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. , • ints, erat ton e to•• connive _a t' the. tiymint ta a . Sutraidy I by Spain to France-, upon the grounds which havelseen often stared ; hut, that, from the tromenlit Spain•had manifested the intention, instead of Cot,fining 'herself 4topecuniaryasSistanee, toutlkihit•naval forces to those of Frasee,and had 'manifested it in the least:equivocal; , . manner, by equipping a considerable squadron in the port of Ferrol, where it :would he - ready to itin . a squadro n .of French: s hip s t , . . ttl to ut-ndinber the v • o British force employed in bluc;;:nitng them ;---. from Ow moment His M:;jesty could no tenger de_ lay carrying into executioo every Measure of neces tiny precaution ; and he had as-just:a right to detain treasure destined to increase the Ititina of his Ene mies, as to attack the ships or Sliain sailing in cOn jsklion with those of France. I expressed, in titung terms, His Majesty is c on c ,- rn at the loss of . 4 many valuable litre's' in the conflit, and particu_ fatly at the unfortunate accident which destroyed sue of the Spanish Frigates (the Meicedes),. With neatly the whole of her Crew.' I did trot contr.°. lett his observation', thit it `was impossible for !host Frigates not to resist, . when they were met witho ut equ a l a f orce; and I thought it-right to avow, hesitati on , that. althodc;li it was hoped the treasur e might have been hrodglit'in single ship!, of force so inferior to His Majesty's Stfuadrcin as itojastify, the expetslation that they might be de. ~,,nned without Violence, yet that His Majesty's tj , , cnernitt , nt were aware that this eXpeCtation might Ll:eten4appointetl, and as the' ad itself was thOllght li e . ""Y. had di terntined to incur the hazard of 1 4t 'might follow front resistance. To the clues_ tK iu : n r ytit by sh the Spa n i s h Mi n i ster, in w h at state "` ' . ' l lniFrigo es and their Crews were to be e 'nsideted ? I replied, in the sarne state as Ships and Crew t tlp6n Earn '''clained under similar circumstances s, -i ''''ca'ions. That the Officers and men would be tte:...,, With Issible attention, and thetr, , iti , 4(,,.. , every p, i • ' - : . 'a te would be trinsporieti to a place of se ttutntitt)d'i,s!tiOi.siawait.SUch.bld'er.3 as' the isstle' of the - pre. Pear t , H i ' isi. ° 4 " with the Court of Whit! may ap. Lad b ee ., : ' - ' l .le,q to require. After these points tt...L„,, ov i ; discussed,, the . Spanish Minister desired , whetheo. this event Was - to be considered as , ran no . „ r , _,,,. iaci, fo " . end to aft tpr L he r explanation, and N I ig 'lle two C-ountries in a' state of War ?. T o 'eOlic , l that i t as certainly by no meads s.O. v( Thlider e d ' - w . • ' 1,4016f..}1.!in mir:part. That it was Still the earnest ; altaucts ~I Si l ki 3 J o lly ; that . such es4.lanatiims,,ahs e,ort o f Kr, Pres erit ~ Pdtid, tr,speCting their Naval armaments, y r dis ___u s n , t fut between and respeCting all other subjeds, rni g h t ` . 4 _, l , oll between the two t.36iernrieotss as !pi n o t (my maintain an Irnic-ttile intercourse be. di s e t i e ufia ' e tn) but establish it ' in future upon a .more the N oa i' d P'eftwinent footing. An explanation of At o, , , knd 'ittlatnents alone would net then (replied ,• Brent ; . ga gq. stow satisfy' the English Govern. ttittion• 10 this I answer•!d, that such an exPla. t h h ' l "e (vould 't )wsatisfy nor would i 4 ,, e .,__ . . no m us, Court 01,7meett satislattory at any fruitier period. The NI 114,,i, t adr id hii'd repeatedly been informed, that tad, co .) ,11 r coull not his satisfied without being . tvlti ch s,, a l' e te/Y acquainted- with the relatitin . 'in tithe; etoirchtletl;:tbite a d ‘'i t .B o with .r" Pea te ' France/ in or-, judge, upon a full vie* of all to considainthille6t, its what relation he could consent Bri ta i n. , Slxtiti at standing with reipeft to Great s th e c ,..