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this 1;1i 1•41; iiised an, ender the eltedhitlos at
Great Britain and Mi. Mackenzie cannot help
observing, that. ibis circumstance renders the entire
diicusslon on the additional article useless and

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superfluous.
Asio the aecoed objection raised bt Dt. thigtoe
sties, relative to Ilia Aqui* 'eVOboists lo be
given np- in regard to the Ifritiorbriiti briny of Ws?.
modal, he requtrea_the(in nekinting eif' that tithes.
her those be might.l4,l4,etstered, the SerVieb
of Great Britain should lie- liked into confidersi.
sloth The British Government is disputed, in lige
mintier, to accede to.thisproptisilion boot list ex.
tension which M. Ditinonatier 'haffi gitett to this
demand is altogether inadmissible : no computation
which could be made with any degree of ex-
act/lees, could raise ,the amount of the lass of
those Hanoverians to the British service be.
yond the number of one thousand, in place of
what was before offered as an etptivalent. Mr.]
Mackenzie is autkorise.l to Consent that three thou.
sand French prisoners,, instead of 2000' formerly
istipulated, be set at liberty, in consideratinn erthe
Ilanoverians comprehended in the capitUlatiOn of
Count Waltnetlenosho either now are, or who Mey
have hitherto been in tiiitt(clialt teeth:ol that
nulia-
ber of 3000 being ledependelit'to- the4M Sentient
of 1903 mest,„itemediately.to be liberitidfu regard
to the sari* or St. Onntrio, as bath her-lamed
upon In the edmmunication made by the Cummins-
lias. of the 'transport Office Itithrre, Arf , Ike
19thlassuary taste... .
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Mr. Mackenzie hath the unour o.; ng
now to M. Dumoustier, Ike • mitutte of a Peojeet,
which does ant differ from that before offesed by the
British Government, bet_ in, the alterations notes:
tiny to be made with regard to those tie points.; j
and, at the seine time, to inform him that no other
alteration, or the giving up of any. thaug, cif" '"0!,,
no tecnont be admitted.
By presenting, his final prapetio to te French
Govern/neat, and in offering to it the bounds i
series of concessions to which the British Govern-
ment has been carried, from sentiments. of ,huma.
nity and conciiiiitions Mr..Msekettilie is charged to
impress on M. Duceoestier, the conviction of the
number, the extent, and the value of these minces.
sions, and to. recta to hie attention how every new
step of this negociatiou bath been accompanied with
a new proof of the liberality and candour on the
part of the British-Government.
The paints in dispute relative to the capitulation'
of St. Domingo, and the exchange of the civil•sub..
jects of Great Britain for French naval' and military.
prisoners of war, and to .an egilivale9t: for the'
ITanoverians, to an exchange of Frentlfi prisoners in
bland for thote of .other counties iu tbehaitids
of France, and to the immediate liberation of
French prisoners for Spanish, and Cs the chance of
a surplus which,might remain without any balance,
have been successively conceded by great Britain,
though conformably to precedents, and also igrec.
Slily to received usage, she might, In' taro, insist
on seine reciprocal couditions no the part of the
French Government.
Mr. Mackenzie must in conclusion obietve, that,
fa virtue pf the above-mentioned concessions-, the
French Government, in acceding to the liberal pro.
positions now offered, far the tut time, by, the
British Covert:meet, 44. obtain the setting at
liberty of almost fivalleWmnd men, independently
of the final liberation st •fortylfire thousand other
Frenchmen, who are Olt £p the power of Great
Bri ate.
Mr. Mackenzie has the honour of renewing to
M. Dumoustier the assurauces of kis high Conside-
ration.
(Signed) G. A. Sae* ENtilL
Xerloix, September 2Z.
No. XIII. Is the project of a Convention for
an exehange•af prisoners presented by Mr. Mac-
k( nzie, and which appeared is our Paper of the 27th
ultimo.
No. XIV. Note of iiti...buottiestier to Mr.
Mackenzie, Oct. 7.
The undertirted Commissary for the exchange of
prisoners of war has transmitted to his Gevernment.
the Note of Mr. Mackenzie, of the 22d of Sep.
tember, and the Project of Convention annexed,
thereto. lie is directed, •in answer to this cement.
nieition, to declare that this arrangement will sank
with no opposition on the part. or the Francis Go.
vernment, provided the British Government con.
sents to modify the first, second, and fourth para.
graphs of the fourth Article of the project„as shelf
be here mentioned below.
In the first paragraph, -it is wished that the fol.:
lowing alteration should be made: " All British
prisoners, of all ranks and, degrees, detained in
France or Italy, or in the dependeneies of France
mid Italy, shall be get at liberty, and their exchange
shall immediately commence after the ratification of
this Convention, by sending them to. Deal or Ports..
mouth,• or any other Port in the Chanoel that shall
he agreed on, or by assigning over to the hands of
the British Commissary, who shall be nominated to'
receive them, a thousand .English prisoners, snail
two thousand of the allies of England, for threig
4housand Freneh prisoners, or of the ' allies of
France, who 'hall be set at liberty by the British.'
Government,. or stated In the said paragraph.
• In the second paragraph we propose, that all the
French prisoners :of all ranks and degrees now de.
tatted in Great Britain, or in the British posses.
'ions, shall he set at liberty ; their exchange shall
take place immediately after the signature of this
Convention, ahalibe Carried into effect by sac.
nesively. scodint.to.Merlaix, or to any other French.,
port in the Channel that may be agreed oe, or lay
assigning over into the hands of the French Conj.
Inissariss afikointOd triteceife them, $OOO French.'
mentor .1001.) English, and 2000 of the allies of
Eng/antk k.. proportion as the French GoeCra*eat
snail relEsethem. .
In the. fourth paregropit it' k wished that - the
number of eight thousand Hanoveriaos to be ex.
changed for eight thousand French, be altered to
that of six thousands, as stilted in the project,
'which will occasion a total exchange of seventeen
thousand Hanovettans who hare capitulated fur less
than half of this number.
The Undersigned, on condition that these alte-
rations be admitted, is authorised to sign the British
project. The al erations are founded on a princi-
ple from which Fiance cannot depart, that of con.

