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Un des symboles suivants apparaltra sur la dernidre image de cheque microfiche, selon le ces: le symbols — »- signifie "A SUIVRE", le synribole ▼ signifie "FIN". Meps, plates, charts, etc., mey be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too lerge to be entirely included in one exposure ere filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right end top to bottom, es msny frames as required. The following diegrams illustrate the method: Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre filmte A des taux de reduction diffirents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour Atre reproduit en un seul ciich*. 11 est filmA A partir de Tangle supArieur geuche, de gauche A droite. et de haut en bes, en prenant le nombre d'imeges nAcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 r> Y Vcrtue of an Order of the House 1 CO THE REPORT F R O M T H E Committee of Secrecy, The Ninth of June, 17 ly. THE Committee of Secrecy appointed to Examine the fevcral Books and Papers to them refcrr'd, and to Report to the Houfe what they fhould firwl Material in them, having examin'd and confider'd the fame, have agreed upon the fallowing Report, to be made to the Houfe, containing fuch Fafts and Papers as appear d to them to be moft Material, and of the highcft Importance, together with the Reafons that induced the Commit- tee to lay them before the Houfe for their further Confideration. The (evcral Rooks and Papers referred to the Committee chiefly relate to the late Negotiations of Peace and Commerce > To the intended Pemolition of Dunkirk i To the obtaining and difpofing of the ytffiento Contraftj To (bm» Negotiations concerning the Catalans } and Secret Traniadions relating to the Pretender. The Committee was in hopes, in fo Voluminous an Inquiry, to have been able to Trace out all the Steps, and the whole Proerefs of theic Negotiations j but to their Surprize they find a want of feveral Books, Letters and Papers, mention'd and referr'd to in thofe that have been dcliver'd to them, and frequent and long Interruptions of fome very material Correfpondences that were carry'd on : But being inform'd, that thelc Accounts are all, which have any way come to the Hands of thole who have the Honour to ferve his prefent Majeuy, the Com- mittee proceeded to draw up the following Report, warranted and founded up- on fuch Authorities, as the Pcrfons concern'd vouchfafed not to fupprels. The firft material Paper is Entituled, The firft Propojitionf of France^ fign'd by Monfieur ' dy to join in any Meafures, which her Majeftyfliall think proper^ to obtain & * good Peace. But they look upon ihefe Propofitions as yet, in the fame manner * ;iS the Secretary docs, to be very dark and general, and defign'd to create Jea- * loulles between her Majefly, that Republick, and the Allies } but they depend * upon her Majcily's Juftice and Prudence, to prevent any fuch ill Effcft, and * ho;x flic will make the Jrencb explain, more particularly, the feveral Points * contain'd in them. After thefc mutual AlTurances had pafled betwixt England and Holland, the (Committee is furpriz'd to find not the leaft Communication to the States of the Negotiations that were carrying on, for above five Months together, betwixt England and France, 'till after the fpecial Preliminaries were flgn'd, and the feven general Preliminaries were concluded and fenc to them. tri the mean time Lord Raby, not being as yet let into the Secret, freely de- clares, t ' He thought it advifcable, and necefury, to go open with the States in * thi^ Mutter of the Propofitions j % acquaints the Secretary that all the Letters * from France agreed, that all the Hopes the French had was to fow Jealoufies * among the Allies. And || repeats his Advice, * That we muft aft cautioufly * with them (the States) that they may have no reafon to accufe ui, for taking * the Icall Meafures without them. But it was not long before Mr. Secretary St. John prepared his Excellency td have other Sentiments of the manner of carrying on this Negotiation, and in Ills Letter of the zpth oi May $ acquaints him witn the agreeable Newsj * That * it was her Majelly's Pl«afure, that his Excellency fhoula make all pofGble hafte * to come over, fince her Service may better dilpenfe with his Abfence at this * Point of time, than it will perhaps do at another, and fince we mufl now ex- ' pcct to have very foon upon the Tatis, many Intrigues, concerning which ' the Qiiecn thinks it expedient that he* fhould confer with the Minifters hercj ' acquaints him, that her Majefly defign'd, upon his arrival, to give him the Pro- ' motion in the Peerage, which he had defired. And then, that his Excellency might begin to have Ibme Notions agreeable to the Scnfe of our Minifters, Mr. St. John in anfwer to fome very long Letters of his Lordihip's, full of his «<■ iu. r./. I. fJ, 8v. $ /v. 1. /(//. J3. II rel. I. fol. 77. * [3] her th- of lire )ld- her ufe * ufc of them, than according to my Inftruftionj. .He tells liim, if the thing is * iiftually gone no further than it appears, and Frame has not yet cxplain'd, and * he has a mind, that he fliould come over for the Queen's Service, he is ready * to come in a Yatcht, Frigat, Packet-Boat, or any way j and concludes in fhorr, * Difpoic of me how vou picalc, for all my defire is to ferve her Majcily to her * Satisfaftion, and I mall never grudge any Danger and Pains. This voluntary and frank Declaration his Excellency dedrcs in a particular manner, may with his humble Compliments be communicated td the Duke of Shreiusl'ury and Mr. Harky. It has been already obferv'd, that all Correfpondence betwixt England and Hd- iandf concerning the prefcnt Treaty, ended with the Communication of the firll Propofitions of France i if the Dutch had made any Attempt to wreft the Nego- tiation out of the Hands of theQueen, if they had enter'd into any feparateMca- fures, or taken any Steps that mieht give juli Occadon of Offence or Sufpicioa to Ettglandy 'tis very probable the Accounts of any fuch Proceedings would have been left by the Miniftry, for their own Juftification } but the Committee do not find the lead intimation of this kind, and are at a lo^ to know upon what Pretence fuch folemn AfTurances were difpcns'd with as foon as made, and the Honour and Name of the Queen fiicrificcd to the private views of her Miniilers. All Tranfaftions betwixt England and France during this time, except two or three Papers, arc entirely fupprcls'J, which in Lord Strafford's Inftruftions of O- ttobcr the ill, 171 1, * are faid to have been carry'd on by Papers fent backward and forward, and much time fpent therein j the fi\i\ Paper, that is found, is call'd, t Prrjate Propefttions fent by Mr. Prior from Engknd, dated July 1. No. (z.) The next is a Paper call'd, |Mr. Prior's Authority i this is fign'd, ylnm R. at the top, and A. R. at the bottom, not counterfign'd, and is without a Date, and the Contents arc, Mr. Prior is fully InflruEled and Authorized to communicate to France our Preliminary Demands., and to bring us back the Anfwer. Thcfe two Papers together muft be underflood to be Mr. Prior's Powers and Inftruftions, of arc at Icaft all that are found in the Office, or given in by him ; but by an Entry in Lord Strafford's Book fubjoin'd to thefe private Propofitions carry'd over by Mr. Pr/or, it appears that Mr. Prior had Orders to fee if France had full Powers from Spain. Thefe Propofitions, which were fortn'd here, leave no room to doubt of the little Concern the Miniflry had to make good the repeated AfTurances, that had been given to the Allies, in the Queen's Name, to make the French more plain and particular, fince in all things that concern the Allies the Englifli Propoials ■re as dark and general, as thofe that came from France i and if this Hill could be any Qucflion, it is fufficiently clear'd up in a third Paper, entituled, § Draught of Anftvcn upon the Conference with Monfleur Mefnager, wherein the Briti/fj Miniltry is much furprjz'd to find ' That Monficur Mefnager had Orders to infill that the * Queen fhould enter into particular Engasements upon divers Articles which * depend not upon her, and which regard :^he Intcreft of the Allies) they appeal * to all the Papers which had been fent backward and forward during this Ne- * gotiation, and to that which w?s carry'd by Mr. Prior, that the Principle up- * on which they had treated all along was. That France ihould confcnt to adjuft * the Intercfls of Great Britain in the hrft Place. This is a Principle from which * the Queen can never depart, and that it was abfolutcly necefTary to remit the * Difcufiion of the particular Intcreft of the Allies to general Conferences. By this it appean, that the Minifter of France was inftru£led to treat of the Intercfls of the Allies, which the Englijb Miniftry would by no means con- fcnt to. By MonfieurTirc/s Propofals, ?»•««« ofFer'd to Treat with England and Holland^ either by themfelves, or jointly with the reft of the AHies, not conceiving that Holland could pofTibly be excluded from the Negotiation i but it is determin'd by the Efiglijlj Miniftry to carry on a feparate Negotiation with France^ exclufivfc of all the Allies, and in their private Propofitions, an Exprefs Article is infertedj * That the Secret fhould be inviolably kept, 'till allow'd to be divulg'd by the * Confcnt of both Parties) and thereby England put' the Negotiation into a M - thod more Advantagious for France, than Franc* had propofed or could hope for. Tht Committee think it proper to infcrt here f the firft Part of the Eighth Ar- ticle of the Grand Alliance, wherein it is ftipulatcd, Ncutri partium fas fit^ Bellt fcmel ■^'\ j'ii. I. \ r,i. f. '■//. 9^ } ^'''- 1- f"'.')'- ^ ^''-'. ?. f'l' 'C> f AV. «• [4] Ml Hi ftmel fufcepto^ de Puce cum Hofie traStare^ niji confimcl'm^ 13 commmicMh Confiliii cum alterd Parte. What will be thought 6t fo manit'cfl a Violation, as this whole Proceeding appears to be, of the Grind Alliance, the Committee will not tike upon tKsm to determine { but this Stej) being once taken, and Secret Prelimi- naries lign'd upon this Foot between kngland and France^ bciorc any thing had been finally Treated and Concluded for the Security of Great Britain, whiit fa- tal Confcqucnccs did happen to her Majelly's Kingdoms, and what Advaiit;)ycs accrued to the common Enemy, Teems to deferve the moll mature Coiilidcra- tion. Before we leave thefe Propofitions it muft be obfcrv'd, that here, in the very Infancy of the Neaotiation, the Trade of the World, and the entire SpaniJ}} Mo- narchy, which had coft fo many Millions, and the EfFufion of fo niucli Blood, without being once infirtcd upon, contrary to the repeated Addrcflcs of fcvcral Parliaments, and the dedar'd Scnfe of the Queen, are given up by tlic Englijh Minillry to the Houfc oi Bourbon^ for ytrbalJJfurances that the Crowns of France and Spaiit (hall never be United \ and that this was done fo early, will be Ncceflary to be remcmber'd in the further Progreli of thefc Traniiiftions. There is no Account given of any Correfpondence with Mr. Pricr during this his. Stay in France^ nor docs the certain time of his Continuance there appear. Upon his Arrival in France^ Monf. de Torcy in his Letter of the 3d oi' jfugu/i, • iji \iN.S. tellsMr.5/.7oA»,^hefaw with great Pleafurc Mr. Prior return after an * interval of fo many Yearsj that he could hf.vc wifli'd, he had had greater Liberty * to employ thofc Talents which he was perfuaded he would have made a pood (jie * of, but he hopes Monf. Mefnager will lupply what he could not do. Upon his Return he was attended by Monf. Mefnager^ a Minifter of France, Vcftcd with full Powers in due Form, and t dated Jttguft ^, 171 1 . to Treat, Negotiate, Con- clude, and Sign with fuch Miniftcrs,as Ihould be authoriz'd in due%rm, not by Britain only, out any of the Princes or Ellatcs then in adiial War with France. That Monf. Mefnager, upon his Arrival here, frcmiriuly confen'd with the Queen's Miniilers, appears by many Inllances) but the fubjcft M.itttr of their Conferences, the Times, Places, and particular Perfons with whom he Treated, or by what Authority, the Committee find no Account of, tifl ih<; 20th oi Sep- tember, 171 1. By a Letter of Mr. Secretary St. John, then at London, of that date to the Queen at Windfor, No. % (}.) it appears, that the Lord Tteajhrcr, Lord Chaml/tr' lain. Lord Dartmouth, and Mr. St. John met Monf. Mefnager that Evening at Mr. Prior's Houic} which Meeting, as Mr. St. John fays, was bv Order of tlic Lords of the Committee of Council, but fcems unknown to the Queen, until the Secretary acquaitued her with it by this Letter. At this Meeting Monf. Mefnager deliver'd to the Britijh Minifters the Anfwcr, fign'd by the King of France, to the Demands laft fent over by England; which Demands and Anfwers were made the Secret Preliminary Articles betwixt Great Britain and France, and were fign'd as fuch, September 27, 171 1. by Monf. Mef- rager on the Part of France, and the Acceptation of them by Lord Dartmouth, and Mr. St. John, on the Part oi Great Britain. No. ^ (4.) Mr. St. John, in this Letter, reprefents it to the Queen, as the UnanimoDs Opinion of her Servants, then prefent, that a Warrant and full Powers fhould be prepar'd that Night, and tranfmitted to her Majcfty to be fign'd, in Order to pafs the Great Seal the next Day, whereby the Earl ofOxfouT, the Duke of Bttckinghamfiire, the BiHiop of Brijfol, the Duke of Shrewsbury, Ear] Poulett, Earl of Dartmouth, Henry St. John, and Mattbe^v Prior, Efqrsj were to be ConlUtutcd Plenipotentiaries, to meet and treat with Monfizw Mefnager -, which Warrant, and a Tranflation of the full Powers, were fent to the Queen. A'*, (f.) § This Warrant under the Signet appears fign'd by the Queen, dircding the Lord Keeper to affix the Great Seal to an Iimrument thereunto annex'd, con- taining her Commifllon to himlelf, and others, therein nam'd, to meet and treat with the Sieur Mefnager ^ but it docs not appear, that any fuch Inlhument did pafs the Great Seal, the Warrant remains not counterfign'd, and is endors'd Not Mfed. This Warrant is dated the 17th of September, although 'tis manifeft, by Mr. St. Jobifs Letter, it was not prepar'd, nor thought of, 'till the zoth. This antedating (eems defign'd, to juftifie the Minifters, in their meeting and conferring with tne Queen's Enemies, previous to the Warrant} which never palling • r»l. ^.fol. fi. t r*/. 9.fol. J3. \ Vol. j./«/. 4f. If r./. 9-fol. 59. S^"/- y./»/- 37, 35;. I Eirl [ s 1 pnfllng into a Icgnl Aiuhmity, it appcaiMlir.t rlicfc ?e faid Icfs with Regard to the Succeflion, th.in what is here demanded in the firll Article. The Qiieen not yet acknow ledg'd by France, nor delign'd to be fo, 'till the Concliilion of the Peace, as /Tunr aftcr- •».'ards explain'd this .Article ar the General Cnngrcis; not a word of removing the Pretender, nor any Engagement nor to fupport him in any Attempt he might make upon the Nation. The fecond Article offers a Treaty of Commerce, in fuch doubtful Words, as France only could make Advantage of. In the Article of yJrtw^/V/^, the Kquivalent is exprefs'd in fo ftrong a manner, and the Demolition fo very loofsly, as could not but bring certain and great Prc- judic to our Allies, with very little Profpcft of Advantage to our felvcs; and fatal Expci ience has convinc'd lis, what Security is procur'd for our Navigation by this third Article. But the Hiftory of this will be further explain'd'in its proper Place. The fifth and feventh Articles chiefly regard the jljjiente ComnSt; what a Nationil Advantage that is like to be, is now too well underftood to want much I'xplanation ; Bur with what Views the Minillers were fo fond of this, as to make it their chief Care and Concern, will no longer be a doubt when it {haH appeal- that this part of the Treaty was calculated only for private Advantage. What the Miniftry thcmfelves thoi^ht mod valuaiile in thcfc Articles, was that Part of the Seventh which grants us an Advantage of if /vr Cent, upon our Manufiiftures fcnt lo Spain :^ux. this great Advantage foon vanifli'd into nothing j and wiis aiven up by oirr Miniftfy beve. The Bifhop of Br iftol favs indeed of ir, in hisLetter of thei7th ofyfu^ii,^, 171*, -f" That it was granted by the frencb with a Deliign either to itfliimc things between us and the Dutch, or ta give the Frtncb * roi. ff.foi. j7. } r./. 3. foi. 418. I i ^i ;,( [6] a pretence to ftipuUte for themfelvM fuch particuUr Advantages in the Spanijb Trade as may be the Ruin of ours. But what is moll Remarkable in the Seventh Article is the Introduflion to ir, in which the Miniftry confeli themfelves to have been impos'd upon by France » fov they declare that from the firll Propofals of Monf. de Tony to that time, they always underitood that by the reatl Securities promis'd in thofe Propofals, were meant Places } which now was abfolutely rcfus'd^ and they confent to take for real Securities what they confcfs it none, but what a Love of Peace may induce them to accept as an Equivalent. What was really of moll Importance to England wai the Eighth Article, which relates to Ihdfon\-Bay and Newfoundlands but the Minillry fuflfer'd themfelves to be fo grolly impos'd upon in this Article, that they direAly give to France all they wanted, which was a Liberty of taking and drying their Fifhi whilll France gives nothing at all to us, but refers our mod valuable Interells to the general Conferences: Which was but another manner of denying them, as the Event has fufficicntly Ihown. We demand in the Sixth Article, that we fliall have all the Privileges that have been or Ihall be granted by Spain to the Subjects of France^ or any other Nation. Whereas the Minillers ought to have infilled that France Ihould not upon any Pretence whatlbever be permitted to Trade to the Spsnijl) IVeft-Indics^ which they would not have omitted, if they had had the leall regard to the Trade of Great Britain^ or had not entirely forgot the eighth Article of the Grand Al- liance-, wherein it is exprelly llipulated, as a Condition without which no Peace {hall be made, neque ipfis ibidem (that is the French in the Spanijb Weft-Indies) Na-j!gatio Mercatura exercenda causd fub quocunque prtetextu, diredb vel indirent per- mittatur. One thing further is to be oblcrv'd of thcfe Articles, that fuch of them as any way relate to Spain are exprelly granted in the Name and by Vcitue of Powers given by King Philip^tndyn after this, all Intentions of leaving any part of the 5'/)j«//;& Monarchy to King Philip is publickly difavow'd ) as will afterwards appear. This Ihort view of thefe Special Preliminaries fufficiently demonllrates that the Intcrcll of Britain was not the Indi cement to our Minillers to proceed in this extraordinary manner. Yet trivial as thefe Advantages are, France is prcfs'd that they may be firll adjulled » to what ufe and purpofe is fully explam'd in the Draught of ylnpmers upon the Conferences with Mtnjieur Mefnager, * That our ' Miniilrrs may be enabled to engage the Queen to make the Conclufion of the ' general Peace eafic to France. h is declared. That to fettle the Interefts of Great Britain in the firft place is a Principle from which the Queen can never depart i this Plea was made ufe of, to defer the Interells of all the Allies to be difcufs'd at general Conferences > but the 'I'urn given to it here was to amufe the People, by perfuading them that the Englijh Minidry was contending for great and particular Advantages and Concef- fions to be made to Great Britain^ that might make us fome Amends for that great and unequal Burthen which we had lain under through the whole courle of the War. But the EngUJl] Minillry having thought fit every where to extol and magni- fie the vail Advantages that were granted to Great Britain^ France refolved to »ake a proper ufe of ir, and declar'd thefe Articles were an eventual or conditi- onal Treaty only j and that the King of France would not be oblig'd t<> make them good, but in cafe of the figning of a general Peace i in this SenTe Mdniieur Mefnager fign'd them, and with this Condition they arc accepted on our Part. Hard Terms ! That fuch Conceflions as thefe were not to be purchas'd at a lefs Price than forcing upon our Allies fuch Conditions of Peace as France Ihould be pleas'd to impofeupon them} and this the Miniftry were fully appriz'd of fome time before they were accepted, for in prefiing to fettle and adjuft fingly and feparately the Interefts oi Great BritatHfthey enforce it by faying * France can run * no Risk in fuch Engagements, fince the Special Preliminaries will have noEffeSt * till a general Peace ftiall be fign'd. By thefe means the Committee obferve to how fiital a Dilemma the Queen was brought by her Miniftry } {he muft either now go on through all Adven- tures in tncMt ures of />««;«, or they had it in their Power, by divulging the Se- cret and expofing fuch a notorious Breach of National Faith, to make what Ad- vantage they thought fit of it among the AUicf, who muft from this time think them- II I [7] theinfelvei di(cngaged from the Qiiccn, if they could find their own Acconnt by looking after thcmfclves. Anu that the French were neither fo ignorant, nor wanting to thcmfclves as to mifsfuch an Opportunity, appears above three Months before thcfc Articles were fjgn'd. When Lord Raby in his * Letter of the loth of 7«'w, 171 1, A'. S. to Mr. St. fohn^ acquaints him, '• That both the Penfionary and Monficur Vandtr DuJJiin had fcen ' a Letter from Monficur de forcyy giving an Account that they had begun a *■ Negotiation in England. By this Management the I'.nglijh MiniAry had, under Colour of the Queea's Authority, and the pretence of treating of a Peace, put it in the Power of Irmice to diveil the Queen of all her Allies, and given them greater Advantages than they could any other ways have hopid for. On the fame Day that the Special Preliminaries betwixt Great Britain tnd Frauee were (ign'd, which it was a fundamental Condition Hiould be conceal'd with the utmod Secrecy, another (ett of General Preliminaries on the part of France^ No. (7.)t was fign'dbyMonfieuriWfywa^fr only I which Mr. 5'/. 7o««, in his Letter to the Queen, lays, were to be fent into thlland^ as the Foundation of a Ge- neral Peace, in which my Lord *trtafurer had made Ibmc Alterations to make the whole more palatable abroad. And on the fame Day, a feparate Art c!c was Hgn'd in favour of the Duke of Savoy^ which is here annex'd. \ No. (7.) From this time a pcrfeA Confidence was eflablifhed between the two Mini- ilries o'i England in6k France; and in the Letters written in the Month oi Oilober^ a mutual Sincerity is recommended and engae'd for, and that a pcrfed Unani- mity be maintain'd for accomplifhing the Work in hand. Lord Strafford's Inllru£^ions in order to his immediate Return into HvlUtnd were now preparing, and dated OH. i. O. S. 171 1. And as anearly proof nf the Confidence which iAx.St. John repos'd in t\ic French Minifter, hcatijuaints Mon- fieur de Torcy by his Letter of O^ober i, O. S. that the Earl of Strafford was go- ingfoT Holland %znd fays,|| ' YourMinirter, (meaning Monfieur Mefna^^cr, who was * tnen going back to France and carried this Letter,) is fully informed in what the * Earl of Strafford is to propofe to the States. Such Intelligence of the Queen's Counfcls, which Mr. St. John confcflcs he had given to the Miniflers of the Queen's Enemies, feems very extraordinary jc- fpecially if it be confider'd, tha« Lord Strafford was fent over to prcfs the open- ing the General Conferences, with AfTurances of the greateft Friendlhip and Coa- cern for the Interefts of the States, on the part of the Queen, and by her Au- thority to procure from France yi^ Satisfaction for all her Allies ( and in his In- ftruftions is likcwife directed to propofe to the States a new Sc'iemc 'or carry- ing on the War, and to acquaint them with fuch Rcfolutions as the Queen had taken concerning it. Lord Strafford'% Inftrudions arc hercuntd annex'd, No. (8.) % wherein almoll every Article is a Specimen of the Sincerity with which our Miniflers intended i. • 1 1 eat the Allies. He is Inflruded that it muft be the mofl careful Endeavour and fix'd Prin- ciple of all the Confederates to hold fafl together i and this immediaccly after a feparate Treaty had been fign'dby Us} anaif tht Miniflers of //c/Ziini/ fhouid ex- prel's any Uneafinefs at their Apprchenftons of any fuch private Agreement, he is order'd by evafive Anfwers to avoid giving them Satisfa&ion concerning it. But his chief Bufinefs was to deliver to the States the Propofitions fign'd by Mon- fieur Mefnager^ as the Foundation of a general Peace, and as the whole of what had been Tranfadled •, and to acquaint them that France had propos'd Utrtchty Ni- megben., Aix la Chapelle, or Liege, to be the Place for opening the Conferences i to prcfs the States to fix upon One of thefe Places, and immediately to grant Paif- Iports to the French Plenipotentiaries to come thither and open the General Con- ferences. Thefe Propofitions, fo very general and uncertain, did extreamly alarm the States, as not being a fufHcient Foundation upon which a Negotiation might be hazarded i they dreaded the fatal Confequences of opening the General Confe- rences, before the Articles ofTcr'd by France were explkin'd, and made Specifick, and efpecially before they knew at all what they were to trufl to, for their own Barrier, and for their Commerce. Thefe Confiderations made them for fbme time decline granting the Pafsportsi and in order to prevail with the Queen to have feme regard to her fiuthful Allies, and particularly in the two great Articles of their Earner, and Cammerce, they fens ♦ r*i. i.fii. «!>. t rw. !./#/. 137. i Tf/y./*/. 8i>. II r»k s./«/.ai. $ r#/. i.m 113 ..n'W.S' IB', rs] i!i W\ i fent over Monfieur Buys to intcrcci.d with her Majefty to alter her Rcfolii- tions-, they make the lame Reprcfcnrations to the Furl of Sttafnifl, but all t« no Puipole. F^or as Mr. Sf. John declar'd in his* Letter to my Lord Sfrafoid of Oiio- f'cr the $>th, ' certain it is that her Majcfly has fo far dctermin'd upon her Mca- ' fines, that tholi;\viil deceive thcmlelvcs who may imagine by delay or other Ar- ' tificestobreakthcm. AndagainA^oww/wrthc2d,toLordiiVrfl/wY/, f 'TheQiiten ' will not finally concert al'lan for the Profccution of the War with the States, nn- ' til liiev join with lie; ;n agreeing to open the Conferences of Peace. And Lord Sti ^fo;v/ acquaints Mr. St. John, November the ifth, % 'that he had now told them * iicr Majeily's Order to him was to Declare, That Iheflioiikl look upon any delay ' as a Rcfuliil to comply with her Propofitions. In tilde CirciimlVances the Dutch at lall comply togvant the Pafsports nnd a- grce to open the general Conferences at the time fix'd by the Queen, yaiuinr) the ift, 171 fi2. The Rcfolution of the States General upon this Ocrr.lion is hereimtiann'.xM, f No. (y as a I'apcr that mull have mov'd any lett of Men, not already lictciir.iirj to hear no Rcafon but what came from F)\\hcc\ for aitlin' the i<.i.pr( f;'inati:>ii3 made by the States, 011 both fides the Water, had made fome Iniprtrtion;, as Ls evident by a § Memorial deliver'd by Mr. St. John to the Abbcn (i.iulticr, OiVA-r the i>th, I-7I I, No. (id) and by Mr. St. John's ^ f.citer to Monlieur c/i.' '/'t.vyof thcianiodaie, A'o. -i"; thatxccomnany'd it lyet'tis in the Memorial dcclard 'iliat ' ih;- Queen remains firii'in her firll Refokitionof caufing the ('onicrc.nce, to be ' optn.dupdn the ,-\rtic\vsfign'd by Monf Akjimger. The liimc Mcniori.il declares, ' it was abfi. lutcly necc'Tary that the mofl C^hrHHan King llKuild give to her Ma- ' jelly the Queen, fuch F,xplications of his Inc.;ntions in rel'pcft to the particular ' Intciellscf the Allies, winch he flia'l think proper to engage t'lcni to com.' more ' ealilv lino the general Negotiation. So that hitherto tis pL.in, 'uir Mi' 'Iters were entirclv ignorant even of the King o( FtvtHcc's Intentions ^hh regi'd te>thc Allies. And agam 'tis laid, ' If her Majefty willies themoll C'hnll.an Kiiig would ' give an Kxplicnnon to the aforef.iid 10em;u,d«i, yc his mok iJhrillian Ma,f (ly ' may allure hiuifelf, the Qiicen will makc'no oih.-r ufc of the Trull the Kingihall ' repoi'c Ml her, nut to advance the N'gotiation, in feekingthc fliortell means,and ' the moll er " ual, to obtain a Peace liV much coveied. It is liicu 111 again ackiiowlcdg'd, that the D/ttch have nothing inview but their ■ B.iii and ^"MTimerccj and provided the Queen can, without fear of being difi- Vow'd, Specific fomcwhat near the Barrier that /'ra/.TC will confent to yi.^ld to ' them, and to alTurcthein of the Tariff of irtrt4, there's no room left to doubt that the States Gener.d would come without any further Hefitation into the Nego- tiation, in the fame mamier as it had been concerted. But leall all thefc Argumciits fhould have no effcft, Mr. St. John in his Letter . to Monfieur Je Torcy, liiys, ' Thefe Explications will dilfipate all (Houd.'i, and » yi.'U may bchevc \vc will make ufc thereof with great Refervc, when I ifline ■ * you, that if the King would oftvr a Plan of Specifick Preliminaries, the Queen ♦ will never Communicate it to her allies j he concludes. If the SieurGV/ff.'wre- ■ * turns with thefe marks of Confidence^ you will fee our Parliamein as much in- • clincablc to Peace as ever it was to War. ' Here the Committee cannot but obfervc the Englillj Minillry begging of Franc., after they had been feven Months treating with them, that they may have f imc Intimations at Icaftof what wasdefign'd for the .K\\\c% 5 cxprefiiiig their fear of bein^ ' dilavow'd by France., after they hpd gone thefe lengths with them •, declaring the ' Dutch would come into the Queen's Meafurcs if they could but know any thing near the Barrier that was defign'd them, and have Security about their ("om- mcrceipcrfilling fiall, without any fuch Satisfaftion in the Mcafures prelcrib'dby France^ refolv'd to force the Allies into general Conferences npnn loolc and un- certain Articles, and promifing if they could but have fo much Credit with/rdwiv * as to be trulkd at all, tlicy wp4iW ufo it with the greate It Refer ve, and never communicate it to any of the Allies ,j for whole Satintaftion only it is pretcndcal ■ all tliis Submiflion was mide. ' The Return made bv l^ran'c is »o be feen ih a Paper callM. *\ /nf-xtr to the Memorial brou'^ht hy Moii/icur Gaulticr, November the ilith, 171 1- No. (■ i.) This ' IVlemorial is accompariy'd witha*| Letter friim Monfieur rf^T'ory to M.r. St. John, I of the fame date, wherein he tells him ' hisMajefty wholly depends upon the Se- ' crecy and good' ufc you will make of the entire Confidence he tcltifi'.s to. the • ' Queen ♦ r./. .. fj. Til. t Fi/, i.foL 173. i roi. i.fi. i«f. ' y*/. t.fj. 341. § r,t. «, fW. 40. 1 r./. b-. Jul. 4!>. * t f'l. u /*/. 60. ♦ I ^$1. " fti. sm [9] * C>uccn 6f Great Britain^ and the King of Fran(e fXtols ^lic FirjTjncfs of tlief * Queen, and (ees with great Pleafiife the new Marks of Refolution flie fliews. The Committee think ic needleJs to enter into a particular Dilquiiicion of this Memorial} but obfcrve in general, that nothing had at this time been demand- ed of France concerning the Difpofal of the Netherlands > and that the King of France^ not fiitisfy'd with having fecur'd Spain and the ff^ejl- Indies to his Gnind- fon, propofes to llrip the Emperor of all his Dominions in Italy, and tp impofc upon him mucli worfe Terms than he afterwards procured for himfelf, whei^ left to carry on the War alone. The Dutch may have the TariflT of i6 the King's Plenipotentiaries. And in the Anfwer to the Memorial fcnt by Mon(ieur Gaultier, § March tlie 28th, 1 7 1 1 j it is dcli- rcd, ' the principal Order that toe King had given to his Plenip(itenti,iric«, when * they fet out for Utrecht, was to eftablifh a ftrift Intimacy between ihein and * the Minifters of the Queen ot Great Britain. On the 19th of January, at the Firft General Cor.ft. -ice. Lord Strafford took occafion to Declare, That the Queen had receiv'd the General Propofitions as a Foundation for a Negotiation of Peace: but that they were binding to l-nnice only, and not to the Allies; to which the French Miniftcrs readily aflented. But it is to be ohfcrv'd through the whole Proceeding, that this is meant of the Propofitions fign'd by Monfieur Mefnager only, the Congrefs not having the leaft Not.ce or Cognizance of what was fign'd, both on the Part of Frapee and En^- D land *y»i. 8. M hi. f Vui, i./w. 61J. \ rj. 8. /w. m. ? rti. s.joi. m. .^*»BI°'lti "Ti'': i ry i mi 'SS [10] r^ ^\ land too; ii^hich had been hitherto concoard, and upon all Occadons publickly • difown'd. On the iiih o( February i7ii-i2,thcFr«»f/&dcliver*d* afpccifick Explanation of the General Preliminaries, fign'd by Monlicur Mefnager. S'o. (i j.) It muft be obferved that the King of France here makes, as well as in the Special Preliminaries, his iirft Offers, in the Name and by Vertue of Powers from his Grandfon as King o( Spain; how the Britijb Plenipotentiaries could reconcile this to their Inltruaions, and how theit' Behaviour upon it is to be juiUfy'd,is not very clear. This Explication was received by all the Allies with the greateft Indignati* on, and deeped Concern} which had fuch an EffcA, that Lord Strafford in his i" Letter of the i6iho( February,, lyii-iijfays, 'thefrwrAMinillcrs arcniortify'd * at the general Dilcontent thefe Offers gave -, and !eem to wiili they hod put in ' Tournay for the Dutchy and St. Fenant to be demolifhed, to have foftncd the *■ Matter at its firll coming out. Nor were our Plenipotentiaries without their Uneadnefrcs: They had done all they could, Lord Strafftrd fays, to perfwaJc the French to be as ample in the Ex- plication as >hey could, |* being that iswiut will have a great EfFcA, and (Irike * the Minds of unthinking People, and mikc fome Work for Refledkion for the * Faction. The Pletnpotentiarics complain, they arc under great Difficulties on all Hands, for both Buys and Mefiiagrr think they come fhort of what had been told them in Ehglnnd; and the Allies then forming their refpr6tive Demands in concert with each ether, they want further Oiders: The Plcnipotcntiitrics are at a great Lofs how to behave about Spaiu^ both in regard to the particular Ad- vantages that were to be ask'd on the behalf of Great Britain^ and the general Difpofition of it. But Mr. St. John foon fends them Words of Comfort, || that Mr. Harky will fet out in a few Days, who ii fully inllruAed in all the Queen's Views and Dc- fires} < That it were to be wifh'd this Gentleman could have been fooner fent, ' but the Hurry which we have been for fome time in is inexprefllble ) and he ' was too ufeful to be fpar'd, 'till the Houfe of Commons was perfe6lly fecur'd * to the Queen's Interell, and to the Meafures of Peace. I think I may fay ' they arc abfolutely fo now. He confefTcth the French Plan to be too fcanty. * That they mult let the French Miniflcrs know, that the whole turns upon their * Manner of Proceeding, her Majefty having gone further than could have bsea ' fxp'£^cd from her in promoting the Peace. The Com;nittce cannot but take Notice of the Rcfleftion that is caft here up- on that Houfe of Commons} as if they were fecur'd to the Qiiccn's Intereft, and the Meafures of Peace, by the Management of a Secretary to the Trcafury, a near IveLicion and a trully Agent of the Lord Higb'Treafurer. For whofc Ufe and Service Mr. Harley had been fo well employ'd at home, and was now to be fent Abroad, cannot be a Doubt, fince Mr. St. 70/j;; thought it neccfTary to give Monfleur deTorcy an immediate Account of his fucccfsful En- deavours here, and the Bufincfs he was fent abroad to manage. In his S Letter of March the 4th, to Monficur dt Tercy^ he tells him, * He had ' deferred Writing of late, 'till he might write with certainty-, 'till the ncceffa- ' ry Difpofjtions were made among our People at home} and 'till the Qiiccnhad * taken the only Refolution, which could bring us in a fhort time to a good and * folid Peace. I have now the Sati. and what the Queen hopes his mofl Chriflian Ma- * jcfty will do to cooperate with her. Thefe lnflru£lion$ of Mr. Harley do not appear, but it feems the Subject of them was not proper to be committed to Writing } for which Reafon, as in al- moli all Matters relating to the Pretender, it is referred to Monfleur Gaultier to explain them} but what is meant by the uecefTary Difpofkions made among our People here at home, is pretty well explain'd by Monlleur de Torcy, in t ^ Memo- rial dated the 28th of Afarcb 17 12, in Anfwer to what was brought by Monfl- eur CdW/iVr, wherein he coii^mcnds the prudent Condu£boftbe Court of .An- /«/», in managing the Houfe of Commons, and in particular their wife Conduct in making known to the Houfe of Commons that the Nation was abut'd by iti Allies} and fays, * the King of France afTures himfclf that thofe who now manage * with fo much Capacity the Affairs of the Queen of Great Britd»y know how to * curb the PafHoa of the turbulent Party in the other Houfe. I« Si in tie meaui time the Allies having each of them dravn up their reCpt&lve De- mands at Utrecht met together on the 4th of March^ N. S. to communicate them to each other, as had been concerted, and likewift agreed that a Claufe fhould be infer- ted in their refpedive Demands, for a juft and reafonable Satisfadbion for all the reft. Count Zinzendorff further inGfted that the Reftitution of the whole Spamjh Mon^tr- chy Hiould be exprefly mention'd. The Dutch declare they ^vere refolv'd to mak« ropd all their Treaties, made on occafion of this War, as well thofe that related t* ipain and the Indies., as thofe made with Portugal, What the Behaviour of the Britijh Minifters was upon this occafion, will bcft ap- pear by an Extrad of their own Letter oi March tf, •wherein they give an Account of the whole Proceeding, N6. (14.) They were the only Minifters that did not make any mention at all of Spain and the Indies ^ and were (iinfible of the difad\'Untagcous Confequenccs of being fo} they were defirous to take off this Odium, by Teeming to fay fomething, and in reality to fay notbiiuj;) which they do by a general i])eclariuion concerning the juft and reafonable Satisfaction for the Qiiecn's Allies, inConformity to her Alliances} and humbly hope what was faid, will not be found contrary tc what has hitherto been dcclar'd. On the fth of March the fpecifick Demands of the Allies were delivered to the French Plenipotentiaries in Writing) they promife to cJcplain themfclves further upon them at the next Conference, which was to be the pth, and then defircd a further time to the joth. On the joth the French Plenipotentiaries declare they were ready to proceed in the Negotiation by debating with the feveral Allies^ but would give no Anlwer m writing. This was a great Surprize to all but the Britijh Minifters, whom the Fremh hud beforehand advis'd with. The Allies ftill refolv'd to prefs the French to anlwer in wri- tmg, and foUicite the ^fi//^ Minifters to join with them in it} who, that no Mark o£ Dilkgreement might appear (as their Lordftiips exprcfs themfelves in their Difpatch of the ift of .>f^;/,i7i£,t) ^i>r has had at London % and in his Letter of the 30th, *The French will avoid giving their * AnfWcr in writing, 'till they fee all agreed betwixt their Court and ours. And to ftiew that the French were very well fatisfied with the method their Bufiiieft was in, the Plenipotentiaries in .'heir Letter oi Jpril i;, 171Z, % fiiy, *■ They do noc * find the French are much conviDc'd of the neceuity of Difpatch, ancl when any thine * is let fall of breaking off the Conferences, they fcem to take it with a great Air ot * Indifference, well knowing their Bufinefs was not to be done at Utrecht., but by a ' Negotiation carry'd on dire&ly betwixt London and VerfailUs. About the beginning oi Aprily Mr. Harley and ^lonf Gaultier arrive at Utrecht i ia a very few Days after, the French Plenipotentiaries communicate to the Lord Privy- Seal and Earl of Strafford a Plan for a general Peace, to which they had added by way of marginal Notes, in a diftin£t Column, what they are told will b< abfolutc- ly necelTary in order to a general Peace : But this is entrufted to them under the higheit Obligation of Secr^, to difcover nothing of it to the reft of the Allies. Our Plenipotentiaries accept this Plan as a Mark of the great CoofidetKe Franct had in them } and readily engage that the Allies fhould aot be permitted to know a Word of it ) and under the fame Caution fent it to the Secretary. But there ift ne room to doubt • r»l. a. t Fhl, ». I rol. a. | Ktl. a. % F»l. ». H r*l. ». Hp t Hi 11^. i [ 12 1 dobbt, but this Plan that was tranfmitted to En^nd as a great Dircovcrf, was con- certed htre, and feni by Mr. Harley td Utrecht^ and by Abbot Gaultier to France. Mr. Si.yebn •much conccrn'd at the Behaviour of the Allies, and the Dutth in par- ticular, thinks it proper to make one Attempt more, as he calls it, to gain them > and therefore orders the Plenipotentiaries to acquaint them, *that herMaicrty will confcnt * to their having Dtndtrmond and Ghtnt^ and at the fime time depart from her Preten- * fions to Ofttndl and is willing that the Trade to Sfain and the Spanijh Mies be fct- * tied upon the fame Foot as it fubiilled at the Death of the late King of Spain, in all * refpcas, except the .<^e»ro} and their Lord(hips are order'd to tell them in very plain ' Terms, that her Majefty's Meafures will be taken according to the Return they ^ make to the Qiicen oh this OccaHon. But at the fame time no Communication at all is made to the States, of the gene- ral Plan of Peace laft deliver'd by Monf Gaultier, as there never had been of any o- ther, altho' in this laft the Intei-efts of all the Allies were fettled and determin'd be* tween Great Britain and France. And to Ibow how candidlv we dealt with the Queen's Good Friends and Allies, the Dutch, as her Majefty was pleas'd to ilile them, the i f per Cent, upon all the Goods and Manufaftures of Great Britain, which was offer'd at firft as one of the chief Bribes to England to come into this dcftruftive Peace, Monf Mefnager had now ex- plained away, and confin'd to fuch Goods as were carry 'd not to Spain, but to the Spanijh fVeft- Indies onVfi and our Miniftcrs finding that France would not make this Effcftual, Mr. Harley is order'd to let it drop. But fee the Ufe that is to be made of this Infincerity of the French % at the fame time that Mr. St. John acquaints our Pleni- potentiaries with her Majefty's Confentto give this up, he tells them, f 'but you will * take care to do this in fucn a munner, as not only to get fomething for it another a means of bringing the way, but alfo to render this Conceflion of the Qiiecns * Dutch to reafon, and to a Compliance with her Majclly's Mcafurt'' Lord Privy-Seal, April the 29th, 171 1, | acquaints Mr. Secretary, our Negotiation is at a ftand, till the trench Minifters are ready to return one Anfwer or othci ; and May the 10th, 171 2, the Plenipotentiaries fay, * The French tell us they can't think of gi- * ving in their Anfwer to the Allies till they hear from England the fucccfs of Monf. * Gaultier, and you may believe we wait for it with no lefs Impatience than they do. Mr. St. John, May the 3d, 171 2, || acquaints their Excellencies, * I liopc in a « few Days my Difpatches will become more material, and that we fball be able ei- * ther to fatishc our Friends at Utrecht^ or not have Reafon to be much conccrn'd * at their Uneafinefs. This ends in Lord StraforiTs being fent for into England, and the following Or- ders arc fent to Lord Privy-Seal for his further Conduft j $ ' You are to ftop all In- * ftances for procuring the Tariff of 1664 to the Dutch; you are to decline abfolute- * iy to confer any further with them upon any matter, till you receive the Queen's * Plan from hence, and that you will not, I hope, be long in Expectation of; and * her Majefty finds fo ilia Return made by the States to her Condefcention towards * them, that flic likewife orders your Lordfliip to take the firft folemn Opportunity * of declaring to the Dutch Miniftcrs, that all her Offers for adjufting our Diffe- * fences were founded upon this cxprcfs Condition, that they came immediately into * the Queen's Meafures, and afted openly and fincerely with herj and that ftie looks < upon tier felf, from their Conduct, now to be under no Obligation whatfocver to * them. The Summary then of this whole Proceeding «t Utrecht in one fliort View appears to Be tTiisj a Congrefs for general Conferences was nccefl'ary to be opcn'd, that the Allies might in Appearance, agreeable to the Grand Alliance, have the Opportunity bf treating and adjufting their feveral Pretenfions. Our Miniftfcrs were oy their Inftru&ions to aft in Concert with the Allies j but they riMlly sk€ted in Concert with the French Plenipotentiaries. The 'Allies' giving in their Spccifick Demands w.is not to be avoided > but the Freticb were to gain as much time as thejr poflibly Could, by unneccfTary Delays j and at laft infift upon Uich a Method of anfwering thde Demands, as they knew the Allies could not comply with. In the mean time the Negotiations were carrying on dircft- ly between England and France, or rather all the Conditions diftatcd and p'refcrib'd by Froneei whilft the Allies were amus'd with a Difpute about the method of anfwering from which France would not, and they could not poflibly denartj in which England Agreed with the reft of rhc Allies. All Particulars that conccrn'd even the Intereft of the Allies wer* tranfafted betwixt the Minifters of England and France, under the high- ei Obligations of Secrecy : The Z)«rf^" are prefs'd to come into the Qiieen's Mca- fbics, witkout being acquainted what the Queen's Meafures wcrej and bccaufe they Would n^ctmient to they knew not what, as foon as it was rcfolv'd to feud Orders to « 4fn7 11, 17111 r*/. 1. i jifril ^. y*l. I. * f./. ». Ife/.i. ^ May t6. Ttl. i. . [ n ] tn tkcDuke ofOrmend not to engaee in either Siege or Battle, and the great Fro- ]e6ts were ready to be executed on the other Hdo of the Water i the Queen declares Ac looks upon her I'elf now from their Condu^ to be under no Obligation whatfoe- v«r to the States General ^ and thus the Alliance betwixt Great Britain and her prin- cipal Allie is declared to be dilTolv'dand canccli'd i before any thing was finally agreed and concluded betwixt us vid France; or we had the leall Security for our own Trade and Commerce, or any other Advantages that were to acrue to Great Britain. During thefc Negotiations at Utrecht^ and the Difputes that had been induilrioufly rais'd and kept on foot) the two great Points of the Renunciation of the Spanijb Monarchy, and of theCeflation of Arms, had been upon the Anvil. The Hrft mention that is made of the Renunciation in order to be treated of, is found in a Memorial dated March the z8th, 17 iz, * entitulcd 7%e Anpiuer to the Me- morial brought by Mr. Gaultier the ijd of March 1711-11} this Memorial which was receiv'd in France the zjd of March is fupprefs'd, but the Contents of it may in great meafure be collefted from the Anfwer that was given to it. Thus much ap- pears certain, that as the general Propofal that the Crowns of Franr- Jiad Spain OioulJ never be united arofc firft from Englandy and was made an Article in the private Pro- pofitions fent over by Mr. Prior } fofrom that time to this, tlie method of preventing that Union does not appear to have been once mcntion'd. The Senfe of France and Spain upon that important Article was not known, nor fo much as ask'd ; altho' in every ffcp France had given plain Indications, that the Crown of Spain was to remain to King Philip; and the Committee is furpriz'd to find the Miniltry had gone fuch Lengths in promoting the Meafures of France^ without taking the leall Precaution, or having any Satisfaftion concerning the Monarchy of Spain ; wherein the Intereil of Great Britain was by their own Confeflion more immediately conccrn'd, than in all thtir other Articles of the Peace put together. But it is plain that in this Memorial lent from England.^ the Scheme for prevent- ing this Union was firft propos'd by England^ and that the Expedient was a Renun- ciation ; and as this is a matter of (uch Importance as defervcs the greatcll Attention •, that it may be fcen in its true Light, the Committee have annex'd the Extrad of the Anfwer to the faid Memorial, and the fevcral Letters that paf^'d betwixt .Monficur Jt 7orcy and Mr. St. John upon this Subjed, No. (if .) t In this Memorial Monficur de Torcy declares in the ftrongeft Terms, ' That the * Renunciation defired would be null and invalid by the fundamental Laws of France^ ' according to which Laws the moft near Prince to the Crown is of neccfliry the Heir « thereto} 'tis an Inheritance that he receives neither from the King his PredccelTor, * nor from the People, but from the Benefit of the Law, fo that when one King * dies, the other fucceeds him forthwith, without asking the conlent of any Perfon * whatfoever. He fucceeds not as Heir, but as the Mailer of the Kingdom, the Seig- * nory whereof belongs unto him, not by Choice, but by Right of Birth only. * He is not beholden for his Crown either to the Will of his PiedccelTor, or to * any Edift, nor to any Decree, nor to the Liberality of any Perfon, but to the Law. * This Law is look'd upon, as the Work of him who hath eftabliihcd all Monarchies, * and we are perfuaded in France., that God only can aboliOi it. No Renunciation * therefore can dcftroy it, and if the King of Spain ftiould renounce for the fake of * Peace, and in obedience to the King his Grandfather, they would deceive thcmfcivcs * that receiv'd it as a fufficient Expedient to prevent the Milchief we propofe to avoid. Then he gives an account of the Dilpofition made of the SucceHion to the Ci own of Spain by King Philip., and regiller'd in the Councils of Spain ; which Diipofition he propofcs may dc confirm'd by the prefent Treaty of Peace, and ratified by the Cortes or States of the Kingdom o( Spain. Mr. St. John in his ^ Anfwer^ March z^y lyii-it^O.S. rejcfts this Propofal, and not at all r""vinc'd by what Monfieur de Torcy had fo ftrongly urg'd concerning the nul- lity of me Renunciation, infifts ftill upon it } * We are ready, fays he, to believe you *■ are perfuaded in France^ that God alone can abolilh that Law, upon which vour * Right of Succeflion is founded } but you will give us Leave to be perfuaded in Great ' Britain, that a Prince may depart from his Right by a voluntary Ceflion, and that * he in Favour of whom that Renunciation is made, may be juftly fupported in his * Prctcnfions by the Powers that become Guarrantees of the Treaty. In ihort. Sir, * the Qiieen commands me to tell you that this Article is of fo great Confcauence * as well for her felf as for the reft of Europty for this prefent Age as for Ponerity, ' that the will never aeice to continue the Negotiations ©f Peace, unlefs the Expcdi- * ent (he has propos'd dc accepted, or fome other equally folid. Mniilieur de Torcy in anfwer to this Letter, ^Ipril the »th, N.S. II begins to think it cannot be iinpolTiblc to find an Expedient to fettle this great Affair j and ht propo- fes that when the King oi Spain (hall become either immediate Succclfor, or prcfuni- P' ptivc ♦ r./. !./•/. Hi- i /V. *.M >4i- i f^*l.i H if4. L'.W a. R i(>,, . ; , . II [ 14 ] I!! ptive Heir to the Crown of France^ he (ball then declare the Choice he intends to mahc; cither to maintain his Right to the Crown oi Francty or keep that of Sp*iu% that King Philip fliall become Party to the Treaty, wherein the SucceHion to the two Cmwns ihall be like wife fettled, and that all the Powers o( Eurtfe flull enter in- to an Engagement with FraHce to maintain it. Mr. St. jfobn, April the tfth, O. S. • reafons againft this lallPropofa],and the feveral Projefts contained in Monfieur ^/^Tirc/slaft Letter-, infi As that no Expedient can ef- fcftually fccurc Europe from the Dangers wherewith it is threaten'd by the Union of the two Monarchies, unlefs the Prince, who is at prefcnt in Poflcllion of i>iiii», makes his Choice at this very Inftantj and upon a Suppofition that the Crown of Spain would be his Choice, that this Declaration fhould be made during the Congreis at Utrtc/jf. Jprili6. N. 5". tMonficurrfffToro'fcemiBg always to comply with what wasdcHred, agrees that the CathoHck King muftcalm the Uneafincfs of Europe^ in declaring from the prefcnt time what Part he will take, if «vcr the Succcflion of France is open in his Favour. That the Inconvcniencies aridn^ from hence, mull fubmic to the Pub- lick Good. ' Thus, Sir, fays Monfieur dt 7orcy to Mr. Si. Johrif the King appro- * ving your Propofition, difpatchcs a Courier to Spain^ and writes to the Ring his ' Grandfon, to let him know the Neceffity of refolving on the Choice he (hall make } ' and to declare it, to the end it may be infertcd in the Treaty of the General Peace, « and be made a Condition of it, whereof all Europe fhall be Guarantee : And promi- fc$ to ufe ail pofliblc Means, even Force, if it were ncccflary, to make the King oi Spain agree to it. He hopes this Propofition will in a great Meafiirc remove all Difliculties} and as they mull expcd new Obftruftions from thofe who would wil- lingly break the Conferences, he believes the bell way to difappoint their Defign.s, would be, for the Queen of Great Britain to propofe immediately a Sufpenfion of Arms i for they ground their Hopes upon the Event of the Campaign. April the ipth, 0. S. % Mr. St. John anfwers this Letter, and trtats this Propofal as lialile to all the Objcftions of the former, and argues thus upon it. ' Altho' the * King of Spain Hioiild at this Inllant declare his Choice i what greater Security will * Europe have if the Execution of that Choice be deferr'd to another time? In oflTcr- ' ing ihiit he (hall be oblig'd to declare his Choice at this prefent time, you agree, ' that neither the Stipulations of a Treaty, nor the Guarantee of the Powers engag'd * in the prefent War, would be fufficicnt to fecure that the Choice Ihall be made j ' how then can we conclude that they will be fufficicnt to fecure that when the * Cafe Hull happen, he Ihall quit one Crown to accept of the other, according to ' the Choice which he Ihall now make? He goes on. The Queen has often declar'd, ' that it will be impofllblc for her to be content with any Expedient which fliall not ' be very folid, upon an Article of fo great an Importance as the Rc-Union of tlie ' two Monarchies. This would be to lofe the Fruit of all the Blood which the Al- ' lies had fpilt in the Courfe of this Wari this would be to bctnsy the common Caiife ' of Emope; and to expofe both the prefcnt .'^ge .and Poflcrity to greater Dangers ' than 'tis polTlble to imagine. In lliort, he infills that they muft take Care that the ' time Ihall never be, when the fame Prince Ihall have the Crown of Spain uponliis ' Hi-ad, and the Succefiion to the Crown of France open to him. He at lad propo- ' fe):, if the King of Sp.t in prefers theExpcftation of the Crown of France^ to theprc- ' lent Poficnion of Spain^ in fuch Cafe he Ihall withdraw forthwith with hisFamilv ' out of i.V/).J7/7, the Pofiellion of which, and the Indies^{\\o\\\i be given to the Duke of * Savoy; that King Philip Ihould have the Kingdom of Sicily and the Hereditary ' Dominions of the Duke of i'^wj, together with the Monferat and Mantua^ all whicfi ' Dominions he Ihould remain pollcls'd of, tho' he became King of Frame; except- ' ing 6';V/7v, which in that Cafe Inould return to the Houfc of Jujlria. May the i8th, N. S. S Monfieur deT'orcy i\i\\ yielding and complying with the Vca- fiircs of England^ Ihows the great Hardlliip the King of Spain mull undergo, in facri- ficing his own and the Interell of his Family, for the Ellablilhing a General Peace j however the King of France would fend to him to know his (Vlind upon the two Al- ternatives. In the mean time the King of France promifes that the Treaty of Peace ihall be made, upon the Foundation of one of thcfc two Propofitionsj cither that the King of Spain ihall renounce his Right to the Crown of France, and keep Sp.tin and the Indies; or if he prefers his f xpctlation upon France, he ihall quit Spain and the Indies to the Duke of Savoy, in exchange for the prefent Dominion^ ot the Duke ofSaioy, &:e. as propos'd by Mr. St. John. He hopes by this Promife of the King of France, all Uncertainties are rcmov'd} and fubmits to the Queen's Wildom, to confider what Method would be the moll conducive to the General Good. ' It would be very un • ' hnppy if any Event during the Campaign, Ihouid fall out to dilluib the good Dif- ' politions that arc fcen at prefcnt for Ellablilhing the Publick Repole. This • Fol. %, fj. 170. i Fol. \i.fif. aoj. t ^*/. 