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% . SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE WAR WITH SPAIN. No..l.—Extraft of a Dietiegeh from J. H. Frere, Eaq. to Lord Ilewkshury, Cited Madrid, 10th June, 41103.0-Rustived else July. It is l ieseible that the inclosed intelligence may have already reached you through Lord Rabat Fitzgerald. On eputstionine the Prince of Peace, he declared thee the Ring bed made repeated initaeces toted informed of the asrms bier!, of such a body of troop.. but that no eeplanation hal b tee This certaialy does not appear very probable; bite it is a feet, that this Gelernmeut are treated with great neeleet en the sue jeet of Portugal, and are kept in the dark as to the ohjeet of the correspondence a high has been pranging eritheueh activity between Iketterais Cieurtionville and Lann. Mr. Cevallos when 1 mentioned to him the intelligence ,which I had received, viii that be had received the suttee ; but bat later intelligence had persuaded him, that theinseemblage noted not he all great or so immediate; and I yesterday received a report, agreeing with this letter opinion. (Tntinletion of lueloroite in Nn. I.)—Extract of Intelligence from Ileyenne, dated 33th May. I have already mentioned to you the arrival of some troops at this place ; two other brigades are expected the 13th Fierce! (id June), the 771 h and the 24th. There will be, eule. pendently of the two divisions of 10,000 men each, intended fur the conquest of Portugal, a bode of reserve of 12,000. Thi camp is aheady.gperkeit out at Bidard (a league and a ball from hence) icve I have already told you that one of these divisions will much by Peep:gime and the other by Bayonne. Thirty-seven thonsand men are therefoie expected here; hut, as I h eve just said, the 12,000 of reserve only will remain. The army will afterwards march into Spain. The townie:et of it is provisirmally given to General Cam St. Cyr, a neediest, I Glary, of I • who was Ambassador at Madrid. General La Marque is iirtrint el with the organisation of these truisms.. fhb Jane... There is for the present nothing new, or at least very interesting The arrival of sonic battalions, and of a regiment Of cliasseurs caralry ; the 210,, that which in tile last war ....nee! the caaipaign of Purtegal they ere 'literate!) , well . Sisomitiol, but b.uliy erptipp,l, or rethei badly dothed. We are pew assured, that thelaeiny which is coming here will not exceed tire or 6,003 ma, although it is stilt reported teat it will he engetentee to 40 ••e0 men. I believe it, fur Ido not see • that the tauvernment bee -o largo a disposable force. Pe. 2 .-Extract of a Dispatch from 3. H. Frere s Esq. in Lord Hawkesbury, dated Madrid, telt July, 1203.--. Received Sd August. re. I have to seknewledge the receipt of your Lordship's dim emelt of the Ikt ultimo. and I have great ratisfectiou in reflect. • tog rliet the last which your Lordship will have received fr,im we, will aliew that I hare been fortunate enough to courier's' cosideve to the general spirit and tendenq of the 'tonne iioll4 which youi Lordship last Ica down for my guidance. • The present tale of things is one which it is nut very easy to degree The. Prince of Peace lies ant yet thought proper to eneveit himself by any distinct proposals upon the subject of en isitier,; a gee ante for that netitrality which this euentry pr-fesies itself to have adopted ; at the seine time., there it art evelent increese m the ill humour of the French Atubasearlor, and 641111 e sermes altercations have passed between him and the tenets of Peace. Upon in, making genie enquiries upon the Isiliptet oftlie French rasseitielement at Bayonne, upon which Ile had before dem soled eu explanation of the French A lidos- So ler, as mentioried in rite letter of the tern ult. he is iii ene that lie at las d e clared es 1140. Oust if an army was reUected there, be shout' establish a a iperice force. in tamp refit oste to thein. Souse fen s since. General Bournonville deemed, that the French army se.a itieesed into cantonments, arid the orders for joitiiitg tt countertnanricd, and insisted ae est thlish mem of a Seaisish ramp. The Prince of Peece, be e. eser, tail that it ciiiiid still be adhered to as a incest' , • of reunion. He has said likewise, that if the French atter end silent a passage, be weeded reise an army, and that the King would p..:t himself at the heal of it to oppose theni. • When I !Let called open him, after the receipt of your Lord ,. ship's dispatch, I told him, that though I had already ex pee uel to him this Ilitell6oos of His Majesty respectitig Portu gal, yet that I had reetaved such positive instructions from your Lorilship upon the subject, that I could not forbear re peeting the same declaration in a more formal manner l'o this he answered, that he helievril that the differenem between I saner and Portent were in a train of being :ruled, het that his country wouM still continue its preparations, and that be bad elven raiders foe twelve regiments of militia to be asse.a.