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lifsbriffen alb. ..groat I*as al Els
glish'prisdnen in propertion to the mass of French
prisoners to liberated.
This principle is that *MA hes always been ad.
hiitteid, and particularly in -178(1, when, to gale the
abjeel, • the et cess of French prisoners was. met by
OW* in money'.
taglllod being Unable to refuse acceding to en
iEadiavde of priiohen, including the Hanoverian.,
Parteguese, and Spaniards, admits the principle ;
Acid in thaf stare of the. queetion, she cannot dewy
the justice of an etchange, man for man, and rank.
tat tank.
This mode of proceeding will establish not nearly
s general i(nil immediate exchange of all !be Freaeh
and all the Englith prisoner,. The Speldirds that
may after/arils remain in France, and the Allies,
of thd Fretich`thit *ay Mk Pa England, may be in.
6'44141M the deft aid following article.
Mr: Mikkelititt Will 'observe, from the simplicity
Of this liTiti*E. thlt •it ban not been k subject of
diseissloit Ptile;`. it is. 'conformable -lo itl that
the tTritletilgnidhis hithetto said •in the discussions
that have tiktld One, that if •England.only wishes
a partial cieliange, the isegociation ray be coon.
dated as retrograde sad broken off; but if idle
t~tiltb! 'ln goad earnest, a general eachaige, It is
ithrit4ihfe le conceive any reason to proteut het
Adolitin* the only "leans of retnoving ail doblits.
The 'llndeireigned tan only here veptat that the
!trend' Government will never coquina. tdo give up
the English prisoners that arc in their pnwer for a
part only of French that arc in possesrion of Eng.
land, and to leave the other part witholitgeareotee
io the bands of the British Government. •

