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refused; fourthly, that any Naval ate is; be a-great cause of jealouey, and ttempt ta i live naval assistance to France an cause of War -; fifthly, that 'the Spanish l'erts mast remain open to our Commerce, and that our Ships, of War must have equal treatment with those of France., -His Majesty's Minister was also , instruft e d, if a ny F renc h T roops e n tere d Spain,for he received auilteotio information of any Naval Armaments preparing for' the assistance of France; to leave Madrid, and to give immediate notiCtali) our Naval Commanders, that they might - proteed to llestilities without the delay that might be bcca. sinned by a reference home. The execution of these Instruftions produced a , variety of discussions ; during which His Maies. TY' ,, Minister told M. CEVALLOS, in answer to I sli s question, Whether a continuance of such pecu. nary Succours to France would be considered as I gtoan t i of War, and'avhether he Was authorized to. declare it ? that he was so authorized, and that War would be the infallible, consequence. • It was, however, still thought desirable by His Maje.ry to rotted, if possible, the decision 'of this qnestion ; and it was therefore hated in the in.; sttatlion s to tins Minister at Madrid, that as the Sullaierwas tepresented iay the Spaniih Gae-etnnient 13 be merely a - temporary- measure, His KW'S"' might still continue to /overlook ii for a time ; but that his decision is this reipea must depe6d upon knowieg the precise nature •of all the sti l e)_ latinns between Spaio and FranCe, and' upon the • Spanish G overnmeer being determined to cause their Neutrality to be respcfted in all'other par. Aiettlars.: That until these questions were answer.' tail) 4 83113f aaOrY manner, and the Convention "'nnienieited.to hiin, he could give no positive an. 61 ver whether he would make the pecuniary &lc ( n cause of War or not. - • • the receipt of ' these instruftiens, dated' ''`ltutrY".zt, 4804, the report of 'some Naval A.r. Ita • r me nts In the Part s o f S pa i n h a d occas i one d' a ,fresh correspuntlence between His Majesty's Nil' bluer and. the' Spanish Government. In one of 11, c Notes pr'esented - by the former,, he declares, th at if the King vas forced to begin - a War, - he vi 'aild want no other Declaration than. 'what 'he liad already made. • 'The. answers 'of thee' Spanish I C avernment wereat first of an evaskie nature rflis 4a j e stY's Minister dosed the Correstiontteriace on his „, ''Y a Mote delivered int the t Bth Fibttlaryi -1; which he declares,' that all further .forboetrance'uo , -n " le P art °f England must depeOd upon . ahse-OeSSation of all N a val Armament s, and e prohibitiim of the sat e of Prizes in their Ports ;. •and unless these Prints were agre N i . to without -modificatiO, he 4 'd erde.ra to leave Midrid. 'On the second of these . point s a sati s fiet ae " answ e r wa s given, and orders issued accordingly ; o n th e . first a t.tretenee" was made' to *finer Declarations. . the ,question about dis c l os i ng the' T r eaty witit y ran eeno satisfaaor y answer was ever g iven.--- . As 1 l owever no Naval . Prepatations appeared to Jr.,, Proceeding at th'at period in the Ports of Spain k the. matter Was allowed to remain there for a time,. In the month of July, one Ind f aut . , the thousand eight hundred Government of Spain give assurances' Of faithful and-settled Neutrality . , and disiv°w°' any 13rder $ to arm in their Fo rts; y et i n.t he s ubse.. t r i cot month, when these assurances were recent, and a "ofident reliance rep o s ed i r i t h em , t h e British. c ' lar ge d'Affaires received advice from the Ad dat v iralco mmanding His M a j esty ' s . Ships off' the Fort of retrols that reinforcements of soldiers. t . 41 ,, r1d sail ors had arrived through ; Spain for the French I leer s at Toulon and Ferrol. , On this intelligeoce two -Notes were presented to theSpaniilt Miniatere.; but on answer was received to either' of thens,,, 'wards the end of the month of 'September informa- t ' ° ' wag tezeived in Londdn, from the. British Ad. th iral st at i oned off Ferrol, that Orders had aftuallY b v t . e" , t . " "' by the Court of Madrid; forarming, loss of time, at that Port, four Ships' of le Li ") two Frigates, and either smaller Ves. that (according to his intelligence) ' 7 untlar ,d tjrders had been given at Cart na an d . hage ,Ca• t at and i , rarticularly, that three First, Rate Ships of the Line were diretted sail from the last irneatinned Port; end, as an additional prooi'of hos. file intentions, that