- blast, to them past of ill Castile. • 10001 id seenteingular, and even sospiciesue, that while lan guage rif this keel is passing, no positive declaration shored be ma& to Greet Britain, nor a' y statement made of the means which Mght he necesany, and which they might ex. rev Great Britain to return:rote in vindication of their nierra lite, if attempted to be violated. It is, hnwevie , remarkable that many Sraniards, with whom I have crinversed• and who were arduely desirous of an alliance against France, hare nevor seemed betook for any anistance front England ;weenie! her co • operation; and the various symptoms of di humour its the part o. the French Minister are evidently real tied enaffeeted; at the same time the *Ventura of Their Majesties are marked to the Portuguese Minister and nue& in a manner which has excited general übs ion, The King has been mu: le irritated, in additien to the former piuvorations from Fiance, lay the violence which has been • offered to the independence and neutrality of Tuscany ; and both Their eta:levee have been Seemly and deeply affected by the de.th of the King of Etruria Thp disposition of the people has been always favouiable to Englind, aid has been much more tie of hire • and even arbor,' those clases, whose politics are not se spirite d or so generous se as those of the mob, there is a great disposition to take part deeidodly with atiethis is only checked by the apprehenrien or our being perfectly Cut iiff frum Continental alliances. aid that therefere the whole brunt of the war wpuld fell on Spain. The cernmon people are persuaded, that there is a secret understanding *oh Engand, and that when Spain is com pletely a ewe,l, the two 'towels are to fall jointly upon France; they ailid several paeiculars of the supposed treaty, and are universally deliglitesl with the prospect. No. 3..—Extract of a Dispatch from 3. H. Vivre, Esq. to Lord Heerkeihory, dated Madrid, 7th July, 1803—Re reived, 3d August. Before I had finished the precipitin dispatch, I was called • away to the usual audience which Mr. C.evallos gives to le reign &kitties on Vicdoeulav night. I then learned that in• telligence had arrived of Hs. Majesty's Government having accepted the mediation of the Emperor of Russo. M. Ce. wallas communicated the intelligence to me. He eXpeeleed • lbis wish for general tranquillity ; that it was abuse all things Ills Melt-eves desire to press-nye a good understanding and hutment with Peieleciee e that war was an adVaat.lg, to any pewee, though if intiteite to enrich our sailors; that cora nieree wan the true interest of the two nations. I replied, that the eantinieuts of Eitglatet woe the same ; and that Hie Ms- G.iveninient lud given a feir proof of them in airetain trig from the licit-Ilion of the Spanish vessels, eta element e n critical is that of the arrival of At their specie, and under c•r• c umetaness with weed have !mike* jueuhed eueh a nen. sure; but that His Mapety wished rather to trust to the he neur and generous feelings of ]pis Catinilic Kenny, pert asksl titet, whatever appeared ambiguous or doubtful, w a the glee of eireuinuaners, and rise of any unfriendly inclination. He • answered with twee feeling awe openness then I ex:retied, that His catholic Majea'y was fully mrisible of the ainsdeoce sill generosity trf Inn Mejeste, and deeroue of culteialeg the Is •st ur.der-'and-ng with his Government. Upon tte whole, a:onside:ins the deposition at present ex. i,tsrs here, I eatit.et but consider it is eetremely favooralee, et the *3llle time that it will require great attention and ma pagometit to maintain it for any length of tune upou its pre. 6Viit footing. It is to be conselenel that a degree of irritation equal to what exists at presenters exists) on former ant bias as often 'wielded ; and the Gsernment, for re sent rif encourage armee or opeurtunity, and tire absence of immediate pluvecii %Jen, have again relapsed to their old habit of acquiescence. The degree of provocation which has been given its tile pre- Sent instance, and acetinuitetel in so short septum of time as t h e a ff a i r o f Liesisiana, Etruria, and Naples, is not liferly to teem again. The feeling of resentment against FraliCe, nicet ies., wail prohdaly grow weaker, and the present disposition be materially altered, unless k is kept up on the part of Eiglarel by marked and particatig ;Mete ins to tin, Court and gle e les Minister. • No. 4.