--CP'y to sev'eral obs , 'JvatiOns which fell from given "al ter D'Andtin' 1 that a' ,* titirances had been 4 i 4ted ' o uto the a . lhotii;t g . - :i s t thestlblitiy; which was coUrs. a ,, e 'flrq an t . qui - valerit'' for military suc. wh ici : w iu 1 4 , 6 in tent s of 'the Treaty with France, th e into as alledkCa tO cout:iiil tiktihing injurious to r d. . eres t i , f 0 .. „ . citi n , tfln .. t-Irs.at brit.Ain ; as to the innocent i at to t h of lin'Y arinamzrits which might be made; td.pre,,cerv(l_eeled intention of hii Catholic MkjestY in justice 7, th e striaeat neutrality ; and as 'to the Spa n i sh 4 ur any suspicions which could attach to. tarn, t h at "nut and treriteity--.lastured him, in re., the ilii,eshluth the Government and the Nation hair. ' Ind vera d . value ‘and 'respeet for Spanish honour from exact ; but thit we had too much ground SPai rt to % e nee to be slow in triisting,flie - abitity of Atinei n i e ,`, L ,llP to the honourable and, independent bide& Principles I, which her conduit wank natnrally, be tilltes t i on , t ' l 'll I sine rely wished t he arrnatrients in, eNie oo ,. ni ght prov e t o h ave b een really; as he. had of an "red t? represent them, only the consequence, le t theu)r)ilnert given under . the press - ure of necessity, t .tval tes i , '`" of transporting troops to subdue the l t riten t i o ,, '_!, t ricay ; - bufthat, if this were really the . , tati c , lii:_ut. ire order, it wars inconceivable that 'no : I ;ste t itt t . tf e have been given to . the BritiA Mi. etr o i . 2:t 4 Ind, of to the Admiral tattle Port of of th e ' ar wnu might have conveyed the explanation of 4 4 amens at the. same moment with the news i l the n n '"tence. ' 'flrat it was singular , if ships of O tt , e were t , lO4 ti , o b used or this purpose, that they t Th at al ° ol t ,., liay . e been equipped merely ,as transports. t', l l th t ~,,yugn the orders were received at Fetrol 'lave I,: e ',! ) , t2t last month, and must consequently i 0... p Cr, this at Madrid some days earlier, yet fl'ltat at i ol : moment he was possessed of lio direct in. 4 ! . e no e _ 'Join his Court, was authorised to give Rill sub.4l.l4nation, and was 'retitteed to state upon 1 Ptri th .leo Lis , own'coniettdie founded, upon Irn in '' Jeep , . - ' , ' earnest . . fexplain 6enee, and upon hire own wishes ttytot the transaction in a manner calcu',ated to ' . this di v , t s ou" between the tactd - COUntri - es, 1-14V.. s , ils tx , upon the various grounds which made I l .t%s:ctug4atttaht,ion. improbable and aniatisfactori, I .. t the 0.:4., entiversation hy.expressing my fz.ars :.! ',..efe,i fro ' n ' f til,),would have been found to have ra j 4 0-- - l ' l t i n fl uence which had unfortunately ittl. l4 I ' v etted the Spanish Councils from' an at. :( ‘4, 1 ' tl i t ttauf, t . ° •,,, The ,,i l :rei , l interest and dignity ; that the [ Nil ) , 1 '• u olLtated'by 'that influence, would' 'pro. --' et c , 'e Persiate 1 • ' f t , )(n e i rle . (, in ; and that a breach would then t ika toe v ( l44 ble ; but that - the Moderatio and ' vtlii ti )1 lii, N I • , le t the slii4.l. . , ajesty s conduct hitherto Ito - o ...q y) tv,,,..lisn ?vtinister tonne tit' fullest testa_ uul " be a eUirteiellt security, ' . I tht e mei tt ., l i : tilat no rca. to L!hat 1 ,1 1 , It i o i l , i a,v b e n,rnnibdation,w ou 'l c i be rejeoted ;, j ° , It s ue t4'instro c eqUal4r desirous with himself 4 _l l eCti ve c„ ... tnent of e,,stablishing between our , d ii .., 4u ut er , tdi a l it :""_," ; *iei a kreate r degree 'of harmony tt ' l ~ ralit y 0 : 1 1 : 1 ! tn Collid elqiit between a nominal . f ro ,.. ch eoth r. . .., '''t side, and a jealoniforbeiranee' of „, you wh 4. ant in-daily.expeetation of hearing' ..a ' th e e " t PaaSed at M I d lti o t . „Qungoi catio . 4( ri Orin the receipt 1, w' italli s t i ., fl; ,. " math': bY Admiral' Cochrane 1 ...vertior of Iserrol i tintli thiit in 'formation is recivid, haVehothiug former instructions. - P:S, Sine• this was written, an acttstint" was' re• ceiveti of the arrival of His Majeity's Amphion and Indefatigable, with the,Spvii.li fri. gates, the Medea and the Clara. I am, &c, (Signed) HARROWIri. B. Frere Es 7 :. fr . . , NO. XV I 11.