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[PRICE SIX-PENCE.

a force. I Paid, that I hoped that theft coniiderations
would induce England to forbear for a time, and
that I would mon earnellly recommend it to him to
look to fumething beyond the prefent, which could
terve as nothing but a temporary expedient.
No:B—.Evraet of a difpateh from John Hookham Frere, &quire,
to Lord I lawkdbury, dated &curial, ptla of October, 1803—
Received 9th of November.
I have referved for a feparate difpatch tome parti-
culars which may perhaps appear interefting to your
Lordlhip, with a view to forming a judgment ref-
peeling the meafures to be purfued by Great Britain,
in conlequence of thole which have been adopted by
this Court in their prefent emergency ; and I mention
them the rather as they may perhaps appear necef-
fary to juflify my remaining here, which I have de-
termined to do till fuch time as I can receive initruc-
lions from home. Your Lordalip may reft allured
that the compliance of the Spanifh Government is
the cilia of fear and conllraint—and that fear is no-
thing left than the apprehenfinn, by no means an-ex-
aggerated one, of teeing a French army at Madrid.
before there could be any pollibility of their receiving
fupport or affinance from abroad. Under there cir •
cumnances, and knowing the charafter of this Go-
vernment, it will not appear extraordinary to your
Lordfhip, that they 'hoed have perferred a remote
danger to one which was preffing at3d immediate.—
At the fame time I can venture to fay, that there
never was a time in which the Btkith Government or
the Britifh nation *ere more popular here ; not only
with the country in general, but with the Court,
with the perfon in power, and with the Royal family;
and it is hot doing them juflice to fay, that the libe-
rality and generolity of his Majefty's condo& has
been felt in the manner it ought ; while, on the other
hand, the difguft which has been created by the bra-,
tality and infolence of the French, has rifen to foch
a pitch as to break duo' all difguife.

No. 9—Extra of a (filet& from J. H. Frere, Efqtare, to Lord
Hawkefbury, datcd Eftirial, Oetober fiefs, Mcry--Ree.tved
9tb of November

After having written the two preceding difftatehes
I delrmined mace more to call upon the Prime of
Peace, in order to learn from him if poffihle, fome-
thing further refpeeting the additional terms infifted
upon by ameral Bournonville. He told Me that our
conference muff be as Ihort as pdllble ; that he had
only to tell me, that he had not yet fired any thing,
and that mall probably he (hould not ; but that all
depended upon the dilpofition of Portugal, and upon
the anfwer which he might get from Mr. Freres when
he fhould fee him the next day. I dked bim what
the additional terms were ? he anfwered that they
were wholly. inadmilllble ; and that they demanded,
PEloignement des Troupes et le Palfage."' I laid,
the paffage through Spain to Portugal ? he anfwered
" It palfage giartout—enfin la difper lion de nos troupes
—" dans nos ports—partout." 1 reminded him of
the declaration which the Portuguese Government
had given, that they confidered the Pyreneans as the
common frontier which proteeled the two countries ;
and I affured him that England would not fuffer Por-
ttigal to fhrink from this declaration in a cafe like
this, which undoubtedly involved the two countries
in a common danger.

Ho. to.—Extradt of la dffpatch from J. H. Frere, Erg. to Lord
Hawkefbury. datcd Maddd, December 7th, aok—blitteeiccd
3oth of Decoember.

Since the date of my laft the events of this Court
have proceeded in the channel to which they feemed
naturally tending ; and the ratification of the treaty
has taken place. It has been agreed that of the fix
millions which were itipulated to be paid monthly,
two are to be let apart for the reintburfement of the
Spaniffi claimants upon the French Government, and
are confequently to be kept by this Government, in
order that they themfelves may fatisfy the demands
of their own fubjeets. Since the arrival of the rati-
fication a new claim has however been let up, for the
payment of arrears amounting to abort a million
Reding, and which are pretended to be due fine the
beginning of the war. As yet no payment has been
made either upon this account or that of the month-
ly fubfrdy.
No. rt—Cory of a difpateh from Lord Haolefbury to J.
Farr, Efq. dated Downing-ltrect, Jan. 21, ISO!.
5r:..11-11r. Najeily% Government having received
frequent complaints from feveral commanders of his
Majelty's flips of war, of the unfriendly treatment
to which they are expofed in the ports of Spain,
(more efpecially in that of Ferrol), and of the refufal
which they have experienced in many inflames of
perrniffion to purchafe in thofe ports provifions, and
other neceffaries for the ufe of the refpeftive (hips of
war under the command of thofe Officers ; I have to,
hgnify to you his Majefty's pleafure, that you make
the molt forcible reprefentations upon this fubjett to
the Spanifh Minitters; and that you Rate to them
his Majelly's jolt expeCtation, that the commanders
of his (hips of war !hall have full liberty to purehafe
in the ports of Spain prosilions, and any other need.
fary articles of which they may be in want—and, ge-
nerally, that they may be treated precifely in the
fame manner as .he commanders of the (hips of tvar
of the French Republic, or of any other country
which may be at Peace with his Catholic Majefty.
I am, &c. HAWKES BURY.
J. H. Frere, tfq. dte.

No. za—Copy of a Difpatch from J. H. Frere, Efq. to Lord
Hawke!bury, dated Madrid,3d March, tEha.—Receiv,u 29th.
My Lnrd—The inclofed Note upon the Inbjed of
-the armaments fuppofed to be deilined to fail from
Ferrol, was difpatched by Meirenger to Sir Edward
Pellew before I thought it advifable to mention the
Cubic& of it the Government. On my fpeaking of it
to the Prince of Peace, he poilti vet), denied any fuels
intention, which fasted me from the necefEty.of in-
forming him of the Rep which I had taken.
It has been Mentioned to no one except to the
American Minifter, who had been greatly alarmed,
conceiving that the armament was dellined to o
dufe the occupation of Lciuifiana. The troops dill
remain in Gallicia, but all idea of their being der
Lined to foreign fervice is now at an end.
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