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laildation
of No; *V/ ...- theraller blAnaa ea to Lord
Hawe.zaanity,dated'Portiand.olace, 3e;th March, 1304;
M L
y Ord—lt is with the eatest erness that I
desire to confer-with your Exgr eag
celocyon_theeoptents
of the Disp;tches which I have. just mated from my
Court by the last Packet arrived from Lisbon. They
afford the tallest confirmation of every thing which
I have.l)44 the honour to state to yOur Excellency
in Al our conversations, and especially in those "of
thcaist and 26th of januar
meats and y,,,relpeaing_ the semi.
cond
net of the King, 'my Master, to.
*arch [lit Britannic MajeSry.. I will- not here re.
Pest the answer which his Eutllency the the.
'slier De Cevallr,. gave to Mr.
bireb Frere, on the .27th
ruary, with regard to the entnnlaints brought
forward in his three Notes of the 23d and 24. th of
the tame month. This answer, at well from its
simplicity !Ind the force of it reasoning, as from its
conciliating spirit, and the most positive assurances
of the King's uprightness in all his proceedings; the
tineerity of which is supperted by well knowttfaas,
cannot leave on the British Government the lent
doubt as to the concha of Spain in the neutrality
Which she has adopted frith regard to the Benige7
tent Powers. I' buppose, my Lord, that this an.
IWer will have reached you, and icier you entirely
to it.
put AS I . have never lost any, opportunity of. in.
'farming my Cam of every thing which .could ct,n.. *fibult to accelerate a perfel understanding between
11te two Governments, relative to the neutrality of
to .
-. . aln, and especially of the fears manifested by the
Altitish Government lest. any thing to the prejudice
England would have been stipulated in the Treaty
Of Neutraliiy concluded with France, I hasten, spy
Lord, to communicate to.your Excellency what the
Chevalier De Ctvallos informed me in this,respea,
. 'en the 4th March last. ~ in the Treaty of Neu.
tia,litY with France," says he 3
rot;ttse,d any ii we have not ad.
article prejudicial to England ; and we
lele``44l'i"nle nhich appeared foreign, to a Treaty of
,;,.),I',Y• In Order to fix the amount of these, re.
c-- ih" been hail to the expence which the succours
in kind, such as are ttipulated in our Treaty "1
pane kliance ; L
-'t Trance,, 'would have..cost us. One
even with
of these Subsidies is retained for the paYa
ttest of the sums awed us•by this-Power, We have,
lhoi. it violating our .netitraiilY• Abided .to the
beeegni''_l' all .!he succoure of which their 'vessels have
i 1 • French has
46
,leneoced. Our cooduatowans tie : ~,
Nj.ll I) gOVerhtd by the same principles.. f. he.
, "Le' trailmitted to His Britannic .MajesrY's Mi-
llinr, resident at this Court, breathe nothing but.
easel,, ur •
to' * ! Pfld flub, and the desire to preserve the
li. 'Oest neutrality. , The. most recent 'proof of this
11;"7stl.lerikir `l`...a' which I transmitted to hitr.our ttlisevv2i9ictillt,
~ y last, in answer to sever4l.complain n
.I.,‘n
,a, athlresscd to Me, and of which I aend.yottr
tjs'enel,ey a literal copy, to enable you to snake
ioje,:try it t°, Lord..llawkelburY. You will there
e' inat*Mr. Frere makes no retorta to our
candon3 '
time- .3 Poo to our overture; since, at. the very
0; i.ibat he Protests that his Government en-
' 1'44 *
the Mostardent desires' tr.3-4eep 1: ' a gord
Vidifitanditi " - "P°Si.
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.),e 'it;i: Spain, he
