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milting a passege through this COM; try to Portugal, an event which the late Conventioh did nut peorideaguiust, and which they knew, and hart been repeatedly 'Warned, that England would consider as a brea6ll of ncutrality on the part of Spain. After closing this part of 'the subjeet, M. Cevallos ques tioned me in return, and desired Inc to-tell him poeitively, wltethei the affOrdime the pecuntery.euccours to France would be coneidered as a ground of war s , and whether I was autho 4ised to declare it ? TO this I answered dlitinaly, that I was, • and that a War would be the infellible consecitiestoe. in that rase, said.he, luis M., jostv iohosind by solemn rreeties.which tic cannot depart foam : nut if the pecuniary succours are theutseive.e. thought a motive for war by Great Britain, the ground of our engagement is altered. i anIAN4Ted; that it was not the wish of Logi:out to crush SRain,apdAtill less to crush her in favour of Prance ; !het it could answer rift pur polio that Spain ehould exhaust herself, by first t'urtittitiir s ettbaitly, afterwards et cunt ingenkoand that if he.. Wished. thereline to haven cleaner and more distinel declaration than that conteined in My Note of the day betive, I would gift; it hint. lie said, he thought that was unnecessary.;. that the Note was strong enough. • - (Translation of First Incloettre in No, VI ,) (ExTRACT.) 41corial, Dec. la, 033. His Majesty is perfectly sensible of the difficulties ot the situation in which Spain is placed, as well by reason of her ancient ties with Prance, as on account of the citarieter and habitual centhiCA of that Power and ot her Chief. This too- Sideration would iuduce hint to act with forbeanince to a cer tain degree, end particularly to overleok such pecitniary sacri fices as should trot be of sufficient magnitside to force atten tion on account of their political efleCts. But it is cipressly enjoinedine to (lecture to your Excellency, that, pecuniary advances, such as are stipulated in the Convention recently concluded with France, cannot be considered by the British .Govertiment but ail a war subsidy ; a succour the num efficae cious, the best adapted to thcewents and to the situation of the Enemy, the most prejudicial , to the interests of Ilis Bri eartnie Marsty'sSubjeds, stud the infest dangerous for his do ' Inininns sin fines Mini:than air equivalent to every other site itiev of aggression. _ • ' won keratin to -the causing thits neutrality to he respeEted by,the other Belligerent Powers, it appears superffueus to repot to your Excellency the *feeler - gnat's which I have already tnade on the .subject of Portugal ; nevertheless, since tide trivet is again pointed out in toy last instruetions, I can not retrain trout repeating to your Excelleitcy the declaration, that the passage ot Freitch troops thiouelt the territories of Spain would be considered as a - violation. of her neutrality ; and that His Majesty would find himself compelled to have receni se to the roost decisiVe measures, in consequence of sucli ervevent,'Alc. tSignedi ' FRERE. (Second I nelostirein No. VI.) . s Tranalation of a Note from Poo Paolo Cs v aneos to I. lt. raEltl,'Esq. dated Escurial, Dec. 16, One. sir—As soon as the War began between France and Enge land, Spain was requited by the. former Power to furnish the defensive stfeeotiri stipulated by the I' reaty of ;796, the exe. cutioo oi' which, inaatituch, as It is a consequence of engage anode previously contraeled by Si attn, and. a fresh proof of the Kin';', good faith,. presents to no degree an obstacle' to the tonio t teloce of friotthltip and good understanding with Coen Britain, with .Whorit His Majesty has encleavottred to plaintain them by every.means of Geeat Bri ta i n corresponding to the same, objec,t, by puniellittg the leriva tc:tre who name Jess the Leto: oi Neutrality, accordi N to. pOitett Act:0;1116f add chiefly thoee of the 29th OV:' x later date then the ex poeli tiuti i , t tilt; ....rimier-who has gi vela rise to the Note which ytu have jiee. hens rue. Althotiels the SeaniLli ( . :11)1110 is it,nlet rated with, the maxido that . the idea e'it' aiding :France is coittpatible,With that of neutrality towards E Deland, lefts hiati s t)' 114 i . in' 5 ugnt that ha could neater I)l4nlLin th o esetw obj bY a Method, which, without being disagreeable to Prayer, . strips her nett tralitY towards