---14riel of A Dispateh 'frorn i 3, FILE a cc, Esq. - to Lord El Alt lOWAN', dated ESCIlti3l, 27th OttUbet, i804., ' This Letter states the result of a conversation be tween me. Freie and M. Cevallos, in which the' latter continned to give an evasive' answer with, rasped to the armamervt at Ferrol, saying, that the expedition consisted of a few ships, which were al ready armed at the time; that the projed was now given up, and he wished to infer, chat there was therefore no ground of complaint for what had pass. ed. , I replied (says Mr, Ft ere), that; I, knew. no moreof the destinatioo of this expedition than what 1 had learnt from public report,which wa3,that•it was meant to convey troops to quell an insurrection in Biscay ; but that ip, had appeared to mos() incredible, that ships of war should be arrned, to carry forces to a province ivhich had no ports to receive them, Which was'already in the possession of their troops, and which was so situated, that the march by land,. might be performed in a .much shorter time than was necessary for preparing for and making the voyage, that I had not ,ventured to write this re. port home to my GOvertiment. M. Cevallos how. .ever assured me, that this was the design, and extra. vagant as it was, the march by land into Biscay of the troops before destined for the embarkation seems to confirm hitt -assurance. I observed, that what evermighrhave been the object of this armament, it was equally . a breach of the Convention which Spain hart entered into with England; And as M., Cevallos maintained t the engagement had been only contracted for not arming' against Great l3ri. tain t I referred . him to my brother's , Note of the ath February, in which the cessation of all arma ments is demanded in the deaicst'kerrns. In treating of the subjeltt of the money furnished to France, he afreaed much surprise at, its being ronsidered merely as a temporary me,asute, and asked froin whence my Court could have got that idea, of which be liiinself discjaimed any share ?—I .... • . tctld him, that I knew my Brother hatl repeatedly received similar assurances, at` the very _time when the Tr'elity . ,was negotiatin g , front a . person high in authority, whose assurances were then' e s teemed au. thentic, and that as iuch, he tad transmitted them to his Govefilittenr. I oben;tid, ,to biro, that my Government 'was already - in possession of thUs much , infor , tiaticin . iyon the fttibjea, when 'my present in. utru6tions were forwarded to me, and .therefore . that I must expea a snore . explicit ansWer,. or Comply with the orders to demand my J'assports that' in the terms in which te stated it, the atnount.tif the , SuCcour stipulated was without any Since the Treaty provides, that in case ,of necessity, the Auxiliary Power is liable to be called upon to assist her Ally with• all her Force*. ;, in which situation, there would be no'bounda'tii the guins which Spain might furnish to the Enemy under , the denomin . a. .• tion of an equivalent for these. sUccouts.. • I did not - however succeed in obtaining any fitrther exidana.• 'lion upon the subjed ; and—there was in M. Cc. vallohi manner, a more decided determination not in give tvay oFon this point, and mure .disposition to ill.lannout 'at being pressed . upon ii..than npon that of the' total Cessition of all Annaments in the Porfa.