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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1805.

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term% on which the continuance of peace had been acquiefced In;
previntis notice having been given to the Spanith Government
that a Rate of war would be the inuneditne confequence of fuels
a meafure, his Man fty on this event (toed almoft pledeeti to an
minim commencentent of hottilitics
;
the King, however, pre.
'en...! a perneering adherence to the fyftent of moderation fo con•
From the moment that heflilities tied commer.ent Ito ween et rialto his difpolition lie refoleed Rill te leave an opening for
Great Bonin and trance. afu fianent ground of Wit agaitnit Spain, accommodation, if Spain thould be Mil allowed the liberty to,
on the part of Great Britain, neceffarity f, slowed from the Treaty adopt the tonere preferibed by a kilt (role of her own intereits and
of St. Ildephonto, it not din:teamed by Spain. fecurity. It is here worthy of remark, that the groundlefs and
That Treaty in fad if r trtd ;lain with the Reptnalican uremreful imp...nations thrown out againft bis Majefty's conduct
',remnant of France, by a intend acknuwledement of unqualified in the Spanifh Telanifetto, are built upon the foundation of this
Vanange, and by (petals Pipulatious of unconditional offence. forbearance alone. Had his Majefta esereiten, without referee,
his jaR rights of war, the reprefeneations fo faintly greeted, and
Ile Cie Articles of •hat Treaty Spain covenanted to %faith a fo infidimilly dwelt upon, could nut have been even Rated under
It end cantingrat of Naval and htilitary force fir the prorecution any colourable pretext : the indulgence, therefore, which poll-
of any war in which the French Republic might think proper to tined the actual Rate of war, was not not only raifraPrefraltad.
engage. She freeificelly lurrendered any right or pretentnn to
but transformed 'mot grounder complaint, becaufe the forbear. '
enquire iota, the nature, print:ice of that war. She (limn sore extended to the amtreffors was not carried to a dangerous and
lend, In the firft !finance, a contingent of troops and fhips, which, inadmilfible extreme. In °a ee fequen of the imelllgen ce above
e' itfelf, comprina to. mederete proportion of the means et her (hated, dirediens were feet to his Menfty's Minifter at Madrid,
annelid; but in tie tient of this contingent being at any time to make reP refentations and rernonftrances to the Spanills Court,
found inf ancient far the perprafes Of France, the further bound her- to demandPex I dons relative to the canting Cone • be-
fen to put ut to a (late of activity the utmoll fume, both by fee and tureen Spain and
France ; and above all, to infiftentchonata the
Wad, that it amulet he in her powpowerto coiled. She covenanted Naval Armaments in their ports lhould be placed as tha fame
that this farce Mould be at the difpolal at France, to be crnaloyed footing as they were preelonny ro the enmnteocentent ofMM. fides
conjointly or feparately for the annoyance of the common memo; 1 between Crest Britain and France: and he was further directed,
thus fubmittlng her entire power and reraurees to be urea as tie i cxplicitiy to Rate to the Spanifh Cloven ment that his Matta
innmeneet, of name" ambition and aggnalon, and toll.: applied felt a duty impofed upon him of falai*. without delay, every
in whatever proportion France might ti.ink proper, for the eeovr-
lure of precaution, and particularly, of giving orders to his
ed purple of endeavouring to futnert the Government and deltrey I Admiral off the non of Fermi, to prevent any of the Spain& Ihips
the national exilterten of Great Britain. I of war failing front that port, or any additiaral &ipsof war from
The charaater of fuel, a Treaty gave Great Britain an 'neon- • entering it.
tenant tip le. to dneern to Spain. that unkis (he decideally re I No tubitarteal redrefs, no Intistadory etrlenatior was afforded
conned the ereny, or gATC afrurances that The wuald not per• in confequence of there repeated rerrefentetit ns; whillit, under
form :he obligetione of it, the would cot be coufideted at a tat atral . the cover of his Majeay's forbearance, the enemy had received
Intern corifiderable remittances of treafure, together with the &aline of
Riaht. however, for prudential reams. and from motives 1 procuring other (apatite.