L.,ii)it-i
our
• *aionice4ri:::'l r9f al."ll)iit I'' and
'°,lt '4diQf titricle.ir
and- ,iiin. 4 thatlgh we !Lave demur). e o ,
yoq p„, ne explanations. . rti sllOrt,. I coo dibatllC
hal
1)-4XCe!jet,--i
',,,Y (1141 nothing relative to-commerce
you
ifl'hae,linst;r_tisaetlef,l nitilitLhe6r.-:!;:e:i.eltnoYlin)°rinti'vulqbu;:ill;y:.::' ktl.ll"!gt,
itiur ts)cePrntriot and friendly
an 'Audie;_"!lery will urant me, as soon la pokst . .
i, , . lre, in order that We may confer together
on (.4),,,5) , .
t1.,,,,e .4 . sill which arc 60 deeply interesting tosoth
tno...nts.
' - 1 avio .
• --'5 myseff of this oppiatunity, &c.
t!isE
.(Sig;ied) Chevalier 1..)!Ai10°,..°A.
1" Ite.lle-T•ncY Idad ilAwitatatrls.v, &e. -.. •
i,, „
. •
i‘t. j) .A ~ (Tr:lll44l[j' 'ot:140 XV1,1•) - -
ilf -..nuaca ton..lbre,ntiAWKE'slioty,attid Portlaud.,
mi, 1_ Place, xst Mgy;tBo4,'.'
e the 6 ..,ra---ii,fing sent -to nay Caurt.,a Co of
i:t nt.hdenti• I Note 1 144 the honour to
~,.! transmit to 4 , which •.. .
on the v , . Your Excellency on .141,112 March last
1 the 41, . "'led of the neutralir§-o Spain, I have
irll that
the to announce to your .Exceltencyl
ei,
tile° e Xing my Master, has entirely approved Of
J,114, h, c"..tents, and that His M.,jesty has found therein
!rot' of his expretsions of his loyal intentions, and
sty! 4,44: piseitie views o,vards England. ' With this I
~,,,,,,,,,ti
tiitidsii7alacchquainted by,the Chevalier De Cevallos, in
of the Ist April, who adds, " That in
I 10., tow;
,n, or to leave 'the British Ministry the leOst
el° lii_ ..it'r doubt on the real system of our Court,
01-1,01
~ 4; elajestlAh,d • acceded to the conditiOns which
le V the' Lrete d demanded, as necessary for insuliqg
ern', I lit), 4aNnowledgment and observance of our neutra.
!IP' t Qtyain, thi Part of England." the Chevalier De
~al• ti
ti"oll at :the same dine transmitted to.me a Copy
lid'
is Aniwer which lie returned to Mr. Frere's
f
I;1' ti, send°l the i 8111 Feb. last; and I have the honour
Ow y 441,
‘p., You a literal translation of it, by which
serf liater(xcellency cannot fail to be convinced of the
Hoyt ' Ilan, ',IY of all my coinmunications, and of the e".
creatitnipositions of my Court to strengthen antl in.
101 live ine relations of. friendship which atibliat t,e-
, ,if itli a.
. ••• Iwo
the Governmenta. I avail myself,. &c.
(Signed) Chevalier D'ANOtrAGA.
~,r4
I
I.o,Pratistation.of I oclosure in No. XVI r. )
I,of. qv._ Lie;
to
answer ' the Note which) yoo did roe
sot, f lat!°"tiu to transmit to me on the' 18th February
lir 1 tritiit!esPelting several points. relative to the :nett-
x t4i,:' of Spain, as With . regard: to England and.
,ilt lov 'el in the present' circuinstanc,S of Europe, I
vo;D i tif;rll4lten that * time which the importance of an
,:•01 • 1
IdeasSull° interesting tu the common happiness.of the
In r of hoth'Slve'reignsrrequird.
i',..:1 . fhen4 tti,le abo.ve mentioned Note, after having pro.
1:4 .
oth:e ,tx.":oPnvilienila or.ltahis on which your COlift 10.ti,rit,18
.14 SC . , iftment of our oeutr.ality, and wisely.
it
v. &oleo the II" '
1. 1
,tos. . ovantages and consequences of each
:' titty, 47 P°lnts, you. conclude,. by Proposing vic6-
'') 14 ilite'.l..7. 711er of hoar government, as the basis,
1/. : Attn 4,1414 aCknowledgment, the •Cessation of all.
the "tents, and of the Sale of Prizes carried info
sotLoin` cif hr k'
-0.. r. Ingdoms;
4eftnitiv: ized to admit Of an adding, that you .are
modification On .thia