- I am, B., FRERE. • (Translation of Inclosure referred to in No, tB.) • , Elcur;al, Oft". z 6, 'lB°4. SIR— In cotiequtnce of the , desire your Eked. lency has expreised to ,tne, ,I have the honour to transmit to you in writing,. the substance of the re. presentations which I have been direeled by my Gu,ernment to make to you. , It is with equal aurprize and concern, that His ~Britannic Majesty reccived i the accohnt ofthe.Naval P.reparations which have been .carrying an in, the forts . of spain,'having on.hil part omitted nothing, Irpm the very com,neneentent- of rlostiiities with Fiance, which could , contribute to remove from Spain those calamities of. a War, in which, owing to her Treaties, she was in faa placed in the num.. bet of his Enemies. Nothing, indeed, could have induced His Majesty to persevere in this system of moderation, except tide same benevolent motive, supported by a disposition to give credit to the as. suiances of the. Spanish Government,4 that the sums furnished to France were only pnid ,under the idea of gainilig time, until circumstances would enable her to follow a system more congenial to her wishes and her interests. His Majesty has repeatedly requested a cornrnu» nication of the Engagements concluded with France; but the only Answer has uniformly been a vague assuran'ce, that, whatever night be the amount of the sums to be paid by Spain, they were calculated according to the estimate of what the succours, Naval and Military, 4tikllliatea by Treaty, wuula amount to. But His Majesty has never been fur nished with any'-theans of judging, whethej these payments ate in fad only a fair equivalent far those 4UCCQUIS, or whether they so far exceed it as to, render it necessary to consider Spain a principal in the war. in thia state of uncertainty,' His Majesty has been compelled expressly to reserve to him , elf the full right to regulate his condud towards Spain accord. iog to the appearance of circumstances at trte mu. ;tient. But he ,has ever declared, unequivocally, that the discontionance of all naval preparations on p the part of that Power was an indispensible coodi. tion of the continuance of his moderation. Such a declaration having been made, it would - be difficult to acculiot for a Naval A 11113111 , :111 on the part of Spain, in such a manner as to reconcile it with her pretended 'System. of Neutrality ; and it becomes, impossible : to cohsin6r the . .present Arm 'near, which ,was unaccotopartied by any ex p lanation, in any other light, th a n as a measure decidedly hostile, and which calls upon-:His Majesty . to take, without delay,, every step which' prudence maydidate ; and mare especially' o gi've orders . to . his 'Admiral .'t) Ferrol, to prevent any Spanish Ship of Wai from entering - or' leaving - ihiePort: HiS islajesty's uniform`conklud towards Sliain has . butAa rk t y . provea, his ardent desire to carry his CR oditation to the utmost extent which a due re. K art. for. tie inter san of secttrit),us cop le' . , perfnii. But„ . l-his Majesty caorFat. della from the , declaratiorrs which he has Made', nor •perrnit that shall itijoy all the aclvan!agcit , of Nent ty, whilst she .wages, a two-fbld War ; against, him, Lrst, by furnioli,ig to his Enemies unlimited pecuniary succour: ; and, secondly, by compelling,hrm to di. , ver y a par! of his Naval Force from aning the Enemy ' , in order to watch the arm onents.which are preparing in Ports pretending to he Neutral. I have in consequence received orders from His Majesty, to require of the Spanish - p.)vernment the. immediate recall of all .tbe orders whi;!li have hean. given at, Ferrol, at Cadiz, or at ; Carthagena, as well .for the equipment of' ships, as ar sending rein forcements fr , ,in one to the other .of those tort,, and not only that such preparations be stopped, but that the Naval Armaments in all the ports of Spain shall be put precisely on the same footing as before the commencement of hostilities between England and France., , I flatter myself, that I `shall not be under the, nc cessity of announcing to your Excellency, more formally than I hare hitherto dune, whit must be the inevitable consequences of ;a refo,al of this de mand. If it is fully complied with, I C3I),AtISViCt for, the intentions of liisMajesty to send to,Ma. drid a Minister authorised to discuss, in an ami. cable manner, every other subjeff of dispute; but still this discussion cannot ;ake place uoiess Spain be prepared to give a distinti exphytation'of her Engagertients with France, and of the system which she proposes to adopt, according to which His Ma. jeaty may be enabled to judge of the nature of. the relations which, should subsist between him and his Catholic Majesty, &c. (Signed) J. 11. Fatter. No X/X.