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

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I r 1 :.....t it them f.:1:: r ....r-n the tiltim.,t lut.;-t,t 7.•!.::.'.. it :Ist t:1 e . t—l - a:ion. lii sne, Sir, tentiis longkr in their which the pria,:ii•loi cf • ' Escellrricy ii•;iiite or, . an Arran : nu.nt might I drilialitl• alOs D:it:o3M they at,: fotioilcd. • , .I'll. naval irtrament c ,- rot fail to catitt; ape jetty. The queition of . . nuanents can only have . . the s'sis•elllons with the tirppefed that thefe pre' Should they Rill contit bate them to any othc announces, namely, a determination to niaitit tb Dame of r.eutrality • neutrality are totally 1 out to the ivti. rdl 4 rd There is another coati • at tl.c fanie time that 1 tliolie M.y.fly. sad to blind to the influet:ce cormtry, and t!... flh . ei. 14;5 c.sond. r., .n hat .. . Britannic ; I .i..it ily's li. ' condricerd..l. has! he i. Spain were an titlifoo r tion mud ii.e.{arily ii . Tors with a hid :Arid eellency't Jim:ince!. W AI . • intention.' and *Airs dart,: cannot atfsscr I. • an if:flue:lce which in that Lotat. It would • d;:ty„ on tio • :rt of t 11.(3;t• a.:(1 r ...r. oh ot p .r t+ if ti.ii k t..„,10in Li. t:i-t the !r• Miller ha. I.:r lii:ndi ret s cs Thirefere, I entterit ceillaily b 7 the 1 . .1,1bl fin rifa to Frame Ott . [ to her carrying on 20 moreover, e:ligc Frig eitaLlifhment, in ord l i have equi; pad In her of flints% i 4 rolitlcat) WWI' can b: fotwded (:iivraian- lit f Went 1 , , that the forces wl Spit, would at the this coofequince be I Inintluct to be more ' 'relenting. in the fin althor„th certain, mi diftanr ;Tolima. It declare to you, that ! land abbilotely elipe: within the i,:c.rts of t d.-11 to proOng my fin), he r9ceted. Tio-re is likewifel ridable. The Frio fulfilled the utnioll ntariqme law tilt' . . kdged by 211C:1 611 .i s Rst•ublic.finili , •7, ht rig, Lsenciewonur. lr7 the anti. nt cod rifestlke advantage 1 1\/4.. necell.tiy app ear iii drav‘.oreel to eflahl •eri- : the t Teets 0 a neutral 'sotroo • r. sr I ' t ptoteelion. This r humanity and pub to withdraw the p ... , War. 110 d to COOSAI tompals. lint refl• 3 jullice have prevail. rally rejected. Era war,equrdly f.Y.u,r found it, in the 6;9, and of felling her r very far front Intl , time it cereal& * lodes cd . individu. promptly, and in ecfpeetable power. ' il-, bad be oecafitin i principle. This Pi Coen, with the iii Catkin, finilar to al But Spain it the pm ,; fervatieri of ancient , [ '' I scion with :nat..' t whatever of attack'' tnaica of Trinidad teens 3 Moreover, • _, anni , er. Pri vateer and =mind with a c eding have been Treat. valets, and, r. Teneriffe and at •I'.: Jinx chi intlici.lnils, dent that Spoilt, 01 , would be of all pit 1 ~ , the abides of her n billed. She would be attacked by Pow by ancient primly!. flie has the right ar that your Excellen o .. to tenaciuudy 1 t, 'ii of thefe pawl . o' •he levant!, efnii wilich ha. iihea...; ' . . My (Kat r. • t• tI, f 0 ..j,,A of i!!‘.. .ern li me wilt t'...11 c c 1 infiare ; but I trii . ll tired to ail, it any taut ire•lri your 'I. r. . , in4ent!s . . tin: t ..:'..1:: , of prize I.r• a , ,;t:. i all ra ;relit'' , fuptriors, •o manic To his Faced:sic, N o , 11 .--rxtraa. liasvkcfl I have the bonito Cevallos, in which fi tits to proliat th , . thins. Your Lon 1 r a cial been deniar Giivernme:a trout 1 at lir it toriliftent tl,rir i rt fent Teri wall: ral ntilA Wilk 00* :on; fore adore t!e: continuation a a weer ele• two pnw,rs. atw other. hncd ap bc Cottl:rbt.d ; and tl:is coltnion 6,l,d:intent to the advant.tscs winds tto.n Yis tiLutraii! y. 'oz. no limiter thus t in:mrraffeti. I hope, :!.I,nate of the ftailLutcs :Led pft.eife anti ; : Lad the honour to ikel..re to you the • , :•i•!I Cahiart, you via: in retur n utclare Great Britain is, a. 1 b„ pr de[, rmin undcr:tant::4% with Spain ,litrinz pr, _Cni6ut.d) raDitu CLVALLOI. d.a. mot* fifth Irclofnre In Xn. to ) , on which a It at prefert unnertfrary to me to defer the execution of my it.ftructi.n:s, I am to give to your Ex( clitncy'; N. 4:: of ny. form and the flattering perfonal exprcf tr it an infinitely painful duty to me to air. :a you the extrtme differ..nee which rains propored on the part of hit Mitt:nide Mat ch your Excellency hat thoug h t it right to r.o.r, from the knowled,tc tha. th f.. r , • lam of my Government, and th a the re:o. han in this refpedt arc not furr,rtitlle of any •,1 timid alifolutely delpair of fai,T thit:At I.rrfent f.atation, if the eonri i. tie t with Alajtfty and the difcia - nintot of your did nut hold ma to me the prof ect, that pi. 141.4 be made, in cotaornity with • itc inic MAcRy, and with that juitice upon T.lith dila Splin, In the atcl u , l fituni ion of an't r‘• Ipprchri , ip.ns on the par of his nritanitir is of Lonitiara being now .ernithateil. thrfe ar e England or France for Coiir olio% .e Aniirican States Rill c::1: d. it night he separations were for an unsvassed Aleur, it would be no longer viable to at ;: i ;her moire than that w!tich your i.lse,llency . jecentify of the intentions of . England. aita an:do by force a ftate of things qualified by ty, but to which the neceffary conditions of wanting. This pretcntion is not ler. iojuri f England than offctiffive to its honour.