AA to PraPOSiltioll.,
1 tf,lll Airtiiiiiie fi.rst Point, that is to say, the Cessation
4.-,L ►wil',
04 ttiLni v, I have nothing to add tai
that,
r. iblY I\l'ote of 4" vnt Occasions, anti: particulariy in
tt
itt' (etioqt Ole Sat of January last I have had the
tl,. to co . ' 0
els eat,. ronatanicate Cu yo-ii, since the condua of
hi • !net . .
dislt,, • u oderthe present eirCuinitheices,' ought
1 mti.t-ev er,y• shadow of stouts( of.anY h"laIC
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; intentions on.the pact of the Not nIT Master ; and,
consequently, I *int persuaded that His Britannic
Majesty's vishesand demands are entirely satisfied
oo this point. •
With regard to the Cessation_ of the,Sale of Prizes
hyoughi into the 'Ports of Spain, althoUgh that affair
was suscepiihle of greAr•-difliculties, they have,
nevertheless; been surmounted by His Majesty's
pacific wishes ;
.and you may :assure your Court,
that, conformably to your demakls, the,Sale.Of the
PriZei'of either' cif the Belligerent Nations, brought
into the Purrs of these Kingdoms,- will not be per-
mitted, His Majesty,having given orders relating
thereto, which will be rigorously, obseryed.
His Majes.ty
.hopes, that as ihis prohibition is
really- prejudicial to his interests, and to Those of his-
, subjetis, the King of Great Britain will look on
this condescension as
,the, racist , efficacious proof of
his desire to preserve the most petit& understanding
with His Britannic Majesty,' and as imposing cm
England a fresh obligation •to hive 'far Spatn all, the
considerations due to the uprightness, the good
faith, the generosity, and the pacific views, of the
King'my Master. lam ; &c.
(Signed) PED.R.O CEVALLOS.
• No-. XVlll.—Extraa of a Dispatch from J. H. Fara
Esq. to Lord HAILLOWDY.; dated Madrid, sill July, iSO4-
Received 27th [lily: •
The. Subsidy paid by this Country to France had
been regul4rly„actinitted, up: to the month of May,
at the rate of 800,000 dollars per month. A new
expedient has since been hit upon for enabling the
French Government to avail itself 'of the resources'
of Spain to an extent which will 'not be limited
by those difficulties which;. must 'sooner or later
have put a stop to the extradtion of specie,.. A. l?an
of five millions 'of 'dollars has been negotiated at
Paris, iniavodrof this,Governmerit'i Or, More pro-
perly speaking,•in favour of that of France, • as it is
not to be imagined that any part of it:will ever find,
its way into this Ci;untry or be
,applied to any
iither purpose than that'Of the payment' or the stipu.
fated tribute. It is agreed that the capital is to.be
re.paid it,rheend of three years ; the annual interest
to be .6 per cent. with an alloWance of 3 per cent.
foe'eorinnisiion upon'the whole capital subscribed ;
there ie besid4i.a furtherr—advantage allowed to the
Contradtots,. namely, ;a privilege; of exporting, free
quantity, o(dcgii-tia, to, the arriouot of the
Capital subscribed; this cannot,be calculated at less
tfian sixper cent.; and'nsay fielnuch more: These
therefare,, divided gmongst? the, three years,
tp,cke at least on additional three per cent., and give
nine per cent. as the lowest rate of animal inietest
'earcl..bk this Gaveimineor 'for an 'eXigible debt. It
may, I- should imagine, be safely reekonechuvianly
a little .short of teri.•per rent., or .nearly the toite..of
interest upon the valee,. ty!,is:lo)ear six per oni.,
and ari'al a discount of thirty-six.
.•

