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sties coarld -maintain that there existed, pith respect
to them, a material omission in the British project, of
which the first, the second, and the sixth article, com-
prehended the allies of both parties. If Russia and
Denmark are allies of France, they will find them-
selves comprehended in these articles. If they are not
so, what right has Great Britain et France to mix i
their interests in this Convention ?

Nevertheless, Mr. Mackenzie is authorised to an-
nounce, that there will be no difficulty in understan-
ding the principle of the British projet in regard to the
Russian and Danish prisoners respectively, and that
the British Government is ready tq enter into an ar-
rangement with these two powers, upon the basis of
the project which has been offered in their name.
(Signed) c. A. MACKENZIE.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLE PROPOSED.

In the state in which the Spanish Government is,
tke terms of this Convention will be communicated ;
but, as its acceding to the terms cannot be notified in
less than three months from the date of the signa-
ture, the French subjects who may be prisoners in
Great Britain or her possessions after the exchange of
prisoners respectively, as expressed in the five first pa-
graphs of the fourth Article, shall be liberated suc-
cessively, without delay, by successive conveyances of
one thousand men each, on proper receipts, in the
form which shall be agreed upon, and upon the 'posi-
tive engagement (ratified by the French Government)
that they shall not serve either upon sea or land against
Great Britain, or any of her allies, in any country of
the world, before they be regularly exchanged for
similar British prisoners, who by the chance of war
may fall into the hands of, the French, and who shall
consequently be liberated from time to time, until the
surplus of French prisoners formerly mentioned shall
be discharged. A similar exchange will take place
according to the sth and 6th paragraphs of the fourth
Article.

All the Officers not and those who may
he permitted to return to France, as it is expressed
abnve, must also be considered as if they were upon
their parole of honour, and shall be bound to trans-
mit a regular report of the place of their residence
to the Blitibh Agent in France, as was the practice
List war.

IX. Letter from Mr. Mackenzie to M. Dumoustiez,
MorLair, August 25,
Sir—Waving waited with anxiety for some comma-
nication upon the decision of the French Govern.
ment, whether acceptance or refusal, relative to the
proposition which I had the honour of presenting you
on the morning of the 2d instant, which has hitherto
detained the messenger and the vessel, I present my-
self in your house at the expiration of fifteen days,
and to declare to you verbally, " that I received in-
structions to wait with patience during a length of
time for an answer to the propositions which I have
made, and that in case they are not agreed to by the
French Government I shall return to England." I
am at present desired to inform you, that the British
Government feels itself repugnantly forced to con-
clude, that the disposition of the French Government
is of a nature which renders a prolongation of the ne-
gociation useless ; and I am ordered to beg you will
have the goodness to demand my passports for my
immediate return to England, Ste.
In No. X. (August 3.) M. Dumousteir resumes;
and repeats,
_ _

Ist. That the French Government offer s a general
exchange, man for man, and rank for rank, consider-
ing Spaniards, Portuguese, English, French, Italians,
&c. upon an equality. This is most just and rea-
sonable.

2dly. France also consents that all the French pri.
soners shall be sent to France, and all the English to
England; but as the number of French prisoners ex-
ceeds that of the English, they shall be sent to France
on their parole, subject to the conditions of the addi-
tional article of the 3d of August.
idly. Lastly, France at once consents that an
French prisoners in England shall be liberated, but
she never can consent to liberate only a part, and
abandon the majority in England, without guarantee
or hope.
No. XI. Another project of a Convention for the
Exchange of Prisoners, presented by M. Dumoustier,
with the preceding note, dated the 30th of August.
No. XI I. Note of Mr. Mackenzie.
The Undersigned Commissary for the exchange of
prisoners of war, has transmitted to his Government
the Note of M. Dumottsteir of the 30th of August,
together with the project there referred to ; and is
charged, in answer to that communication, to in.
form M. Dumousteir that his last project is in many
respects inadmissible ; that it appears by his Note
that he raises no objection as to.the basis of the British
project, and that the difficulties regard merely two
points of detail, namely, in the first place, that
which regards the additional article regulating the de-
scription of the surplus of French prisoners remaining
in England, on the supposition of Spain refusing to
accede to the Convention • and secondly, that which
respects the number of French prisoners to be libe-
rated on account of the Hanoverian army of Count
Walmoden.

The British Government has considered these two
points with the some disposition which it bath ever
bestowed in doing away the-difficulties, and kath con-
tributed to the final success of the negotiation by every
reasonable concession; and finding that, though ad-
heriog faithfully to the principles which it bath before
manifested, and which it still maintains, changes might
be introduced in the details of the Convention, of s I
nature to give satisfaction to the wishes of the French
Goiernment on that subject, he is freely disposed to
offer them, in expectation that these alterations in the
terms of his project, being the last which can be made
on his part, will be found also the most acceptable,
and that they will enable the French Government to.
furnish its assistance heartily and candidly to bring
this prolonged discussion to a happy termination.
As, on the first point, the objections of M. Dumous.
tier had a reference to the setting at liberty the sur-
plus French prisoners in England, and to the deter-
mination of an exchange between Fiance and Spain:
and as the point upon which he insists is the libera-
tion without delay of all the French prisoners in Eng.
land, in exchange for those of Great Britain and her
allies now in France ; the British Government bath
consented to !bake such a modification in its project
as may be able to fulfil that object which M. Du.i
moustier bath considered of such great importance.
Instead, therefore', of sending, acc„,raing to .the'
stipulations of the original Brit:ss proposal, the ex-
,change of the surplus of French prisoaers remaidulg.