of forbearance end tendernefs towards Spain. was nut txdrc:r, din Every eircumflance of the general condue of gpain was peculiarly I
its full extent ; amnia confequence of affur.useee of a locale aitpan calculated to excite the vigilant attention of the &inn Government
Lice on tire part of the Spanifh Government, his Majetty did not, I,the removal of Spanilb (hips out of theirdocks, to make room for
In the nal, inttance. infin 08 a diftind and formal reruncietion i the accommodation of the men of war of France—the march of
of the 'fenny. It does not appear that any tape& &mann of French troops and (cameo throu'h the Spaniititerritory—the equip-
Inecour bad been made by France before the month of July • one merit of naval armanwntsat Ferrol—theconfideration that thejune
thountal eight hundred and three; and on the firft notifizatinn of tint, ref this armament with the French fhipsalreadyin that harbour,
the War, hie anajetty's Manatee at Madrid was led to believe, in would create a decided fuperiority of numbers over his Majefty's
contequence of cot unueicattnin which paged between him and fguadron craning off that port—the additional naval exertions,
the Spandh Government. that his Catholic Manny diet no: con- and the conferment irancare of expence ',halt this conduntof Spain
Oder himfelf as mmenarine bound by the mere fact of the exiftenee nee, ffarily irepond opal' Great Britain. All there together m•
of a War Intween Co at Britain and France, without nionquent quired thofe precautions, both of reprefentatinn and melon, to
enplane:int and difeuintn, to fulfil the ftipaintiuns of the Treaty which his Mantle had immediate recut:rte. While official notice
of Si. Ildephonfo, though the articles of that Treaty would ter vainly' Was given of his iliejelty's intention to adopt thole neceffary msa •
/nee rife tot vry different interpretation. In the month of oa.- fares, the Spanifh Government was at the lame time allured, that
ter a conventien was rigned, t..). which Spain agreed to pay to his Majefty !till felt an taro& defire to maintain a good under-
France a certain tuna monthly in lieu of the navel and military rue- (landing with Spain ; but that the continuance of lush a Rate of
46‘1,11 which they had Itipulated by the Treaty to provide, but of things mutt be rubjed to the condition of aliftaining on their part
the amount cat this fum, or of the nature of any other flipulae from all holtile preparations, and on making, without hefitation
bons which that convention might contain, no official information or referee, that full and explicit difeloffire of the nature and extent
whatever waa given• of the (nailing engagements with France, which had hitherto
It was immediately Rated by his Intanntjs Minilier at Madrid been fo frequently am! fo fruitkftly demanded.
Ito the Sranith Government, that a fubfady as large as that which The precaution., adopted by his Majefty were loch only as he
they were (um:soled to bare engaged to pay to France, far exceed- deemed indifpenfably neceffary to guard agaitift the augmentation
ed the bounds of forbearance ; that it could oily meet with a tan- by Spann of her means of naval preparation during the dirculnon,
porary connivance, as If it was emulated, it might prove in feet a and against the poffible coofequences of the fele arrival of the ex-
greater injury than any other iroitility. In feria to there union- peeled .Imeriean treafure in the Spanifh ports ; an event which
!trances, it was rei•reientiel as au expedient to fain time, and aft has more then once in former times, become the epoch of the
fueancea were given which were ecofirmed by nrcumitanccs, :emanation of dikufl ons. and of the commencement of boftility
which came to his Majefty's knowledge from other quarters, that on the part of Spain.
the difputittert .if the :amnin Government would induce them to The orders iffued by his Majefty, on this occaEornto the Adml-
extricate thee-naives from this engagement, if the cootie of events rals commanding his fleets, afford the moll ftriking example of a
Thould admit of their doing In wail tansy. fentpuloos and indulgent forbearance ; the moll Itridt limitation
When his Majefty lad find rearan to believe that fuck a con was ;neat, as to the extent and allied of the meafures propoled•
senior, was concluded, directed ilia alitlifter at Madrid to de- and the execution of thole orders was guarded with the ftrongefi
elate ;hat ferbeerire to confider Spain as an enemy mug dc- injundtions to avoid, by every Imams coralltent with the attain-
nend ie fume decree nano the amount of the fuccours, and upon mein of theirobjed, any ad of violence or hoftility againft the doe
her matnten Mg a per neutrality lit 412 tier retpeets; but that minions or Intends of his Catholic Majefty. The huftile prepa
it wauld be impuffnle for him to confiner a permacert payment, rations ill the harbour of Fara rendered it neceffary, in the firft
to the amount of tb'er which was Rated ta have been to agitation, inflance, that a reinforcement ffiould be added to the frmadron
in any other light than as a direct fubfidy of War. Ills Meneity's cruising off that port ; and orders were at the fame time conveyed
/11110 T war directed, therefore, firft to pi-cu.-ft againft the Con- to the Bririth Admirals, to fend intimation to the Spanilh Govern-
Vent ioines a violation of Neutrality, and a jeßillable caufe sf war ; meat ef the inftrudions they had received, and of their determi-
fecondly, to declare, that our abftaining from bunnies cutift de' nation in confequence, to refilt, under the prefent eireunntances,
Fend upon its being only a temporary manure, and that we muft the failing either of the French or Spaniffi fleets, if any attempt for
be at liberty to confider a perleverarce in it as a cask of War ; that minion (Medd be made by either of them.