-iirsttract *vf 3 . l3lspateli foam 3. R. nett, Van. to Lord flawlseehutr, dated Madri:•!, Y lit uly, tso4-..Receivel 48th August. • MY 4.oft I)-1 tyke advaistawe of a private conveyance, to inform your Limilltip of the littie,phiclt Nit occurred siuce tha date of any Lao. In an interview which I had ramie few days cap.. with the Prince of Peace, I returned to the sailt:e.:t of the •ititation in which thit country stood Ile told me that it wa: Los Ca.holic Nlan-dy's intentton to offer ins toe:Galion, and that the dlfer would be made in the form of a letter to His Majesty. I an swered with exprossions of great respect for the mediation of this Court, and sati:factinn at the fonts in which it was to wn led to be propos..4;-but suggested the prop:toy of ikpurt tug from th.:ir usual system of gaming tune, and endeavour ing, on the contrary, to hastert this step, ao that it might he connected with the mediation of Rusaia. I did not, however, find him disposed to agree with me in my militant upon this point ; on the contrary, he said, that the cKief it'aject of this measure was to gain time. I ought to mention to your Lordship a circunivance which I cannot well account fur. The Prince of &twee has repeatedly &dared. that tlimigls some overtures have been made by the French Government upon the subject of the contingent, yet that no distinct demand has beets made. Mn. S.—Extrael of a ll:spatch from J. H. Frere, Esq. to Lord Hawkoabury, dated Madrid, sth August, lane.---Receiverl Deh September. I take advantage of a courier whom Mr. Frere is now dis patching, toitsform your letealshie of the subject of a very im portant conversation which I had this morning whit the Prince of Peace; and which amounted ie aubstanee to a declaration, that the demands and meinaresuf France - bad balmiest, urgent, as to leave them no seternetive between immediate compliance and adeclaration of year. Ile endeavoured to chew me that they had me.* every proposition which could be thought of, to avert such an extremity ; that they had even prop... Led to estimate the fell expellee of •the coati t 'gent which was de. mantled of them by France, and to pay it to that government as the pike of their neutralite. This had been refuse!, and a demand matte in retorts, of twenty-four millions per month. To this outrageous proposal an analyst has been retnoted, that, a'l things considered, it would be more walkable tad less • mucus to abide by the tent., of the treaty, and 1.1 runtish the contingent. Ile then applied himself to prove to me, that if they were forced tea measure of this kind, and to a nominal declaretion of war against Great ardain it ought n.t et make any differenee in the relations between tier two commies, or in the good untlerstandieg between them. To this I answered, that I was Moire 1 could not give the kind of answer which he might ear ri ; that it was any duty to ho frank with him; and that. wit nout giving any opittien of ray own on the propriety of continuing the system of forbearance, whirls in the two last was, had been used with respett to Spain, it was not in my power to flatter him with a prospeel of its continuance ; that 1 as nothing had been gained by so long a peneyeeance in the system,it was naturel toe:peel that it would be renounced by Great eitain. Flaying your Lerd,hip's last instructions upon the subilect of the comitigent present to my trued, I did not enter further into the discussion, though I was persuaded that what 1.11,1 setae', to say penance.% a atinitg impr•seret, and will incline the Prince to me every possible endeaveur, ai he assured the that he would do, te divert the Yarnell Government front the pursuit of thee present Illeinanelt. No. 6.-seExt.act of a Dispatch fmm J. 11. Freeze Esq. to lord Havikeabury. dated Madrid, 15th August, 18U3.—Iteteticd 20th September. I take advantage of the passage of a courier from Mr. Souza at Paris, whom Mr. Freee has detained for a few hoists. - Two days after the date of my last. I called upon the Prince of Peace, in order to taee Imre of him before he set eif tor St. 111efonan. I (slued him in a temper and tone se different from that of our last ColitereliCe, that I ventured to ask him what mutt have pawed to have made such ail alter Won in so short an interval ? He said that the day before he had had a long conversation with the French Ankbamedor, and that ho had spoken to WWI in a tone which had bad its weight. It is cersatu 'het ti c s conference had been a very eine sod a very w..en one; ak.d the Ameassarlor came away with evident nada of discontent •od ill-humour. It is certain that, since this conversation s and the arrival of some couriers who were im p :mee t t o bring ve ry i m portant dispatches, he has very mach charged. his nose, and has even said to several persona, who he intended should ilnet his esiveriation to me, that lie was snrry that the English Altnieter aireeared to give himself.