— abler:aloft Itill more important. ilia hdtiefty, he does jultice to the difpolitiou of hal Ca to the intentions of his 1lth:111LT,, cannot be which his enimies have obtained in this les of authority which they ex..reit_ in it.— is been the motive of great forbearance on his part, to which be would certainly rot have imagined that the difpolitious of the Court of ith it. meafures. But chi. f .me et nfldert ir.fpire his Nlajefty's Minifters and f'tninfel aft of the future concluEl of Spain. Your I.:- would certainly be, a fufficient ..;wirantee of the of his catholic Majefty; hut unfortunately Sir the will of France, nor fur the ezercife of nay be paramount to the fanner decifion. of id therefore he proper, nay, an iiiilifpcnfab!e tie Bririfh Government, to watch the arrna- Its of the fquadrons already epic-red In the n, oy tr,p.loying fquadrons of cquil fora-1 er who fhouhl neglect fuch rrtcautions, would oat hie to his country in the high.dt depict:. t your Excellency to confider wit.' would ne. ore ion of the two countries. :Tait' would pecuniary foccours which arc inchipenEd. le In active War againft Fai:tiand. She wquid, tgland to rapport a molt burthrnfum' dcfctitivc trder to watch the fquadrous which the might ter Ports. I demand of you, Sir,if fuch a flute :y or morally admiffible, and upon what gre ed the ftelire that it untold be toleratoi I c y any dd not this conic quence neneffarily rrfult tram /Lich ghoul! be employed to watch the ports of to fame time receive a comninon to .ot If Inevitable, the Britifh Gavernmeut holds Its jolt, more trank, nay, more amicable, in m ii inftattce as immediate, a conic ()nonce, which tight perhaps appear let's it'll:ill in a rta;e it is for this reafon, Sir, that I am ordered to t the fyftetn of forbtarance in the part of Fair:- tends on the cc: talon of every naval armament this kingdom, and that I ant L.:pet:C*ly forbid reGJcuce h.re, if unfortuately this condition another condition equally cfler.tial ocipl. upon which ffrtat . Vritain hasjualy j..aloufy, is the nt.sinter_i:c.: of the :Al•tahtd for centuries, and twiverfrily States. untilth,fe latter ...ay.. Fr, neh to rifer Ar. ped by the fupetiori:y of her advcr retl ro remedy that inconvenience, by decoy th- h., of which, liner th y auti.o tc• r. fatting .;otil a fi.o.liority of forec, would to %kJ. Site has, in co.ifyquerice, en 511th two ptinciples; the lira ot• which, by co of a V.:iig•_rcnt Power under the fafe-guard of would fccure to the weaker power at, sfieec:,,us principle w:.• zapairl: of a ten tain cc...it:ring of go.id: iinee it had an immediate tendency property ir. iivi.luals from the calamities of 1110 t::. 11 . • of this fcourgt . within a narrower "pedl for aneirnt ufages and A more enlightened lcd, and this innovating principle has been gene ranee h. - . 1 alio reed of a principle of offndive ,rable to the weaker power. She triried the had :hi which fhe arrogated to herfellof condemnilz . . . . prizes in rtutral ports; but as this principle is ing the Lowe advantages as the preceding orc. without bounds the ravages of war and the tale, it wes rejeeted and di:claimed, more t a tour., formal manner. One of the 11101: :re lots felt that fhe was ohii;ed, ju to give farisfarition for the wrnot,s aeluO ned by the inconlidcratc adnuifTion of tiit, lower is now herfelf profteuring claims at !I.:, oil conlidetice of being able to oteain a Cu: 1:"tt • that the thought it incumbent e n her to grata ,wer of all others the molt inter:l4 , i in the lure d principles. What, indeed, e...nted hr ht r feu to tbnfe powers, trhil t ihr pole, "'A-3 no nrcims dit, if, in the event of War, ti'e ports of la id, aid of Gibraltar, were open to ale. ir ptiU•a tr, this ufage oceeffarily produces an lour it). of re are frequently the property of neutral fobj a neutral crew. luxamplcs aunt - jou: pros I proved in Lveral inilances of Arne :yen recently, Privateers have been uut at 'arufa, widch could rot have been on account of u, who were the oltenfibk proprietors. It is ri• swim; to her diftz.nt and extuanfive p sfreffions, powers the molt liable to become rufpunl.ble for r neutrality, in cafe this new principle was &at). Id likewi s e be fubjcelcd, in the event of NVar, to 'owers whofr activity, happily for bee, is rell Hat el Iples—n. verthekfs, ale is the only one who thinks and power to infringe them. Ido n o : fuippoL .ncy can flatter yourfelf, that Great Britain, has:- peddled in oppofing the ellablifhinet t of the •ipl s, eau he difpattito admit the cltablitlimer t tinily more pernicious, more uoreafonable, and been rojr stied by every other Pow, r. ; r:..