Great. Britain of that hostile extcrior,wlnelt military succours necresSarily pneelit, which soinetimee, to spite of triendly protestations, leate, 1 monis of ,iitutral Sovereigns to mistrna t t; to the hazard ed.:t lie Peace .. rEhe firttishCabiner, in its conferences with hire S patina' raster, hai not coneldered that Spain Vieiated lien neutrality by the 26t, of assisting FranCe with the • military Succour att. pit lined for her ilefence, The peetiniine aid subetituted in its place, besides that it carries uo. hostile apocarance, neither. comereoeheee, the prod tinderStantling of those \adman:neuter, tt6r gives to Frinco *ltch ready and expeditious means of hos• titity agair.St Great llrttaitr., , . . The Kitt}; has empioyeal his offices with the V, relic)} Go vernment to Avoid the entry of tier troops into Spaio, end to c Alm the appreliensiOna of the Court of Porn:teal. obteining from the EiPit Coo:till-that this point should become an ob,. pa of negotiation between the two C;eveniments, tvittJesty offiring to co:Operate with his good offices for the conclusion of a Treaty which is to shelter the Kinechnn of Portugal from etty attack ; the I i elketa or which. that Monarchy his already begun to feel, 'end it iv'en her, power to's:la:live from it tilt the advantage which she desires, In tlaia situation of thinge I receive your Note, which re fresent& that Spain, Unlit:tying sobstituted pecuniaty supplies or her deleneive engagentente, has displeased the English Cabinet in a degree the mast unexpettee, under pretest that :hey exceed her engagements; whereas, to represent them un der this point of view, it, would be necessary to know their einonnt, which is not known; or knowing it, VI corupare witittheoxpence of furoisking the defensive succours clue to Prince. Tide comparative statement of what has been hitherto axe. c uted by Sprats, and the contents of your Nine, and what isi " more the eontradiellon which there is betweirt the ete l iitsots and conciliatory conduit of Great Britain,' in sentencing to Pu nithment the Privatecre who have violated the Spahish Flag, according to the accounts of the zgtit Novernber, inlet the alarmiere ex,pressioos in which your Note of the lath inet. is conceived, obliges the Spanish Cabinet to require of . ou tisorit clear and decisive explanations of theidoa of rata (.4. hope you will be pleased to Communicate to tints with the dispatch which their ittsportance detitands. Healed) , C•E,V,AI a k,OS.. (Translation of Third loclosure in No. Vl,) Pc. laaj. , Sir--1 comply with your ligeellentye; tetittrai corn. intitikiititig to you the explicit and deaisis; explanations of the toy Cabinet, , mentioned in my Note of the tech instant. They Are nearly the same with those which t had the honour verbally to address to you in our conference ott this r et ojeet. Your EXceliettc,y thert,remarked, and the same tassel t iUit egainoecure in your Note of the 16th instant, that the furnisning the succours stipitlatcd , by the Treaty of, t7e6, being but A C40411411/011CC ot engagensienta previously Coll. ftstiacti, iS in lea only a freshproot o' the gond faith of His Catholic Majesty, and can in nowise be prejudicial to the eoatinuance of good hertnotty with His Britentuc Majesty. I confess to your Excellency, that without having too fa.. ..vottrable an opinion of my. own 'abilities, I could notnever. theleas help feeling a degree of humiliatiOtt, on seeing thet'o, pro 5517, whose judgment I infinitely respected, set so little a value oil Witte; and that :he thought he might !lewd with one- a sophiani, from which, if the gravity at the , inbjeit cooldallow,of, it would out be di ff icult tn draw the most ab su ni coosecmences, • fed,„st remains to be known, whether a Power can ac. gene theiright rat attacking another, and tit the borne time ime VAC' an her the obligation to abstain from every speciet of re rise!. It cannot sorely be neeeseary seriously so diaCtltiii a somiter question ; it suffices (limply to say, that such a right eaten' , !exiat ; that nature end common sense reject it thee alt palitical combinetions are inadequate to bestow it ; and that most ccrtatnly no Nation can acquiee it by an nil of its own judgment, such es the signature of a Treaty concluded voluntarily, and without necessity. Put it ttr , y he asked, Should not the stipulatiens or a Treaty be complied with 1 I do not examine, if in he pre. sent rasethe stipulations of the '(Testy