° much cone ; that in fact there Wss no ground for it ; and that there was not any dieposition on the part of France. to make Spain a raft! in the war. The present report, which I have net the means to verify be ewe the dupaiture of this courier, but which comes to me from good autherity ' is, that the Frcioh Government have suc cessively redthed then dentate! to an ituedred million of rialt, or one miilims sterling and Shire so seventy-two million; and that the preterit &Ito of the Spanish Government is sixty mil lion, or sax hundred thoiteend pounds, to be paid as au annual subsidy in I:eu of tiler contingent. Nn 7—Extract of a Di.,)atch fmnr J. H. Frere, Esq. to Lord IllAwkesburi, dat-r1 Escurial, 9th cletolorr, ISO —.Received 9th Nnvemiser. I have to announce to your Lordship the touclusionr of the negoitiation between this country and France, agreeably to the conjecture which I Mated in my lot report to your Lordship upon the subject; namely, that, for the pr.sain moment, the difference would he patched up with money; and that it can only he for the present moment. Your Lo rdship will easily 4 ollee:v , from thd exorbitance of the akin), which 444 WI Ifs: than six millions of three a month . • a sacrifice beyond the ability of Spain to runtish, and, as I have distinctly explained 's) the Prince of Peace, far excesxling the limits of any thing bnt a mere temporary connivance on the part of England On thu dd instant M. I Iceman arrived from Paris, and the same evening had a conference with the Prince nl Peace at this Sitio. The next day, there was a second conference, at which M. S.:email", was pre, nt And on the following day, the Prince of Peace snt to acquaint me that every thing was nettled; that they hut made ev..re sacrifice to pri , Serire their neutrality ; ard a ,th .t they had finally Colipeated to pay six mil lions of licre, a month. . .... _ The terms, it seems which M.. Herman had been instriieted ti demand, included the na,inent of arrears pr,tended to be 11-te siure the beginning of he war, at this saint rate, together With a payment us advance, the amount of which I could hot learn. The result of these conferences was, to reduce them simply bathe monthly payment *foie million* of hetes. Upon return to Madrid, Gemini Bounioni Mit set off himself fur the Sitio. Ile had two IbUCCAmelite VAIittCOCIA , with the Prince of Peace; which terminated in olitaining apse fur ther addition to the terms which had beau extorted by M. Herman, tbe exact nature el which I hose Lot yet been able to Mare Whim I pressed the Prisee of Pram upon the subject of thy TreatY, he IA ia (kat them was nothing but-an additional articleabnut the tratud of Preach woollens to Pumice]. I than asked elt , t security was olitai..e.l Inc that country ? he said that was settled: Portug-I was to pay a million of litres a month; that the denia d upon Soiiti was entravacant in e and that had been made so, he believed, with a view of a future round of quarrel, in cast they bilOtild God ilie:nselYes tumble to fulfil thitengagemenr, which they 11.01 been forced to enter inta. He said, however, thst ordars had bun sent to St. Asia, to sign a treaty; and that they should think no pries tut great fee the mant-s.ance elf their neutrality; and he added somotbing, which imaliml a prAntaption that men A neutrality might cuntaiue through the war. I interrupter and reminded him of what I had mid on a former occasion on th same sob. jett, that I thosiglisit istes•hle that Great Britain:Mat r.oniiivis at a tri3ing sacrifice, such as that which was exa.`ted (nun P.,r. for even at the present, if enusirlenal merely as a tem;.*- rary.-ftlaa'Alfa, and intended to give tome till the disposition of the great Powers of Europe should lt2 mere ilveidedly known, and till those t:avers themselves should be acquainted with the circitrostatiers and situation of this country. He waked, how was possiblefor S;ei in to aft otherwise! That !lerir eOll.l Vet was the elm, oftheir weakness, and n o t of any real hostility to England. I admitted it ; but added, that Ow effects were the same, that a subsidy, such as they were about to Brent, was a wurlt greater injury to th• interests or Engio.d than any that email he carrelienited from their hostility. Ile admitted thus; but phraJoil the utter imps...lolly ,if rs ontance, and the neces sity of submitting to demands which went backed op such • fury::. I saol, that I hoped that tbeu, cotanderaf would it - due.. England to forbear far a time, and that I would .oust earnestly re_ornumid it to hiss to 1.... k to something bayonil the present, w.