-.1 are equally politive with thole on the meloco• I communicate them to your Exerl c• rii•icocr which your wrdom an.l pluctr.olon vut s slide:fly declare, that lam ;out areho Any rem'ailc u•ion; and that, if I art a a'ula to ob i'. rilicte! th,.....lnturion of Old , - c t.l Annan. ot s. aid ore, r. to :'op • c Oen :1,- ports of this kinr;lan, I am to c r :tan erul, and to think only ef ru turt•iu7 1., eery r aee.,unt of my nii'iton. (Si: u; _ _ Ate y 1).•:, &c. j it 110 Ott ut a difp: , ieh from J. H. Frere, 1...1 to 1. rnl ,ken,tay, data Madrid, t Bth April '204. innur ot ttieloGng the tranflation of a not fi en Mr. rich he infornis me that his Catholic Al.,h tou itthc file of Ilritifh prizes in the ports ot will Cbfervc that is Con.lho: i: as :warded as a condition, order which the Ift;•Ilb could ci fa i t to retuciiize the mutt - Ail ot tent with the performance of the crgag'rrtnts of Treaty with I.ratic.e. As there is Euthtog in i.ny swat: Lt brotibt ((award as a Emu:dation for ennel.ton, of ihe eantrary it is partk isdady and (Israeli naioed a!eatott, 1 have not thought it worth while to enter any remelt i t anfwer to Put. Cevalhis' infinuatioes 1 he Right Hon. Lord Hawke (bury, &c. &c. &e. Cod , cure rderr , d to in No. I,l.)—Note trona Don Pedro Ceval his in J. 1 - 1 Freer, Efq. dated A ranjucz, zed !klatch 1804. Sit—To aidwer the note which you were pleafed to tranfinit to me on tile 18:11 February laft, upon various points relative to the neutrality of : ; pain in the actual occurrei:c, a of Europe b tween Eng: and and Stance, I have taken the time svilleh the weight and importance of a fobjcel requires, which isf r inier.aing to tbe com mon hr.p,iintls of the Conj....as of both Sovereigns. In the note: aloive unmanned, after proptifing ihe points or hales aria which your Court found tht recognizance of our neutrality, I and dii . culling wifely the curl- quencts and advantages of each of them, you conclude with propofing definitively, by order of your Government, as the hafts of this recognizance, the eeflation of all armaments, and of the fate of prizes brought into the ports of this kingdom ; of which definitive proporal you add, that yon have no authority to admit of any modification. As for the flea linint, or collation of all armaments, 1 have no thing to add to what I have final, d to you On feveral ocealinns, e daily in my note of the 28:1i of January ; and the condudt iii this Cabinet io the profent "cane nice' ought to dills ate even tic :14311 tclwrc ihadaw of linpicion of a hallo difpofitioti on the part of tic King my M.alee ; and 1 ant confeemently perfuaded Lyon this poii.t. :hat the walla and demands of his Britannic Ma- I jetty zee perfectly lati•ld d. W r. gird to the &idiot: of thc fele of prizes brought intothe ports of SP.no, ai• hough it was a demaud faceptible of 111 . 11C11 eity, the: pacifir i , el.res of his Mid-. ay have licen able to formount them and yen: may allure your Court, that, according to its de niand, the fad• the prizes of any of the belligerent powers into :rte • erre of the le kingdoms will not he:permitted, his obi ijelly ha vit,i, , leen the order,atiel it will be rigoroufly *Nerved. His 111. juty that as this prohibition is prejudicial to his interene and thole of his in je.b, the King of England will regard his 47111111);;ACCe 3a the mull etiica. loot proof of his dcfire to main edit the nib!t perfect intelligence with his Britannic Kielty, and that an additional obligation it laid upon England, to oisferve to. wards Spain al the conaderation which is due to the redlltude, Load faith, generality, and pacific views of the King my Matter. (*mei) PAOLO CAVALLO& To J. H. Frere Efq. &C. &e. No, t 2..--Copy of a Letter from Lord Harrowby to J. H. Freres Efq dated Downing-ftreet, aid May dog. Sir--1t being extremely datable in the pet:fent nate or the pa litical rclatious between this country and Spain, that his Majcity Governmem en old obtain the mutt accurate information with re fptet to the ae! ttel condition of the ports and arfenals of Spain, I have to ever) to you the King's pleafurc that you trenfrnit to me a detailed Pee:cote:it, in as la as it can be procured, not only •.f any warlike preiurat low which may be carrying on in any of three ports, arel of the fhlpsof war both in contrail:4on and in ordi nary, hut afro of the hate t f the royal arfenals, and of the e..teur of the means veining in them to increafe their prefent naval elle blithrneut. You wM litewife inftruet the Coofuls to endeavour to diffuser any mantes which may have Iscen adopted by the Spa nn Government for the. purport; of obtaining ilipplies of naval 'torts, the amount of fuch fupplie s, the countries ironer width they are to he thippece and the ntanner in which they ore to be conveeed to the rotes of Scalp. With a reference to !M. Mhj,:a. it is silo important, his Mejefty's Government &mid he furnifited with an account of the (peck imported ie.o the ports of Settin in the courfe of the het year, and with an e the pr. amount of the lhipmente cf the prefeet Tear, as well as will information of the periods at uhi h they mey c s , .e elt.l t 0 :Arrive in Europe. I ain,&e. (eignod) HAIM/WIT. To J. H. Frere, L fq. F. c. Sec. No. r 3. .Copy of a Diferch from J. II Frere, Efq. to Lord