which binds Spain to France have not been annulled by reitereted Siete of this very )'ewer. lt may he grained that this Treaty le of the in. most validity; it way coven Ise adruitteatthat it' la most'strietly obligatory; satin that the Spintish Caverntnent is booed to eXci;Ute roost acttipnloti.ly a 1 its articles; but after ell these concession-7, it tcittilits thr me, ott the other hand, to renutrk, that thi's obfignion is absolutely foreign' to Gte:n &ninths, and float its Govermiteot is not humid to respeet tits exv-i,ation a Treaty, to whicir it 1143 been tai" hoot cootributing, which has been made avithent its knowledge, ae,ainst conseitt, and even its opi.oittinti to its power, An individual, 'Whir yesterday was (Cr, 12fItC,.i to-dey Voluisteer, to-morrow receives orders to mart 7.5 the ettacl; of a place ; his holism!' 41M Ilia ellgagCMCilt 11' to fiat tits duty ; but hr would he in toe wrote:, that this ()litigation ought to he R.SpOeltd by that it wilt Warted. him. amillet 11 ,, „ due „i • , , . vigorotie rests litaC.-- It, in fact, :toy ~toile se • . oefelt him, he ought to consider it solely aa tiai at: the, OF,agettient he had tlntere'A into. . , TN! time eerier! ;troika tit the a o ostittitnni of pecuniary ente:itlies, and still more etiongly, it theae eubeidtet, by their snot - runt, or by the effiett of outer. eiteontetancee,lieLfill‘d MOl4 W. , equivalent for the stipulated contingent ; hot in, the France flea GlieiWn a marked eagerneas to oh tel o - it,taltt irnt; the COtat (it England ilia lately declared, itt ti itif mAI ii titer, that it conaiders such a stil*tjt , utitin a ,, , I „, s 'c pre; ;11,in Wolliti be the snot:dative the contingent aa se ir, WO Goveruments ate asstiretliy the hest and my italees' f e. hat is coitaiteive to their reaped ive ituereets ; 'oittsl7ett ° l n u it:nee, ai otneepaiVrecolly dcelgred, ieneiyeit !hits. cessay for me to reply to your Exec..:lo,y's argumeitts, &c. &C. ('Signed) it H. FR ERE. No. VII.---Extraft of a Dispatch front I. H. Fit au a, "Esq . . to Lord Ilk wit asst ft, 'dated Madrid, Dec. 27, 1803. 'The reports which reach us here front other quarters, have determined me to confine myself to the strong prirtestation contained in the Note inclosed in my former Dispatch, anti for the:rest to watch their conduct, contenting myself with repotting to your Lordship, unless circumstances should arise Which wouldtendcr my further forbearance incompa tible with the.observanee of your Lordship's instructions.— Since this time I have learnt that this Government have al.: ready advaneed to France the 'eight millions of livres, and that they are on the point of furnishing a further sum of tour millions..... , fiesides this, the.recruiting for the Army, which 'had been. going on briskly, , has been stopped, or at least suf fered'to stall of itself; 'while a greater aCtivity prevails in the IVlaritte Department—though 1 conceived it my duty to make a strong remonstrance upon this head, and even to stake nay„ continuance here, agreeably to your Lordship's instructions, upon the absolute cessation sit - these naval armaments. (Signed) J. 11. 1' Elt E. No. Vlll.—Dispatch.from J. H. FR ER !, ESC!. to Lord HA WKAIJSI.Fit Y tia4.1.1 IVltllitith Dee. e 7, 1803. My Lord-- tinder the circumstances mentioned io my Dis patch of this date, I have thought it _my duty to write to Lord Nelson end Sir Edward l'ellew, and likewise 'to His .Majesty's Consuls, and Proconsuls*, advising them, tha; the situation of affairs between the two Caurts was f.lich as ,to justify the apprehension- of an approaching Rupturc. I have the Honour to be, &c. " (Signed) 1. H. FRE R No.,lX.—Extral of a Dispatch from Lord HA.w KAS AUTI V, • to 1. H. Fs ttait, Esq. dated 21st lan. 1804. 'The pecuitiery succours to be Abided by stub, to France unquestionably furnish in themselves tia,justit i iable cause of %Var.; but considering the light in which they were explained on a farmer occasion, His Majesty is unwilling to . proceed to extremities under the ',loom circumstances, on' this measure alone, 'provided lie can obtain, a satisfactory explanatioium other points, and that lie can he convinced of the sincere Itt tention of the Spanish Governinent to cause their neutrality to be respeCted iti every other particular. His Majesty's final decision, however, on this point, must depend on circum stanets, of - whit:lllle has not at present sufficient information An enable