. . •
No. XlX.—:Coey' of a Disp.atch froln Lord HARROWSY
10 th Fazaa, Esci. dated. Dqwlitng-street, 29th. Septem.
ber, 1804. _

preceding Dispatch is .wrirten wi,h the
riew of being COdin.extenso4o 1)::Cex!,ilos, in
your cjltifc'rence, with him , and if you o..ou)ti fiuti
it necessary to make any communication in writing,
)ioh4P.f. fr-Ime mod' d(infOrniity 'to the in.
raftlaion9 contained in this Dispeicti.-

~,9,Acr,;lliteg..whien has, beet taken by the
Court of bpain, impossible to rely
Ik,upon any assurances, however positive ; and you
viii therefore take., the .trthsf speedy and effedual
-means of, learning, cFrrainiy, at Ferrol,- at
Carthagenr, , and at Co,liz, whether the Arm anent'
haite been couniertnatided, and the orders for thiat
purpose pre.ktually In cite course of execution.; and
you wilignrWard withour ()day the intelligence. you
May receive from those ports.
"Inevery view in which the subjed as been con.
Sidered here, it has appeared *so improbable• ifiht
any .explana t ions can he .given by the Court of Spain
of the motives of this Armament which can induce
His Maje'siy to acquiesce in its contiunance, that I
have not adierted.tO that case : contrary to
expeitation, any explanation should be offered, which.
in your judgmen,t,appears,aatialattory, .you are atti
thorised to suspend your departure from Madrid-
Until His "M-ales'ty-iti pleastife can be taken : but ynu
will expressly declare, thattharytiu have'neauthority
to suspend .doringrthat interval the execution of those
measures of precaution which His Majesty- has- al.
ready thoughi it necessary to dirett to be taken.

No. XX.:-LExtrati of a Dispatch frOm, B. Fazar., F.sq. to
Lord HARROWBV, dated Madrid; tzthOdober, 1804—re-
ceived zd November. • . :

' The accounts which I have reeetVed_ &Om .Mr.
Duffsince my last, meritionohat there is no appear.
ance whatever. in the harbour of Cadiz of an inten.
tion to arm. • '

No. XXI. —Translation of a Letter from the. Chevalier
IPA HOU AO A. to Lord IIImtROWIY, dated Portland Placa,
aid Dec. JBO4, received 2,3 d.

My Lord—Aftprthe abrupt and unexPelied man.
net. 'in which the British charge d'Affaires at Ma.
drid has broken nff.aU diplomatic communication
with the Spanish Cabinet, 1 might well dispense
with recalling to ,yogi Eiccellency's attention the
coMpletelipacifio proceedings which have constant.
I y masked the. system ;folluwe,d by my COUrt.towarth.
Engl,in.d: but debiting, confbrmably to His. Ma.
jesty's'Orders, to, she.w to. the last moment. .that
spirit o( conciliation 'which constitutes the eisenee
of my mission, Mod The, distinguishing charaderistic,
of my sovereign, 1 havethought it my duty to.make
yet one more Oran, tending .to Shaw, .in its true
light, the !rank and friendly condat which , the
King has not, ceased to display since the rupture be.
tureen France and England, amidst the difßoullies
of his situation, with regard to the two .Belligerent
Po'w er se . . •

Vrom the very moment that the King had learned
the commencement of hostilities between. France and
En lands Hia IVlajestygaves.all his attention to the
,manner in which he should condo& liiinself in, °idler
to prevent,ull ;mon for.: diK -: uptent on the part of
these two Siete," and to the system which would
have to follow in. sucha conjun4tote, in order to
wnViliate: his engagetnents ai..the Ally of France
ith his du tigs.of friendship. towards England, Al.
though Rio Majestylcwy very well,..ihat his qua.
City of auxiliary to the first of these Powers was'.
in no wise incompatible with that of frit' rld to the
second,, he was, from the Very first, perteNly sen.
sible) and his opinion has teem since col:tiernecl
account; flotil,4le.Minister at London, that the iirt.'
dish CrOvernnient would, , with difficulty) vonsetit to

his furnishing to ittanee succours such as are stipth,
lated by the Treaty of 1796. In this persuasion)
and, in order to remove every, hostile appearance
in his connexion with the latter Power, he resolved
to "propose to his Ally the confaltesion of a new
Treaty, by which pecuniary succours should be sub.
stituted for the succours of Troops and Slaps, which
he had engaged`to furnish to France by the Treaty
of Alliance. After long and difficult negotiations,
the King congratulated' himself' on having, at lmt,_
obtained the ebjeft of his amicable views, 'by the
conclusion of a Treaty of Subsidy.'
Confiding in the uprighttsest of his intentions,
and in the pacific sentiments which had prompted
him to take this step, His Majesty. was ftilty per.
suaded that the British Government would not fail
to appreciate this very unequivocal flak of friend.
ship. The complaints brought forward soon'after-
wards by Mr. Freres against the above.mentioned
Convention—complaints which he has at different
times renewed, though always in very vague terms,
and without ever making an essential and decisive
point of them—were, _therefore, a real subjeft of
surprise to His Catholic Majesty. Nevertheless,
answers full of nsoileration and'i:andour were, by his
order, made to them; in which answers were set
forth the motives %Lich had led Itini to make a
Treaty, of which the English Government had the
less room for complaint, as it was solely out of le.
gard to them that His 'Majesty had determined to'
conclude .