liarrovotie, dated 5.11 July, goe. Alt Lonn—i have to acknowledge the receipt of your Lord thip's Dil j 'atch, No. I, orthe s2ti May ; and though there has out ye: been time to tatisty the t newt Le which your LordiLip directs me to nuke, yet your Lordship will fee front the tenour of my other letters of this dee, the there can be no reafon to appreheu.l that this Court are tirfpef-.1 to renounce their prefent fyftem of no minal neutrality ; and I fhould apprehend that the French Govern ment are as little drooled • for the fake of a momentary aleftancet to exchange an ;ireful tributary for a burdenfilme ally. The ac cottuts which I receive from the ports do nut indicate any prepara tion on the part of this Government, and Mr. Cevalios' language is in the (ante tone as hefore,fpealiog of the neutrality of this coun try as a thing fettled and admitted, and feemirg to with to lead me tin to Pinter Ltn nave. Thus when I thought it my duty to quel -1 von hint refpecl ing the fituation of the roots, laying that though I heel no wafon to believe that env preparations were going on, yet tint I bad learnt that fonte reports to that etEedt were in circula tion. and that I wished to he ab a to explain to my Government the s, toil and or in of fuels moons ; ht replied, that they were ;wl weheut tourv'o not ; oat. the Eritith Government had in ; filled upon th^ nen armee:tit as one . t the C:11,11101)1 of neutra. I lily ; uat hr had it. r cd me in an Ofli eel Note that Spain con. femed tot:mitt from any further AM 1110.01 that the had dune fo; and that ivory thing remained at :hi: moment upon the fame foot ing. I then qu. ttioncd him upon the be!• et of Mr. letbren's (ion, re - gee:tin which he did not Peer difpefed to give ma any ex planation. The o!i:e. of this million fill remains unknown, thought, from the eh:canine:ice ut Mr. debt th's hieing tinted the port of Ferrol in his way, and be:ng Limfelt a Naval Officer,there can be little doubt of its being rounded with form at .ritime prole.% I have the honour to be, Ste. (Signed) a. rags,. No. te.—Lity a Difpetch from B. Frere, Efq. to Lord I-he rr/A by,deted Medrid, verls Augult 1504. Loao—Havine been in by Admiral Cochrane of the arrival of reinforcements through Spain to the French the t at Fer rol, I wrote to Mr. Cevallos the Note of which the itselofed is a copy ; and a! ter lonic days having received no anfwer, and hoviitg learn: ecditiv.:e front other quarters, the paifate of fuch t &force ntent s thrcrelt the t•tpanith territory, I made a (mond application to Mr. Cevar.os epon the fubject. He has as yet returned toe no an fever, and i thiek it right rot to wait any longer for his expiate ti. ',tore I acquaint your Lowiiblp with the circumn anew more efe....i.ely floe- there being no doubt of the fset complaiued of, DO very tali-fejt: ry ex; :amnion can De expected. letve the honour to be, &c. (Signed) The Right ito:t.tniekle Lord larrowhy, etc. Sc.c. Inc. (Trarention of grit Inclolure in No. la.) et It Cs . ..Of:till General of Galicia will not have tailed to COlll. ITIV . S.:.`.tt to yot:r Excellency the reprefeet ohms which have been nettle to hint I.y o.!e. Comm:m.ler it, Chief of his Britannick Ma icß 's gait. d uhf f errol, with regard to the reinforcements at feltlie" , and Collor. who treverfe Spain, in order to reach the Ereetth fs;:,;,,:rlit now in that port. Admiral Cochrane, on his fide, bac teetfrnimel to nu- Isis c-trrefponslence--and although I mold have defined to he eindted to verify with more precilion what forntle ion there mica: be tor thefe complaims, before I bid them otlit ion). bonne your taceltaticy, I here thouelo. it more conform :tee: to the ditpolitie ns us: may Government, to endeavour to prevent by remove owes, wh ieli mite he premature. au adt fo decidedly holt& to England, that: to risk being ureter that Pell more painful receflity which the certainty of its having been performed would impofie upon rte. I will also confers to your Excellency, that the private irforiration I potlet on the pallage of French Soldiers from Malaga to Ferrol, has Lere:d to me to confirm the other accounts which have been given to Admiral Cochrane. And it is pof6ble thst, rs this Government did not oppofe this indict:el violation of its teeritory, France may have been encouraged to try a Rill more open and Barra.: one, by obtaining a petlige through Spain for troops going from France Well, in order to reinforce its fmtadron at Ferrol. As the Commander in Chief, in communicating to me his cor refpondenee with the Captain-General of Galicia, informs me, diet be at the fame time tranfinitted it to his Govenment, I hope that your Excellency will loon enable me to quiet the uncalinels which they mull. feet from th c project in qualm, by giving me the effurattee that efficacious meafures have been taken to prevent its bi int" carried nito revolt kn. (Signed) a. 