•icle could Mete is nothing bur s a temporary expedient. No. B...enteral of a Dispatch from John Ilookliarn Frere, Esq . . to Lord Hankcsbury, dated Escurial, 9th ISMS a—Received 9th Nov. k have resereed for a separate dispatch some particulars may perhaps appear intere,ting to your Lordship, with a view to ti.rming a judgment relicaing the measures to be pursued by Great Britain, in consequence of thos - e which have been adopted by this Court in their present emergency ; arid I inert- firm them the rather, as they may perhaps appear necessary to justify my remaining here, which I have determined to do till such time as I can receive Ohtrtiftions from home. Your Lordship' may rest assured that the compliance of the Spanish Government is the effeft of fear and constraint ; and that fear is nothing less than the apprehension, by no means am exag. gerated one, of seeing a French army at Madrid, before there could be any possibility of their rot:eiviug support or assistance from abroad. Under these circumstances and knowing the chara,ler of this Government, it will riot appear erwaordinary to your Lordship, that they should have pref er red a 'emote danger to on. which '.1%.1% pressing and immediate. -At the mine time I cam venture to say, that there never was a time in which the British Government or the Britith nation were more popular here; not Miry with the country in general, bat With the Court, with the persons in power, and with the Royal Family; and it is butt doing them justice to any, that the liberality and generosity of *ha Majesty's C 041,110 lit. been felt in the manner it ought; while, on the other hand, the disgust, wh :teen created by the brutality and insolence of the French, has fid4:ll to mach a pitch u to break through all disguise. Ni.. 9.—Extract of a Dispatch from J. It Frere s Eq. to Lord Hawkesbory, dated Escurial, 11th Octieb.n 1803.—!tecsived 9th November. After having written the two preceding dispatches, mine d once more to call upon the Prince of Peace, in order to learn from him, if possible, something farther re.mecting the additional terms insisted upon by General Bournunsille. He told me that our conference rota be as short as possible that he had only to tell n.e, that he had not vet signed any thing. and that most probably he shmild hot; but that all depend J upon the disposition of Poi tugal, and upon the answer which he might get horn Mr. Frere when he should see him the next day. 'I asked him whit the additional terms were! He an swered that they were *holly inadmissible; that they Scrump!. od„ r eleigaernod des trout) let le prune." 1 said, that passage through Spain to Portugal ? He answered, t , le p..ei,e pews( di.uersiat. de Nes troupes-4am nos ports—p:eldiet" I reminded him of the declaration which the Portuguese Go vernment had given, that they cousidered the Pyrenean. as like common frontier hich protected the two countriet; and 1 assured him that England would not sutler Portugal to shrink , from eta+ declaration is a Calk" like this, which undoubtedly in 4; volved the two countries in a common danger. No. 10.—sExtraA of a Dispatch from J. H. Frlre. Esq. us I,anl Ilawesbury, dated Madrid, idi December,ll3o3 30th December. Since the date of my last, the events of this Court hue pro ceerled in the channel to which they seemed naturally tending; and the ratification M the Treaty has taken place. It Las been agreed, that of the six millions which.seere .411,111,1 cl to be paid monthly, two are to be set apart fur the reimbursement of the Spanish claimants upon the F tench Government, and are consequently to bc kept by this Government, in nitlvr 111.1 they themselves w,c 1 :tay Orr demands of their ow asubjets Since the arrival of the Ratification, a uew claim leis, however, been vet up, for iv inent of arrears anriuntmg to about a mil lion atellilig, a n d which arc preten led to be due Aitter the he ginning of the war. As vet on payment has been made either it can this account, or that of the moodily suls;ily. No. 11 —Copy of a Di.apatch from Lord 11.. , ,kesbury to J. H. Fevre r:q doted Dowitioi ;tree', 21st J.I.IU.LIV Itto4 . , • - . - SI R—st liv Majesty'sGover tne n t having received frequent com plaints from it -sera! Cominatiders of His Majesty's ships of war, of the iimr:andly treatment to which th-y are esposi.d in the ports of Spain, inure esp.e:ally in that of Ferrol, and of the re fusal which they have exits:dented in many lint in.: s of per. mission to purchase in thiLeporteprovisions, and other neces saries for the use of the teepectlve ships of war under the coin mend of those officers; Viaveto signify to you His Majesty's pleasure, that you make thi• most (recibir repreeentations upon this subject to the Spanish Ministers; and that you state to teem His Maitnty'a just expectation ' that the commanders of his ships of war shall have foil liberty to purchase in the ports of • Spain, provisions, and any other necessary ortietes of which tbby• may be in want; and, generally, that they may he treatcd precisely in the came manner as the Commanders of thewkips of war of the French Republic, Or of any other country which may be at peace with His Catholic Majesty.