8. /«/. iic. § r»/. S.fot. 161. [in Th Thli Correfpondence between the two Secretaries for preventing the Union of the two Kipjj- domt, carry'd on from al)Out the middlr of Marth to the i8il> of May, lyiz, ended at laft, jnft M it began ; and Kin^ Philip chufe to nij|r ever deem'd by the unalterable Laws of France null and void, is very remarkable. Hik Dexterity in muiinging that part ot the Negotiation, in feeming always to comply, and delirous to come as near as pi Ifible to the Propofuls made from hence, and fubmitting at laO, tince we would have it fo, lo the Renunciation fo peremptorily infixed on, is no lefs obfervable. Rut it is unaccountable how the Engiijh Miiiiliry, when they were exprefly told ihofe would drccive themfclve), who (hould accept of a Renunciation as a fufficient Expedient to prevent the Reunion of the two Monarchies; wnen they laid it down themfelves as a Principle never to be depirrrd from, thnt the Union of the two Monarchies would be the greateft Mifchicf that Cuuld pofllitly happen to all Europe, and to Great Britain in particular; (hoold ftill perfevere ia relying upon this Expedient of a Renunciation. And it cannot be forgot, that no Care was taken to rentier eft'ti£lu.il the two only \f.xy 'ents, that were ever propus'd for adding any degree of real Security to the Renunciation : Which were, to have it folemnly accepted by the States of Frante, and to have it coimf 'iTJ by a General Guaranty of all tbe Powers of Europe eiig^ig'd in the pre- fenr War. Thelirll was ask'd indi-ed ; but upon the Refufal of France was entirely uiven up by out Minitlry : The (ecmi 1, by our Method of Negotiating, and our Treatment of the Allies, Was froin that very time reiidrcd liiip;-atlicab!e; as the Ftench could not but fiirefee. it mult be reniembted, that n few Days atter this AnI'wtr ot Monf. dt Torcy was receiv'd, Mr. it. John fent Orders to the Bri*///^ Flenipotenriaries to declare ti> the States General, The Queen was now under no further Oblh^ations whatloaver to chein, who with the relt of the Allies were to be Guarantees of this Treaty. The Committee think it proper to mention here a PalTage in a Letter from the Lords Plenlpo' lentiaries to Mr. St. John, tchuary the i6ih, 1711-11, N. S. * who acquaint him. that in fnmcDif- courfe with tli« Marcfchal D'Uxeiles upon occafion ot the Death of ilie Oauphin, ihey defir'd to know of hiin, wiiat ihofe iVlralures are which France offers »o take in Order to prevent the Uni- on of the two Kingd(«Tis ; and whether they were to C(»ntill in real or verbal Securities ; the freneh MInitlcr pretended' to kn.>w no other but of the latter Soir. And then they fudged to Mr. Si. jabu, that an Oblii^ation upon King Piiiip to Renounce the Regency as well as the Crown of France^ for himfelf and his Pofterity, would amount to fome degree of real Security. But no Eti- dcavours were ul'cu to obtain this, nor any mention made ot it, as far as appears. Mr. St. John, as Secretary of State, tranfafied rhis Atliiir with Monf, de Torcy ; but as it can't eafily btf fnppos'd, that he did this without the Advice and Approbation cif the Lord Trenfurer as tirll Miniller; fo it a[-pears, that at the fama time a Correfpondence was held betwixt the /,-/./ Ireafurer and Mimf. deTorcy: Mr. .it.Joiinfayi in his Letter of the 24th t^f yipril, i-ii, f He Was fiuc'd to Hop the Courier wni.;h he delign'd to dilpitch the Day before, to wait for a Letter which my Lard Tieafurer writes to Monf. de Torcy ; § and y^prii »he nth, he was oblig'J 10 Hop the Courier till to Day, in hopes that L'jrd Trcajurer would be in a Condition to an' fwer Monlieur dcT»rcy\ Letter, but the Detiuxion in his Eyes, which has hindci'd him for five Days, ftill continues, nn-l y^piil the i6ih, X Monf. de Tuny is very much coiiccriiM for the In- difpofltion of my LordTreajurer, and ardently wilhes he may foon recover. ' It is very Impor- ' taut, fa\s he, that ihofe who, like ynu and him, have had the principal Share in t.c W>^rk of ' Peace. Ihou'd have the Glory of fiiiiiliing it. Monf. de Touy'i Letter of the i8ih ot May, N. S, f] was receiv'd by Mr, St. JJiit the f;!li ' Order. Her Majelty thinks he cannot want l-'rctences for condutliuK himltlf Co as to aiilrt'er ii r ' Ends, without t)wning tliai, which at prclcnt might have an ill Ertift if it^were puhlickly known- On tne fame Day that thotc *t Orders arc lent to the Queen's General with Directions to d f- Ruife tbcvn, wliich was to conceal tlK-m from the Conttderates, they are communicaied to tlie Queen's Enemies. ' Abbot 6'*«/<»Vr will give you an Account, fays Mr St.John to Monf deTorcy, ' of the Orders I havejuft tiow difpatch'd to the Duke »( Ormondf. What Mr. St J,hn himlelf thought of the Importance of this Order is to be learn'd from his <)* Letter to W\- I'lior, Sfptcm- tir the 19th, 1711. ' The moment ( read the Queen a Letter fro.n Monf. dc Torcy, by which ir * appear'd that the King of /t1 pri>- niis'd, of the 1 crms on which a Peace might be made ; he acquaints him with the Steps ilitQiieeti was refolv'd to take : Provided the molt Chrillian King will render them pradicable lor her. .^iid in a f • Memorial of the fame date. No. Cii.) fpecitics the Conditions upon which her Majelly con- fents to make fuch important Steps, and decilive Declarations to her Parliament, iis ihcfe which follow. ' Pirlt, That flie had fettled with /•'rauff the Interells i)f Great Britain. Secondly, That ' (he lonks upon the Interelts of rhe other Powers engag'd with her in the Wnr.r.s e;ilie to be ad- ' juitcd ; lince the King offers to the greateff Pait of them, very near what they have demanded, * and tu all a jult and realinnable Satista&ion. Thirdly, I'hat ihe willfet about accoin,-iiodating • the •ftLl.fel.y -[Vt)! S. fcl.ifS. § r«/. 8. /«/ 181. 4: »W S. /»/ ici. * rj S /o/. zOj. ill.Uyia. I'ol t fa'. 1/0. 'f iW S. fil if+. 4« yJ. 9 jit. :S7. :j' IW. S /«/. 17 j. • ' i'^i i f>l. 17 j-. IS usak. [ i6 ] > ,1 I m * ihc Affairs of her Allicti and thai lo prevcoi ail ihc Ql Aiafiions which the EvciU'> of the Ciin- ' paiKn might uccatiuu lu chc Ncgodatioiit ut'i'cacc, Ihc had agreed wi(t) ihe king tu a Sulpciiiiua *of Arms. The Condiiinns fpecify'd in the Memorial, ar« Demands relating to Nurtb Amtrita, to Cuiu- incrce, and the Sufpcnfiun of Arms. In the Article cuacctuiiiK Commerce, it it faid'Thnt fevcral Points relniiii); to Tradereqgiringa 'Imiget Diiculfuu) than the preleni Crilik would admit, and the Qaecii tM:ing mucn mure inicnt *upon fecuring the General Peace, than any particular AdvantaKetj demands at prclcat only the •two following Conditions. Kirlt, That Commillaries Ihould be uam'd on both Sides t«) meet at * Lomdon, there to examine and fettle the Duties and Impulitions to be paid refptctively in each ' Kingdom. Secondly, That no I'rivilcgcs or Advantages relating to Cunimcrce with FraiKe, ih^lJ ' be yielded to any Foreign Nation, which ihall not at the fame time he granted to the Subjects ot' *her BntMtmck Majclty; as likewife, no Privilege or Advantage in relation tu the Trade or Crtdt ' BrhmmihtW b« yielded le any Foreign Nation, which (hall not at the fame time be granted to the *Subjcdls aiFramct, As totheSuipenlionof Arms, 'Her Majvfty willconfent it lliall be made for two Months : Pro- * vided, Firlt, That within the faid Term the King of Sp»im Ihall either make the Kenunciutiou 'demanded, or (hall yield Sfaim to the Duke of 6»v»y, upon the Conditions mentiun'd in Mx.Si. ' Jvbn''% Letter of the 19th of jifril, 0. S. Secondly, That the Frtmch Ciarii'un Ihall evacuate Lfum- * kirk, and the Queen's Troops be admitted, the fame day that the Sufpenliun of Amu Oiall com- 'mcnce. Thirdly, That in cafe the States General Ihall at Ihe fame time content to the SulpLiw * fion of Arms, it feeins reafonable they Ihould have the Liberty ot putting a Ci^rifou into Cinxi/rty. Upon iheli; Conditions your Committee cannot tut obleive, That a.tho' it was daily inttill'd into tha Minds of the People, that the k t advantage!, in I'radc and Commerce fecur'J lu Urtut Britum, were the chief Inducemen 'o the Minifliy to engage in thcfe Meafures with Franct, it is here declar'd they wera more intc.ti upon the General Peace, than any particular Ad- vantages. And wheraas it was laid down as a Htinciple from which the Queen would never de- part, that tlie Intctcftsi ol Grtat Britain Ihould in the tirft Place be adjulted; and the great Advao- t.iges llipulatcd fur thcfe Naiiuns,before the Conclution of the Peace, were tujultifie the Peace,and all the Steps that were taken tu procura it ; it is now Evident that no mention was made of our Trade in Spain; and for our Commerce in Genaral, Ihe feitlitig of that was poltpun'd, and all Points iu Dilpute betwixt Grtat liritaim and FroMct, were to be referred 10 Commiirtries ; which Propoliiiou was not demanded, but v«>luniarily oti'er'd by Mr. St Jubit. On the Sthof jMMe,i-j}i. N.S. Monf. <^r Ter^y fends an Account, • • Thai the King of 5^««» * of the two Propuliiions, h.:d chofen to ke

be a Piejadicc to us, ihoiild a Ceflation be made ; for ihc f >r- * mcr Pretences are out of Doors, of its being impcflible for the French to make * Magakiiies fur their Army to take the Field ai loon as ours, stnd haviag burnt thefe * Magazines at firlt affirm 'd impofltble to be made, for ui by that means tob&Ma- * iters of bcHeging cither (Umbraj or ^rras^ and our Arroy'6 marching to Paris is * ilopt ar Icall for this Summer in 'U Appearance, l^he Frtneh arc now better * polled than we are; their Army is much ihrnnger. We cannpt murch to fur- * prize them in other Parts of their, Lines 'till we have green Forige, whicli * wo'nt be up theic Three Weeks at foonctl. They have all their Troops up, * and we want a great Part of nun, ef|ecia!ly tVif ImftriaUfli, who, 'tis ftid, can- * not ioyn the Army in a Month yet \ (o that now (he Advantage of a CcfT.tion * of Arms is on our Side, if they will for the fake of Peace confent to it. If, upon * thefe and other Canli.:eraticins, a Ccfl'ition is ihou^hr in E»^l4nd necellar'^ the * Qpccn mull not propofe ir, bat at the fume time be refolved to put it in t,xe- * cuti'n on her Side, if ngrt-cd to by the Frinch\ becaul'e furh a Propr>fi ion will * be furc to mert with Oppolicion, unlefs back'd with Refolution, and may have * the Eff 6t of making thufc vho delight in War undertake with fo much the * greater Prc'ciplt4tion fame d.-1'pcniie Attempt. ' Upon what groundleft 'Mlega- tions the Carl of Sit^ffitrd riid here advife a Sufpenfion of Arms, is fubmiiied to the Confidcration of the Houfe. The t Articles for aSufpcnfif'njfignedbyMr.^/.ytf/jiijJ'dw (j,0. S. and the AA- fwtr. flgncd by Monf^^* forc)^ June iz, 1711, 2V. .y. arc annex'd. N». (24. ) The next Day, Jmie 7, O. £. Mr. St J»hn writes *\ privaieLctter to Monf. de Terty, exf reiSog Uie utmy free from 4letlraint, and at Liberty to take ^11 * reafoiiable MeaJurcs that are in your Power for annoying the Enemy. It ispro- *■ bable the MarelVhal ^(//nrx may rccaivc the Orders which will be fent him from * f'erfiiilles within a Day after this Letter will come to your Hands. Your Grace * will therefore lofe no Time in acquainting him, that you are in Expeftntion of ' hearing from his Cooi t that which muft idctennine your Proceedings ■, And that, *■ according to the King's iRefolntion, youarCfCither to look upofi your Iclves on * both Sides as freed irom any ReAriftive Orders, and in full Liberty of aStitig a- * gainft each other, or that yonarc openly to declare for a Ceflation. The Committee thiok it necefl*try now to go a little back, and obierve what Orders and InJlruftions had been given to the Ouke of Ofnnmd, and what Ac- counts he had lent of his Proceedings during the time the Cortefpondencie relating to the Renunciation was carrying on. Oilthe'irdrnf^/irr/i7.ti,(A^.A.'>hisi(n(huftinMare Ttgn'd by the Queen $ f M, zf.) He is order'd to repair iirtt to the Hdgttt^ vni to »ifc the Penlionary, l*ifore hej uts himfelf at iheHcadintthr 'C|r(»psvtocxpr«rt to htm tbeQyeien'J Refolution of prcffing the War with all prtflJWe Vigt^ur; to allure hiin heisjrepar'd to live in a pericd good CosrefposidciKc wi^h all the Gencrab, and particularly with F thole * JM. 2. \ Vel,:i. M 5«v * Vok^^fit. 374. ij Fol. %^M yt*. ST./. «.M lil. I :!'; fl ll? »i [18] thofe of the StatO) to inform himfelf whtt Plan hit been agreed for the Oprni* tion of the Campaign: And as foon u he arrivei at the Frontier, to meet with Prince Eug0nt, and luch of the Generali ai ihall be in the Secret, and with them to concert the proper Meafurea for enlerins upon A&ion. Your Commictee conceive thefe InftriKkioni fign'd by her Mijefty mud !)« the Rule of hit Grace's Aftions 'till countermanded or revok'd by cqu^l Authnri> t\y there being no general Direftion in then to follow fuch further Orders as h< Inould receive from a Secretary of Sute. On the a4th of April, N. S. the Duke of Ormond gives the Secretary an Ac* count, * That, according to his InftruAioro, he had given the Penfionary all the * AflTurances of carrying on the War wi»h Vigour, and a£ling in Confidence with * all the Allies, and more efpecially the Dutch i which were receiv'd with th« * greateft Proteflions of Dury and Refpeft to her Majefty. On the 30th, * the Duke of Orm Grace was now foon put out of his Pain by the Order mention'd before of Maj the loth, O. S. not to eogagp in any Siege or hazard a Battle. On the If th oiMfy, N. S. i The Duke of Ormmd writes two L-^ttcrs to Mr. St. ^ehn^ a private Letter and a publick Letter. In the fird, which was his private Letter, and all wrote in his ownHand, * his Grace acknowledges the Receipt of * hisOrden, not to engage in Siege or Elattle ; to which he promifes anexjft * Obedience, and to keep fecret his having receiv'd any fuch Command, and will * endeavour to binder its being fufpefted* But Prince Eagatu and the States hav- * ing propos'd to attack the Enemy, or, if that be found too hazardour, to befiege * Sjff^* '*'* Grace fears it will be very difBcuk for him todifgaife the trueRea- * Iba of his oppofing all Propolals that ihall be made for undertaking any thing, ' having no ExcufeTor Delays, all the Troops we expefted, and the heavy Can* * non, being to be here on Sa/wrJsf: And he fays if he could have found Forage * here, he would have made fome Pretence to delay the March, tho* the Difpou* * tion* of It were made before he received this Letter. But en the fiune Dav his Grace writes another ^ publick Letter to Mr. St. Jdim, after he had receiv'd the Letter of the loth, as it exprcily faid; wherein he takes no N'Hice of his Orders not to eneage in Siege cr Battle, but fpeaks of his Iiav- ing review'd the JS«!g/t^ Troops, and found them in lo good a Condition, that muft coBviice all the Allies how g^oundlcft the Complainuare that have been made of our • r«/.8./«/. iSo. •frw.8.Mi9S' ^r«/.t.Maas; fi y»i.%.H lio. ^yti.t.jot 187. n rw. 8.>/. 194. t [19] •ur Backwardnefi, of whic'i he riyii *1 bcKev* you will now hear no more. He goes on, * If we find an Opportunity to bring the ILncmy to a Baitle, we (hall * not dcchnc it. On the tSih of May^ the Duke ofOrmond, * in hiiLeitrr to Mr. St. Jnbuthyh * Ycfterday Prince Eugtm and the States Deputici defir'd that I would confcst to * Tend the Quarter- MalU-ri co view the Prncb Campt which I could not rdufet *■ without giving them Ibme Sufpicion of what I am order'd to difguifet hut I ( Wits tiire that nothing ot Adion could happen, the Enemy bein^ behind the * Scbtldt. The Detachment that went with them were Forty Squadroni, and all *■ the Grenadicnofmy Army to Aipport them and make gnodcheir Retreat, (hould * the Enemy have endeavour'd for to have attack'4 them. They went a» far (I * mean theHorfe) as Cateltty where the Ri)»,htot the Encmy'i Army lies, and arc * come back widiout feeing any of the Fttneb on our Sii!e tne ScbtlJ*. • The Diftance between the Head of the Sommt and that of the ScMJt ii not * above a League and a Half, which it a Plain, and the Enemy have n >t yet of> ' fer'd to throw up any Retrenchmeat : May be to Morrow they will begin to * work, fi'ice they have feen our Troops reconnoitring that Way. ' Prince £w> gtn0 anJ the Oetnities bting to dine with his Grace the next Day, he was under Apprehenfions they would prefs him to undertake fomethins immediately, which it would be very hard to conceal the true Reafon of his refufing, having no rea> fonable Excufe for it< In this t Letter his Grace gives an Accountof a Letter that he had receiv'd from Marefchal Fillmt, and the Anlwer that his Grace wrote to the Marefchal. This Conefpoitdence. which on both Sides is indiled upon to be kept as tho sBoftabfolute Secret, is founded upon a Poftfcript in Mr. Si.Jobn'i Letter of /I/0)' the loth to the Dukeof Ormond\ whcn-in hctdU hisG'-ace ' Communication is given * of this Order to the Court oiFrmncti fo that if Marefchal f^iUars takes any pai* * vate way Notice of it to you, your Grace will anfwer accordingly. ACty the ifth» N.S. Marefchal ViUart acquaints his Giace, % * That he had the * Kind's Orden, and theQtieeiiot i[Hjand\ C nfent, to write to him as fooii ti he * receiv'd (be Courier \ and whatever Glory is to be acquir'd .tgaind a General whufe * Valour is fo well known among ihcm, he dt-fires him to be . (ilir'd that he never * receiv'd more agreeable News than ihat they were to be no longer Enemies. The Duke of Ormond in Anfwt-r ncqu tints him, That he had receiv'd Order! from the C^een upon the fame Sulijed, to which he would not fail to conform himfelf in the raoft txtSt Manner. This is conformable to the lntim.ition given by Mr. St Jubn, That if Marefchal ViUari ukes any private way Notice of his Orden, his Grace was to anfwer ac- cordingly. But his Grace proceeds further, and fays, * The Motion which we are going to * make is principally for the Sulififtincc of our Troops, fo that vou need not be * under any Apprehenfion at this March \ at Icaft 1 can anfwer for the Qyeeo's * Army which 1 have the Honour to command. Your Committee is at a Lofi to account for this Tranfaftion, unlefs his Grace had Orders rot only not to »6l againft Franctj but to give the French General In- telligence of all that was dcfi ;n d in the Confederate Army. The Report being mad by the Quirter Mallen-Generai, who went with the Detachment to view the Frtnch Cam/, and the Overture between the Sources of the SoiUfi.e and the ScbtUUy and they all agreeing that the GroOnd was as advan- tagioUi as could be, their Situation being foch at gave an Opportimity of falling upon their Flank and Rear, it was propoi'dto the Duke of OrmoM^/ to march with* out the keaft Delay to the Enemy, and to attack them. What his Grace did upon this Ov.ca(ion is beft to be learnt from his own Words in his Letter of May the t9th to Mr. 5'/. Jdm. || '■ You may eafily imagine the Dif- * ficulty that I was under toexcule the delaying a Matter, which, according to the * Inforroatiom I had from the Quarter-MaKers-General, and feveral other General ' Officers that went out with the Detachment, feem'd to be fo prnAicable. The * bell Excufe I could make was Lord Strtfford'i fudden Voyage 10 Bngland, which * gave roe Reafon to believe there muft be fomething of Con'fequence tranfii&ing, * which a Delay of Four or Six Days would bring to Light, and therefore 1 defired * they would defer this Undertaking, or any otner, until I ibeuld receive frelh * Lettcn from Et^land. Your Committee cannot better reprefcntthe favourable Opportunity that wm here loft to the common Caufe, and the Advantage, or rather Deliverance, that was lecured to the Common Enemy, than in a $ Letter from the Deputies of the States to the Duke of Ormo» , and (he lad Articles propoftfd by Qreat Britain (or a Sufpcnfion of Arms 1 and it is to be ol>- ferved. tW hitherto it Was an entire Secret between iheEngtiJh andfVrwfiQurts and their Two Generals, thit neither Siege or Battle was to be engaged in by tlx Duke of OrnitmJ. Prince Eujnc nd the iHrhole ConFederacy wrtt as yet amufcd tvith Hopes that the Duke of OrMo»^ might be permitted in Icmw' Degree to com* bly with his Indru^tions, and the folemn and repeated Afluances that had been given, to aft iri Conjuraian with the reft of the Allies: But the Time was now eome, when the Secretary's Care ini Prudence wai to deliver the Pttncb King from the ApiMchcnGons under which Monf. de Torcy had fo often declared him t> be for the Events of this Campaign: And altho' the Slifpenfion of Arms w*j pr^fs'd and infilled upon hv France, and was to be granted purely for the fake and Prcfervntion of the Frtncb Army, which in all reafon fhould have broucht tfieni to a Coi^ipli mee with the Demands fent from England', yet fo very traaable did our Miniftry provr, that France's reluGng the Conditidtis at firft propofcd for jC;rdnttng d bufpcnfiin of Arrtis, had no other V.mpnd^ and telk liiih thebrigihals *rere fent ro F.ngland\ and doubt* nbt bac tUc SATpi^non of Arms Wotild immediately take Efiia. -•-■ '■-,-• • May 17, 171a. f^ol. 8. H 33®. t Jane k. V»l. S. /»/. 341. \ Vol. 8, /«/. 438. [V.l. t.->#/.ij34*»^438. ^P^tU r4l9- c to [»' ] But it appears by the Duke of Ormenlt ' Letter to Marefchal nhn of ch4 afth of ^Afit, That thefc were only Copies «;id not fifin'd, for his Grace fays, It were to be wifh'J that the Marquis dt Tcrcj had given himfelf the trouble to fign chem, as being more agreeable tn his Grace's Indi unions, but thar he may not ftop fo gooa a Work by Difficulties and Scruples, he Will not innft upon Formality : He promifes to go immediaccly to Prmce Euitnt, and the States Deputies, to perfwade them to abandon the Enterprize upon ^tC- ney, and to declare, That in cafe of a RefuOtI, he (hall bv oblig'd to wtch. draw the Queen's Army ; and as foon as the Troops which he fliould dutiich ikirk, the Duke of fV»»o>ir/ (hall r':tircivith the E»jf/i^ Troops, and all thofe Foreigners that will obey him, land declare the Qiicen will aft no longer G againft 8. /4J+. *• f./. 8./.»<9i.-» /%/.«./ 4»ir. •» yii 8./44tf. ! fw.«./.ji» ' ytt. [ " 3 rum m ■'it ;il "1 i; i^/ I againft R'anee, nor pay thole that will, and will make no Difficulty to con< elude immediately a febariate Peace with France, leaving the Allies a Time wherein they may have Liberty to fubmit to fuch Conditions as (hall be agreed upon betwixt the Queen and the Moft Chriftian King. See, Sir, the Peace in the King's hands j if the Duke of OrmonJ's whole Army confents to the Sufpenfion of Arms, our firft Projedl proceeds j if they will not confent, the Englip) Troops will withdraw, and leave the Foreigners to feck for their Sub- Tiftence from the States, who very far from being able to furnifli new Expen- ces, are not capable to fupport what they have already upon their hands. In ihort, Britain retiring from the Theatre of the War, and leaving it to thofe that a'-e in no condition to make head againft France, the Peace may be concluded between the two Crowns in a few Weeks. Thefe, Sir, are thePropofitions. which the Queen commands me to make, and believes the King of France will find his Account at Icaft as much the laft Way as the firft. He once more de- fires him to fend an Exprefs to the Duke of Ormand, that he may know how to regulate his Condud ; and if he fignifies to him that the King has given Ordej-s to the Governor of Dunkirk to admit the Englilh, his Grace will immediately do all that he has faid. He acquaints him further. That the Queen was rc- (olv'd to fend the Earl of Strafford immediately to the Army. On the fame Day Mr. St. Jo,.n f:iiv '^ a Copy of this Letter to the Duke of Ormmd- and to fhew his owii Opinion of this extraordinary Piece in a Poftfciipt, he iays, I need not cauticm your Grace that the inclos'd for Monfleur de Torcyh fir to fall under the Eye of no Perfon whatfoever but your Grace : As for his la- .i^ftruiftions at this critical Conjuncture, they are fuch as Her Majefty thought deferv'd fending the Earl of Strafford on purpofe to the Army; and his Grace is order'd to give Marefchal ViJlars an Account of the Endeavours the Queen had us'd to fubdue the Obftinacy of thofe who refus'd to obey, and of his Expeda- tions to hear from him on an Exprefs fent to France ; and a fccond time, accord- ing to what was (aid to Monfieur deTorcy, his Grace is order'd, if he receives an Account from the Court of France that Her Majefty s laft PropofaU are agreed to, and Orders difpatch'd for the Surrender of Dunkirk, with ,t any more to do, to declare the Sufpenfion between Great Britain and France, and to keep the whole Body that (hall obey his Orders entire, and to withdraw in the beft manner his Circumftancci will allow. , ^ This Offer was no fooner receiv'd in France, but vithout the Lofs of ont Moment's time accepted and confented to, as '• Monfieur Je Tiny acquaints Mr. St. John, July the > th, N 5. He t^kes care to mention very particularly a!l the Reafons and Engagements which had been fo plainly and explicitly pro- pos'd ; and upon Condition that the Queen does immediately make a llparate Peace, keep no Meafures with Her Allies, but only leave them a Time to fub- mit to the Condition* that Ihall be agreed upon for th. '^ between Fmnce and Ey^gl-ttd, the Kinfi;./f France hath determined to fend his Orders to permit the Englijl} Troops to enr- r into Dunkirk ; and at the fame time a Courier was dif- patch'd to Marelcha! yili.^rs to carry him thefe Orders. And as a general CefJTa- tion from all Hoftilities both by Land and Sen between the two Mations, had been propos'd by England 'till their Treaties could be finifhd, the King of France with the (ame Readinels confents to that. This Account was no fjoner receiv'd in England,but. frefli 'Ordcrsare fent to tlie Duke of Ormond, as foon as he ftiall hear that the Governor had reicCiv'd Orieri to evacuate Dunkirk, and to admit the Queen's Ti oops into the Place, without loling a moment, if he had not ahcady done it, to declare a Sufpenfion of Arms ; and to withdraw all the F.nglifi) Troops, and fuch others ;u would ohey his Orders ; and leaft any Accident might ftill obftrud: this Proje<5t, his Grace by Mr. St. John is told, lie muft obfcrve that the Order is pofitive, and that no Cafo canpoffibly happen in which Ker Majefty will allow that any otiicr M-eafur-^ fhould be taken ; and Mr. St. John is much concern'd that the Earl of Si'jfforJ will arrive at the Army later than was to be wifli'd, frorrt whom his G'.ice was> to receive thofe Lights and Inl.ormations for his Gui- da:-!ce in this nice Conjundure, that he is amply inftrnded to give him. On the i2thof7«(rt ^-S- Lord 5rr.;/()rtlfct]uenoe there is fallen utmn the Empcrour and HoUanJ a Bitrthea they will ndt be long able to iilpport ; I mruft, Sir, to your good Faith, and <1mH td mor- row make a Movement to put my felf into another Situation, land I hope J fliall have News from Dunkirk, that Will authorize itte to declare the Suf- penfion of Arms. On the fame Day ' Marefchal f^tUdri acquaints did Duke of OmmA, that the Governour of Dtmkirk was malting the neceifar^r Prqsaracloftt to cva- cuate that Place : He tells his Grace, For my part, &V, as I akeady^reoAon you for ^ur Aliyj I am not at all in haile to have tioa AirtHereA you art at your own Liberty to come near us, and encatnp on the Kmgs Terri- tories, where-ever you (ho!! think proper. Upon this idie Duke of OrmMtJ the Day after ordered a Celfacion of Arms to be proclaim'd by Sound df Trumpet. • , ! . ':ir.vy ;^>,: 'li; .': v /■ ■.: - i ■■-.'■■' HH [ Hi :1 [8 '\4 ., !.| P*. ,: - Had ehe firft Deiign taken Effea, which was depended upon by Bvurr, and fo far prefuni'd by England as to be undenaken forj chat ail the Foreigners in the Queen's Pay, that compos'd the Duke of Onnmd'i Army, ihould feparate and withdraw from the reft of the Allies, it is notorious, chat from that Inftant 'Prince Eugene's whole Army, unlefs they fubmitted to the fame Meafures, had been left at the Mercy of the Rencb Army to be cut in Pieces, or made Prifoners at the Will of Marefchal rtllars, which had left the Queen's Troops in no better a Condition than to have the Privilege cf being laft deftroy'd ; yet all the Allies, whofe Honour and Confcience v<:ould not permit them to abandon their Confederates, and leave them a;, a Sacrifice to France, were piiniih'd by England with the Lofs of their Pay and Subfidies, which was all that was in the Power of the Miniftry to do, to fhew their Refentment at this great Difappointment t6thc Meafures of France. ' This March of Prince Eugene Lord Strafford thought might be tum'd up- . on them, and he prevaii'd witn the Duke oiOrmmJ in a MelThge to Prince Eugene to fay liis Marching without Concert with us, and all the Queen's Auxiliaries marching from us, expos'd us fo, th»c we have been oblig'd to fend to the French to declare with . us a CelTation of Arms ; nothing lefs could put the Queen's Troops in Safety ; for though Matters fell out (6 pat, without this we muft have declar'd for the CeiTation, yet why fhouid we not turn all this Matter upon them ? The Committee had riot thought it worth their while to take Notice of fuch an idle Awempt to impofe upon the Senfcs of Mankind, if they had not been induc'd by another Paflage rn the fame Letter to think it deferv'd feme Obfervation ; where Lord Strafford giving an Account of what pafs'd upon the Separation fays, All the Englifl) fcem rejoyc'd to march olf, being weary of the Situation they were in, and the Reproaches they met with in • the great Army ; There are two or three Faces very four, they ligh and wifli the Hanoverians had not ieparaced from us, but I (hall tell ihem per- haps if may be better. He may fee by this Time the wrong Advice he has foHowd, I'nr." all muft lay the Blame of the Separation upon him. But this is not the only Inftance of the Scorn and Contempt which his Lordihip was ready to exprcfs upon th-i like Occafions ; for Jftlf the i6th, 1712, .''giving an Account of a Converfation with Monfieur Bulov, the Eledor of Hanover'' General, wherein his Lordfhip declar'd, that the Queen had .vet nei;iier made Peace nor Truce, which. Declaratioa .was made near a Month after the Articles for a Sufpcniion ok- Arms were fign'd, and his Lordfliip reprefenting the great Dangers the Queen's Troopsi were expos'd to by' being left alone in heir Camp When Prince £i«f«)»e march 'd, and MonHeor Bulow replying, in cafe of any Attnck they had beea fure of their AflTiitanee and Protedtion ,. his Lordfhip fays. My Aniwer was in a difdainful way, it would be a. very odd: thing, when an Eledor of the- Empire Qiould be a fufficicnt Protection to Great Britain; and Dtcemitr the 14th, .1712, Lord Strafford in his « letter tO Mr. St. Jtb^Si^fi, Coant Zinzendorf own d, it was impoffibleito carry on the War alone, efpecially finre thb Eleiior of Hanover, who was the grcateft Hero forcbc War,- has threatned the States to recall his Troops, if they did .not pay. htotitha Qacen's Share of the Subfidies ; In.fhorr, Count Zinzen- dorf\ htrtffelf could oot but laugh at the ridiculous way of proceeding of .thatCtouK. : ■. - . •:■: -.1 - , The Armies being- now feparated, and tbc Sufpenfion of Arms driclar'd, your Committee think it neccffary to recapitulate in what manner, and by what Steps,, this fatal Ceifation was procur'd.' t . That ic i»ma of ififinice Advantage ond abfolutely Neceifary to the AffairE o( Franee, and disrefore infiitcdon by JmmwMs very^evidert ; and it is as .certain^ ,fbat .the £h;i^ Miniilry gkve early into it, it they were not the firft AdviRrtof it j forwhichno^ other Acoount necd.be rcquir'd, -^but tliat as all their Meafures tended to advance the Intercil of the Queen '« Ene-> '.tnies, they fdtiid not fail to be zealous in a point which contributed tnore to thofe Views than any one Occurrence during the whole Keuotiation j but as they ail along wanted Appearances, and coniulted thcin more tkatj #ny real Advantages ro the Kingdom, they thought it neccffary to annex 4 fbmc n m " 7*// 17. U.SIraftrdtm^Jiki, ;W,|./.3»7. ^ y$l.}, fi^j. .U.S!r*ff$rJ t«msi. ,t:-n. f Pramtt all the i Army, xorious, ibmicted ^rmy to r, which lave the lOur and tes, and the Lofs r of the snccbthe um'd up- [o Frinoe : Queen's blig'd to hing . lefs 11 out lb yet why Notice of thcv had c deierv'd hat pafs'd )tF, being ;t with in r figh and hem per- ice he has dm. But s Lordfhip ich, I7ii, he ElcAor Jueen had ie near a 5n'd, . and aopsi were ice ^ Eugene tack they Ifliip fays, :)dd thinp, n to Gytat [ter to Mr. rry on tiie ho grcateft if they did unt yAnztn- )ceediog of ns ddclar'd, er, and by I the Affairs ind it is as ere not tlie J, but t!«K iucon's Ene- ibuted hiorc t|.otiation ; iiiOiC tkati ry to annex fonic ■ 1 u/>ViSt,jtl;n. [ M ] fbitie'Condicidm to this importaiic Article, that might pafs ^qh the deiutjiei People as a Juftificatjon of this unprecedented Treachery. ^ ' ;• ■■^Sie Demolition of bafihirk was pJWj'ays Co popular a Point, that npthisg eotild ftrike the Imaginations of the People more, than to be cold that this iiti' pottant Place was delivcr'd into the Queeb's Poffeflipq : This Step they though:, well Improir'd, 'would recommend the Peace itfelf, at Itaft juftifie the Ceflatioo. And as the Nation had Nothing more at. Heart, than the Difpofition . of) the 5j»^^' Monarchy, after the Renunciation Had beep induftriou%, cry 'd up^^^arji the C^i^n had "declar'd from the Thrqne, that France and Spain were thereby mcWi ^ffedually divided than ever, Th^'feTwo Articles were made the eflen* rial Ct^txlitions of granting a Ceflfation at Arms : For the latter, France easily confeifted to it, having declar'd it to be null and void by the fundamental Laws of France : For the firft, 'tis evident how unwillingly France was brought to fur- render D««ilirA, but this the Mini dry were refolv d to purchafe at any Rate, as what would moft eafily amufe, and ferifibly affcA the Nation ; and therefor© CO obtain this, they engage not only to ^rant a Ceflation of Arms, but to con- clude a Separate Peace. The Profped: of concluding a Separate Peace, and the obtaining immediately a Ceflation of Arms, which anfwcr'd all the Purppfes of France almoft as well as a Separate Peace, by leaving the whole Confederacy in their Power, and at their Mercy, were lo great Temptations to France, that the Surrender of Dunkirk is agreed to j but if we come to confider v at EnvUnd gain'd by j^ranc- ing this fatal Ceflation, we ihall find the Demolitton oi Dunkirk fupply'd by a new Canal more beneficial to France, and formidable to the Navigation of Great Britain, than Dunkirk ever was ; and for the Renunciation, Wc were told by France, we fhould deceive our fslves if we accepted it as aa Expedient to prevent the Union of the two Monarchies. Your Committee cdnnot clbfe their Obfervations upon 'his memorable Cam- paign of i7ii, without inferring another Letter that was v.iote by the Duke of Oi-monJ to my Lord Bolin^broks. The Dutch it fecnis, encoarag'd by the Suc- celsof their Enterprife upon Fort Khoojuc, had forra'd a Defign for furptifing Newport or Fumet, Which his Grace having Intelligence of, thought proper to write the following * Letter, OBcber the zift, 1712, to my Lord Bollfighroke. ' I take this Opportunity of an Exprefs which brought me fome Letters ' this Morning from OfienA, and is returning thither, to acquaint your I.ordfhip * with an Affair which has been communicated to me by a Perfon who n * very well inclinM to her Mafefty's Service ; your Lordfliip will heft judge ' of the Importance of it, and the Ule that is to be made of ir, when 1 cell * you, that the Succefs of the Enterprife upon Knoc^ne has encourap;'d t^e * forniing a Projcft for furpridng Newport or Fttrnes, and that the foitifying ' Dixmude is maae ufe of as a Pretence Jfor drawing tpgether a Body of Troops * fufficient to put the Defign in Execution ; if it be tlu>ught more for her.Ma- * jcfttes Service to prevent it, I am humbly of Opinion fome Means fiiould be found to give Advice of j^t^to MarefchalT;i/> • > ^ ii n , . ■ t I — '-j. \it M.1 ' I \ . -.^_.>— ^ _-_« III i^>i ii ■ » >»' «. f I9I > 7»fy 19. N J. rw S /. tfi4. ■■is I ^ T^ [ »<5 ] SuTpetifion oF Amis to be publifli'd in Pcriugnl and Catalonia, without w^iifflg 'till it ftall be fettled at Cirwitf. All thcfcPiopofalsfrom Frmee ire Very readily aiTented to, and * Mr.St.JphH ' dnnks the Queen in a Conditioh riot to lofe a Moment's Time in concluding * with the Minifters of France the Contention for a general SufpenHonof Arms, * both by Sea and Land, aiid even the "treaty of Peace between Great Britain * and France. J * Mr. St. John then of^cns t6 him the' Meafures that had been here concerted for the Duke of Stmoji • * Of all the Allies, fays he, there isi none whole In- ' terefl: the Queen has fo m^ch at.H^iirt as the Duke of 5«i o/s : He hopes * the Moft Chriftian Kinjg will ad ih Concert with her Majcfty, an^ omit * Nothing that may engagd his Royal Highnefs to.come into all our Meafures, * and that may proted him from the Infults of the Iinpcrialifl;s for (b doing ; * and among other Advantages propos'd for him, he lajs it down as a Prin- * ciple, chat 5 r is neither for the Intercfl of Great Sritath nor France, that the * Kingdom of Sicily fliould be given to the Houfe of yiuftri'a, and theref9re ' demands it for the Duke of Savoy, and declares the Queen will not defift * from this F kiiiand. This Concern of rhc Rritint Minifters for the Duke of Savoyt who is rc- prcfc-nrcd as tlic Ally, whole Intereft the Queen hath moft at Heart, your Committee is at a Loft to account for. The French, as appears oy a.^ Letter of the Bifhop of Br:;lol to Mr. St. John, of the 26th of jipril, 1712, had arcflinp. riiat he was not fo vainly impatient of the Title of King, as to ofe or hazard any real Intereft for an empty Name, but tiiat he thought it much niorit extraordinary, that a i'rince beaten Ten Years together by his Enemies, (hruld remain at laft with the Prize contended for, and which fo often by Parliament had been declared the juft and unavoidable Motivs of the War : Again in Lovd Peterborough's <* Letter of November the i6th, 1712, to Mr. St. John, he affirm'd, That Nothing can reprefent the Uneafinefs of Mind of the Duke of Savty, after thefe Offers had been made him : To calm this Un- eafinefs, and to fix his Royal Highnefs in the Meafures of the Miniftry, it was neccfiary the Lord Peterborough fhould in a ^' Memorial given to him repre- fent. That his Royal Highnefs in refufmg thefe Offers muft fall out with the Queen, and the Englifi Minifters, whom his Lordfhip endeavours to.excufe froni the Reproaches caft dircdiy upon them, as if they w^ere Perfons devo- ted to Frjtice. That for the Support of what was propos'd, 'a futficicnt fleet fliould be furnilh'd either by England, or France, b: by both Powers jointly, and that his Royal Mighnels fhould be guanuitec'd and prorct^cd againftany power that fhould oppofe this PrclecfV/ or fliould infjlt him ^or having ac- cepted thefe Offers The Arguments of the F.ngllp Min}iler<; did at length prevail with his Royal Highnefs ; and if the View of tlie tind' NUnifters was cffe^ually to difable the Emperor from fuppcfcinTg himfclf .igaind fr.ince after our Separatiorti, by forcing into the Intereft of j^ajtce an Ally fo (.oiifidcrablc as the Duke bf Savoj, it niuft be confc's'd thcf^'^ Mealiac^ were extremely well caku'arcd for fuch an Lnd, but it docs nw appear co, your Committee how F.nj>Ln;l came ro be fo far conccrn'd in this.Matrcr astoj oifcr its Gua- rantee for S'fcily, which naturally muft have engaged us iii a A^ ir igainf!: the Lmpcror. Thi^ Eorwardnefs of the Miniftry in ollciing to make F';^/..W Gua- rantee for Conditions advantageous only to France, Icenu che mors: e.xti'aoidi- nary, when they obferve, that, duriiipj the whole Courl* of,this Negotiaiipu, they find no Endeavours us'd to procrirc a Guarantee of our,.Confederivfe> to fecure the Protcftant SucccQton. which had bccrt addrcls'd fo; by both iloi^^s of Parliament J nor do they obferve, that the K.^g of Sicily, for whom'ip ra^ch was done, was ever rccjuefted to be Guarantee for, the laid Suiictrfljon The dreadful Conlequcnces of thi Separation of the .\frtiies were now feniibly felt in the unfortunate Aftion a: Douln, where Marefthal nlijrs on the i<\th o( July, N.S. ^ att^ck'dl'ord ^Ibetnarlii C^rnp \vhic|i he ^>'^'4, took mmPrifoner, and entirely defeated all the Troops under, his Command': M. Jt Tercy immediately fends an s Account to Mi. St. Jchn of tliis agreeable News, ■ '^i^^ and " • jutyii. y»i.i. f.6\6. ' y»i t. ' m?. /}9t. *jliu^f.j77- ' rj,9. f.199. I tv.i. f.€xi. t 7W>:fi, 171:. yil.i /".614. . , . " :.» . ^ lodtng Arms, Brit«in jcerted afe In- hopes d omit Mfures, doitiR ; a Pfin- thac the lerefpre >t defift o is rc- t, your .etcer or actually ;li(h this the 24th a-vij CX- g, as to lought it r by his which lb v« of the 2, to Mr. ■ Mind of this Un- iniftry, it lim rcprc- with the to excufe "ons devo- ient fleet s jointly, gainll any laving ac- at length ".illers was V„?;cc afta- jiifidcrablc extremely ommittec it> Giia- j^ainfb the .;/..»;l ■■■^ and layj,- * The King of -Frann is perfuadeal, that the Advantage, which Jjjs * Tjoopshave obtaind, will gire the <;^?en fo much tlje more Plcrifurc, as;. * it may be a new Motive to overcome the. Dbftinacy of the Enemies to Foiec. . ^ Your Committee could not withj Patience re.id a.Letter from a .Vinillcr of Frena upon their Afliftancc to pym this Adv.iijta^o ng.^l ;)V; the Confederates ftill further^ and Monr«/«7wr> Jays,,' he hopes tHe Qu^cn \v\\\-- * cfFcclually bring theiia to Reafon in agreeing immediately with the King.thL- lit (I . * Meaiures that are to be taken for finilTiing this Work, $he has fhc Mt.ans in 1 1 <;:'' '■ ownHands, if She will make ure of Gi&MfandBr«gM,\YhichF^erTrcopspolVers, * andefpeciallyof Ciewfi forit depends uppii whofocverisMafterof that^I(1ce, ' to make all the Pefigns of the EhemieS' Qenerals liiircariy, and to give Law , * to the Duttb. , V w i Neither was Monf de Torcjr fingulair in hjs Opinion about the A<5lion at ben^hi Marefdial riflow would not lofe a- Moment in giving the bukc of Ormmd an Ac- count of this Kews } be afcribes the Vi<^ory to the 5epar!ition of the brave E7ig- li^), and infults the Allies as coihirton Eneoiics, tliat mult now 1;: fciifihlc what wrong Meafures they had taken': In this Manner, and to this Effci't, Maiefchat Ai the En\ at utraot, ana (U niasc a tiiuuiiuiu v^uiiif^iiiuciub iiuiu iiuii (u i^u. ■i(i;:[forti. nd that there might be no-Part of the World where it was in the Power of, .... En£li^i Niiniftry to affift their new Fripods the French, at the Expence of their old Allies, Monf. ntTjtrcy further propofes. That the Queen- fliould put a Stop to Count Startmbergi Prbjedts ift Catalonia, by fending Orders to Har Troops iii TtfrrjfoHa not to let the Gerw» d- ?,ut: for the 'States who did not expsA itVelfe tl»cy would not have bchav,.d thcu;i;elves .' with, the ffowtwr they lacdy didj the Thing was fo \vell and (.ticcly ma; ' nag'd, that all Preparations were made to march about to W^r'retcn between * /,//?« and Ifres, to hjve liv'd upon the Fi-emb Country, and 'till wc ha^ ^ aiarch'd a Day*s March on this Side the Scarp, the Dutch and tlieir Frisnda * did rjpf perceive our Defign» 'which as foon as they did, their Surprlfc and ' Uneafinels were equally great. <■ The D. of OnwowJ having given an Accouflt of his Marching his Army to- wards Ghent and JiiW't 'L. Btjingbroke commends his ConduA, and tells him^ ' the Methods he hadpurfued were fo well adapted tothe prcfcnt C/snjunfture of ' Affairs,.that they i|nRv6r in every Point what they would have wiffi'd : That the ' Ncwsof Dunlirk could not have hecn foltow'd by any more agi'ecftt^le than thad ' of his Grace's havitig dire^ed his M irch towards Ghent. Ana "^J.TT/fS?. * r»/.l. /"jii. ' 79^ »«. W. I 7 <«» * ?•> «« 6 s. r»t. •. /. €j6 ' V Mi Dill;, ri And on the iid of July, 0. S. his Lordfliio tells his Grace, • That taking Pof- fefCon of Ghent and Sruets had improvM Her Majefty's Views, which he is or- der'd to fecure in the beft manner he was able, and doubts not but it will have a good EffeA upon the Condud of the Allies. On the 1 7th of July, O. S. in a ^ Lettcfr to MoAf Jt Tarey, Ltoitf Belinih-oke reca- pitulates what he laid before concerning the D. of Swoy; and as a ^rther Mo- tive to induce Bance to comply wiih his Demands, he reptrfents that it will be very important to have his Concurrence both in the Sufpcfn^^npf Arms, and the Treaty of Peace, wnich in all probability will be made between Britain, France and Staim, widiout the intervention of the other Allies ; iahd that Savty's decla- ring for us will be a decilive Stroke, and the more neceffary, bepaufc'the KJng of PnSa's Condudl has not anfwer'd the Queen's ^xpeftationi. Before this Letter was difpatch'd, thcl.otA Belinibrokt receives Monf. JeTurcy\ of the 26th, N.S. In anfwer to which, July the rSth, O 5.-'lic infifts further in behalf of the D. of Savoy, tells him with great Satisfautkh t^ agree to it ; and they could not thJi ik it for the Honour or Intcreft of the Queen to make War upon Her Allies, as ungrateful as they had been, in Favour of the Elctftor of Bavaria ; and efpccially confidering, that altho' we could fequte Ghent and Bruges for him, the Allies had yet an Army in Ftanders fb ctMflerable both for the Number and Goodnefs of tlitir Troops, that they were able to defend the Conquerts they h^d made. And to give himSictAr, which Vras Hkewife demanded, LBclinghrcke ho};^ei it will not be inlifted on, * Becaufc it might be the occafionof * continual JeaIouri:,s; it might In particular betheSourteof Dil'putes and Quar- * rcls bccwixr EnglarJand Fravee, whofc ftricl Union and indiffolublc Friendfliip ' were the Points in view to which All oiir Me'afures ba^ been dircded for fb loog * a time. ' The Queen's Minifters think wheti" th^ Kmg^ ^f Planet has wade all feafonable Efforts for His Allies, ^tf'ttult do fomcrfiingfpr the Love of Peace, "' " iv, You cannot, fay's my becaufe you are nor at all carried on ujion a Suppofition, ■_____^ 'rbac ' *'•' 8 /««#. » W,|./«4i. ' f*/.9, f.6M. ~*~>/jP i«. nt.t. /. do. ' 7»//ii. O, 5. rik I. / 669. ' ' -^ thJ teJ Ad th] igPof- e is or- illhave he rcca- ler Mo- will be and tlie », F^tfict 's decla- deTurcy\ uithcr in :he Duke of Satil-' i'C Orders levant, to rhcv ^Ve^e followin. 11 that ha lur Troops rl of Straf' andSmzts IHes of the than to the id was not ;f«/;, O.S. I not to in- )nr. dc Tvrcy ' He preffes y, as what F the Allies of the D. of wasinPof- StfVvy'i ha- shisEleftc- : Co^)man4 en has done icvy to c6n- iv2.; ■ '■ The'^iying op6fitjons of uf wiavwhat ind DftftA t9 f the <^uecn avour of the fcmrt-e Gbent able both for b defend the e demanded, e occafion of :sand Quar- c Friendlhip d for f'o long has made nil ve of Peace, mot, fay's my are not ar all SuppofitiOti, ' tbac « Jul; II. o, s. [ »9 ] * that the Queen muft defift from many Condicims, which in rigour She wit obiig'd * to procure for Her Allies. ' He very ftrongly urgei the NecelCty of concluding immediately the Peace between BugUmJt ttinm and Sfrni; but aUdiutdy infifts upou SitMj for the Duke of St-vaj. But altho' thii Negotiation wascarry'd on upon a Suppofition»Ttiac the Queen was to ()epart from fevcral Things^ which in Juftice ought to have b«en procurVi for Her Alliesj * the King of Frmu* thought himfelf under no iucn Obligation { His Honour to an Ally, whofe FidelUy was without Reproach, was not to be difpens'd with { and therej^re to fatisfy his engagements to fo good an Al^, was • Point from which the ,KL. of Tranct would never depart. "But to fliew the lung's good Dilpolitions to the Peace, he at laft contents to the D. of SavyU haringSic^ upon certain CooditioBS : wherein very ample Provifion is made for SatisfaAion to tm EltStot 0i BavBris j and one exprefs Condition is. That a Peace be concluded between Etqltnd, SrmttitSfam and S4'voi. In anlwcr to this letter,^ Lord Botingbrtkt acquaints Monf ir Tertjf, That he had rcceiv'd the Queen's Orders to go immediately to Fi^amtf and he liop*d under the Aufpices of the Abbot Gtultitr in a Week's time to ialute him at R^tkUtdu. Whilft thefe gre^ t Points were tranfa^ing, and carryi|ig on dired^ betwtxt Frtnct and England, it is not to be fuppos'd, that any Thing very material pafi'd ar Utrubt ; rome few Paflfages only concerning fuch Communications as were thought neceflary to be made to keep up the Form of a Negotiation, nay not be improperly uken notice of. The Advice of the O- of Ormonlt Orders to engage in neither Siege mcmbrcdj that this Order is dated very few Days after the Orders_to the D- of Or- mond not to engage in Siege or Battel. . And in the fame Letter the B. of Brifielt giving :n his Lorddiit) and Mr. Cetfshvck, the Emperor s an Account of a Conference between Miniltcr, the Bifhop fays, ' He was very defirous to know, and I was as unable to inform * him of tiic Particulars wherein the Care of the £mperor's Intereft did confift. The Durch did likewife fend an Exprefs to their Minifter atLmJm, with a long and moft moving letter to the Queen, to remonftrate againft this Proceeding, N*(r6.') but he could obtain no Anfwer at all | <' * Mr. St. Jobn thought the Queen intending * thnrWeck to lay before the Parliament the Plan of the Peace, the proceedings of the ' Iwu tioufes on that Occafion, would ba a more feaibnable as well as a morededfive ' Anfwur to the States than any he could return. The Cjucen having communicated to the Parliament how far the Reiub are already conu, in^heii Propofals for fettling a General PeacC) the * B. of Brifitl is diiofted to dlfcourfe with the Minifters of the feveral Allies as toon as poffible, agreeable to the Plan conrain'd in Her Majefty's Speech ; but before his Lordfliip makes this Step, Mr. St John cell' aim. It will be proper that he fpeaks firft with the tireneh Plenipo- tentiaries upon this dubje That the firmed Plenipo- tentiaries declared ihey had no fuch Orders, and without them they could not do it : And the Bi(hop finding it might be of fome Service, and that it was look'd upon at the Hague as a Step that might facilitate the Sufpenfion of Hoftilities, his Lordfliip did again prefs the Fyincb Minifters to know, whether they were willing to declare in a folemn Conference, that the Particulars dedar'd in the Queen's Speech are the King their Mafter's Offers to the Allies, and that he will make them good in the Negotia- tion. The French again refus'd to make any fuch Declaration ; and in thi^ Opinion they pernded even after the DM(Ci& Minifters confented to accept the Contents of ** Her Majefty's Speech fro matirid traffandi, if the French would at the fame time acknow- ledge them to be their Mafter's Offers, and negotiate upon them in order to make them good. But the Fretteh Plenipotentiaries were fb far from agreeing to this, that they demanded of our Minifters to know the Queen's Mind upon the feveral Parts oi the laft general Plan brought over by Monf Ganltier, and which are not explain'd in Her Majefty's Speech ; faying, Their King expefted it, and they do not know how to I proceed «er iviajcu) > :5peccn ; laying, i neir rwing expeaea it, ana tney ao not Kno » ^ug. ^ .V. i". rd. 8. 7 700. >■ t'tl ?. /. 7 1 1. ' 7imt }. .V. s. y*L J. /. 7. * Jiw* j. O. S. t • Junt 1 1 . I'tU 5 /. ^ '. 'I •»/. 3 . /. 79. I July l j. ftl. J . T 3 a 3. J. ^./J u . fi/. J. /". 50 » . frocceJ till thofejP&intsbe ftated ; an^ the Utmoft they were to be brought to, was, thnt ic was vioc iofceiinderftoCNl to exclude their Madcr from making Ibme Pinianti:> foe the B. of Rcopfe, hor where it will end ;'* that the Jyiitch feem to be uneafy on no ac- * comit fo rniidr, !?s that tKKy dannot oonie to the Knowledge of what is to ht their * Lot : Their Cbi^cern is chiefly, that they cannot know'the Particulars of what is dc- * fign'd for tlwm, efpecially * what Species are to be excepted out'df the Tariff' o^ i(^6 <. * and what Towns out of the JDarrier. On which Occafion the B. oiBrlflol did, as viirh * the greateft Truth, aflfureth^im.That hekncwnothingbither of the Cnc.or tlieorher. But the Reception that thijfe Reprcftijtations met, ftems to-^eur Coniniitree a-, unaccountable as any Thih^ thiit happenea \ ^Mr. St-'Jilmi 7r«f the 7.otIi, O.S. iny., ■'■ l"bey are not furpri/d atthe Clamo{lti a/id RagtJ'df the Diiteh, which they foreliiw * "and were prcp,ar'd for,: -^t ii certain vfs rtn gre.V'H'j^zards, but it is as certain tlicir * una'<;countabTe Folly isthc Oicaf?ofl«f itV He cannorimaglne'rneBifliop fliouid be * iti ?my Danger, fiis Charaftcr is fitci'ed.Tn a double Manhci'; artd befiJes, 1 have rea- '•■^ rb thinlrthat'tho' they •'kfck and iBonncc like wild Beaih caugi^t in a Toil, Vet the ' Cordis arc too ftrong for them to break j they will loon tire with ftrugglin^, and ' M*'en they are tir'd grow tnme. '' - ' f" ' " Tnis is the Treatment and languagcvfhich'thc Queen's Sedrdtary thinks fit to he- ftow tpon Her Allies : Their defiring'to have fomc batisfadlion in what mofl nearly coticern'd them, is call'd unaccountable Folly, that had drawn all thefe Mifchiefs up- on them ; and if any Refeirtment is Ihown, they are wild Beafts ; but the Cords of the Toils which Ettilund and^rame had cdughtthem in, were too ftrong for them to break. But L. Strafford is notbontent with hard Words only, ' * Me is glad tiiat * Orders were given to ftop the Pay of the Foreigners, of which they comptein hor- * ribly, h\xt it will make them hunAle nnd fharp j handling docs better with thcfe * Pc6ple, than the bcft Words. On the 24th of June, O. S. 'Mr. 5ft. ^oAw writes a long letter to the Lord Privy-Seaf, and inftruds him to lay the entire Blanicof all that has happen'd, upon the Dutch; and iUkt the Want of Concert, 'h only to be imputed to thole who are at the head of Affairs In ItoUand ; however, that Her Majefty is ftill ready for their Sakcs, ond for the Sake of the Common Intercft of Ewro^e, tb forget all thar is paft, and to join with them in the ftrifteft Terms of Aihity and Confidence. Thfe Farce whs ftill to be'carry'd on in Holland; and theft Profeffions made in the Name of the Qiieen, when ic Is no- torious that four Days before, on June the 20th, O. S-. Mr. St. John h'.ul in the ftrong- eft Terms promis'd in the Queen's Name to Monf. de torcy^ to conclude a Separate PeaCe with France on Condition Dunkirk ^H'i deliver'd to the F.vgUih ; and that this Offer of a Separate Peace made by England, arofe from tlie Fia/r/^'s refunnj2; to 'Jciivcr Dunkirk upr i the Conditions firft agreed iipon, although at the fame time the Qiicen's Plenipotentiaries are direft«l in a moft pilblick Manner to lay the Blame of all our Menfures at tha door of the States Gcnerui. linr whatever Meafures Were carrying on elfewhere, niid altlio' in all the letters that pafs'd upon that SubjcA between L. Bnlh^hrolie and Monl. wV Turry, the cnoclu- ding a Scjparatc Peace is treated as a ThiHg lettled on both bides ; tiic Plenipoten- tiaries nr Utrecht are order'd to proceed upon another foot ; and in a « Letter frcm- L. Bi4ingbrnl;e of July tiie i6th, O. S. to the Plenipotentiaries jointly, upon a Suppo- lition, that I,. Sti-.iford was then got back again to Utretbt, they are ordered to lofc no Time in fsttjing the Conventions for a Sufpenfion of Arms between Grent Britnin and Frnnee, both by Sea and Land ; and when that is brought to Perfcrtion, to call upon the Allies to enter again upon the Negotiations on the lonndation of the Plan laid down in the Queen's Speech ; and it is dcfired their Lordfliips will appear fblici- tous ri 15 w C " 7«« 1 «. K./ 3 . / 79. " JKM 1 7. Vtl 5 . /. 7 1. ■•• -jmIj I. ;V j. /• 1 3S. t. f'l' 3 / pf . f ?■ > 8- htto,was, ^o or three jn'd'as fal- :othe D. of cs a Sulpen- 1 here your lenfion, arc iwqrcftgn'd count of the in they were 1 of Eurofe , y of our U- urablqRagt' fy on, noac- is to be their f what ij dc- ;,Wf of i<^fv<,. Idic1,n5 with , or the other. ;oniniicree as th, O.i'.lays they forelbw certain their liop fliould be 25, 1 have ica- t Toil, Set the usslinK, and jinks fit to be- lt moft nearly Mifchicfs up- E the Cords of 15 for them to e is glad that complflin hor- ter with thcfc rd Privy-Seaf, )on the Dutch ; at the head of eSjOnd for the oin witli them to be'carry'd when ic(s no- in the ftronp;- ide a Separate ;md tliat this ing to 'JcHvcr lie thcQiicen's nic of nil our 11 the I ccters lllC CODciU' ic Pleniporen- « Letter frotn- iipon a Suppo- clcred to iofc n Grent Britnin crtioii, to call on of the Plan appear (blici- tous 7^~* ?'^a- jrci tous in this Matter, an4 :iffcft ^O fee the AggWflbrs, afnd to jjrefs the ATlics to give In CategoriciJl Anfwcri;. Ky this rticatis the~ fxtegptiations vvprc fccmirigly fct on foot again ; ahd vtticthcr" the Allies d?dPor did nopCoh)|Jly, our Minift'ry wcrg ready to make their nfe of iVeitlicr way ; if they did cohiply, the Scandal of a SeparatePeacp would be ayoiddd ; Jjffhfey did not, the Blame Vfis to be imputed to their Qbftin'acy. . The Treaty being left, upon this Foot at Vtrtcht, with a pofllbilltybl' being Cnr- ried onordropt, as fliouid be foi^nd convenienr; and tli(?-King of rtfir.cr{\:wm^ a's was beforp obfcrv'd by ^^. Je Ti/a's Letter oVAuguf th€A\\, N. S. ,d);lftiJtcJ to thp Demands made by Endani on BehAlf of the Dukeof S'lmhy^ bur ahiohg bthcis up, His'Wwtii^andlHflrtlAioht^reJ'hfereunto^nneted, *'Mo!jt^y.) '-* '•"' ^\" ''^''^ ' Th'e BuBftahccdf'hfs ^^/^^^'(Sffj^^s visas' in fhort to remove all DifflSuWe's M^ Dif- ferencesthat r\iight bl^ftrucli i\\t '^ener.il Siifpienfiob of Atn\s between SingLnd and linj? the Tfeatt oPPeSfeer'!n ftclvft Cbnt/e, ds olai- bring it to a happy and fpeedy Conclufion. But to declare, ..tHai^ jic imaginte there will be any poftibiliry to prevail' ^itH'thi-^efen't I frfirtct' iv6\\\ taking l!