hint to form his 'judgment. First, What is the purport. of the otherstipulations contained in the Treaty be tween the King of Spain and the French Government Whether any obligations are imposed by them on 11i$ Catholic Majesty, inconsistent with the rights or just pre tensions of this Country ? Secondly; What are the extent and amount of the naval preparations in the ports of Spain, and what arc the explanations given of those preparations by the Srinish Government 2 Ills Majesty certainly has a clear right to demand the fullest explanation on both these points, before lie can be expededtoanswer the question of Nlonsietir Cevallos,whethar the pecuniary succours aftinded Icy `~paisl to France will be made by His Majesty the ground of war ? No. X.—Extract of a Dispatch front 1 . H. FR Kit I, Esq. to Lord fl,+ws als.tirii, dated Madrid, 3d Naieli, 604. It will he proper to mention to your ..Lortlhhip a circum. stance, which. siieven the importinice of attcpilii.g to t he first considerillioti which I mentioued. namely, that of the entire ,sttifordinAtlon of this Country to France under its present Witen in contOrmity to your Lordship'S instruttions, 1 aPplitilLfor a ‘onununication of the Treaty; it was replied, that it was impossible ; thot • when it was first made, • the isFessity iii making such , 4 conitituinGath,n to the Itritish Government had been ins6cd upon, lAit titat General Roth'. inciuville hurl 'positively 01,i-1'4141W proposal., Iti the coin-se of the s'ante conversation ? , wiiira I insisted strongly upon the two point s of tlic cessation of naval armaments anti the sale of prites,•in answer to what. I said upon the latter point, it wat said, W ell,. v. c nit t tell qic French that you will not, pot up whin it, and that'll: cannot he." These ex. pressions so strongly mark both tlic value Which the French attach to, the. cc;ntimrince of thif:pr,e . sciit ini„ gs with respect and .. ilie.:;perte . c.l dotninien whir t they exercise over thIS that I but cove that even a au. ) , ,3tocia'alaid; be a suit'. dent proolbt the instability at en .aiigaimileor wit h t hi s Court,and of.the Ms:Alvan:rig; Which !ITS 7,l:ijestyti G overn . Merit would he ckposcd to by ,ling boilip I to an arrangement, Which the: Vrencli certainly consider as a 'high degree, favourable :their . own Interests, and which they will fi n d no,ditficuity in violating, whenever in their opinion It ceituiti to ho sb, Ike. &c. ~,. (Translation of,first Inclusure in No. to.) . , iliair/d i Januar ,2, 1204. Sir --Some time has elapsed since your Exec leney's pro— I mine, and the accounts I received trots the li tit, had re. moved my unvseineeeen the.subjett of the Naval Armaments, and even afforded the belief that their speedy cessation would reniove every cituse 'of tiistrust one that head. It would be saaperfineus to point out to your Excellency the-eircurn staeces which pesiSteely prove to His flritemsie Majesty's Minister, that th6e 'Armaments can have no other object than that of hostilities against the King his master, or that' still more offensive one, of wishing to support, by a me- nacing attithde, thesy,stem of onbsidies ; a system which has been already .pursued,' notwithstanding the remonstrances or His Britannic; Majesty, wherein it is tormaliy declared, that this sy stems is inure injurious than even supplying a WAY Conti4Cat. . It Is sometimes possible to overlook an injustice ; but your Excellency too well knows that an injustice supported by a demonstration of turce becomes an insult, and consequently, invests on that Power, who is the übjed of it, the otos. sity of demanding setisfaCtion. I an;, are, '-i ' • • . - • (Second I nclostire in No. re.) Note from DOW Naito Cavax.i. oa to r. ti. FR gal, rSq. ' ' ' slated Aninjitez,•jan. t3 t 1804. Slts—lrt answer to your Note, I must state to you, that the likes of this Court with respect. to that of London,' mire as pacific u I have declared them to be on alt the official com munications ht which I hav, mentieneil them ; that the whole conduct of the Spanish Government ia etiminnant with these ideas ; that the most convincing timer of her not wish. in toalter them, is. the Treaty of Subsidy 'Cc:minded with France ' ter the 'sake of avoiding any hostile attitude towards Great Britain; that the Ships of War:which , arc armed in the arsenals, were already so at the time of conclud ing the Treaty of Neutrality; and 11131 as long as the official