At, nearly the same time, His Britannic,Majesty's
Minister having addressed*to my.Court•representa-
Lions of the Armaments which he pretended • were
carrying on in our ports,. and which he. supposed
to he dir,e4ted again.A.-England, His Wjesty .or.
derrd ans.:s ets,. to be-in like manner made to him,
66 That the views of the Spanish Government were
very far from .
.any motive of .hostility ; that His
Britannic Majesty could not inistake the pacific in..
tentions of the King,of Spain,. who had given him So
many
,incnntestible friendship ;•and that
these proofs.v.,ete manifested as.well. in the sacrifices
made by the King to secure peace, as in the seve.
rity exercised, even before ,it was demanded, to.
wards those-cif his.subjetiso,vho had ael:d contrary
to the duties'of •In •fine, 'that,,
cording to, these data, there did notexistthe least
cause for apprehending.that.'Spain would, engage-in
further armaments, for that would be aaing against
her pacific system."
At the same time, as the Court of. Madrid was
not enabled to form an exaft and fixed judgment of
the prineiplea and the cooduel which the 11,i tish.Go,
vernment proposed to, 1-llow, .in accuuat •of the.
equivocal langu.ge in which Mr. Prere always en.
veloped his repreientations, it iovited. him to.ex...
pres himself in a ,clear and precise manner as to.the,
intentions` and' the' views of his Government with
regard to Spain. It „was .in consequence of. this'
hank and friendly, invitation, that His Britannic
Majesty's Minister at last particularizz.d.'to my
Court, in a Note which he had tran,mitied to it
m the 18th liebrUary -last, the conditions on which.
his GovernMent would be dispotied to.recogni.ethe'
neutrality of Spain. These conditions wete, the'
Suspensibri of all ulterior Armaments, anti the Pro.
hibition of the SAl4.alPrize•in His 11,14jei6,'s do.
,
minions. Not having exaded others, it is per-
f'edly clear, that the British Ministry engag:Al it.
self' thereby. ..to resped neutra'ity, As spin as the
Xing, my -Master, should acqUiesce.in these con.
.

,Hi. Majesty, who had resolved to make every sa.
crifice compatible-,with the welfare of his pe::.ple, in
order to ACCUfe to tilt.Mthe benefits of a solid Peace,
determined to forhia the IL:te of Prizes in his Kfng.,
dome which prohibition took. place .nti the '23d
March, last :---,And,"with regard to the Armainnts,
ho roie.wett, the.assurances, whielr the British 60.
vernment had already received on this head';' two.
rances, the sincerity Of .t'vhich was wellguaranteed
'by the lively interest 'which His rvllj.,:sty bas can.
scantly attached to the maintoof'nce of. Peace since
the rupture between France arit Eneafid.
• The eagerness of the King 'to ftiitil all the wishes
of the British Cabinet, and -the painful. 'sacrifice
which .His'Majes,ty had'just made of Ike adva.nrlges
which the Sale of Prizes in the Ports of Spain held.
eet .to Spanish. Commerce, ought to have com-
pleted .the confidence pf :Englxiti, and to' have era.
dicated, from the' opinion ofits Government every,.
atous of doohr on the pacific sentiments of my
Cfmrt : • accordingly; the English Minister seelnell
to have felt 'all the value of sUcli sacr;lices, since
Ile brought forward •no more complaints, and that
the ;non petfeel harmony seemed. every day• to.
unite more and more the two Go'vernmenta.