orders had been given to arm c Packets as in time of War. Here then appeared a direct and unequivocal vio. lotion of the Terms on which the continuance of p . tace nad been acquiesced in. Previous notice ha ving been given to the Spanish Goveinment, that a, State of War would be the immediate Consequence of such a meatiure, Has Maturrt on this event stood almost pledged to an instant corn. tet eneement of ; the- Karia howevt ; !') preferred a persevering adhereece to ti c' of • I t • l(m so -congertial to his . :He !NA vcd to kave Mill an opening for accomainda- Va'to tihould bt stilt alitwed t r ite liberty to ..c,ceurae pteuribcd by .: a ju.;: senn:ic of hef n 0 !sti cv . I IS oro itcuti interes .3 alt mark, that the groundless and ungrateful imputations thrown out against Hts MAJESTY'S contlud, in the - Spanish Manikesto,, are built upon the foundat inn sit' his forbearance _alone. Had HIS MAJESTY excised, without reserve,. Ills just Rights of War, the rapresentaiions _so falsely asserted,. and so insiduously dwelt upon, could' not have been even stated under Wily colourable pretext :- - the •• in dulgence,- therefote, which postponed -,the ac. teat' state of War,- was not only mist-Crest-at -ed,: but transformed . into ground of complainr i because the forbearance extended .to the • ag. gressors was not carried to• a dangeroiss- and in. admissible extreme. , In consequence of the intelli. gence above stated; direetions were sent to His MA. iiiSTY,'S Ministers at- Madrid,. to- make representa •lions and- remonstrances to the Spanish Court, to de. . diand explansrions relative to the existing Convert.- don's between Spain and France ; and, above all, to insist-that the 'naval armaments in their ports should lie placed on the same footing as they were prev iouslyo CO' the commencement of -hostilities between Great Biitain and France : and he was further diredted, ex., Pei tly to state to the Spanish Government, that HI MAlsgsrY feli , a duty imposed upon him of taking, without delay, every measure of precaution ; and, particulatly, of giving 'orders to his Admiral off the Port of Ferrol to prevent any of the Spanish Ships of Wir sailing from that Port, or 'any additional Ships o f War from entering it. No substantial redress, no satisfaetory explatra: , tion was aff)rded in cansequence of the . se' repeateJ . representations; whilst, under the cover of His Majesty'!; forbearance, • the Enemy had received considerable remittances of treasure, together with the facility of procuring other supplies. Every circumstance of the general condua of Spain was peculiarly calculated to excite the vigilant attention of the British Government—the removal of Spanish Ships out of 'their docks, , to make roam for s the accommodation of the Men of War of France—the march-of French Troops and Seamen through the' Spanish Territory—the equipment of ,Naval Armaments at Ferrol—the consideration that the junCtion of this Armimerit with the French Ships al rcaqy in tfiatliarbdur would create a decitt. r ed superiority of numbers over His Majesty'sSqua , awn cruizing off•that Foci—the additional Naval exertions, and the- consequent increase t .of ex. mice • wbich'this coodu4 ,Spaiu necessarily. _imposed up - bra - Great Btitaih. : An these together Acquire' d thOse - preCattiions,' b r oth . of representation .4,(14 ttai9n, tEt which Fits MAJ HSTy „had immediate tegtri,e; • Wiglk o Pfitriial • ; Nat ice w 4 ir g i v en .. o f,Ris t\A kJ trrY,'s intention to :adopt those neeesslry sufe, the- Spanish Government was at the t, , ,“:1,! time assured, that His MAJESTY still fett an earnest desire to maintain a good nnderstanding with Spain ; but that the 'continuance of such x state of things must be to the ,condition of abstaining, 4n their pan, from all hostile preparations, and on making, with. out hesitation or redress, that full and explicit dib.. closure the nature and extent, of the subsisting , Engagements with France which had hitherto been so frequently and so fruitlessly demanded. The precaut ions' adopted by His ESTir were such as he deemed indispensibly necessary to guard against the augmentation by Siiai7 of her means of naval prepariition clutiUg the discussion, and against the possible consequences of the safe' arrival of the . qtpeaed American treasure in the Spanish Ports, • an i e,vent which,has more than once, in foriner times, become the epoch or the termination of discussions, and of the commencement of hostility, cm Ole part pf Spain. • The ordit's isStied lsy Viks NNeaty, on, this etc ca.. sion, to the Aa Cotruttand i g' his Fleet s;affold . the most,striking example of a scrupulous ;not indOl.' gent , forbearance ; the most stria limitation: was given, as to the extent and ohj,t6l of. the Inca. sores propoaed ; and the execution Of thne..Or tlers was guarded "with the strongest injundions'to avoid, by every means consistent with the attainment of their ,objet!, any an of viO lence or hostility against the - DottliniThs or Sultjeos . 