—Extrael'ora Dispatcli.frorn B. Eit_zaz, to Lord H A akowsy, dated iNatfrid, Sth of - Nor: 1804 My Lord—l have the' litinOttr r , itiClOse a Copy anti Translation df M. Cev.illos'anbwer to my Note of the 26th, which Was delivered . .to me on the morning of the 30, h. Your 'Lordship will that neither this Note, nor the paper which it in. -closed, and whiCh is a copy of M. Cevalltys' struetions to M. Anduaga, contain any sltisfaetion whatever upon the two principal points, viz. a Sri. • pulation to abstain from ail naval preparation, and a disposition to enter upon some fuller explanation -of their pecuniary Engagements with fr.fnce. Oa the contrary, M. Cevallos observes to M. An. duaga; that the exPlabations which h'ive ken given, upon the latter point are sufficient, if the complaints of England arc made with.good faith ; and through. out both papers there is a tone of irritation, which sheWs a , lion fir from conciliatory. Under these 'circumstances I haveihought that my instrudions left inc . no-choice, but to repeatAlistindly my former proposals,': and at the same time to demand my Pass. ports, if they were not acceded .to. After having Waited in, vain- till the ad, I. determined to write. again ,to him, to 'press him for an snsWer, • and ac cordingly sent.the Noti, No: 5, by a Courier, who .returned the next day (the - 3d), bringing me M. Cevallos' ' Note, of wit;cli 1 incluse a Copy and Translation, and, in.which, after.a.very formal in. trodudion,. and much parade of precision in the ' terms of ,his answer, 'he leaves ',the two principal questions exaaly.in khe same state' as' before. I,' therefore, on the same day.returncd a short Note, repeating my demand for Paisports, - of which no notice having twen taken, 09 the ivening'of the sth L determined once more to send the Messen. ger down .to Elcutial with a : stitl: more pressing renewal of my appliCations; and..afier having, been deli ed upwards of two days, he returned' this morn. ing,.bringingrne my Passporm, whit!) were aecont 7 panied by the inclosed Note (No. to). In copse. quence of this, I. propose• to leave Madrid on die day after to.marrow, .and Mr. Hooter _will folloVi teat-as soon •as he conveniently can. I-am .unsvil r ling to,.delay the Messenger a moment longer than is necessary for making your Lordship acquainted with 'the final determination of the Spanish Gikvern. ment but I cannot help expressing my confidence, that nijes,ty's Government will nor see s , in:the 'course' of this Negotiation, any, fauridatiOn for the charge' of precipitation which is brought. against me by' M. Cevallos. lf I . have any apprehen. sion, it is lestMy hopes That !lure deliberate re.. fiedion upon the fatal consequences of a rupture, and a due sense of the moderation df'theproposals' made by His 'Majesty with a view-of avoiding ouch an extremity, would induce, 'this Gotfernment to admit my demands, ‘ should have led me to 'be less decided than the urgent terms of mritwroaions will strinly justify. I have the Honour to be, &s. (Signed] B: Fitauß. (First Indio:44o referred to in.lo, Translation Of 4 Nine frotti. DON P &Ds o CEv 4.1.1.02 - . to B. Fat& t, Esq. da;ect Sap Lorento, 0 - dotter 29; 182+. Sir—As soon as'yOU knew that preparations were making at Ferrol for the transport of troops,. Igno, . rant, without tionbt, of thciedestination, you sent a 1•Itito, to Me, expieiling the Oprehi:ii*joils which . this occurrence inspired, and dernantlink frOM me an explanation of the intentions of. Spain. I. gave yottsuch'as the circumstances permitted, and tally stiflicient to tranquillize your apprehensions, assur. ing you that His Majesty had no ideas , 'dial' could taffetid the harmony and 'constant liicodship offered to His Britannic IViajcity,„ ;.; Nothing was more natural than that the,l3titish ca. !Ater should have waited the result o f the reptesenta. tions made by its . Minister to the King, my Mas. -ter,, disregarding it, the .Mean t inae atl adv ices which were norautheotic, and paying this deference. to the tried good faith, of the Spanish Cabinet.