'fo hi; Eaccllteicy Don Pedro Cevallos, lee. Ste. (':'rat Ileums of Second luelortue in No. t 4 ) fet, ter mytele that your Excellency will not blame my impatience to rccavc rum^ feteetettory aufwer on the fubjea of .y ie. to 0: the xcet of this cat :nth. I have fioce that day received autlievtle accounts of the ~atetee of leveret Imall detachments of i'reiehinen guitie, to Ferrel; and I believe that this circumftance is not at this Iconic:A unit:town to his Catholic Majeity's Govern eletit ; but it toy cafe, thould they think proper to make enquiries into the tact, could aflord to faisMotion to me, to receive, i: the man while, your ac iievey'safturuice that meafures were clrody tat: , n to putt a icon to this abufe, of the continuance of vellicea, ex Soanith Government ft henceforward charge hid( with the eo.4quences. (ougned) a. togas. Tt. his Excellency Don Pedro CCVAlltsi, &C. &c. &c. No. t 5. ---Copy of a Itifttat.:ll tront Lord Harrowby to B. Frere, Efq. (tared Llawnin e -Itreet, tOth September, 18..4. Su—ln!ormatiJn has No received Isrom Roar-Admiral Cock. I. tine, that tntters have been given 11 , the c, lire of "la .1r!.1, for arming, without lots of time, at Ferrol, four Flips of the Ina:, two frigates, and other (null sails; that fintilar orders have been given at Carthagcna and Cadiz ; tmd particu'orly that thrce ti fillips of the line arc (heeded to fail fry ru theta-an:m.O%AL port; and as an additional proof of hollile intentions, that orders taa,: been given to the packets to arm as is t:me cot %v r. lo con fcqurnee of thi% information,f sin corumane.s.l to figt'i!'y to you his Majefly's plcafure, that, as loon as you rsce.ive this kill patch, .you thruli requrft an audience of Ni. ifs Ccvolios. You will rapt ct's to him thc fnrprif: and wl•ieli ' thc intelligenze of thefe unctpedtcd and unjuitif-tbk inedure, llss been reeds...din this country. You will rec.di to the reculleition of that Miniler, the grounds upon whi‘li his Majclty has hitherto forhormt tro:n c Spain uan enemy. That nothing cou:si rive ithluceo. hint to con tinue this fu-I , ,,,trance, but a fincere &fire to avoid calamities of war, and a willingnefs to contide :11 the a!ittranc,3 of the Spanifh Government, that thc payments ma!, to %vete only intended to gain time, until circunittance% flauMl euubte t ni to adopt meafttres more confident with their iatterL,i.; an.: ti.. i wlfhet 71bat hi, Majclty bud rs. k natedly required .. eor note: •;.ni•::: of thc engagements entered into with EthliCe; but i.a.! r.. d • . . it. anfwer to fuch demands :in indefinite in it vs.: aiever might be the amount of the payments to be n. ;.f.• Franca, they had been calculated with a rcfcreiice to ill: , :ec of the military and naval fuccours ipulatA by •I're.tf i cu means had been cifordeti to hi. Majefly cal j Ating payments were in tad only an equivaleet to::.:. - tber they fu far exceeded that amount as to it confider Sia.in othcrwife than as a principal in the War. That his Majesty therefore had been under the sanity of re prefsiy referring to hinifelf the lull right of regu!;::2l:L hi, towards Spain, according to the app i.raree of t !lances; bet that the atftaining horn all naval prz.p.r.lt ;an, ,iii the part of that Power had been diltindly ileclarel to be one t.t . t:te indifpcufable conditions annexed by hid Maid.): to the cun,iu-atice of his forleArancc. You will Slate to M. de Centlol, that, after fuch declarations had been made, it wculd be difficult to fuppore thet any explana tion could be given of the prefeot naval preparations, winch would render fuch a proceeding coolittent with the tattitrelity which it proliffed; hut it is manifeftly impoffible to co llider it, uneceorn pealed as it has been by any previous explanation whatever, in any other light, than as a menace, directly buftile, and inilionlig upon his Majesty the duty of taking, without delay, every nice fore of precaation ; and n particularly of giving orders to his Ad. mind, oft the port of Ferrol, to prevent any of the Spetinii flaps of war from (Idling from that port s or any additional (hips of war horn uttering it. The whole aiduct of his lirlajolty towards Spain has aLtind antly pray.ol his earnest dcfire to carry that forbe-reree to Cie utmait inrit with a due regard to the Carey and intereits of hi. people won.l admit: but he cannot depart from tne decieri.iiiiiii he has alreedy made; nor allow Spain to enjoy all the ailvante s as of neutrality, and. at the fame time, to car ry on naisift him a double war, by aftifting his cnemiss with pecuniery fa" •iiire, to which no limit is affigned ; and by obligiN him, at the tau,: time, to divert a part of his naval force from siting ii 6 ait.it Eh ile cite mks, in order to watch the armaments carried on :u pints pro felling to be neutraL You are, therefore, diredted to require from the Spanil vet MONA o.lc immediate renal of all orders for the naval armament at Ferrol, in' le, and Carthsgena, as well as b r fetitiiiit it .ii meats Ito i i oil • of thole ports to others ; and you %eh! - M. de Cevallos, that, unlefs you receive a y is, s. • out delay, you art ordered to quit Madrid. If politi: ..titi iii.e• quivocal aftorances arc given, not only the prclutt flail be diccominued, but that the navel arniani. w. in the ports of Spits titan be placed upon the Line on iii they were previoufly to the commeheement of hots it i.