thirdly, that the eetrance of any French troops Into Spain mutt H.s Majefty's plea/um was at the fame time Ggnifled, that they
be refuted ; fourthly, that any naval preparation mull be a great were not to detain, in the Grit inftance, any (hip belonging to his
enure of jea/ouln, and any attempt to give nasal effiftance to France Catholic Majefty, failing from a port of Spain ; but to require the
an immediate elide of War ; fifthly, that the Spanifh ports mutt Commander of Inch thip to return dirently to the port from whence
remain open to our commerce, and that our (hips of war nu ft have the came, and oily in the event of his retufing tocomply with Inch
equal treatment with thole of France. Nis latently's 111initter requifitiem, to detain and fend her to Gibraltar or to England.
was alto latftrudledat any French troops entered Senile or if he re- Further diredlons were Liven not to detain any Spanith botne-
(lived authentic information of any naval armaments preparing ward-bound (hips of war,unlefs they mould lave treafureon board,
for the affiftance of France, to leave Madrid, ata.l to give imme. nor merchant (hips of that nation, however laden, on any account
diate nut:ee to our Naval Commanders, thee they might proceed whitfoever. That, in the prefeention of thole meafures of pre
to eenilities without the delay "net might be utcanuned by a tete- caution, many valuable lives &oak' have been facrificed, is a (ob-
tain.: home. jean of much regret to his Majefty, who laments it as an event pro-
The execution of theft i: (trite:thole produced a variety of alifeur. deed alone by en unhappy concurrence of circumltanecs, but
Bra - ; detain which !tie t y's Milliner told Mr. leveller, in which nen in no degree affect the malts of theatre. The citation
a: ae.r to his quantal, whether a contii.uancc of Itch r,,,rd_rr of :he jell princirle and due exercife of his Menai+ right, cells
fa. .v.t, T., to France a t:L111 be crendered as a ruund ef War, and upon every littinnation of the Laws of Nature andof Nations,which
r tu was :w.f.:ranted to declare it ? that he was to authorize. I tinoin and juftify the adoption of Inch mcafures as are requifite fur
en at a; Wear wouh! be the infallible cunt, quince. decree and the preventiou of aggro lion.
It taut, however, hill thought denrable by ho Manny to pro- I I: remains only further to °Drente, that if any additional proof
Iran, of palace tae eh Minn of this queftion anal it was there- r were rcquiiitc of the witdom and neeeffity of precautionary =a-
fore .• cal in the i: eruttitins to his alliance at Madre!, that as I lures, that prof would be found even its the Deciantiou relied
the fubady was nprefinted by the Spanifh Government to be I upon in the hlanifefto of Spain, in which its Government now
merely i 1 temporary nicantre, his alajetty might flat continue to neon ate If to have contemplated from the beginning of the war,
overlent it fan a time ; but that hie deaGon in thle refract amen the neceffity rat making itfeif a party to it, in fupport of the preen-
elepend tartan knowing the precut nature of ail the itipulatians le- Inns of France. exprefily declaring, that Spain and Holland,
renal Son., end France, and upon the Spun& Government 'Leine • %vim treated conjointly with France at Amiens,and whole interells
determined to elute their neutrality to be terra-nil in all other I and political relations were fo cleanly cennented with her, mutt
partietibra. That until then gin ions were anawcred in a fatis- I have with difficulty refrained from taking part agahill the injuries
fectory manner, anal the Convention coatninitieeted to him, he and ialialts ofiered to their ally."