—Unhap. pity it has not been so ; for, withnut :.,ther than mar.. can tile advises, ' which are generally . fabricated through interest, the RogtisliGoveroment has farm. rti sits complaints, laying down, as certain, the f,61 of an Armarnent, and styling it hostile, whereas its objed,was not so, neither, as it was, did it rake Notwithstanding that I had tranTaillized the op prehensions yOu shewei that' this Armament caused its You, 1-14 Majesty having learnt:front the conference which I ha‘.l with you, that the .COUrt of London being ill infortned, raised complaints which: are fouildt.d . a.s they art, onooofortr.able to the true designs of Spain, by hi's R-Iy4 Order I hive tent to Li jo , frcphl)iAuduaza, 11;:-: Minister at that Cowl, the instrartioni, A view to aiti= Sip ite Bcitain, • acid de daring the true lirni:7:pf the Engternenta of Spain in. in favour of Vrance, and likewise in favour of Eng., land, as you will see by. the Copy which I . have the honour to inclose, • , $y .its contents you will be unaeceived, in find. ing that pain has not given the subsidies to France with a view ,to gain time, and of waiting far ati opporrttnity of &playing a system more analagous to her wishes, as you , have permitteo yourself to assert; it being diffleac try conceive how you can associate; she idea of-momentary sub sidies 4 #nd's,ucti as are Tarnished purelyjn expea. atioo, with the knowledge and assurance of there having been concluded a Treaty of Subsidies be. tween Spain and France, equivalent to the naval and Military succours determined by the alliance of the two Na Lions; far the course of the presen tWa r, England agreed, to the neutrality of Spain upon condition that she should cease her Artnanients, which should remain • its the stare in which they were at the time of the Convention; and not with standing its specified terms and religibus observance of it by the Spanish Government, you claim Oar the Armaments should be reduced in the ports of this Kingdom to the state in which they were be. fore the beginning of Hostilities between England and France. "f he . King cannot but see in this de !nand I notorious infraction of the Conycntinn of Neutrality proposed by England herself, and in this view he orders me to diral his Minister in London to protest against * pretensi )n, which is the more unseasonable, inasmuch as. Ole apprehensions are greater of a desire on the put of England to alter the stipulated relations between herself and Spain, It is a measure not less infraaory which tell me your Government have taken, 'in order that the . _Commander of the Fleet before Ferrol should pk. vent the sailing of the Spanish Ships of War which are in that pstr, and the,entratiecuf ,others of the same description--This measure, liesidesbeing; nugatory (supposing the - good , faith of Spain), , is offensive to her fnmour and dignity, .enci truly hest tile. - In Which view, Lcommunieate to the King's Minister, an . order td protest-against it, and to extra front site English Cabinet clear and precise • explpoma;ions concerning her ideas with regard io Spain, whose Neutrality is 'absolutely unproduaiv c, if she is tocontinue in the uocertain,, agitated, and • equivocal state in which .it has hitherto been,- • (Signed) PEDRO CEVALLO, [Here follow the instruAions to the Chevalier D'As. nu AC; A, fpferrextit, in the nrecediiii; Note. ('l'ransltttiaaof,No. ill. referred to in .No. XIX. . • . .