Such were the relations subsisting between the
two Nations, when, hi the month of September
last, some discontent, having broken out in Biscay,
1-li. Majesty ordered the embarkation of a part of
the Troops whiCh were in Garrison at Feriol, in
Order to their being transported, without delay ,to the
place where the ,disorder had occurred. Then it
was, that the Enemies of Spain, sounding the alarm,
under the pretext
,that considerable •armaments were.
carrying on in her Ports, sought to communicate
their feigned uneasiness to the Brktishtoiernment,
by placing before them in the most hostile colours;
a measure as foreign-to the interests of England,. as
it was indispensible to the stifling. in their birth
movements which had manifested themselves in' a
Province of Spain. Then •it was, that the-British •
Charge d'Affaires, hurried on by reports which
malevolence had exaggerated,• and without cumin.
ing either the nature, the extent, or the well known'
object of these .pretended armaments, made coat.
plaints of. them
,in allote, dated_ the 27111 cPternher.
last, in which he represented ihem as an hostile ag.
gression 'against his Govesikpent, 'antl•as a defiance
vireo to Erigifind,.;,and cqressed himself in other
,terms not less injurious, to the,reputa (ion of the King,
ihan cotitrary to the 'relations which sirbsisted.ik. •
iween the two Countries:, •
Altlisiughsuch reproaches, in return. for the proofs
which the King had always given-,of his eagerness,
to strengthen the bonds Or friendship united
him the Brit hh 'Gdirerritrie.nt, Were of 'a nature
to;exeite in him the greatest surprise, His-,Ma.
jesiy,..neveriheJes;i:, dkreeled answers to the intern.
•perare. representations at Ir. Frere to be matle
'With that`-mOderation 'which is the Most striking
theillsory 'of his poliircal onndud;.a IV.
titration the atoms/goal from this circumstance, that

the above.mentttifieu arimment, sr}
much sensation, was confined within the timing pie.
'scribed by an Agreement which was conelnacti on
the, t§th Oeloher, to 3, between the two Govern.
ments, since it was restricted to the same nut-Tibet
of vessels which were already armed befire this
cpqch ; and,• what proves still more clearly the pa.
citic views of theXing, _f9, that the vrnament itt
question had been .suspended by His Majesty's
drrs ,fwa: tizys bifore the British Charge d'Affaires'
had broultlit .fotwar4 his complaint on this subjeo.
Notwithstan:iing this, notwithstanding the as-
surances of friendAipand gopd faith, expvlsed in
the answer of my Court, notwithstanding the abso.
lute cnncession of these pretende4 armaments, on
which the Enemies of Peace had founded their cri.

minal hopes fa cesation of which the Aritish Charge
d'Affaires could not he ignorant), instead of soft.
ening The menacing tone whiA he had at first adopt.
ed, instead of resuming that friendly language svhich
the pert,:ti justification of my Court rt.q fired of
him, he did but accumulate fresh reproaches, the
Harshness anti injjtstice of which began to caveat
the hostile 'system which he has not since diseun.
tinned,