communications.of the Braun Government We conceived in terms calculated to inspire apprehensions t bat the designs of Great.Britein are not conforrelable,eo those. or Spain, pru dence, policy, end decorum, Will require froth the letter the employment of those precautions which in so Many respects . aho owes to herself. , (Signed) PEDRO CEVALLOS. (Translation of third Inclosure in No. X .) (EiritexT.) • Yanum," 24, 1 8 04. In my Not of the t3th of last month, 1 deviated t o your Excellency, by order of my Government, that the supply of pecuniary succours, such as had been stipulated by the Treaty recently concluded with France ! WAS considered by lit ;tit.,, as the kind of succours t le most efficacious and best adapted to the wants Of the EntanYi the most" prejudicial to the interests of His Britannic Majesty's Subjects, and the most dangelout to his tlaminiona t in short, inure than equi valent to every species of eggreseion. t again repeated the same declaration, supported by arguments in detail et ano. titer Note, dated the ehth, to Which your Excelletisy has not thought proper to reply, Indeed, it was not of a.nature to require an answer. Great Britein there declared, that shit saw in the condue.f of the Court of Spain, a just nettive ter war ; she makes no reproaches, she demands no setialettion, she confines: herself to a declaration of the wrongs she has suffered ; atul were shit compelled td commencer hustilitieS, she would need no other declaration the that which has • j i m m y e t p i made, hi vverthelesa, it iii 'pointed out in this; deslaratioe itself; end your Excielleney cannot be ignorant, that 1115 Britannic Mitiesty was by no means disposed to ores ( *L itt; this erieis, to which it appears that we are now ap. proachilig with hasty strides.. It does not appear just, the Spain shot! LI text , advantage of the good dispositions of Eng. lend, to carry en egaipst her a two. told warfare : The first, the most prejtelicial of any, by furnishing pecunittry sue. coursto the Loemy ; and the .4.teoiid,by tittinitting the Enemy into ill 'poste epon a more favourable. li:citing, by perrnittirig the sale of Prizes made by their Privateere and by encourag. lug the fitting thorn out; owl, in eine, by, ;hewing , them On all OCeaSioot 2 dettitled ;eel - ciente. Another condition, snit leas otinitable, is that or t lis anSperliiiod of all farther armin g in tho porteti thin kitigtOom. . s (Fourth lnelosure in No. X.) Note front Dos Patitto CsvBl.Los to' T. I . Fealty., )rail. slated eartaijilez, 27th lath illes. rota IS:ele justifies tote theiteritte of a I reoch Priveteer in tite ISay of Citinaret, and permitting her to aril an ritgliSil Ve:t.:ll.-Ailture•it lit the Gut ph ,)e l'srie, upon the plea of hie. ~,a vity, 30 evades a tipo4t. runty to the compleints urged in !el r. Frertett last Note. ( Eel ftt) C r .)--.(TGitini:tti , )l) of Firth Inclosurs in No. X.) • The N aval Ai - element: , 01 spin, in the actual siteation of affairs, cannot tail to C' chef appletteristons on the part tot flis tritenitic' Majesty. The eteettion of 'enlist:ma rett4; ow.v icrillii4tW, tit;4ariumuit - 0 te ; molly Ilan kagtoti Or France 1. H. FRERE Ibt 'their (*tied. .iiilkTigt the (use ustiont With Me. American , - States still existed, it might be su pposea that these prep ara . tions were for an unavowed destination.. Should they still continue, it would be no longer possible to attribute them to any other motive than'that which your Excellency announces, . namely, a jealousy of the intentions of England,' and a deter initiation to maintain by force a stateof thins qualified by the name of neutrality, but to which the necessary conditions of, neutrality, are totally wanting.- 'fills pretention is not less injurious to the interests of England than offensive to its ho nour. '!'here is another consideration still more important His Majesty, at the same time that ha does justice to the dispositions of His Catholic 'Majesty, and to the intentions of his Ministers, 'cannot be blind to the influence which his Enemies have obtained in this country, and the species of au thority which they, exercise in it. This consideration has been the motive of great forbearanCe on His Britannic Ma jestyrs part, to which he Would c.crtainly not have conde scended, had he imagined that the dispositions of the Court of Spain - Were in unison With its measures, But this same consideration moat necessarily inspire