• iw• e , i Great Britain and Fraine, you will engage to tranfoi i ,: 1::111 to his Majelty, and you will take upon youth-It to a• iw r i•ir re be ing the molt nil in of his Majcfty, in tale their , fon to believe that they will be ftrietly to Madrid, fur the pomade of uttering itito an mini:able iitieeition of all other points of difference. It fault, however, be diftitietly Lion can be rotor.] into unkfi. the t i• ••i give fuch an explanation of its engagemer.l i• , the fyftem which it intender° adopt, as tit4y I:• yto afccrtaM the nature of the ri lations which : i t to ft.outt hinifelf and his Catholic Maj.Lty. if the snfwcr given by M. de Cevallos Mould be a negative or equivocal, you will demand your pairporle, and have Madrid. 1 am,&c. (Signed) u...asttev.Ly. TO U. Frere, }:fq. No. t6.—liztiedt of a difpatch from Mr. Cotiful Gan. Hunter to Lord Harrowby, dated Madrid, Ottl.s, !Sac I have the honour to inclofe copies of the two fuilowin3 official letters wile+ have paired on the fubjed of the naval jrnllmcnts at Petrol, viz.—Front Mr. B. Frere to Don Pedro Ces-dlos, dated Sip. 27. Anfwer by his Excellency to Mr. }rem, ii red pion. (Trandatiuu of lira Melt:bum in No. i 6.) Sin, 27tli Septentlar I Sc 4. indifliofition, which filll confines me to my bid, lee ore vented me front addrelll:4 your Excellency tourer, on the tidject of the Navel Amantent which is carrying on t Ferrol. The to tal cention of all preparations in the ports having been the princi pal condition required by Itoglend, and avecti to by op tin, es the price of the cordinuance of that ()item of turbeatance wi.ich ling- L has hitherto citiferrtd, the violation of this condition, ageinti. which I now orotett, can be eonfidered in tin otlitr hobo than as a haftile a yretiiou on the part of Spain, arid a defiance g,iven ro tin; land. It is in vain that I kelt to interpret this precipitztc nt..:•fitre in a manner inure conform:4 . llc to the wakes of my t meat, atid lcfs difintrous to the two nations. It becomes itel more tuttiac ing, in cottlequence ol a fquadron of the enemy lo in the prt where it is eare!itiz on. Having difchiary,ed my dtty towar . tis my own Governnitot w protesting aglinft this nit-attire. i; till re mains for me to ftdfil the one I owe to that o: his Lyt!..lic M e . jelly ; namely, to apprize them, that in no cafe c_i: b:°)..iid be indifferent to the armament which is preparing, lair cw:f. in to its being carried on , and I entreat that your Excellency, prey'otts to giving one an gators-, will duly confider the ferions et:anti:notes which will rt kilt, if it be determined to co ;ii Cie witery which prt fres hit hc..vily on this country, by j it ultrecel tinily lino a ruinous war. 1 avail royfell of this twit y. (Signed) Lite. To his Excellency Don Pedro Cevallus, Stc. he. (Second incloinre referred to in Nu. 16.)—N0t.: from Don. Pedro Cevallos to B. }toy, Efq. dated Efeurial, Out 3, 13 1, 1 , 1 .1 nn (*itch tlif-n:f. - . Sit=l have 'tuck a report to the King my maftin, ut the con- , tents of your note of the 17th ult. in which yeki Irak of a Naval Armament which you fuppofe to be fitting out in Faro!. His Majeity bring informed of your reprelentations, cn.siers me to an- Iwo., that he ha% never thought of being wantiiis to the agree ments catered into with the Britifh Government--tlnit the "...ra tion of all Naval Armament againit Great brit:tin Ih a ht. oh raved as it has bean hitherto; and that whatever infoi inatiati to the contrary may have reached you, is wholly en' el. and offenfive to the reputation which the Spanith Gov.:he:eta jitilly enjoys. I take this opportunity of renewing to you the ail - minces cf . my 'tithes to oblige you, and I pray Guu to prefervc rive lira many years. (Signed) To the Charge d'Affaires of his Britannic Maj.-Sly, Ste, fk.c. No. t oi a Difpatch front Lord I larrowhy to B. Ircre, My. dated Downing (teem at tt. October t Sir.—abe Lively, Captain Hanimotid, arrived ar Portfrisorth on Wednefslay morning with the l'ania, a Spanith frigate, Wen with dolls from the Rio tic la Plata, and brought intormiitioii the Aaiun which took place ott th,. sth ilia. between bitir 0. his Majelty's frigates, and the rattle number of Spanith trig in. in vi Inch three of the latter were earurcl, and one litlfogltt blew up. Although front the fituation of the (hips when this ae.i. n hap. petted, it is probable that the event is known at tin: drid, I have, thought it net:dray to giv: riu this inforniatbai w bit ont lofs of time, in order that you may be able to citiolsiii to t h e Spauifla Government the principles upon which the ord, h % given t Lis Majetty's naval Commanders are relied, and the cilia which this event is here confide:red to have upon the relative lituation of the two countries. As the fubjed was fully &resend in a confeirenrie which took place yeltcrday between the Spattith Miuiltcr and n:yf n, I (ann.