• Escurigl, (Maher 30, 030,4' , have had the honour of receiving your Ex. celleneyes Netetof yesterday's date, inclosing a copy of a letter io M. D'Anduags, in which I see no ha l es which can juatiff the prolongation of my reside nce here; and I. should in consequence confine myself to follow the, orders of my Court, by requesting my passports, if I did not think it my duty previ,onil,s , oo notice some false conceptions which yoer Lice lency has formed as to the • relations. which suo.,ist between ,Eegland and - Spain, according to•which, it would not be d:flieolt for me to repel, the charge of precipitation, which your Excellency has ease • the recent OntittA of itly,,goverensent. Your Ekcellency speaks of the Neutrality of Spain, and argues thereupon, as if it two a eir_ cumstance agreed piton between the . two Power's whereas no mention , whatever 'has - been made of ,either in the propositions contained in ,his &item. nic Majesty's Note Of the t Stit of February, •nor in, any other part of his correspondence. His Britan. nic Majesty , hai in feet announced to the Spanish. Goverment the conditions, without which it would be absolutely impossible for him any longer to put'_ fsue that system of fotbearance which he has hither. to followed; but he has never offered to Spain the hope of a Ncetrality, which, Tteatiikeven with his - .Enemies, rendered her incapable of enjoying. Spain has been .placed on• her proper footing, that is to lay, on the; . Powcr with whom there was . a - stispenpiall ; 'acid the agreement;made under 'this '=• idea! had for its objet not, only, as your Excellency .says,- to prevent ,the equipment Of her 'ships of War, and theii . jutiaion with the French Forces'o hut also to place herself in a better position, both offensive and 'defensive, with respect to Eng. lap 4,, than t h at i n which she found herself at the commencement cif Hostilities;' and how could she expeet.to see ,herself more, closely conneded.with England, whilst het engagements with its Enemies, and' the SUM with . which she furnished them, re.. mained a secret 'to England.? True it is., that His Britannic IVLijesty has received vague assurances as to the amount of these sums; but these, assurances are insufficknt to enable, him to 'decide upon the nature of the permanent relations which should sub. sist between biirt.and His Catholic Kijesty, espe. chilly., as, should these atsurauce3 he eavt, too reaso n 'remains to refuse the communication of the Treaty, since your Excellency 4att assures.; ' file that it does ;tit contain, tiny ,lip9latiollllotitil4 to Great I Nye toit, the honour to inform your Excelle.ncy,. that-nothing have ertgagtA . Its Majesty to persevere in his; system' of ouxieration, but his well known :_hentvolenci, supported by.a disimosition to give credit to the ahsurances of the Spankh Govern. merit, that The payments furniheki to France , Vete, o n ly made in the inteotion of gaining tittle, and till circumstances would enikble !tor to tolfove . a system inoreeung,enial • to her interestsiand her ..eisilet. YoUr Exceileocy tlots not ~..mppemar to c 'mprehen,d whence have deriVedtlitti wl'icrrion, and Allhough I Otoulit have suppOi.ed,that I had already philiiet.l out its souse so clearly 1!‘ ro exculpate my:ielf front the imputa, tiQn of having, fabricated it myself, rust in.' form: you, that l his I.,:xeelleucy the Prit,ce Peacegave similar ;wi,itrances to the Mhmister,of this Britannic M Jj , ;,ty, whenever tati:tion tn,ikie of the payment. of time Subsidies ram . Frat.ce. It appears . to he since' ascertained, time tile EXceliermby were. riot those of his Guverninetit, •by which therefore it cannot be called upon to abide: 'But this explanation will dool”iehs make an 'essen. tial' alteration in ,the idess of city (.I.rvernincnt re. si:taitlg the future projtets of Spain, which must henceforward be const4ercd as irrevocably connedett with Frame, (luting' the War, by a Treaty of Sub.idy, the stipulatisow of which she will, not . , avow. Itt this state of inquiettLie, which is the timural con.tqu4nce of the We've observed by Spain as to its Eagsgements With the EfieMr, i lis lititan.