His Majesty's Ministers and Councillors Witli'a just distrust of the future condua of Spain. Your l;xcelieney's assurances would certainly be a sulficientguarantee of, the intentions and wi s h e s o f Ills Ca tholic Majesty ; but, unfortunately, tht,se cannot answer for the will of France, nor for the exercise of an influence which may be paramount to the tor titer decisions of that Court, &c. No. XI. , Extract of a Dispatch from 1. H. PRIME, Esgito Lord AwKs 511 OR It', dated Madrid, ISth April, 1204. ' have the honour of inclosing tip Transation of a Note from M. Cevallcis; in which he intorms me . that His Ca tholic Majesty consents ao . prohibit.the.Saleof British Prizes in the Ports of his Dominions. .Your 'Lordship will observe, that M, Ccvalloa states it as having been demanded as rl con dition under which, the British. tioverianent' would consen,t to recognise the neutrality of. Spain, as being consistent with the performance of the engagements of their present 71' , reat y with France. As there is nothilig in any Note of mine which could be brought forward as a foundation tor such a 'conch! Sion, and on the contrary it is particularly 'and ex guarded against, .1 have hot thought it wurt l while to enter any protest in,auswer to M. C'evalloa' instnnation. , No. X'11 . . , --Copy of a Letter firm Lord arrowav tOl. H. Fa ERE, Esq. daieci'Downing-street, 22,1 Play, ber;o- ex ie mely tlesii able. in .the , state of ihd , pirlitical relativns Detween elfisCoun a y and Spain, that His • Maje,ty's Gpyorninet , t . . obtain the most accurate tyhrtnation I . , Vra h respea, to the actual condi' ion (if . the ports and arsenals of Spain, I hive to signify, to y , u tilt King's pleasure that you triinsmit to me a detailed statement, in so far as it can he procured, not only of any warlike oreparation winch may be carrying on in any of those p,r;-:, and of the 611414 4 f war, both in commis. sion'arai in ordinary, but 'alai) of the state of the royal arsetial'it;'and' of the extent of the means exist ing in them to increase their present naval establish. .ment. You will likewieelnitrutt the Con Sols to en. 'deavour, to discover any Measures which ,may have • been adopted by the Spanish Goverrment for the purpose of obtaining supplies of naval stores, the .. • amount of such 'SUpplies, the. countries from ",y..•tch they are . to' be shipped, and the manner in which they are to be conveyed to the Ports of SOisits. With a reference to this subjed, 'it is , also aunt portant that' His Majesty's Government thQuid.be furnished with an account of the specie • irnported into the Pontt of Spain in the course , of the last year, and with -an militate "of", the probable amount of. the shipments of the present year, as Well as . with information of the periods at which they may. be expeCied to arrive in Europe. . I am, &c. (Signed) Mut aowa T. No. Xt 111..a:Extraa nfa Dispatch from 1. H as, Ssq. to Lord I'lA It ROWDY, datedMadrid,.sth July, .1194 r My Lord—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's Dispatch, No. r, ' of the 31(1 May; and 'though there has not yet been time to satisfy the inquiries which your Lordaid'p diretts me to make, yet your Lordship will . see, from the tenor of my other letters 'of this date, that there can be no tea. son to apprehend that this Court are disposed to renounce their present system of nominal neutrality; and I should apprehend that the FrenChGovernment are es little disposed, for the sake of a momentary assistance, to exchange an useful tributary for a buttleosome Ally. The accounts which I receive from the Ports do not 'indicate Any preparation on the part of this-Government, and M. Cevallos a lan. guage 'is it the same tone as before, speaking' - of the neutrality of this country as a'thing settled and ad., :Thitted, and seeming to wish to lead me. on to tar language. * I then questiOned him upon the soiled of . ,Lehrun's mission, respeaing which he did not seem' disposed, to giveirte any explanation. • The object of this mission still remains unknown; • ins lett t rn he .t p he or c t ir;7l F Tlia ro rle i l n ol h M is w . i y eb .. t a u o n d 's b h e l a . ng himself a Naval Officer, there can be little doubt of its being c,onnetted with Some maritime projetl; 4ke. Xlv. Copy o f a Di s p a t c h fro E.' Fititit a l Esq, to Lord from HAIt Ito ve AY, dated 11,1adrid, agth August,. 