The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-12-14 00:00:00

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VOlt AN. 111.1taVias 10..1.,T:vi will! vitit-00
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00 the commencement .1 the preilent WS",
r3,ce and England bavanot had a single cartel fur
cletioge of prisoners.' That which his oppoalo.)
I thii hour, this (Noel, io important to hums.
.iv, is, it 1$ understomle a differeao uptta the

•:isiag points 7 . '
Ea 41,111 will consider only-lver own .subjects as
;tunas. she will sot intivindahis advantage of en
chalizt to the Germans, Spaniards, Portuguese,
)ler other Allies, fighting in her cause, or juin-
fah her own army,
tic ocottil point in dispute is tho capitulation of
0,4 IValinutien, on the cesiquest• of Hanover,
jou own then serreuderetl prisoners of war.
•,41011 •111 not acknowledge them, although the
'",;trr part of then, Officers as well as soldiers,
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VI CO entered iutu her service, in violation of
egiinattion, and of• die law of eations.
,D jog eight years these points have created long
fivoolos.
Ard,lBlo, an English Commissary arrived at
fis. To remove these difficulties snegisciation
commuoed, whisk lasted eight mouths with.

fiance proposed two bases 3 •
f3e lir,t was,
the to renew that of 1780. By the
iof 17A0, prisoners of both nations were
tov.i ea me m, covering the difference by a
of money.
phis basis being declined, France proposed a to.
exchange of prisoners of the two Belligerent
:), man for mon, rank for rank. The mash
funned a part of the same army, who joined
Lag same mummies, and co-operated in thu
e operations, were its effect the seine. In pro.
3g this second basis France went too far ; she
ieuted to give up her surplus of Spanish psi.
ens, that is to say,• she would abandon more
01,20,000 prisoners bey bud the number she should
• hange.
Ns second bssis alone was discussed during
,t England pretended to adopt the prin.
liie exehougo was deemed concluded, but
borprotiosal fur a cartel England exposed her true
es. ft was observed, that while she appeared to
~pt the principle of the exchange, she held out a
She ensleavouted, natter this pretest, to with.
06rprisoners that she has in France, its exchange
ss espial untnner of French prisoners which are
bead,. and she would then find some pee-
k,: detaining the remaining twenty thousand
nehmen who should still remain unease's:wird,
1.• France the Spaniards, about whom, she'
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nothing. Thistsick was ton gross: Etigland
led the principle of a general exelsauge, and at
tt timo reserved to !unseal the power of mok. ,
.null a-partial eschange, when she should haves,
ler own prisoners in • London ; for it certainly
not the value which she put eine the French
• ten that would have ind,eced het to respect the
y, and seed the rumaindet of the French 'Orli-
Cts to Vttc.ce. The English isetgociaturs• termed
• is etbicurrenee in the principle cf the cachaaga;
tlyr MIN and fithit':ictr toot, .bast not to 1,11
tcomplished simultaneously ; therefore they threw
acs the mask, hand broke off the Negocia.
when the cooslitiutd of a . cartel were
let!, which should be executed with good
d founded el o a the pin ciple, atoll
to say, nialing an exchange of 3000 Feettcbii I
• and ti.eir allies, agonise. 3000 Beglish sad
allies, in the proper:lms in which they
be found in the masses ; that is to say, 3000
ascb against 10LO English and 2000 tipacsiards.
ai rsspect to the capitulation of IValnsoden,
could not come to an agreement on it.. Bug.
would give nesoure thin 3000 French fur the
,C6O ilaUOVeriAnde Er4iiee, from a spirit of
sealiation, reduced her preteesions-ta one-third,
is to say, to 6000 French, although it was
• that, of the 17,000
,Hanoverians, more
11000 had served, or were serving now in the
lish ranks.

After this preamble, the Moniteur contains 18
kid Papers :
hi. A Note from M. Dumoustier, French
;emissary.
Su. 11. May 25. The project of the cartel en-
bud in &o. I. the substance of which is, that all
Ijittch, Italians, and Neapolitans, who are
*skinned prisoners iri England, Spain, Porto.
or the Brazils, shall be indiscriminately set at
*nib France and her Allies shall do the saint:
tenth Etigtan.l, including Hanoverian prisoners,
[041%1611er prisoners of the above description.—
Its,ll ad Denmark shall do the suite by their pri.
Ws, end std' be similarly treated.
i`4.111. May t 5. Note frosu.Nlr. Mackenzie,
4'int, that as be was not prepared to treat for a
Portal exchange of prisoners, belonging to all the
'Vein Powers, lie therefore asks perinissitto to
Ste to his Governniont.
Ns. IV. May 26. -M. Duoionstier declares to
T. Mackenzie, that if England will not accede to'
principle of general and absolute. liberatiois of
1 the prisoners of war of thu two Belligerent'
else, he is authorized to propose the cartel of
IMO between France and F411'120(1.43 the basis.
U. V. June 23. A Note frees Mr. Mackenzie
1.1. Demander, announcing that the counter.
' eject is arrived front London. It is in substance
r411"8: all Priumers ie the possession of either
f
"") or their Allies, shafting set at liberty in the
air priapism' by Use French Gametes:neat, sad
/WO French prisoner* shall be set At liberty fbr.
11o0llasoverians, being the utmost number in the
:WA service of these who capitulated under
riPlede Walgaudes. It also states the ranks of
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Prisoners, which are to be deemed egnivalent ou
"rs, Sod concludes with an oder to establish
vixanitsaries us London and Paris, to facaitikto
%Change of laisoneri infante..
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in thiSifetcy. whit* is dated July.e,
_, •", Ihmosilier discusses the counter project
° Ristish Goverment., lie says, if the prised, 14 01 the general liberation of the two belligerent.
mihrt ass agreed spun, that was nit done for
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