*l3cc, orfettl ■ill be any poftibiliry to , _ .^ - -- ^- q, « t -- witii France and S^ai'a, utilcls f;^l Satisfacliori' be giV6p to/his RojraJ'MlD^hntlUj'ihe docs pot 'n,rhe Pijac* * Duke of Savof, and unlcfb they cantAke him along w'ith them in thji''3birigt}\creot ' He is t^iTrffefore to talceipartifitlar Care to fet'tJe ■his'JBarrifer. z!;»« condefcendcd fo far or not, as to let his Lordfhip inter this Secret, ourl'reaty r j .' »;3fs«^..^ .^,t. With thefe Inflrucftibns Lori Bolhgjnohe goes, to FmnfeiJ iti^t<$\fikProce6^ingi the C.omniittce rcferr'd to his Lordfhip's own Account 'ih tils * t,e{^yrVtJ flie Earl wf flartntomb, y4tt?. 2 2. K 5. 17 12, N" (;7J and without cm;r}ngO('"t'r«ircnt into any further Particulars, the Convention for a General Sufpcnfipn of Afrtrs between Great Britain And Frame for four Months was lign'd at Varis by Lord Botln^roke diid Moh-. /icur Ae Torcy^ Augufi the iid, N. S. 1712, as his Lordfhip fgys, but dated Atigu^'thi. i^tb, N.S. N'(a9-) Franci was now bccomt entire Mailer of all future Nejjotirltions, and did not fail to make Vfa of the Power that was put into their ttlft^s .' an e.lfly Inftance will be fcen of this in the Affair of Totintaj : But being now Com'i back to iftrecht, ic will be ncccfTary to mention an Incident that happcnM there, die Oifputc betwecrj Count RechtereH and Monfieur Mefnagtr ; which is taken notice of ortly as A Pretence I .. . _ thni? * r«; 8. / 7J<5 W7i». » t^tti /.f«f, [ }0 chat WAS mide u(e of by the firtneb to keep the Negotiations in Sufpence as long u it brv'd their purpofe, and in this Sn^ml Gonaxnd, as will appear afie^wards. On the loth of AuiHft * the A^flenipotenttarics acquaint LotdBolmglnokt, that in wme Difcourre with the Minlften of the Allies they had carried Matters fo far as to tell them, that tho' \.tx Majefty will endeavour to promote their Intereft in a PeacCj and obtain for them the bcu Terms that (hall be po(Cb!e, yetif tholie £n- dearoun Ihoutd not procure more than the Contents of her Majcity's;$pecch, or even in rome Dgfree fail fliort of that Plan, the Fault win be enciroly theirs, who have rendered Tmngi diflkult and uncertain, which otherwifc woulc) have been Ctlie ttiJ praAicable : And having thus far complied with their late Qrders to lay aH Ac Blame upon the Allies^ they further inform his Lorij/, having not yet been confider'd by the Lords of the Council, hii i.onUhip tiu;!d f th ■ii'C Jwf * € € I t *fhr * fM *ha/ *rer > the jiur * r>i J. f. 4(4. ► ytl. |. /. 4B7. « Ax «« f''i- 3- /■. 47 1.. as long M (wnrds. iglrrekt, that atters fo im [ntereft in a if thole En- 3pccch, or theirs, who [have been t^cii to lay cy had how- Conference be iix'd be- lt Difcoutfc )ncl^flon. ifereoces, a- nay. Their reke (Ute the e entire Bar- for Dutikirkf nentioned' in !*laces menti- rhasdeclar'd, onleience in s, which por a$l'Jtii and is i&.general, iry to be par- l^wile have ill this Point :i(her to need ;r as plain on ipprov'd, iind 1 they appre- e among the ly re-cftablifh neceflary for 'c Condi y\e\d- :o any Terms tieh Minifters i in a publick then remove [cgociation. -ery much ap- ' the Queefi"!) Allies did tall sly their own. lie UltJmatunr uh Policy had e general ke- Lordfhips la a ain. |f Frevte cgg'd to have luting to '!''jur- .orJlhip ciuJ.'J Ui)t WW t 5; ] not give any pi lltivc Indrui^lions alioui it 'till the next Opportunity, but in O'C mean tim* iccuinnicm'!. to tlicni two ConllJoiations ; that the keeping of the Dmcb in hopes ui Hcv Majcily'j pood Oilices, will prevent them from taking any defpcratc Kclbtiition ^ ahA the Frt'ncl infifting to have Couiy^ Rtchiertn dilavow'il bclotc any fui-^ thcr Treaty, uill put oH' for fomc tiiue the Deciliun of chat prcat Pointi Lord Sir.^ford in the mean time, jty his* Lcucrs of the ijtli nnd 16th of Sefrttn^ htr, N. S. * rcprcrcmcd the States ^ mightily i'uiik with thcjr Misforcuncs, and not * knowing well wh;it Mealures 19 take, but thacnicyinfiftc^ upon7iMm,/^as(bdru(i«- ■* tial CO tiTcll' Barrier, that they actually had nqnc. withouc.ic^ and his I.tiidHiipi;. ih * much of that Opinion, that he wiflies they might have Toum.iy, though they were * forc'dxo truck Ipra Jor it i that if he could jjofitivdy alFufa rlicm tlity ftiould have ' Tournay, ho believed they would Tulimit to tfjc I'lan of the Queen's Speech. This Opinion of his Lotdfliip is not very eafily to bo , rcconcil'd to what he af- tcrwardi wrote to Mr. Vrlur upon this Subjecl, (^chber the 4th, 17 u. •• ' If we had * a Mind to have NUh. Frog fign With us, wo might, for heU ready to do it forre«»-^ * »ay ; which, if wc iign together, we can't well rcfuCe him, but 1 expect you will ' cut that Matter fhort, and I loi;i|; to hear from you.; . . , But this Affiir of Tourwy was not (b foon lettlod here, fljtho' the Difficulty doc* rot feeiil to be, whether the French or DutcL were to havo ijt, but in what manner it VV.1S to be piocur'd for France^ witliout a manifeft Contradiction to what was fhid by the (^ueen in her Speech concerning the Barrier. ; ,, L. Uallngbroke, Scftemier the 10th, CJ. S. Writes Three Letters upon thU Subjc(5t to Monli ili! Torcy, to Mr. Pn>, and to the Plenipotentiaries, which btjing upon an Af- fair of this Nicety r>ie all annex'd, ' N^ (};, ^2, 3'-) . j' ;■ i Vi In the "J Letter t j Monf At Tony, ' L. BolingbicL defircs him to remomh«r the Pro- * pofition which was often laid 4own by him when in Fitimo, andinridcd OpciVas * a Fundament; i In all their future Proceedings upon the General Poac* j tliat ilie * CoiiJudt of die Quecii in regara to the Interefts of her Allies was in. a great ni(!a- furc determined by their Beiiavioor ; that the violent Meafures w^ch they had taken to obftrucl the Peace had put the Queen in a Conditiot^ tp q)9ke her P^ac'e without waiting for their Concurrence, in which Cafe the; Queen would declare th It file had (ign'd the Treaty with Framt and Spaitt, and would propofe the Piaa brought over by Abbot GMtlthr, and deliver' .he zpth of /ifril, 1712, for the Al- lies to treat upon, and could do no more than by her good Offices, as a common * Friend to .both Parties. But in Cafe the t^tcb in particular, or the other Allies, ' fliould before the Conclufion of her Peace with Framt enter into Concert with * her Majerty, wc fiiould have more Meafures to keep vvi(h them, the Compaflion * of our People would be mov'd in their Behalf, ?nd the Que ~ ife \ ;icen!s Niinifters be ob- refufe to do. > to exact fbme- *hc holding a i* Conference, in which the firft Piopofition ftarted would appear in tome niealine I* contrary to what the Queen faid in her Speecfi, touching the Barrier of theStates. * The Point in Difpute between your Plenipotentiaries and (Ours is not to know, whether Townaj fhall be reilor'd to the King, or not ? For to obtain that Place, * it is not ncceltary that you (houW begin by ntaking this Spccifick Declaration, * but theQueflionis, whether the Queen ought formally, and at prcfenft, todccljrt: * that TvHrnay (hall be reftoi'd to France ? Which would be ;o conleiit t(> the Expla- * nation vvliich your Minifters give to this Article of the Qiicen's Speech. He then * lays, not to fwell my Letter too much, which may abcady leem todious, I refer * my felf to what Mr. P'/V (hall have the Honour to explain to you tJport this Point, ' and 1 fliall content my Iclf with faying, that as it is not Oiftkult to find a.Tempc- ' rament, 1 hope we fhall avoicj all Things that may occafion a Difpute between * the Mini Iters of Qrtat Britain and Ftvfia. ,; * Tins Temperament is to be found in his Loidfliip's Letter to Mr. V'ior of the * fnnxe Day, which his Lordfliip fays is to be look'd upon only as a Letter from * lU'ry to AUt. imd not the Secretary to the Minifter. He fends him endos'd an * Exrraft of his Letter to Monfieur (/« Tcrf/, which, he fays, relates to a Matter that * has given Lord Jreafun^ and himfelf no fmall trouble in Cabinet ; he likewife * fends him a Copy of the Plenipotentiaries Difpatth of the 2d of Scfumlur upon the * fame Subjcd j wherein, as lie will oblerve, tl^oir Lordffiips are very warm about f the Difpute. He can allure him, we have thofe here, who arc not a jot cooler. His K * I ordlhip ^i\\,-- % ' ^'Z. 3- / syi^i>^.s6:. »; /w. 9. / > $7. « ni. 9. / i^t, tmit^. * y*i. j. /. j^r. f , " I ■ D iii [ H] ' LoHftiipgpes on ; the Solution of thii Difficulty mud come from you, wliich is ' • matter of Management and Appearance, more than of Sub(tance. * The Method ot doing it is by making Monf Ai Torcy fcnlible of tiie Propodtion * fettled between them in FVance, That the Queen can never do any Thing wliich * (hail look liltc a dired Redraint on Her Allies from demanding what they judgu nccef- * fary ; but as long as they a& the Part which they now do. She can very )uftly be paf- * five and neuter, as ( > their Intcr^fts. This his LordOiip chinks is Advantage enough * for FVuMcr, and fucti a one, fairly (peaking, as a Year Ago they would have given mure * than ToMm,iy to be fure of. They muft not therefore prcfs us to go further than this * nor to do any Thing which may feem contradictory to what the Queen deliver a * from the Throne.' ' In a word, The Ufe wiiich the fVi«A will make of the unaccountable Obftinacy ' of the Dutch, and the other Allies, may in feveral Kcfpects, and particularly, tor ought ' I know, in the Inflance of 7oumay, give them an Opport'inity of faving and gaining ' more than they could have hop'd for ; and the Queen may in the prefent Circunj. ' (lances contribute palTiveily to this Lnd, but aAively '^he never can in any Circum* * itunces. His I.ordlhip then very plainly gives his Advice how this Matter is to be m^inag'd in thcfe Words; ' I think in my own Opinion, and I believe I (peak the Queen's upon thii * Occafion, it were better the Fi^tnch (hould in the Courfc of the Treaty declare, that ' whatever they intended to have given the Duub when the Queen fpoke from the * Throne, tht«'r ConduA has been mch, and the Situation of Affairs is fo altcr'd, ' that the King is rcfolv'd to have Tournay reftor'd to him : I fiy, I believe this were * better than to expeft that we (hould aiTcnt to an Expofuion of the Queen's Words, * by which Her Majefty would yield the Town up ; let the Conferences begin as * foon as they will, I dare fay Bufinefs will not very fpcedily be difpatch'd in tlicm : * We (hall go on to ripen every Thing for a Conclufion between us and i'.-i'o)', and * France iod Spain ; and this is the true Point of View which the Frtncb ought to have * before their Eyes. This Scheme being corlcerted here^and tianfmittcd to France, I.. Rolinghoke on the fame Day writes to thePlenipotcntiarlfsin anfwer to theirs of the 2d of September, N.S. upon which he had before told them. He could ^ive no Ihftrui^ions till their Letter was confider'd by the Lords of the Council j neither does his I.ordfhip now (end them an^' Dircftions, but enlarges upon the dime general Topicks of imputing all the Mil- chiefs tliat had happen'd, and in particular this Affair of Tournay, to the Obdinacy of the Allies. His Lord(hip obferves, * That in the Plan brought over by Abbot iijul- ' tier, theK.of Frtf»«begg'd for 7(i»«r«.voy, and I ought to l»avc \llnghroke on the Stptember, N.S. till their Letter now lend tlieni ing all the MiC- le Ohftinacy of by Abbot (j^iul- nit was now cn- tliat France had nough to make more than the for all this but le Concern you ;lf to be a Party advahc'd ; and Terms of llcr ( oiilcnt would rJs, is what Her [incfroin Fruncti' irt will go back iMr. Prior's loofe inf.de'i'orcy. pur- ^ny ; which i;. in ;ttfr to Mr. Prior There is more atTIirecbt, and find a Remedy. VTlr^yfveryrea- 1 on the 27th of Ij- the rr««f/> Ple- dcclarc to thofe Ion the Plan laid tixic they were |of that Princcfs, liavin; 1 3n ' having re jeded the Surpch''on of Arms, «n4 given Opportunity to the feveriil Chltn- ' ges in Affairi that had happen'd, it it but jull that Hit Majefly (houtd bo rceoitt- ' penc'd for the £xpence he has been oblig'd to make during the Cpurfe of this («am- ' paign. Upon thi< Foundation his Majefty orden hit Plenipotehtiliriet not to fign * a I'eacc but upon Condition, That Ttumay mould be reftor'd tb him befl^eitHe othec ' Places which he hat demanded, and which he had renfon Co beliete the Qijueh ot < Gnat BritMn did dcfign to comprehend in Ilcr Speech. The Original of thisDedaration that Cirilc from t^atictt ts in the Secretary's OlBcr, and was lent by Mon£ 4t Ttrcf to L Btllnf^ifckt, who traiirmitted a Copy of ic to the Hritifh Plenipotentiaries ; but the Letter of Mdnf dt tort/a in whioh it wis inclos d, docs not appear. . . 1- ThisTr-ififa^ion in relation iotounuj, leems or fo ettraordinary « nature, H to dclerve to be l •• fct. 9. /. jtfy. * Dee. 9. 171 J. f»/. 4. f. 49. « fit. ^ f. »«;. I 'ID i j4 1 tpthof Septmler, O; 1 ' Lv IWJittW) Jf feiiUiMr, prhr an. Ace(ftmt of foiW Advices \liey Uid iteeh'd (^xhtlrnJ[im'Otiht tiXfifil-iJJlAHis by tiK FreiKk >.::■ , • Ttis, Dear i^(. fsys' bit LafdlMp, pfd\i«$ a vtty untoward C»»ffWHrf;»> ; it givts a them? to tlic WbigSj . Alid'.rerr^ to 'avirdkeii Palli^hs. that were ai(n6A lul('d'wc«t>. Wc ' intti^dtei t)ukc o^ Ormond. * i will hot fay this Order lav'd ihrir Army f(om being beat, but I tl^iuk ' iimivConftioncthatit did. '! ' '' ' '" ^ Histor4lhip-.g0q oh4 ' In a Word we ddpcadcd fo inuci up«n tht ^f^tkxl Undei^jhdini;, ..u:-i 1 L- -ii_i_i:/L.j -_ J r_ , — —a. •_ puvtiit wy tliin||i\vhi€h might break S(|U(dlron xs ;\«e might tiavc donc^ jn|,,.«r{bi«h would have atiiiojrfrd botli ^have been cnedted iat|)e Courie ot'tliisM'ar. Icipn to the iVrif Jii mr ion is to be {'oqiid iu Fmich and SptnUrJi, ptthaps mMe than rof IiisLotSmtli^g66 A&ir of the Grigm coinpOunded, hot Another Infhr.ce< hit • Letter to W^t. frier of Ijji Jpfti of .$f^«^ttf^, *it(e*ein .be fays, ' Ihave go; ^t Jaft tlic ': jf erjr _^ >vas ready to fvrear tha. he recnv'd it ioxtf, Months bdfiArc; * tcoiifefs toyou, donehiin nO:C.3dii>,inyfppiRion,^,|;r0ni wheoci: i^-iipcara, tlu>' -this ' Fats was none of them, that Pal&s liad iKCn gtantei Usnc - Fr4/>cc^■a^i^ ta- tbem, that Pai&s had been granted * W3«concluded. i WhilR the £ne///& Miniftty !iW doing thefc JRbod Offices to the Sub/cdis of i king all Opportunities both ptibl'xk and private' to, elpoit)le their IiitetcHv your ial of a Neutrality in 'Aw/y is ohe Of the chiefcft Aifticles ; and that he might havi; a ?iifcd Knowledge of the Qliietit's fivtlisni Rcfoliitions ind Cotnicils iti retltioh tothe pfclciit l<4ty of Peace, a Copy of the IfelV InAriM^onl to thePlchiplMntiarks^Rt Ut>-rr;!i; is <^iren him, that at OccafiQn ihall nq^iiiche aitht t8t. in all Things conformable tty the Qiteen's intentions therein exprcls'd. i He carries Hkewife a Letter from the Q^etv to tlx Ki«g o{ Frtmt^. wherein, anniig t>\ :.vT Things, it ic faid, That Mr. trar conlinuin|( to behave hianfelf fo) 4s that his Condu^i^ inov be aitirely agvceabre to the King of Frtinct^ he docs tut liter^^lly execute the Ocdcrs the Qiiee^ h^cl pivcn him, and is a Proof of his Duty andZttl for her Service. •• N" (jp.) After this ihoti Digrcflion, to return l»ck to what was ;u(t now mention'd, it, apnt»r» th^t when the Treaty of Peace was ready to be concluded, the Advantages ditu fiVittin was toexpctJtand reap from the Endeavou of the *-fcutf, were concerning the Fidiery at Ntwftnrtd- littd., and in' what manner the Ceffion diCtift-Brtttn was to'bc ma^e ; the otlitr was about the Treaty of Commerce. As to tlie firli, it is to be obferv'd , That in the ' Qiieen's Inliru^on; tb the Duke c^Shrmf. ^Nr;, He is direacd to proaofe, at the Queen's lalt Relbluiion, that Sh« wiH Content to give and yield up to HisMoH Chriftian Ma)erty, the entire Pofliiirion and Propriety Ofthelfland ef C»tt Breini, but with this eipr:ls Condition^ That his faid Maielly Ihaill On his Part, in coA« flaeration of the lame, rclinquiOi to Her Ma;eQy all manner of Right to Filhing and drying; l^fh on tiie Coafl of NewjaitniUnd, or any Part, (cfetvu ic hit Subje^s, by tlie Aitidei' Signd at £,»W«/i the ■■ i ^' 1 7 II , I Several ^ frw 9 / Tr» '^rii 9 f u?- * ''«' 9 f j" * ''•' » / in- ' f'i 9 f- «r f'W. 9 6 yxy h^i Cs a thernc iKVcr utu- wtrc knit- y. Could I he (houli n R»)lp*ct : lliigf whicU feiit to the but I tl^iiK leril'jtidinp:, mipht btwk tiaivc donc^ nofbil botli ottl|if»VVar. be ioi4i)d ill >t iaft the lo' (he .Sum ihj Pits' fcnt dVH%'tr*d at :h<5'''(7(j«/f ftr ! Abbot ha«i rs, tluj' this : SulpraQoii r (^piupjttee a|id -at their , Iblitt.tloints pears left his is ; IWt was tbvt with the ni;. demanded ^ViViCf.to the MS, "^ whercitt luicht hiv? a lo tne^fcrcnt is ^«tn him, i'slH<«ntions .1 aimlig t>: ..ct niuii iiiJV be ic Qiiee^. )i4(S ftci (hit ihoit (t when tlie to cxpet5t and fe Ot Vrancty lud a^' Lord rArtiiptannot J, ihcy prels ley Chicane I to elude an at Nntimnd- was about 1 ike otSkrtnf- >nlcnttoG,ive thelfland ef art, in coft* and dtyin^'; the Aiiiclei' Sevfral 5-. 7 rtt. f (37) Several ReprcfentatiOns were feut backward and forwdid, ihcwlng the fatal Confcqucnccs of what was demanded by France •, and although my Lord £o- lingbrokc In his letter 10(4) Mr. Prior of the 19^/^ oi January 1712-13. infilled that the Queen had never yieU'cd what France pretended to, which then re- mained an unfurmounta!)le Difliciiityi yet in his Letter to the (6) Duke of Shrewsbury of the fame Ditc. he tells His Grace, if the French clofe with tlie Ovttture he then made ihem, with regard to the Difpntes concerning Com- merce, Her Majefty is willing to accept the laft Expedient propofcd by Monfienr de Tony, ' : adjulting our DifFerenccs about North America, arid to coafe.-t that the King, in the Ctfiion ot NewfonneHand, do rcfcrve to His Subjcif^s a Right of Fifhing and Drying on thcCoalt of Newfoundland, from Point Riche North about, to Cape Bonnvljia; aiid here no Dire(!l-ion is given concerning C.ipe Breton, of which the F> e>:ch ^rtt the entire Polleflion and Propriety, al- though, in the Duke ot Shrewsbury 'i Inftruftions, it is declar'd, ' Tlut the Qiicen * look'd upon Cipc Enton to lieh ng to Her-, and rcrkon'd that Jjl.i>:d a Part * ot tlie ancient Teviitoiy of A'fi/(i5fo//.j, which is, by this Treaty, rctlor'd to * Her. But it his Grace could not picvail upon them to agree with him id the Article of Commerce, he was to declare. That neither will the Queen agree with ihcm in their Propclition concerning Newfom/dl^'fid. Your Committee come nnvv to conlider, upon what Conlidcration thisgrcit and v.iluablc Privilc!;e of Taking and drying Fifh upon the Coaft of Nerf' foHidl.ind was yielded up toF/.iwff. In tliis Letter from (l) Lord BuUnobrokt to thfc Duke of Shrewsbmy, is reprc- fcnted the State of the great Dilpute abont ComipTcr whi.h appears to be thi-; : In Monlicur Ae Tercy\ Anfrt'cr to Lord fiolingbr.'t^i Memorial of A^ay the 2^h 1712. it was, auiong other thinn,s. agreed, That Britain and /■><}»« (honld grant to the Subjeas of each Crovvr recipror-.ily, the fame Pri'nleges and Advantages, which they fhall either of then; gruu to the Subjeft^ of my ether Nation wharfocv-cr •, upon this rounuatiin w?,5 eftabli.li'd the Principle of treiting, and being treated, a' Gem amicijjiii:a r^ and purfuant to this Prin- ciple the Tarif of 1664, which wa,: granted lo Holli:nd, except the Four Species, was likcwife to be granted to us ; and oy the ^th and loffc Articles of the Projeft of rhe Treaty of Comnlerce it was fo fettled. Bat France pre- tending now, that this Tariff would be too bcncficiai 10 us, although we were erttituicd to it, upon tite Principle of being ul'cd as the jimici(fimaGens, refufed to pranr it to us, until another Tariff" fhnuld be made in Britain ex- aftly contbrmablc to that of 1664, whereby onr Duties (hould be rcduc'd as low here, as theirs ,ire in France by that TarifT < This, Lord Bulm^hroke fays, is an open Violation of Faith •, and by this * they arc removing 1 Corner- ftonc, which was laid early in the Foundation of * a Buildint; brought almjft to Per fed ion •, the Fall whe.cof muft prove at * laltof as fatal Confcqiicnce totkem as to us. He confeflcs, ' He viis flrangcly forprizM when he faw the Precedent of the * Ryjwick 1 rrary quoted, to perfwadc us to rctef ur Commerce, as the Dutch * then did theirs, to CommifTioncrs, to he treated ot after Sign i tig the Peace. He fays, • The Behaviour of the French upon hat Occalion has given lis warn- * ing ; and it is from thence we have Icarn'd, that whatever is rcfcrr'd, is * given up i and they nrift have a mean Opinion of thofc whom they would * pcrfwade to purfnc the fame Method, to get the TarilT of 1664, by which * the Dutch then loft it. But furely his Lorclh'p had eit'icr not learnt this LclTon, or had entirely forgot ir, when on the i^th of May lie himfclf had propos'd, as has been be- fore obfcrv'd, thrt fev'cral Points relating to Coitimercc, requiring a longer DifcuITion than that Criiis would admit. Com milTdries fliould be appointedto fettle and adjufl the Differences. But then it feenis they were more intent upon the General Peace, than any particular Advantages. His Lordfliip goes on to ofTer an Expedient which was to folvc all the Diffi- culties ; and tells his Grace, '1 am commanded to acquaint yoiN that having ' fully opened to the French Minifters, Her Majcfty's Senfeof the King's En- * gagements to Her upon this Head, you are to propofc to tliem, to ftrikc * out of the Projcft ot the Treaty of Commerce the 9th and lOth Articles, and ' inllcad thereof, to infert one to the EfTeft of that which 1 have drawn, and * which comes here inclofcd \ and as the Acceptance of this Amendmeiit was L to '^ ■- Wl ■ I ■ ... .. II ■■ ■ ■ ,1 ■! , ^ I ,.■ , l,M ■!■ I M i l —,,, , f (a) VoL 9. Fo/. 495. (b) UtttQ f\6t\* (c) iS;w/. 695. ( 38 ) to put an end to all the ritferences, and at the fame time gave fuch ample Ad- vantages to FfUHccy the French readily agreed to it. And did infcrt this Arti- cle z'^c^jf/w as it was Tent ill thcTreaty of Commerce, which makes the Ninth Article of the Trejty as it now ftands, and is the fune that was rcjeftcd by the Parliament •, and this Article, which his been liuce fo iiniverfally and jnfliy condemned, appears to be the VVoric of the £wj/;|/> Miniftry, and the Pi ice for whicli they fold to Franre the Fiihery of NnvfuiwdlMii. This Treatment of Fr.ince could not withont doubt but f,ive the Miniftry the greitcfl: Uncalinels, tho' their Apprehenlions, lead the Circumllanccs they were in fliould be known, far exceeded their Concern at the Difip- pointmont Grettt Britain was like to meet with. They had iign'd a fcparate Treaty v/ith France \\\ Seftember 171 1. upon this fingle Principle, that the Intermits oi C^eat Britain were in the firfl; place to be adjufted ; and as long as they had this to Tiy, they were unconcerned at ail other Events. They had goiif on for Fifteen Months together, and afted in every thing as the Inftrunients of Fr.ince, a.'id are at lad in danger of being difavow'd by France in the molt cflentiil put of all their Treaty. One of the chief Inducements, and priiicipnl Conditions, upon which the fat il Ceflation of Arms was granted was, That no Privileges or Advantages relating to Commerce with France Ihal' Ix: yielded to any Forei»r. Nation which (hall not at the fame time be grar.. ed to the Subjects of Hci Britannick Majcfty ; hut France had now rcap'd the fall llciicfit of the iinfp^■nlion, and were at Liberty to difpute the Principle of Gtns amicijfrnA. Ill thcfe Circnmftances were the F.ngliJI) Miniftryin January 1712-13. and to extricate themfelves, they give up all Points in Difpute in North America, and the F\^ci'j oi Newfoundland \ upon the linglc Conlideratioa of the Ninth Ar- ticle jf the Treaty of Commerce, which the Parliament rejcfted with a jiift Indignation. However, to bring France to a Compliance, even upon thefe Conditions, his Grace in the fimc Letter is inftruftcd to prevail with France to come to this Refolution without the Lofs of one IMomciit's tiiue. The Parliament was fuddenly to meet, and it wc*ld be necedary for the Qiiecn to communicate to both Houfes the prefent State of the Negotiation. His Grace is then to reprcfcnt to Monllcur «/* Tircj^, in thcbefl: manner he is able, * How fmoothly ' every thing would glide along, if the Qi'een was able to fpcak of Her own ' IntercHs as abfolutely determined with France \ and on the other hand, * what Trrivcls we (liall be expos'd to, and what Contufion may arifc, if onr ' Ncgot'ition appears to Ix; ftill open, and it the Secret comes to be di- ' vulged, that France rel^nfes to make good in the Treaty the full EfTcct of ' former Promifcs to the Qiieen. His Lordfliip having finifhed what he had to fay concerning Her Majcfly's particular Interefts, he proceeds upon the general Plan of Peace, and inflrufts- his Grace whit he was to inform the frrwc/; Minifters would be the Meafureof Her iMajefty's Conduft,and what they may expcft horn Her. • That as the 1-Vrnc/; Mini iters de (lie that thcQiieen would precipitate the ' Conclufion of HerPe.ice, and leave lU the Confederacy at their Mercy, they * nuift be told, that when the mutual Intcrells of France and England are * fettled, as they will be, if the Propofitions contained in the firlt part of ' this Letter are accepted, the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain fhall pnhlick- ' ly declare ia the Congrefs that they arc ready to Sign with thofe of France, ' and (lijll call upon the Allies to quicken their Negotiations, and conclude * without Lofs of Time. But if they leek UMiiecellury Delays, or make unrea- ' lonable Demands, Her Majefty, who has induced them" to Treat, will by the ' lame Aleafurcs engage them to conclude, or at Icalt She will lign without ' them. ' And the Qiioen having once declared Her Interefts to be fettled, and Her ' 1 reaty ready to be fign'd, the General Peace becomes from that Moment fure \ ' and the Remainder of the Negotiation ealie •, it is therefore wife for the French < to comply with HcrMajcftv. The great Diitradion theMiniftry was in, appears fufticiently from this long I ettcr of lord Baliigbroic's to the Duke of Shrervibiiry : But to be more fully d. tisfied, what their own Apprehenlions were, and what they themfelves thought would be thcConrccjucncco{ fuch Proceedings-, ic is ncceflury to have rccourfe (o I m ;■>* m (39) to two Letters, written about this Time, and npon this SubjcA, by Lord Baling* broke to Mr. Prior. One of January the I9th^ the Other of the iidt O- S. id) The firft was of the fame Date as his Letter to the Dulie of Shrewsbury ; and thereia his Lorddiip fays to Mr. Prior, ' I have crhaufted all my Stock of Arguments in * the long Letter which^ by the Qiiecn's Order, I write to the Duke of Shrervt» ' bury •, to you I cinoiily add, We ftand indeed upon the Brink of a Precipice, ' but the French (tand there to : Pray tell Monficur de Torcy from me, that he ' may get Rjbin and H^rry hiw^cd ; but Affairs will foon run back into fo mucll ' Confiifion, that he will wifli Us alive agaiii.To fpeak fcrioufly, unlefs the Queen ' can talk of Her Intercfts as determined with France ; and unlefs Your Court ' will keep Our Allies in the Wrong, as they are fufficiently at this time, 1 fore- * fee inextricable Difficulties. * My Scheme is this: Let France fatisfic the Queen, and let the Queen imme- ' diately declare to Her Parliament, and in the Congrefs, That She is ready to * fign •, at thefjme time let the French Plenipotentiaries fliow a Difpoiiiion to ' conclude with all the Allies. And then his Lorddiip enumerates the feveral Offers which he would have France make to the feveral Allies : which, tho' very general and infuflicicnt, his Lordlhip fays, • If fiich Overtures as thefe ( made to ^ ' the Allies; were not inltantly accepted. Our fepuate Peace would, fitting the j^ • Parliament, be addrefs'd for, made, aud approved ; and the Caufeof France for * once become popular in Britain. < If they were acceprcd, let Mondeur de Torcy fit down, and confider, what « a Bargain would be made for France i let him remember his Journey to ' the Hague, and compare the Plans of 1709, and 1712. ' Monlieur de Tony has a Confidence in you ; Make ufe of it once for ' all u|X)n this Occalion, and convince him thirongiily, that we mull give < a different turn to our Parliament and our People, according to their Re- ' folntion at this Crilis. The next Letter from his Lordfhip to Mr. Prior, is upon the fame Subjeft, and of the fame Strain : • We are now, fays his Lordfhip, at the * true Crilis of our Difeafc, we Die at once, or Recover at once, let France < depart from tliat ffiimcfiil Expedient by which they thought to bubble us * out of the Advantages which they had folemnly yielded, aud all is well, o- * thcrwife, by God, both they and we arc undone. * Pray fend B,vtun back as faft as poflible ; the Qiieen can neither delay * the Meeting of Parliament longer than the 3^, nor fpeak to the Houfes, * till we hear from you. * My Compliments to Monfieur de To-cy. Let him know, that if they do * not agree with the Queen, I may pcrluips be a Refugee ; if ! am, I pro- ' mife before hand, to behave my felf better in France^ than the French Rc- ' fugees do here. Make the French atham'd of rheir fncaking Chicane •, by * Heaven, they treat like Pedlars, or, which is wnrfe, like Attorneys. As all thefe publick Tranfaftions pafs'd through the Hands of Lord Bo- lingbroke, who, although he was Secretary of State, afted £.vfr<«-provinjialIy in^all his Corrcfpondencc with France; fo it appears at the fame Time, that lis Lordlliip was not the only Pcrfon in the Secret ; but that a grcr.n r Ii fluencc chiefly direfted and governed all thefe Councils. And my Lor- : i'lcuUrer, as in tlio great Affair of Tournay, was in this Tranfadioii tl.- < 1'' ■ Conduftor, as may very reafonably l>e concluded by feveral Lct- r-T .':.•.: M". Prior wrote about this Time to my L,»-d Treafurer, although Mr. "i' I ]'■$ not thought fit to produce one Letter from his Lordfhip "to him. It is to l)c ol)rcrv'd, that thefe Letters to my Lord Treafurer^ were dhicf- ly wrote on the fame Days that Mr. Prior fcnt DifpaSches to the Secretaries of State, giving an Account of his Proceedings, and dcliring the Queen's Di- reftions upon them i but it feems, he thought not that fufficicnt without know- ing my Lord TrcAfurcr's particular Pleafure upon them. Mr. Prioi'i DiCpatch to the Secretary's Office, giving a full Account of the prefent State of the Treaty, together with feveral Papers, Memorials, and t'ropoiitions relating to the Points in Difpute, and concerning Com- i^icrce, and North Amsrica, is dated (c) Dccembtr the i%th, \n\i. N. S. The Day .i er, (/) December the 19th, N. S. Mr. Prior writes to my LordTreafurer, and ■.e"s him, 1 have wrote a Book inltead of a Letter, to my Lord Bvlmg' broke, ,ii; ;\;/. 9. V, t-,7 •:" 6ll. fc) D/».«, /. 445. (f) Ditto, f. 49J. \ . ■: \h\ (40) « krohf ^hich I deiire your LordOiip would be pleafed to run 01 t, that t knowlr^. vhat I have done here, you may Honour me with yonrCcmmandsas (. to what 1 am to do. He hopes his Propofal about NtwfoundUnd^ which he ; fends his I.ord(h|p enclos'd, is fuch as may terminate that AfFair to our '^d- i. vantage. If your Lordlhip is of the fame Opinion, I fliall have eniire Sa- tisfadion. jAnuary theSr)!;, 1712-13 N.S. (^) Mr.fr/or having fcnt another full Account irt Form to the Secretary of State, writes the fame Day to (/.j my Lord Trt.i- furtr, that he had been in Conference with the Frttich Miniftcis to acijuft the Points undecided between Her Majefty and the King of France \ that he had fent Lord Belingbroke the Refult of thofe Conferences, as well what was a- greed to by the French Minifters, as his own Remarks upon each particular Head •■, and fays, I hope your l.ordfliip will find the whole adjuftcd fo tar to your Satisfa(ftion, as that our Plenipotentiaiics may receive their final Orders. I will not doubt but the whole Affair of NewfuundlMul is adjulled to your de- fire V there were fomc Points inliHed upon by our Plenipotenrjarics which the Minifters here thought very unreafonabic |i and to fay a Truth to mv Lord Treafurer plainly, which I a little mitis^^rc to my l.nl F.Mnokrokf, I think not very reafonablc. He then gives an Account that M'-nlKur^y? 7 y was furpriz'd, that the Dutch had but in Part comply'd with whar ' J Strajford declared to them to be Her Majefly's Refolutions, to which he iiuj^es the Qiieen will fend (itch an Anfwer as may tut < ff all Dclaysi and upoa this Occalion Mr. Prior fays to ray Lord Tre.ifurtr ; ' This I Only write to youf *■ Lordlhip, it being a thing that fhould not *)e canvalVd in Council •, and I hav« ' promis'd that the hing (hould have Her Majelty's Anfwer upon it, as he * defires. January the t gth^ i 1- ' ?• N. S, (i) Mr. Prior writes again to my Lord Treafnner\ acquaints him, ' Thai ; tsc ot Shrewsbury now fends to Lord Bolw^broke the * Subftance of their laft .reuccs with Mouiieur de Torcy, upon ttie Suhj A * of NewfoundUnd \ to whic.i I take Leave to addj That your Friend To'cy is * in the laft Concern to find the Duke's Inftruftions fo ftrift, in a Poi,,r wh'cii * cannot be given up by Franc, at a Time when we well hop'd that DifTe- * rence was adjufted. Pray, my Lord, let us have your diftinft and poiicne * Orders hereupon by the firft. I fend your Lordlhip enclos'd a Copy of my * Letter to my Lord Bolinghreke, and Duke of Shrtmbury defires, that we * may have your Orders to finifli. I believe Torcy writes himTelf to yon. Janu- ary the 2 3^/, 1 71 2- 13. NS. (Jt) Mr. Prior writes ontc more to my Lord Trmiwer^ and tells him, ' 1 have already wrote Co amply to your l.oidlhip, on the r»vn uiLit * k'oints of Newfoundland, and the Tari/F of ^66^^ and cxped^ fo daiiy y. it ' laft Orders upon thofe two Points, that I will uot trouhle you at prtk iC * fj ther than to fay, if thefc Two are fettled, the Pe ce may be dctei mined * here to Morrow, and fent the next Diy to Vtrecht ro he fign'd. Ami -lu the idoi F(bri4.-try 17011-1 J. (/) Mr. Prior fays 10 my Lord Treafurer ; ' If! dejirc yoit ' to write to me, it is becaufe I really think it for the Qiieen's ScrviLc ; that ' ill tiiis great Poft where you have put me, I may be able to fiy, I have the ' immediate Commands of my Lord Treafurer \ and in regard to that Fricndlhip * wirh which you h.ive fo piiblickly hoiiour'd me, and which, hy the Bv, does * all the Hiifinefsiiere.' And on (m) February the4f;!>, ' 1 (hall dircft my felt as * you (hiil be pleas'd to inftrnft me privately. If your Committee had found among the Papers delivered by Mr. Prior, My Lord 'Treafurir\ Anfwers to thefe Letters, they have Keiifon to believe it would have appear'd from them, how far the giving up the Filhrry of Newjound- land^ and the accepting of the 9th Article of the Treaty of Commerce, was owing to his Lordlhip's immediate Orders. It fcems, however, to be a very extraordinary Proceeding, that the Qiiecn's Minifters in France, afting by Her Authority, and under Her Inftrui^inns, Ihould apply to my Lord Treafurer, for his diftindt and pofitive Orders to releafe them from the Qiieen's Inftrudions; becaufe they are thought by the French Minifters to be too ftrift' and if it be a Doubt, by whofe Order or Advice it was procur'd, fo muih i« certain^ that thefc Applications had their defired Effefti and the NewfoundUnd Fiftiery was given up •, and the Advantages we were to receive from being treated upon the Foot of Ceni amicifima, were all bury'd iu that deftrudiive Article, the 9th Article of the Treaty of Commerce. The (g; yol. 9. fcl. j6i. (hj Ditto f. 597. (i) Ditto f. 615. (k) Vol 10. (I) Ditto, (m; Ditto, m J 0^ jr, that mirands as which he our ^cl- em ire Sa- Accoiint in Lurd Tre.t- acljiift the liat he had liat was a- particular tar to yoiu' Orders. I ) your de- ; which the mv lord Vuiahruke., I \ix'dc T ivhur ' ch he iiuj.cs and upon ice to youf and I hav< it, as he d Treafnutr \ inghroke the the sub) d tnd To'cy is 'ojiir wh'cii that DifTc nd poiuivc >opv of my 1, that we yol). Janu- d Tr«iiw ir., C fWM UlL.tt daijy yi'iir at prtli iC dctei mined ^iid 'in the 1 dciirc yoi! rvi(.f ; that I have the Fricndlhip ic Bv, does my felt as Mr. Prior^ believe it NervjoHttd- merce, was be a very ing by Her ■eafurer, for nftrudions', ; and it it 1 i« certain^ iind Filhcry ling treated ive Article, The to, (m) Uiir* (41 ) The Difficulties relating to North Americit and Commerce, being in this Manner determined, France was wholly intent upon concluding and figning with Gnat Britain, without taking in the reft of the Allies-, and in this they had the gdod Fortune to have the Concurrence and Affiftancc of the pritt^i Miniftry. By good Manjgement, the Difpute raifcd nVtrecht had been foordcr'd, that thcMiniftcrsof the Allies could not obtain any Conferences with thofc of France, till the Points in U iFerence were adjufted between F.nn^land and France % by which Means it was February 1712-13. before the Dutch and French were liiffercd to meet ; And icbei t^ now the Bulinefs ni France to conclude witii E/ij;land feparately, the Temper the French Plenipotentiaries appc.ir'd in, made all Bulinefs fo impradti- cable, that the Bnttlh Plenipotentiaries were under a Nccedity of complaining of It to Lord Baiingbrolte,^n(\ to icquaint him, Februdry the ^d, 1 7 1 2- 1 j, ' The French * (») appear fo very uncomplying in every Point debated, and fo very forward and pofitive i) thtir Ketufal of a great Biany things, which the Dutch took to be granted and fettled, as well by 1-icr Majefty's Speech, as the Declarations lately made by Lord Strajf->rd^ that the Diliippointmentthcy met with, put them in the greatcfl: Confternation : Reafon was alio given us to paiticipatc in thefe Dircontents, and to regard feveral things which appear contrary to what Her Majefty has declar'd, as very unfair \ yet all that could be faid prevail'd not. Your Committee is not furpr>z d, that the InRances of their Excelleiicies had fo little effeft wi, li the French Plenipotenti.iries,who then expcded that Orders Hiould be fcnr to the liritifli Plenipotentiaries immediately to llgn a feparate Pe3ce,which, according to their Bvpcftations, were fcnt (e) /-V^.io.i 712-1 3. by Mr.5f.Jo^», Bro- ther to the Lcrd Roiin^^broke-, to Concludt and Sign with Fr.-.nce as foou as the Duke of Shrewsbury fhoiild lend them Advice th.it the Propofitions he was to make at the frenchComt were accepted •, and on the i^th Lord Bnlingbroke with the utmoft Joy acquaints tht-'ir E\'ccilencies,''That hehad icceivcd from the Duke of .S7;rfii!j6«ry the * cxpcfted Ketmns; iiid which he doubted not would have reach'd their Lordfhips. ' He had thcretoi c, without ftaving to enter into any other Detail, difpatch'd aCou- ' rier tothem,to renew thofc luff rudions which he hoped were clearly enough figni- ' fvM in thofe Papers which his Brother carried. He acquaints them that the Duke of *■ Shrewsbury had decUr'd, that their Lordlhips had Orders, in Cafe the French com- *■ ply'd, as they now actually have done, to fign Her Majefty's Peace with France * without further Delay •, and that his Grace had alf) declar'd, that in this Cafe *■ Her Majcfty would open the Pai liament, by telling them, She had made a Peace * >Niih FrMce. Thefe twoConlideratious, his Lordlhip fays, were perhaps the molt * prevalent Inducements to the French Court, to come roundly into Her Majefty's * Propofitions ; and the Qiieen thinks Her felt, for this Reafon, flill the more ob- * lig'd pmiftuilly and religioufly to fulfil thefe Promifcs. The latter She will Her felf p.; foini mi Tne/day ■, and the former, it is Her pofitive Command that your Lorcidiips ■.: akc good as taft as the necellary Forms of preparing and exe- cuting the Inlhiinieiits will allow. And liis Lordftiip looking upon it now, that the chief Difficnltics, relating to the Treaty of Peace, were rtmovMi aslikewife in the Treaty otComnierce, by the Article drawn by himfelf, and propos'd by the Duke of 5/;rripji/(rv, he gi^'cs their Excellencies pofitive Orders, without ' any Delay, to execute the Treaties of Peace and Commerce between (Jr^t 5r«- ' lain and France. On the 7ffc, and loth of March, 0. S. (p)\. ord HoUmbroke repeats thefe pofitive Orders, and inlilfs, that the Peace fhould be concluded with that Precipitation which Her Majtfty would haveus'd. And it is obfervable, that among all the Demands that were made, upon Account of any Prince or Potentate, none at this Time met with the leall Regard i when, at the (amc time, the Inteveft of the Prin- cckVrfini is efpous'd in the ftrongeft Terms : And in the fame Letter, March 3. O.S.(ei) where his Lordlhip, fpcaking of theConfequence of the Reftoration ot the Elec'tor of Bavaria to his Eledorate, fays ; ' Her Majelty does not much enter ia- * to the Notion of the Degradation of tLmover as a Matter of any Importance. His Lord(hi|> declares, ' That the Principality in fonie Part of tie Spanijh Nether- ' lands, with a Revenue of 30000 Crowns,dcmanded for the Princefs 'L'r/i';/;, mult ' be moklc to the Emperor, and all Parties conceru'd, a Condition, /inc qua nan, of ' the General Peace. M Bnt I (■){W. 4. (», f.;. s. (p, K/. 5. (q) yd. { 42) [' ■ But the BritiJI; I'lenipotenriaries, who were to (ign, had fome Difficulties; and Chcyr acquaint (r) Lord Bti^ngbrokt \ *■ We could fay a great deal to jiillify our ao- * tious Proceedings with the frtnch \ and are fattsfy'd, that your Luidfh'j) would * be of tht fame Opinion, if you were to fee their Way of negotiating with all * the Allies i And how hard it is for us to obtain here what to your Lordfhip ' feems imix)fllble the French (hould make any Difficulty to gi tnt. The repeated Orders to the Plenipotentiaries prcvaii'd at lalt To far upon them, as to acquaint the Allies, the Queen found it neccflary to conclude Her own Peace without Delay ; and that Time (hould be allow'd tbofe that are not ready : Buf they itill avoided the a^ual Signing till the reft of the Allies, whofe Treaties were in a Forwardnefs, were ready to fign with them •, and, to jullify tiiemfelves, they acquaint the (/) Duke of Shrervsimry, * 1 hat, befldes other Confiderations, their ' chriet Objcftion was, that though tiioy had Orders to fign a particular Peace, yet * their full Powersunder the Gie '":>(, il, only Authoriz'd them to negotiate, agree, *■ and conclude the Cnndirian<; oi ;i Good and General Peace, agreeable to the In- * tereflsof all, and each of the Allies. And what made them more averft, was * the great Importunity wirli which the French pulh'd them to fign fcparately. We * are furpriz'd at tlit Bagernefs of the French Minifters to have u? cniiclnde with * them alone, when fo many of the Allies are, in a Manner, ready to join with us i ' nor can we enough apprehend the Conlequences at Home of doing it alone. lord Bolingbroke, (t) who fays he has not bagacity enough to find theObjcAions that the Plenipotentiaries had made to their firft full Powers, tor their Satisfa* dion, fends them a new Commifllon, and repeats to them pofitive Orders to fign and conclude with FrMce ; for which Purpofe they were to appoint a Day to de- fire them to be ready; and at the fame time to prefs fuch as could not be rea- dy by that Day, to fix Tome other on which they will fign. By this new Commifllon, his Lordfhip tells them, they have a Power, as before, trailtndi convenienditj^lhtConAiiioa'i of a Good and General Peace, which is no more than you are to do when you are to offer jointly with the Minifters of Frmeet a General Plm to the Allies. Thefe Difficulties of the Plenipotentiaries made my Ltrd TreafMrtr^ who ne- ver faird to exert himfelf when he found it abfolutely necefTary, think it high Time'to interpofe his Authority ; and accordingly March 3 tfi, N- S. («) wrote to my Lord Str<§ord in this Manner ; * 1 muft felicitate your Excellency upon the * Succefs of all your Zeal, and the true Love you have fhewn to yourQtieen, * your Country, and Repofe of all Ekreft. * The remaining Danger is, leaft we fhould fuffer Ship-wreck in the Sight of the * Port. The Nation here are Five Hundred to one for Peace. The Warriour$ * are driven from their Out-works; the la ft Retrenchment they have is Delay; and * I muft fay, this operates much here : The Ferment begins to work, and it will * be impolTible to anfwer for the Torn the Houfe of Commons will take, if tbefe * Delays provoke them fu. ther. They all feel how many Hundred Thonfand * Pounds this needlefs Protraftion cofts them. We now maintain Forty Nine * Thoufand effeftive Men by Land, and Thirty Thoufand, within a Trifle, by * Sea. In the mean Time, the Merchants lie off^ and will not come into Port ; * the Amufement of Stories invented by the Fadtion, and the Correfpondence and * Encouragement that Party gives to their Friends to hold out, and to wait for * fome unhappy Accident that may unravel all which is done: Add to this, the * ill Humour which will grow in Members, by being kept fo long in Town idle; * and, in one Word, all that has been unfettled for many Days, is not worth * one Day's Charge Englmd is at extraordinarily by this Delay. I lind this feems * to be the prevailing univerfal Opinion here ; and that FrMct has acquitted her * felf, the only Stop i»«ow at Vtrttht. ' But this Stop did not now remain long; and as his Lordfhip never yet appeared in vain, all further Obftrudtions at V- trtcht yntTt after this foon removed, jlprit the 1 ft- u thy 171 3- the Treaties of Peace and Commerce between Crest BritMn and Frmce were fign'd, between two and three in the Afternoon. This Example was followed by feveral of the Al- lies, who came dropping in one after another: And laftof all, when it was in vain to hold out any longer, the Dutch about Midnight fign'd their Treaties of Peace • 11 I M l 'r) April j^. N. S. 171 J. Vol s. (?) Mitch 10. K»/. 5. (t) Mtrch xo.O. S. V>,1. 5. (u) Vol, 5. Itics*, and ■y our ao- hp would ig wiih all r Lordfliip ipon them, own Peace eady : Bui fe Treaties liemfelves, tions, their Peace, yet iate, agree, ! to the In- verfe, waj ately. We clnde with n with us I ; it alone. Objc(^ioos eir Satisfa* Icrs to fign Day to de« not be rea> , as before, vhich is no s of FrMCCt , who nc- ink it high r) wrote to y upon the our Qjiecn, light of the Warriour$ Delay ■, and and it will ke,ifthefe Thonfand 'orty Nine Trifle, by into Port ; idence and o wait for } this, the own idlej not worth this Teems quitted her main long^ ions at V' rcaties of tween two of the Al- it was ia "reatiej of Peace ( 43 J Peace and Commerce % and the Emperor and Empire alone, chofe rather to bear the whole Weight of the War, than fubmit to fuch difadvantageout and dif- bonourable Terms as hid been carv'd out for them by En^lmd and Frauct* The Peace being thus fettled between Crtax BritMin and France^ your Committee find, from the Negotiation which remain'd ftill to becarry'd on with .«;/)4i», that the Qiieco's Plenipotentiaries did fuffer a Ciaufe to be inferted at the Ead of the 1 ^th Articleof the Peace with Spain, whereby they gave a Pretence to the Sfani' itrdt to claim a Right to fifh at NttpfoHndland. The Words of the Article are thefe : Whcntt it is infifltd on the Part of Spain^ that certain Rights ofFifliing at the //Lirx/o/ Newfoundland, ^t/^fff to the Guipufcoans, or ether Sakjeils of the Caiholick King \ Her Britannick Majefty conftnts and agrees, that aU fnch Privileges as the Guipufcoans, and other Peofle of Spain, are able to make Claim to by Right, {hall be aUow'd and prefervd to them. Thi« Claim of the Spaniards is contrary to the '7th and Sr/i Articles of the Treaty made with ihit Crown by Sir William Codolphin, iih-iiih Jnly i6'}o. whereby it is agreed, *That the mod Serene King of Great Britain, His Heirs and SucceiTors, * AmU have, hold, ^ .p, and enjoy for ever, with plenary Right of Sovereignty, ' OominioQ^ Poflefllon, and Propeuy, allthafe Lands, Regions, Iflands, Colonies, * aad Places whatfoever, being or fcituated in the Weft-Indies, or in any fart of j4- * mtfica,, which the faid King of Great Britain, and hisSubjeds, do at prefent hold * and nnfl'ers. * / bat the Subjedts and Inhabiunts, Merchants, Captains, Maftcrs of Ships, Ma- * link, .it the Kingdoms, Provinces and Dominions of each Confederate relpedive- * ly,U A abflain and foibear to fail and trade in the Ports and Havens which have * Fofcifications, Caftles, Magazines, or Ware^Houfes, and in all other Places what- ' foever, poffcfs'd by liie other Party in the Weft Indies; to wit, the Subjefts of the * King ot Great Britain (hall not fail onto, and trade in ttie Havens and Places, which * theCatholick King holdcth in the faid Indies ; nor, in like Manner, ihall the Siib- * je6ti of the King of Spain fail unto, or trade in thofe Places which are ooflbfs'd * there by the King of Great Britain. The Board of Trade was confnlted upon the Spaniardi claiming a Right to fifh at Mewfoundiand, foon after the late Peace, and returned the following An- fwer to Lord Dartmouth, dated Juite the iiih, 171 2-13. * That in Obedience to Her Majefty's Commands, fignify'd to us by yonr Lord* * fliip's of the ifl Inftant, We have confidered the Extrad of a Memorial from the * Marqoifs dc Aionteleoti, relating to a Claim of the Inhabitants of the Province * of Cutpafcoa, to fiO) on the Coaft of NewftMndland', and thereupon take Leave to ' inform your Lordfhip, that we have difcours'd with foch Perfons as are able to give * us Information in that Matter; and we find that fome Spaniards have come thither * with Pafles from Her Majefty, and others may have fifh'd there privately ; but * never any, thai we can learn, did do it as of Right belonging to them. By the A& to encourage the Trade to Nervfoundland, pafs'd in the iori>and nth Years of His late Majefty, when we were in Amity and Alliance with Spain, it is dedar'd and enaded, ^ That no Alien or Stranger whatfoever, notrefiding within the ' Kingdom of England, Dominion of Walts, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed, (hall * at any time hereafter take, bait, or ufe any Sort of Trade, or Filhing whatfoever, *■ in Newfoundland, or in any of the Iflands adjacent: Purfuant to which AA, In- * ftrudions have been given every Year to the Commodores of the Convoys, to pr^- * vent Foreigners coining thither. The Committee find themfelves at a Lofs to account for the Reafons that prevail'd with the Miniftry to admit the Infertion of this Article >, and upon this Occafion they think themfelves oblig'd to acquaint the Houfe, that they find very few Foor- lleps remaining of the whole Tranfadien, relating to Commerce with Spain, ft appears, that the Management of it was entrulled with Mr. GUHngham, an Irifh Papift, who was fent thither far that Purpofe ■, for which Reafon Lord Lexington, in his Letters to Lord Dartmeuth, frequently excufes himfelf for not writing up. on that SubjeA, Mr- Cillingham giving fuch full Accounts of the Matter ; notwith- ftanding which, no one Letter from Mr. Cillingham to the Secretaries Office can be found ; and the Committee are induc'd to believe, that this whole Tranfaflion was carry'd on by another Way. From a Letter of Lord Lexington to Lord Dartmouth of January the 9ih 171a. (w) wherein his Lordihip, fpeakingof the Budnefsof Conn- merce, fays, *■ Mr. Cillingham gives an Account ot the Steps we have made, fo I * don't trouble you with them again ; knowing that what goes to my Lord Treafurer^ * is tbe fame as to your felf. From (w) >V. II. ( 44- ) From tliis Pjflagc it appears evident to your Commictcc, that a Corrcrpon> deuce was carry'd on between the Eatl oi Oxfortl ard fVlr. (Jilm^hMt, io rclatioa to uur Tieaty of Commerce with Cfmn. Out for want ot the Papers which pafs'd becweci) them upon this SubjeA, yonr Committee is lij^cwife at a Lots to find what Motives could induce the £r*rij>)IV1ininrv to admit To eHcDtial an Alteration ot the Treaty of Commerce, lign'd by th< Qpccn'i Plenipotentiaries, as is made Iry the Ihrtc ExpUiutory Articiti^ as they re call'd, which ure added to the bid Treaty, and are, in an unprecedented Manner, infcrtcd in the Ratification of it; nothwithftanding it doth not appear, they had ever been ronfented to, much lefs fit^n'd, by any of the Qiieen's Plenipotentiaries; amongfl: other very material Dif- ydvantages to which thefe Articles fubjcdl our Merchants, your Committee isia- formd, that, by Virtue of them, Sp.it/« does a^mlly at this Time demand of eur Merchants Fourteen ftr Cttit. on Account ot Cuntnt, MiBaats^ aad ■ ^rnvdat^ over and above Fifteen prr Cent, which they cxnit for other Duties, ( No. 44. > which added to them, amounts to no lefs than I vventy Nine ftr Ctnt. whereas, 'tis notorious, that, during the Reign ot K.n^Ch.nki II. of fp4<», the whole Da- ties exa^ed, and paid by our Merchants for all Cionds iinported to the feveral Potts of Sfaitiy computed by an Avavage, did never cxcad Ten ftr Ctnt. but ra- ther tell (hoitof it. By what Management thcfe Articles were ratitied, and how legal and warrantable ic was to affix the Great Seal to Articles fo pernicioas in their Contents, and (b irregularly otVer'J, your Committee mull fubmic to tiie Conlideration of the Houfe. Your Committee having thus gone throui'Ji the chief Tranfadions relating to the Negotiations of Peace and Commerce, proceed to offi;r to the Hoofe what they h^ve found material in the Papers rderr'd to them concciniog the C4M- U'lS. After feveral unfuccefsful Attempts by the Way of Ponngjil, and the Delign upon CadtJ., to fettle King ChtnUs on the Throne of Sfa u -, arid that the Confede- rate Fleet had appear'd before Barcelona in 1704. without thedefir'd Succefs ; Her M ijeliy, in the beginning of the Year 170^ fent Mr. Crvrve asHer Minifter to Genoa^ wi(h private InlttuAions which are here annex'd,('A:)f A"© 45 ,)to the following tffift: ' I hat Her Majefty being infr-rm'd, that the People ot Catalonia were enclin'd to call ' ort'the Ycke impos'd on them by the f>tw/j-, and by withdrawing themfclves from ' the Power ot the Duke of Anjou^ to return to the Obedience of the Hoofc of ' yinfiria, was dclirous to maintain and improve that good Oifpofition in them ■■, and * to mduce them to put the fame ipeedily in Execution, had made Choice of * him to carry on fo great a Work tor the Advantage of Her Service, and the ' Ciood ot the Common Caufe. He is theitfore ordcr'd to repair to Cr»M, ' Leghoin., or fuch other neutral Country or Hlacc, as he ftiould jadgc mod proper, ' for carijiug on her Majefly's Seivice in this particular ; and to treat with the * O/./dwj, or any other People ot Spam, about their coming into the Interefl of ' Ct:a k> the 'I hitd of Sfain, and joining with Her Majefty and Her Allies. For that ' Put pole he is to inform himfelf, what Numler of Forces thty will raife, and ' yvbjt they expert (hall be fent to alTift them; If any of the Nobility infill up- * on a Sum ol Money to be advanced to them he niiift alTure them, he does not ' doubt but he (hall be impowei'd to remit to them whatlocver is nfctfTary and * rcafonable tor their Support, as foon as they are aetually in the Field: That he ' (liaU give the Catalan^ or other Spaniariis, AlFurances of Her Majefty's ntmofl * Endeavours to procure the Eftahliniment of ail fuch Rights and immunities as ' they have foimeily enjoy'd under the Houfe of yjufttia: That She has, for their ' further Satisfailion, fent to King Charlei the Third, tf;r Powers for confirming ^ the fame to them ^ and that She is willing, if they intilt on it, to give Her ' Guarraniy that it (hall be done. Mr. Crowe had alfo a CommiHion (y) (No 46. ) of the fame Date with his loftni- ctions, to treat with the ( ataiam upon the Terms betorcmentioned, upon this cxprefs Condition on their aide, that they (hould acknowledge, an the bid oa of it ; much left terial I)if- ttee is in- d of our A/b. 44. ) whereat, whole Dn- hc reveral Ht. but ra- aad how rnicioQs in ipic to the relating to [oofe what \ the Cm*- the DelTgn lie Confede- uccefs ; Her :r to Gttioa^ iwingfcfr<;A: liri'ci to ca(t nfclves from he Hoofc of I them -, aod : Choice of ice, and the 1- to CtnoMf 10ft proper. Eat with the Intcreft of For that II raife, and ty infilt up- hc does not cctflary and That he fty's ntmoft ntnuniiies as las, for their conftrming to give Her ch his loftni- upon this in's Affairs, and the Obligations he had then received from the ' Queen, the Ca'a/<»» Privileges, if plainly demanded and infixed upon, could not have been refufed, and without it, couM never be cxpefted to be granted to a People fo remarkably zealous for the Common Caufe. But his Lordfliip's Inftruaions, N** (joj, inftcad of direfling him to infift ^'"- *'^*' upon this, as a Condition of the Queen's Coming into the Peace, order hini "■'" only f .eprefttit to the Court of Spain, that it is no lefs for the King's Intereft, than for the Queen's Honour, that a general Amnefty without Exception bs granted to all Spaniards who have adher'd to the Houfe of ^uflria, and in a par- ticular manner to the Or(t/i>oi, with regard to their Perfons, Eftates, Digni- ties and PrivHeges. Thefelnftruftions, tho' very dcfeAlve, were not complied with ; for Lord ^'"•*'"'*> Ltxington, in the nth Article of his Paper, which is call'd Demands, N" (^1), ^"•f' ^• deliver'd to the Court of Spain, upon his Arrival there, expreffes himfelfthus} ** That the Queen prays his Catholick Majefty, that a general Amnefty with- *' out Exception be granted ■; but leaves out the Words in his Inftruftions with rr^ttri/ to (heir Perfons, Eftates, DignKties and Privileges. The K.inr7;'s Anfwcr was, " That the General Amnefty relating entirely td^^'- r**' *' the General Peace, was not proper for the prefcnt Treaty 5 and therefore hi '' "' *' leaves it to be then treated of ; that his Majefty will make Ufe of his great " Clemency, provided the Queen will contribute to the Safety, to the Repofe, *' and to the Interefts of fo many faithful Subje^s, who, according to their *' Duty, had followed his righteous Caufe in Flanders, and in all the Parts of ' " Italy i and that an cxprefs Article be inferted in the Peace, wherein it (hall " be declared, That all Subjefts who have done their Duty, by. adhering to " his Catholick Mijcfty, Ihall be eftablifh'd in their Eftates and Honours, of ' " what Nature foever they be, which they enjoyed when they were under hi* ^ ** Obedience ; and that they may mortgage, exchange or fell, at their Pica- / ♦* fure •, and that they flnll have full Liberty to continue in the Service of theic *' King ; and that neither upon this Pretext, or any other whatfoever, they " lliall receive the kaft Prejudice, or the lealt Harm in their Eftates and " Honours, or any Moleftation whatever J and that any Municipal Law to tha " contrary ("if there be any fuch) fliall be made void by the Tre.ity of I'eace. Lord Lixington tranfmits this Anfwer to England, which, tho' containing a direft Refufal at prefentof what wasdefired, and only General Aflurances of Clemency from the King, on Condhions that could not poffibly b« expefted j'l r.'i'. /W. i}9- [4<5] hi mouitr» Ltttr to Li Lex- iiiriti'ii. -i, :o be ccmolioil with v yit his I.onHhip in his Letter to Lord Dirtni.mh, writcj Wool, Ihiit the nth Arcick ( wtiicli is tl is about theC'i»^ wasagrtcdtoi Mild thinks what they dclirc !