-. 4 am, HAWICES4UR.Y. No. 12 --Copy of a Dispatch from I. 11. Frere, EM. to Lord Hawkeshury, dated Madrid, fid March 114/4.—Received £9rl,. MY LORD—The inclosed note upon the subject of the armaments supposed to he it sinned to sail from Ferrol, was dispatched by messenger to Sir Edw. Pell,•w, before I thuught it adviseable to memu the subject of it to the Government. On my speaking of it to the Prince of Peace, lye nervitively de nied any such intention, which raved me fy/Mithe necessity of informing bins of the step which l'haideikm. It has been mentioned to it i one esiiept to the American Minister, who hail 'keen greatly Attuned, eor.ceining that the armament was destined tu optaiwe the occupation of Louieissia. The troops still remo a un Gahicie , but all idea of their being ' destined to foreign se ice scums now at an end. The American &lit 'er has received a Note, in which the claim of Ins Government to Louisiana its fumally recognises]. The only remaining difference is with rearm& to its limits, Which have been cbnatrusrd to comprehend West Florida I have the honour to be, &c. J. H. FRERE. (Inclosure in No. 12.) Copy of a Letter bons J. 11. Frere, Esq as Sir Edward Paley, dated Madrid, 2Rth January 1844. SIR—It appears that this Court have it in contemplation to send out a con.id;rabl'• expedition from the port of Ferrol, conslstine, at the lowest estmation, of about six thotisaiid men. Though it is not evident that they have any immediate ob. jce of hostility in view, vet, in the present 'ideation or the two countries, I should consider myself as wholly iii.oicueablo, if I were to connive at the execution of a measure of such all im portant, and, under all its circumstances, of so suspicions a nature. I must therefore recommend it to you as an obit'," (•s it appears to me) of t h e utmost consequcivNe to Illt Ma. jetty's service, that the sailing of the above mentioned ulna: mamma should b.? opposcd ; first, be a il "sitar:anon of your being authorised to oppose it by force, and *rally, by the execution of force, if unhappily such an extremity should be come necessary . The expedition cannot, I supp,.s.., be in a state to put to se a for some weeks; and tt is possible that the protests, which I shall think it niv ditty to make, may ao far delay it, as to render it possible us receive instructions from England. lu the mean time, however, and unle.s you should Yourself receive in structions to the eositraiy, I bee to lie coraiidereil as charging myself with any responsibility *Wet/ may attach to the Inca sure which I recommend. As it is nee wish to avoid any n-eileas appearance of me- RM., I would advise the utmost secrucy upon the .uhject of this let et. I shall myself minimums:ate it to the Monsters here, but to no one else. They will, I apprehend, he much more di-pond to give way, when they find that our discretion eadbles them to do so with decency. (Signed) J. 11. FRERE. No 13 —Copy of a Dispatch from J. li. Frere, Esq. to Lord Haiskesbnry, dated Madrid, 4th March, 11104.—Re reivcd 29th M itch. MY I.ORD-i-1 have the honour to inclose a translation of the answer which Mr. Cell411(011134 MIIIIIIOI to the re:iera .It:e thins which I was instructed to make in consequence of the periniasion given to the enemy at equipping their privateers fu the ports of the Island of Cubs. Those the honour t. , be, &c. .1. 11. FRERE. (Translation referred to in No IS SIR, Arinjites, 3d March, 1804. I !lave given an account to the King my master of the Note which you were pleacitl to address to rue under yesterday's date, c , cueriang the permission Riven in St. Jams de Cuba, and other i.laers ender the jiniseli , sinis of its Captain General of that island, to arm privateers which annoy the British coin . mem*. Ands(( . . Morsel., being unformed of what you have expressed upon this snbie t , has duetted me to rept'', that there exist in this Mi si..ry repeated proofs of the citeuinsoec : tins. and iworlenee with which the Ca,tain General of the Isle of Cuba has colidn'led himself in the present eircumnanc 4i, as will as 'stung the whole of his government ; but that, not withstanding, th► complaint which you have mad. shall be • • communicated to him, se.fh f repetiikot oftlis stri!tot Ordyry nut to permit the hest violation of neutrality, which can ,pi,„ the good undtostandine between the two Soverriens• I /is m a . testy has likewise ordered nt., to assure you, that if the General should prowl to have erred in opposition to the frit...l:, intentions of His Majesty, he will make known to him his Royal displeasnre. In thi= Answer, you will ve- nothing hit the continuation e the uniform wish of the King my master .