'of His Catholic Majesty: The hostile preparations in the harbour ofFerrol4rendered it necessary,in the first instance, that a reinforcement should be, added to the Squadron cruizing.off:,that Port ; and orders were ' at the same time conveyed to the British Admirals, to send intimations to the Spanish Government of the instrutlions they had received, and of their ► determination, .in - consequence, to resio, tinder the present circumstances, 'the filing cither of .the French or Spanish - Fleets, • if any attempt for that' purpose should be made by either of them. His MAiESTY / S pleasure was at the sante time, signified; that they were riot to detain, in the first instance, any Ship . bel.lnging to ,Ilis Catholic .Ma. jt!sty sailing fro . m.a Port of Spain ;' but to require . (.:otninander.6lsuchShip . .to return direetly.ro the P.jki. i'vhence she came, anti only, in the'event I.AOI • .11.. •••.b detain and send-htrto Gibraltar or to England. Further direairitts were given nnt to detain any Siarlish homeward-bound Ships,of , War, unless they should have treasure on board, npr merchant - ships of that nation, however laden, on any account whatso. ever. That, in the prosecution of:those pleasures of precaution, many valuable lives should have bee n sacrificed, is a subjeft of much regret to ti t; MA j Es. TV., who laments it as an event produced alone by an unhappy .concurrence of circumstances, ' but which can in no degree affeEt the merits of the case. -The question of the first principle and due exerpise of His MAins't v ' s right, rests upon every foundation of the Laws of Nature and of Nations, which ens, join and justify the adoptinn of such measures as . are requisite for defence -and the prevention of ag. gres4on. It lemains only further to observe, that if any ad. ditiot;al proof were requisite of the wisdom and ne. cessity of precautionat - y measures, that proof would] be found even in the Declaration relied upon in the ManireitlO . of . Spain, 'lt( which its Goiternment now statesit hell to !hive contemplated from the beginning of the War, the necessity of inking itself a Party, to 4,', in' support of the pretensions of•-France, ix. pressit dechting,..thai 't Spain and. t Hofland, who.. treated eoadjointly with France at Amiens, -add whose interests and political relations were so closely c'anneeted with her, must have' with diffieut. .. , " ty 're'frained from Making part against injurie s and insults offered to their Ally." It riill further appear,' by'd reference to the dates 'add results'of the several Representations made by lii, ) I‘l4 . le;:ty's Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Spain, that the detention of the Spanish Treasure" Ships never was . in question during the discussions which preceded his departure from Madrid. That ground of complaint, therefore, which has since been so Much relied upon, fortbed do part of 'the motive of the previous hostile Charatier 'so strongly mini_ fested by the Spanish CUort in mac of treatint , . • • the points in dt'seasston, nor (as will' appear in •the sequel) of the final rUpture of the Negotiation dr Madrid. , . . On the 26th of Oaker, 1864., His Majesty's Charge d'Atrtires 'presented a 'Note to the Spanish Miniter, in which the following conditions were insisted upon, as prelirninary to the appointment o'f. a Minister fionigreat Britain; might,treat. of the adjustment 'of other matters which remained for diseust,ion'. • The conditions were three first,, that the orders given at Ferrol, Cadiz; and Catthagena, Should be Countermanded, as well for the 'etinipMent of Ships of War in any .of those Pooh as for t heir re. Moval from one of 'those Ports to 'another. Second , • • ly, that not only the present Armaments should be discontinued, but that the establishment. of Ships of \Vat in the difrerent Ports should be replaced on the • . footing on which they stood at the commencement of hostilities between England and France. Thirdly, that a full disclosure shoUld be made of the existing Engagements, and of the future intentions.of.spain. with respea to France.. From the petibd abbve : mentioned to the ad of :November, several olEcial Nt)tes