•. biitjuilicc : And then goes on ; " Thus, My " I ord, I \\\Wi tir.ilh'd my Ncgotiacion in the bcfl Manner I could, and " IiDpc it will be to her M ijudics Satistidion. No Dill;i(i>l.idtiun was (hewn by the Miniilry In England, eiti'.cr with this Miniijro! Nipoti.iting, or the Frui Icfnelsof it, but he is ordered to proceed in the Hulinels, both as it was an A«5t of Humanity, whicli every one to the ut- niolt ot tlieir Power ought to promote j and tliat the Intereft of the King of i.K. Hook, Sp-iin was moft nearly concern'd by that Means to get the Qi.rtn.int out of dw L'l-n Ccuntry. iiiKiiMi'i Hereupon another MemorUI for an Amnefly is prcfented, the Motive us'd Memni.it, to inducc the King to grant it, \- his own Intereft, and to remove the Germanic Ci.; Book, without any Notice taken of the Queen's Honour bein^ concern'd in the Affair. (; !<• The King anfwer'd, " *1 hat the C^fd/dHJ had deferved little from him j that Dj"j-\j' they were now reduc'd to a fmall Extent of Ground, by the wiih-drawing "of the Troops ot '/(r;f.j;'M and yiriu^ai ; that his Troops, and thofe of the " King his Grandfather, were eiitring mtu tlieir Coi-ntry by rluee feveral " Ways; therefore more In ComplaK ince to the Quetii, than for the Argu- " ments that had been oiFerd, he was wi.iiiig to grant his Pardon to tlu>re O- " talans., who acknowlei :j!;riig his Clemency, and repenting them of their Error, " fliouldrubmit to his Dominion and Valta!i»ge) within a Time to bu prchx'd* ^j /. jj. Coant Sinx.tftJjrjf', in the I'rojed lor l.v^cuatiiigC^fw/uni.., inlifted upon the preferving the People their Privileges : But the King of Spaii refus'd it, and Would only grant them an Anwelly and pirdon. t 'Vrfji) Lord Dartmutith in his Letters both to rhe Marquis rfe f Mvnttltmt, and Lord ^'- /• J7. Uxingtttt, fiys, '• He c.uinoc cxprel's the Qu.en ^ Surpi ize to hear, that the " Privileges of the Cjf:;/rtnj were not intended lo I- " picieived to them by th« " Court of Sp.iin; that thole Privileges were lucwiiiily included in the " Meaiiingot a General Amnelly already grant* .j and this was an Affair " wherciti the Queen's Honour was extremely conc^i'j'u, and that (lie was *' obliged by Motives of Conlcience not to depart f.\jiii it. Lord Lexington i$ hereupon order'd to infill ai;ain upon it, in the ftr«^iit^ci'i VLiancriiiiig' able; that when the King of 5/>j»» isconvinc'd of her Majcily's btvadincls, and the Firmnefsof her Relblucion to adheretothis Denvi.id, no doubt he will yield to what has been fo Iblemnly promis'd, and is in it fetf fo reafoimble. That the Marquis//.^ Mor.tdtor.c, being reftrain'd by his Inftruifti.-'ns from trearirg up- dn this Point, the Nejjotiating of it muftensirely lie upon Lord Uxinp^n. Accordiiigly his Lordfltip prefents another Memorial lor a general Amnedy, with the Conrirmation of all thbir Privileges. The Amnelty, he li'^ys, wat gritmed, but the Privileges efntirely r$fuled, and in fuch a puHtive itilc as he ha, 'f. Y,. never met with, but in demanding a TraA ot Ground about QibrJur. Ld Lex- In another Letter,rpeaking of the many denials he met with in Sfaln, he fays, Indian to " Things are not here upon the fame Foot as they were before the Sufpenfion, mo h* " ^°^ '^* ^*"^ told me thefe Words, W? know that the Peace is as neceffary Do."/. tSi. " fo"" You as fdr Us, and that You will not break it off for a Trifle. ' . It may feem at Arit fffiht unaccountable how the Queen's Endeavours could fail of Succefs, when flie declar'd her Confcietice was concern'd inthisMut- D^.f.^7-ter, and that, tho' She defired a Peace, She would not a^ inconfiftuntly With Honour and Juftice to obtain it. U Din- The tirft fatal Step to the Ruin of the Cttalansy was the Orders fent Lord n.oui h to Uxittgtr.n, (Contrary to his firft Inftru^ions^ upon nis arrival at Madrid to ac- Ld l..^x- ifnowiedge I'bilif as King of Sfuin in a private Audience, before any one Article of Peace or Commerce was fettled with him. which put him in a Coo- ditioii of refufing this, and whatever elfe he fliould think fit. The manner how S^ain gain'd this important Point appears to be as follows: Lord D:irtmout/j had acquainted Mr. Prior, that Lord .'.txington was not to ac- kntjwledge Pbiiip as King of Spain, tili he had agreed tc the Demands his Lord- (hip was to make in the Queen's Name. However Lord Dartmouth thinks it convenient the Sentiments of the Frmcb Court fhould be known upon this Matter as foon as poflitilc. .. This Malrod of Proceeding with Spain was very much citlik'd in France, and Mr. I'riar writes Lord Darimnuth a vety elaborate Letter, UA\ of Monfieur T>r. eft U Lf X- «"t?IOil to r).SIirew. fl'ury, Ifgtod, m jm I +7 .1 ;, wntoj reed to i lus, My lid, and jvitli this proceeil the uc- Riiig of ic of th;i jtlve us'd tie Affair. iin ; that i-diawinj5 ,fe of the :e fevcral he Arjiu- thnfe C-'^- Kir Error, lo prchx'd* upon the ,'d it, and , and Lord , that the lem by th« ded in the s an Affair lat (be was Ltxhgton i$ liig"; able J is, anJ the E will yield pie. rh: Stik a» he ahi, he fays, Sufpenfion, neceff.uy vours could in this Mat- iconfiftcntly s fent Lord /(i^rir/ to aC- na any one n in a Coo- as follows: not to ac- ids his Lord- )f the Frincb Francty and lonfisur T-r- ,)'s Rcafons to induce our Minilf.y to recede from thir Poinf, anJ conc!udc$ with ihis iciiLirkaWe one. " That die whole Tiuaty being I. , jncu.il, cl;L Ac- •' knowlctlgment oiPI>itip Mikin};ofi?'i'», would t'jll as chi-Mclicr Points, un- " Id's tiic Conditions were made j^ood, and the I'cuce agreed and ratified. Hereupon Lord Holittyhnkr determins this Matter in Favour 'A Spii», by iinputinn' the Uirinur Directions to Lord D.irimuitil/s niiitiking the Queen's meaning; And writes Mr. i'n(/r Word that he was equally Turpi ii'd, and vexed to tind by the uncuuth way of expluining ilie Queen's Senle, that M.-. Frtor had been led to iinigine it was intended Lord I.i:xini[i(>n Jliould make any diffi- culty ot achnowledKinp the King of Spjin as fuch. " Tlie piocecdinRthis way, " by acknowledging the Ring in the hrft Place, Tfays his l.ordfliip; leemsnatu- " ral, civil, and unexceptionable, but any other Scheme is abfurd and incon- " liltent with all the relief our I'rocccdingsj and then concludes, " For God's " lake, dear ilitt, hide the Nakcdnefs of thy Country, and give the beft turn " tliy fertile Brain will furnifh thee with, to the Blunders of thy Country- * men, who are not much better Politicians than the /•>««*• are Poets. l.ord Dar.rn nth it icems thought fit to acquiefce, and the fame Day that thi» Ltuer was writ, difpatch'd Orders to Lord Ltxwgton, to acknowledge King , Vhilip in the firit Place, notwithllanding his former Inflrut^iuns to the contrary. But to return to the Catalani. Nor did the Minifters (hew that Zeal for the Queen's lL)nour n. might be expefted, but plainly gave this Matter up. Do. f.ni. Lord Huiuif^oroki in his Letter to the Queen's Plenipotentiaries at Vtrtcbtf tells them, " It is not for the Interoft of England to preferve the C»uUn Liber- " ties, and likewife begs leave to make an Obfervation to them, that the Catalan " Privileges are the Power of the Purfe and Sword ; but that the CaJHUan " Privileties, which the King of Spain will give them (in, exchange for their " Catalan) are the Liberty of Trading, and reforting to the Wtfi-Ivditi, and " a Capacity of holding thofc beneficial Employments the King has to be(lo\w . ;, " in yi-ftt:ic.i, which, fays his LordJhip, are of infinitely greater Value to " thole who intend to live in a due Subjection to Authority. Lord l.cxinfr:on alfo, inftead of fupporting the Cdrj/,;» Privileges, treated j^jj^^^_ the People as Rebels, and to induce Spitin to make P<:ace with Vurtug.-.ly putj 5,1^,00 ;o Monlieur Orry in mind of thu ncceflity Sfuiu ia in of withdrawing their Troop^ ilfr.Oiry. from Andalufta, in order to end the Hibeilien of the Citalem. N" (f.;.) li-> / • '9- When the Convention •\ wa» forc'd upon the Emperor for the evacuating Ca- The Con- Imperial Minifters at laft acquiefc'd, upon the Queen of Greit Britain's decta Ting again, ** That (he would interpofe her good Ofhces in the nnoft effedual ** Manner to obtain the Privileges of CtteUnia, Majorcuy and Ivica •/* An4 the French King engag'd at the fame time to join his Endeavours for that Pur- pole. Hereupon the Negotiation in Spain was kept up till our Treaty of Peace u Lex- wi h that Crown was ripe, by which the Catalan Liberties were to be aban- '"K'i"" " don'd. This Lord Lexington fign'd, contenting himfelf with protefting againft ^ j^j* "' that Article at the fame Time he fign'd it ; as he had writ Word before he in- po."/.'?;. tended to do, and that therefore the Queen was entirely at liberty to rejed it. &'/. 7;. ' Notwithftandiog the King of Sp.tins former refufal. Lord Lexington is again direded to infift upon the C«/0/.',t;cl hor to dr;iw into her Interclt, in a worfc Condition tli:m fhc tounJ them, iiic hopcj, that after all tl\c I'aini flie has taken fur procuring!; a (olid and j.iltinR Peace to Eunpt, Your Maielly will not leave her with the Griet of having bjcn the Occalion of tlie Lcl's of the Privilep;e5 of that People, but rather that in regard to the i\t'u\ Iriendfhip which with God's BlefTiog is lb near bein*^ cltiblimM between both Your Ma- jeilics, a< well as the Union fo neceflary to the In'terefti of both Nations j Your M ijoffy will not make any Difficulty any longer to grant this Favour to her M.'i-lly, which (he has i'o much at heart. The Marquis ile Bedmjr'i Anfwer to this Memorial was, That this Point about the Citabm having been debated in the Treaty lately concluded, and fignM in this Court by his Excellency and himfelf, wliich hit Excellency will own, and may bepleas'd to acknowledi^e, the King does not lee that any thing further is to be done in the Matter. This Treaty was feiit to Enf^l.mJ, and ratified by the Queen. Lord Ajrf- mouth fjys that Lord Bjlinghroit had the principal uiare in the Nej^otiation, and that the .Article of the r,//.j/.i»ir was put in as Ibfc Terms at was coDliftent with the Queen's Honour to allow. The Term.^ of the Treaty are, That the C'lialam (hall have the fame Privi- leges as the King's bed belov'd Subjc(ifcthe Ciftitlam enjoy. When the King of Spin had received this convincing Proof of our Mini- ftry's Attachment to his Intcreftj, and that the beforemention'd Ties of the Queen's Honour and Confcicnce were of no Force with them when oppofed to his Defires, he takes a further Step, and direftly propofes to Lord Ltxinporif • thar the Queen would aflift him wich Ships to block up Barcelona, N» { f 6). His Lordfhip's Anfwer was. That he was atfraid this Propofal would meet with this Difficulty, That her Mijefly would be very unwilling to lend her Ship, to exterminate a Peopjt: that h.td taken I'p Arms i.'j a great meafure at the Initigalion of her Miniiters ; and that fhe wculd think (he had done enough to gratify the King, in not infilling upon the prefcrving for them their ancient Liberties, without helping to deftioy them. But the Regard the Miniftry had to this Requeft of the King, will afterwards appear. The French AmbalTadorand the Princefs Jts Utfini propofed to Ld Ltxlngton, and the Night before he left MulriJ, the King fent for him, and engaged him to write a Letter, concerted with, and approved by the King, to the Kegenc/ oi "Banelona, K" (^7) advifmg them to lubmic themfeives to their King. . Hii Lordfhip aiTures them of his conitam Endeavours to do the beft he could for them j that God had not permitted him to do more than he had done : That if they would take their Refolutions foon, before he was out of Spain, he would write for them in the manner they fhould defire ; and concludes his Lener with new AlTurances of his Concern for their Interel^s. To make this appear the more friendly to them, he tells them, he had en. trufted theConfulat Meant to get ois Letter conveyed to them, uponfome Pretence or other ; the' a Duplicate of it was alfo fent to the Count of L:e!ie- raine, One oT the King oi Sfaini General's before the Town, with Diredlion to have it fent in as by a Delerttr, without his Knowledge. N' (f 8.) Mr- SmtcA, his Lordfliip's Secretary, amongft other Kcafons, gives this for the writing this Letter 3 That if the Catalans had a mind to accommodate, the Queen would have the Mediation i and if they had not, that then the Court of Spjiin would fee,ihat her Majefty would be always ready to ferve them. N''(f9^ But this Artifice to induce the Catalant to abandon their Defence in hopes of his Lordfhip's good Offices, had no eife^ upon Men determined to die for the Liberty of th'jir Country. Nothing but Force could extort that from tham ; and therefore Sir Patrick Lawlefi, inSep.'emi^er, 171;. prcfents a Memorial, N''i6o.) to the Time cffcft wich what was propofed the Month before to Lord Uxingron in Spjin, fetting forth that the Catalam and M^jorcim had not fubmitted themfeives to the King's Obedience, and interrupted all Commerce and CorrcfponJence in the Mi- diterranean, andfubmits it to the Confideration of the Queen, not only as Guarantee of the Treaty of Evacuation, bur as it concerned the Interefts of CrMt m ■I rcll, in VlaiclV/ Lcls of enJihip mr Ma- ivour 10 lii Point jed, and ;ncy will thac any* nrd D^irt' ^otiation, cuiifi(\ent ime Privi- our Mint- ies of the n oppofed I Ltxingtotif SlV?6). fould meet J lend her ifure at the ; enough to leir antient liniftry had 1 Lexlngtcn, igaged hiin Id Regenc/ King. . His ie could for le : That if f, he would LcRcr with he had co- upon tome intof Licht- Dire&ion 8) rives this for mod ate, the the Court of em. N»(59'- nee in hopes led to die foe e Sir Patrick fame effwft ipain, fatting to the K-ins's in the M:- not only as Interefts of Great [+9] On tin, and therefore hit Catholick Majefty hopes the Queen will orders Squrturon of her Ships to reduce his Subjeds to their Obedience, and thereby com* pleat the Tranquillity ofSptin, nnd of the Mediterranean Commerce. As fuon as the Seafon of the Year would permit, a Fleet is accordingly fitted out for the Mediterranean, under the Command of Sir Jamti Wt^tnty whofe fird In- ftru(ftions beirr Date 28 Ftb. and the Additional 18 Mtrcb, 1714. by which N* ^it'of"!- (6i,&62.) he is ordered to inforcc a ftriAObfervance of the Treaty of Evacuati- 1|| ^ on in ail its Parts, upon any Complaints of the Queen's Subjefts, of Interruptions of Commerce, or Depredations by the Vcffels of CrtM/cnw, Majorca, Sardinia, N«- f!ti, and other Places, to demand Reftitution ; and in cafe of Refufal, to make Re- prifals. To repair with the Fleet before BarciUna, then befieged by the Enemy, and demand immediate Payment of the Value of the Queen's Stores in the Town, or a fufficient Security for Payment in fome reafonable time. To take care to time his Arrival before the Town, according to the Advices from Lord Binglty, then de- figned to be fent to Spain ; By the ftrongeft Reprefentations to induce the Regency oi'Barctlona to accept of the I'erms that (hall be obtained for them. To take all the neceiTiry Meafures purfuant to the Queen's Intentions to put an end to the Confufi- ons that now reign in thofe Parts : And all proper Methods of Ptu-rwafion to induce gj the Inhabitants of Majorca to fubmit to the Terms that (hall be offered them ; and ' in cafe of Rttufal, to employ his Squadron in countenancing and affifting ail At' tempts which may be made for reducing them to a due Obedience, u. It may not bis improper in this Place, to take notice, . !/?■ That altho'the Queen had engaged her (elf by the Treaty of Evacuation, to inrerpofe her good Offices in the moft effe^ual manner, to obtain the Catalant their Liberties, yet inftead thereof the molt ettectual Methods wercufcd to the contrary, and Mr P/Vwacquamted Monfieur Tmcj, that the Queen was alTured the CataUm would fubmiiiupon the Terms before offered by the King of Spai»y without fo much Do.f.iu- asmeniioning their antient Privileges any more. N°(6;.) rdlj. That the French King who had put himftif under the fame Obligation as Mr. ?iiot the Queen, by the fald Treaty, after this Account fro„i Mr. Prior, of the Queen's ''.^"f Sentiments, thought fit alfanot to ask for their Privileges; Mr. Torey alfo alledging, "roke that the King had little Intereft with the Court of 5j>4i», Da./.i^j. jj/y. That Britain was under the fame Engagements by that Treaty, to fupport^'"'/ "/ the Privileges of Majorca, as thofe of Catalonia, at the time Sir James IVi(hart had ^'""'""»- direa Orders to attack them. 'A , 4tbly. That when thefe rigorous Meafures were forming againft the C Agent here, of whom we have never taken the leaft notice as a publick Man, it is ^'^ / ' J''* * pretty plain that a reafonable Accommodation might be made, as he exprellfcs it, * with thatTurbulent People. N''r64.) What was called Turbulency in the dfj/rw*, may appear by their Anfwer to the Duke of Vopoli, the King of Spain's General, who iummoned them to furrender. Tliey told him,they would die rather than be Slaves; but if their antient Liberties were confirmed to them, they would open their Gates, and receive him with all GhdneCs. The Houfe of Lords exprefs'd their Concern in a publick Manner for the Mife- ries of the Cdr, and by their Addrefs to the Queen, ^^n7 ;, 171^. maJc it their moft humble and earneft Requelt to her Majelty, ' That She would be gri- *.cioufly pleas'd to continue her Interpofition in the moft prefling manner, that ' the Catalans may have the full Enjoyment of their juft and ancient Privilegei ' continued to them. Her Majijfty's Anfwer was, ' That at the time (he concluded her Peace with * Spiii»,(herefolvedto ufe her interpoficion upon every occafion for obtaining; thofe * Liberties, and to prevent, il pollible, the Misfortunes to which that People are * expofed by the ConduA of thold more nearly concerned to help them. Hereupon, for Form's ftke, and to allay the Indignation conceived againft the ^^ A '95- Xliniftry by the I'eople in general, who corapadionated the Calamities of thofe who fought for Liberty, the Demand of the C(jt.j/(;« Privileges is again put down in Ld Hingley'i Inftrudtions, who was before ordered to go to Sp.jiu, but w;«s never fcnt. So that the only Favour obtained from the Miniftry by this earneft Addrefs of .„ the Houfe of Lords, in behalf of theCjfinit, a Letter from his Lordfhip to Mr. Gritnaldo, above two Months nfter rh;' A'1 ircls, ^^"f-^^i- tlio' the Town was invelted at the Time of making it, wherein he m tkos 1 kind and ^^ f , , , friendly Complaint, as he term, it, ihar the Cialnn i^rivilegjs h;id nor been ver .. O iirautcJ Ditto f. f87. ^I| ''Hi I C 5° ] grantwi them, nor any reafonable Terms offered, which they muft either have ac< cepted, or forfeiied the Queen's Compalfion, and that of the whole World. The Admiral had alfo his Scruples, whether his Orders, couch'd in ambiguouf Terms, would juftihe him in attacking Baralma. He therefore writes to Lord Boling- broke and Lord Bindley upon it, and fubmits it to LordBinj^/f/s Confideration, whe-* ther the Catalans might not refufe Conditions that may be moft advantagious, if they find he is not to ad by Force ; and defires that his Orders to aA before Barcelonay either by Force or otherwife, may be very plain and clear, aiTuring him that he will moft pundually obey thofe already given him, and fuch as he fhall hereafter receive. When Sir Jamet Wifhart arrived at Cadiz.^ he gave the Governour a Lift of the Ships under his Command for the Mediterranean Service, who fent it immediately to Ma- Ca./ ip?. drid ; but tiio' feveral Meiragei came from Court to the Governour daring the Admi- ral's ftay there, no one Compliment was made him, to fignifie his Arrival was wel- come, or any Queftioh asked, about what Services he was to perform, which a little furprized him ^ that asfoon as they had an Account at Md dition, fo much intended for their Service, and for which he ha* no aUowancQ from home but his Pay, which will not defray half his Charge*'. N^ (6^.) In another Letter of Sir Janu$ mfiart to Lord Binrlty^ he abqoaints his Lordfhif^ that tho' he had formerly defired him to move the Xing of Sfain, tbat the Grant of Exemption of Duties for Provifions for the fleet might be made tohim&it, yet vefioti farther Confideration of the Matter, which is but of fmall Moment, and may ap- pear greater at the Court of Sfain and England than really it is, he defires his £x-' cellcncy, not to take any Notice of it, but let it ftand as it does ; and defires his Bo.'f.ioi. Excellency's Countenance and Affiftance upon any other Occafion that the Court of Madrid might take to exprefs their good Will to him. N° (66.^ Nor was it long before the Admiral gave the Court of Spain more particular Proofs that he was not unworthy of their expeded Favours. After Barcelona had been invefted a confiderable Time by the Sfaniardi, and redu- ced to great Difficulties for want of Provifions, the French King, tho' engaged with the Queen by the Treaty of Evacuation, to employ his good Offices in the moft effedtual manner, in favour of the Catalan i^ibercies, thought fit to fend his Troops againft them, commanded by Marfhal Berwick, who opened the \ .enches beforq Barcelona the firft of July, O. S. 1714. And on the Eighth of the fame Month,' Sir James IVijhart, in the Queen's Name, writ them a threatninjj Letter, N" (6y} f.zts.direAed to the Deputies, and others who poffefs'd the Governinent there, telling them, that Complaints had been made of their difturbing tiie Commerce of the Queen's Subjeds, and (h^t they had infolcntly prefumed to take, carry up, and plunder their Ships, and ufed the Men in a barbarous manner ; he had therefora thought fit to fend Captain Gordon with two Men of War, co repcefen: to them thefe unwarrantable and prefumpcuous Proceedings, and by the Queen'f Command de- mands immediate Sati Jadion for the fame, and the Punifhment o^' the Ofliicers of the Ships with the utmofl Severity. If this be not pundually complied with, ha leaves it to themfelves to judge what the Confcquences may be. The Deputies returned Anfwer, N° (68) that only one of thofe Ve/Tels men- /• z<9' tioned in Captain Gordon's Memorial, was taken by them into BarteUna, being la- ' den with Salt, for which they paid the Price immediately to the Captain of it ; [ that being bcfieged, they thought they might do fo wjith Juftice, aod by the * Law laveac- biguout 1 BoUng- n, whe- , if they i or without, thatfliall * have caufed the lead Damage to any Englifii, they will not only immediately in- * ftiA a rigorous Puniihment, but repair all the Damage, defiring to live in the good ' Correfpondence they have had with his noble and generous Nation, with the ut- ' moft Deference for the Queen, and ready to obey his Excellencies Orders with ' all AfFeaionand Refi>e(%. The Government oi Barcelona, in their Extremity writ another Letter to the Ad- '•**'* miral, dated July 2;, N° (69) fetting forth, ' That his Excellency very well ' knew that the Engagement Catalonia entred into to receive Charles the Third for ' their King, was founded on the Prote^ion of the High Allies, but moftparticu- ' larly of England, without which they were not capable of undertaking fo great an r Enterprize. That they had for feven Years together endeavoured to ferve the * Ef^lifo Nation in "Vary 1 hing it was poffible tor them to do, by contributing * Troops anil isonfiderable Sums of Muney without Intereft. And tho' they had * pleafed themfelves with the Thoughts of the Happinefs to be always SubjeAs o£ * Charles lU. yet by the o'^-ft-T- *:}?-"« to which Human Afftirs are liable, they * now f.6 the Trn'^, B^iwanS rJi'^"" "'^'^ ^X *e French, Matters of all ths « Princlt^"'X«cjg f g^^^^^ the whole the tnott « execrable Hoftlhtics, Burnings and Plundciiuft., ^,ithoB» (nanns *lie Effiifion of « innocent Blood, and Without Diftinftibn Of Age or 5tA. " «« wiuiwn ui " * That for a Year together the Enemies Army had oppreffed Bdreetond by Sea and ' Land, making them continually luffet the Calamity o» r« in„o ™ ni<«.9,ie 1 durine * which Time the Enemies have thrown Fourteen Thoufand Bombsinto the Towtu « tfrhlfch hate tuined the grcateft part of the Houfes j that now they exbeft to be at- * tacked in Vorm, and that in Twenty four HObrs the Town will be batter'd in « Breach. They cannot exprefs their Afmftion, to fee the Danger of the Inhabitants ■ etpofed to be the Vidims of that Cruelty with which the Enemy threatens to treat * them. HaviHg no Comfort left, they fly to the Queen of Great Britain, befeech- * ine Her ProteAion by the inclofed Letter to Don Dalmafes, their Envoy at Lon^ * dm 5 and in the mean Time, till an Anfwer can come, they befeech his Excellency * from their Souls to mediate with the French Troops who oppreft them, for a Sut * penfion of Arms, fince the Congrefs at Baitn now fitting to conclude of a General * Peace, may dill determine this Affair } they doubt not that hit Mediation will be < able to procure them this Relief, fince his Squadron is fuperior to that of the Ene- * my . They fee no other Remedy in Nature for their Misfortunes, and therefore * hope his Excellency will not refufe them, thatif C««/«»i» has merited any Thing ' by its Services, and by its Cor.jnnaion with the Englijl) Nation, this is the Time * to receive the Fruits of it j that it is worthy of his Excellency to comfort the * Affliaed, and not to deny them this Favour in their great Neceluty. How the Admiral was aifeded with this Letter may appear by one of his to Lord BJ»f/e7,dated Aug. 7. N" (70), wherein he acquaints hin^, ' That Mt.Grimaldo had t j,^ * fignified to him from the King of Spain, that all the King's Ships of War being ' employ'd before Barcelona, his Majefty could not fend any of aiem to meet his * Flota then coming home ; and therefore defircd the Admiral to fend three of his * upon that Service", which was accordingly complied with. Of this he had acquain- ted Lord Bolmghrokt, and hoped to meet with her M-ijefty's Approbation. The Catalans thus abandon'd, and given up to their Enemies, contrary to Faith and Honour, were not however wanting to their own Defence, but appealing to Heaven, and hanging up at the High Altar the Queen's folemn Declaration to proteA them, underwent the ucmoft Mi^ries of a Siege, during whicli, what Multitudes periflied by Famine and theSword? how many have fince been executed? and how many Pcr- fons of Figure are dill difperfed about the Sfani{h Dominions in Dungeons, is too well known to need asy Relation. It is hoped however, that the Calamities of the Csualam, will not be imputed t» threat Britain in general, abufed by the Miniftry, with repeated AiTuranGes, that every thing was doing for (he PreuiVatteA r was the Perfon to whom the Frinch and Engl'iflj Minifters mutually referr'd each other. And as of Necelficy nothing could be a greater Secret than all Matters relating to the Pre'tender, this Province was particularly allotted^to Abbot Caultitr^ that thro' his Hands, and under his Conveyance, by French Couriers going continually betwiit France and Eng- land^ fuch Practices inight be carried on with great Safety, which in any other manner had been too dangerous an Undertaking. Tiie firft Time that any lecret Negotiation is exprefly referr'd to Abbot Cauhier^ u founding Letter already taken Notice of, where Mr. St. John, March ^ ir-r'r. tells Mr. Torcy, » He hid deferr'd writing to him of late, till he might write with Certainty, till ' the necelTirv Difpolitions were made among our People at home, and till the Qaeen * had taken the only Refolutiun which couiri bring us in a fhort time to a good and folid * Peace. I have now the SatisfaAion to tell you, that this [lefolution is taken, and that * Mr. «»■/(•)» will carry with him this Night, or to Morrow Morning, the final Inftru- ' {lions of the Qieen to her Plenipotentiaries. I refer my lelfto Mr. Gaultier, to explain * to you more at large the Subjeft of this Gentleman's C onmillion, and what the Qjeen * hopes hismofl Chriftian Majelly will do toco-operate with her. Tl*e Committee having oblerved, at the Beginning of this Report, that feveral Letter^ and Papers are wanting, which by the Circuinllanceb of Timeand Matter* tfien depin^,- ing, appear to be of Moment and Conrequence .• It is not iw iw proeHed, that thofe who have been fo careful to fupprefs Matters of lelb Importance, would leave behind them any Tranfaftions that might tend openly and direftly to favour and fupport the Caufe of the Pretender. But as the Committee hasobferv'd f"^>'^'wn of the fore the Houft ••» one. \ iew. K»/.8. ,.!'»'="»*' fal. ii^.o'i September thatthePop.. .,„„. . , •„ - * TheCouiiuf Komt oemg fully inform d, that France ^m.% endeavouring to procure & * Peace upon the moft advantagiQus Terms that wis poflible. and being perfwaded, that if « the Peace fhould be made, England would not fuffer that the King of France fliould pefw * mit the Prince ef IVnles to continue in his Realms^ the Court of ^om* offsrs toth* * King of France to give this Prince an Ai.ylum at Remtf or in any other Part of the Eccle* * fiaftiik Dominions. r»tj. To which the King of Frawf return'd in anfwer, ' That an ./^cy/aw for the Prince of « Walls would be no Ohftacle to the Peace. That if the Allies aid tjuly delign 10 make « a Peace, he would accept of any reafonable Propofiiions they lliould makcj and in tbii * Cafe an Article for the Prince o\Wales would be inferted in the Treaty. June 7. 1712- The Bifhop of Bnflot giving an Account to Lord Btlinghroke of fome Dif- courfe he had with fome of the MiniAers of the Allies, fays, ' Monfieur Co»r^r«c;l, one of » the Emperor's Plenipotentiaries, kept alfo within the lerms of Decency, fave o'rfly that ' he took it tor granted, that one great tnd of h II this Management on our part, was to * bring in the Pretender ; which Apprehenfion one of the Min liters of the States lately * own'd in private Diicourfe,to have t :enthefunH,imental Keafon of all their ConduA of late. It cannot be fjrgot whit great Stref;. and Weighc was laid upon the Removal of the Pre- tender out of the Dominions oi France. This was what all the Nation with great Juftice eipefted, and what the Qieen declared wastaktn Cire of, as an additional Security (o the Froteftant Succeilion. But his removing out ii^ France, and being permitted to refide in Ij)rram, was not only 1 great Surprize to all the Nation, but was received with luch jull Indignation, that the Parliament addrefs'd the Q.ieen upon this Occalion, * That Ihe would infift upon his Re- * moval from L«rrM'», that Refidence being tquilly or morediiigtiouj to Great finning * than his Abode in France'. Her Majefly's Anlwer, Tihit Jhe neuld reftat her Infiarcti, occafion'dinthe Houfe of Lords a becoming Refentment, that the Duke of Lorram fhuuld orefurae to receive and entertain the Pretender to her Majefly's Cr»wn, in Defiance to liec Klaiefly s Application to the contrary. But it w>!l nuw appear in what Minrier the Re- moval of the Pretender out of France was tranlaftr-d and fettled, and thit his rtfidirg in Lerrain was not only with the Approbation, but even by the fJirr^ion and Appuintment of the Engtiflj Miniftry. Mr. 5"/. J»bn, in his Letter to Mr. de Tmcy, of the a+ffc of Afay^ I7I2. O. S. when he fent him over the Conditions upon which her Majefiy would make thofe Important and Decifive Declarations to Parlum.nt, conikidts that Lcter with lay iog, ' He hopes, that, with the ceiieral Repofe we fhall lee reviv'd in a fiAv Week;., a good * Undeiftanding between two Nations, which may btci;me to eai.'i other the nioft * uleful Friends, for the fame Reafons they have been the mofl formidable Enemies. The * Queen commands me to tell yoa, that flie hopes when yoTi fcnd an Aiiiu er lu thik Letter, * w« fhall luve an Accuuat tltu tim Chevaliiw wd benuii his J juniey. In 4 4 *■ litr, who, during the often Tent ly BuHners. »acy, were n to whom ting to the his Hands, >ce and Erig- iet manner Gauhitr^ it I. tells Mr. rtainty, till I thcQaeen od andt'olid en, and that Snal Inftru- , to eiplain It the Qiieen veral Lettew fien depinc^- at thofe who ind them any Oufe of the lc\ri9n of the were treateci, '•^ ♦!«•«» b»-, ^«, the nth i »n i\cccunt. B Oeclaration. to procure ft vacl«d, that if ce Oiould pe^ oif;:rs to th« t of the Ecclet le Prince of (ign lo make and in tbil offome Dif- ruck^ one of fave oiTly that part, was to States lately induct of late. al of the Pre- great JuAice ecurity to the was not only ion, that the upon his Ro- irtiU Brttairif her Jnftarcti. orrain Ihuuia ftdtuce to hcc niier ti\e lle- is r(.Ti(iir')> in Appoiiitirent would make er with lay /Vteks, a K"otl er the nioft lemics. The lo thik Letter, In i [53] In Anfwer to thijjMonfier de tmy fays to my Lord BolingWokeyi*)* You may af- ' fure the Queen that the Chevalier is ready to depart at a Moments Warning, if ' he did but know where he was to go, and in what Place he might be in Safety. * I own to you. that I know no Prince who is willing to receive him, for Fear of 'difpleafing the Queen, or other Powers; it will be abfolutely necelTary, that * there (hould be fome Explanation upon this SubjeA, which I defire you to make ' to me by the A^bol GuahUr, if you do not judge it proper to do it your felf. Mr. St. John on the 6th of June, 1712. O. S. writes a publick Lettec (a) in an- fwer to the feyeral Points contain'd in Monfieur Je Terc/s laft Letter ; but in that Letter takes no Notice at all of the Chevalier. But the Day after, June the j'h, 171 2. he writes a private Letter, as he calls it himfelf, to Monfieur Je Tony, and concludes it with faying, ' The Abbot Gual- * thr will write to you upon the SubjeiS): of the ChevalierC^), The Committee obferve, there are two Copies of this private Letter, One de- liver'd by my Lord Bollngbroke, the Other entred in Lord Strafford's Book : And in the Copy of this Letter given in by Lord Bollngbroke, this Palfage, That Abbot Gualtier fhail write about the Chevalier, is omitted by his Lordfliip. On the 22d of June^ 1712. N. S. Monf de Torcy writes Two Letters (<•) to my Lord Bollngbroke. In the Publick Letter nothing is faid of the Pretender ; the Pri- vate Letter concludes with faying, ' I have the Honour to fend you a Letter un- * der the King's Hand, for Her Brltanmck Majefty ; and I refer you to what the * Abbot Gualtier fhall fay to you, about the Departure of the Chevalier. On the 2ift of AuguH, 1712. Lord Bollngbroke being then in Frame to give the finifhing Stroke to all Matters of Confequence that were undetermin'd, {d) in his Difpatch to the Earl of Dartmouth, giving ati Account of his Proceedings at the Court of France, fays, The Chevalier has fix'd his Departure for the Firft of next Month, N. S. They propofe that he (hall retire to Bar, and they intend to write to the Duke of Lora'm to ask of the Emperor, and other Princes, a Security for his Perfon, during his Refidence in that Place. But on the 28th of D«;««^er, 1712. N. S. it appears, (0 that the Chevalier was ftill in Fnnce, upon which Account Mr. Trior writes thus to my Lord Bollngbroke, * Another Point upon which this Court is very folicitous, is. That the Chevalier * remaining in any Town of Fraiife obftruAs the Signing the Peace ; yet he can- * not go to Lorain till the Emperor's Paffports will fccure him there. Your Lord- ' (hip, by the Perufal of the Papers, will fee the State of that Cafe ; and I have * only to add upon this Subjeft, that the Court of Fr4»« expreffes an ImpoflSbili- * ty on their Side, to do more than they have done, and hopes we (hould have * Interelt enough with the Emperor, toobtaiii fuch Pa(rports from Him, as may * fecure, as well the Perfon who is to go into Lorain, as the Duke of Lorain, wlio * is to receive him. Mr. Vrlor on the 29th, writes to the fame EfTed (/) to my LordTraifmer, and fays, ' The Monarch is a" good deal troubled upon this Head , left the Young ' Man (hould fall into the Hands of the Huffan or Barbarians. And Monf. D'Au- * mont has, I prefume, Orders to fpeak to our Miniftry upor 'As to the Dowry, I (hall not only be dunn'd to Death, 'nng'd ; for the * Dowager fends Mclfengers to me, which you in England do not think ic ex- * tremely lawful to receive : But if it is ro be paid, pray let ic be dont in an * handfome Manner, that may (hew the Charity of the Queen, and the >oonero- * fity of Her Lord Treafurer. The Papers referr'd to in Mr. Priors Letter, contain an Account of what the Duke of Lcraln had done at the Defire of the King of France, to obcain from the Allies the ncceffary Safeguards for the Chevalier. He faysj (^)that underftanding that the Queen of Great-Brltaln had already granted Her Safeguard or Protedion to the Chevalier de St. Gsorge , He believ'd they had no more to do, but to apply to the Emperor, and to the States-General. By this Account it is evident, that Abbot Gualtier was the Perfon entrufted to Manage the Affairs of the Pret( nder with whom fuch PraAices were VcibaUy to be rranfafted as our Miniftry i!a not think proper to commit to Writing. It appears, that the Place to which he was to go, bccaufe no body would receive him at the hazard of the Queen's Difpleafure, and where he might remain in Safety, was to be picfcrib'd from England. That this was not fix'd and derermin''d till Lord Bollngbrooke went into France. And if his Lordfhip's In(tru(5lions arc confidcr'd, ic will be hard to find in them any thing of that Importance and Se- r<-) June 10. (.r'jVol. 8. t.gyo. (A) Ditto f.j74- (0 Vol. 8. »'.434- W Vol. 8. 1:487. Ci')Vol. 9. f. -HS. if) Vol. 9' f- 493^ ii) Vol. 9. t. 48J. \i ' crccy C 5+ ] erecy, as to require his gbJng in Perron to fettle it. His LordHiip gives ari Ad-' count from thence, that the Pretender was to go to Bar, and this is acqnicfc'd in here without the leaft ObjeAion made. The Miniftry are told by Mr. Friort that the Court of France hopes by our Intereft fuch Pafsports would be pro- Cur'd as might fecure his Perfon : And in the Paper fent to FtMce from the Duke of terrain, it isaflerted, that the Queen of Great- Britain hajl already granted Her Proteftjon to the Pretender. But Nov. the 6tb,i7i V Lord Bollngbrokt writes to Mr. Trior, and fays, (a) * Her * Majcfty having repeated to the Duke of Lorrain the Inftances which you know * have been fo often made to the Moft ChriftiSn King, for removing of the Pre- * tender 'to Her Crown out of his Dominions , I am direfted to acquaint You * therewith, that You may fpeak to the Minifterof Lorrain, and to any other | ' Minifter whom you (hall think proper, and let them know it is abfolutely in- | * confiftent with the Amity and good Correfpondencc that is betweeA the Queen | * and their Mafters, to receive into their Dominions, or to proteft a Perfon, who J * dirpute<; Her Majefty's moft undoubted Title, and thereby endeavours to difturb ' ' the Peace and Quiet of Her Kingdoms. That you may be able to fhew them _£ * that this is the Colleftive Senfe of the whole Nation, as well as the Queen'4 ' Command to you, I herewith fend you the Addrefles of both Houfcs of Par- ' liament. This can be underftood as no more than a bare Compliance with the Ad- drefles of Parliament. And to ftiew how little Refentment and Indignation wa% conceiv'd againft the Duke of Lorrain for this Indignity offer'd to Her Majefty, the Committee have thought fit to Tranfcrihe a Letter that was wrote by Lord Bollngbroke to Mr. Trior within Four Days after his laft mention'd Letter upon the Subjeft of the Pretender. ' Tins Lectei'ifays Lord BoUngbroke to Mr. Prior ,(*j will be delivered to you by t-he Baron de Forj}ntr,\\\\o has been twice at our Court with the Charafter of Envoy from the Duke of Lorrain, and who is extremely well with your Friends en this fide of the \Vatcr,that I make no doubt but that he will hz a welcome Acquain- tance to you. I muft at theifame time recommend the Intereft of the Duke of terrain his Mafter to your Care. You know, Sir, how little that Prince has yet felt the good EfFecfls of what was ftipulated for him at Ryf^'ick. You know. Si:, how juftly he pretends to an Equivalent from this Emperor for the Montftrnt, which was given away from him to the King of Sicily. In a v'crd, you are enout^h afpriz, d of hit JVants, of bis ExfiElations, and of Her Majefty t earneft Defi're, if by nny meant jfie can, to contribntt to the Eafe, and to the Advantage of a Pr«»cf, '■ who diferves much better Ufage than he has on many Occafions met with. There arc feveral other Letters that were wrote after the Addrefs of Parlia- ment to prcfs the removing of the Pretender from Lorrain-, but after what has been fiid, 'tis needlefs to obferve what little Effed was to be cxpeAed from fuch Reprefent.itions made in the feveral Courts of Europe, which were known to bo Contrary to the Senfe and l.itention of the Court of Great- Britain. And if any f'.rrhtr demonftration was wanting to (hew their true Spirit and Inclination, it maybe obferv'd that the Addreifes in Parliament were made in July, 171;. And the firft letter that Lord Bnlingbrokc wrote in purfuance of thofe Addreffcs ;| was the ^'th of November, which was Four Months after the Addrcflfes were pre- I fentcd to the Queen. f The Committee think it not improper to infert here an ExtraA of a Memo- :| rial touching the Demolition of the Sluices of Dunkirk, deliver'd by Monfieur ,J Je Torcy to Lord BoUngbroke it Paris, in Augujl 171 2. * It is not our Bufinefs now to examine whether the Queen of England, and ' the EngUP' Nation, were in the right to o nnnd the Demolition of the Fortjfi- * cations, and tlie filling up the Harbour of Dunkirk. That is a Thinp; refolv'J ' and agreed upon. It may perhaps come to p-ifs in the Courfo of this Affair, * for Reafons eafily to be forefeen, That Engbnd fhall repent having demanded * the Demolition of a Place, and the Dcftruftion of an Harbour, which might * be of great Ufe in Conjunftures which perhaps are not very remote. Your Committee do not take upon them to explain what Conjunfturc France had in View, and which they thought not very remote, when Dunkirk might be of particular Service ; but think it proper to conclude this part of the Report with obfervlng. That the Pretender did immediately upon the Demife or the lati: (rf) ynl. II. (b) Nov. 10. 1713. Vol. II. Qiiem ves Mhrolutely in- i the Queen ?erfon, who irs to difturb J Ihew them :he Queen'4 uics of Par- /ith the Acl- ignation wa% ;^er Majefty, otc by Lord tter upon the :o you by the ter of Envoy :iends on this ime Acquain- ■ the Duke of >rince has ycc ou know, Si:, he Montfemt, word, you are earneft Defre, ge of a Frme, efs of Parlia- ifter what has led from fuch known to be And if any Inclination, . July, 17IV lofe Addreflfcs Tcs were pre- of a Mcmo- by Monfieur V.fi?land, and of the Fortlfi- hinR refolv'd this Affair, ing demanded which might otc. vmfturc France kirk might be Report with fe of the late ic Qiictn [ 55 ] Queen publiHi a Declaration^ which the Duke of Ur.t'm h.is acknowleij^'d in his Letter of the 6th oi Dtntfhcr, 1714. that he rcceiv'd from the Pretender himfelf, wherein is this remarkable PalTage, ' Yet contrary to Our Expedations upon the * Death of the Princefs Our Sifter ( if wbofe good Intentions towards Ut fVe * iuuld not for Ihtni I'lmt pajl vftU doubt ; and this wot the Reafon lue then fat * H'lU , txi^lint', tfif good Eff'iils thereof , which v'tre unfortuftalely prevented * !>y Hi- n V iW. Dratb ) We found that Our People , inftead of taking this fa* * u'abic OiDortunity of retrieving the Honour and true Intereft of their Coun- * t. , by d' i.i'; Ui and Themfelves Juflice, iiad in-.mediately Proclaim'd for their * Ki>K» F> ' I'-n Prince, to Our Prejudice, contrary ii "he Fundamental and In- ' coiitct'taMt f aws ol Hereditary Right, which th^ir pretended A<5ls of Scttle- * incnr cm never Abrogate. The Committee obferving in the Eleventh Volume referr'd to them, a Letter from the Earl of Oxford aM Mortimer, then Lord High-Treafurer of Great- liritain, to the Queen, dated June the 9th, 1714 ; together with an Account of Publick Affairs from /iuguji the 8th, 1710, to June the 8th, 1714, all written with his own Hand, and fent to the Queen with the Letter; and finding therein many Paffagej, in their Opinion, highly deferving the Confidcration of this Houfc, have thought ic neceffary to inferc the fame here at large, and are as fol- low. Lord Oxford\ Letter to the Queen, June the 9th, 1 7 1 4. May it fk.fe Tour Majefty, I Pre fume, in Obedience to Your Royal Commands, to lay before Your Ma- i-ily a State of Your Affairs. Though I have very much contrafted it from the Driniy,!ii; I made, and the Vouchers from whence it is taken ; yet I find it fwell under my Pet in Tranfcribing, being willing to put every Thing before Your Majefty in the Cleareft Light my poor Underftanding can attain to. It was ne- ceffary to lay it before Your Majefty in the Series of Time, from the beginning to this prefcnt Time; and when that is coApIcatly laid before You, it remains only for Me to beg God to direA Your Majefty. * And as to my felf, do wih me what You plcafe, place me either as a Figure or a Cypher, difpiace me or replace me, as that bell ferves Your Majefty *s Oc- cafions , You fliall ever find me, with the utmoft Devotion, and without any Referve, MADAM, Your moft Dutiful, moft Faithful, moft Humble, moft Obedient Subjeft, and Unworthy Servant, OXFORD. A Brief Account of ?iiblick Affairs fmce Augufl: the 8tb, 17 10. to this prefent 8th of June, 171 4. To which is added. The State of Affairs Abroad, as they relate to this Kingdom j with fome humble Propofals for fecuring the future Tranquility of Her Alajefly^s Reign, and the Safety of Her K:ngdotus. « ^ TTER Majefty on the 8th o^Atsgufl i7io,was pleas'd to alter Her Trearury,and JLJ. * two Days after,in a New Conimiffion, Rf/^rr //(jr/rj'jbyHcrMajcfty's great * Favour was made Chancellor of the Exchi<}uer. ' The State of Affairs at Home and Abroad are frcfh in every ones Memory. ' The Condition of the Treafury at that Time was laid before Her Majefty in a * large Reprefentation. * I beg leave to touch fome few Heads. The Army was in the Field ; no Money * in the Treafury ; none of the Remitters would Contrad again; th^ Bank had re- * fus'd to lend a Hundred Thoufand Pounds to Lord Godohhin on very good Secu- * rity ; the Navy, and other Branches of Service, Eleven Millions in Debt, which * enhanc'd the Price of every Thing proportionably ; the Civil Lift in Debt a- * bout Six Hundred Thoufand Pounds, and the Yearly Income too little for the * Currant certain Lxpence, by theloweft Computation, One Hundred Twenty * Four Thoufand, Four Hundred Ninety Five Pounds, Two Shillings and-Four * Pence. a 'In til ■'11''! ill :*■ C56] ' In a few days this new CommiflSon made ProvUlon for paying the Army by ' the greaceft Remittance that had ever been known : Thougli the Oppofition from 'every Office, which was full of Perfons who were Enemies to the Change made *by the Queen, was very ftrong, and very troublefome and vexatious ; and fuch * was the Situation of Atfairs, that nothing but great Patience could ever have 'overcome thefe Difficulties ; it being impoffible as well as unavoidable to make 'Removes, but by degrees. * As foon as it was po0Sble, (and notwithftanding the Clamours then rais'd, it 'was the only proper Time) a' new Parliament is caird. * Its firft meeting was Ncvrnbn the 27th, 1710. Robert HarUy liad prepar'd the 'Funds ready (before the Parliament met, as he has done every Seffion to this ' Day) not only for the Current Service of the Year, both by Sea and Land, but 'alfo for eafing the Nation of above Nine Millions of Debt. This was thought fo * Chimerical when Rohtrt HarUj did begin to open it, that it was treated with Ri- 'dicule, until he (how'd how prafticable it was. It is true, this gave great Rcputa- * tion Abroad, and enabled to treat advantageoufly of a Peace : It rais'd finking ' Credit at home, but at the fame time as it drew Envy upon Harley from fome, ' and the Rage of others, fo it gave Offence to fome of his Fellow Servants, who 'told him plainly that he ought to have told his Secret, and if he would not get 'Money himfelf, he ought to have let his Friends fliare a Hundred Thoufand ' Pounds, which would not have been felt or found out in fo vaft a Sum as Nine 'or Ten Millions. ' To this Principle was owing the fetting on Foot at this time the unhappy ' Voyage to Canad* : To all which Meetings HarUy avoided coming, and gave Lord ' Rocbejhr his Reafons, and after he defir'd his Lordfliip to be a Means to the 'Queen to hinder that Expedition ; but it happen'd to be too late. But Lady * Ma^tam knows how much iUrlty was concern'd at it, tho' he did not know the *true Spring of that V"'-age, which will appear after in this Paper. ' The beginning ol February 1710-1 i,there began to be a Divifion amongft thofe *caird Tories in the Houfe, and Mr. Secretary St. Jelm thought it convenient to be Lifting a feparate Party for himfelf. * To prevent this. Lord Rocbejhr and Harley defir'd to have a Meeting, and to *cool fuch Rafli Attempts ; and it was contriv'd Mr. Secretary St. John (hould in- * vite Us to Dinner, (which was the laft time he ever invited Robert HarUy, Ijeing *now above Three Years) where was Duke of Shrewsbury, Earl Poulet, Lord Ro- *cbefter, and others ; and Lord Rochejler took the pains to calm tiie Spirit of Divifi- on and Ambition. * H.trley was a^ this time feiz'd by a violent Fever,and on his firft comingAbroad, 'March 8. met with a Misfortune which confin'd him many Weeks. TheTranfadli- * ons during that Time are too publick, as well as too black, for Harley to remem> *ber or to mention. * In the end of M,jy iTn. the Queen, out of her abeunded Goodnefs, was *plcas'd to confer undeferv'd Honours on Robert Harley ^ and on the 29th of the *famc Von^h, was pleas'd to put the Treafurer's Staff into his Hands : A Poft fo |much above f/jr/^'s AbilitieJs to ftruggle with, that he had nothing but Integrity 'arl Duty to recommend him to Her Majefty's Choice ; fo he muft have recourfc *ti' iloi M'jefly's Tranfcendent Goodnefs and Mercy to Pardon all his Faults and * Failings, buti-. of Omiftion and CommHIion, during the whole Courfe of his Service. * Bur ro renim and refume the Thread of this Difcourfe. (a) The 4th of June i7ri.Thite I'lys after thcTreafurer wasSworn,he wasfurpriz'd witha Demand of Iwenty Eight Thoufand Thirty Six Pounds and Five Shillings, for Arms and Merchandize, faid to be fent to Canada. When the Trcafurer fcrupled this, Mr. Secretary St. John, and Mr. Moor came to him with much Paffion upon this ' Affiir ; and about a Fortnight after, the Secretary of Stare (ignified the Queen's 'pofitive Pleafure to have that Money paid ; and accordingly Her Majcfty fign'd a 'Warrant Jwit 21. and the Treafurernot being able then, with all his Prccauti- *on, to difcover further Light, the Money was paid July the 4th 171 1. •Since the Return from that Expedition, the Secret is difcovered, and the ' Treafurer'f Sufpicion juftified : For the Publick was cheated of above Twenty * Thoufand Pounds. * There is Reafon to be more particular upon thij HcaJ, hecanfe it is one of 'the Things never to be forgiven the Treafui.r ; and Lord Chancellor tolJ 2 * hfin ( a ) dee the Paper af this Affair at large. «P M e Army by ifidon from angc made • and fuch ever have )le to make en raU'd, it prepar'd the flion to this d Land, but s thought fo ted with Ri« reat Reputa- rais'd fmking from fome, :rvants, who ould not get •d Thoufand Sum as Nine the unhappy ind gave Lord i/leans to the e. But Lady not know the amongft thofc convenient to :ctinp, and to John fhould in- f HarUy, being •juUt, Lord Ko- jpirit of Divifi- :omingAbroad, TheTranfafti- arlty to remem- Goodnefs, was he 29th of the ids: APoftfo jg but Integrity [ft have recourfe 1 his Faults and Courfe of his :he 4th of Junt I with a Demand for Arms and Ir fcrupled this, laffion upon this lljed the Queen's IMajeftv lign'd a ill his Precauti- livered, and the above Twenty iaufe it is one of Ichanccllor. tolJ ' Win [57] him more to that Purpofe ; that they told him no Government was worth fer- ving, that woulj let them make thofe Advantages, and^gctfuchjobbs. ' One thing more is crav'J leave to be added , That the Treafurcr was forc'd « to ufe all his Skill and Credit to keep the Houfe of Commons from examining * this Affair laft Pariiamenr. ' Juac the i2th. 1712. The firft Seflion of laft Parliament ended. * From this time, to the beginning of the next Seffion, the Treafurer's Hands were * full of Negotiating the Pence iu all Conrts nhoud ; and befides the ordinary and ne- 'celTary Duty of hit Office at home, he ha J frequent Occafion of Calming the * Quarrels and Grudges Mr. Secictaiy had Tometimes againft Lord Dartmouth, fome- •times againft Lady MiiJ1>atn, and fometimes againft the Treafurcr himfelf. * The Second Sedion of the laft Parliament began December the 7th, 1711. * This was attended with great Difficulties and Dangers, as well from the Prafti- * ces of the Difcontented here, as the Defigns carry'd on by Mr. Bujn, Prince Eu- *gcne and Botbmar • in which Defigns concurr'd the Emperor, and other States and 'Princes who gain'd by the War. * This put Her Majefty under a fort of Neceffity to preferve the Whole, and to * take a Method which had been us'd before to Create fome New Veers. * So many having been brought formerly out of the Houfe of Commons of thofe «who us'd to manage Publick Affairs , it was propos'd to Mr. Secretary, That if he « would be Contented to ftay in the Houfe of Commons that Seffions, Her Majefty « would have the Goodnefs to Create him a Peer, .ind that he (hould not lofe his •Rank. •The Second Sedion ended the 21ft o^ June, 1712 ; and notwithftanding Both- * may's Memorial, and all other Attacks both from Abroad and at Home, Supplies « were provided, and every Thing relating to the Publick put upon a good Foot, •and the Malecontents began to defpair, as appcar'd by the Duke of Atarlborougb •retiring Abroad, and other Particulars. * After the SclHon was ended, the Queen, as She had promis'd, Order'd a War- * rant for Mr. Secretary St. John to be a Vifcount ; this happen'd to put him in the •utmoft Rage againft tno Treafurcr, Lady Mafbam , and without fpariog the * Greateft. ' (d) It did avail very little to tell him how much he had got in Place ; for had ho •been Created with the other Lord^, ir would have fallen to his {hare to have coma « next after Lord Trevor ; but the Treafurcr with great Patience bore all the Stbrm, «of which Lord Aiafham was often a Witncfs of the Outragious Speeches; anl •Mr. Moor very lately told the Treafwrer, that Lord Bolinghroke faid very lately to «him, that he ow'd him a Revenge upon that Head. ' This Difcontent continued, until there happen'd an Opportunity offending hint «to Frarue \ of which there was not much Occafion ; but it was hop'd, that this j« would have put him in good Humour ; which it did, until in OElober 1712, there Were Knights of the Garter made. This created a new Difturbance, which is iroke, COn» ceflary for Lord r was dated July hreke ; the Copy 1 Confin'd to hii what was proper .ight to Her \U- lefs which have n She pleafes. :e of the Ocean- 's Servants. He as Secretary in _ to tiie utniort, Unite the rell ot [ 59 ] * Tills Paper contains the Negleft above mention'd in the Trcafurer's tetter of *July the ifth, 171;, Eleven Months before, and yet thefe Faults are novt * charg'd upon the Treafurcr. ce nf^broke in min \ re lb:clv belonj;;- taking Vour Ma- of botli lloufci k'ord it was dons to the Treaty of JS'ev'f(ninJUn gave in their Specifick Explanation of the General Preliminaries, Sign'd by Mr. Mefnager ; the King of France made his firft Offers in the Name , and by Virtue of Powers from his Grandfon King Phiiip, as King of Spain. On the 4th of March, 1711-12, at a Meeting of the Minifters of the Allies at Utredt, where they were to Communicate to each other their refpcAive Demands; Count Sinundorff infifted, Thar the Reftitution of the whole Spani^i Monarchy (hould be expredy mention'd j upon which Occafion it appears, by a Letter from the Engli^ Minifters of the 6th of March, That they were the only Minifters that did not make anj mention at all of Spain, and that they were fenfiblc of the difadvantagequs Confequcnces of being fo ; but being defirous to take off this Odium, they make a General Declaration concerning the juft and reafonable Sa- tisfatflion for the Queen's Allies, in Conformity to their Alliances ; and humbly hope what was faid will not be found contrary to what has been hitherto d«- clar'd. All the Attempt that the Queen's Minifters ever made towards obtaining this great Point , which Her Majefty declares. She (hould be forry any one could think She did not do Her utmoft to procure, was to demand AlTurances that the Crowns of France and Spain (hould never b; united. The Method of preventing this Union was never mentioned by the C^ueen's Minifters in order to be treated of, nor the Scnfe of France and Spain ever ask'd upon ic till the latter End of Marrb, 17 12. \n rhis Me(ra,(»e her Majefty further adds. Tie World will now fu how groundUfi thole R»ports art which have been fpread abroad by Men of evil Intentions to ferve the worji Dcfii'ns, at if a Separate Peace had been treated, for which there hat not been thelea/lCo'^ toil'- ^'fvtn. ^ In this Declaration, Her Majefty is advis'd by Her Minifters, in order to clear them from the juft Sufpicions which all the World had concciv'd of the feparate Mcafurcs they were engag'd in, not only to declare there had not been the leaft Colour given for fuch Jealoufies, but to Brand all that cntcmin fuch Appie- hcnfions, with the Charafter of Men of evi' Intentions, tiiat hid the worlt De- figns to ferve. But thatmoft juft_ Caufe had been given for thclc Reports, is fulfi- cientlyXvident from wfhat w.is juft now obferv'd. The Miniftry had inlifted that the Secret (hould be inviolably kept between Englarnl and France, exciulive of all the Allie;. A Separate Negotiation between England anJ France had been carry'd on by Papers fent backward and forward, and much Time fpent therein, as is faid in Lord Strafford's Inftrucftions. Mr. Prior had been fcnt into France, and Mr. Mefnager had been in England, and not the leaft Conmunlcation was given for Five Months together to any of the Allies of thefe T ^^nfaftions, which were depending >rom April 1711, to September following, from the Time that the licit PropolalsSign'd ^^ Monfieur de Torcy were fcnt to the States, till the Seven Ge- neral Preliminaries Sign'd by Mr. Mefnager, were communicated to them. When thefe General Preliminaries were Sign'd, which were fent over as a Foundation to open the General Conferences, a Set of Special Preliminaries between Eng- land and France was Sign'd on both Parts , which were conceal'd , publickly dil- own'd, and never appcar'd till this Enquiry ; and all thefe Tranfa ] Monfieur JeTercy, The Queen will make no difficulty to conclude immediately a Separate Peace with France, leaving the Allies a Time wherein they may havu Liberty to fubmit to fuch Conditions as fhall be agreed upon between the Queen fuly J. s"t' 'he Moft Chriftian King. In Anfwer to this Monlieur Je Tony tells Mr. St. \-j\2, John , Upon Condition the Queen docs immediately make a Separate Peace, anJ keep no Meafurcs with Her Allies, the King has dctermin'd to fend his Orders to permit the Enfrlijh Troops to enter into Dunkirk. On the 12th of July, 1712, Mr St, John thinks the Queen in a Condition not to lofc a Moment's Time in concluding with the Miniftcrs of France the Convention for a General Sufpenfi- cn of Arms both by Sea and Land, and even the Treaty of Peace between Bri- f,>/« and France. And on the 4th of Augujl, 171 2, Monfieur deTercy acquaints Mr. St. John, That the King confcnted to the Duke of Savoy's having Sicily upon certain Conditions ; wherein one cxprefs Condition is, That a Peace be conclu- ded between pnglanJ, and France, Spain, and Savoy. And at laft, when the Treaty drew near to a Conclufion, and aJmoH all the Allies were ready to Sign, on the 2£ith of February, 1712-n, pofitive Orders are fcnt to the Briiifi Plenipotentia- ries to conclude and Sign with France; and on the 28th Lord Bolingbroke repeats his Orders to the Britiflt Plenipotentiaries to conclude and Sign with France ; And acquaints them, ' The Duke of Sbreivtbury had decIar'd,TI"at their LordfHips hliJ ' Orders, in cafe the French comply'd, as they now have a^ually done, to Sign Her * Majefty's Peace with France without further delay ; and that His Grace had alfo * declar'd. That in this Cafe Her Majefty would open the Parliament by telling * them that She had made a Peace with France • Thefe two Confiderations, his * lordfhip fays, were perhaps the moft prevalent Inducements to the French Court * to come roundly into Her Majefty 's Propofitions. Your Committee think they cannot ciofe this Head better than with repeat- ing a PalTage from one of Lord BoUngbrokes Letters to Mr. Trior, wherein ho fays, ' If fuch Overtures as thefe were not inftantly accepted, our Separate * Peace would, fitting this Parliament, be addrefs'd for, made, approv'd, and the * Caufc of France for once become Popular in Great- Britain. On the 6th of June, 1712, the Queen fays , lam now come to let You know uf' tn what Terms a Ggural Peace may be made. On the fame Wry, Lord Bolingbroke ncqMmts Monfieur Je Torcy, 'That the' the * King of France had not anfwer'd the Queen's Dcmands,accordiog to expe»t to frivmt the Union of tht Two Crowni , fii wouli not bn eontint with what was Sfttulativi , but infijled upon fumitbtng Solid : A\'- tho' Monficur Je tore) had before dcciar'd to the Queen's Miiiiders, 'That to ac- ' cept of this Expedient which they piopu&'d would be cu build upon a Sandy * Foundation. The Queen fays, Tht Natnri of tht Trofnjal fr a Tttnumhtion ii fucb, that it txtcutti it ftlf; and that France and Spain are tbtrihy tnort tfftilii.illy Jividtd than tvir. * But Monfieur dt Tore/ had before alTur'd the Queen's Minifters, That * this Renunciation would be null and void, by tlie fundamental Laws of Frjtict • * and they would deceive thcmfelvcs who accepted of it as an Expedient to pre- * vent the Union of the Two Crowns. The Queen fays , Vrovifion ii made, that the fume Priviltges and Advsntaget as fill) II be granted to any other Nation by France fihtll be granted in like Man- ntr to Us. But it appears, by a Letter of Lord RolingbrokeS in January following to the Duke of Shrew tbury^ Thai Franci refus'd to lee our TriJe ftand upon the Foot of Gtm amiciffma ; dcciar'd the Tariff of 1664, which was granted to the Dutch, except the Four Species, was too Beneficial for Us ; and refus'd to grant 5t until another Tariff (hould be made in Great- Britain cxadkly conformable to that of 1664. whereby our Duties would be reduced as theirs are in France by that Ta- riflF. As to our Commerce with FVanee, the Queen fays here, June the 6th 1712. It w.it in a Method of being fettled. And Mr. Prior fays of it in May following , near a Twelvemonth after, ' We had like to have made an /Itbanafian Bufinefs of * only to fave Appearances, and fignified nothing : This Melange, I fay, and my * endeavouring to underfland it, had like to make me run mad, if the Duke of * Sbrni>sbur/s extreme good Senfe, and Monf. de Torcy's not only Honeft but Right * Undcrftanding, had not redrefs'd Us. The Queen fays, The French confenteJ to deliver up Newfoundland and Placen- tia. Bu: it muft be remembrcd. That in the Preliminaries fign'd in September pre- ccdinj}:, the hyencb had referv'd to themfelves a Uberty of taking and drying Fifli in Newfoundland, The Queen fays, /in abfolute Cejfion was to be m.ide of Nova Scotia, or Aca- di? Tut Cape Breton, which was always underftood to be, and is fo declar'd by the Qrccn's Inftrudtions to the Duke of"^ Shrewsbury, to be Part of Nova Scoria, is c.qvc.ly .eiven up to France, The Queen fays. Tie Trade to Spain and the Weft-Indies may In general be fettled, as it was in the Time of the late King of Spain, Charles the Secertd. But ' Candour. If all the other Parts of this Speech be ftriiftly examin'd, it wiJI be found that the Miniftry did fo grody deceive the Queen, in order to impofe upon the Par- liament by her Authority, that there is fcarce a Paragraph that does not contain fome unfair, or at I';aft equivocal Reprt*entation of the State of the Negotiati- ons. And when th: Quee.a was advis'd by her Minifters to make this Commu- nication to Ps'-liainent, as the Terms upon which a General Peace might be made, it is very evident, they had no Aliurances that Ftance would make good what they prevaii'd upon the Qu«n to declare in fo folemn and publick a Man- ner. For on June the nth, the Bifliop of Briftol is diredted by Mr. St. John to Difcourfe vviili the Minifters of the Allies agreeably to the Plan contain'd in Her Majefty's Speech : But before his Lordfliip makes this Step, Mr. St. John tells him, * It will be proper that he fpeaks firft with the French Plenipotentiaries upon this * Subjeft ; whether they will be willing, and in what manner they will be willing, * to give this Communication to the Allies. In anfwer to which, the Bifhop of Brifiol 'vrites word, June the 28th, that the French Plenipotentiaries declar'd they h;d no fuch Orders, and without them they could not do it: And in this Refu&l t: ■■'! 1^ ll'i C«4] Speech pro Materia trdhnit. the Committee havi.t^ proceeded thm far in the Terufal and Esamtnation of the Booh and Tapers referr d to them, thought tt not proper tojefer this Report uml they had fer^ feafd 'what remains, efpecially upon the ^S^fsoj Dunkirk and the Affiento : In which they have mxde juch a Trogrejs, that they hope they jhaU in a fbort time be able to lay tbem before the Houfe. f A P P EN- .•liV. [l] APPENDIX. N^ I. The Firji Propofitms of France, Dated the Twenty fecond 0/ April, 171 1. AS it is not to be doubted but tl e King is in a Condition to maintain the War with Glory, fo it cannot be efteem'd a Sign ot Weaknefs, that his Majefty breaks the Silence that he has |(ept (ince the Separation of ths Conferences of Gertrujdinberg j and that before the Opening of the Cam- paign, he ftillgives new Proofs of the DeHrc that he has always pteferv'd to pro- cure the Re-e(tabli(hment of the Repdfe of Europe : But after the Experience he has made of the Sentiments of Thofe who now Govern the Republick of Holland, and of Their Induftry to render the Negotiations fuitlefs, he is willing, for the Puh- lick Good, to addrels to the EttgliJI) Nation the Piopofitiuns that he thinks fie to make to end the War, and Htmly to Secure the General TtanquilUty of Chtilten- dom. 'Tis with this View, that the King offers to Treat of Peace upon the Balis of the following Conditions. That the FugliJ!) fliall have real Securities to Exercife their Commerce hereafter in Spahi, to the hdies^ and in the Ports of the Medltenanean. II. The King will Agree to form in the Lov Qnmtries a fufficient Barrier for the Se- curity of the Republick of Holla/td ; and this Barrier (hall be agreeable to England, .and to the good liking of the Evglifi ; his Majelly promiiing at the fame titne an entire Liberty and Security tor the Commerce of the Dutch. III. Reafonable Means fhall be finccrely and bona fide fought out for, to (atisHe the Allies of England and Holhttd. IV. As the good State of the Affairs of the King of Spain furnifhes new Expedients to end the Difference touching that Monarchy, and to Regulate it to the Content of the Parties intsrefted, (incere Endeavours (hall be us'd to furmount the Difficul- ties rais'd on this Occalion, and to ftfcure the State, the Commetc;, and generally the Incerelts of all the Parties engag'd in the preGint War. V. The Conferences to Treit of the Peace upon the Bafis of thefe Conditions (hall be immediately Ooen'd, and the Plenipotentiaries that the King (hall Nominate to aflilt thereat, (hall Treat with Thofe of E«^/.mi and Holland alone, or joyntly with Thole of their Allies, at jhe Choice of England. VI. His Majefty propofes the Cities of ilix laChapelle and Leige for the Place where the Plenipotentiaries (hall be Aifembled, referring it to England to Choofe One of tln>fc Ti*o Cities to Treat therein of the General Peace. Given at Marli the Twenty fecond Day of A^ril, 1711. De Torcy. m It i ll f,t. :'} * B N». II. £0 N». II. Fr'ivate Propojitions fefit by from England^ I) ate A Saturday ihs ill: o/Jiily, i^ii. THAT t; , Man was to be fent over to Morrow for a final Anrwer. That We would make no Peace but what fhoulJ be lo the SatiJai-Hon of all Our Allies ^ That the IMch fhculd have a Barrier, the Fmpeior One for iheir Secu- rity, and the Duke of Savoy Oiie ; and that h« fhould have Rtltor'J all thac was put into his Polleirion by the Empcior » and that the Fiomb (hould Kclinre all they hjd taken from him;ind that he fhould have what other AddtinnftiyuldbetJioughi proper \ and that Care fhouW be taken to keep the Balance in /fj/y -, and that We Ihould have politive Alfurance that the Crowns of Fra/:ce and Spjj^ fhould never be Un'ted. That all Our Allies fhould be Satisfied according to their Agreetr.ents and Trea- ties with tJs. That th« Trade of HoUnKi fliould be Secar'd. • In Relation to Great Britain in particular. THAT Our Trade an'j Cohim^rcs Ihciild he Settled and A.reeJ o-^ f rh a foot as will he to the Satisfaftion A the fu;)] Cti J G. tat Bi it tin. Thar the Government (hould be ackr.o.vlcdg'd ir. i-bz/te, as it is now Scttkd in Ortat Britji)!. Thar (.nbraltar and Port Af^'Hn fluuld continue in the Pofisdion they now arc in. That Dunkirk fiiould be Di.nulilh'd. That the Ajjmto (hould be entirely in the Hands of Gr^ar Brltm, and that France^ ror no other, (hould pretend to meddle in it, but Britain enjoy it after the Peace as the French do now. That Ncv>foiivdlr>:i fhould be entirelv given up to the F.vxViJh^ that the Trade of liiiifom Bay Ihouid continue in I'le hinds uf '-he Frer.ch and tnj^li^, as they .ire now. And that all things in America (houid cimtinue in the Poliellion of Thofe they fhi uld he found ro he in at the Conclufion of theP-'ace. That all Advantages, or Liberty of Commerce, that has been or fhall be Granted to the French by the Spcmiardt, fhall be equally Granted to the Sabjectsof Grtat ^ Brit.ii)t. That the Secret fh ill he inviolably kept, till allow'd to bedi\u'2'dby the mutual Confent of both Parnes concetnd. Pr. was fent to Fravct the day of fvh, 171 1. had a Power Sign'd by the Qjseen, and order'd to return if they made Uifficulties, and to lee if ihey had fall Powers from Upain, N. Hi vat met by Biiffi, he told at Dover he met one going to France Jhtiit from the ^ivsr. BufTi coming vithnat a Paft jp.w t./jtew vp, and the People dejnd to infpire. Exami»ei: N^ III. tetter from Mr. Secretary St. John to the Queefjy Dated ^i&^ 20tli 0/ September, 171 1. Aladam, H F, Lords of the Committee of Council met this Morning at the Coihit, and directed the Farl of Dartmouth and my felf to Confer with Monfieur JleJ'nager. We law him accordingly this Evening at Mr. Priori Houfe, where my Lord Treifiirer and my Lord Chamberlain were likewifeprefent. He has pur into our hands the Aniwer Sign'd by the King of France to the De- mands lift fent over by Your Majsfty's Order, and this Aflfwer complies with every Article, except the Eighth relating to Korth-zimerica ^ we find however, that we fhall be able to compound this Point, in the manner which Your Majelty fome time ago refolv'd ro pafs it in, provided Fravce give Ycu Satisfaction upon the Seventh Ar- ticle, as (he has nowentiiely done. 3 The T en The Pfopofitioni which are to be Tent into Holland^ as the Foundation of a gene- ral Tieaty, we have Itkewife receiv'd from him, apd (hat which was thought molt liable to Objection, hit been veiy much mended. MjfLotd.Tresfurer having however prop's'd fomc farther Alterations, in order to make the whole the mote palatable Abroad j and Monfieur Mefitager feeming inclin'd to agree to them, I am this Night to draw them into Form for my Lords of the Council to confider loMottowMnning. This, Madam, being theprelint Scituation of theTrsaty, Your Servants aie Una- rimcuily ot Opinion, that the Warrant and full Powers fhould be prepu'd this Night, and Tranfinitted to Your Maj:fty, by which means, if it be Your Pleafure, the latter may pafs the Great Seil to Morrow. It is now lb extremely late, and I havefo mnch Bufinefs to do, which maft of nectllity be got ready by Morning, that the whole Night would not luffice, if I was to Engrofs the Inltrument in my own Hand-Writing j 1 therefore makeufeofa Clerk to Tranfcrihe them, but it is the faiifte who has Cupy'd all the Papers which have pafs'd in the Courfe of this Negotiation. Thete comes an exaft Tranflationof the full Powers in this Pacqnet, the Words of which are very ample and exteniive, but they are agreeable lo the Form ufed by Your Majefty upon fuch Occafions. My Lord Treafurer mov'd, and all my Lords were of the Qme Opinion, that Mr. Prior (hould he added to thofe who are Empower 'd to Sign, the reafon for which is, becaufe he having Perfon.-illy Treated with Monfieur de Tony, is the beft Witncfswe can produce of the Senfe in which the General Preliminary Engagements are Entcr'd intOi beiides which, as he is the beft verj'd in Matters ot Tr dc ^f" all YourMjjefties Servants who have been trufted in this Secret, if You (hjli tliink lie to employ him in the future Treaty of Commerce, it will be of C nfequtnce that he has been a Party concern'd in concluding that Convention, which muft be the Rule of this Treaty. The reft of the Plenipotentiaries are all thole who l;ave ; ha Honour to , upon the fame Conditions that that Convention was made by the King of S^ain with the French t, So that the Company which (hall be Eftablidi'd for this Effett in England (hall have tht Prerogative of Rcfrelhing, Vending, and Selling their Negroes in all the Places and Purrs oi America upon the North Sea, In that of Buenot Ayret, and Generally in all the Places and Ports whereyi the ImportAtion was permitted to the Ships of the Company rorm'd in France under the Name « the Mento. VI. The King promifes, foi hlmfelf, and for the King ot Spain, purfuant to the Power which is in his Majeity's Hands, Preliminary Demands for Great Britain more par- ticularly. Article I. THe Succelfion to the Crown of thefe Kingdoms, according to the pre(ent Eflablilhment, (hall be acknowledged. II. A New Treaty of Commerce between Great Biitain and France (hall be made afcer a molt Juft and Kcafonable Man- ner. III. Dunkirk (hall be Demolilhed. IV. Gibraltar and Port jihhon (hall remaiti in the Hands of Thofe who now Pollefs them. The J^ento Contra£l (hall be made with the kni/ifi after the fame maniier that the French now Pollefs it ; and fuch Places in Spanish America (hall be Allot- ted to Thofe Interelted in the faid Com- merce, for the Refrelhment and Sale of their Negroes, as (hall be thought neceP fary and convenient. VI. All the Advantages, Rights and Pri- vileges which are already Granted or which (hall heteafter be Granted by Spain that yi Si [5] that xhs Article (hall be Granted in cafe to the Subject* of Frimce, or of atiy other the Peace be Concluded, as the forego ing, and that it (hall be punClually £x ecuced. VU. The' the King of ^pjw, in the begin- ning of his Reign, was inclinable to fa- vour the French Nation, having Occaiion for Supplies of Money to relieve his Cx>untry from an Impending War i this Prince, notwithftanding thefe Confidera- rions Granted but for Ten Years to the Frercb, the Privilege of the Treaty of Negroes ; Twould he very much in fa- vour of the EttgliJI) to leave in their hands for Twenty Years a Prerogative which it feems all the Nations of Europe would each enjoy in their Turn. Yet the King promifes,that the King hisGrandfon (haU yield to the Erglifi during Thirty Years Succeflively the Treaty of Negroes of Guinea lo the Weft-Iniiei, alias, the Jfi- «rfoContra£l, upon the fame Conditions, Prerogatives, and Privileges Granted to the Yreimb Company, and which they Enjoy 'd or ought to have Enjoy'd finc« the ill. of May 1702. to this time. The King (hall grant this Article. His Majefty promifes likewife in the Name of the King of Sitgm\ being iufficiently Impower'd to this purpofe by the moft Chriftian King, for Lis, and In Our Name, to Meet and to Treat of Our Intereft' . and of thofe of Our Sub- C' £^}, which are to be Settled by an Eventual or Conditional Convention between s and the aforefaid moftCbriftian King: And We do likewife give unto them full P>jwer and Authoritf to Sign and to Exchange fuch Convention, and to Do and Perform all fuch other Matters as may be Aeceflary, in as full and ample manner as ^f We Our felves were prefent, Promiling upon Our Royal Word, that Ws will rtiake good all fuch Things as fhall, by Our aforefaid Plenip3teniijrics, by virtue of tliefe Prefents, be Condudedi and that We will not at any time fuffer the fime to be Broke, but on the contrary, that We will Religioully and Inviolably Obferve, and caufe to be Ohferv'd, thd fame. For the greater Manifeftation and Strength whereof We have Ordtr'd Our Great Seal of Great Britain to be fixt to thefe I're- fcnts, Sign'd with Our Royal Hand. Given at Qui Cattle of Wifidjhr^ the Seven- teenth Day of Si^tmber, in the Year of Our Lord, 171 1. And the Tenth Year of Our Reign. Afme R In tii'i N^ VI. Warrant for Lord Dartmouth, and Mr. Secretary St. John, to Sign the Prel'tminaries vp'tth France. (L. S.) Anne R. WHereas We have feen and approv'd the Paper hereunto anne<-d, containing the Demands made by Our Order, for Settling and Securing the Interefts of thefe Qjr Kingdonw in a future Treaty of Peace, together with the Anfwers of the moft Chriltian King thereunto, as alfo the Form according to which the Sieur Mefnager propofes to Sign the faid Articles, and the Declaration which is to be made on Our part; We do therefore hereby Direft, Authorize and Impower you to Sign the faid Declaration accordingly : And for fo doing, this fhall be your fulfi- cient Warrant. Given at Our Caftle at Winifor this Twenty fifth Day of September 1 7 II . In the Tenth Ye ar of Our Reign. ' To Our R«&t TruJIi ani Right mil. beloved Coufn and Cou/ifelUr^ Wil- liam Earl of Dartmouth, and Our Rixbt Trupy and WtU-btloved Coun- feikr, Henry St. John Efq^ Our Principal Seeretitriet of State. A.R. 17 Sept 0( I7II. N». vn. [9] ■ N°. VIL PreUminary Articles on the Part of France to come to. a. General Peace. I THE King being willing to Contribute :ill in his Power to the RecftabUfhiTient of the Gtrieral Peac;, his Majefty IJcdares, 1. That be will atkii'>wlt;dge the Qiiceii oiCreat Ih-'itain in that Quality, as alfo the SuLceilion to that Crown according to the prefent Eftablifhment; 2. That be will conlent, Voluntarily and hnJ jidc, to take all Jult and Rcafon- able Meafures to hinder the Crowns of Fra/ice and Spain from b«ing ever Reunited upon the Head of One and the fame t'rincc, his Majeliy being perfwaded that thii> Excefs of i'ower would be contrary to tlie good, and to the general Repofe oiHumpe. ?. The Kings Intention is, that all the Parties I'.ngag'd in the prefent War, witliout Excepting any, may ii id their reafonal^cSatisfaittionin the Treaty of Pctfc© to be made -, That the Commerce be Ke-cltablilh'd, and be hereafter Supported to the Advantage oi' Great Bntain, i/oZf.i//i, and other Nations, which have been accuttom'd to Exerciiu it. 4. As tlie King is alfo willing to Maintain exafiry ibe Obfervation of the Peace, when it fhall he Concluded, and that tlie view his Majelty propofes to himfelf, n to lecurc the Frontiers of his Kingdom, without trnuhling in any manner whatfb- ever the Neighbouring States, he promifes to agree 1-y the future Treaty of Peace, that the / Vi /j Ihall ha\e in their Hands the FortiHcd Places, which (hall be Spccitied, in the Lov Cmmtries, to Serve hereafter as a Barrier, whicli may Secure the Kepofu of the Kepublick of HolU/td againlt any Attempt on the part of France. ^. Tiie King alfo Confents, that there be iorm'd for the Empire and for the Houfe ot .lu/lrui, a fure and convenient Barrier. 6. Tho' I'^wikirL hath coll the King very great Sums of Money, as well to pur- cbaie as to Vortitis it, and that a conliderablc Expence will Hill be neceffiry in or- der to Rafe the Works thereof, his Majelty is nevcrthelels willing to Engage to caufe them immediately to be Demolifh'd after the (. onclulion of the Peace, upon con- dition that there be given him for the Fortihcations of that Place, an Equivalent agreeable, and to his own content ; And as H.vgUnd cannot furnifh the faid Fquiva- lenr, the DifcuflTion tliereof (hall be relerr'd to the Conferences to be held for the Neg'Jtintiun of the Peace. 7. When the Conferences for the Negotiation of the Peace (hall be fotm'd, all the Preteniijiis of the Princes and Stares Eng.iged in the prelent War (hall be bmJ fide and Amicably Difcurs'd thereat, and noihingihall be omitted to Regulate and 10 Conclude them to the Satisfailion of all the Parties. By Vir.ue of the Kings full Power, We the Underwritten Knight of his Order of St. Atichjt'l, I^eputy to the ( ouicil of Commerce, have, in his Majellies Name, Settled thele Preliminarv Articles. In Witnels whereof We have put to Oar Seal. Given at Londm {:-^f^^^-^ 1711. (L.S.) Mefnager. M '\:\ '^^ Separate Article. THe King Promifes to Reftore to the Duke of Sim)y the Dominions .ind Terri- tories which belonged to that I'tince at the beginning of the prelent Wat, and which his Majelty now PoffefleSj Alluring further, that his faid Majeliv will Con- lent, th.tt there be alfo yielded to the Duke of Savoy luch other Places in lu/j as (hall be "found agreeable to the Scnfe of the Treaties made between that Prince and his Allit^. * D By If- )»■ f! C 10] By Virtue of the full Power from the King, whereof We have furnifh'd a ('opv Sign'd with Our own Hand, We the Under-written Knight > " his Order of St. Alt' cbael, Dtputy to the Council of Commerce, have concluded this prefent Prelimi- nary Article, and do promife, in the Name of his Majefty, that it (hall be as duly Executed, in cafe the General Peace he Sign'd, as if it had been inferred in theother Preliminary Articles hy Us this Day Adjulled. In Witnefs whereof, We have Siffn'd the flime, and Affixed the Seal of Our Arms thereunto. Given at LcnJon, VlS , fnml: .-, J (L S.) Mefnager. N°. VIII. OiXoh^t the Firfty ijii. Her Majcjiys InJtruBions to the Earl of Strafford, Jnt' hajjador, &c. to the States General. UPonyour Arrival in Holhtti (whither you are to repair with all poflihle Dili- gence) you (hall take the firft Opportunity of conferring with the Pinfionary, :. 1 1 of informing him, that We have lent you back as foon as Ibme Matccrs of the greatelt Moment were Ripe, and fit to be laid before Our good Friends and Allies theS'.ates General. You are to reprefent to this Minifter, and to fuch others as (hall be appointed to confer with you, That when We receiv'd, in the Month of May laft, by your Di- fpatches to Us, an Account of the Senfc which thofe among them, who were at that time in the Secret, had of the Overtures made by France ^ r Settling a General ^Negotiation of Peace again Oii Foot, and of the Anfwer whu t was detir'd might be return'd to the Propofitioi;s Sign'd by Monfieur de Torcj, vVe did immediately acquaint the Enemy, that their Otkrs viere thought by Us, and by the States Ge- neral, neither particular nor full enough, and therefore We did infill that they fhonld form a uiftincl Projs^l of fucn ;i Peice as ihey were willing to conclude. You are further to inform theDutih Miniftets, that this Affair being TranfaOed by Papers fent backward and forward, and much time being lolt in this dilatory Method, We did at laft think fit to fend to the Court of trance, in order to have from thence fome more certain Account of the Difpofitions towards Peace, and of the Terms on which they might be willing to make ir. That the French did hereupon fend overa Pcrfon with Powers to Treat and toSet- tle fome preliminirv Articles to a General Negotiation j but that this Perfon heir.g neither fully Inftru£ted,norfutficiently F.mpowei'd, a ftill further Delay wascreated, and it became abfolutely necefTary to allow him to fend to his Court for more am- ple Inltruftions ; We being derermin'd on Our part, according to the Defire of the Penfionary, and of the other Minilters, to leave nothing undone which might bring the French to be more Direct and Particular in their Overtures. You are to Communicate to the Penfionary, and to the Minilkrs you confer with, the Paper herewith deliver'd to you, Signd by Monfiejr Mefnaj^er, an old Acquaintance of theirs, and one with whom they have formerly Treated -, teprefent- ing to then. That though the feveral Articles do rot contain fuch particular Cob- cefTions as France mulf, and to I)e fure will make, yet they ate, in Our Opinion, a fufficient Foundation whereupon to open the Co .ferences. That We were unwilling to take upon Our Selves to Determine the feveral Inte- Tefts of Our Allies, and did therefore Refjlvc to content Our Selves with fuch Ge- neral Offers as might include all the particular Demands proper ro be made in the Courfe »f the Negotiation, during which it muft be rhe moft careful Fn- deavour, at.a the fixV Principle of all the Confederates, to hold fatt together, in order to obtain from the Enemy the utmoft which can bs hop'd lor in the pre- fcntCircumftsnces of Aflairs. And this Rule you may aflure them, that Wc Jhall on Our part firmly adhere to. If A Inte- Ge- de in I Fn- r, in pve- Ihall If ["] If upon this, or upon any other Occafion, theMiniflers o( HoBani ihall exprelk their Uneafiners, left We mould have Settled the Interells of thefe Our Kingdoms* in a future Peace, by any Private Agreement \ you are to fay, That We have re-^ fufed to fuBsr the Treaty to be carry d on in Our own Country, and chat We (hall fiill continue to do fo, unlefj they conftrain Us to take another Meafure: That by this means, the Dutch, and all Our Allies, will have the Opportunity and Convc niencv of Treating and Adiulting their different Pretenfions ■, in promoting of which We (nail exert all that Zeal for the Common Good, and for their particular Ad- vantage, which We are fure they do Us the Jultice to confefs that We have (howii throigh the whole CourfuofOur Reign. You will further fay, that you can take upon yoiit felf to alFure them, That We have made no Stipulations fur Our Selves, which may Clufh wiih the Interelt of Holland ) That thofe Articles which We expert (hould be Inferred in the future Tieaty of Peace, for the particular Intereft of Great Britain, are for the moft part Cuch as contain Advantages, which mult either Continue to the Enemy, or ne Ohtain'd by Us. And alfo, that no Conceflions whatfoever can Tempt Us to Embrace the Bleliing of Peace, unlets Our good Friends and Allies tlie States General have all reafonable Satisfaction as to their Barrier, as to their Trade, and in all other Kefpe£ls. Thefe Affurances being given in Our Name, you are to Infinuate ftrongly to the Miniiteis of Holland, how Jull Reafon We (hould have to he Offended, and to look on the Proceeding between them and Us as very Unequal, if they (hould pretend to have arw further Uneafinefs upon this head : And We being deter- mined to accept of no Advantages to Our Selves, repugnant to their Interefls, ror of any Peace which may not be to their realbnal>le SatisfaQion } That the figure which We have made thro' the whole Courfe of this War, and the part which We have Acted in it, Superior to what any of the Allies, even thole who are nearelt to the Danger, and in Interelt molt deeply Conctrn'J, have done, might Jt'ltlv Entitle Us, if We (hould fo think fir, in the fi;lt Place, to Adjuft and Settle the Particular Concerns of Great Britain, before Wc (hould confent to fet the General Negotiation on Foot, If thofe Engagements, which We are under by Ojr Treaties, of making no Peace, but in Concert with them, or the pariicuur Obligations of the Barrier Treaty, are Objected to you, you are to fay, as to the fiilt, That We have not in any fort Acted contrary thereto ; That Wc are fo far from making a Peace without their Concurrence, that We have l>eclar^J Ojr rirrn Refolutio.i not ro make it without their Satisfaction j and that all that has Palled between France and Us, amounts to no more than an Introduction to a General Negotia- tion : As to the latter, you will Reprefcnt very earneftly to them, how much it is for the Interelt even of Holland it felf, rather to Compound the Advantages of the Barrier Treaty, thm to inlilt upon the whole, (incc it is notorious, the Houle of Aujhli, and feveral other of the Allies are and mult neceffarily con- tinue utterly Arerle to it ; and (ince you may your felf, alFure them upon the Obfervation which ycu have made during your ftay here, that nothing car be mora odious to the People of thefe Kingdoms, than many Pans of this Treaty j and that nothing has prevented that National, and Univerfal Indignation which would have broke out upon this Occafion, but the great Care and Induftry which has been Us'd to calm the Minds of thole who are acquainted wiih the Terms of this Guarrantee, and to keep the fame as Secret as pofTible from thole who are not yet apprised of Them ; yju w'll Expoltulate further with the Minillers of Holl.ind, by (hewing the ablolute Neceflity of Entertaining a good Harmony be- tween the two Nations, upon which not only their Mutual Safety in a great MtMfurc depends, but wihoiit which, there can at no time he formd a Strength fiifiicient to Reduce any Exorbitant Power, and to Preler\'e the Balance of Europe ; and upon this Foundatitn, vou will Argue, that it is the true Interelt of neither Country to infift en any Conditions which may give Jult Apptehenfio! s ro the other. You are to acquaint them. That France propofes Uuaht, Ntmighen, j4ix la ChapeUe, and Liege, as Places in any One of which the C oniuienccs may with Cen- veniency be held 5 That We have rtfuled to let the General Tieaty be carried on in Otir own Country, and that We are ready to fend Our Plenipotiatlaries to fuch of thefe Four Towns as may be moft agreeable to them. You. II 'M fv fi I \ Jt: I'l [ I»] You an to conclude your ronFcrcnte by defiring that they will give all polTible Dirpatch to the Choice of a Hate of Treaty, and that the I'arports to the Frmb Plenipotentiaries raay bi haltncd) It being in Our Opinion ol Impunai^ce lb lo forward the Progrefs of this great Affair, that on one hand We may not be Ex- poled to begin too late the Preparations ibr the neit Campaign, nor on the other to put Our Selves to an Expence which, in cale the Ueneral Treaty proceeds, will he unneceflary. And whereas not only the Dutch, but the Imperial and other Minifters, may perhaps deny the Paper herewith Delivcicd to you, to he a StiHicient (Ground for Opening the Conferences upon » and may infilt that F>a»ct (hould conlent to I're- liminary Articles in the Nature of thofe f)rm'(l, and un the part ot the Allies Signed in 1709. You are in the titft place, hefides what is in thefc your Inflru* Oions before D refted, to Inlinuate, that the hWnch might very probably have been brought to Explain themlelves further, hal they not perceived the Extraordinary Unealinefs, Impatience, and Jealoufic, which, c'uring their Tranfaftions with Us, dil'covet'd themfel\>es amongtl Our Allies. You are afterwards, in Our Name, to Declare to them. That if they are defirous to carry on the War, and Determin'd to accept of no Terms of Peace interior to thofe which have l>cen formerly Demanded, We are, on Our part, readr >o con- cur with them, and to continue to Sicririce the Blood and Trealure of Our Sub- ieds, as We have hitherto done, for tht;ir greater Advantage and Security ^ hut that We are in Juftice bound, neither to deceive Our felves nor them •, and do therefore, by you Our Ambaflador and Plenipotentiary, Solemnly Declare, That We can no longer hear that difproportionable Burthen which has every Year been Encreas'd upon Us, nor that Deficiency which Our Allies in every part of the War are Guilty of. That it is Evident that the common Effort mult he dill greiter againlt the Enemy than it is, or that there will remain no profpeft of arriving at thofb Ends which are propos'd i That therefore it is incumbent on them, if the War be continued, to furnim for the future fuch Quota's of Ships and Forces, as they are at this time wanting in, and to encreafe their Expence, whillt We reduce Ours to fuch a Proportion as in reafon and in Jultice both (hould be Settled at. If on the part of the Minitters of Vienna, and of Hollmi, their Inability to do more than they have hitherto done, be Urg'd in anfwer to you. Our Plealiire is, that you finilh by faying, That We thinit that We may Juftly infift that they Ihould comply with Us in War, or in Peace, fince in the former cafe We require nothing but whit it belongs to them to perform, and what is Eflential to the Succds of Our Arms ; and fince in the latter We have done, and to the laft fhall con- tinue to do, all that is in Our Power towards obtaining fuch a Peace as may hi to the Satisfaction of all Our Allies. A R. St Oiflobcr the Haonti, 1711. AMttional InfiruBiom to the Earl oj Strafford, WHereas by an Article in your InftruQions, bearing date the Firft Inftanr, you are to conclude the Conference which you (iiail have, upon your Arrival at the Hfjuff, with the Minilters of the States General, by defiring all poilible Dil- patch may be given to the Choice of a Place of" Treaty, and that Pjlsports tor the trench Plenipotentiaries may be haftn'd : It is Our further Will andPieafure, That as foon as the faid Pafsports fhall be promis'd, you do immediately give no- tice thereof, by a Courier, to the Cxjurtof Frmct s or if the States General fliall de- fire it of you, that you do fend the faid Pa&ports to the Marquis it Torcy. A. R. « N°. IX. M; on Af wh thd coj ioB bel thi riel A( onl C >?] N°. IX. Oiftober 24. 171 i. EstraSi from the Reg'tfier of the Rcfolutiom of their High Might me jfes the States General of the United Provinces^ 0/ Saturday the i^th of O^ohcr, 1711. I T having been deliberated upon what the F.arl of Strjford, Amhifljdor Fxtraor- _ dinary and Plenipotentiary ot HerMajeftjr the Queen of Grcjt Brhvn, his re- preftnted to the Counrdlor Penfionary Hehjiui, in order to be comminicatcd to their High Mightinefles, and on the Prelitninary Articles deliver'd on the part of FrJifce, to come to a General Peace, alfo communicated to the G-'iin!cllor Penfi- onary Hehijius : It has been thought proper, and agreed upon, that the rtnlwer to be given to the Earl of Sfrajfori, (hall be, That their High Mighiincdis having Examin'd the fiid Articles with all polTibU* Attention, have found them coiich'd in Terms fo General and Ublcurc, as to defcrve great Confideratjon; and rhat they have ftrong Apprehenfions, that by enttlng upon them inti a formal Negotiation, the Aftairs of the Peace will be fnhy.d 10 many Delays, Incertainrits, and other great Inconveniencies, which their High Mightinefles carnclliy defire may he a- voided, that a Speedy, Good, and General Peace may be the luoner come at. That for this reafon their High Mightineflts have Ordet'd the Sieur Buyt, who is going to EvgUni in Qjiility of their Envoy Extraordinary, ro communicjte to Her Ma- jcfty their Fears and Thoughts upon this .Subject , and thereupon to Heprefent to Her Majelly, That they judge it iiccefljry in fo important an AfFair, in which ha- ving themfelves no other Aim bur the Advancement of the Common Caufe, and the mutual Interefts of both Nations, they firmly re'.y upon the great Wifdom, and the fo much Renown'd Zeal of the Queen for the Common Good, that upon the Keprefentations to bs made to Her on this Subje^^, She will bs pleas'd to make fuch ReHeftions, as the States believe an Aftiir of fo great Conlequcnce to the Safety and the Publick Good deferves : The faid Earl ofStraford is allbdefir-d, that he will be pleas'd to contribute to this purpofs by his good Utiices. N^ X. A Meinor'jal for Monfieur Gaiiltier. Hampton-Court, October 29. 171 1. THE Qseen has proposed by thcEatlof Stri^j^n-i the Opening of the Conferen- ces : The States General anfwer'd, rhey did not look on the Memorial Her Mnjcfty had fent them as a fuffictent Foundation on which they might venture up- on a Negotiation. Wherefore they had deferr'd proceeding any iurthcr in that Aft'iir with the faid Miniller, until they knew what EfFecl the Rcmonit ranees had which Mr. Bttp their Envoy Extraotdinary was Ordered to make to the Queen thereupon. The faid Envoy has Raprefented to Hei Majefty, That the States are ready to concur with Her to facilitate the General Peace, but that they believe it is Hazard- ing too much to Open the Conferences, unlcfi the General Article ofFet'd by France be Explaln'd and Specify 'd. Her Majefty, who has always forefeen, and who flill forefees how impoflible a thing it would be to bring the Allies to Agree on a Plan of particular Prelimina- ries, and who remains firm in Her firft Refolution, to Open the Conferences on the Articles Sign'd by Monfieur Mefnaner, has given Monfieur hnjs Her final Au.fwer on that Head, That She looks on thofe Articles as containing in general all the ♦ E Preten- I I'll C «4] Pretennons Her Allies can xMfonAly form ^ That She 1H11 perfiRs in the Tame Opinion ^ She renews Her Orders to the Earl of Straford, to repeat his Inftan- ce£ vvith the States General to induve them to choule one ot the Four Places that have been appointed for the Place of Congrefs ; and to oblige them like wile to difpatch Pafspoits for his moll Chiiltian Majefty's Plenipoteniiuld have a Barrier fifficient to fecurt the Tranquillity of their Repjblick. He is willing allib that Trade be Reltored and Maintained for the future to their Advantage,' provided they will concur bov«i Juk to the Re-eftablilhment of the Peace. As to the Barrier, it would be neceflary, befora it be Settled, to agree up- on the Deftination of the Low Countfies , as *he King of Sp^iiu has yielded rhcm to the Elcttor of Bavarh, and that fte King has Sign'd iha Treaty therqpfj if it (hould not be iulfill'd, the Eleftir would have his recourfe ts his Majelty to be Indemniiied. He will therefore defirc, that the Dutch (hould put into the Hands of the Eleclor of Bjvjria, the Towns and I'rovinces pof fefled by tiiem, or their Allies, in the S(iam/h Netherlandt, lb as that Prince may poflefs the fame in Sovereignty after ttie Peace, in like manner as he now pol^ fefies the Towrsi and Provinces of LvKembtirg and Namtir, and the Places of Charleroy and Nieuport ; the I ^g will promile, That on condition of this ('ef- fion, the Dutch fhill put Garrilbns into the Strong Places of the Low Cguntrksy which (hill be Paid and Maine-iin'd at the Exp'jnce oi tt;a (Country, lb that thofe Prov'inces being Poffefs'd by an independent Prince, and Ciartifon'd by Dutch Troc IS, will form a Biirier, which alonv'. would be futticicnt to fecure the Republic 'r of Hollaiti againft any reafonable '^pprehenlbn of the Deligns of Fritnce. But the better to ftcurc the Srates General againft thore \Min Fears, the King is willing to engage his Word to the Qiieen of Gr^at Rritah, ftill to Itrengthei; that Barrier, by quitting and yielding to the Dutch the Town of Mevui, with iis Verge, in giving them Ipret and iis Chaftelknle-, but it muft be oMcrv'd that CjIJcI, Poperitigue, and liai/hul do not make part theteol', and therefore his Mjjelty reterves them to himl'clf^ In (hort, by yielding further, with the fame regard to the Birrier, Fm«fi and the Furii Anibach 5 thcle are the Cei7i(ins the King is willing to mike tor the good of the Peace, but then thefe are the only ones his Majelty can Grant, unleis he would leave Open the Frontier of his Kingdom. /is his Majelly is perfwaded, that neirher the Inteniion nor the Intcrelt of the (i'leen ot (jreat Kntj'tn are, thac France Ih^ild remain Niked, and always Fxpofed to ih.' IXligns of her Enemies ^ h.s Majilly expecls to be Itrongly Supported l«y Bvgltnd, in the Demand he makes ot the Rt{titutii>n of the Towns of y4iie, Betktt'ie, St, Verant, Douay^ liovib.iin^ and their Dependencies, which be pretends to Obtain by way of Cbmpenlaiion lor the Places he Yields, to form the Barrier demanded by the Dutch. He ftill renews the promife of Demolifhing, immediately afrer the Coixlufion of the Peace, all the Fort ticatio; s of Dunhrk, as well towards tlie Land, as to- wards the J'ca, without any Exception •, and as it w.is Settled between the iTing and the Queen cf Grett B>it.ijn, ttiat a futinj? Equivalent (hould be given tor thiii Demolition, his Majeftv dertiands l.ip and Tourvjy^ with all their Dependencies and C'hattfcUenies, to form the prnmiled Eqnivalent. Tourn,iy is the ancient Domain of the Kingdom, it forms the Frontier of ir, and it mutt be look't upon as a Place of Saictv to France, rather than an Inlet into the Neighbouring C. iintry ; the King cannot receive a more publick Ohli- gation from the (iiieen of i»t'Jt Biitjin, than if She will contribute to the Re- Ititution of a Plice lb neceiTiry for Securing the Fiontier of his Kingdom. On the other hand, it isindifterent to Enghinil, V7hether this Place returns, as formerly, under the King's Diminion, or whetiier it remains in the Harfffs of a Foreign Puwct i and the Intcrpofiiion of the Queen of Great Britaifi, by Her good Officeit on thii occafion, will cement, for the future, a moU ftrift Union between tuc Oowns ot Fravce and F.yigland. However, if Her Majefty's good Offices Ihould prove Fruitlefs, notwithftandirg Her befl; Endeavours tor procuring ro his Majefty the Reftitution of L'ljU and Towniy, as an Equivalent tor the Fortificatiwns of iJinkirk, hisN'.ajcfty DacUres ♦torn \\\ C i6 Mi from this prefe:it tims, bnt only to the Queen of Greit Britaiv, That for the good of the i'eace, he will be laiisfied with the Reltitution of the Town and Cittadel of Lijle, witli the Chaitelieny and Dependencies, without inlifting on Tountay, being willing to content himfelf with this lalt Equivalent, rather than to ret;,rd, by more extenfi\f, tho' juft PretenJions, the Re-eltabli(hment of the Tranquillity of Europe. The Cellion of the CathoUck Lotv Countries was made by the King of Spam to the Fleftor of Bavjrin, only with a defign to indemniiie him, for the LofTcs he fuft'er'd during the Coutle of this prelent ^Vat ; but his Majefty, and the King his Grandfon, are further engagd by Treaties with that F.leibr, to reltore him, by the Peace, to the Puflellion of his l>)minions, of his Rank, and of his Dignities, whtreof he was deprived by the War, lo his Majefty will De- mand, that this Prince refume in the EleGoral College the firft Rank, which was transferred to the EleQor Palatine j that the Upper Pjhititiate given to the laid Eleilor Palatine^ be reftored to the Elector of Bavaria, and in Ihort that the Dilirieinl)erments made from the Chief Parts of the fame Fleftorate, be Annulled, and things reltoied to their formet order. Iven thefe Demands are not repugna-nt to the Intereft of the Dutch, fuppo- fing that they will Coiifent to leave the Low Cour.tries lo the Kleftor of Bav.xria ^ for it is confittent with theit Maxims, that thcle Provinces Ihould be Poilcli'd by a Prince, whofe Power fccures their Barrier. However, if tliey have difietent Thoughts with refpeil to the Rleclor o{ B.nu- ria, and that forgetting the hrft Engagements of that Prirce with the Houle of Aujkia^ they are perfwaded that his Ties with Frawc vviii never be weakened, if upon this Foundation, thty think that his Power m ^ht at any time hu Dingerus to their State, and that therefore it is necelkry to Di-ninifh the iamei regard may be had to this fear, altho' ill grounded, hv propoI-'iiH tor the good ot ih? Peace, to engage the Hi»'lar of BavariJ, to yicKI /Uui/f/, and the EIe£loral Digtiity to tnt I'rir.cj hi-> 1 Idelt Son i whereof it wovil^l be >".telljry to concli:de at the fam« ime the Marri.ic;c with the Arch-Putchvl-*, \ Idtft Daugh- tei of the late Emperor Joftph. In thi^ cile it (houW be Htl\ ubted, thu tlic Eleftirw(uld he fatistied to Poflefs the Lib* ( > lojti iVi inlleid of Pava/ia, w\\\ the condition that has been mention'd, of ruuin^\ Dutch Gauilbns into the Plaics, to be paid, and maintain'd at the Chirge ot the C 'untry. If thefe Fiopofu Is (hould be rejected, the King being engaged by his Trenits, to take care of the Inerefts of a Prince h)S Allv, demands that at lejit-, ths Ele£k)r of Bavaria may keep the Provinces of Lnxtmbuij and \amur, and that his FUftorate, his Dignity, and his Rank mav he Rtilored to him ; Imt it would \v>x be Julf, that being rcjuc'd to Two Sttoiig P.jces in the low (vnn- trics^ he (hould be obliged to receive a l^utih (iarrifbn therein, whiih the Revenue of thofe Two Provinces would not be able to Mtiiitain. Th\s C uu- dition mult be Itruck out ^ which the King only propolis lt\ cafe all the Lov County'ut hf intirelv given to che Elcclor ot Bjini/ia. >\s the King doubts nor, but ihe Queen ot (irr.n Britiiin thinks ir ]\-9, that the Fle£li^r Palutine 111 mid teftore rhe Upper VA.nhtMi\ bis Mjjellv thinks, that che Datchy of IJim'jun' might be S;parittd from the Lov Couitricn, and gi^en to the Flcilor Palatiyw, t) Indemniiie him ilr the Upper P,//j/?V;j,v, whicti he fhould reftore ^ this his Majefly 'eaves to the Prudence and Juffirc of the Qn-.-tB of C'tcai Britain. However it be, it might l.c Agtced, that the KUftjr Palithie (hould enjov, during his l.ile, the Upiicr P.\luinMt\ and the FrrS '^'jpk in the FM>or.(l College, and thic at'er his Deith, both (huuld return to the Flecior of Eavati.:, and liib Succtfibr. Tnis Second I'lopofal, with reiptO to the Rlt£lor of Pmaria. would brng ro Alirration to the ofter already tnide, of yielding to the I'littb lor a B-irrar, Jlcyiiv, Jp :t Finn, in^i Fum Ainktch, on the Conditions tieturementioncd. But the manner in which they will u(e this Prince, will decide the Advantages the King will grant with refptft to Trade. If one of the preceding PropoTaU is accepted, the King\ Intention is, to Re- cltablifli, in Fivour of the 'Vifrft, the Tariff of \66^. with the Kx.-mption of the Dutv of 'yO p->- Tun, his Majelty will particuhrize only fo.-ne Exceptions to this Tariff, waereof tht; Detail is c Mntain'd in a Memutial by it k\t\ he th'nks himfelf cblig'd tc 'jiipulate tho fime, not only to prevent the utter C . Ruin to t him, Kine of kni)v Peac fKler the [17] Ririn of Trjde, the Navigation, and the ManafaAores Eftablifh'd in his King* dom, but alfo to take aw^y the Equivocations that might heieaftcc ocafion Complaints, and troublefom Difpute& If it happens on the contrary, that the Propofals made in Favour of the E* hiftor of Bavaria be rekded, that he be obliged to content himfelf with the (ingle Reltitution of Bavaria, perhaps difmembor'd from the Uppiit PaUti- «>iN, and the Eleftor be depriv'd of the Firit Rank in the Elcftoral CoIUge } in this Cafe, his Majefty will only grant to the Dutch the Tariff Sign'd io May 1699. There would ftill be another Indemnizitlon more honourable, but far lefs ufsful, and which his Majelty would neverthelels pay at the fame rate of ths Ke-eltablilhment of the Tariff of 1664. with the Exceptions mention'd. The Dutchf and their Allies, by refuiing the Lo» \omtriet to the EkQor of Bwaria, would probably have the fame yielded to the Arch Duke : The Kin{; will confeni therero, and moreover, his Majcfty will difpofe that Eleftor to yield the whole Eleftorate o( Bavaria to the Houfe of Aujhria, ptov-ded the King- dom of Napks be given to that Prince, Ths Proportion is not equal between that Kingdom of the one, and the Spj' iii/h NiibtrUndi on the other parr, with a Country like that of Bjvarjj, and fo convenient to the Houfe of Aujtrij; bat the King undertakes to Supply the Lofsof the Ele£lor of Bavaria^ and to make, by the liulemnizaiion, Eng/jnd a con- fiJerable Gainer. The Means his MijeOy propofes to fucceed therein, is, by engiging the King of Spain to yield Sicily to that Eleflor, fo by pofleding both Kingdoms, he wail id be indemnitied for what he (hoold forfake otherwife, and the Engli)} would find their particular Advantage in the Conventions England might make with him for the Commerce in the Mediterranean. It is not ind tforent to the Na'ion to be fecure of the Prince who (hall be MaQer of Mefina, and the Dutch would eafily prevent t'ngland, if ever Sicily fhould fall into the Hands of the Arch-Duke. This RcHecHon will not have sfcaped the Wfdom of the (^leen of Great Britain, who Ihews likewi'e Her Regard to the Affairs oi Italy, by the Article which concerns the Djke (^ Savojf. The King's Intention is, puniluilly to perform the Convention Sign'd, in his Name, by Monfieur AUfmger, in relation to that Prince. His Mjjelty will ac- qiaint him therewith direQly, fince the Qjjeen of Great Britain d(.fires it. The Silence bis Maiefty has kept upon this Sjbjed, was grounded upon this, Tiiat his Majelty has no Cottefp jndence, either dire£tly or indiretlly, with the Duke of Savoy, he referring himielf to that Prinufs to inftruCl him with what was Stipulated for him. For what remains, the King is fo far from oppofing the Aggrandizement of the Duke of Savoy, on the fide of Italy, that he thinks it would be the Advan- tage of that Part of turnpt^, that the reft of the Milanefe (hould be Joyn'd with that Part, whereof that Prince is already Poffsfs'd ; he would even con- fent with Pleafure to Treat him then in Quality of King of Lom- lardy. The King's Sentiments on this Occafion being entirely agreeable with thofe of the Queen of Great Britain, there is no room to doubt, but that Princefs will alfo agree, that it is jult that the Duke of Savay (lioutd be fatisfied with the Old Barrier towards Frdnce, and that he reltore the Places of tuillcs and Fencjirelles, both lying in Dauphine-, his Majefty confirming the Promife he has made ofRe- ftoring to him the Dutchy of Savoy, and the County of Nice^ wheieof the Con- fiderarion is ftill above the Importance of thefe two Places for the Frontier of the Kingdom. Bslides thefe Explanations, the King will give, with an Intire Confidence, to the Queen of Great Britain, all the Explanations She will be pleased to ask him, for the good of the Peace -, and fince She defires to know, what ate the Kings Difpofitions with refpeft to the Ele£lor of Brandenburgh, and the Duke of Hjnover j his Majefty aflures Her, that he will make no difficulty to ac- knowledge the Firlf, as King of PruJJia, and the Second, as Ele£>or, when the Peace is Sign'd. The Qtieen of Gre^t Britain, may even make ufe of this Con- tinence, as She (hall think moft fitting tor advancing the Peace, and be fure that the King w^H not diftwn Her. *f In \r Mi lii t«8] In fhort, the defire wMch tint Prlnnfs «xpieOos, to Procnie fofthwlth the ge- nnal TranquUlity of Ewrape, ftems fo Sinccie, that his Majeftf is further mU ling to Communicate to Her his Intentions on the Peace, to be made with the Empire ^ which are, To acknowledge the Atch-Duke, as Ennperor. To reflore to that Prince, and to the Empire^ Fort Kehl, in the 0ime Condition it is now in. To caofe the Forts built in the Rlnne^ and dtpcuding on Strasbourg, to be De- molifhed. To rafe the Fortifications built cvn againft Hmmtngen on the Right, ar»' the Pofleffion and Propriety whereof you are ro procure to th« Emperor and the Empire, with Liberty 'o Demoliih the Fortitkations of that Place, if they (hall think fit. You are likewife to infilt. That his moft Chriftian Majcfty, in purfuance of the (aid Treaty ot IVfJIphjUa, do caule ro he Deinolidud in luch time as fhall be agreed on» and at his own Expet'ce, the FortrefTes, which he has at pre Kent 1!