•• pr.opsrve, lowly, the stria .vt trutrality, and that His Majesty neieasa, no means for preserving rah Ilia IR•itaniik 'Majesty the understanding which happily sulni.ts hytween both (Siosod) PEDRO CI;VALLUit. J. it. Frere, Esq. &c. No I 4.—Extraa of a Dispatch front J. II Frere, Esq to y o 4 I lawkswhirry ' dated Madrid, the 901 of Much, 18;4, a n d reesovstl the 29th. A conwtsation which I hid this morning with the Prince of Pe•Ce; 11114 V) much cniiSrmei me in the opinMo which I. ai a already stated to your Lordahi?,th .t 1 cannot avoid inciumnin2 smite particulars et it. It scents el:, Frenzh had lent to demand the p t ivinent of an instalment of their inland), whi s M. pose, impressed the subjeft more wrongly on I: mi . i t a good deal of other conernati:in, he complained of the tarrity in which They were kept with ra.eft hr Ohs iiite r it;„,,,,, t Engiand ; that their trade ties ruined ; that the int 4 eliast. dared trot make fey expeditions; and he roil •liiderl by dwelling on the general embarrassment created by their precut •. tainty of Inl-ging home their money' from Aniarira, icai th y • an d dares threlighout the country. 1 said that 1 1.,4 already mean anted to bin. the necessary prelnuilia l e demanding ui.oll this head, namely, the 6110.1. Treaty. He repeated the name olajvaion which lie had mule use of hef.re, and which in tuention:d in a former letter to rout Lordship ; and when I remarked upon time witreasunablenest ef canceling that Great Britain should give her assent u. an un knormagreensent, be and that it , 11.14 a sidi,ect in which ht had nothing to do, and which helongsd to the Secretary of State. I shall.accorlinglv make it the olatea of a conference spilt M. Carrlue, and inland going tin Aran,nes for that purpos Tranda.on of No. IS—M. LVAnditaga to LOT , ' Hawkesburr , • .0it..,1 . P04 ;land plac fttlt March, 1304; MY LORl)—.Having recessed front n i ty ,33 l;:o e ur t t h ,"by nsh t oti o lal. packet fium Lisbon', e interesting dispatchee, I wished to cenveree with oreur Excellency on the eubieen of them - ; but Mr. I lam monol having give.' me to understand Low extreinelv - occupied your Excellency is at present, to give your Excellency the least possible trouble, arid a the same time nut to netted - the execution of the order we i gh 4 . :a4 been wet to me, I .should do better, and it would even be more agreeable to your lixcellericy, to give you without Mar, and confidentially, some idea of the object of the anoliettee which I requested of your Excellency through Mr. Hammiest That perfect cowidence, with which your Lrndship has In spired me, leads nee to communicate to via, or/idiom reserve, h?tg which can in anywise contribute to cons ore, sou r Excellency, at- well as the British Ministry, of the amicable intentions. and of the pacific send rents of my Court. You will recollect, my Lord, that whenever I have had We. honour to converse with your Excellency on the prig ciides on which the English Government might cononot to the mantra lity of Spain in the present war, even though she furnished to France them suet-mire ill troops and veksels stipulated bun the Healy of 1;96, as well as on the means fie which it might be accomplished, I earnestly rerptested the British Mitiktiy ma• torely to consider this atfair, before they to dr a decisive oe-o'us thou; smce, exclusive of the realms which I then alleged in upport of the system which I, proposea, it mover would that Spain would furnish, either a singie vessel, or a siugin dier, against England; since, according to accurate intelligenc., the S;lalsich Gwent onion would then nave already entered upon a negiciasion with Entice to sebstitute money in the plae.• of the succour+ in tromps and vesicle; and that this substirowne being rerinrocally vivantageeue to both countries, it could hat but be effected without difficulty. I cuesidered myself as mannicio the more atithorisedto seeek with ...eh conFeleoice,as I stia,ee.ol England perfect's , agreed with us oil this print; s id Of our convesatiolie, in which your Excelleure cooistantly testified to ono an opposition to the f rniehing by Spain of ~• . Milli nt kind, and principally in ships, dad you ever onsk: air mention efp:cuniary soccuurs. It was.iii consequene.e of this permasion, to which I myself, contributed, that Spain Ikt:omitted to inakethoot soreilace of money, which she has made by her Lot treaty pith Pratt. e, flatteries' herself that she would by this moans unsure it; herself tloe friendship of England; else, how would it be irossilole that Spain would hare