Na, IT. Note from Mr. Maeherzie.
Modals, Ott. K. 1810.
SIR,- determinalion of the Frew+ Govan.
meta' thus repeated, to adhere to the rejection of
the first propooltiun of the British. Government,
prevents the eccomplishment of the general libera-
tion of all the prisoners of war, and• compels me,
in complianoe with my instructiono; to demand
that you will have the goodness to provide for me
the nececsoy passports for my immediate retina to
England. I have the honour to be, &Co
(Sigued) C. A. MACKENFE.
No. XVI. Note of M. Domotisties. •
Iktortass, Oes: 161 1810.
hereby answer your letter of the Ath
inst. in which you say that we add the unexpected
obstacle of loadiug the British Government with
the arrangement of the expence and difficulties at.
tending the conveyance of the Spanish prisoners,
Sac. This assertiim is not exactly true ; and I am
directed again to repeat to you what I have al.
ways hitherto had the honour of stating, that any
question respecting money will never prove an
obstacle to dins ,Freach Government, and that
it will never be behind on any subject of
this nature. The British' Government may
determine as it pleases; to all its wishes,Frauct will
give her assistance, provided tbato in Consequence
of the principle admitted in 1780, theescbange be
tnade,en masse, and that all the French shall return
to their own country at the same time that thd
English shell-return to theirs.. T'bis condition iv,
end- hoot the first day of negeciatioa mast have
been; the " sine qua nun." Every other Conside-
ration eats Only be regarded as matter of canine.
lion. It is the fourth time, Sir, that I have the
bonour of repeating to you the determination of
my Government.
' (Signed) bUMOUSTIEK.
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No. XVII: Note Or Demander.
' Mbrlaix, Oct. 26.
Sra,—The letter which I had the honour of writ-
ing you on the 16th inst. must have fully convinced
,you of the desire with which my Government has
been.uniformly animated, of removing, by all the
'sacrifices in its power; the, dilficalties started by
England against the carrying into effect a general
eltehaoge, which must necessarily liberate, at the
same times on both sides, the great' bulk of the pri.

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soners of war.
You will, without doubt, do me the justice, Sir,
that un my part I have always seenaded, as much as
"was in my power, the conciliatory disposition of
'my Government. I again girt you another proof
of it in consenting to divide the question with yea
respecting the Hanoverians, and in only asking
6000 French instead of 8000, in exchange of
17,000 Hanoverians, comprised in the capitulation
of Field-Marshal Count Waknoden.
I have the honeer to be, etc.
DUMOUSTIER.
• • • .1 No. XVIII.
Sta,--,thave the honour of acknowledging the re.
ceipt of your letter of the 26th instant, and am
happy to observe there is a conciliatory disposition,
oa the part of the French Governmeat; but I feel,
at the same time a painful sensation ju seeing that
you propose a diminution of the iinmber.(so-often
declared as inadatissffile) of the French prisoners,
'demanded in exchange for the HIMOTI4IIIIIIIIuf the
..army of Count Walmoden. •
I have had the honour of repeating very fre..
.queutly mforderi, which in this, stop,lg9tozpos.,
sitive,Nvid I tiliviVlAtt • hi Warta yoi(for,lito thisid
time, that the British Government Whites to the
jest and equitable plan of conveatiou Anally MQfli-
fica fur the immediate exchange of all prhioners
war, and that in case it should not beaccepted,.l
am ordered to return immediately to Eugialsl.
(Signed) MACkENZIE.

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The several statements which have lately. been
made iiablic respecting the fate of blimp Park,
diOer so materially as to forfeit ail title to,credence.
Out of these represents him to be in captivity at no
considerable distance from o...Getable, while he is
described ih a second, pursuing his route through ,
tht Ghia Desert in a north-western directipn from
Tambitetoo. it is almost needless to observe,
.that
'tire melenclioly deduction from these %Vying and
`contradictory rumours must be, that this intrepid
traveller has closed the series of his perilous whelk.

tares. •
A recent American Paper contains the following
. police to mariners-:" There is an error in thy. gu.
'ropean Charts relative to Cape, Friu. It is liitl
down u beitig hi the latitude 44 tt. 34.; .but It a,
in fact, in 23. ; this ought to he rectified, fur by
those Charts most of our iresivls will lie esabayed;
'it being necessary 'tar make Cape Frio before we
can get up to Itio Janeiro:" -

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