiiities againfl Spain without delay. Nu. a—Extraet of a Di": atc:t from J. H. Frere, Ffq. to Lord Hawked:turf . , dated Arattjacz, June 3, 1873. Upon a torrucr riceatiun I IJA pre:l . 2d tile Prince of Peace to an explicit declaration of the intentions T :VC:"