& point out to you more diStinetly the language tvha6 his Nlajefly thinks proper to be held upon this occafiast, Vaal' by SI air bto you the fuhllaucc of this eonverfation. In anfwer to the filft queltion of the Spanifla Minifler, in what fight this event was to be conlidered? I int:inn:A 1.i:11, 6:1: it wa., an ad done in confequence of esprefs orders train his Ma:,cfty, to detain all Skips laden with treafure for Sv..in. Ti...t fuels orders had been iffued as faun as intelligence was received of the equip ment of naval armaments in tile ports ut Spain, and particularly at Ferrol, without any previous explanation. That the Court of could boo au ration t 0 be ibugrifrd that LA after was f.l • !:3 taker*. as tt f i.f I—.ll 1",..3(.5i , 417 to ft:, ;pc ;f‘i foc,a. mer.t, .0 a i , /i4r. ikiiverets At: . Ft..' v'tli of Vel.ruary 'rift. that 35 !t,'^. 17.5 Jul c_•nt't tied I:I oriole of merely ret-;:•al . .ty. ar.y aval ..r.. isiez.t it t•• •, ports rrult. he ! pt!' Ind to the hcarance ot prikltie.ne c•cifeoticuros that wrrc dittinetl; I th...t upon the ftrit it.tellt;Ter.ca of artst.47..!, Co( h. auc La.,: I, o.lta e:t•U to comma. n,:at: tota.Covem r t•t !Olt ..rdt r • IN.' !tad te;:eie e l the (ann.,: if any Sisanith felts of war to sir t'otn et: rot: of Fe,. rol ; ard Mr. B. kri - re !!atl s•tt -i to itirortu tl:e C'e of 111..dri.lor toe g.cen by ! is .ty, t!..it all nee, fray ' me.,ft tee of grce.t.•..e. f •..!.i be :5:: i parti entail; no tified by Aet.t. al C•• •' , s i -, ferved. that hi. i.*:-Lrt v.• n. • ; s7 - 1 - :cii C•t.: ....veil to s*.e tans the Clips • vy this,, ut thdr refinance to any alt tie:ani Itual mull have been fort f:eti. I ith:".•rved it, re;ly, !tat this wa• the itri: and aloe . ohY-ti • of o.ore rneafures of precaution which hal been at:runr.•:c.L. —Th it it ha.t bAn thought right to announce prctifdy thL ~ f (hips of war which might an:lt:pt..° fail to or 1.-c , ide it would driicrd upon the se.t7 , i:h Govern. t: •-•-1 titer reet. ving •1 , an intimation, to giv.: crier. as t o th e i r f - ,i. - :: : ;n it ist,:ht ?Oink and to prt. vent a hoitil, .-eo rr. tw-t fTissdron, hut that to Ii .v • tar ot'detairing the rt . ....f.,te II Wt. Is. rn Fe:tcetly urtleiS, if the Spavira I:overtone:it had 81.. a.: ; of g.••in t ; tvrirt ot fuck intention, sir nut:: 'nave ati,s-•f / .1 • !,:t ie:;• •rtlnty tit ren•Lrinj it etimplet..!yalyirtiv.:. ";'hit A i .: . 1 bay', .g sii,!atetl on: :he cotuliti..tis upon which the F•rip:ar......:•a .•; thprntle.l, it b:earne immediately need'.try Gtr hi ...a to pr, rent ths,fc iticcours which were furuithel t . . • r !id to the i .e- _ Sy S; sin to h.:t there fuccours were of two kinds ; Naval arrnansrms amd trc:.:urc. tt his Majefly has Mil,. xto fubinittd with uticxam.. plztl moderation, to connive at the psyment of a lublidy by to France, upon the grounds winds have beta often ita:ed ; hat that, front the troment Spain had in:mile:lrd the intvntion,infteal of confuting herfelf to pecuniary atEilatice, to add her naval force* to Clore of France, awl had mani,elted it in the lealt equivocal manner, by equipping a conliderable fquarlron in the port oir Ferrol, where it w4uld be reads , to join a fluadron of French. Chips, and to outnumber the liritifh force cmpi:tyed in block. adiug them; from that moment his Majtily could no longer de lay ca•rying Mtn execution every tn:akrit of ncreibity precaution ; and he has a jun right to det-in Ere:fore Jellified to iret'el'as the means of Lis enemies, as to stack the flails of Simi: : lu conjunelion with thole of France. I ea prttl, din thcmg !rtno his Nlajelly's concern at the Itifi of In nutny vaivahle fires in tl:a col 11:,!1., and p.arto-M.oly at the unfortunate accident, v.lneh de, II royed one of the 5p wits Merctde,) with near:y the , , wi.eneui tor crew. idi SW: controv,rt Ili. olife•reatieus, thaz A was imppflible inc , ho.e net wiit :a th••••• were t by fu eqmila ; end I ti•negil it right to -.lt,in• without ttutt, alt hovgh ;t was It Teel the treliute mi but have . beau tiroti,h t i tt nf a f-r •.• im•-ri-r to Ills Melleiy.. Liiiikon as to jutluy tie t Spa elation thy ntigi.t be detain:, withcat violence, yet ;hat his Nlajetly's i;uve-vintnt were ac are that ti:. tS l tnation might he difaimonetd, and as the atL it:Vt was thought nteelfary. had determined to incur the hazard af.. , :•az. might follow from rciittanee. To the queftion pot Ly Cue fileaniali miniftc , , in wha! (fate tTtt.• Spanifli frigate. and their crew• we re to he ce:Mdert •t? the fame llate thips :nni crew , . ”-•der tinida r fla t te e s upon forme , ..ec ,fisns. I hat the nii:rers and v• el t. eate 1 with eve-, Fo.''.• , :t• :ate , •, .in! trtatere t ckl to aid•ici t0,,,r, : •, 1•0..;.a cute`. ord.-rs -.•!, a the prdent thicorii , •ll% Mz I remure. •t , 11.11 fur:, k 1,0 1 ,•, vl, r rvt:i sit• ',I to all fitttv.:r 4:41 . .. .:, the :-':) . .:^!fh r .0 bt: :;:tv n, and pbrinz the 1 r of w ? T.. this I r.plit J. !Iva it wit e- r•:•:mly by nn means ft., rr.t.'