^ I I I [ao3 lent on the Rhine, from Bjjle to Pbiliptburg, namely, Hmnmgcn, New Brif.ir, and Fort LaN», with the Works belonging to the fdid l-or-, on both Sid-.s the Rhine, without ever Rebuilding the Cime. You are further to demand, That the Town and Fortrefs of Rbhiftlt, w rh its Dependencies, be put into the Hands of Uar gocd Cciilln the Liiidgravc of Hejfe Cajlle, uniil that Matter be othetwife Settled. The Claufa inhered in the Fourth Article of the Treaty of Rifwkk, relaiirg to Religion, being contrary to the Honour of the Treaty of Vejlj/hjlu ■, vou are accordingly to iniitt. That the fame be Revolted and Annulld, and ihjc the State oi Religion in Girnun] be Keliored to the Tenour of cbe luuiy ot Jfyipbalia afotefaid. You are likewife to infift, That his moft Chriftian Mjjefty do acknowledge our good Brother the King of Pruffia in that Qijality •, and that he do promife not to give to his faid Ptufian Majeft)r, any DiAuthance in the t'oliefliori of the Principaiitv of Neufcbattl, and of the County of Vilatgin ^ and that he do re- ftore the Piincipiliiy of Orange, to thofe to whom it (hall appear by Law to Appertaip, and fiich other Eitates as did belong tu our late deat Bioiher King Wihiam the Third, which are now in the hands of France. You are alfo to demand the acknowledging of the EU^lorate, which has been Eie£led in favour of the Duke of Hanover, now Elector of Bmnfwkk and Lunat- burg. And if any difficulty (hail arife, concerning the time of acknowledging his P; uf- ■ Jian Majeliy, and the Eleftor of Hanover, the Minifters of Frame inlilling noc lo do it until the Peace be Sign'd j and the Minilters of thcle Princes, inlilhrg to be received as the Minifter of a Ciowned Head, and ot an Elector, at the Firlt Opening of the Congrefs, you are in fucli Cale, to endeavojr by Ibme Expe- dient to Reconcile the Difpu e. You may in the Firll Place, Propofe, that the Several Minilters (hould Confer, and Treat together, without Exciunging, or Producing their full Powers, until they come to ConcUide and bignj yuu may In the next Place offer, that the full Powers of the Piulhv, and H^novtr Mi/ii- flers be accepted with a Declaration, that this (hall be ot no Con(t;querc;, unlets the General P^^ace enfuc. Thirdly, you may Endeavour to Termiiiaie ihe Uil- ference, by PitlFing to ha\e the full Powers of all the Minilters put Kit*; the Hands of iuch Plenipo'.entiariis, as (hall be Agreed upon by the Parties pre- fent. As to Our good Brother the King of Portugal, you are to infilt that he have and enjoy all the Benefits and Advantages gran ed to him l.y the Tr«aiits made between Us, Our Allien, and bis faid Majelty. As to what relates to the Particular Inicreils of our good Friends, and Allies the States General, yoii are to Infill, that the molt Chriltian King do Yield to- wards Forming a fufticient Barrier to them, Fwnes, Fort Knock, Mi/iht, Jpra, Lijle, Tnurnay, Conde, Valenciewiet, and Mauheuge, as likewife Pouay, Jkthiim, Airt, St. f^tnants, and Boucbain, with their feveral Dependencies, and the ( an- non, and Artillery, and Ammunition row being in fuch of the abovefaid Towns as are (till in the Hands of the French, to be Garrifoned in fich manner as is or (hall be Agreed on between Us, and the faid States General, or others Cin- cerned. You ate further to Infift on that Head, that his molt Chriltian Ma- jefty, do reltore all the Towns, Forts, and Places beloi ging to Sp.n», which he at prefent Poffefles, or has been in PoffelTion of, durii;g the Courle of this War in the Spanijh Lorn Countries, together with the Cannon, Artillery, and Am- munition, now being and remaining therein, to the End, that futh Parr of them that have been, or (hall be thought Fit, may alfo be Allotted (or a F>-ince. Yoo li You are however to take efpccial Care not to fuffcr theft Articles in favour of the States-General to be concluded, until the Treaty of bucceflion and bar- rier be fo explained, as to remove thofc apprchcnfions which We have as to tlie Confequence of it In fome Points, concerning which you arc already InftrudeJ, and (hall hereafter be more fully inforni'd of Our Pleafure. As to Our good Brother the Duke of S^v.j, you arc to Demand that he be put again into PolTeflion of the Dutchy of Scivny, County of Nice, and all his Hereditary Count- ies and Places yielded to him by the Treaties made with the Emperor and others of the Allies; And that His Mod Chriftian Majefty do like- wife yield to the faid Duke of Savoy, the Towns of ExiJUs, Fenejfnlles, and Clmw mont, together with the Valley of Prasdas, and ail the Trad of Land lying be- tween Vkflmont and Mount Gencvre, lo that the faid Mountain may fcrve here- after 3» a Barrier between the Kingdom of E-uncn and the Principality of Pfttl- mont. When the Barrier of Our good Friends and Allies the States-General fhall be under Confideration, or at any other time which in the courfe of this Negotia- tion (hkll to you appear luofl proper, you are to prefs the explaining, extend- ing and fettling the Sixth Article fign'd by the Si^ur Mef>}.iger, which relates to the Demolition of Dunkirk. As to Our own Interefls, you are to be particularly attentive to them in the \vhcle cdurfa of this Negotiation, to make ufe of every Accident which may . happen, and of every occafion which the feveral Allies may have of Our Alli- llance, in order to promote and fecure the fame with each of them. Whereas by the Treaty of Barrier the Commerce of thefe Our Kingdoms to the Sfaui^) NetherLnJs, and tofuch Places as by virtue of the faid Treaty accrue to the States-General, is expofed to be loft, or at leaft to become precarious ; And whereas the Sieur buyt their Envoy extraordinary to Us, has himfelf ac- Inowledg'd the reafonablenefs of OurApprehenfions, and the Juftice there is that We fhould be fecur'd ajainft any Prejudice which We have reafon to fear may arife to Us from thofe great Acceffions which they have, at the expence of the Blood and Treafure of Our SubjeAs, acquir'd : You are tnerefore at the fame time as you ufe your Endeavours wih the E- nemy, andfuchof rhe Allies ai may be concer/ied therein co procure to the States-General the efFeft of the aforelaid Treaty, to iniift that h'ifuporr, DcJithr- monde, the Caftle oi Ghent, and fuch oth' r Places as may rather appear to be a Barrier againft Us than againft Fruucc, be cither ;iot put into the Hu.di of the Dutch, or that fuch Expedients be found f6r the doing thereof, as n.ay ll-cure the ingrefb and egrcfs ot Our Mibjcds in all the Low-Countries, as kiiiy aiui ct- fctftually as if the faid Barticr had not been granted to the States Gen^'a I. The Seventh Article of the I'arrier Treaty giving a Power to thj . ta ^sGc- neral, in cafe of an apparent Attack, or of War, to oui: fo many iioops as they (hall judge necclTai y into all the Towns, Places and Forts of the Low- Cmntri.s, you are to endeavour to have this Article fo explain'd, as to be under- ftood for the future only of an Attack fromj or of a War with- France, linca no- thing can be more unreafonable, than to leave it in the Power of the States- General to make ufe of the Ten Provinces againft thofe to whom the Sove- reignty of thefe Provinces may bcltng, or againft the 8r:tijh Nation. It nvjft be yiur furcher Care, th t a Ipecial Provifion be made that Our Sub- jects may rot iuficr in tiieir Commerce by any omiflicn in th lifti-erth Article of the fai.- Dairitr'i rcatv, and tliat k be exprelly ttipulaced that the .subjefts of thefe Our Kingdom^ (liall fnidc as free, \iith the (kmc Advantages and Privi- leges, an- under t-:i~ faineimpoficiun? and no oiht:, as they us'd ro do when thofc Places were u^ the IIiii.ds of I'r.mcc t^r s-iuun, or a. the :>ubicctsof th, rhita- General themfelves have done, or fiial! :<: an* time hereafter do Purliiant to wlijt is bcf..rcmtnuontd "cu are to make thefe Inftancis, a/rd fuch o tiers as fliall be hereafter directed up.a thtle Heads, wheiein tlie Inte- refls ot Our Kingdom:(, and of the DoiuLmcaij c " tite :>tates-t.ieneul may inter- fere, ■*^ fuCh time and i.i f'ch mar .r, nat Out ^i:iiaa•■*n may ^o Haii'i in Haunt with th« Sjttlemsnt of their 1 rri r. !•■ ,11'- Hi i; 11; 1 (i\ Mi • G Xqu [ " ] You wrc to iiifift tlmt t!ic Mod Chriilian King do not only in the plaincft nnJ (hongelt rerms, acknowledge the Succcffion to the Crown of thefe Our Kin^dcnis, as the fame is limiteJ by I.aw to the Houfe of Hanover, but alfo thfc Perion prcccndiiig a Right thereunto (liall be immediately oblig'd t6 retire out of cho Dominions vf Fr,i>ict, and that His Moft Chriftian Majcfty (hall further J'roniife and I'ngage for himfelf, His Heirs and Succeflbrs, never to acknow^- Icdg;: any I'erfon to be King or Qiiecn of thefe Realms bcfidcs Ourfelf, and fucli as fliall fuccecd to Us by virtue of the \&s of Settlement now in force. You arc to Demand that a Treaty of Commerce may be as foon as portible commcnc'd between Us and Frunce ; and that in the ftiean time fuch Points may be fettled as (liall appear neccffary to prevent the Doubts and Difficulties which may otlierwife aiife in the future Negotiation of this Matter. .'I!ic joint PofTeilion of the Ifland of St. Chri/tophtr hiving been the ocCtCfioii of frequent DiCputes between Our Subjeds and thofe of the Moft Chriftian King, MS well as of the effulion of much Blood, you are to demand and infiflf, that the Right to and PolTeflion of the faid Ifland do for the future remain to Us, and that the Moft Chriftian King do Renounce all Right, Title, Clainli or Intcreft which he or any of his Subjeds may have or pretend to have to or in the faid Idand, or any part thereof. As to our Intercfts in the North. Parts of Amtricay you are to bs particularly careful, and to Demand in the firft place the Reftitution of the Bay and Streights of HiJfon, together with fuch further Security for the Trade, and recompence for the I.ofles of this Company, as you (hall be able to obtain. You are in the next place to infift, that Plactntia and the whole Ifland of NeufoiitjJhnd be yielded to Us by rhe French. Thirdly, You are to Demand that His Moft Chriftian Majefty (hall quit all Claim or Title by Virtue of any former Treaty or otherwife, to the Coimtry call'd Nova Sec: la, and exprefly to Purt-Royal, othaiwih Anapolh Royal, Which is now in our Poflcdirn. You arc, in the fourth place, to endeavour in the beft manner you poffibly can, to dt;fcribe and fix the Bounds of the Britijh and French Settlements in thefe Parts. Belidcs thofe Advantages and Privileges which bV virtue of any former Treaty or Agreement Our Subjeds are entitled to in any part of the Domini- ons of the Sp.inifi) Monarchy, you are to infift in the future Treaty upon the fo. lowing Articles. Fml, That Gibraltar and Vort-Mahon, with the Ifland of Minorca, be for the future annex'd to the Crown of thefe Realms. SercniUy, That the Contrad call'd the Jjpento for furnifhing Slaves to the Sp^nijh iiyi-lnJiei be made for the Term ot Thirty Years, with fuch of Our Subjeds as Ihal' be by Us Nominated and Appointed, who (hall enjoy all the PfLrogarives, Privileges and Advantages which were yielded to the French by a Contract made with them in the Year 1702, or which (hall appear neceflary and rcafonable ; particularly you are to infift, that fome extent of Ground on the River of PLte may be affign 'n tixc'.ianpo JHiii ' F 111 [M] His Majefty demands, for forming the Barrier of Franc,, An,, 3u ytnanti ijcii 7, liciichai'i and their Dependencies. If tliC States General will keep Garifons in the ftrong Places of the Barrier thus formed from the C^ountric., yielded to His £lc(5tor;ii lltghnc(s, and from wliat Frtincc (hall add thereto, His M;ijcfty confenrs chat ihey m;»y put therein their Troops in as grea^ !\jumber as they pleafe j and fiirihcr, tlutt thi.y b^ main- tained at the Ch!>r^e of the Country. For this Ccfllon and Confeni, the King on his pan demands, for tjie Erjni- ialentof the Demolition of Dunkirk, the Cities and Citadels of Lilltnud Lur- wf\i\i\^cil with great Earneftnefs that each Ally (hould in their fcveral Demands, make cxprefs mention of, and infift upon the Reftitution of the whole Monarchy of Spj'tn, that having been the great Ob- jeA of the War J the Miniftcr of Vortugul join'd in this Requifition : After a long Silence Count SinzAndorff prefs'd Us and the Dutch to explain Ourfclves : We faid. Her Majcfty had thought it mod proper c.\c\\ Ally fhould make their own Demands, and a general Claufe to fupport each other in obtaining a juft and reafonabk Satisfadion was fuflficient, efpecially fmce the Words, en Confer- mitedi Sit AliUncei, were in it : This Wc remain'd by. The Dutch being again prefs'd in like manner, retir'd; and, after a long De- bate among themfclves, being return'd, fpoke to the fame Purpolb : We had done, adding that Spain and the Inditi ought to be demanded by thofc it imme- diately concern'd ; and Mr. Buyt reafon'd very much at large, that the Method We had put things in, could not fuifer it to be otherwife. Count SinzenJorff und his Collegue parted with great DiCcontent, the former faying with much Con- cern, This would be a fatal Day for the Grand Alliance, &t. Here We thought this Difpute had ended, but this Morning the Dutch Plenipotentiaries deHr'd We would come to the Town-Houfe a little before the time of Meeting ; thofe of France being come, they prefs'd Ut with the necedity of giving Coxunt Sinztndorff fome Content, and at laft declar'd they were refelv'd to do it: accordingly com- ing into the Room where the Allies Minifters meet, they faid, That fmce they perceiv'd the Arguments they us'9 laft Night had not given Content, they had now thought fit to go further, and accordingly declar'd the States General were refolv'd to make good all their Treaties made on occafion of this War, as well thofe that related to Sfoitt and the India, as thofe made with I'onugal, Prnpn, Savoy and others Upon this We immediately went to the Conference with the Frcnrh, to deli- ver Our fcveral Demands; while Wc were there Wc confidcred the dilitdvanta- geous Confequences of bemg the only Minifters that did not make any memion at all of Spain and the Indiei, cvm a: Ou Conferences among Ourfclves, and thought it might be proper to f Sart from his Right by a voluntary Ceffion, and that he in favour of whom that Lenunciation is made, may be juftly fupported in his Precenfions, by the Pdwers which become Guaranties of the Treaty. In (hort. Sir, the Queen commanded me to tell you, that this Article is of fo great Confequ^nce, as well for Herfelf as for the reft of Europe, for this pre- tstit Age, as for Pofterity, that She will never agree to continue the Negocia- tions o! Peace^ unlefs the Expedient She has propofed be accepted, or fomd other equally (olid. I difpatch, however, a Courier to the Lords Plenipotentiaries, to commu- nicate to them the Queen's Orders upon this Subject, and I muft tell you they cannot accept of any Plan for a General Peace, as reafonable as it may be in ' other Refpeds, if they don't receive SatisfaAion upon the m' ans to hinder this Union. It would be in tSaSt^ Building upon the Sand, takitig unneceffaiiiy many Precaudons to make a Peace, and not have prevented a Danger fo great and la probable as this. We fee with a great deal of Satisfaftion, that you wi(h this liew Propofltion fhould be look'd on only as a firft Thought ; let us do what we can on each fide, that our fecond Thoughts may nearer rheet, and let us not leave imperfeA a Work which hath been fo advanc'd, Ipight of that vigorous and general Op- pofltion. I am rcjoic'd that the King, has been picas'd to recompense the Services o( Mr. Gtjultier, by giving him an Abbey. He will not hil to be ufeful at Vtnchtf and what is certain, he will (ind the Queen's Minifters in the Difpofr.ion to (horten the Negociation. I beg you would be perfwaded that I am, &c. I W t ',h No XVIL Mr, Torcy to Mr, St. John. Ztb April 1 7 1 i. Illeceiv'd by the Courier, retam'd from London, the Letters you horioar'd me with of the i;*' and 24 of March, O.S. and obfery'd with a great deaf of Pleafure in the laft, that you thought the Conditions of the Treaty of Peace Would be foon adjufted to common Satisfadioh, if the means of preventing the Reunion of the Monarchies of France and Spain could be fettled and agreed on. I believe. Sir, that it cannot be impofltbie to dnd out an expedient which ail Europe is equally concern'd to fettle j and fince you do not altogether ftick at!' that which Mr. Gaultier propos'd to me on your parr, I hope feCond Thoughts upon this Matter may prove more fuccefsfnl than the (irft. If it is hot yet en-' tirely to your Satisfadion, be pleas'd to communicate to me what may be added to it, or rather taken from it. In (hort, let us labour earneftly and without prevention for the conclufion of a Work of fo great Importance as that of the Peace. As the principal Difficulty which fiill oppofes the conclufion of it, 2s the trou-' ble to find fufficient Security to prevent the dangerous Reunion of the Mo-' rlarchies of France and Spain, the King propofes co confcnt by the Treaty of Peace, of which all the Powers of Europe (hall be Guarantees, that if ever the King of Sp.-iin, Philip V. or the Prince his Son, or any of their Cliildren who (hall fucceed them to the Kingdom of Spain, becomes chher the next and pre.* fuoiptive Heir, or the Succeifor of the Crown of Fmnce, and prefers it to the Crowfli I ' t-.ji 1 ; '( I • f' \i' [»8] Crown of Spain, That of Spain (hall belong of full Rig't to the Prince whom they (hall fix upon by the fame Treaty to poffefs it ; That not only King Philip (hall Sign and Ratify this Condition of the Treaty, but moreover that all the Powers'of Europe (hall enter into an Engagement With Frt^nce tr maintain this Article ; fo that if the Prince of the Houfe of France, that (hall Reign in Spain, has a mind to aflcrt his Right to the Crown of France in the manrtef I juft no\V obfer/d, he (hall be oblig'd to Renounce his own Right, and that of his De- fccndants to the Crown of Spain, to Depart from thence and to go to France with all his Children, Princes and PrincefTes. That if he prefers the Crown of Spain to that of France, or the Quality of Heir and immediate SucceflTor to the Crown of France, he (liail be obliged to Renounce in favour of the Line which (hall follow nenreft his own, and which fhall remain in France, his own Right and that of his Children to the faid Crown of France ; fo that in this oftfe, the Catholick King, or he that fhould Reign in his ftead^ (hould have the Choice as being eldeft j but he cahiiOt pof- fefs tht Two Monarchies together, or inhctit that of FVance and leave Spain tO one of his Children. If you (hould ask, Sir, what Precaution muft be taken to fettle fuch a Re- nunciation as I have laid before you, as being contrary to the Order eftabli(h- ed in France for the Succeflion to the Crown, t anfwer firft, that there is no room to fuppofe that the King of Spain would prefer the Crown of Spain to thnc of his I'orefathers, for a thoufand Reafons eafy to comprehend, and too tedious to lay down. Stccndly, That if he was fo ill advis'd to make fuch a Choice, the fecuretl Precaution would be what you infinuate in one of the Letters yon honouccd me with, vix,. a folemn En^gement which all the Powers of Europe (hould enter into by the Treaty of Peace, to maintain a difoofition made with tho View of preferving the general Liberty and Repofe of Europe. Since the Claufe of the Will of the late King of Spain, Charles U. which ap- Eoints the Duke of Btrry, appears rathec a new Ob(bcle to the Peace, than an ;xpedient capable of preventing the tJilion of the Two Monarchies, it feems neceifary to confent that the King of Portugal polTefs himfelf of the Crown of Spain, as foon as the King of Spain (hould l>e call'd to the Succe(&oo of Franctf and (hould prefer it to the CroWn of Spain. The Marriage of the King Of Portugal w!th a Prirtccfs of the IHFotife of Aufiria would countenance the difpolition to be made in favour of this Prince ', but if it be not convenient to think of him to be King of Spain, they may on the famp Foundation choofe that Prince who would marry one of the Arch-Duchefles, Daughters of the Lmperor Jofeph. In (hort, the Duke of Savoy being 'nominated by the Wills of the late Kings c-.f Sp.in, in default of the Houfe oi Aufiria, he nwy likewif? be chofenj but as a King of Spdin, Mailer both of )PieJrhont and Suvcy, would be a dangerous Neighbour to France ; the King would find himfelf obliged to demand for a Baf- rier, not only the Reftitution of Exillts and Ftnejlrellts, but even the Cellion of Savoy and the County of Nice. To fettle more firmly the Tranquility of Europe, it may be agreed upon by the Treaty of Peace, that the Meaiures taken to, prevent the Union of the Two Monarchies be received and confirmed by the Courts, or States of the King- doms of Sp^in. I wi(h, ^ir, this Plan may be agreeable to the Intentions and Sentiments of the Queen of Great Britain, and I cannot but hope (b, fince it is your own Thought to guaranty the Renunciations by the Powers who (hall fign the Treaty of Peace ; and no better Care can certainly be taken to confirm the validity of thefe Ads, than to ftipulatc them by a folemn Treaty, of which all Europe \s concern^ to back the £xt:cution. The King orders me to acquaint his Plenipotentiaries of what I have the Honour to write to you ; and I hope, Sir, that the good Underflanding andCor- »refpondence between His Majeflv :ind the Queen of Great Britain, will daily encreafe in (uch a manner, that the Enemies to the Peace (hall have no room to triumph. You will have the plcafure to filcncc fuch ac are fo- and I dtfire no lefs the fatisfa«aion of finding opportunities to afTure 3 ou how truly I am, &c. De Torcy. t Mr. C 2P ] Number XVIII. tui* ,: , lir, St. John to Monjieur Dt Torcy, >4f/»r«/ 6. i^til IAnfwernow the Letter which you did me the Honour to write to me the 8th laflant, M. S> and which I receiv'd by the f«ime Mefleogerwho brought me your ft>rii|er. i. Be alTur'd, Sir, that we will go on vigoroufly, and without prevention, in ac- complilhing the great Work of the Peace, the Conditions whereof will foon be fettled to the common Satisfadion, provided we agree on the Means to prevent the Union of the two Monarchies of francr and SpMitt, You fee, Sir, I am ftiU of tfaeiame Opinion. Bach of our Allies has his own private Ends ; ttiey are not all perhaps limited within the Bounds of Reafon j there are feveral belides, inconfifttnt one with an- other. It it not neceflfary thefe Points fliould be fo Ih-idly taken notice of; and re- ciprocal Condelcenflont will not fail reducing all thefe Differences to a jufl: and rcafonable Medium. But the Article concerning the Union of tile two Monarchies, is of chat Mature and Importance, that th,e kaft falfe Step in it cannot but prove fa« tal ; and all the Advantages that could po0ibly be ftipulated, would be paid for too dearly, in accepting cf an Expedient too weak to obviate fo real a Danger. I muft confefs. Sir, that fecond Notions prove better than the firft ; and that they clear up many Difficulties, at the f^me time that they diffipate moft of our Apprehenfions. To avoid all Equivocation, and to prevent the leaft Mifundcr- ftanding on fo nice a Snbjed, youMl give me leave to explain in what Senfr her Ma« jefty takes the Words you make ufe of, and the Scheme you oScr by the King's Or- der. Yon propofethen, that the Prince, who at prefent reigns in S'^^oV, fhal! not Wait, according to your former Plan, that the Crown of France falls to him, for to dhufe which of the two he likes heft ) but that as foon as he becomes either im- mediate Succeflbr of the Crown of Franet^ or prefumptive Heir, he will be oblig'd Co declare his Choice, and yon fettle the fame Rule for his Iflbe. Now, Sir, theQtieen thinks the ObjcSion which has been made to your former Propofition, may in fome meafure take place as concerning this : For in either of the two Cafes you lay down, how will Europe ue certain thatfuch a Choice will be made? All the Powers, you'll fay, will be Guarantees of that Convention ; fucha Guaranty indeed may form a Grand Alliance, to wage War againft the Prince who will ofier to break the Conditions of the Treaty j butwefeekthe Means rather to prevent than fupport new Wars.^ Finally, Sir, teuft not one confefs that there appears no Expedient effedually able to (ecure£«r»/i< from the Dangers wherewith it is threaten d, by the Union of the two Monarchies, unlefs the Prwice, who atprefentis in pofTefllonof Spain^ makes his Choice at this very Inftant; and unlefs, according to that Choice, the Order of the two Succeflions be fettled in the General Treaty of Peace ? Her Majefty remarks with very great Pleafure, that this Plan does not much differ from that which his Moft Chriftian Majefty has caus'd to be communicated to her. Letus^ in the firft place, argue, if you pleafe, on the Suppofition, that the above- mention'd Prince will chufe the Crown of his Anceftors preferably to that of Spain. There is in nature but one Cafe alone, that may happen to render onr Propofal Icfs advantageous to him than yours. Pardon me. Sir, if I make two Suppofitions, very difagrecabTe, but necefliry for the better underftanding the Qtieftion : We are examining if the young Dau- phin fhould chance to die, the Prince we are talking of would be immediate Suc- ceflbr of the Crown of Ftmu *, in this Cafe then he can lofe nothing in chuiiDg the Crown of France now aforehand. HisMoft Chriftian Majefty (whom God prefervc for many Years) happening to die, ttKfame Prince would be prefumptive Heir of the Crown of Franct. In this Cafe how fhould he be a Lofer, in making his Choice as the Qiieen dcflres ? Can it be faidhe runs the hazard to quit Spaiut without gaining France ? You fee. Sir, he would be cxpos'd to the fame Inconveuiency by your own Scheme. From all that I have faid, the Qjieen's Opinion is, Sir, that it follows, It will equally be advan- tageous to the Prince now in queftion, to chufe the Crown of France at prefent, or to do it ill any of the two Circumftances fet down in your Letter : and you will be *l doubtlefs fi 7 C30] doabtlersceayincM, thittheSccarityof £«r«f«wiD be eftablifli'd infinitely better one way than tlie other. If we argue on the Snppofitioni that thb Prince will chnfe the Crown of Sftiti, it is beyond dirpute, in the Firft Place, Thai it is macb better for hinii ind for us, that this Declaration flioald he made during the Congrefs at Vtrtthi^ than at any other time. Secondly, That the Goarantee of the Powers of Ewtft will b^ much abler to prevent Ids Return to Fnmtt^ contrary to the formal Renunctatbn that he (hail have made of this Right, than to force him to quit a Crown, wh<;re* ■ of he will be in polTeffion, andtodepart from a Pretention which he has not re-' nounc'd. I hav^asd^rlyatpofllble, laid before your Eyes, Sir, theQpeen's Thoughts on the Co'ntentsof ypur laft Letter \ her Majefty leeks bat the common Safety, the MoftChriftian King has the fame Views. In God's Name, to be over-nice in the Kegotiatioo, letuanot loiejcHofe Benefits which we are ready to reap. Let the King your Matter, and the Queen my Miftrefs, Ihareia the Glory of giving Peace to Europe ; and let thoft, who are defitous to break the Conferences by the fiyeats> of the Campaign, find their ProjeQs ovettnra'd, by the fpeedy Conclnfion of the Treaty. On cue hand, his Molt Chriftia'n Majefl;y may f^ure the peaceable Fofleflion of the Crown of Sfmn to his Grandfon ', 6n the other hand, be ibdy ftrengtben the Succefllon of the Crown of FrMct, for ever prevent the Union of the Empire with SfMKt and procure to his Kingdom very confiderable Advantages : on both iides he may fet Eunfe firee from Appiehetiiions and Fears, and pertcA a Work as glorious as that of a definitive, fecure, and lading Peace. By the Letters of Meflieurs the Plenipotentiaries, dated the 1 2th inftant, M* S* I nnderftaud we are toexped, within a few days, the Arrival of Monfieur .Gout' tier^ and that he is to bring with him a Plan of the General Peace which was form'd at Vtrtcht. We hope his Moft Chriftian Majefty will explain himfelf on that Subv jeStf after fuch a manner, as the Qpeen may make the neceflary Declaratious to fe* cure the Succcfsof onr Negotiations. Til tell yon, as a Man who moft fincerely wifhes for Peace, that the Condefcenfions that may be expefied from the Qyeen^ depend on the Refolution which will be taken concerning theGrand Article of the Union of the two Monarchies. lam, <^c. HtmySt-Jflm. Number XIX. ■ AfoM/irt4rW/, that he would ainndon them, and go to Franet, if one of the two Gales, which you foppofe, Ihould happen. A Nation, uncertain of th« Mailer (he (haUhaYe, may prove lefs faithfol to him that adnally reigns -, but this IflconTcniency ought to fubmit to the GeneralGood. Thus, Sir, the King ap- proviflg vopr Propofitioo, difpatches a Courier toSpMti^ and Writes to the King disGranoloa,. to lethim knowths neccflity of rciblving on the Choice he wiS maksj and declare it, to the end it qaybe mferted in the Treaty of the General l^eace, and that, it maybe made a Gondttioii of it, whereof air £»; vp; (hall be Guarantee. I hope. Sir, the King of Sfmn Will cdnforiti himfelf to the Council of the King ; but if It ihould happen, what I cannot believe, that he will not fubmit to it, his Majel^jr will Uke aU the Meafiires the.Qiieea of (7rMr J^riM/n (hall judg proper, to determine of Keccflity, and even by Force, theiphoice 6f the 'King of 5/«/ff, and to ficare to £Hr«p( the Peace, whi<1i. fit prefent appears fofaradranc'd. lamconKdeat there will no occafioo be given of comi'ng to fuchan Extremity} bnttheKingis willing I fhould inform yon of his Refolution in this Matter, as being a new Marli of the fincereand true Defirc of his Majefty, for the ready Con* dufion of a fafe and folid Peace. I look upon it at prefent very much advanc'd, and that the principal Difficulty, which might ftill render it mdre acceptable, feems remov'd \ but in the mean time, we muft expeft new Difficulties from thofe who would wiUiogly break the Conferences. 1 believe the belt way to fubvert their Defigns, would be for the Qtieen of 0'r*Mt Britiun to propofe immediately a Sufpen* fion of Arms, for they ground their Hopes on the Event of the Campaign. And as I find, by your Letter, that her BritMirick Ma)efty is dir{>os'd to make the ne« ceflary Declarations for eftablifliioR the SoGcefs of the Negotiations, it is my Opi- nion. thattheProDofitionofaSulpenfionmight make part of thofe Declarations. I have detain'a Mr. Cavltitr here Tome days longer than he ought to have ftaid, in expedation of your Anfwers, thinking it necefTary he flioald be inform'd of your Sentiments before he fets out for Engird ^ he will inform you. Sir, of the King*s Intentions on the Demands of your Allies. I hope, that as the molt difficult Point is now regulated, you will have Refpeft only to the Jufticeand So> lidity of the Peaces and that theQtieen of Cr*4t Brimn^ ading by thefe greaC Mouves, will give the laft Marks of the Defire (he has to eftabliln with the King a perfeft good Correfpondence. 1 received. Sir, by the fame Courier, the Letter you honour'd me with of the nth Inftant, O. S. 1 am very forty for the Indifpofition of my Lord Treafurer, andearneftly wi(h his immediate Recovery. It is very reafonable that thofe who have had, like you and him, the principal Part in the Management of the Peace, Ibould have the Honour to bring it to perfedion. I hope we (hall fooo fee the Snc- cefsof it, and defire you will believe that, at all times whatfoever, no one (hall be with greater Truth than I am, Sir, &c, DtTtrey^ , Number XX. * Kr. St.JohntoMo«y««rDc Torcy, Aj^rlli^, \7\i» SIR, TH E Plan you propos'd, in your Letter of the 8th of Jfrili appear'd to ua to remove many Diiiiculties, and diflipate divers Caufes of Fears ^ but b^ reafon of having mifuoderftood the Intentions of the King, and ill explained thofe of the Qiieen, we now find our felves &krther than we had hoped, from agreeing upon the Grand Article of the Peace. It is very true, that the only Difference there is between the Propofition you t\iade me by the King's Order, in the Senft we comprehended it, and that which I fenc f\ ■ \ I I ' l\ ■■A\ ; I A' ; i" C 32 1' aat, yoabp Order of the Qpeeint.^fciates only toihe'tlnii^Mn^tll^Prlnce in qa«[^ tioii IhaU^iake his thoicft either to prererve hh flight td IH Ct6^n of FrMNvhf r«nouncing that 0^ Sfmn i or to kee^ diat of 5mi0, by reno^ncfiig thatof 'if»u(Wif But yoo do not propofe therein. Sir, that tne Execut(oB fliaH accofmpany 'ibc Choice, which is abfolutely neccflary to render this Peace definitive. ], The Abbot Cuffltitr ei^^ains ^iTite otherwife che King's Intentioil«;:and,r oW ferve that you fay the Prince, ^ho reigns in 5/4/n, mjlitt' calm thelh^ietlid^'dl Eunpt^ by dechring now the Part he WTl]l take, if tlle^^cce(no^l bf FAmetfkipen -riial we are with Regret oblig'd to foreree, and to ili)p^ore, he' will quit one GrowQ -to hold another, according to the Choice that he'fhaH have made, and which fljaU have been infcrted in the Treaty of thjeCener^l Pe^fcfe L . The Queen; has often dccl^'r'd tbatit WQUld bi imppmble for her to be contented with any Expedient^ whicli ^as not v*i:y folid, t^lichihgati Attitle'^f fo greafc Importance as that of the Re- union of the Two Maldat thies. To do dtherwife, would be to lofe the Fruits of all the Blood ((he Allies have fpilt Iq the Coutfe ot this War j it would be at laft to betray ttieCoffl|non ^aufe of Euroft^ and to ex- pofe the prefent Age, as well as jthofe which are to come, to one of the.greateft Dangers that the Imagination can form. ;., ti - 1 ' ' ' I,'* Her Ma)efty finccrely dcfires the Peace',"$ni dl^iirts it rcifbnable for /yitici j "tnit to come to thisliTue, the latereft of /r/i»« liidft riot bd rendtr'd ineonliftMt iflth the General Security. ' "'• ' ' • It muft be done fo as the time can, never happen, in which the fame Prince . fliall have both the Crown of Sfain upon his Head, and his Succeflion open to that of France. If this Prince, of wliom we fpeak, is not contented with Sfa'tn't or if fVvtwf will not, in pafling him by, too much wealcen their SuccelTion v muft we for this Reafon, the Peace being made, take up Arms, and be in a continual Apprehen- (ion of feeing the War renew'd ? The Queen can never confent thcrefo, and Her Majefty thinks there is not one of the Allies who will fubmit to fo hard a Condition. ' To ftiew neverthelefs that flie is ready to contribute all in her Power to fatisfy his moft Chriftian Majefty, withont wounding her Honour, and without facrificing her Interefts and thofe of her Confederates, the (^ueen orders me, Sir, to propofe to you an Expedient, by which King PW///» may prcferve his Right to the Crown of his Anceltors, and find a Recompence for Sfniriy which in this cafe he fliall be oblig'd to abandon. Her Majefty therefore propofes. That this Prince does immediately retire with his Family out of Sfain \ That the Duke .of S^vvy^o tranfporc himfelf thither at the fame time with his, and take polTefGon of chat Monarchy and the Indies; That King Philif may enjoy the Kingdom of SisUy^ the Hereditary Countrys of his Royal Highnefs, with the Momferrat^ Afantuani and in cafe he fucceeds to the Crown of France^ That Sicily returns under the Obedience of the Houfe of jluf- trity but that the other Countrys may remain to him, and be hereafter looked upon as Provinces of France. The Qpeen would defire that this Propofition might appear to come from his molt Chriftian Majefty, to be an EWcH of his Moderation, and a Sacrifice that he is willing to make, to draw Eurepe out of the Diforder it is now in, and to re-cftablifh the General Tranquillity. Her Majefty thinks (he has now, given ail the Facilities in her Power to con- clude the Peace, and hath.asj(ed npt|)ing but what is ncceflary for accomplifhing that Promife which the oioft Chriftian King made, when hedecUr'd himfelf rea- dy [33] % dy to take all )ult and reafonable Mcafures to hinder the Crowns of FrMct aad SfMin from being ever re-united upon the Head of one and the fame Perfoil. The Qpeea commands me to add, That (he hopes the Proporition I have made, by her Order, will be accepted ; but however Aie iofifts that the Aafwer you fend ne be categorical And final. The Circumftances we now find our felves in, as well as the Scafob of the Year, do not admit that wfe remain any longer in Uncertainty, whether We Hull have War or Peace. The Parliament, t,o whom her Majefty hath promifcd the Coramanication Of what (he would treat on the Subjeft of Peace, will become impatient, and the Queen cannot ezcafe her felf from communicating to them the Anfwer (he fliall receive to this Letter. The Armies are in the Field, and the Events of one day'i time may entirely change the face df Affairs : how much foever dlfpofed the Qpeea is to facilitate the Negotiation of the Peilce, and to fave the Efflilion of Blood, (he cannot however declare for a Sufpenfion of Arms, before ftie knows the RefolutioM of the moft Chriftian King upon the Expedient proposed tO pre- vent the Re-union of the two Monarchies. If 1 tell yofi nothing, Sir, touching the Plan of the General Peace, which the Abbot Giudtiir alfo brought us, 'tis becaufe the Queen does not look upon the Differences which it contains as too difficult tobeadjufted, provided the ArtU 'de of the Re- union be once pafledi and becaufe if we are not happy enough to facceed in treating of this Expedient, it would be bat a ueedkfs Trouble to ne* gotiate upon other Points. 1 am, f^e. H. St. Jthn, KumberXXI, Moiijteur dc Torcy to Mr. Sc^ John^ May 1 8. 17 1 1. SIX V Havefcceiv'd the Letter you did me tbe favour to write to me of the lotb In* J. ftant, and am very forry to fee there was fo great difference, as yon tell me, between the Propofition you made me by order of the Qfieefi, 4nd tbe Anfwer the King commanded me to make to yon t for want of underftandingoneanothef, ve have unhappily loft a time, of which every moment is precious ; and now we muft have a, new Decifion from the King of SfMin upon a Plan which had been pco- poftd to hinii to a different Senfe to what you underftood it 1 confcfs, Sir, I Ihould fear that this Explication would produce new Difficnltyi at the Court of Madrid., if the King bad not refolvcd to furmount all the Ob> jcdiont her Majeffy can make upon an Article which is to be the Balis of the Peace, and likewife to facrifice the Interefts of his Houfe for the Re'eftablifliffleaC of Che twiblick Tranquillity. *l^is therefore to remove thefe Difficulties, that the King now makes two Pro- pofitlbnito the King hisGrandfon: Firlt, To renounce by the Treaty of Peace, for hiinfelf and his Defcendants, all his Right to the Crowa of FrMut^ and coo* tent himfelf with Sfoin and the hdit$. The Second, Topreferve his Right to the Crown of Jr^ce, but at the fame 'time to yield 5/ ranquillity. I hope, Sir, you will very foon give the lalt Hand thjereto \ and 1 pray ynu to believe, that no one can honour you mort perfcdly, nor be nore truly than I am, Sir, &e. D» Torcy. Number XXH. Memorial from Mr. St. John to Mr. de Torcy, reLtting to North America, Commerce, and the Su/penjlon of ArntSy May 14. 171 i. O. S. >0 end all Difputes arifen iA)Wit Ntrtk Amir ictt^ the Qiiecu propotes : . I- That his mdft Chriftian Majefty ihould yield to hen tb^^lfland of "Nenfound- Undy with TlacintUy and all the Fortifications, Artillery, and Ammunitions thereto belonging, the little adjacent Iflands, ajid the neareft the Ifland of Ntv foundUad'y asalfo Novd SeiH*^ ot Atddiiy according to4tsai|tif)itI:.imiU> < «• ■.•'•■■■■.■■ II. •■ : " • That the SubjeAs of his moft Chriftian Majefty may continue to filb, and diy their FifhupOnthae fart of tVetpfrtttiMatid which is call'd the Pf r/r Ar«r<^ but oa no other part of the faid IQand. III. Jhat his Majefty 's Subjcds may enjoy, in common vith. tbeQjiecb'4, tlif Ifland bf Cape i?m»». <;-'•: ih;'ov.' r;i(j ■: 1 < ..b.'r ' I ,-!•' .'i /-^.v, . " That the Iflands in the Gulph of St. Lamencey and in the Mottth of the River of that Name, which are at prefent -pbflefled by the Frmc^, may remain to bis moft Chriftian Majefty ; but expreOy upon condition that his faid Majefty (ball en- Iga^e'bimrelf not to raife, or ftiSer to beraifed, any Fortifications in thcfe Iflands, or in that of d^^Brtten, The Qjieeil engages her fdf likcwifenot.to/^riti^y, or fufTer ahy Fortifickions to be rait'd in'thc adjacent Iflauds, and thofe fi^xt i\>ii« /«««i,ii;{ 1 i-.^ ■ - '■■' ' ' ■ ''V; - . ;.. \ ;,-r-,^ .;,-:- ' The Queen infifts to have the Cannon and Ammunitions of Wvr, in all the Forts and Places of the Bay and Streights of //»<(/&/». :--AKi-':.- Ai -'-'!'■• -v^'-TlelBtingtdXorinn^tce:/ . ' ,;'.T '.u'v^?^ '"""^ .^"AsronMeDrfficnltiesateafHefi, tl»hlcH>'hinde(f«iir :givin£ thA.1iniihiiift$troke to 'tKe Tteatiy of Coiott^rcle'bnvreeii the tw6rMatio«nt>f '(7rc4^ Mit^m^w^frniiftyifi fbon astoald hkVtbe^ WlflKd, by rbafon of m'dny Pri^hibitioasi made, and many exceffive Duties eftabiifhed in the faid Kingdom : And as it is nece(rary ifor the Subjeds bf both fidts^ thalt)the41»iliiiicircc1wtJB»fcei(;the:tiiiro MatieBs>eop«i*d, add' bji^Ks ^a as (b«U a'i >^llible4 'the <3|ieen jwwidd^ve b)iii^ Frcniofi&is td^lakeMstaolt Gh«iilHd« Ma)«fl^ cMftdn>on^ j Bac'jtstithofsRo^ilfl wewljirdq^ a longer time to be difcufs'd than the prelent Crifis does permit, the Qp^ent jljeMg more lilcUhM'fe ckMifM tfae%eireiirT«aB;^ifficyv'tba«|>if' J ■\u t f iiat TT" L 3? J. [. Thnt in caft we do not agree upon the Point* in dirputc, reljting toCororacice, Commiflai ies be named on each lidc, who fhall meet n LonJon to examine and re- gulate the Datics and Impofitions that (hall be paid in each Kingdom } and that they beadjuftcdinfuchaiTtanner, that by it the Conitnerce. between the two f]a- tions be encouraged and enlarged. n. That noPrivilegt or Advantage in regard to the FrwfA Trade, (hall be granted ^ to any foreign Nation, which (hall not be granted at the fame time to the Qjjeea of Grmt BritniH't S»b]tl\i. tn like manner, no Privilege or Advantage relating to the Trade of Ort^ Britain^ (hill be granted any foreign Nation, that (hall not at the fame time be granted to the Subjefts of hit molt Chriftiau Majcfty. Relating to the Sufpcnlion of Arms : The Qiiecn will confcnt to a Sufpeufion of Arms for the Term of two Months, upon condition, I. That in the faidTerm, the Article which relates to the Reunion of the two Monarchys (hall be panftaally and entirely executed. That is to fay, liithcr that King PhUip (hall renounce in that Term, for himfelf and his Derceud.)nts, his Rights to tne Crown of Frahet., and (hall confent that his Renunciation he inferred > in the Treaty for a future Peace ■ or that in this Term he (hall leave Spun with his Family, yielding up that Kingdom and the Indies to the Duke nf S^voy, on the Conditions mention'd in my Letter of the 29th of ./Ifnl, O. S. and acceptc' by that from U.dtJtrcy of the 18th of this Month, N. b. II. That the Fnnth Garilbo (hall go out of the Town, Citadel, and Forts of Luntirk \ and that the Qiicea's Troops (halt enter it the ddy the Surpenfion of Arms (hall begin: and that that Place (hall remain in the Queen's hands till the States- General ihall have confented to |ive his moft Chriltian Majcdy an Equivalent for the demolKhing of it, with which he (hall be contented. It being underfiood, thac In this calc hh moft Chriftian Majefty (hall be oblig'd to demoliih all the Fortifi- ^tionsof that Plabe, tofillup the Harbour, and deftroy the Sluices, iu themannec the Qpeen^s iPlenipotentiaries have required. • ^ ■ III. • ^ In cafe the States-General do confent to a Sufpenlipn of Arms at the fame time vrith the Qiteen, it fecms reafonable to grant them ttie liberty of putting a Garifoa inCimirriiv, on the Day the faid Sufpenfion (hall have its eScd. H. St. John. ' Number XXIII. Marly, June 10. 1711. 77;e Anfwrs of the IQng to the Memmal fent from Londony June y 17 iz. N, S. ^ -J : .> A R T I C E I. HI S Ma'ielty confents to yield to the Qpeen of Gre4t Britain the Ifle of Ntv fimndUndt with the City of FUctnti4f as now fortify'd i but the Artillery and Ammunition with which that Place is provided, (hall be taken from thence, and Ihatl QOt be comprehended in the Ceflfion which (hall be made of that Place, *nd of. (he Iflartd,' for they aw not to be efteem'd as belonging either to the one or tliedthvtt'and to tife a common Gomparifon, one may look upon the Artil- lery and Ammunition of a Place as Movables of an Houfe, that a private Mau carries away with him when he yields thac fame Hoofeby a voluntary ContraA. The Ifles adjacent to that of NtnftmMimd were neither demaniled nor promifed f>y the ArticUs lign*d at Lendtn in the Month of OStthtr laft : As thefe Articles have fetv'd asi a*%.iik in the Beginning and in the Progrefs of the prefent Nego- tiation, the king's Intention is to fbno«r exa&ly the fame Rule, as the moft (ure 6rie to cofhe to the Conclufion of the Treaty ^and his Ma)e(ty is perfuaded that the QnttHai GfUt BritdiHt laithfbl to her Word, will not infift upon a new De- inand,viad vrhich docs not appca^ ia.tbt Cooyeatioa figa'd 19 the Name of thac Pxinceis. ^. •■^ ... The !i> 1 , iW Li6 ] The Kine is willing to add to thit Convention the CcITion o^ A«»iii according to iti anticnt Limiti, as it is demanded by the Qpeen of GrtM Brmin, II. The Articles fign'd at LmAm referre to the Subjeds of the King the Power of Filhing and Drying of Cod-Filh upon the Ule of NntfumdlMd. . A Oifpofitioa made and agreed to, can neither be reftrain'd, nor receive any Alterations but tboie which are reciprocally jadg'd to be conformable to the common Advantage. Upon this Foandation the King ofiers to leave to EnrlMd the Artillery and Ammunition of PldttntiM, the Ides adjacent to that of Nmfnmil4md\ to forbid the Fruich the Liberty of Fifliine or Drying of Cod-Filh upon the Coaft of thai Ifle, likewifeupon that part calrd t\itPttit-N»rd\ to add to thefe Conditions the Ccflion of the Ides St. Mmuh and St. B*rtM»mt9 adjoining to that of St. Cbrif. upbiri : if for this new OITer the Qiieen of Grut BritMtn contents to reftore AtddU^ of which the River of St. Citrgt iball hereafter make the Boundaries, as the £»/. Ayir heretofore pretended to it. It is therefore at the Choice of the Queen of Cri4t BritMit^ either to keep to the Articles fign'd at Londm, or to accept the Exchange that his Majelly propofes. In this laft Cafe his Mjjelly will endeavour to facilitate all that (hall depend on him, to conclude the Afiair of the Ranlbm of thcldind oiNtvit to the liitisfiiftioa ofEnttMd, III. As the perfeft good Underftanding that the King prepv. < to eftablifli between lis Subjeds and thofe of the Queen wCri»t Britain., will, if it pleafe God, be one of ' the principal Advantages of the Peace, we muft remove all Fropofitiouj capable cf diftnrbing this happy Union: Experience has made it too viftblc, that it wasimpofTi* ble to preferve it la the Places iraffefs'd in common by the Frtnth and Enrlilh Nations i fothis," ' '" ^ ., ..^. -..•-«- r_ r^.. .. _ fition tht French. ^ . _ , . ^_ but too often fcen that the moft amicable Nations many times become Eaemles, ic is Prudence in the King to referve to himfelf the Poflcinon of the only Ifle which will hereafter open an Entrance into the River of St. Ltnrtneti it woold be abfo* lutely fliut to the Ships of his Majefty, if the Enilifi^ Matters of jlendig and Niw fiuHdlmidf ftill poflefsM the Ifle of Cape Brtttn in common with the firtn/cbt and Ctinady would lie loft to Franei as foon as the War fliould be renew'd between the Two Nations, which God forbid •, hot the moft (pcore means to prevent it, is dfteo to think that it may come to oafs. IV. It will not be diflembled, but 'tis for the fame Reafon that the Ring Is willing to referve to himfelf the natural and common Liberty as all Sovereigns nave, to ereft in the Ifles of the Gulph, and in the Mouth cf the River of St. Lawtntt^ as well as in the Ifle of Cape Breton, fuch Fortifications as his Majefty Oiall judg neceflary : Thefe Works made only for the Security of the Conntry can never be of any De- triment to the neighbouring Ifles and Provinces. It is joft that the Qiieen of Crtut Britmn fliontd have the fame Liberty to ered what Fortifications Ihe ftiatl think neceflary, whether in Atttdit^ or in the Ifle of Newfoundland: and upon this Article the King does not pretend to ezad any thing contrary to the Rights which the Propriety and PoflblCoa naturally give to that Princefs. V. The King is wining, thro a particular Conflderation of the Qjiccn of CrtM Britain^ to leave to her the Cannon and Ammunition which Ayll be found in tiie Forts and Places of the Bay and Streights of Hudfon, notwithftaoding the ftrong Reafons that bis Majefty may have to take them from thence, and tran^rt them elfewbere. ' i ' Article of Commerce. As the King fincerely defires that all Caufe of Divifion between bis Majefty and the Queen of CrtM Britsin fliould ceafe as foon as may be, it would be very agree- able to him to fee all Difpntes relating to Commerof fettled at Xkritbt between hit Plenipotentiaries and thofe of Englgnd: Botif itiislmpoflibletoremovii the Diffi- culties about this Matter before the Condnlion of i the Peace, rather than to delay it, bis Mj^efty confents to the two Demands made in the Name of that Frincefi. To name Commiflaries who fliall, meet zt London to examine and regulate the Da* ties and Impoiitions to be paid in each Kingdom. l^ '•'I nil ' tan 11. That FrMttci and Etiflmi do reciprocally eqgage to give to the Subjcftjof both Crowns the Tdmc Privileges ana Advantages, trlth'wnich auy Nation whttfocvcr Ihallbefavour'd. Article of a Sufpenflon of Arms. , ■ . So (hort a Term as two Months will Itill leave, to tlie Enemies of Peace, Hope* of being able to difturb the Negotiatioh before the end of the Campaign. Tlic King, perfuaded of the good Intentions of the Queen of CrtdtBritAin, thinks it for tne Common Good, to extend this Term to four Months. I. It ought to be fuflicient tocompleat the furmpunting all the DifHculties of the Jriaty, the principal being already remov'd, by the Arm Refolutlon th^*: the Ring of 5jp4i» hath taiien, to renounce for himfelf^and his Defccndants to thcCrown'of Pruniiy and to keep 5/4/ii and t|ie hdin \ and this Renunciation Ihall be iaferte'd in the Treaty of Peace. II. ' After having eftabliih'd the Beginning and the Courfe of the Negotiation upon a good^alth and mutual Confidence, of^which the happy Efieds are already felt; we inuu1)antlh all Oiltruft, and even the Appeu«-!uce of Sufplcion, when each Party^coihes, in their Propofal, near the End that btth Sides propofe to them- jelv^. The Kiiig leaves to the Equity of the Queen of Enrland to judg. whether uie Demand of putting an MnttiSh Girifbn into Dunkirky during the Surpehfioti of Airms, has nothing in it difobliging to him, and if the I'ublick would not look upon it as a Doubting his Maiefty's Exaftncfsto fatisfy his Promifes. Helinows that the Qjieen of EngUnd is very far from harbouring fuch a Thought, having receivM too many Proofs to the contrary. The Kine alfo having for a long time 16ok.*d upon the Queen as a Friend, notwithitanding the Continuation of the War, is perfuaded that (he will defift iirom fuch a Demand, not only as being uFc* lefs, but capable of producing an EfTefi, coAtrary to the Intentions of that Pria- cefs. For it is certain the Aim her Majefty has, is only to ob ige the Dutch readily to give t.o the King an Equivalent for the Fortifications of Dunkiri, which his Majelly promifes fhall be demoliih'd. We muft then overcome their Stubbornnefs, and let them fee, that if they pcr< iift, the Damage thereof (hall fall upon themfelves \ but it is not threatning tbem, to declare to them that the £ff^/t/)!i Troops (hall keep the City, the Citadel, and the Forts of J7Nffil«Vjl, till the States-General (hall havegiven to the King an Equi- valent, wherewith his Majefty (hall be fati^fy'd. The King alone would fufTer by the new Obitades they will raife againft the Peace \ and it is by contrary ways that that Republiqk mult be conftrain'd to become more flexible. ' ^S *tii the King's true Intention to prefs the Demolition of all the Fortifica- .ti6ns qf DMldiVil in general, his' Ma)efty propofes, that immediately after the .fighlnfeqf tht Treaty of Peace with the Qjieen of Crf4r Britain, a Body of Ei^Ujli "ffhitnilhiWencimpaadcT Dunkirk j and that thofe Troops, the Number where- of iii'all be' tix'd, may jointly Work wi^h his, in razing all the Fortifications. T^e Condition of filling up the Port, and ruining the Sluices, depends, as the Kinj^ bi^s^.^xplain'd himfelf, upon the Reftitution that hi6 Majelty has demanded ,(}X Teiirnaji imA its Dlftri£t. ^e renews again the fame Engagement, The Ruin of the Sluicfes Will occaiion, the Ruin of the Country adjacent to Dunkirk', Friends and Enemies will eaually Tufier thereby. The King could wilh to fave this need- Ufs lkjlfa^K>n, vyhich' the J^ Qreat iBriM/n nas not perhaps enough confi- der<^ jfils 'Majelly is wlUin^ t^hat'tbis be again oifer'd to the Qiieen's Confidera- tien, tho.he is refolv'atodb, u|;ion this Article, what (hall be molt agreeable to tMtii^riiJceft, fortheReftitutibapf .roww-y and its Dittria. •' ,....T. u.,.. ^ .. : . ,_ ^^^ ' il^he^eace is neceflary toallJ^wrof;, theKing delires it as a General Good, and ^h^Maiei^y. looks upon the,.SuQ?|paKon of Arms as a Means almolt neceflary to at- ''tainit', bat hi^ would rcfiireauSirfpehfion, would break likewiie the Negotiation \of.]Pe95e,.if eithirxhe^tifpeofiqQ-or Peace depende4 upon th^'c^dmitting a Duteh '^CAutoa\h\ot4itf^rJ^, during any^pace of Time thdt niay bel ° He will liever con- ^ uht to a Prop9fiti6i\ lb contrary to nis, Honour, to his Interelt, and to the Good of 'liiiKipgdoyft. Oivea at Aftif/y, ,lhie lothof Juntt '7«i' ' ',, ,"•..*' ' ' • ' "' DtTorey. ci*msui«"i!«il - . •'; *L Number aiij W' IS ii !■ ( I I; .■I Csn Number XXIV. Mis Majeftys An/wers. ARTICLE t fKE Kiog agrees to the fame. ART. II. During the time of this Ceflation, Endeavoors will be ufed for concludiog the Treaty of the General Peace : at leaft, the Article relating to the Re- union of the two Monarchys (hall be panftually execoted ^ that is to fay* the King of Sfain (haU renoance, during that llpr .e of time, in due form* for himfelr and his liTue, to the Crown of FrMte. This Renuiiciaticz (hall be ac- cepted by the molt Chriftian King, pab- lifc'd, and regifter'd la all the Parlia- ments of the Kingdom of Frmei^ in the molt folemn manner. The Letters Pa- tents granted by his molt Chriftian Ma- kfty to the Ring of Sfnin his Grandfon^ in the Month of Dntmhtr-, 1700. for preferviog his Rights to the Crown of FrMtt^ notwithftanding his Abfence oat of the Kingdom, and then regifter'd ia the Parliament of fwris, fliall be taken out of the Regifters of the faid Parlia- ment, and with the Confent of that Prince Iball be repealed and annulled. The King agrees to the fame. Anides propofed hy the Queen of Great Britain for a Cejfatm of Arms. [ ARTICLE I. TH E Queen will confent to a Cefla- tion of Arms for the fpace of two Months, which may be prolong'd to three or four Months. ART. II. Daring the time of this CeOation; Endeavdnrs will be ufed for concluding the Treaty of the General Peace : at leaft, the Article relating to the X7nioa of the two Monarchys (hall be pundual- ly executed i that is to fav. King Philip mail renounce, during that fpace of time, in due form, for himfelf and his lOiie, to the Crown of FrMtiet. This Renunciation (hall llkewife be accepted by the moft Chriftian King, and ratify'd in the moft folemn manner, by theState$ of the Kingdom of FrMicc The King agrees to the fame. The King agrees thereto. The King agrees thereto.' ART. III. The Kiog agrees thereto; The SacceflTion to the faid Crown (hall be declared and adjudged, after the Dauphin and his IQue, and fucceluveiy to the other Princes of the Houfe of Bourbeit, to the abfolute Sxclufion of King Philip &ad his KTutf. The Duke of Btrry and the Duke of OrltnHs flull renounce for themfclves and their Children, to any Right to the Crown of Sfnin- The States of this Kingdom (hall ac- cept and agree to this Renunciation in a proper manner. All the Parties before-mention*d (hall agree by authentick Afts to acknowledg as SnccelTor to the Crown of Sjp«V>, after K. Philif and his Iirue,the Prince that OmII be agreed onin th: fntureTreaty of Peace. ART. III. The F^tHch Garifon (hall march oat of the Town and Citadel of Dmlurht and the Forts thereto belonging } and the Qpeen's Troops (hall come into the fame from the Day the CelTation of Arms begins: and this Place flul) remain in the I 39 ] i'J^ A R T. IV. - AS the ppeeb,. in her Demands, htfs no other View than to have fome kiad of Pawn for fecurtng the Execution of the Artideirdafiiig to the Reunion of the two Mohafctiys ; her Majetty does not pretend any way to concern her felf with diftarbing the Civil Government of the ToyititfDtmliirki Irat on the contrary (he orders me to promife on her part, that (he will give the neceflary Orders that all things may remain and continue on the fame foot they are adually in: That it fhall be lawful for the King's Ships, and thofe of private Fcrfnns, to So out and come into Port as often as lall be neceflary, without being hinder'd under any pretence whatfoever : And that all the King's Ships, as well as o> thers belonging to private Perfons, and •U their Bflwfts, Ihall be as much in fafe- ty as they are now. And that his Ma- jefty's Officers who have the care of the Magazines beloQgiag to the Sea or Land, ihaUftay in the faidTown of Dunhrk\ where theySiall continue to exercife their Callings during the ftay of the Eng- Hfi Ttoops. Civcn at Marliy the nd 'of 3f»»r,"l7I2;: .iio-i'jri ■ . th? hinds 6f tlffe.