itu England, for the surplus of Sfanish prisoners re-
maining in France, even to the full coMpletion of ex-
change,. man for man, and rank for rank, between
France and Spain, Mr. Mackenzie is authorized to
consent that the exchange of the surplus of French
prisoners, who possibly might remain in England at
the conclusion of the cartel between France and Eng-
land, should take place immediately, and without
waiting for the conclusion of the exchange of man
for man, and rank for rank, between France and
Spain, or, in other words, the British Government
consents to anticipate the exchange of the surplus,
and thus to accelerate by this concession on their
part, the liberation of so many French and Spanish
captives.
The unileisigned is charged to declare in addition,
that by a communication which hath been made byl
the Spanish Government, through its Minister resid. '
ing in London, the British Government is fully au-
thorized to accept, without more delay, the exchange
of Spanish prisoners in return for French prisoners,
in the proportion abdve ment:oned; and that the
Spanish Government hash equally made known its
disposition to accede to a convention for a general
exchange, agreeable to the terms which for this end.
may be agreed on, under the mediation of Great Bri-
tain ; and Mr. Mackenzie cannot help observing that
this circumstance readers the entire discussion on.the
additional article useless and superfluous.
As to the second objection raised by M. Dumous-
tier, relative to the number of prisoners to be given
up in tegard to the Hanoverian army of Walmoden,
he requires, that, in reckoning of that number, those
who might have entered into the service of Great
Britain should be taken into consideration. The Bri-
tish Government is disrised, in like manner, to ac-
cede terthis proposition ; but the extension which M.
.Dumoustier hath given to this demand is altogether
inadmissible : no computation which could be made
with any degree of exactness could raise the amount
of the loss of those Hanoverians to the British service
beyond the number of one thousand, in place of what
was before offered as an equivalent. Mr. Mackenzie
is authorized to consent that 3000 French prisoners,
instead of 2000 formerly stipulated, be set at liberty
in consideration of the Hanoverians comprehended
in the capitulation of Count Walmoden, who either
now are, or who may have hitherto been in the Bri-
tish service; that numbest of 3000 being independent
to the total amount of 1905 men, immediately to be
liberated in regard to the garrison of St. Domingo,
as hath been agreed upon in the communication
made by the Commissaries of the Transport Office to
M. Riviere, of the 19th of January last.
Mr. Mackenzie hash the honour of presenting now
to M. Dumoustier, the minute of a project, which
does not differ from that before offered by the British
Government, but in the alterations necessary to be
made with regard to those two points, and at the
same time to inform him that no other alteration, or
the giving up of any thing, can on no account be
admitted.

By presenting his final proposal to the rienCh Go-
vernment, and in offering to it the bounds of a series
of concessions to which the British Government has
been carried, from sentiments of humanity aud con-
ciliation, Mr. Mackenzie is charged to impress on
M. Dumoustier the conviction of the numberikke ex-
tent, and the value of these concessions, and td recal
to his attention how every new step of this negotia-
tion hath been .accompanied with a new proof of the
liberality and candour on the part of the British
Government. •

The points in dispute relative to the capitulation
of St. Domingo, and the exchange of the ci%il sub-
jects of Great Britain for French naval and military
prisoners of war, and to an equivalent for the Hano-
verians, to an exchange of French prisoners in
England for those of other countries in the hands of
France, and to the immediate' liberation of French
prisoners for Spanish, and to the chance of a surplus
which might remain without any balance, have been
successively conceded4by Great Britain, though con.
formably to precedents, and also agreeably to receiv-
ed usage, they might, in turn, insist on some recipro-
cal conditions on the part of the French Co yernment.
Mr. Mackenzie must in conclusion observe, that
in virtue of the abovementioned concessions, the
French Government, in acceding to the liberal pro-
positions now offered, for the last time, by the British
Government, will obtain the setting at liberty of al-
most 5000 men, independently of the final liberation
of 45,000 other Frenchmen, who are now in, the
power of Great Brinain.

Mr. Mackenzie has the honour of renewing to M.
Dumoustier, the assurances of his high consideratin.
(Signed) C. A. MACKENZJE,
Morleir, September if,

No. XIII. is the project of a convention for an ex-
change of prisoners presented by Mr. M'Kenzie, and
which appeared in our paper of the 27th ult.
No. XIV. Note of M. Dumoustier to Mr. Mac-
kenzie, October 7.

The undersigned Commissary for the exchange,of
prisoners of war has transmitted to his Government
the Note of Mr. Mackenzie, of the 22d of September,
and the Project of Convention annexed thereto. He
is directed, in answer tothis communication, to declare
that this arrangement will meet with no opposition on
the part of the French Government, provided the.
'British Government consents to modify the first, se-
cond, and fourth paragraphs of the fourth Article of
the project, as shall be here mentioned below.
In the first paragraph, it is wished that he follow-
ing alterations should be made.; "All,thitish prisoners
ofall ranks and degrees, detained in France or Italy,
or in the dependencies of France and Italy, shall be
set at liberty, and their exchange shall immediately
commence after the ratification of this Convention, by
sending them to Deal or Portsmouth, or any other
port in the Channel that shall be agreed on, or by
assigning over to the hands of the British Crmis-
sary, who shall be nominated to receive them, a
thousand English prisoners, and two thousand of
allies of England, for three thousand French priso-
ners, or of the allies of France, who shall be set at
librty by-the British Government, as stated in the said
paragraph."

In the second paragraph we propose, that all the-
French prisoners of all ranks and degrees now de-
tained in Great Britain, or in the British possessions,
shall be set at liberty ; their exchange shall take place
immediately after the signature 'of this convention,
and shall be carried into effect by successively send-
ing to Morlaix, or to any other French port in the
Channel that mar be-agreed on, or by assigifug_orer