signed a treaty of this nature, of it ley. not on order the better to obtaiit the, accomplohment nil her pacific wishes with respect to England'. Cate it lire 1111,1011•11, that Spain would be induced to make sacrifices In order es ...vide war, and that at the same time she would have reason to tier, that these very sacrifices would bo a subject of discontent to the British Ministry ? The British Government, not having theref ore taken it amiss. that Spain should furnish money instead of the user and shopestipulated tit the Treaty , if 179 d, cannot moreover complain, if the thins to to paid by Spain ba iro;iortione4 b. the expeoices which ahe must have been at fur the :maintenance of the aneseinuttienet skips aid troops It would even be ice ooaserpoeitt to refme the second contlitina. after having tacitly acquiesced in the first: the event even of Spain promiiaed to Franco something more than an equivalent, it would not be the fault of my Court. All the world well knows, that she would nit in that case have done mote than submit to tl • rnocessity of c-reurnstances; for, from the veri moment that Entand opposed itself too the furnishing Inc Spain of succours in kind, there remained for her no other course to take, than that of ceocerting with leer Ally the amount to he fixed upon as the equivalent. Ai thoolgh there is no reason to believe, that the French Ca. veranient Ins exacted from my Court more thin an equivalent to the &emulated SUCC.:IIfII. it is nevertheless painful to recall :it tliia municut to your Excelency, one of the ohs re:items Mum I Iliade during the nog sciation, in once to induce the Brook Ministry to rec Iroise the neutrality of Spain, even though she should runtish the socecture in kind namely, that if Entlied had adhered to it, she would have obtained two great advan tages Ist, That of performing a striking action of justice and of policy ; ats action conformable to the law of nation', a:,.1 likely to pin over :alter the aiolfrages of all Europe: 2.lty, That of deprisiug France of all means of increasing her ciai.na un Si sin, in ease slid should sr ish su toile. If the treaty of pecuniary sainidies lately concluded heti...en Spain and France eteeives every atteidiun on the pan nut tits British Government, when examined with respect to the parise views which were the motive of the former of there powers for cssuclieling it, awl to the circumstances which preceded and acconeamoosel its conclusion, it is not the leas an object of ter. bear.e.re and sit approbation for England, if regard is had to the miring which it procured to that power of an augment :true of naval forces which she would have been forced to mAke, to oppose to the vessels whoelt Sioain would have furnalled to France, supposing that the treaty of pecuniary subsidier load not been conchs!. ol this aolsmotags must be added another, which is not of let i:upuetance to Moreland ; it is, that a. I•n; as Sraito .11;1 pm the pecuniary suhsidi lately atop:slated, the French tia vernonent caunut engage its ally iii aty step twittery to 1.31 Lowe of the stri•foit tieutrality ; and that, with this eecurdyi Eitgianrl may come straw its military of eration% ins the empley• meat of all its land and sea forcer. The facts and the reflections which I have now laid bear!. emu Esceilencv trove, First, the setcerity with which 5,34 has desired, mod still steadies, to maintain her friendship with Ent:lama Secondly, That her cuuduct has been ill pleffilli C.:iti" , :f31:1111 with these Maine*. Thirdly, That in her last treaty with the French Government, she ha. sought to eietcoiiate boor relate - ins of I , iendeaia with England, and her duties tow vile e are:: in short, twat EingLand reapa real advantages from the said Treaty of Subsidies. From all that I have now stated, there cannot 'email e doubt, that the Omit of Spain, as well from the good fit o *hied it has manifested •n all its proceedings doriiog the uree Cortina, as Gout the reiterated proofs which it has constaney given to the Br.tish Government, of it+ sincere desire to ewes twee its relations of friendship with them, has an inc e arned! right t• the moot perfect rezipmcity on the part of " 1 whore sentionenta I havuttelose entertained the leist.olonte, pie tenderly sine. the emiferences which I had with your Escd• key on the f I , t and 96th January last. In these conferences, on the sublet of which I base in4llily eatisfactim reflecting, Tour Excellency mattiteasel the ewe Suet and ay..% valisahle sentiments with regard to Spam. They shoovered to rue, how folly eensib!e Fits Britannic kfainee% Gore. nourat oi the sitttisti .... of my Court with moped* Ft.4lls the moment of the conclusion of it. treaty w.th hal; and that cistern/ intu all the coitaideratioas •it have 0 - gall