^Meii, natil »^^'Stat?s- ' , ,,j GepW^l.hai^e agreed to' give tb'hisrtoft '• ijVoa. . ChVlftiaA M^)etty fuch an Equivalent fdr- , theDemolitioii()f that Place; as be may be Tatlsfy'd with. Provided, that in this cafehis moftChriftian Ma jefty fliall be oh- llgedto dettipliJh ill the Fortifications cf that Place,td fill up the f^ort, and dcftroy ... the Sluices in fuch manner as the Queen's CoinmilConers have defir'd it. ART. IV. As the Q^tefi^ in h^ Demands^ has no other Vitfw than to have fome kind of a Pawn for fecuring the 'Execution of the Article, rfilattng to the Rieunioa df the two Monarchy S-, her MajeJly does not pretend any w;ay to concern her fclf with difturbing the Civil dovernment of the Town of Dm\ir\ : but on the cen- tury* fte orders «ie t'o.give Afluranccs on her part, that (he will give the; ne- ceflary Orders,: that all thii riay re- main and continue on the fani^ lojt they are aduklly in : That it fliall be lawful for the King's Ships, and thofe of pri- vate Perfons, to go out and come into Port as often as fliall be neceflary, with- out being hinder'd under any pretence whatfoever : And that all the King's Ships, as well as others belonging to Srivate Perfons, and all their Eficdts lall be as much in fafety as they are now. Given at WhittUU the $th of Juni^ O. S, 171a. H. St, John. A. R. Number XXV. :*> htfirulims for our Rrght Trufij^ *ni Right e/ttirelj Beloved Coufm and Coun- feBoTf James Duke tf Ormonde, C*ft*in Getter 4I MidCoitimMderiti Chief of our Forces, altiitg itt CoftjuttEtion with thofe of our Mies itt the Low- '' Ccuntries. Yimj are with all poflible Diligence to repair to the f/4/ »«, and to acquaint ■ the Penfion^ry, That, having appointed you to command our. Army in the • ftiihtrlMiAs^ we have given you Orders to fee him before yqu go to put your felf at the Head of the Troops. You are to exprcfs to him the jlefolution we are in of prefling ih good Offices mWV extrein^ly contribute. You are, after this Introdudion, to deiire the Penfionary to inform you what Plan has ■ ;!I)*en igrfed upon fc the Operations of the Campaign. ' ' - As roon.as you arxivc at the Frontier^ you areto meet with the Prince Eugene, and fuch others of th« Generals as fliall btin tht Secret, and wjth them to con- • CMt the proper Meafuru for cntring on Aflion. ' You P 11 mm mm c;4?l Yoo lire to take the QirA,;;»i^ every Qpport!unity, of reviewiog all fuch Regt- inents as are paid either ia the vyhple. or in part, by Us, and to certify to Us the Nambers and Condition or the feyerai Re|iments of Horfe, Foot, and Dragoons. You are likewiie from time to titne to correfpond with one of our Principal Secretaries of State, and to ^ranflnit coaftant Accounts of your Proceedings, and of all Occurrences which may happen* Given at pur Court at 5r.74imn-ti-'ri Number XXVI. IP- Letter from the Statc&-2)f^«tt« to the Tiukiof Ornipnde, Jur\ej^\ 1 7 11,^ My Ltrd^ ' ^" fi''"»: ■> -'I; tf n ■.< ,:;,.•-,■,.-) ....^jtj TH E States-General, oar Maftiers, have order'd as to reprele/it tp yjoi), 't)^% it is with the greateft Surprize iii the World they have receiv'd from as the Kews of the Declaration yoa have made. That you coald not gadertake any th^og before yoa had receiv'd Letters from EntUnJt and the Re6ifal you have made tq concur to a Siege, or to a Battel. They have diccAed jus, to acqoaintyqm, Thatjt appears to them incom^rehenltble and unanfwerabie, thatjby.tjhismean^ Holdup not taken of the Advantage one has over the Enemy, both yrith refped tp the Quality and Kumber of the Troops, and with regtrd to the 2^i;uation of t^e Ar- mies } and that an apparent Opportunity is negleaed of obtaining, with the fi^ei^ ling of God, a great Advantage over the- common Enemy : That this Ociijoft being once mifs'd, will perhaps never oficr it lelf any more } whereby the commPH Caufe wiU fuller a Lofs which can never be repaired. Their High and Mightinefles cannot in the leaft comprehend. That the Order fent yoa can be fo general, as to bind you, onfo fair an Opportunity as this is, from annoying the Enemy i but that it appears to them, That fucti Orders midk be underftood in a good Senfe, to temporize a littlie, in cafe the common Caufe does not thereby foiftr a confiderablepifadvantage, bat not at all, to Ht idle in a Situation wherein Inaftioa takes away alMi6pes from undertaking any thing hei^ after, and whereby conleqoently the ■l!)amage becomes icretcievable to the ^oni- mon Caule, fince the Army remainbg fome time without doing any thing, the {fo- rage is confum'd, and the Operations afterwards become not only very difficult, hvOt even impradicable : befides, that time is left thereby to the Enemy to intrench themfelves, and to fortify their Country as much as they pleafe. It is for all thefe Reafons, my Lord, that our Mailers have.enjoin'das.to pei:- fuade you not to do fo great a Wrong and Prejudice to the common Ca^fe of .'ail the High Allies, as it would be, i£ you fhould perGIb not to concur any way to the Ooerations of the Campaign, as the Reafon of War, and the prefent Sitaation of the Armies ieem to require it. They have direded us to fupport the aforefaid Reafons, particularly with this. That the Army which you command, does noc only confift of the National Troops of the Q of this Month. The Particulars which theDnkc of OrmoHt to the Army, will carry the Letters which they (hati think Proper to wtiie to ehcir Genaral Oflkers, npoit what i joft then told them, aod that 'twas time they came to4»(f«, nor Pay thofe that Ihall. And her Majefty who till now has kept mcafnres with lier Allies, driven by cbem co fuch Excrcmicy as this, will think herfelfjufiificd before God and Men, in continuing the Negociations cither at ZJtrnht or ellewhcre, withoQCtronblingherfelf if they concur with it or not. Thus, Sir, you may Aflarei your felf, and I have Order to promife you in the Name of her Majefty, that if the lAoft Cbriltiao King (Hits the Town, Cittadel, and Forts of Dunkirk into the Qtiecn's Hands, notwitbftanding all the Foreign Troops or part of them Refufe co obey th« Doke of Ormomf s Orders, andto retire with him, her Majefty will flick no longer CO Conclude her own particulir Peace, bot leave to the other Powers a fett time to fttbmit to the Conditiont of the Plaa which ihall be agreed on by the Queen and hii m^ ChrifHan Majefty. See herv. Sir, the Peace is in the Hands of the King ) if the Ookc of OrmotiJi'% whole Aroiy confentsto the Su{\)eniioa of Arii»,our firft Projcf^, on which we are agreed, has its Effeft i if they do not Confent, the Etig^ Troops will draw them, feives off from thole of the Allies, and the Foreign Troops may addrefs them. felves t* the States General for their Snbliftence, who very far from being able to fitpply New Charges, are not apable to bear thofc they have already upon their Hands. In a viorA^Gnea-britm retires from the Stage of the War, leaving there none bat Powers In a weak Condition to make Head againft Frmtte^ and the Peace beiweea thefe two Kingdoms may be condoded in very few Weeks. Thefc are, Sir, thePropoials which tbeQjieen has commanded me to make you: And (he believes chachismoItChriltianMa)efty will have bis cad, as much in the laft as in the firfb Plan. If the King accepts thefe Propolitions^ the Queen thinks it Convenient for the latefeft of both Nations, to labour incelTantly for a general Sufpenfiart as well by Sea as Land, between Grtat-Britdn and !>«*», to fellow that which (hall be cftaUiA'dinthe Low>C«ancries. I Ihall wait with Impatience the retom of this Courier, for, Sir, I mufb agree with yoD that the Momeacs are precioas ia a ConiDndlore like this. You II dlfpatch at the lame time, if you pleafe, an Exprefs to the Dike of OrmMid thee he may kaow what to Depend on, aad how co behave himfelf. if yon Signify to him that the King has given Orders to the Officer that ComnKiBds in DmrAnk to fuffer the Troops of the Qpeen of Gnst-Britam to enter the Place, the Duke of Ormond will imnediacely dua what ! have been telling you. And in this Cafe her Majefty will fend from heoce (bmfl Regiments to uke Poileffion of the Place, by which means we (ball avoid many Obftacks that might be formed, if this (hoold be doac by a Detachment from the DAt ofOrmend's Army, as we hsd defign'd it (hoold. Since I bare wrote this Letter, her Majmy has taken a Refotation to fend the E«rl of Strafford dkrflAly to the Army, Md he will fet out to morrow in the CT^nlBg, or SmUjt Moraiag at fartheft. I aiBflcc. .i -J: H. St.Jrtw. C4n Marlj,fuly the 5th, 1712. Monficur De Tony to Mr. St. fohn. No. 28. 1 Receive by U Figm the Letter you honoured roc with of the ioth June^ 0. S. and as yott impatiently exped his Retorn, knowing how precious etreiy hour is in the prefent Conjundure, the King Commands me not to loofe a Moment in fending him bacic to you. You will not be forry to fee him returned, iince he car- ries for you his Majefty 's General Approbation of the Qiieea's Demands you explained to me by your laft Letter. You take Notice, Sir, of the Orders her Majelty has given to the Dulcc of OrmoMd, the Declarations he is to malce, and the part he (hall take to retire with the fHg/t/b Troops and all thofe that will march with him, if fo be the King puts into her Majefly's Hands the City, Cittadel and Forts of Dunk^ifk^ when even all the Foreign Troops actually in her Pay (either feparately, or jointly with thofe of the States General) or a part of thefe Troops leparate from the fff^/i/b to continue under the Command of Prince Evgmt. My tail Letter, Sir, contained the jnlt Rcafons the King had to Expeft that all Foreign Troops in Eng\\(h Pay flionld follow the Orders and Motions of the Ouke of OrmvHd^ as a neceflliry Condition for the performance of the Promife his Majelty made the (^zz^ of committing Dunkirk to her Cultody ; bnt as it appears by ;our Letter that her Britannick Majcfty in cafe of a Refufal oa the part of her Allies, will no longer obferve Mcafures with theni^ that (he thinks herfelf juftified before God and Man, not to fcruple any longer the Condofion of a particular Peace, leaving to the other Powers intereded in th; War, a Term to fubmit to the Conditions of the Plan (he (hall agree upon with the King, that this Peace may receive its Condudon in a very few Weeks, and that Crtat-Britain enjoying a glorious Peace, will leave the whole Weighi of the War to fuch Powers vyhom Ani^iofity (hall engage to A& againft France^ but who at r!ie fame time will be in too poor Condition to make Head againft, her. All cnele Keafons fo fully explained in your Letter, being agreeable to the Sentiments of bis Majclly, have determined him to give his Orders for permitting thcQiieen's Troops to enter into Dunkirk, The Melfenger charged with thcfe Orders is going to carry them to Marlhal f^illars a« at the fame time I return la yigne to you ; and you may be Certain the Duke of Ormond will receive Advice of them to morrow the tfth of this Inftaat. I hope the Earl of Straffad will he with him at that time, and that the Conclufion of a good Peace, at -lead between France and Great-Britain^ will immediately follow his Arrival at Vtrecht. I beg leave. Sir, to mak: roy Com- pliments to yon on this Occalion, and do it with the greater AiTarance in finding by your Letter that all DifHculties are furmounced. The King, Sir, very well approves of your Propofition in agreeing immediately tipon a general CelTation of all Hodilities between the two Nations, as well by Sea as Land. Thofe People who have fufFer'd (o many Years the Burthen and Misfortunes of the War, cannot too foon tafte the Sweetnefs of the Peace. 'Tis my Opinion this Agriiement ought to be flgned at Vtrecbt^ and I Suppofe you will fend her Majefty'i Orders to her Plenipotentiaries, unlcfs you think fome other Method may fooner terminate this A (fair. 'Tis with greater Satisfaction than ever, that I alfure you ao one can be with greater Truth, than 1 am, &c. De Torcy. The Treaty for a Sufpenfion of Arms between Great'^ritain and France, N**. 29. ANNE h^j the Grace of God, Q.»cen of Crest- Britoin, frame, and /relattd, Defender of the Faith, d'c To all who (hull fee thefe Prefents, Greeting. Whereas our Ri^ht Trudy, and Well-beloved Coulin, Henry Vilcount BiUngbroke, Loid St. John, Rtran of Lidiard Iregtu, of r,ur Privy Council, and one of our Principal Secretary's of State, by Virtiie of the full Power which wc have granted him ; and 'John Baftiji Colbert, Knt. Marquis of Torty n iif ]^i \ ■ t 44 ] ioreyCniffy, Sable, Bois-Laufhin and other places, Councellour of our moftDear iBfotber the lAoft Chrillian King, Minifler and Stcrctary of State, Coirmarder, Chancellor, and Keeper of the Seals of the Knights of his Order, Poft. Mailer General of France, by Vlrtnealfoof the full Power given him, have ligrxd a Tieaty of ^nfpenfion of Arms, the 8th of this inftant ^k^«/?, O. S. 1712, in the follcwing Words. As there is Reafon to exped a happy Snccefs of t lie Conferences held at Vtrtcht^ by the Care of their Britaiinick and moft Chriftian Maje(tics,for the re-e(lablifliing a general Peace, and as they thought it neceflary to prevent all the Events of War which may diftorb the preferit State of the Negociations, their faid Ma jelly's earnellly defirins the Happincfs of Chtiftcndom, have agreed upon a Sorpcnfiun of Arms, as the moft certain means to Obtain that General Good which they Propore to them- felves ; and altho* her Britannicic Majefty has not hitherto been able to perfwade lier Allies to enter into the fame Sentiments, the Refcfal they make to follow them not being a fufficicnt Reafon for hindering his molt Chriftian Majefty, to Ihcw by cfTcftual proofs thcdefire he hnsto He-eltablilh as foon as poirible,a peifedt Friendlhip and Uncere Correfpondence between the Qjieen of Great-Britum and himfelf, and the Kingdoms, Dominions and SebjeAs of their MajeRics, his faid molt Chriftian Ma- jefty after having trnfted the Englif} Troops with the keeping of the Town, Cittadel and Forts of Dunkirk asa PleJge of his fincerity, Confcnts and Promifes, as the Queen of Crcat- Britain Promifes alfo on her part, 1. That there fhall be a general CelTation of nil Undertakings and military 'Anions, and generally of all Hoftilities between the A rmiebe contrary to the Honour of Her Majefty's Speech : The Cafe Is this. In Her Maiefty's Speech it is exprefTed, That the Dineb are to have the entire Barrier as demanded m 1709, except two or three Places iMt moft. The Prmri) Minifters infift, that they maft have Ufie^ as an Equivalent for Dun- i^ri^ and that the fame is not to be underftood as one of the three Placet menti- oned in tliir Speech, and ci3nreqaent!y that they moftia all have fotir df the Places mebtiodcd In the Demands of -<70v. This to bi appears to be altogether iitconfifteat with what 'Hier Majefty has de- clared; arid we accordingly think it contrary to oor Dtft)r to bring on a Coak- reDcvta^bkh fach an Explication if to be made. >'4' tUio jtid ic! ; i;.'rt ?(i7-».'.iij».-. Jt -J) ul i'aitryi ■'<•■ ^■fi, *ir- Aliil :,-f3(.o-;j f.- The (I. i i| ,: It M i [ 4<5 ] Tb« Ftuub Mioifteri on the other Hand have Ihew'd bi their Ordfen, whic^ jiefitivelj rcqeire ibem to iofift apoa the Keftitntion of Tmutuj^ u wcU as LiJU^ and that they by ao aeaMCOofeot to the Gcilioa ot M-iAtngt or Cimdi. We have in vain prelTcd theas tofpealc at firft in Tcroik, as general te oor Prou poCil b conceived in \ they think it neccflary to be particular and exprefs in thyc Point above aD others, bccanfc they flull ocherwife have ty'd themreivei op, and !|iventhc Dutehvct Advantage; the Refult of a very long Debate was, that we re- olvcd not to proceed to a Conference 'till this Point be deteruihied, and as the Frmh Minifters profefs their Orders are fo plain, that they neither need nor can admit any Explication : We alfo think the matter as pkio on oar fide, nor cab conceive from whence the Expedient fliall come. We humbly hope our Zeal for Her Ma|efty*s Hononr will be gradoafly appro- ved, and that we flull be direAed what further we are to 'do in this matter, which we appreliend may be of a deciiive confeoneoce \ for we find thofe among the Diacb who appear to be more cordially difpoled to Ittch a Peace, as may Re* eftablifli a good Harmony between Her Majcfty and the States, which they take to be abfolutely ncceflary for onr mntwil PreTervation ; we find them fully reiblved either to retain Tmtm^ and have ComJ/ yielded to them, (though we think, if Ne- ceflity require, they may be perfwaded to let ^11 the latter,) or to take one of thefe two Courfes; namely, either to come into any Terms that Frmct pleafes, or continnethe War at t"* Hazards } the former may in oar Opinion, be more pro- bable than the latter, the intsof Commerce being fo very caf/ lo be accommo- dated, ind other Equivalciis not fo very difficult. And if they fliould by fnch a motive of Defpair get the ftart of ns, it may happen to lelTcn the confideration frmiee now (hews for Her Majefty'sFrieodlhip. We had wrote thns far when the Frtmh Plenipotentiaries defired to come to us, and being come, acqaabted ns, that xhey had juft receiv'd Ordeis by a Courier about the Affront done to Monfiear Mefiuger by Count Sicbitnn, which direfleii them to d^rensto let the States CamM know, that His moft Chriftian Majefty cxpeAs the Stites Ihall in a pnblick manner dllavow the faid Count, and then re* move him from the Coagnk; they added, that this SatisfoAion is to precede any further Negotiation. Lord ^olingbtokg to the Lords Plenipotentiaries, 6eftember lotb, 171 2. N«. 31. SI MCE I wrote what is above, I have been obliged to defer difpatcbing my Letter, which has given me an Opportunity offecing my Lord Ltx'mitth^ who is refolved to be fetting out for Sgtin by the end of this Week ; fo that I hope, his Lordibip will get to Madrid'm good time to be there at the AlTem- bling of the Cortes. Yonr LordOups will, I prefame, think fie to correrppnd with him upon all Matters relating to yonr joint Negociation, and I believe the bed way will be to hare yonr Corrcfpondence pafs through the Hands of Mr. Ir'wr. I have given his Loidfldp a Copy of the Cypher which was made for the life of the Fo- reign Miniltersin any Province to write to another. Mr. trittr has likewife a Co- py of the fame, fo that yonr Lordflups nuy by that means more conveniently carry on the Correfpondence. I am now to fpeak to yonr Leidibips concerning the dif- note mention'd to be arifen in yoors of the Second of Stfttmkr^ between yoifr Lordfli^ and the Minifters of Frmiu \ it is ceruin, that at the time when the Qpeen commnnicated from the Throne a General Sketch of the Pro)eft of Peace, the Frmh wonld have been glad, havbg lr/2f as an equivalent for Dmhrk^ to iMve fav'd Cmde and JMwki^f, and to have departed from TWMf ; this your Lordfiups have Realbo to be feofible of as well as I ; and yon cannot but oblerve. Chat in the Plan brought hither by the Abbot CtMMer^ the King of trtmt begs for t 47 J for Ttrntny^ rather that) inii&s u{rtmt^ and tAadh every ArticTe* in it might have beep improved aad built upon, if the Allies l^ad then iioaniinouQt' refumed the Confereioces ; bbt lY^Wf has now gathered Strength by oor Divifions, and is grown Sanguine enough to Ke>eftablifti l\\t lame Plin as the t^mmitim -or Her Conceflions. .1 lay thtls mnbh lo your Lorifliflips, upon a Sbbibft which is trite enough, only to Introduce thii Ptbpofitioii, that the thttcb Y/xrt no Body to blamfif but thcmfelves, as I believe your LoHihips once very juftly told thern, if their Terms of Peace ihould fill (hoirt even of thofe Contained in Her MaiMty's Speech. Heir Mdjefty, my Lords, is fenfible olF khe cdncchi whith ioa cirpreri for Her Ho' now, and will not, yon may be fuce, fiifeir Oeir felf to be a Pirty to ant thin^ which May appear contradiQory to what (He Hasonbe advanced ^ but there is mote In the prefent Cafe, and although perhaps the yielding of Tourntj/ ini{>ht be reboii' ciled to the Terms of Her Speech, yet ihould the Qiieen confent to this Expofition of it, foch confent would be almoft a formal Acquiefcence to ihc Reftoration or this place to Fratue. and. this, my Lords, is what Her Majeftv will avoid ^ Ihe will by no means fide with froMte, to tye down Her Allies in ahy (nftance, and it is with the atmoft Regret that (he fefes them perfeverb in a Cohduft, which tmtft necelTdrily give the Enemy an Advantage dvci; them \ on the other Hand; the Qneen thinks that whilft they coittiiiue to refofe to come into Her M^afuires, (his is orider ilo Obligation of entei-ing Very far into Cenfcntion for ihem. 1 hope; the Soliktibn of this Difficulty Will come from Fra^ce^ and that wh::n they have 1*6 many other Q>jrarrels to decide, that Court will go back from a Meafure, whicK matt involve them in a dil)>ute with the Qvieen. 1 bad almoft forgot to lay, that I liave Reafon to think, tliat if the Dutch were coihe to fume GonfiQency amongft themfelves, aitd It was certain what would bring them idid the Peaee, the Fr4iub wotild be left Stiffen their Score. i* .■fV iX.*. Lord Holingbrof^ to Mr. *PrWr, Seftmber loth^ 1712* o» S. . • N*. 32: I Was e(ina)iy furprized and vexed, to find, that by the uoconth way of ex- plaining the Qiiesn's Senfe, yon h^ ^d<>i as fuch. ' .,..,. We fpeac atiovf three Hours iii pehniiig Minutes jrefterday apod t}iis Head^ which was long aj^o adjulted. I fiippofe the Inft^uCtioas will be at laftdear, but, my Lord Uxitigton having been pr^cnt at the 0ebacej his nnderftaading of the matter will make amends for any dark ambigifou> Article wliich may be in them. Dartmouth is to coinmunicate the Qpeen^ Orders lieireia to you, that fo ypu may be able to (ati$fy the Fnnth Minifters, and tHey to prepare the $fa»ijh m- nifters ; however, 1 will venture to tell you tn a few Words what I nnderftand is to be the roeafareof Lord IJcxiiigiwfi Condiia. As (ban as he arrives at Madrid^ he will notify his Arrival to the Secreury of State, he will when he fees this Minifter let him know, that the Qaeep has. fecit him thither to Compliment the King m ber Name, to be a Witnefs of the feveral Renunciations, aad pth^r Afis reqnilitc to cpmpkat the Execution of the Article agreed upoa as neceittry to prevent the Union of the two Monarchies^ that after tnij^ be is to proceed to fet^ tie fflch matters of Commerce, and other Affairs as are for the, mutual Intereft of bott) Nations, and To talte the Charader of Ambaflddonr ujx>9 him \ my Lord will dt the fame time pMuci his Credentials, and give the Secrtta'ry a Copy of ihem. [ 48 ] i{ Iw dcfiveiit: Jn.thit Conference he will fmrtber tak« Notice of the rcveral Cef- irnit made by )ihe King of F^imt^ in behalf of his Grand fen to the Qjieen, ud wiiifpnlt of tbsm at Points. which he looks* '-)0(i to be concluded. He wiljQke- wiK giwea Menpori4 of (hem in Writing, (ign'dby Mmrclf, to the Secretary, and. txpc] hrtngmfe fubmittine to come into the Sulpenfion of Aran, and he propofet to yoU an ExDcdient u to Barcthna t but in truth that War muft be ended of courfe novir, fince tne Queen fiippoics it no longer, and the Dutch are recalling their Fleet from the Streighta. The Duke of jtgpt ii going immediately now awa^, and tbemd- uient he con;ies to Minorca he draws to him every thing belonging to the Queen out of Cita(rports for the Ships that are ready to fail for the If'en Indies, which the King of Sgahi defires, and Mr. IVtor will imma* diately put t)»ji into your Hands. N« 34. Of erf of France io Vtmanets for Eng- Tht Kjt^i Anftptrs, England. land. I. The King promifes to confent without Difficulty to 4U what is contain'd in the itt, 3d, 9d, 4th and 5th Articles of the Speci* nek Ctaiands of thcC^ieen 9!f0rtat Britain. II. The King will caufe all the Fortifications of Dtm- lirk to be demoliih'd, as well thofe of the Town, as of the atade],tha Rife- kanks, and other Ports to- wards the Sea,in the fpace , of two Months, and mole towards the Land in three MoniJis longer, to be rec- koned firom the day of the ; Exchange of tho Ratifica- tions, the whole at bis ' own Chargpt wd, with Pconi(es not tO' repair the Whole or any Part» lit The King (ball vield the Iflaod of St. Cbrijlo- Pbar to Great, Urifmn, as likewift Nttimihuk on Condition that the Towa oRPUtentiaOvtil be. denoo- liih'd, diat the ngbt of Cifbing and dryii^ Cod firecly and witbowt Mder llation upon the &id Uland ofJ^miilaKdtQali re- nain to the Avwfr in tfae^ lame Places where they ufedtodoit. The little lilands near it^ and thofe neareft to JDkmJimiidJaMi. Bn^tmi demands, That thil Town of PlaetMtia flail be yielded' to her in the Condition it is in. His Majefiy offers to leave the Fortifications of Kacentia as they are,when he yields that Place to Engfani^ to agree to the Demand made of the Guns of Htiiimi Bm : More- over, to yield the Iflanda of St. Martin and St. Bar- tbolomem^to^ve up even the right of Fiihiag and drying Cod upon the Coaft of^ Newfinawanit if the Englifi will give him back Jcaiia, in confideration of theft new Ceffions which are to C5U to ick ind 01 M* tell ult ion to rs. rs to nsof vhen ;e to I the Guns fore* landi Bar- even ; and [knft : the back on of rhicb are flMll oiro be yielded to XilgUmd, well underftood that the Ifland of Copt Brt- ten and others of the Gulph and Mouth of the River ot 8t. Lcnernc$^ of which Fr0m$ is aduall/ in Pofleflion, (hall remain to the King. IV. The King will yield ^he Province of Jcadh with the Town of Port Royal, and its Dependencies to Oreat Britain^ as alfb the ftreights oiHnifon'% Baj. V • The Frtnch who (hall leave the G>untries which •re yielded above to Oreat Britain in the North Part of America, Ihall have leave to withdraw their hffeOa from thence : Like- wife the King ihall have leave to withdraw from thence the Guns and all the (lores of War. VI. After the Condufion of the Peace there Ihall be Commiflioners named on both fides, as well for re- gulating in the Q>ace of a Tear the limits betwixt Qmada or Nem France on one fide, and Acadia and the Lands of Hudfon's Bm on the other, as likewife to agree amicably ot all the Reparations which are juft and rcafbnable, claim- ed by the one fide or the other for the Wrongs re- ceived contrary to the right of Peace and War. VII. The Limits being once fixed, it ihall be forbidden to the Subje^s of both Crowns to pais the faid Li- mits to go by Land or by Sea the one to the other, as likewife tc difturb the Trade of either Nation a- mongft themfelves, and to difturb the Indian Nations who are Allies, or have made their Submifllon to cither Crown. VIII. The King will give leave to the Hoiue of Hannltcn. Colonel That the Duke of A'e^^ mond may inherit from his Mother. are pro|»rcd ai art Equi- valent. In this cute his M^jefty would content that tite River of St. George'' x»xV\ be the Limit of ".caiia^ wl England has de.lred. If the Plenipotentiari - of the Crown do refiife to admit of any Expedient for the Reftitution of Aca- dia, the King rather than i)rcak off 'he Negotiation, will agree to their De- mands, that is to fay, to leave Placentia fortified, and reftore the Guns of Hndjon't Bojf, well under- ftood that the Offbr df yielding oi the Iflandt of St. Martin, and of St. Bar- tbolomaw, and that of de- flfting from the right of Filhing and drying Cod upon the Coaft otNcv- foundland ihall be null, and look'd upon as if they had not been made. TheDnke o^ Bichmmi hsTing obtained Letters of Nam- !' ii %\ [52 1 Cobnel Cbsrlti Douglafsi and othefs, to lay before him after the Peace their lights and poiticular Pre* tto/ions, and will do them Juftice. IX. The King promlles, io the Name of the King of &Mm bis Grandfon, that (Sibrahar and Port /ISabm Ih. '1 remain in the Hands of the En^tin. that the 4th Article or the Treaty of Rijmck be aboliDied, and that the King (hall not hinder that file AfBan of Religion in the lunpire be rffiulated on the Foot of the Treaty of JUwifter, That there fliall be yield- ed to EHglmd an extent of Ground, of two Can- non Shot round Gibraltar, and all the Ifland of M- mrca. \ After the Peace Oiall be roncluded,the EnglUb ihall have the Treaty for Air- groei, otherways the Agree- ment of AmMo for lit- gnUf on the fame Condi- tions That the Frmb may not withdraw their Eifefis belonging to the Ajgiento, but upon Enilijh or Spanifh Ships. MaturaliaatioQ fiom th< King, fhall enjoy, when the Peace fhall be conclu- ded, the Prtviledge anne:^d to the Favour which Hia Majefty has granted him. The King is willing in regard to£%tori,that this Aftair fhould be regulated with the Empire, His Ma- jefiy not intending to de- rc«ate frdin the Treaties of WeftfibaUa \-& to matters of Religion. It is with a great deal of Trouble that the King has made theKingof 5/Mt» confent to give GmaUar to the £m2i^,the Intention of that Prince being, as he has declared himfelf Seve- ral times, not to give an Inch of Ground in Sfaiv. It will yet be more ditH- cult to obtain from him the leaft Favour upon a point which is fb tender at prefent, they preffing him to renounce his Rights to the Crown of France, and that the» will have him look upc . "pain as the on- ly Patrimony that he can leave to his rofterity. So that this new demand will certainly be refufed, and the Power which His Majdfty has received firom the Catholick King is di- re^ contrary to this Pre- tenfion. ^ As he has not ezplain'd himfelf upon the entire Cef&on of the Ifland of Mnorca, the King is wil- ling to imploy his good Oinces to obtain it as a fort of afiEquivalent for the Ground which the Ei^lifi now ask about Gibraltar ^ ard from this time His Majefty promifes, that on this Account rhc whole I- Hand of Minmca fhall be yielded to them. The concerned in the Company of the Afiento fhall be ftri£tly bound to the Terms of their Agree- ment : of Confequence they cannot Trade direflly to the fsj] tioni that this Agreeinent as made by the King of SpjiH to the French^ ib that the Company uhich (hall be ellabliflied in England for this Piir- ix>fe, Ihallhavc the Prero- tative to (et on Shoar, ell, and Vent their AV- froM in all the Places and *orts of Amerk.t upon the North Sea, in that of ^uc- ros Afret, and generally in all the Places and Ports where the Shii)s of the Company formed in France under the Name of the ^1^- entOj had leave to enter. XI. The faid Agreement (hall be for the Term of Thirty Years, and there fhall be appointed for the EtaUfi Company of the 4f^o an extent of Ground on the River Dela Plata ^ upon which they may not only lefreih their a^ott, but keep them lafe till tbey are fold, accordine to the Conditions which ihall be fiipulated by the Agree- ment which is to be made ibr the Jfitnto^ and to hin- der that this Licence may not be made an ill ufe of, the King of Sfain (hall name an Officer to hindet it, to whole infpeflion the Lom:etned in the faid Com- pany, as Iikewile all ihofe whom they (hall imploy, •hall be Siibje£l. XII. All the Advantages, Rights and Priviledges, which are already granted, ormay hereafter be granted fcy ijfww to the Subjefis of .France,ot to any other Na- tion vtfhatever, (hall like- wile be allowed to the Subje^s of Gnat Britain. XIII. His Majefty promiles likewife {hat all the Mer- chandizes of the growth andfabrickof(?re(rtBri»««r, ivhich froio the Ports of Spain, That this Ground (hall be chole by the Englifo, and that the Sfamilb Infpe- aor ihall be fupprefled. the Iniiet under precenii of withdrawing their £^- fe£ls, they (hall ablolute- ly loole chrm, if they ihould be oUi^ed td iih* ploy other Ships to load them than tbofc belonging to their Coid{>aoy. Thet)efignofthePeac6 being to procure the Mu- tual Advantage of the frmch and of the EngliJI^ it would not he juit that one of the firft Adyantagt?£ which it (hoiild procure tot England, fhould be to the prejudice oU\»French Na- tion. If the Et^^fl) will Treat about the EfTcfb of tht? French Company, they will remove by this Expe- dient the inconvenience they apprehend. . They kiiow in EngUni the Demands which were made of the King upon this Head. His Majefly has ob- tained them with a great deal of Trouble from the King bis Grandfbn, he can- not ask nor fufier in bii Name new Additions to what hat been already yielded in Favour of the Peace) if the EiqUli^ be- lieve they ought to infill to obtain new Advantages, they muft Treat direfily with the Plenipotentiaries of Spnn, and to this end let tnem have immediate* Ijr the iiecedary Imports to come to Utrttht. k C 5+ ] Sipain^^ wher6 tile Ships for the SpanilhWefi'hidiei (hall be cleared, ihilll be fentto ths Indies, fKall be exemp- ted from all Cuftoiiis,'as well thofe of going in, or coming out of Spah^ as thofe of going into the Indies. . xit. • '-^• All the Atticles above meiitiohed Ihall be extend-' ed ij) the Treaty of Ptaee, In the moft ample Man- tier, and the moft conve- Aient, and thefe (hall be added all the Claufes of the CeflatioiiS from Hofti- lities, a^d pthet reci- pfocal Pledges , accor- ding to . what has beet) done in fornier Treaties, which ihall be recited to have their former Force $nd Vigour, excepting thofe things which this )ias dero^ted from, and this tIauTe fliall be put at th6 end of eath Iidfttn* inerit. ; .;: ■,'':: '■'::■: '•-rAr. it! J d't ''i , (•■? i^^i pfers jf ftSOKC to Demands for the The Kings Anfwers, theDMipt^Sivoy- Pa/^e 0/ Savoy. His Right , and his Rank, to meSuccellion of SpMnOxallht decfau«d and acknowledged conforma- ble to the Will of a«-/« the Secotid;> II. The King (hall reftore to hiin Savoy and the G)unty of Nice with their Dependencies. III. The King will moreo- ver yield to him Exilles and FeneflreUes with the Valley of Pragehu. It is demanded that this Article be put in theft Terms. The Rank of the Cuke of Savoy to the Suc- ceiTion of Spain, Ihall be referved to his Royal Highnefs, according to his Right. His Royal Highnefi asks that befides the Val- lies on the other Hde of Mount Geneva, in which are comprehended that of Chateau Davpbin , Fort Barrawxy and the Territo- ly which extends from that Fort to the Frontier of Sa- voy, as it is mentioned in the 4th Article of his Spe- cifick Demands, the vil- lages The King is willing on account of Hnglmd^ to pafs this Article as it is demanded by hei!, not* withftanding the intereft which his Majefty ibay have,to recite and mention on this occaflon the Will of Cbarlet the Second. , The King cannot be- lieve that Engfand defiring the conclufiqn of a firm and folid Peace, will give rife to new' Wars, in giv- ing the Gates of France to the Duke o£ Savoy. He has ^either right nor even an apparent pretext: for to ask M he does a part of Dan- f^Jie cannot iiipport up- on any juft.an^ teaf&nable Foun- J [-55:1 lages on the other fide of the Rhone on the fide of Savoy, the right of (larri- foniag Alonjca, and the di- reft Demefn of Mmtoti wd of Roqnebrm. 'V- MV- J.lii. ;^«*«^? IV. The Ceflloos in the Mi- inntKa and othen made by Hie Etnperor £#opoU to hi« Royal Highnefi, fliall be confirmed. ^^His Rojal Higbneii may make iuch Fottifica- tioQs as he fhall think fit in'tbe places acquired bf the foregoing Treaties, tho' without derogating firoin ■ftlat of Twro ^n 1*69^. n<.mh:j'l hr.fv.i • That he Ihall have pow- er of fortifying all the pla- ces he fliall think fit, not- withftanding the Treaty of Turin. Foundation, the pretenfT- ons which he ninlces upon the tUate ot' a third l^er- fon, as is the Prirtct^ of Momo ; fo that h's Maje- fty Thinks that he does ve- ry much in leaving, out of regard to httgUvd, ExeUes, ' FeusftreUet, and the Valley ci Pragelai in the Hands of the Duke of Savoy. . He had even reafon to tliink frdm the firft Pro- rpl-ils, tliac they knew in England that this Prince blight to content himlelf With the Reftitution of &t- 00;, and of the County of AVf^, without rtiaking a furtlier demand of thefe two Places, which cannot belong to him by any Title but by that of War, and that they are convenient forhioi. : ■ ', ■ '!(ii. The intention of the Duke of Savoy is probably to fortifieP^wo'o/ 5 the in- terelt of France has not changed fince the Treaty made at Turin, in 1696, it is not of left ImportarKre, than if then was to hinder the Duke oi Savoy from for- tifying that Town: one may even fay that the dan- ger would ba greater, this Prince acquiring befides, E- xetles and Fenefirelks, and bis Strength being increa- fed ofl the fide ot Italy, Eiigland becoming a Friend to France, ought not tobelefsconcernjlfor its quiet, and the Tran- quilJitv of its Provinces, than for the uUnecelTary Aggrandizing of the Duke of Savoy. IS 111 u 1 1 I Si ? ' i ^ tills nv< ,1* .'••■•iha: . , 1 m m I5«] VI. The Trade froqi Franct into KedmoKtt and from Piedmont into Rrimeey Ihall be on the Foot of the Ttca- tyof Tnwjt. ' VII. His Royal Hignefi may have liberty to fill the Barony of Effartif and o- ther Ettates and EffeOstbat he may have in Dratict. VIU. The King confentsthat his Roval Highnefs may incteaie his Dominions in Itafy, as much as he fhall think fit. Ofers of France /or DemgnJsfor Pruflia. The Kings Anfinrs. Pruflia. I. TheKingofAvjEifliaU be acknowledg'd by France. The King fliall let him ipeaceably injoy the Sove- reignty of Neufebatel zad VaUngntf withpromile ne- ver to difiurb nim in this pofleffion, nor to give any ion of AiCftance to thote who woalddifpute it with him. That the Counties of Nnfcbatel and Valtngin^ be acknowledged as Mem- bers of the HelvetickBody, by theconfent of his Ma- jefty. III. The Subjeas of the Crown of Pnft fliall ea- joy as to their Trade in i^r .; not It of tide this >tbe by »in- I in- pole tail itdU lind. \t4' .KV- King BOW- them .'I -If this Prince accepts the Conditions above - men- tion'd, the King will give him the Title ofMajelty. The King thinks he dotf nwch, and that he gives a particular Mark ot his Confideration f6r£>5fW, to give Twelve hundred thoularjd Liyres to this Princij under pretence of buying his Rights, which his Majefly knows he cannot make )i(e of law- fully againlt thofe who have Pretenfions iq the Principality oi Orange. There is then no Choiq^ betwixt this Ofter, and 9 Pretejilion io ill founded as this of the pretended FroDtiey, which the Mini- ftcrs of |»/7/^rf have made a Demaod pf in Fran(h? Comte. The Sum of Twelve hundred thouland Livres, which is oft'ered to tlieir Malter, is a Pre- (ent which the King is willing to make him, for the good of the Peace, and to colour it only with a pretext pf bjiying his Rights to the Principality of 0- range ^ for otjjjerwile the King would have no o- ,therAnfwer to make, than -to give Aflurances, that he would leave tho(e who have Pretenfions to the Principality oi' Orange, t!;e liberty to follow them, before the Tribunals who pu^ttojydgeofthem. This Anfwer is the only one he can make on the SubjeaoftheLandsoftle Houie ofCW<7»^. of whidi not any one has the ap- pearance of Sovereignty, and of conlmuence no pre^ tence to withdraw them- felvesfi-om thef«rifdiaion of the commoU Judges. His Majelty is accounf- able to no one for the fed \Sts and Decrees he gives for the Dcmeltick Order of his ^Kingdom. if I *,1 l! ^If I 1 y\l The vn. The Kfig coMents, and de- mands hinifelf,that theThir- teen Cantons fliould be in- cluded in the General Peace. (58) Offers . tice. That if the Preten- fions of the Portufgu^se were lilten'd to, theQtho- lick King would have only the Name of King of Spain ^ but that in reality his King- dom would be (hared with a powerful Enemy 5 that for to buy an uncertain and dangerous Ellate, they will oblige him to renounce his Riehts and thole of his PoRerity to the Monarchy of France. The King does a great deai fot the For ti^ueze, by his agreeing that the Provi- lional Treaty concluded at Litbon in ijco, fliould be tuned to a Final Treaty , it is all what hisMajdIycan grant them ; they ask'd fee no more when they %ied the Treaty of an Ofienfive Alliance with him and the King ^ Spain. Qfftn (5?) d^erx of^tvciCefor Demands of iheHmfe the Kin^t AnjvFgfSi^ the H^mfe cf Au- ofAuAt'a, andwf ftria mid the Em* the Empire^ fire* V.-.. V\ Vflf THE Kiine (hall be the Boundary betwixt france and the Empire \ lo that the King will return Brifac and Fort de Kell in Che Condition they aft, in, will yield Lmdau in the Condition it is in, willde- mdifli all tlieFottslie ft in FoflMkn of on «he other fide of the tthine, arid in the KhitUy fort hntis to be comprehended atnongft thUA, as ^& that oT/c Tile ttanStrathMnxOtyCxin- ditioi^.and not othctwile, that the Ki«g (hall retail an vriUR he is in Pofleffioii of dh this fide <^ the RiveL ^[CcaUie totheTia^tf THat Stritburg be rt- tumed, tlon'nigen and A/iriv firj/tff be demdiflied. that Aif dee do not re- main in the Hands of frMce\ but accordins to the Intd|«etation which the Emplte and the H6(i1e of Auftria do give to the literal meaning of the Treaty ofMunpr. THE Khig «Mli ^ Straibttrgh , which was yielded to his Majefty, not alone as a Coniequoice of the Rights whidi the Cefli6n otthe4^« gave iiitfi to that town, but ikeHviie fot an ExcMdi^fbi B-Aottn, Brj/ac^ and of theWfitht of Garifonhfi of B>inp0mt\ <*hich his Mijefty ac^p'.ied \» the Treaties of 'Vefiphnha «id •Hie F9tt}ficationS6fA''rt» frifac (hall (iibfift, thiS Place beings neceflaty for t Barrier for fraitce, when (he returns Old Brifk to riie Hode of Aujiria. Thete is no other JsteN ?retatie)n to be given to the 'rcaty of Munjier, as to the Pofleflion of Alface, than the Meaning which was underilood \if the Am- bafladoTS and Minifios Who Sign'd the Treatieyof l9miguenmA. Ryfaick. The Kinslhall stikno^* lodgfc the thsQoi! of Br- woet. nt the EteSor of tVifW* He demands his Re-cfta- The King promiieS tH (hall be re- inflated in the bli(hment as Grand Prior of obtain from the King of rofleffit«of his Town of Caflile^ and the Rcftitution 5/<»/», that the , Grand Pri- Trrww, awdgowaUy mall of the Fruits, which he orlhip' The King confents, if It is demanded that the the Empire thinks fit, that Article of Rdigion he de- the Landgrave of IMe- cided by the Empire. Caffel be put in pofleflion ofRhinfe/tf 5t. Gour, and Ka/z, 'On condition that Matters of Reli^ ate kept on the lame Eoottjiey noyv are. V. ii. ■ ■> J As to what relates to the Houft of AMjiria in, parti- cular, the King promifes, that the King of &««fliall yiddtotfaem theKip^dcnns of Naples and Sardi/iiay the fcur Places in Tufcam'^ and as to the Dutchy of/M/- kn, that of it which fliall not be yielded to the Duke oi Savoy. The SpaniJhNetherlaadt, ^cepting the Town and Territory oiGueUre, which are to be kept by Prtt^a, ds it is explain'd Above, .■^^vi^^uv . i:'->iRlrI;*! -3!.'' rbiii.v ?•■•' '^^-^ "'i nfai; iTi\'jrl»^d f- ••ii'b'-.'j- ,..• i^'. . ..... :i iv./i i.i\: 'ti yv'A I Mvii (ii.5;^> •xl -.,.. ".-J ■>'!.i:;aJ ,.\w.<^?< ■C'i il ,'.\ v.*^. ."^ ',0 qiiUio U laU^'. .1. : '.- MLjlvl *0 fOjti. , VI. • ivf/:.-! TheWhole on Condition tbat the Eleflors of Coltgne 'p.d B.ivMiii be reeUablilhedi •;. their Dominions. Digni- V ", Goods, and Movea- 'J!:;,e'^.-.; - .:;■ ^J •;.t\v\>in .«.u ». ij ■, . llff •mri Sici/^ is demanded for theHou^of/l«f^r;4. '..\ioix -; !• ijlO.'i'i ' II ; ' .■-,[• i ■)! .1 il /I : lilxi;; ,">aVv' -.1 nj*J vjnrj :,vii ^Uu'^.r They will not be agaiitfi the Dutchy of Bavaria's being returned to the Ele- ftor of that Name, and that he (hall be the ninth and lalt Fleftor, on Con- dition that he fliall give up his Pretenfionsro iheU/ffr As tAe Matter relates pair tkularly totheE^npite, the Kii^ conlents it (hould be referr'd to its Decition. • t ffT;'l , : Itr. -m^'-a lii.f ,,rl'yflj?r)f1i < I y '1 the King and the King of £&»'/> not only eng^d ro thetle£lorof fiioine, when he fliall be reinltated in his Domini- ons, it fhall be in the choice of the Allies whether they will Garifon the Town of Bonn or not. VU. A General Pardon fhall be granted reciprocally to theSubjefls of all the Parts of the Spanifh Monarchy, who (hall have followed diflerent Parties in thisWair, with Reftitution of their Ho- nours and Eliates. the laft EleQor, which they will give him inftcad of the full Place he had in the QeQoral Collie. His MaMly ptopoles; that the fbrtifications of BoHH fhould bedemolifh'd, dnd this Expedienti teem more Tuitable to hioLthan to put aGatilon in thatPlac^ whi<:h ddtt not depend ofli the Ele3ot of G/ Of ersaf fnncc for Pemands for the 7he King^s Adwtrs, /k States-General. Staf^sGeqeral. I ■ THE CathoUck tw- G«»/r/rx, except what part the Kin^ is to keep, and the Exception above-men- tioned of G<'/Mfr, fhall be- long in Prw)erty to the Houle of Aujiria. IL The Barrier fhall be formed out of the Span'ifh Nitberlands, as they are now poHels'd by the Allies, to which Luxemburg fhall be added, referving the Principality of Thiny tliou- fand CxowKperAnn. given by the King of Spain to Madam the Prince(si/» Ur^ni, Kamur, Charkroy. 'hewport, Ipres at)d its Chatelane, Fumes and Fur- nambic , Knocque, Metiin and its Difltift ; on Condi- tion that Lille, in the Ibte it now is in, with its De- pendencies, (hall be return'd to France as an Equivalent for the Demolition o!i Dun- kirk, and Tournay with Befides the Places oaer'd for the BiUtier, the C^Tion oi'Tournay, and the D'^i^ of Tournay is detnandcd } aslikewil«C'/d!^, theQifns, and Stores of War, which ^s iq the Places which tire to lije yielded. Moreover, x Renunciati- og fpr ever, for a}! the KingSj Princes, and Priii'' cefles of the ^Ipod-iRoyal of France, to al, Kights prefentorto come, or which poflibly may, to all what fhall compofe the Barrier in whole or in part. It is refufed to agree a- bout the Principality grant- ed or relerved for the Prin- cefs det Vrjini, The King infifts upon the Reftitution of Tournay^ and theDiftrifl oiTournay, as being efleniial to fecure the Barrier which France has occafion for on the fide of the Lorn-Countries. This Banier is the more important , being the Strength of the Houfe of Aujiria becomes formida- ble, by the re-uniting fo many confiderable Domini- ons in the Perfbn of the fame Prince. Every thing is to be fear'd from fb dan- gerous a Neighbour, who applies himfelf more to his Affairs than anv of his PredeceObts s Who glories * R in ',1 the Diftria of Tourmiy, Douay, Bethune, Aire, Ht. Vffta/it, ar\d Dcurbain,inrhe Condition they ate ih, with what belongs to them, as likewile all the Guns and Stores of War, which Ihall be found in them, in Ex- change for the Places which France adds to fbttifiethe Barrier, and thole which will be yielded by the Ele- ftor of Bavaria, who is aQually in PoUeflion of them. ( 62 ) in following the Steps of CharJcs the Vth. and does not conceal the Dclit?! lie has to aggrandi/o himlilti It cannot be vioubicd nei- ther, but that he will be powcifully allilted by the kepubiick oihp//and, Ex- periince having mcwn,that far trom being atraidot the Power of the Houle oiAu- Jiria, this Republick makes its Glory and Safety coii- filt inmultiplyingtheNum- ber of the Dominions of this powerful Houle. The fame Reafbn of Se- coring the Frontier of his Kingdom, requires that the King (hould keep the Town oiCondey and his Mujelty will not relax any thing upon this Article. Being he knows all the Conlequences of it, he will be very lenfible ot the Plealure which t/tg/am will give him, in contributing that Tournay and its Diitrifl may be rcibred, and aufing all Demands about Cmdi to be laid afide: And to give real Tokens of it to that Crown, his Mojelly will oblige himfelf, that VTIoumay and its Diltriu are retum'd to him, that all Demands about Cottde be laid afide, and that he keeps that Place by the Peace. In this cafe he will confent, purely out of Regard to England, to fill up the Port o^DimhrA ; tho' his Majelty beifig fenfiUe of the Damage that this Article, fb llrenuoufly demanded by xhtEi^lifh, will be to him, has always refilled to agree to it. He will moreover confent to deraolifh the Fortifica- tions of Burgh St. Di/iox, with Fort Wan^tit which he- longs to it J and even, if it is neceflary, to yield this demolilhed Town to the Prince to whom the Nether- lands fhall belong. He will likewile confent to leave the Cannon and the Stotes of War which Ihall be fisynd in the PLvxs he will yield, oji Condition that thd Cannon and Stores of Wat do likewile remain in the Places which Ihall be yielded to him, and belong to his Majeffy. The Agreeinent ought to be teciprocBl} either to leave all the Art'dlery, and what belongs to it, in the Places which are to be yielded, as well on the King's fide, as on that of his hnemios ; or to regulate the Qpantity which fhall be left in each of the Places. The Renunciation which is demanded of the King, is a Claufe taken out of the Preliminaries of 1709. There would be many Reafbns to refiifc it, as unnecefwry , and even as abfurd •, but his Majefiy is willing to agree to it. Being the Principality referv'd of the Princels desVr- Jini has no relation to the Publick Affairs, the King de- fires the Difficulty on this Head may be lurmounted. III. As c d j< p («}) ! It is'iderv'd to treat concerning the tour Species ofMachandize. The King agrees to it m As to the Trade of Sfain and the Indies, it (hall be on the lame Foot as it was in the Reign of Charles II. And as to that of frnnce, it (hall be as it is ftipnlat- cd by the Treaty of Ryf- wicks and the Tariff of 1664 (hall be followed, excepting the four Species of Merchandize, on the Conditions whicfh (hall bd agreed upon. tnfiruSiions for our Right Trujiy and WelUeloved Confiit and Councellor Henry Vijconnt Bolingbroke^ wboift We have appointed to go to the Court of France. ANNE R. "XT O U ate immediately to repair to the tourt of trance ; and teing arri V'd thcfe^ \ to demand an Audience of his mod Chriftian Majelty. You are to pre(ent f this Prince our Letter which is herewith delivered to you, and to acquaint him that We obferve, with great Concern, that rtew Difficulties havearilen, and new Delays have been cteated in the Negbtiation, which We thought on the Point of being concluded : That we have lent you oVet folly ifiltfuEkd in all Our Intentions, and fiiUjr authorized to treat and fettle eVery Thin^ neceflarv' to temdve the Obftruftiofti which hinder the General SuCpenfion of Arms from taking place: That you are likewile empower'd to concert with his Miniflefs the mbft ptopet Means of preventing fiich other Difterences as can be tiow foremen, and of tettling the Treaty of Peace in fuch a Couile as may briAg it to a Isppy and Ipeedy Conclofioh. You are to add thfe AfFurances of Our eameft Defite to lee a perfefl good Un- derftanding between the Two Nations rcftored •, and to die all other Terms of Civi- lity, which may be proper, in Our Name. When you proceed to treat with the Minifters at this Court, you will begin, bf ac- quainting them, that We have direfted and empowered yoh to conclude and execute the ConvetitiOn for a General Stilpenfion of Arms by »m and Land, between Us and fra/tce and Spain : And We do hereby Authorize you accordingly to agree to the fame for two, for three, or four Months, Or to continue it till the Condufion of the Peace. But whereas We have hot yet teceiv'd SatisfeQion in thole Demands which Wo have thought fit to make in thebehalfbf the Duke 6t Savoy: And whereas the Set- tlement of the Ttrm for theSufpenfioft 6f Arms mult in great meafufe be ^overn'd by the time, which the comtileat Execution of the Article for presenting the Onion of of the Two Monarchies of France and Spain, will require : you are therefore, before you fign the Convention afkelaid, to expeft poliriVe Aflufances that the Terms which we demand of biince and Spain fhall be made good to his Royal Highnefs, and as far forth as poflible to adjnll aiid determine the Forms of the feveral Renuncia- tions and Settlements. As to the Barrier which his Royal Highnefs demands and judges neceHary for his Se- curity on the fide oi' France, you are not required to infill to have thofe Articles imme- diately granted which have been hitherto peremptorily tefiisd by his moftChriffianMa- jtliy •, nor, on the other hand, are you to agree to any thing which may fbreclofe the Duke oi Savoy from Negotiating tor himfelt. This Point We chule to leave to be fettled bfr-" fweerf 'I J I, (^4) tween tiie Two Powers concciu'd. But you will not Tuil to iccotnmcnd to the French Minilteis to h.iKin the ConcluJioii of it, inlinuating to them, that tlio' you can agree to the SurpcnhonotAnre without waiting to haw this Barrier entirely lettlcd 4 yet that you do not imagine thete will be any poflibility ot'cfevailingon Ustoiign the Peaoe with trjme and Spain, unlets full SatistaQion be given to his Koyal Highnels^ ami unlefs We can take him along with Us in the doing thereoK There fcems to be little or no ditterence between what has been propos'd from hence, and what is agreed to on the part of Frame, concerning the Right to be ella- blifh'd in the Duke of S,ivpy and his Children, immediately alter Fhi/ip and his Chil- dren, totheSucceflion to the Cirown oiSpiiin ar.d the fVeJj Mie\s. You are therefore to have this Article again explain'd, and to brine it as near ai poflible to the Terms made ufe of in the Memorial drawn by the Coum die Miffei upon this Subje£l. Concerning the Ceflion of Sici/v, you arc to infill that ll be made in the manner demanded by Us j and that thi> Au as well as thole necdlary on the precedent Head, be rinifhed at the lame time as the Renunciations and Settlements of the downs of France and Sfhtia Ihall be made. You are to refule to content to defer the a£hjal Surrender of thislfland to his Royal Highnels till the General Peace: But you are at liberty to agree that he (hall not take Poiicfiion thereof, until his and Our Peace be made with France and Spain. In other reipe^ls. you will bring this Article likewife as near as poflible to the Terms made uleof by the Count de Maffei in his Memorial. It feems too indifferent to either fide, whether a formal Sufpenfion of Arms be agreed to between France and Savoy, or not to have this Matter much infilled on ^ and there may be fome Reafbns why in Prudence the Duke of Savoys Accommodatioa Ihould be yet a while conceal'd. You will therefore have the Icfs regard to this Point, and treat for his Royal Highnels, upon the Suppolition and Condition of his coming into the Peace when We (hall do fo. And whereas it has been furmized that his Royal Highnefs might think of exchanging 5/V//y for Ibme other Tenitories contiguous to his own, whicli would by no means be agreeable to Our Delign, or to the lineielts of Our Kitigdoms \ you may therefore conlent to an Article to prevent the Exchange or Alienation of this Kingdom from the Houfe cX Savoy. As to thelecoiijd Point which vou are to adjull, as far forth as is poflible. We have directed What has been prepared oy the Civilians upon this Subje£l, to be put intoyuur Hands ^ of which you will make the belt ufe you are able, and you will endeavour to a^6e the (everal Forms in fiich manner, and to concert fiich Meafurcs for the difpatch of them» that when the Perfbn whom We fhall think fit to appoint to be Witndfe of thele Renunciations and Settlements, fhall arrive in France and Spain, there may be as little room as poflible left for Difpute or Delay. The mofl Chrilfian King being very earneft to obtain fbme Advantageous Condi- tions for the kiteEleflor oi Bavaria!, you are to inform th&French Minllters, iiut We fhall readily agree to have this Prince rtllor'd to all which he enjoy d in the Empire, except his Rank of Firft Ele£lor, and except the Upper Valatinate, both which are' to rpmain and belong to the Eleftor Palatine. We think this a lufBcient Conceflion on our part in favour of the Prince abovemention'd, who being in PoUeflionof A, < ■:»' A. R. Madam, Hflgw, June the ^th, 1711. K S, AFter all the Prooft which Your Majefty has ^lyeri during the coiirfe of Your Glorious Reign,' of Your great Zeal for the Publick Good, and of Your Adherence to the Gomrhon Caufe of the High Allies) aftei^fo many Marks You have had the goodnefs to give us of Your tender AfleiHon, and of Your Friendflilp to our Repiiblick', and alter the rc;'eated Aflurances You have given us, and that very lately too, of Your Intentions, that your Troops fliould adagainft theCom- xtioa Enemy, until the War was concluded by a General Pe^cej it is impofllble we flionld not be Suprized and Afl^liAcd by two Declarations we have lately re- ceived one after another, in the Name of Your Majefty { the firit by the Duki of Orntnd^ Your General, That he could' undertake nothing tvithout new Orders firt>m ypu^ The other by the Bifliopof i}ri/?