passed between His MAJEar,y ' s Charge.ar Al. faires and the Spanish Minister, consisting,; with little variation in their tenor, of . urgent. demand of satisfactiort on the one side, and of, eyksiyo and unsatisfactory, replies on theother. After renewed delays and reiterated application's, HIS MA jllSTy's , Charge d'Aifikirei received • , . Passports on the 7th of- November,, and dep:krted' from Madrid. on the ti.th of that month. During the 'whole :•of this, Negotiation, .no mention was inade of the detontion of the Spanish Treasure. ships, nor does it . any where appear that4n R ecount , had been received, at Madrid tat that, tranw:tion, .is evident, therefore, notwithstanding the attempt ! made by the Spanish, Cottir to avail' itself- of tltat pub. -lisped, in the Manifesto-,w,hich has beetiinte. pub. - lisbed, ilea the stare of War mestequally have arisen: between Great Britain and Spin had the neverdetention taken plat e y , aod that, in point of the . rupture tiltimaiely took , place on gourAs,diAiria from, and totally 'uneonnetted )vith,,.that measure, The leading eir'curtistanceswhic:'lzliaraaerise the reiterated bU sof His Majestrs.mocleriit ion, were each of them of a nature to exhatmtect4nr less settled of lettity and forbear..*a. StI,!COWS: airoetictl,tO his EPertli3; tXp!Anati9O,S,',TcriJicti or evadedi after reptiatcd denrinds ; condirionc tiolat, ed after distinct notice that on 'them - depended ,the continuance of Peace :-. 7 -Suell has been the coodtrat of the Spanish Court, and it.is.ondcr stances 'that His MAt EsTY hoJa the domineerinil iul:lneliCe, of Franee exerted, seA the Spanish /4 4 .• tion its e state of declared m d War. His MAJESTY appeals with confidence to all I for the acknowledgment of his . exrlnplary, moderation in (lit whole course of these transattions. Hic MAJeSTY feels with regret the necessity which places him in a state of hostility with Spain.; and Wvold, with heartfelt sath.Saaion., observe, on the nified sense of • national importance, 'and sure tr. dependent exetcise of Slvereign Rights. • His MAJESTY would indeeA be most horns. to discover in the Councils -of Spain, a revi of those ancient feelings and honourable propt.tsiti which luive-av all times Iven so congenill Spanish charafter, and which in better time"; marked the cnndua of its Government. ~~~ .1 R= JESTY will, on his part, eagerlyernbrace the first portunity, thin offered; of resuming a state of pent. and Confidence with a Nation which has so many ties of common interest to conned it with Great Brit.,,iry, and which he has hitherto been ever disposed to re. Bard with sentiments of the 'utmost consideratio and esteem. Downing,streit, fait. t Soy. NAVvi L NEWS. •`PLYMOUTH, . J . AN• z 2. Arrived the rile it Parit, of too guns, from Torbay, to refit; ;di.) the Brlg Sitca9`tio;r, of Frowey, Wm. SA Master, from Naples, laden with brimstone, bonnd to L doni pill in by-Contrary winds. Sailed rb Dolphin, of 44.gung, for orbay ; Ankl, la;l0 Sloop of War oh a Craize to the Westw,,td„ PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2 3 .---ATfi wed the ,rti; HtT B JSON Nancy, SrANT ; ISLE ; Nancy, Go imt y,, from London ; S . peedurell, AN. DERSON ; Frederick, TAYLOR ; and Thuri(ar; &ARSON, from Sunderland ; Flora;,4lEis, front Yarmouth. AlsO` Witty" Ann, for the West' . ,dies, with loss of anchor and cable, from the Dawns; Harriett, for Landon, from Honduras. =, Sailed the Brothers, TATE, for Sunderland. • . FALMOIYTII, lAN. 21.—Arriv:d 016 day 11g 'H4 e; Pit toR . 'front Waterfurd ; the: New Kerris. , ,n, 13,,tiR /3ER ; and Princess' CU/AR Ds, fro in Cork, w.ich provisioni, /kr. ; carne under convoy of the, J. 40 Armed Ship Sir. Andrew 1 4 ,;,1- chill, ot 16 guns, Clot. C. B. SALT, which ia now off thc trabotili s with Nressels bytli4 4.) tilt CdstwArii btu etc ing Contrary, i 1 is expeCted 111..1 ,t;.ey wit }wt Alstr•terri;ed • the' Shiv keivluticry,' N, f OM, tjt, fur • - Sailed the Packet, the Tour thend, Dour), %cith.threeMitiis (ut. iht 8111, anti _tsth inst.), for Lisbon . ; also the Danish - Ship I%kitli Capt, Tiroirsolx, for N,lples 3. and the American Ship* Mau, (.apt. Jr.NKINS 4 for Leg. t horO. • The 1 3 ,;Icess DD, :tat LetiVard tlic lestlt lust. will be ready to Sail. ale .v (14) s. The l`riner ay 11",. , .',..ti ) ,ickct was expctic.l to leave List?on wii the t7th oil her .irriv;il the 1)i,14a Packet wiii.saii tar Chchce with the Aisil; uf the 2,olibtant. w fen, 1 ) ,10;r t. NI ILT IS, active:l this aitCritiun,, 11 , 13i,1 Qptten63ur t ,o). - Thc- Priacc of . 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