13°4. • My TAM —Having 'been informed by Adiniral Cochrane of the arrival of reinforcements through Spain to the French Fleet' at Ferrol, I wrote to M. Cevallos the Note of which the inclosed is a.Copy; and after some days, having.' received 'no answer, and having learnt positively from other (limners, the passage of such`leinforcements through the Spanish territory, I made a 'second application to M, Cevall , .s 'upon the suhjed. Fie has as yet' re turned me no answer, and I • think is right not to wait any limiter for• his explanation, before I ac quaint your Lordship.with the circumstance • more especially since there being no doeht itt the Lei corn. 'plained of, no very satisfadory explanation ,can be txpetle& , I have the'Honour ,to be, .Sec. (Signed) B.' FIRR R. The First Inclosure in No, !4, is the Renionstrarico of Mr. Ex Sit rn ucitin of 'frobps through Spain to 4140111,1 C s({4:lCholt oaf caul. The (.'.00114 ini.:10:;111'1 11) No. 14, complains of the tialay of . the Spanish Minister in answering the fornier"Note at Fiera x. • No. XV.- 7 Extraet of a Dispatch front Lord HARROWHY to FItERS, F ocj, dated Do)vning t strcet, 5epr0.2 9 ,43 4 . Sir—lnformation. has been ' received horn kesr. Admiral Cochrane, that orders have•fieen givers by. the Coon of M a d r id, for arming, without lose of time, at F err o-, f our .Ship, of the Line,- two Fri. gates, and other smaller, vessels ; that similar orders have been given at Carthagena anriCadiz ;and par. ticulsrly, that three fiffit•ratt .Stlips of the Line ate slite6ted to sail from the last mentioneitport ; .and, as additional proof of hostile, intentions, that orders have'been given to the I l sckets to arm as it tine of war.. In consequence of this information, I am commanded to signify, to you. His Majesty's •pleasure, that, a s soon as you receive this dispatch; you should request an audience of M. De Cevalks, You Will express to him_ the surprise and concern with which the intelligence of these unexpect e d and unjustifiable (tumults bin bttll utctived in ti~is ,country. Yon will 'call to the rccolledion of that Mi. /lister, the grounds upon which His Majesty hat hitherto forborne from considering Spain as an Ea& my. That • nothing could have induced him to continue this forbearance, but a sincere desire to avoid extending the calamities of War, ands wilh lingness to confide in the assurances of the Spanish Government, that .thee payments made to Flares . were only :intended to gain time, until circal* stances should enable them to adopt measures tom, consistent with , their interests . and their wistiek 'That His Majesty, .tlierefore, had been tinder the necessity of•txpressly reserving to himself the fell , right of regulating conclude.towatrls Svaini cording to the aPPearandetof existing circumstance s ;` hot that the. abstaining, from all 'moral preparatio ns " on the part of that POwer had hen distinctly dee dared to he one of .the indispensible .condi awls an• flexed by His - Majesty to the continuance of 111 S. forbearance, &c. - . XYI, Dispatch from Consul- General Lard El Alra owa Y , *dad ittlriti, 0 ober 5, ISA; IJU lug several dc.enrnents. Translation of first InclOsure in XVI.) . (EX ra Act . .) Seprernbcr a 7, 1& , 1. indispositio n , indispoSitio, which still eonfinefme,lll nib' bed, has prevented m e a dd ress ing. your Ex.t''' lency ao;mer, on the subje6l - of the naval atinael at which is carrying on at Ferrol. - The total cow 'kit of all preparations in the ports ha vivilbeen the priocioal conditinn requited by Ene,l44, inA 10 1 to b, as the price of the continuance Mi. fokbearacce Which England• has hitherto `' observe:,!, the violation of thi s which I 'now prt.test,'ean be considered in n ° 4)1 4 as a .hostile 'ag.;res;:ion on the Part.' Spain, anti • a defi,iece given to England. (Second InclOsnre referred to in Note from Das: PLDRO CEA/ALI-0 3 10'8 . . Vasitit ed Escurial, 3d Odobera i 334. 040* .§ll.- - 1 have made a 'report to the ing, mY' ter, of the contents 'of your Note of the 27th in whiele you speak of a naval armament 014. yoU suppose to be 'fitting out in Ferr ol ' 16 ‘ l . l ) ' r l L a i j e e r e s ty n , ie b:, , i o ng a . n i s n w fo e r r m , ed of your representati°",l of being wanting to the agree ments h chaz fi eelnetreitetbi°‘ll;ol Ltitish Government ; that the cessat i° 74 all; Naval A rmaments . against Great Briiain 01 ; be Obser veil as it his been hitherto ; and 'that Wlla giver information to tbe contrary may have r e t, ta e d yQ t u i n.wh iswl i ' cl o l the p ilYtlnSic)au:;isdehd' and offensive to the Government justly en.l°)"' Signed, 80c. No. XVll.