'atilt give no poative anfwer tanner he would make the pear. It will further appear, by a reference to the dates and refutes of
anal tumours a caufe of war or not. ;he fevers' reprek mations made by his Majelty's Charge d'Affaires
Wore the receipt ref :hoe inaredlions, dated January at, ift,i4, at the C't eat of Spain, that the detention of the Spanith treafure
the reprrt of fame naval armaments in the ports of Spain had ne- (hip, never was in qocftion during the dikuffions which preceded
eaCuntd a freib Corretwatrience twancen his !Vanity's al in al •r ! eicparture from aladrid. Tin: ground of complaint therefore,
Ind the Spenifh (I.'Veltllltllt. In one of the Not CA ri:re' by has fines t, cn fo much relied en, formed no part of the mo-
t nt, former, be 1. a lares, that If the Rine was forced to gig.. a tilt: of the previous hollite charader ro Itrengly manifated by the
tear, he would wart no otherdeclaration then whet he hen -In ttle 3e..nah a ourt in their mode of treating the points in dinuilion,
non. 11,e aerwers of the Spaniel Covet •'TTCOI nor ;.a, van appear in the fermi) of the anal rupture of the Dego-
• evalive mann; ; hi, Mtjerty's Minn et* r h.:A the Cre ala ti.' ti at r.l4t!Tid..
.beer rata mot part by a note delivered ou net lath ostry, in On the: 2fah .f (Montt ant. his IVLajeily's Charge d'Affaires
seinen he &clans that all further forbear nee on the part ot Lino reetauteal a note to the Spanifh Minifter, in which the following
1.0.1 molt depend upon tbc eaffitlon of all Nat al arinaintrts anti con•litions were Minted upon, as preliminary to the appointment
• rroailaitlan of t:. fate of prizes In their pie a, era uniels •hch. •of a Nina:ter from Great Britain, who might treat of the adjutt-
p:intt were agreed to without modification, he had orders to leave nic.:t of other matters which remained for difeulnon. The condi-
Madrid. Olt the Inconel of there points a Iniendory anfwer was I tions were three : Fait, that the orders given at Ferrol, Cadiz and
inter, anal orders 'Sued accordingly ; on the firit a reference was ' Canhagena, Omutd he countermanded, as well for the equipment of
to framer declatatire... 'lathe gut Rini ahoy diteitniog the I gape of war in any of thole ports, as for their removal from one
I recay with trance, no tandory antwer wet evt r riven. As of thole ports to another. Secondly, that not only the pre-fent ar-
hewever no ant .1 pre; tar "bins appeared to proceeding at that i mantents Mount he difemainued, but that the eftablifitment of gips
nee el 15. ;: !: eons of ennui, the matter v.-% ,!rued to remain of war in the Ziff, rent port alumni be replaced on the footing on
which they flood at the. commencement of holt dines between Eng-
tli re ••.r tire!.
In tier n:r•let July, t Ica, the Government of Spain gave an land and France. 1 hinny, that a full difclofure Should be made of
for. ▪ std fettle., neutrality, net danvowcal any nr- I the exilin; engan mutts, and of the nature intentions of Spain
t• er aryl ir. ▪ torte; eet in the fuhtein, n-iinth. wi in ss;t:i r.ipeet ti, From the period neon:mentioned to the
rte;, 4;nlrarc, rr tee nt anti COIJI ot rani • nee ri •i a, ' of Noveniber, feveral Ilott 5 pallet between his Majelty's
tarn, the tritan t here dnafrairn recent, d advice from the Ad- Charge d'Alletces ar.d the inianifk Matinee, confifting, with little
.• tear antraarninr his ntajcityn nip, ill ;it port of Ferrel, thet I variation it Shur in urgent demands of fatisfection au the
•• •ereemente re minion anal nine& had terninii Snail i are 0: Lenten and aufatinactra y replies on the other.
nt ;•tatLd delays and rein-need lipplications, his Itelajefty's
e • ;au French meta at
,we attics wet. isfl.lol.fli to Sloe `C1,414:11 ✓. ;Orr, bet nu an- Charge &Arlen.% received his palnewte ern the etb of November,
neer was !Tenant to either of them. 'foie ere. fin re.! M. the :Jo': d• ;lined hurt Madrid on the a itla of diet moo'. During the
or'li of San Anbtr, erforroatio- WI! T. 5:!.1J1 I n4'1.1 tunas u• tile Of this ntgonatinn, no nient:on was 'made of the detention
rrea(nre p.a. dogs it any where appear cleat an
The!lntik Admiral flattened off Ferrol, thet order. h a!