. dvred our prt. ;t [lot cart,. , ily, that Men ail..t tr: and foot iyrs pivtn Icy the C,:urt tt': Madrid Witt tb.:ir naval at: t mist pr,frt.t on 1 future, and t efiseeling between the two slot:omit:eras, as no t ;ht not only :.ri .unit tbk imereourfc hest we:n thorn, but it in future upon a itt,:re Lillian, and ptomain nt footing. An exylanatton of the t :trammel - its al.roe, woold not then (replied M. trAmitlaga) now fails. y the Gov , ronte;,; ? lo this I antwered, thy , inch an explanation alone wostl not now radio) . us, nor would it Itave been fatisfactory at any former period. The Court of Tiadriti had repeatedly been informed, that hi. Majelly could no: hr f.tisiied with , it being made eumplctely acquainted with the rdr.:ion in which Spatn Lauds with nfor.l.S. to France, in order to he enabled to r re noon a full view of all the circutuftances in what relation be could confent to confider Spain as ftanding with refpetft. to Great Britain. lii reply to forentlobtervations winch fell from the Chevalier d'alnduaga, that afturtme. s Lod been given, as to ;he arm ttut of the (a tidy which was Rated to be only an equivalent for military fmeours as to the contents of the trot!) , with France, wki:h was alle.'..ztsl to contain tuithing injurious to the intcrefts of (.;;. e ar; lirirai::; as to the innocent ilt ilmation of any armaments wl.icla might he made; as to the derided 'mem of his Catholic Ma jelly to preferve Itrieteft neutrality; and as to the injulliee of any fu , pieloro, which could attach to ,Spanith honor and veracit y I allured Lint. in return. that both the Government and ti.c Nation had :he highest value and ri epees tnr Spanish honour and voracity ; b ett h at we had t oo n melt Jonoul from experimer to be flaw in troll ing theabili y lif. AM to ael up ti tpaliunour2bleand n,i, tt s by wh,,:. Ler eomitiot would naturally be guid.l.l. ij..ctrAy WiffiCt: tho..rni onenta in qut 111 41 mittbt prove to 'axe bet tile:My. es be had emie.,voarcel to rc,n-ercot o:ent, only Olt fequet.ce of tot or der given order the path:re (A til:CtiZtV • lot .he putpole of traniporting troops to fubdue the rev..:tlrs in alifezy ; but that it this were really the imention of the order, it was in• conceivable. that no no ice thuuld have been ;iv: n to the Britilh Nio l itt...r at I\ teiti l or to the Admiral Mi . the Port of Ferrol. wiata ntigat have conveyed the explanation of the arm.imeot at C.... tame moment with the news of its exiatmec. • That it was lii.gulaa, if (hips of the line were to he Med for this parpofe, that they fhould not hay,: Ken equipped merely as tranyurts. Thet al. though the ordcis were recf turd at un tie 7th °flan.. month. and mull confequ ntly have been given at i% bum slays earlier, yet up to this moment Itr wit, poltAird u: ue direct /nation trout hi, Court, sea% authorifed rn zive me. Ito e:;plriation. and was reduced to Ibtte upon this fultjeet hi, own owlet:titre, b.unded ups.:l imperfect ioteiligcme and upon his own ersttell. %%lilies to explain the tranfaclion in a manuar calculated ta prevcot a i;ipturehetweyit ,he two Countries. 1-i..ving dwelt upon the various gruur.ds, which male :II:: cx. platvation improbable and unfatistra`lory; I concluded I'M convetta tion by s Nput !flog my tear:, that the orders would he found to have proceeded from that ittliocttee, which had unfortunately Co lonic diver:eel the spaniib Co:meals Iron an attention to their re ,l [crest and dignity; that the mei:ore, it tlieboe , l by that Ll:M:nee. would probably he perlifted ; anti that a hr.rach wou:d ttt rt become ; but that the nt hronoti rind forbeatance of his Maietly's conttud hitherto. (ro whieh the Niinifter bor.: the fullell trilitomiy,, woeld be a Cufiitient h'd.:74, char no re... fonable meal,' of .scemmneti.a.on would be te.i.:eted; an I that I It ould tietirotts with hind:tit rat be the it:arum:lu of efto. h:ithing between our Tel:pet:liar countries a greater degree ut har. meet). and cordiality than could ..-out. Setween a nominal neutri.hry On the one fide. and a jgtaitlu• i ,rbe . 1 Once 4•Oh tae „the, I am in drily ext . t.s:t till of he It M.; tram pot what palled at Ma-'rid upon ;to re:ei:4, of t ,, 0 commualc.,:km taatic by Asimital Cochrane to the Spanilh Gov: root- of Ferrol ; out tltzt ibturina. lion is 7.0.::YWk1, I :1417.: I to mid to mi form: r s. I'. S. n, an account was reetivt.ti ot the rival o 7 his M ty•fly's flip- the :Imphion and Itti,tatcible, es: a the Spanith fr:,:a;ss, the MtLica and the CiarJ. I am, Doc . B. rrcrc, ('lb ItAilblu‘Va LONDON. FRIDAY, JAN VARY ts. CONVLk:IION tor ti.. l'A We this Isiy lay before our Readers a Cory of his De rlsration in rt•Aard to the NVar w vi.ll hr t!rietly e;stifornsabic to she anaiyEs Livrtt 01 it in us.r P.t r r it yefs terdsty ; and all. the zreairr part of the Corrit,sitnii..r:: isetween our !sliv.itter and the Cuttrt oi Madrid. The is r, v. ith the Inftruebons to, and lett , rs from !I.: N..v.tl we arc • 14i :id for want of riiiitit tii tiil LONVON : I rimed and pithlifh,l by I,F.Ve.i N f, (of Can terbury-plar,., Lan.het:,), at the t; 01 , 1 , 1 C R, K.i. I, Cart:j• firm alfw stic Si Al Quiet, 'l'euwfr-13ar3