The British Gniernment, on their side, for.
I gettion (n a Sudden: the pacific relations which
theY had tn.,inteined during teveral months with
my S •
overeign and without waiting for .inoreexaa
and less suspicinns information on our peeparations
at Ferrol, from whence it had received none .but
exaggerated aeconnt;,.be.ought by the Naiad, and,
Which is still more astonishing, without paying
attention to the informatianwhich -1 tratrnirretl to
it e•reee!i the chenne!. of .your.. Excellency, on.the.,
innocence aril the true objc
.of thcie pretended
armament, did .not hesitate .to give that extraor..
dinary order, Which, es' well ',from, its nature, as
from it., dis,oerous-consequebces, must have struck
With !terror every Cabinet in liorope. Initead of
beginning by demanding expl,nations from 'my
Court on the subj t of, these m it hreaks off
the gond understandsng Which sulesisted Letween
.the two:l3o6ns, by an act of hostility; of which
the must rencoreus wars scarcely affnd an ex,
ample.; end, as if it feared that the expla.
.--rnititsits_oCtite Spanish -11,1inistee, and the, tdterine
deco:nits from Spain, would foree it torespc.d 'a
neutrality to which it teemed absolutely deter.
mined
,to poi- Ra. end, it lidatened to. make war
again.; t..ber any. prceinnt declaration, and
even its, theenidst of Hee ,teve.,r profound peace.,
The
.sth of.t.Xteber -easwitnes,-, to the shedding-of
the innocent blood of several I,eooen and children,
Whoperi.,iteet Victims of an Ullik:!iti.of violence! and
this blond was,shed.by. the hands of nation ~,,hose
Government theriselves declare afterwards that
they. are not at war witll Spain -
Before the news of this dreadfid event came to
the 'knowledge of the cing, the British Charge
d'Affaires seems to have mide it his business
Asperate.flis Majesty by all iniginable means.
Not bring able to conceal from hitmelf the frivolity
'':'of his accusationa relative to our p reperati:itis at Fcra
rol, since their 'existence, had ceased.a longtime be.
fore, he' was obliga.to,. to his aittsinue new
.grievancee, as sligntly founded as, they are desti+
tote of good faith; fie' did tint fail to niske‘neW
demands, some of them. contrary to what had been
agreed npesn between the two GOvernments, the
others ..,entirely inattinissible
,from their injurious
tendency. . Inns it is', that he exuded from my
cmet the engage•nenr, " that no Aernament„what,.
eyce ‘shf.iofd be carried on" in the, ports of Spain,
wnikt eminent and . hirnself .had consent,: d
that the F.Jrces of Spain should be kept tip on
'the same
.looting as they
,were at. the time of rite
above mentioned Anreernenr. Tfius it is, that lie
pretended that His ik.jenry had
,ali,vays refused to
,give di3ii„ei ,pithation with regard to his 'en.
gagements with France ; that., without thii !nevi.
•.ouBconruniceion, the British Government had
never been willingo3 consent to the neutrality of
Spain ; irtshort, thus it is, that he ended, by imFe.
riously demanding this enminunitration, attli,migh
without:declaring what wouL•t be the ulterior con.
dna of his . Court, in ca'.e M tjesty should'ac.'
el:A.:see in this demand. , .
The King, my Master,. might :Tire refused, an
answer to this extraordinary summon,. Tpe
accuracy orate noppositioc,i on which it is founded,
and :be previons steps.9l elle British Ministry, who,
antong.r the conditions fixed by .Englend for the
ackneteiedgment
_of the neutrality, lt.td not Corn.-
prised the nrcussity of a similar ennitninticatien,
%sufficiently authorised His.M:tjesty not• to attena.to
a den and of this nature.. Your 'Excellency knows •
thitt, immediately after the 'Treaty at Subsidy, the
British. Government addressed to my. Court ref4e_
sentations, the. objed of which were ly no means
to_ demand a distinct, explanation with reglad
to the engagements which . that: Treaty'contaitt4l,
but pe,itively " to declare that' the furnishing
the pecuniary advances, . as. stipulated in the
Convention concluded with France, could not be
looked upon Otherwiseth3ti as a War'Subsidy, &c."
—These expressions, the very same as used by the
British Minister in the Note, which he delivered to
this effect on the 3d 4'. Deeentlier last, do not admit
the doubt that his Government was notat,that tittle
thoroughly acretiairitcd with they ci,intents of.the
above menti aped Convention. Hid it been other.
wise, could Mr:Ft:ere have hold this language'tviett.
out knowing the extent of our
,Subsidies, especially,
after having declared, in the same Note,.,, That his
Government was dojsposed to overlook such peen.
niary sacrifices' es should not lit: of sufficient
tude to force attention on account of their ptilitical
efreas therefore, they were then actin tinted
with itle: amatztit cwt. the 'Same' 3vlOch I•lis tI jesty
had no'w to pay IJ' litatlCV, bow
,could they tloW ;As
ignorant of it ? 4Vti, not being
..ianuranc. of it,
what end do they at eiresent opt) to themselves
in demanding 'the' ttlicioSute' iit'a secret which
CON. I tsel:et drive-been tit harts •-•

.
Suppb,ing even that Mitgaiy..4 epgagerttento
ith Frances wits rey,etft to the tiiihNidieN,
1401 rein'aini.,*m'y.4tery
it wottll tot be less Inv, that they have men*
the tight to demand 4, diitind explanation hti tf
s'objc'et-, at k,ist, a 3 a i••fie'iltiar to the
cf peace. It the Brititi ,c;ovetnrnent
attac'oe4-01w.c.ti importance to tbiticommtinication,
Chat jhey, iltottlit it to Make it- a condition,
with ut which they would not togago to reaped the