Seer. " eaten by the Co•at of Madrid for arnitog. waheut nle of tio• o d been received at Manna of that tranfadion. It is
•as tn., pun, four ftsipe of the lire, two lea:mei, .! les I here fore, ttttt tite attempt made by the Sea•
venue; that 1 tecornua to this intelligence) f:in;:le :tts tlyail an if of that event, in sh
ello which has
tneneiv -n at Canaan al and Cadtt, end n.nictil are-, et ti frier publiffied, that the nate uf in
m equally have anftn
tine tint-rate flap, of tin lit • were (Oren til ta fai!f•nnt 1 !•.. • n t.r, at Li and Spain, had th, dote !Stun rawer Glen
„.itt ac to nen., e, and ?int, it, team or fact, the 'man taltim-tcly took place
•••• nor ; and as an additiunal proof
•• aaderi hese 1,501 gin II ni arm the pacaete time u: war. 1 11!"41 adiatet Gas, end Lvtadi ttaculti‘ctc4 with that
Mustier ay.ot erd ancsnivc,a: eiuteuon of the acetate.

NIS MI7LS77'S DECLARATIOA:

THE FOLLOWING PATERA WERE YESTERDAY LAO St-

1011,11 LOT!) 110 USC 3 Or PARL!AMENT ;

The !riding cirenmftances which charldierife the reiterated
abufe of hie Majdty's moderation, were each of them of a nature
to have cahaufted, any left fettled fyitem of lenity and forbearance.
Succours afforded to his eremite; explanations refufed 'or evaded,
after repeated demands : conditions violated, after dillieirt notice
that on them depended the continuance of peace. Such has been
the eondua of the Spaniih Court j and lt is, under thefe eircum-
Rance% that his Majefty finds the domineering inftuenee of France
exerted, and the Spaniel nation in a Mite et:declared and open war.
His Mijelly appeals with confidence to ail Europe for the ac-
knowledyncnt of his exemplary moderation in the whole eourfe I
of theft tranfaclinns. His Majcfly feels with regret the nectiEty
which places him in a ftatc of boftility with Spain ; an I would with
heartfelt fatisfadlion °Verve, on the part of that country, the af-
fumption of a more dignified fcnfc of national importaner, end a
more indeper.cltnt cacreife of rovereign rights.
His Majefty would indeed be rmdt happy to discover in the
councils or Spain a reviving retire of thole ancient feelings awl ho-
nourable propenlities which have at all times been fo congenial to
the Spenifh character, and which, in bett-r times, have marked
the conifilet of it, government. His Majelly will, on His part,
eagerly embrace the fica. opportunity, thus offered, of refuming
a Rate of peace and col.fidence with a nation which has In many
des of common inked: to Collillet it with Great Britain, and
which be has hitherto been ever dB-pored to regard with fend-
!mut, of the uttaoll roof 1.- ration and agent.
Downing-arm, January 1205.

FAPLR.S RELATIVr. TO TI.IE D15C:77,310N WITH S:'AIN

AND itl4.

No. I.....Extradt of a Difrritch from Lord Ila-sylc•f!-.:ry to J. 14
Frac. Efq.ditztlDo‘trni%;.ftrert., 2 !
I (hall now proceed to ftgrii.y to :.a ht. Majeßy's
pleatUre with refpeet to the c:4ldusl which it will
be ropi-r fur you to uhfcrie at the Court at which
you rcliJe.
It is the King': finrere and earneß el:fire that the
Spanifh Government may be enabled to maintain the
fit-Vita neutrality in the war which has c,mmenced
between Gteat Britain and France. You will there-
fore endeavour, by all the means in your power, to
imprefs upon the Spann Minifters the expediency of
their adopting this fy Rem ; and you wil: afire them,
that if it be adored his Majeliy will refpeft it with
the molt fcrupuluns good faith.