—.Copy ,Ofe 'Dispatch ,from . Lard OAP Itowuv to. B. -Esq. Slated Dow nitT street, 00, at, too+. it St a--The . f,ively, Capt. Hammond, arriveufs, Portstnouth. 9n, Wednesday morning, with th e Rio mar a Swinish, Frigate, laden with dollars, flow de la Plata, and brought information of thc - ' o46` ' n f which' took place.on the s th inst.' between faun " o f His Majesty's Frigates, and the same ra Spanish Frigates, in which three or the latter '""i t l captured, and one' unfortunately blew‘up. Alth°l„ ; from the situation of .the ships'. when this 1 41 7,, happenej, it is probable that the event is kn o wn : I th i e ve Cq y uLt o th f 4 Ma i d n r fo id on , I g h i a g v n e vy th i o t o h g uit ht t i i t o n s e s c o es i ss t r,V et , in order that you may be atilt to captain 11`,_ the Spanish Government t he p rinc ip les upon w , . c manders are rested, and the effect which thiset n the orders given to His MA jesty's Naval Co r i is here considered to have upon the relatiVe. tiOn. of tilt two Countries. As the subjea 01" ce; yesterday hetweeOthe Spanish Minister.and fully discusit;d in a conference. which I cannot point out to ,you more distinctly ti !3_14 guage which His Majesty thinks proper to upon this occasion , than by stating stance of this cOnversaticin. In answer to the i t i h rl , uestion of the Spanih Minister :in !ad'at 601 1 t it ..took plr e, was an ad done in coniequer;ce of express on: it h event was to he'considered ? I inform w ed Y° h u im ti l 'ell: , e ' r . t c from His 'Majesty, ,tri deiaitt all ships i ; , treasure fOr: Spain. 'that such orders hid hcc n oi; sued as soon as intelligebee • was receivedequipment of naval ai•m:tin:nts in the Portia , 41 : 0 0 and Nrticularly • at terra', without any fr c , l l3 ,e, axplanation l • That the Court of Madtid g9til a o, no reason to he surer zed that such , a step was ta i ,,.. as it had been repeatedly stated to'the Span is ' l A .vernment, and particularly a Note cielivetcut „i -Mr. FSete, 'on the 18th of February last, no , long as: they continuedin a situation of mina neutrality, any Nara' AtmaMeot i" `f l oe Potts mist he considered as putting ; an im wr'• • • end to the fothearance•pf Englai4d, arid "'; i,e ell pointed, producing conse que n ces th at were ch''" • jii. - pointed, out. I added, 'that Opon the first i r ' i ee a genre of the ,Artriament, Admiral Cochrane haa,l)rfo'i dlietled to c ommunicate to the :oovernOr of the orders he had received to oppose the, 0 11 i vn o at tint Spanish Strips of War to and from the to ;Izertol ; and Mr. B.Frere had elsebeen d.4 o c`'. l ' bi 1 i'nfortis the C ourt o f M a d r id o f t h e or d e rs g ivc Hts 'Mdieatrs' that all necessary measures of tif.Ntiltould'he taken, anci . partietaltrly;ihose outt:.t , Ailm:Cnchrine. The Spanish Minister thonQ" a 'iyo eti, that hisCoort was not appriZed of the °l , dr h l' Pel'i to detain t he , ships laden with treasure, ~l ' i ii n t ''':( l( , ) e f i nw itt ,r ,u st t h t. .." 4 r v r e e b s ic s e t n a nt .„.c . e f et s o 4 et n. y larri asi c ' t r oa t 1 0 1 • ni t e h a a s t u t r h e i s s of g r t e h c a a u fi ti r it w ed hic n h os li t oc; ),Lb):; : 11 ;::: : flounced. That it had been thotights , right h ' es be: nounce precisely the intention of engsgin.g g t f . n - fa' • of war which might attempt to sail to 0 ' rts), becauae i t wou ld d epn j ti pp n t h e Span,' to ti e o ve iv r e nm .su e c n il t, or a d f e te i r i, r a e s cei t v o i7t c s ir tiCh:: „j a i n ing int:fai;,, , iii (i V dunk proper, and to prevent b o . st ile ineet,ing srr avc tween the: two squadrons; but . that to " nnunCed more Partictdirly -the, i n tention of VI l• ing the treasure ships, must either 1)3 "„ 1 PerlectlY meansuseless• if the Spenish 6 0 vc cnmc ' e - pti"''' no of giving them notice of ouch i n ' w iri or must , hve afforded the opikic iiii ity. (1 0 1 ; it completely abortive. 'lnat 114v :lic - hated one of the conditions upon which be tri:d r i l a n t e e e l y ° e i c i t i :s a l\ r 'l ; i t e •cit t i d n e l Pc t t p i r c j v i t t anee of those succours which were 1.1 . 11111 `l'ain CO France. That these Succour.; " ic v o t 'P i . kind j. ) ; Naval A rtnam :.nis and 'rti:ast,“ e• , s.4 lllE l ' ! Majesty had hithettv Stibaut Led soth C', ti