His blajefly's Government having no means of de-
ciding how far his Catholic Majelly may confider
himfelf as bound by the treaty of defenfive and of- i
fenfive alliance, which was concluded at St. Ilde-
fonfo on the 19th of Augult 1796, it is indifpenfably',
neceffary that you ffiould lore no time in afcertaining
this important point. If the Spann Government
fhould Rate to ylu, that they conceive themfelves to
be under the obligation to furnifh to France the num-
ber of troops and (hips which are ftipulated in the
treaty above mentioned, but that Ceir co-operation
will extend no further, you will refrain from giving
any opinion upon this nteafure, but will content
yourfelf with fignifying that you will tranfmit the
information to your Court. You will however watch,
with the molt unremitting vigilance, the prcgrefs of
any preparations which may be made for carrying
it into execution ; and you will, from time to time,
transmit fuch intelligence as you may be able to ac-
quire upon the fubjea, to the Commanders of his
Majelty'n flips in the Mediterranean, at Gibraltar,
and at Lifbon, in order that thole officers may be
enabled to purfue fuch meafures as may be bell cal-
culated to intercept the Spaniffi auxiliary (hips, on
their attempting to faiL from the ports either of the
Mediterranean or of the Atlantic ; a proceeding
which would he in aria conformity to the molt rigid
principles of neutrality, and could 40t be conftrued
into an all of dire& aggroffion againft Spain herfelf.
If, however, you fhou'd learn from the Spanifh
Miniilcrs that :be French C-srernment will not be
fatisfied with the definit::e foacours flipulated, but
will require his Catholic %jelly to place a greater
propottion of his naval and military force at the dif-
pofition of Fr:lnce, yl•ti will Rate to them, unrefecv-
edly, that his Majefty will conf:drr a compliance
with this requifition as equivalent to a declaration of
war, and as juilifying his Majefty in.proceeding to
immediate hottilities againft Spain.
The next o;ljee't to which his Majefty has calm
manded me to dire& your particular attention, is the
fituation of Purtu7al. It is extremely important
that you fhou:d take the eatlieft opportunity to dethe
the Spanifh Government to explain to you, without
referee, their fenciments and intentions in this re-
cta:El. In any converfationa which you may have
with the Spanith Nlinitters upon, this fubjeft, you
will obferve to them that his Majefty having con-
! fented to refpc& the neutrality of Portugal himfelf,
ihe cannot (Witt 'it to be moleßerl by any other power
whatfoever ; relies upon the jußice and magnani-
mity of his Catholic Majelly that he will, neither
of himfelf, nor in concurrence with France, carry
intoexecution any mealirres which rnayendanger the
fecurity and independence of that country. You
will, however, nut conceal from the Spanish Mini-
(try, that if the King of Spain thould .:Low the en-
trance of any French troops into his tetrituries, kr
(hould not relit: it by force, the King would confi-
der it as imputing upon hiro die neeellit y of sc,;aid
ing the conduit of Sdain as a jultifiable ground ut war
un his part, in regard to Portugal. 1 have hill fur-
ther to fignify to-you his fslajetty's pleafut e, that you
cultivate the molt cordial underttanding with the Mi-
oilier of that power at Madrid, and that you con-
cur with him in promoting the fecurity of her Fr:ith-
ful MajePy's dominions.
Having now Rated to yob loch proceedings on the
part of Spain, as would render it expedient for his
Majefty to commence Inotilities againtt that power,
I have to fignify to you his Majefty's pleafure, that
if any of thefe events fhould occur, you fhould make
the ttronge(t reprefentations againit them, and, in
the cafe of your not receiving a fatisfattory anfwer,
you will immediately quit Madrid and proceed to
Lifbon, whence you %sill return to England. Pre-
vioutly to your departure, you will ;rpm ire the offi-
cers commanetog his Majetty's (hips in the Mediter-
ranean, at Lilbon, and at Gibraltat, of your inten-
tion, in order that they may proceed to hoftiiities
againfl Spain without delay.
Nu. a—Extraet of a Di": atc:t from J. H. Frere, Ffq. to Lord
Hawked:turf., dated Arattjacz, June 3, 1873.
Upon a torrucr riceatiun I IJA pre:l.2d tile Prince
of Peace to an explicit declaration of the intentions