<>/, your Plenipotentiary to theCon- grefs at Vtrtcht \ That Your Majefliy perceiving that We did not anfwer as we ought, .tlie Propofal which ybo had made us^and that We Would not aA in Concert vritb your Minifters, bn the Sobjed of Peace, yon would take your MeaHires apart ;. and that you did not look upon your ftif to bo ..oVr unddr any Obligation whate- ver with Refpcft to Us. ' , As foon as We had Notice of thofe Declarations, We lent Orders to Our Mini- ller, who has the Honour to refide at your Majcfty's Court, to reprerent to you the Reafbnsof our Surprize, and the Conftquences of thole Declarations, and to requeft. you with that K«fpcd which wo always had, and which we (huil for ever entertain for your Royal Perfon.That you would give other Orders to the Duke of Qrmind^xhiX he may Aft with alf^ffible Vigour, According to the exigency of the War; And that yourMa jelly would have the goodnefs to entertain other Sentiments of Us, than thofe which the Bifliop oi Briftol has declar'd to our Plenipotentiaries at Vtrtcht. , , . , But 1 the more we conlider' thcfe Dfeclarations, the ttiore iftpbrtant we find tbemvand'the more weappr£hend cheGohrcquenceS':Ther«fbre'-Mre could not far- btuit applying out- ielves by this Letter diredly to ^otir Majetfy, hoping that you will cpntider it, as we promSfe our felves you will,' both from your great Pru- dence and Wifdom, and from your fo much fam'd Zeal for the Publick Welfare i pttAicularly from your ufuai Friendfliip and ASeftioa for us and our Republick. * S We I Wc proteft before all things, That as we ever had a true Friend ftiip, as well as the higheft Rcfpeft for your Majefty, and a (incere AffcAion to all your Intereftsj with an earoeft dcfirc Co lire in a perfeA good Underftanding and Union with • you ; We have ftill the fame SentimcntSy and fliall always prefer-re them, wifhing fornothing more, than to be able to give your Majelly the moft coHvinciiig Proofs of it. After this, we pray your Majelly to confidcr, according to your great Penetra- tion, wheiher we have not juft ground to be Surprized, when we fee a flop put, by an-Order in your Majefty's Name, without our Knowledge, to the Operations of the Confederate Army, the Fineft and Strongcft which perhaps has been la the Field during the whole courfe of the War, and provided with all NecelTarics to A6t with Vigour ; and this after they had March'd according to the Refolutioa taiien in Concert with your Majcdy's General, almoft up to tU Enemy, vi'ith a great Superiority both as to the Number and Goodnefs of Ti cops, ,,..d animated with a noble Courage and Zeal to acquit themfelves bravely ■■, fo tiiat in all Hum^tn Appearance, and with the Divine Afliltance, which we havt experienc'd ib wfibly on To many other Occaflons, we fhould have been able, either by Battle rr Sieges, to gain great Advantages over the Enemy, to have bctter'd the Affairs of the Allies, and to facilitate the Negotiations of Peace. We flatter our fclves indeed with the Hopes which the Du^'.e oiOrmond has gi- ven us, That in a few Days he expels other Orders •■, But in the mean time We are forry to fee one of the fined: Opportunities loft, beiug uncertain whether we Ihall havt another fo favourable, fince the Enemy have time ^iven them to Fortify themiclves, and k...ke their Precautions, while the '.imy of the Allies lies ftill without A^ion, and confuming the Forage all ruuud, deprive themfelves of the means of fubfifting for time to come, inthofe Places, where by Concert,the Opera- tions of the Campaign were deflgn'd \ which may maice fuch Enterprizes impofTible hereafter, as were pra withoutthe Knowledge of the other Allies, can agree and confift with the Nature of an Alli- ance, and with thole AlTurauces and Engagements juft now mcntion'd. For tho' according to the Declaration of the Biihop of Bri/lol, your Maje: , holds your felf to be difengag'd from every Obligation with regard to Us, 'tis plain that the Matter now ia Qiieflion, is not our particular Intereft or Advantage, but that of all the Allies, who will fuffer by the prejudice which an Otder, fo little expeded, muft needs bring to the Common Caufe. But, MAd*my We cannot fcbcar telling your Majefty, That the Declaration made by the Bifhop of Sfifioiint Vtrecht^ has oo Icfs SurprizV us, than that of che Duke of Ormond in the h\m%f 3t appears t(y Us fo extraordinary, that we know not how to reconcile it with the great Goodnefs and Kindnefs which yoor Ma* jcfly has always honour'd us with ; and not being able conceive how fach a fud- dcn Change could happen with refpc^ to us \ We are not only Surpriz'd, but AHiiftcd at it. We have carefully examin'd our Condud, and find nothing in it that can have given Ground to that DilTatis&dion which youc Majefly exprtifM with us by this Declaration. From the very firfl; Day that your Majefty afdended the Throne^ we teftified all the Deference that you could defire from a State in Friendfhip and Alliance with you. We Cfirefully fought after your Amity and Affection, and confidcriug the happy EfTccls, which a good Intelligence, Harmony and Union, betwixt your Majody and us, 4|id the two Nations, might produce, and have really protlac'd, and the Advantage which refiiltcd Uoxd thence to both, as well as to the Commoa Caufe of all the Allies, we made it our Bulmefs heartily to Cultivate 'em, and < more and more to gain your Majelly's Confidence, and confbvm our felves to your Sentiments as much as poflibly we could. W«. ( h ) We think that we gave a flgnal Proof of this, particularly with regard to the Negotiations of Peace, fincc not only after we were inform^ of the Conferences formerly held in Engtund «pon this Subje£>, we did expeft that your Majcfty would give us au Account of them, having this firm Confidence in your Fiieadfhip for our Republick, and in your Zeal for the Good of the common Caufc, tiiat nothing would be done to prejudice us nor the other Allies ^ but alfo when your Majefty communicated to us the preliminary Articles figa'd by M. Mcfnagtr in EngUnd, and when you propos'd to us the calling and holding a Congrefs for a general • Peace, and requir'd of us to grant for this End neceirary Pafsports for the Enemy's Minifters, we confented to it, tho' we had many Reafons, which to us fecm'd very well grounded, not to enter into fuch a Treaty without a better Foundation, or at leaft without the Concurrence of the other Allies i but we preferred your Majefty's Sentiments to our own, in order to give you a new Proof of our Deference. We did no lefs with refpeft to the Difficulties which were flarted on the Sub- jeft of the Treaty of mutual Guaranty for the Succcffion of the Proteftant Line Id your Majefty's Kingdoms, and for oiir Barrier •, a Treaty ot fuch Importance to the Two Nations, that we look upon it as the ftrongeft Tie that could be thought on, to unite for ever the Hearts and Inierefls of both, toncludoi after the maturell Deliberation, and ratified on both tides in the molt authentick i-'orm \ for tho' we might have ftood to the Treaty as it was, yet we entcr'd into a — — Negotiati- on upon thofc Difficulties, and particularly on the Point of the ^jfitnto^ concern- ing which we ga?« our Plenipotentiaries fuch In{tru(^ions, that we no longer doubted but all the Difficulties >'ould have been adjullcd to mutual Content, and that we fhonld thereby have entirely regaln'd your Majefty's Confidence •■, and the rather, becaufe in the ^rft place, when the meeting of a Congrefs for 3 gtiierai Peace was in hand, your Majefty (f.eclar'd to us by your AnibafFadoi-, that yon i!':fir'd no mors thai our Coi/curr«nco in that fingle Point, and this only Mark of our Conudience, and that tlien yju would give us ftrong and real Proofs of your Aflfeftion t^^Tds us, and of your upright Intention? with refpeft to the common Caufeof all the Allies j and that afterwards, when the Difficulties about the Suc- ceffion and the Barrier were rais'd, your Majefty did likewife aflure us, that if we would remit fomethin^ upon the mod eflential Points, and particularly about the Affair of the Affitute^ it would be the tt ue way to re-eftablifli a mutual Confidence, which being once reftor'd, your Majefty would take particularly to Heart the la- terefts of this State, and aft in Conjnnftion with us in the whole Negotiation to obtain an honourable, good, and fare Peace. But we find our felves very much out in our Expeftation, fince at the very fame time, when we made the greateft Advances towards your Majefty, and that we did verily believe we fhould come . *« an Agreement about the Points in Diflerence, we fee the Earl of Strafford goue without finifhing that Aftair, we fee the Army ftopt in the beginning of its Career, and we hear a Declaration^ by which your Majefty looks upon your felf to be difengag'd from all Obligations with us *, for which the Reafons alledg'd are. That we have not anfwer'd as we ought the Ad- vances your Majefty nide towards us, and that we would not aft in Concert with your Minifters about the Peace. If your Majefty will be plcas'd to look with a favourable ?nd equitable Eye upon our Conduft, we flatter our felves, and have a firm Confidence that you will find nothing in it, which can give you fuch difadvantageous Idea's and Thoughts of us; but that ym will rather find that we have perform'd, and do ftill perform all that we are bound-to, as good and faithful Allies, and particularly to your Majefty. What wc have faid already might perhaps be fufficicnt to perfirade you of it, but we muft add, that having always cfteem d your Majefty's AfFeftion, and a good Harmony betwixt the Two Nations, as one of the ftrongeft Supports of our State* and of the Pt'oteftant Religion, and as cire of th6 moft effeftual Methods to main- tain ami advance onr common Intercfts, and thofe of the whole Confederacy, and this fincere Opinion being firmly imprint^ on ci.. Hearts, wc were never back- ward to communicate and confult in all Confidence with your Majefty and your Minifters upon the Affairs of the Peace, according to the Foundations laid down in the Grand Alliance and other Treaties \ we declare that wc have always beea inclinlible'dnd ready to do it, and are fo ftill, as far es we can, without Prejudice to the othtfr Allies, and without departing fronror afting againft the Engagenionts^ frtfatids iftd Alfiiiicds whith wc have enter*a Into. But» Madaiti, all the Propolals hitherto triade to ns updn thbt Siibjeft, weCci couch'd in very r.cneral Terms, without CommunicatiDg tous the RefUlt of thi * " Negej :'i^ (68; Negotiatioiis betwixt ydur Majelly's Miiiifters aud itiofe of tiknce, nor even your Majefty's Thoughts about the Subjeft, which we ought to ha»e concerted toge- ther \ 'tis true that in fome of the laft Conferences your Majefty's Minifters de- manded to know whether ours were furnilh'd with a full Power, and authori/'d to draw up a Plan for the Peace ; but it had been jultf before fuch a thing was de- manded of us, that they (hould have communicated the Refuk of the Negotiations, fo long treated of betwixt your Majefty's Minifters and thofe of the Enemy's, or at leaib they ftiould have told us your Majefty's Thoughts. Had that Plan related only to your Majefty's Interefts and ours, we fliould per- haps have been in the wrong not to have forthwith come into it, tho' even in that Cafe the Affair would not have been without its Difficulties, fince the leaft Notice of it which (hould have come to the Enemy muft have been very prejudicial: But; as thi^ Plan in quedion concern'd the Intereft of all the Allies, and almoft all £«- **«/'', we had very ftrong Apprehenlions, that as the particular Negotiations be- twixt your Majefty's Minifters and thofe of France^ and the Readinefs with which we confented to the Congrefs at Vtretht^ and to the giving of Pafsports to the Ene- my's Minifters, had already occafion'd abundance of Sufpicions and much Uneafi- nefs to his Imperial Majefty and the other Allies j we fay, we apprehend that his Imperial Majefty and the. other Allies coming to know (which wouI'< have been very difficult to conceal from themj the Concert betwixt your Majefty < Minifters arid ours for a Plan of Peace, and that before the Minifters of FrMnct had given a fpecifick Anfwer to the Demands of the Allies, their Sufpicions and Uneafinel* would have increas'd, and that way of proceeding might have ^iven them Ground to entertain prejudicial Thoughts, as if it had been the Intention of your Majefty and us to abandon the Grand Alliance and the common Caufe, or at leaft that we alone took upon us to determine the Fate of all the other Allies, by which his Im- perial Majefty and the other Confederates might have been pulh'd on to fefurate Meafures, and to take fuch Steps as would be no ways agreeable to your Majefty's Intereft nor ours. We thought thefc Reafons ftrong enough to juftify our ConduA to your IJ je/t , on this Head, and if we did not enter with all the Readinefs which you migh .' wifh'd for into the Concert propos'd, we hope that at moft your Majefty will look upon our Backwardnefs only as an Excefs of Prudence or of Scruple, and not in the leaft as a want of Confidence in your Majefty, while the Allies might have confi- (ler'd it as a dtparting from the Treaties, and particularly from the Eighth Article of the Grand Alliance ; we alfo hope that your Majefty (for the Reafons here al- leug'd) will lay afide thofe hard Thoughts of us, as if we had not'anfwer'd as we ought the Advances which your Majefty made towards us, and that we would noc a& in Concert v;ith your Minifters upon the Subje<^ of the Peace. But, Madam, tho' your Majefty (hould not acquiefce in our Reafons fof which however we can- not do;ch time as we had refus'd to give all neceflary Redrefs ■, but as we did no ways engage to enter with your Majefty into a Concert to draw up a Plan of Peace without the Participation of the other Members of the Grand Alliance, the Backwardnefs we have ftiewn upon that Head cannot be look'd upon as a Contravention of our Engagements, and therefore cannot ferve to difengage your Majefty from yours, with refpeA to us, fince we are verily perfuaded that we have folly anfwer'd all our Treaties, and all our Alliances, both with your Majefty and with the Hi^h Allies in general, and that, we have done more in this prefent War than could in Juftice ai^d Eqiiity have, been fxpeded from us; all the Difference betwixt your Majefty anid us in this Point is no more, if rightly confider'd, than a Difpanty of Sentiments. . .. In Truth) Madam, if for fuch a Caufe betwi:^t Potentates allied and united to-! gether by the ftrongefc and ftri(f\eft Tics of Alliance, Intereft and Religion, any one of thofe Potentates could quit all their Engagements, and difengage themlelres! from all their Ob^ga^ions, there's no Tie fo ftrong which may not De>brpKe at any' time, and wc know of no Engagements that could be relied on in Tiriie.toi com^^, , We affure our felvcs that, when your Majefty confiders the Confequences, yoa- wiU not peruft 10 the Declaration which the Bifhop of ^r»/?o/ has madei we be- (eecb you vyithall the Rcfped^ad^aU the Earneftnefs of which we are apahle,that, - . you r^9) you would ndt J ind alfo that you would br plcas'd to revoke the Oi-der given to t»ie Dx\kt of Ormand, if k be not tevok'd aUeidy, and that you would authoHle . bim to aft according to 'Occurrences, aird as the Exigency of the War and the Ad- vancement of thecommon Gaufe fliall itqtfire. VVc alfo requeft you, Madam, to communicate to us the Refnlt of thi Conferen- ces betwixt your Minifters and thofcof the Enemy, or at Icaft your Thoug'hts upon the Peace, and we will endeavour to give your Majqfty all imaginable Proofs of our Deference for your Sentiwicnts, and of ouf,'frnc<;reDfefrr'e to prcfcrvie your yaluible Friendlhip as mtvcha'S w«iciin, without ijif^ing c6htrary to tnetaithof the Engage- ments into vriiicft ink *r*ft 'chtcr'dby Treaties and Alliances with your Majcfty and ocher Potentate^. We are firmly pcrfuaded,that it is not your Majefty's Intention in any manner : to brieak thctn, fincc you have always been of the fame Opinion with us and the otber.Allicsytilfrt agood Utiibh betwixt the AHics, not only during the pi'^l^qt i War, -butraMb ilftBr the Pcacefiiall 'be'concluJedi' i?, and always will be the tnoft • folidi ■'nd even^be oflly Method wprefervc the IJbbtty and Indepcnd£hcy 6f ^1 -topctjier, and of every one in- particular, againft' tbe grtat Power of fhr/^cr. We cxpeft alfo, that after having given fucb great and fignal Proofs of your Wifdom,of your Firmnefs, and of your Zeal for the Support of the cortinionCauf^, • your Majefty will not now take fqch Refolutions as may be prejtidictir.to li^ and -the other Allies, but that, in order tb bbcaiii an ,lionoUrabIc, f^reikndgencrai iPeacc, you will purfue th« fahi« Methods indjkccn to^the lanit Ma^mwhTcri yidu fovmerly held^-aad which Almighty God hit!i blcls'd fri fb icmarkJole a ttiiifiier by -.VLftories and gifcat EvcntSj which will rcndtr the "Glory of your Majefty'^ Rei^ti limmortal. , . i ..' >. i^ ■■.■'• We again renew to your lita)efty the Amirances of our high an^d perfe(fl Ettitem ibr^your Pcrfon and Friendlhip, as alfo of our Intintiins and fincerc Defires toea- tettain with your Majelty the fahie gocfcl Cbrrerpo'ndence, Harmonj and Uijioii as faeibre, and. co cultivate the Time betwixt the Two Nations, as far aS it Ihall lye in oufPriwcr ; and jive pray ybur Majefty to preTerVe likewlfc for us and our Repub- 'lick your former Affeftion. We refer for the reft to what the Sieur ran Borfeli, our Envoy ExtraordinsJry, has further to fay to yotir Majefty on this Subjeft. Aad pray the Almighty, &ck ;,^.R vTr ton vri.;: '.K .-r ^ontainileau^ Aug.2t. N. S. 1712. . jWy L&iD, ■ • '^^'^ J Left CaLus on A^o»d,iy, according to what I writ to your Lordfllip from that , Plact, and proceeded on my Jour,ney to J'aris, where I arriv'd about tf a Clock idntfddy in the Evening. On the Road I took all poffiWe Precautions to conceal my Nartie; and to avoid all fort of Ceremony, by Hopping to refrc/hmy felf as iJD- tic as pofllblc, and when I did (top, by chuun^i to do it out of the great Towns. My Care was however in a great meafure fruitlefs, and they did their utmoft in die Places thro' which 1 pafi'd to fhew their Rcfpccls to the Queen, fo thai I arriv'd at leaft as much fittigq'd With Compliment as.tir'd with my Journey.,, Soon- aftet- 1 got out' of my Chaife, a Geritl'eihaa game to me from Mddame dt t>i»»j!5», brou'ght her Coicb, invited rT)?i)|{i Supper, and toid me t^iat Monftear dt Tarty was coming Poflrffom to^tifinbUaH'tomiet me. la ettctl 1 had not been long at the Hotel df Cro^fjl before he arriv'd. There was no rclifting his Importunities c» well as his Mother's, and 1 was forc'd to continue with them duiing my Stay at Paru. In thefc Two Days I loft no Time, but purfu'd her Majefty's Iitftruftions with all the Application I art Maftcr;6f,. and 1' humbly hope that I have been f<» happy fts to anfwcr the Purptffc's tot Which /jie fent me hither. We began with the Intefefts of the Duke 6tSav«y^ from Whence the principal Ohftade to the Conclufioa of the Sulpcalion of Arms by Sea and Land arofe ami after fome Conteftation have adjufted them in thjs mannef. ' > i i confirm d, .which are necelTary to acc()hipTifli the Artfclc for preventing the Uhiod of the Two Monarchies. ' , Monfieur dc Torcy endeavovjr'd to leave this Point more loofe, and cither to de- fer fecurlng the Succeflion of the nowfc of ^avoy^ or pt leaft not to eftablilh it in the fam« Afts as ate to pafs on the othca'.O.Ccalion ^ IJut as I judfl'd this to bethr Afeft •nd moll aBthw^titfk. inzmx\'t ittfflf^U; and Fie yielded. ' (JO ) On the Ceflion of Sicily he would have adher'd to the Terms of his hft Difpatclj, dad urg'd the Abiurdi'y of giving this Kiugdom away till they were fure of ma- king Peace with Sdvoy, It was not difficult to (hew that he had already dcpartied from this Argument, and that there codd, be qo reafonabic Objeftion to f A»7«p's making a Ceffion of Sicily to the Duke of Sdvoy^ at the fame time as he cohfented to fecure to him the Succcflion of Sp^in and the indiej ^ that if a Peace did not follow, every thing which had been done would pf Courfe be void and that if it did follow, the Confideration for which this Ifland was yielded woujd be obtain'd. This Point being over, there was little Difpute about the Time when his Royal Highaefi.ftall be put into the aftual Pofleflion of this Wngdom j we have fettled it to he. on the Ratification of a general Peace, or of a Peace between theQiieen, /r*MV, S/ait/y and Stvni. The Count de M^fei may not perhaps be fatisfied with this Agreement, and I remember in his Memorial he defired his Mafier might be at Liberty at any time to take PoITelCon \ but the Duke of Savoy oiugh^ to look upon it aa:a very good Bargain, and to be contentied to have the Advantages which are to accrue to him put into his Hands,when thofe which her ^lajefty ilipubtes for herfelf are put in- to hers. I wifli I could have prevail'd on the Head of the Barrier as far as I did on the other Two, btit.it was impolTible, at lead it was fo for me. Monfieur de Torey re- prefented thit ^xiltes, fenefireJles^iad the Valley of, Pr-^r/«M, befides the Reftitu- tion of aU;W^lt JFrMtce is in PpirelTion of^ was the utmoft which the King wonid ever confent «r had ever confented to give : That when the MlniAers of Smfcy made in H»lUnd the fame ulterior Demands which they now make, the Penlionary laugh'd at them,' and even at that time did not pu(b him to comply with them: That, und Vr^tence of Security, his tHghnefs really Ibught an Aggrandifemene at the Expc .' *■ Mce^ and out of the ancient Domaine of this Crown: That tho* a King ot ■: was a more powerful Prince thaa a Duke of Sdvty^ yet that the latter ,l)ackM j a Confederacy ,'which is th^ioiily Cafe wherein he will attempt any thing, is a dreadful Enemy to the (qrni.CT '• That they have here a Minority to expeft, and therrtbre r jght to be the more careful not to leave the Frontiers of their Kingdom cs,.-^ J : In fliort,,that Sicily was i^n ample Recompenfe to his Roy- al Highnds for all the Services he has done the Queen, and that if her.Majcfty was ,eafy, he was fuve the Duke oi Savoy would fubmit: He concluded, by repeating very earnellly, that the King never would grant him a larger Barrier, and that his Majefty infifted to put this Negative now, fincc he was refolv'd to do it at laft, leaft the Duke fliould, by continuing ip Hopes, fpjn out the Treaty, and delay concluding his Peace, for which reafon he likewife infifted that the Qpeea Ihould concur in this Negative. It is needlefs to lengthen my Difpatdb by telling your LordJhip what Anfwjcrs 1 made to thefe Reprefentatlons : I replied in the heft manner I was able, and ended as I am inftruAed, by letting this Minift^r kdow that the Qjieen vyould confent lo did not underftand her Majefty's Intei^tions %o be to enlarge the Duke of Savoy^i Dominions out of thofe of France^ but that I was fure Oie would not fign a Peace, tinlefs this Prince's Security was really aftd cfTeiflually provided for, which FrMiiet having promised in genetal Terms to all the Allies, could not refuie^in any Parti- cular to the Duke of Savty. The next Head to which we proccedcd,*as that of the Renunciations and Settle- ments neceflary to prevent the Union of the Two Crowns, and in treating of this I cannot fay that I met with any Difficulty^ I gave no Hopes that any Expedient would be accepted to fign the Peace befpre this Article was entirely accomplifli'd, tho' Monfieur de Tony propofed that the t^eace ihould not be delayed for it, but the Ratifications ihould. He has fince 'confulted Monfieur Ber^heyk^ and they are of Opinion that a Month's, or at fartheft Six Weeks Time« will uiffice to pafs all the Forms, fo that I am defired to recommend the Difpatch of my Lord Lexington^ or whoever elfe the Queen ihall think fit to fend into Sp»in ■, and I crave Leave to fay, that it would be extremely out of Conffe if in Prince and Spsia they Ihould be ready to finilh tliis important Article,. and wc Ihould on our parts not be ready to witneis the Execution of it, efpecially when we pulh the concluding of the Peace, and refufe to fign until all thefe Forms are perfected. The Draught of Philifi AS of Renunciation, and the Minutes tafcen by Monfieur it Ttrcy and me, both which I tranfmit to your Lordlhip, will, I fuppofe, bea fuffi* oent Ground- work of Inftruftioas to thofe wltoin Iier MajeAy ihall chufe to fend hither and to M I Have receiv'd with a very fincerePleafiirethe agreeable Letter which, Mr ^rlor brought Me from You. AsyourConfummate U'ifdoni hath taken the Refohition that is Bifft proper, to fix the Terms of the Peace, You'll be perfuaded, that I will not on my Part lofe a Moment to haften the Conclufion of it. I affure You, that the great Facility that you are willing to lend towards It out of a Regard to Me, ftrall be made no other Ufe of, than to be employ'd without any delay to Re-eftablilh the publick Tranquillity; according to the Wilhes of Us both. By the Orders that I give to My Minifters at Utrecht, it will appear that I do all that is in My Power at the prefent C9njuncture,in Favour or a Prince whof^ Interefl is fupported by your. Gen^rofity. ' I dcn't at all doubt, but he himfelf is fully convinc'd of it, and that all the World agrees inij» J pgain ^leiwt* -()e■' - • N«» 41. " ■ ' ' 2id March 17^4. ConfM "^txAdons Letter to Mr Methucn. Inre the Ctflation of^AVmsi tlie'Bfitifh SutfjeQs in the Cararia have been un- der continual Vexations. By an Order firomthe Bilhop of G?V.v»r/«ni the King's Kame, the Brit iih Ships paid only the Ordinary Cnftoms, without any other De- maijiis-, But upon the ptefentGenerfdVArrivbl.he bxplain'd that Order, foas to exclude all Goods that were not, as ijiey ,fMid,,piopcrly Evglilh >. Vaniifactnvcs, tho' im- pr^cd by EvgliJI) Men in /^wj?///^ Bott ' o; -r '. ■ ^l nbT S .1 7 "M tl-.iit O! . OJ' T" nif tW ■iriiol;:'? ,:■ . ■ N^''42. ^ 6th oi May 1715. r.fi '■ 1 I ^, ^Ir Hern's Litter to Mr Secretary Stanhbpe. Fy \ an Order &om Court {^blifhed by, the Govftfnqnr of V^jenaa, all Sf rangers ^ iiuift p^y inJPlaiv (it'ALaivths and Alifio^iK a ^P*y they ^aW ^.f'-" ''T'liWhiiii a- nunints to 14/. pn Omt. and Ais to be Cit&Tiputed ftxiiri the beg?pniiig of the Y<,*ar n t4, foi tlic Qixk\$ tficy ha«l paid Cinftnlns tor at the Rate of iyl. Wr Cert. Co that in a!l they pay ioLpctiCivt. on all fortskif Merchandize entrtd^ which bef^ks the ixorbitamcs oftlieDuty, has this great lnrfmveni(?mY with it, that tJic Fadors Jiad ,ftatcd their Acccunts.jyitliibe Mcrrhant* at ij l.pc'fCivt. nicy are alio c», '.'•■■'■' ntysCl •A ~ (70 i^os'd to •*'" Qiiartering 'f SoKHcrsatlo imich a day, if thcj' rdufe , till thii [>ity i' p'M(.' Such 1 inlands were m.\cv known to be madebdoic ot the Britilh •Jjub; , „; tl.e Duties they piu in the Rtigiiot" King <^hjrles 11. iwt exceeding 7 ;. per Ovt. t7th May 171^;. Sir Martin Wcftcomb's 4«radtifed as well by their Adminilirators of the Cuftoms, as by the Farmers of them. ( 7^ ; "n.kt all tlie Artiilcs comaincJ in tlsc Treat)' cf Navi['ation and Commerce mr- cUidiJ at Utmcht, betwtcn the C>nvviis ol (Ji-.it Biitj'nt unci %i;r, on the 9tli day oi Decembtr hi. S. 1715, iofar as tliey arc detrimental and dcrogatcry to the Piivifc leges and Cont-elt ons of the Royal iii-hedulas and Ordinances, grantal at any time by th<-" Kin^s ( t Upm to the Britifh Merchants, and to the Articles of the Treaty at Mxirid, in the Year i<567, '"'*y l^e declared null and void. And particiiiariy tlie three ll-paratc Articles called the Jlitft Fxplavntory Ai- t'uks , contained onlr in the Katilicution of the (:iid Treaty cf Naviga- tion and Conimerct, conclndtd at Utreibt, as having been inlcrted and obtained in a very extraordinary' ii:;.'iner, without having been fiift fettled or figncd by any of thcAIinifters r f both Cn wns, that were inipcwered to conclude the faid Treaty. That His Ciatholick Majefty ^i^ill be pltafcd to Grant to the Kritilh Merchant;, tliat thty may have the Privilege of havnig a Judge Confervator in all the Parts ef iPii/w, where the Judges Conlervat' rs hfive been formerly allow'd, till the Death ot Kirg Charlea the .Sfcond : And that the faid Judges Confervatnrs may be Vtft- Cii with the fame Pi wrr and Authority tor the efenfe and Prottdlion of His Rri- ta:.r !( k A. ajtftie's Snbjedt?, and their Exemptions in Trade, as was tbrmerly giaut- ed them, and conftantly enjoyed bv Virtue ot ti.i Ivoyal Schedulas or Ordinances Dated the 19th day oi Alxrih^ the i6th of June., and ^i\i oi Novcmler, in the Yenr t5i?. and confirmed by the Ninth Article of the Treaty made m Mairil in theYeai 1^67. As to the nrft Po^it contained in this Memorial, which is ; That the Trade of the Britilh Meichants in Spam may be eftablifhed upon the fame Foot as it was in the time of King 0;j>/ci the Second, the Minifter of the King of Great Biita'm hopes it will appear to his Catholick Mmefty to be foimded on Juftice and Reafon, when His Majtfty will be pleafed to connder, That the French Nation, which drives a confiderable Trade to this Kirglom, has always Traded, and does now continue to do (b wholly upon the fame Fo. t ^ there being no other Treaties of Commerce between the Crowns ol Spain and France^ fub- fifiing, but thofe which have been made either before the time of King C/)a.les th« Second., or during the Reign of that Prince. As alio in the 17th Article of the Treaty of Peace and Commerce concludtd at Utrecht the 26th of Jvne 1714, between His Catholick Majefty and the States Gene- ral, it is ftipulated in Favour of the States, That their Subjctts (hall enjoy the fame Privilcgts, Franchiles, and txcmptions in their Navigation and Commeice, with- out any Fxception or Referve, as they did enjoy before the late Wa u From whtncc it follows, that the King ot Great Biitairti Su'.ijcdts having hy all the Treaties between both Crowns an urxioubted Right to all the Privilsgcs, Liber- ties, and Immunities in Trade, which have been, or may be granted to any other ' Nation whatfbever, they cannot be with Juflice refuled the fijmc Privileges and Ex- emptions in their Trade, as are granted or continued to other Nations, and were enjoyed by them beicri the late War, during the Reign of Kingifl&aW« the Second; As to the L'fft P6Jnt, which relates t») the Judges Confervator's, beiides thejufl Right the Svjefts of the King of Qieat Britain have to that PrivileRe, the fame which is new Demanded for them, leing already granted in ex])refs Words to thofc of the State; General, by the 29th Article of the above-mentioned Treaty, between His Catholick Majtfty and the^tatesj TheMinifter of the King of Great Britain hopes His Majefty will make no Jiifficulty in granting it alfo to the Subjedls of the King HisMafter. And it is certain that if thele Judges Cor%vators had been efbbliihed, as thej'' Ilionld have Ucd, immediately after the Ceflation of Arms and Conclufion of the Peace, it would have hinder'd moft of the Difputes which have happen'd betiween the King's Officers, and the Subjeias of the Kii g of Great BritM, fince thoft Difre- rences might have Iwen ended in the Place9 where they begim •, which would have presented the many Oppreflions the King of G'eat Britm's Subjedts have lal^nured under, the great Numwr of Law-Siiits now deptnding before tht Gelmcil of War at Madrid, and the entire Rum of {evejal^poor Px>ple and their Families for ever, fome of which have been here near two Tears foUntingfibr Juftice, ivithout hairing teen yet able taobtaih any ipeciiion of their Caui«« ' i ' S^''! 1 unt Given siiMairid the 22d day of ^^JI N. S. ryry. ' V'";i'> (77 ) N- 45' 1 V >'^M : aftr ; tU >i 1.-. "rtj 1 1 1 i:< , .J 10 >f(r J O uoiu .lO ■ 1-1 tC»*1aff) lllff'T*/. MB J/fflruSihf/s /tf Mirford Crow Eyjj GwenM Our Courts ^ •$/ JaiBCsV^ March J th. 1705, in the third Tear of Our Rugm> i »'H«i^ Exrujc^r • ANNE 7?. < BEing informed tliar the People of' Catahttia are inclined to cad oiF the Yoke impofed upon them b^ the Frenth, and by withdcawjnjg thMnfeWea from the Power of the Duke of .iiijo^, toteiatrult the OMdItlMe ef tti^Uaafi df Auftrh : Wtf deliiing to maintain and improve that good DifpoHtion in th«p, ui4 to induca them to put the fame fpeedily in Execution | and repofii)g fpecikl 'Confidence ia Your Fidttlity'alfcl Prudeniv, a« alfo for the KnOfirKdge you have of thofe Cpip' trici and People, have inadi! choice of You to (iarry en (o greata Work for the Ad- vantage of Ou« Service, and the Good of the Common Caufe, 'ai is the making the Treaty with the Cv«>r!>< a< v, Jiiiid to b« inHd, and being infornai'd that the uwll N^bK Pr nripalny oi C>"- jofita are dcHroni lb. to io% ib Order to prooiOte fa good a D (iknii as piflibfe In jiii hiffj £im i. Vt think fit to enter into a Treaty with the (vA Ft ucri .il<'y, oirany^ other, t'rovince of Spi« -h fv t;eu|ma empower and order him, to ronttr, apee upon, and dtMnd (■ ni-lnde •very thing with the Deputiti of the faid Prinripalry, or any other Vroviiice, jTo niity empowered, that mav conduce 19 the fimihiiig' To good a W<-rk : An "\'t d6 'wofflile, that whatever ne (hall tnn&i\ and comlude in our Name', m ■ i ^$t^'of Alliance between U> and the dtid PriiKipality, or any other Pi We will accept and ratify the fame. In witnefs whereof We hav'- Signed «hcfe l^i^efem 8, and caufed Our Seal to be afHxed t* the fame. Given at Out Qurt 11 St jf^»i«/aine 7th of ^rc& 170;, in the third Year of O^r Reign. i m iiKi N°47. Ms CrowV Credentials to the Catalans d^c. % iflHEt by the Grace of God, QjJ'en of Great Britain^ Fmrt, arT(T /..,/*>«?, dfjL D^cnder oi the Faith, fcc. To th« moft M (Iriout, moft Nob' a|id m^d I f ceHentLordi, the Dukes, Marqu'fTei, Coun't, B irons. Nobis, (iNflinn. Kh* gilUatea of Townt, and Governours of Places, or any their Officers both Vfi'^ttrr aiid Civil, of the Principality o^ Cnalmh, or any others whof<>evpr of my Cto- vince in &>«rM, towhom thefe Prcf'-n's (hall rome Grt^eting. Whertaa V,'e h^te takith op Mmf to V adicarc the Libcrtiea of Europe againft thr eiorhititnt P< \v«r oi'J^Metf and tothia^nd We mak** Oi.r Efforts to prevent the NrigbtKionnij >i mel- ons hrom btc tning its Slaves \ and being alfo informed that yon h«ve aluay» lad a f^r«'ent 2eal tor Liberty, and that you feem to difdain rhe Yokt^ ot the Dom of- on of //imee .which is laid on your N lofsot Time to proceed to 'he Cnaflot Cttalma^ leaving the Exe- cution ojl, the Attempt onCtit> toarooreproj^r^afiin wbito rfwy left exped yott,an(l when yciii mav probably have (pme AlUfhuiipe from the |Lf my in Portugal, and the Garrifon of Gihr.iltsr, And beiilg aniv'd oA the Coaft oi CrtMBNta, We require and rommand ynu to 'do the heft ynu can to induce the CutdleNf to cooperate with yna for the reduction of iSpain, to the Obedience of King Qifrbt III. And y^u are to encriurage ihofe Ftople Whoni we think well affedted to tte Houfeof Atf/hia^ to fluke ptt the Yoke of Fratien And to animate th^ to pnbfecutfe their Liberty with ninre Vigour, you are hereby empowrr'd to alTare them, that tSuf (hall not want nnr Murp'^'t 1, and yiMi mav prom'ie them in our Natne', tni|it we will fecure them ■ C nil. nia'i u of thvir Rghtr and Libertiee, 'iom.theKingot Jipim, thartheymar hr (cttl-d 'in a lading Foundation *o them and their Poftcritieit and you mtift ute Ynu b fl hiidravoQ/t, that the Declarafioiii to be iiTied by His Catholidc Maj Hy be fi' iridic iM)d agreeing with'ihore pabliOird J^y our Order.^ But in cafe you find na fuitable returns front the Catdmt aAd Sprniardi to our kind Offert, and thatthej ar* n«t to be pretrailed on by fair M--ani t* efpoufe the Intertfh of the .Houfe of Ahfiii^y t^en yr u are to take proper Meafure^ for ani^oyihg the Towns on the CoafI o 5p.>iV, and redtic- them bv Force: |n tbiii,and all other Service! governing your f,he« as before d-.r-d.d bv Council of War. ' Yon arc to correfpond wi^h Mitford Onwc Efq^ who 11 now at G/itoa by Our Command, in order to fend Advices of the Dii'pofitions of the CMalunt. N* 49. Eari of Peterborough's Maaiftjta in Spaitt, To/iH the Loyal Suhje^softhe Monarchiof S^\r\, of what Ranker Quality faever^ Cbtrch-men or Laj-me/ty wtthin the Dominions of the Crown of Spain, Greeting, OUR Sovereign Ladv, .^'me,by the G ace of (jod, Qtieen of Qreat-BrUnn, France and Irbvi^ &c. Iiaviig -houg.' fi <(>mnfiitute and nominate us. General ot the Troops wbirhHi r Majelly has jmn'd wit'' thofe o' the Lords the Staffs G' neral,'«ii(i wliirli are tinnloyed to maintain the jiift K.ip>hro» the mofl Auguft Houfe o\ Aufi^ia to the .Mnnariliy of iSpWw, and to iflifl their other AUies: ^^ e have judg'd it netef- fary iiiiH cr>nvenifnt to declare, before we pror "d tw op'B Force, tiiat we are not coiiir- into thrfe parts to tak- P fl iTion of anv Piace in tht Name ot Hvt Btitamuck M'j Ph "' °^ 'be Lord's the Stitev General, or to bring intothefe Countries the Or- duiarv Dcvaft!»tions and uf'ual Cjalamities of War) bui to d«l«iud aiid piotrdt the gaodl ■Plpje£b of the (tii Monarchy, and to free th«m fipm the injIfippQrtr 'Abie i oke ol a Government of Foreigners, and f(oitl|he Slavery foiwhiiih ^^y jigve '^en reduced and fold tb Frattce^by ill-dcfignin^PliprQns. Th<^teDti6n diei:4pr^ of Her faid Majefty, and of the Lords the Slates Gtheril, being to maintain the juft Right of the Houfe of Jnjhia, and tktiiihtny an* Priviledgerof the Subjedi of his Catholic Majefty : We declare and pr.;mift bv thefePrefents, that all Loyal and true Spjhmdt, who (hall not oppofe onr Forces, but give Demonftrations of their Loyal and due Obedience to their King CbJrhs the ;i. Ihali be protected and maintain'd iu their Religion, Perfons: Efbtes, OfHcct and Privile^e«tv .without any Moleftation. But if (contrary to our Hopes) the Inhabitants and People of tbefeCountries fhall noc Seoi^culr Mrifh^ in the Exeiutioi^ of the gopd IgtIdtioAt Qf he^p^faj^ M9i«fbr.^d;l>f ' the Lcrdk the States General : We take God to witiieft, that they wilfnfiy draw up- on themfelves all the Hoftilities whidi may be qommitted by the Forces under our Command \ and that the Dlime will fj^e kt tlie Door of fucii Spainarit, who whei fo fair an Opportunity is offered them, to give Proodof; thei^, to/alty, aodrfoll^w the Motives of their Duty and lotcrcft, (hall Ict^flijp fo favtjfiqaibte a CopjuiKlbre. !■ ,'U » N*' 50. ■\'^t:: Extra^ of Lord Lexington's InfruBion when he wKnt Ambaffador to Spain. Dated st yNmAottU ifi, day 0/ Sept. 1713. ■ '" ■ • If ' ■ ' AS foon u vou receive thefii our ItifinifUona and your othet Pifpatches, You (hdll it'pair will) all jdiligcnoe toM»biifit wherc-ever eUe youare ioforuitd i.h? Court is. Upon your Arrival yoq.fluU immediately give notice thereof to theSecreriuy of State, and acouaint him that you arc come thither upon the Aflurances we have had from the molt Chriftian King, that you ihall be kindly treated, and that you ()v4ll be permitted tobeprcfent in Perlbn at the Solemnity of the Refianciat ion that is to ande to the Crown of Ftmce, Tou Siall at the lame time let him know that we havs fully Authoriz'd you, to take uponyoutheCharaderof onr Ambaflador ^(raordl- oary, and to arkpr>wledge the King of Spain and the hiitt as Cion as he (hall have made his RtnunciatitHi in the Form agreed on, and (hall acknowledge the .Succefll- on to the Imprial Crown of tbtfe Realms, in the Proteftant Line in the I-ftufe of ikmovir^ in tne fame manner the frmcb king has dene, and (hall have fignified to Tou his Refolutions to execute whatever haa been Stipulated by the Moft Cliriftian King in his Behalf. Ifnu are to re prefent to his Majefty, or his Minifters, that it is no leG, for his Intereft thar for Our Honour, that a General Amnefty be granted without Excep- tion to all Sptmiaris, who have adhered to the Houfe of AnflrWy and in a particular Manner to the CAaimt^ with regard to their Peifons, Eflates, Dignities, and Pii- viU'dges. N°5i Extrad of the Demands made by Lord Lcxingtbn to the. Court of Matlrid^ on the Tart of the Queen of Great Britain, Oclobir iyT.2. ART, iiih, The Queen of Grtat Britain prayf hii Majefty to grant a General Amnefty withou: Excfption to all Spaniards^ who have adhered to the fHoufe of Jufiria^ and particularly the Dr«tjHi, the Queen thinking i| a« acredary to the Interefti of hu Catholick Majefty; as fw hec Honour, N* 52- Lord i II rt d 11 to i- re n- of to in ii )• ar I to ri [8i] N° .$2. Ltrd Dartmouth to the Marqtti( de Monfe^ \lcone, l^n. 14//^ i?^- i:.^ TH E QuBiii having nnclerftood by the Duke of Sbnwiiurys laft Letters, that the CathoUck King did not intend that the Amnefty he granted to the Catalans, ibould extend to the Prefervation of their Priviledges ; I cannot cxpreis to you. Sir, how much Surprize Her Mdjefty (how'd upon it ; for to fpeak pKnnty to you, 'twas never thought His Ckitholick Majefty dcfign'd to take away the Lives of the Inhabitants of a whole Province, fo there was no Occafion to provide for it by a Treaty. The fole Thing then intended in ftipulating a General Amnefty, could be no other, than that this Province fhould be permitted to enjoy the fame Priviledges, and be upon the fame Foot in every RefpeA, as it was at the Death of the late King of Spain, CharUt the lid. The Queen, Sir, has order'd me to reprcfent this to your Excellency in a moft earneft manner, as a Matter in which Her Majefty's Honour is very much concern'd. That She looks upon it as an Article already Itipulated in all its Forms, and which She thinks Herfelf obiig'd by Motives of Confcience not to depart from. N*. ^'}, Tranjlation of Lord Lexington*s Letter to ikfr. Orry, Aug. i6th^ 1713- I Set oiit to Morrow for tjKe Efcurial, to enjoy the only^ Monient of Leifure I have had $nce my Arrival at Madrid. 1 beg I may have an Anfwcr to my hft Memorial touching i St.- &«ra)mnr, at niy Return to fend it aWa'y by the next Poft : Alfo I entreat you. Sir, to confider well your own Inrcrefts, if you will not do it in Regard to the Inftances of the Queen my Miftrefs ; your SuT- pcnfionof Arms on that Side, which ends in lefs than two Months j the Necef- iity you are under to withdraw your Troops from AndaUufia, to put an End to the Rebellion of the Catalam ^ and if ic would not forthcle Reafons be ve- ry much for your Convenience, to make Peace with Portugal in the prefent ConjunduM. I ask you a Thoufand Pardons for concerning my felf in your Affairs. N^ 54. Extract oj the King of SpainV Anfwer to my Lord LexingtonV Memorial^ the i ^th of Dec. 1712. As tc the Amnefiy which is propos'd and delir'd in the Sixth Point for the CiM/«ff/^tho' his Ma jeity might refufe it, as well on Account of the little thofe People huve dcferv'd from him, as of the Condition to which they are now reduc'd in the lictle Ground they are pofTefs'd of in that Princi- pality, being without the Afliflancie of Her Majeftyof Great-Britain sTioops, and thofe ot Po)f«^*/, which iire withdrawn, and his Majefty's Troops anJ thofe of the King his Grandfather, btinj;: ready to enter in this very Month oi Dtetmbtr, by three ftveral Ways into their Country ; notwichftandin^ all thelis Reafons, his M^jifty, more out ct Complaifancc to Her firuilh Majefty, ard to give HerSatisfa^itn, than for any of the Arguments that have been cffer'd, is Willing to gram his Pardon to »\\ the CataUnt, who acknowledging the King's Clemency, and repenting them of their Error, (hall fiihmit to H'i Dominion and Vaflhlage, within the Time that Ibnll be prefix'd for that Pur- pofe. ii i N' 5> [82] N*. 55. E^nra^ of the Convention fof evacuating Catalonia, &t. MsLtdii^ht 17* 3. Art. 1°. A L L the Troops df the Emperour and of the Allies (hall ba fefit x\ away out of the Principality of C«f«iM(ri, and thelflahdsof Aisjorea and Ivies. 8°. Moreover a General Atnnefty and a perpetual Oblivion^ &e. (hall be granted, and (hall be publilh'd immediatelYj in due form, from the time that the Evacuation begins^ for all the SubjeAs and Inhabitants of Ctffn/MM, and of the faid Iflands, as well Secular as Ecclefiaftical. 9°. But whereas the Plenipotentiaries of his Imperial Majefty, have (till infifted upon the Enjoyment of the Privileges of the Cataltmtj and of the Subjeds and Inhabitants of Majorca and /v/m, before the Evacuation $ but on the Part of fVMef, and of her Allies, whatever relates to this Affair, is reterr'd to the conclufion of the future Peace, Her Royal Majelty of Grtat^Stittm has again declared, that (he will interpoCe her good Oiflces in the moft effe* ^ual manner, whenever there (hall be oocafion, that for the future, the Inha- bitants of Catalonia, Majorca and Ivica, may enjoy their Privileges, in which the faid Imperial Plenipotentiary Minifters did at laft acquielce, fince the moft Chriftian Xing hinafelf had ordered it to be declared by liis Plenipptvih; tiary Minifters, that he wou d alfo joyn his Endeavours (br that PurpoTe. •\:; :[j/v N°. 56. ExtraSi of a Letter from Lor^^ Lexing- ton /0 the Lord DsLrtmouthy Augufty^i^, '713- MOnfieur Orry fpoke to me from the King laft weefc« faying that His Majefty defired, that the Queetf* would be pleas'^ to lend him Rx or more Ships to block up Barcelma, and (his Morning the l^rincefs prefled me extremely upon the fame Subje jefty would be very unwilling to lend Her Ships to exterminate a People, that had taken up Arms in a great Meafurc at the Inftigation of her Minifters, and that (he would think (he had done enough to gratify the King oiSfaim, in not infifting u^orf the pr^Yeiiring for «hem their Antiorft liberties, without helping to deftt'oythem, and that if his Majefty coi^ld have been prevail- ed upon to have been idfs rigid upon tnat head, all tMs Had been avohled, and the Catalans perhaps in as great Tranquillity, and as Obedient Subjefts as any in Sfain at this Day. r N°. 57. Tranjlation of the Lord LexingtonV Let* ter to the Deputies of Barcelona, November i^th 171 3. ' r GentUmm, IWifli I could have feen, before my departure for EngUnS, the Defires of the Queen n>y Miftrefs accomplifhed, but it is fo long (ioce t have received Her Majefty's Orders to return, (hat 1 cannot defer the (Smie any longer, and I fee out this Day from Madrid, in order to go and embark at Liibon, where one of our Men of War ftays for me, fo that the beft I thought 1 could do for you, was to employ the laft Moments of my Stay, in Supplicating anew the King your Mafter, to receive yonr Obedience in the Words of the Treaty of UirKbtf f [93] Utretbt, and to pardon your Refufal of the Amnefty which was offer tl you by his Catholick Majefty. I charge the Conful at AUcant to convey this Letter to you, under any pretext whatfoever, and that it may be deliver'd fafe to you, that it may induce you, for your own good, to take the refolu- tion of having lecourfe »o the King's Clemency. There are advices here which aifure ub, that you have applied to the Queen my Miftrefs, for ufing her good Offices with the Catholick King, for obtaining this favour in your behalf 'i relying upon thofe Advices, I venture writing to you upon this Sub- jeft, having always been defirous to contribute to everything mod favourable that might be demanded fdr you at this Jun<5ture, which is fuch, that I muft repeat to you, I cannot give you a better Advice, than that of accepting the Amnefty in the Manner it was ofFer'd you, fince God has not permitted that any thing more could be obtain'd in your Favour. I leave my Secretary at MsJrUj to whom the Conful will tranfmit your Anfwer, which may come to my hands at Liihon, before I embark; in cafe you take your Refolunons with- out any delay, and foon enough for that purpofe, I could write from thence in fuch manner as you fliould defire, having always been full of good Will for you, and ready to lay hold of all opportunities of (hewing you how much I am, &c. >!V/r ,n?i ''1^ N". 58^ Extras rf a Letter frdm Lard Lexing. ton to Monfieur Orry, 30^/^ Nov. 1 7 1 5. I Send yon the Letter for the Gentlemen of Barcthna, as we have concerted it, and approv'd bv his Majefty j a Letter for the Count of Lecheraine, and another for our Conful at Alieant j it is neceffary that the Count of Le- c^r«ifie fhould be made privy to this Matter, for otherwife it willbevery dif- ficult to perfwadc any one to undertake fuch an Affair, which leads direftly to the Gallows. You muft either Secure the Pcrfon by a Pafspqrt, that will undertake it, or give him a good reward; otherwife you will fltid i\u Body to do it. I defire you Sir to be perfeftly perfwaded, that where-cvcr lam, you have a faithful Servant, fenfible of all the Obligations you have laid ppon me. I defire you to lay me at the Feet of the King and of the Queen, to whofe Ser- vice 1 Ihall be devoted all my life ' go away deeply affecVed with all the Favours and Civilities their Majeft vc (hewn me on all Occafions. I fliaHiitVBan Etertul gratitude for all tli . marks of goodoeis of Madam ihe Princefs, and will not fail to acquaint the Queen vvich the Zeal flie has al- ways diew'd for her Majefty's Service. N% 59. ExtraH of a Letter from Mr. Burch ;o Mr. TiUbn, Dec. ^th^ 1 7 1 3. i\^. ^. HIS Lordfhip ordehsme to fend you likewife the Letter, mcntioncJ here- in t-)th> Gentlemen of the Deputation of BaraUna, which ' ..xccl- lency has been perfwaded to write, at the repeated defire of this c That a'bout a fortnight ago this was propos'd to his Excellency by the F«»fib Ambalfador, who at the fame time read a paragraph put of a Letter' from Monfieur Tony, wherein tie fays, that the Queen had defir'd hisMafter to joyn with her, in order to induce this Court to accommodate that Affair^ to which his Lordfhip anfwcred, that he could fay nothing to it, ilnce he bad received no Orders to that purpofe. That [84] That the (kme was afterwards propos'd by the Princefs, and in a very prefling manner the morning before his Lordfliip left this Court, and at the fame time told him, that the King defired he would come to him that Eve> ning.which his Lordfliip accordingly did, when hisMajefty was pleafed to tell him^ that he had receiv'd a Letter from his Grandfather to the fame purpofa with what the Frtucb Ambaifador had before told him, and that therefore he defired his Lordfliip would write fuch a Letter; upon which his Excellency told his Majefty much the fame as what you will find marked in his Lever to Mr- Orry ; however he thought he could not refufii to comply . with his Majefty's repeated defire upon this occafion, efpccially fince there is nothing contain'd in the (aid Letcer, but what has been agreed upon at Utmbt, and his Lordfliip was the more inclined thereto for this l-eafon, that if they had a Mind to accommodate, the Queen would have the Meditation ; and if they had not, that then this Court would fee^ that her Majefty would be always ready to ferve them, and how necelTary She might be to them upon all occa- fions, which his Lordfliip hoped> would very niuch haften the CpnclufM^n of the Peace. :ir(ii n . ,1 N° 60. ExtraEiofSir Patrick LoiyftMs's Reprefen- tatm to the Lord Bolingbroke, Sept. 9^^, 17^ 3- 'f'\-r{ \ fty *«i .• ruu WHEREAS the Treaty for the Evacuating of Catalonia has not been effe<%uated on the Pare of his Imperial Majefty, and that the Inhabi- tants of Barctlcna and Majorto do flill refufe to put themfelves under the King of Spam's Subjedion, live in an hoftile Manner^ committing great Depreda- tions at Sea, and interrupting all Commerce and Correlpondence in the MtJittTraneaHy in which it is apprehended they will be affifted by the Algirintt and other Moors, to the univerfal Detriment of all the Trading Nations of Europe, unlefs (bme fpeedy means be found to prevent the fame by a. Naval Strength: It is fubmitted to the ConfiJeration of Her Majefty, not only as Guarantee of the aforefaid Treaty of Evacuation, but as it lb materially con- cerns the Intereft of Great Britain ; and therefore bis Catholicfc Majeft)' hopes, that Her Majefty will Order a Squadron of Her Ships of War, for the purpofe of fupprefling thofe evil Pradices, reducing his Catholick Majefty's Subjeds to their Obedience, and thereby compleat the Tranquillity of Spain, and of the Mediterranean C >mmerce. N * 6 1 . Extra£i of the InftruHions for Sir James Wiftiart, February 2 8/ib, 1713. WHEREAS frequent Complaints have been made to Us^ tha^ t)TB Trade of our Subjects has Utn inrerrupted in thofe Seas in an unulual and cxtraor^itiary Manner by Sliips and.Vcfteh belonging to Qatalmia, Majerea, Sardinia, Naples^ and other Places j \ou are therefore upon all fuch Complaincs which you (nail receive from hence, or which fhai! be brought there by Our Subjeds claiming your Protcwhat may be moft for my Intereft at that Place. And I hope by your Lordlhip's Frie*(hip to find fome Marks of Fa- ▼our from thence in regard of the very grdR Expence I am at in this Expedi- tion, which is fo much intended for thei/ Service, and for which I have no Allowance from Home but my Pay, which won't defray half my Charges. N° 66. ExtraSf of Sir James WittiartV Letter to my Lord Bin^Uy, from Alicant-Road, May the2\ft, 1714. 0. S. MY Lord, in my Letter of the \<)th inftant, J defir'd the Favour of your Excellency to move the King of Spain, that the Grant of Exemption of the Duties of Wine, Oil, &e. (hould be to my felf, in regard that thofe who have been Admirals of Her Majefty's Fleet formerly in the Mediterranean, have had the fame Benefit ; but upon a further Confideration of this Matter, which is but of fmall Moment, and that it may appear much greater than it really is, both at the Court of Spain and England, I defire your Excellency may not take any Notice of it, but let the Grant ftand as it does. My Lord, on any other Occafion that the Court of Madrid might take, to "? »y]j*^"^°°'* ^*" '*""*» I humbly beg your Excellency's Countenance and Afliftance, leaving it entirely to you to do therein as you (hall thinit fit. ' N*<57. I "0 J N° 67. Copy of a Letter front Sir James Wilhart to the Government of Barcelona, from on Board the Rippon at Sea, July 8rib, 1 7 1 4. 0. S. Gentlemen, "IXnitREAS many Complaints have been made from time to time, of V\ fhe frequent Dillurbanccs given to the Commerce of the Subjects of the Queen of Great- Britain, by Ships and Vcflcis carrying your Commiffion, which have inlblcntly prefum'd to taite, carry up, and plunder their Ships, and to ufe the Men belonging to them in a barbarous manner j I have thought fit to (end to you Captain Gordon, who commands Her Ma- icfty's Ships of War, the Moor and Launceflon, to reprefent to you thofc unwarrantable and prefumptuous Proceedings : And by Command of the Queen my Mittrefs, 1 do demand Sacisfadtion for the fume, cxpetling that it be immcdirQly given, by your .mailing Keftitution to the fcveral Parties injured, compenlating to them their Loffcs and Damages, and punilhing tiie Commanders and Officers ot your Ships ;ind Veffels, which have committed thofe DepredationSjWith the utmolt Severity as the Nature of tliofc C.rimesde- ferves, underftanding that fome of thofe Ships and Ve(ri;ls commiffion'd by you, do belong to Majorca and Ivica ^ I have alfo demanded from the Mar- quis de Rubi, that he do on his Part in procuring the Satisfaction afore- laid, which lie has promifed me to do : And if what is fo julHy demanded of you be not pun Troops, who opptets us, for a StifiiculiOn of Arms: (ince at the Congrefs of Badtriy where Endeavours are uting to conclude a ul io Memorandum^ \ ^ „ Warrant fign'd by Lord Trfcafnrer ob the aforegoing Sign Manual, th« 24th of tiovimhtr 1711. Johm'Drummond £r«i} /^RDER, &e. ild ot Novmhir 1711; By virtue of , , \J her Majc*^ y's Letters of Privy Seal, bearing Date the '. , ^, ' 1 3th of ;j/4rc,, 1701. and in purfuance of a Warrant un- der her Majefty's Royal Sign Manuai, bearing Date tha Out of Vof^mtQ bf made 15th of O&ober 17 "• That you deliver and pay of fuch on Credit of the ^le of her Ma)e(ty?s Treafure as remains in your Charge, unto ^*""' .5ra f John Drummoitd ECqi 'or his Alfigns, the Sum of 13000/. \,. ,' , " ' without Account, Impreft, or other Charge j the faiae be- ing for fuch Special Services relating to the War, as her Majefty bath direaed. And thefe, 0-c^ OXFORD. R. BENSON. '■,i'!v. AN N t 1 1 ANNE R. loRM Dkummohd EtUt ' laoo/. inSatMkaienor To fflMh eiptiHied bf jTtliVir'*' *"*"/^UR Will and Plcfure is, That by virtae of Gc \J neral Letters of Privy Seal, beariog Date the i jtb of MdTtb 1701. yoa liTue and pay, or caafe to be iflued and paid, oat of any our Treafare or Revenue, in the Receipt of our Bxche^oer, applicable to the Ufcsof oar Civil Go- vernment, unto oar Trulty and WelUbcloved J^ Drmm- MMif Efq) ortohis Afllgns, the Sam of 1137/. lOi. with- out Account) that is to fay, laoo/. part thereof in sk- tisfaftion of fo much bjr him expended by our Command for Special Service's relating to the War ^ and the remain- ing Sum of 37/. lOi. is to fatisfy the Fees and Charges on receiving the faid izoo/. And for lb doing, this fhall be yoar Warrant. Given at our Court at St. J«nu\ , the 4th Day of Afril 171 2. in the fileveath Year of our Reign. • lb tJbm Barl of Oi^wA^ and Earl Mntimr^ our High Treafurer. By Her Majefty's Command, A Warrant fign'd by Lord Treafiirer on the aforegoing Siga Manual, the 7tb qi Afril 1712. loHN Dkummono Bf^i #^RDER, &e. this 9th Day of Afril 1712. by virtue V^ of her Majefty's Letters of Privy Seal, bearing Date the 13th of Msreh 1701. and Warrant under her Maje- fty's Royal Sign Manual, dated the 4th Inftaut, That you deliver and pay of fuch her Majefty*s Treafure as remains in your Charge, unto Jtim Drvmmmii Efq-, or his Afligns, the Sum of 1237/^ 10/. without Account: vix.. 1200/. part thereof in Satisfadion of fo much by him expended by ner Majefty's Command for Special Services relating to the War, and the remaining 37/. 10/. is to iatisfv the Fees ;., and Cbarges 00 receiving the faid 1 200/. And thefe, c^r. OXFORD. R. B E N S O N. Thde are tne Cdpies firen the Entries in the trWi|ilr|TBo<4s, At. Pricltri '. R. Butnhwy' .V. i Vi. a ''i . •«, AN l\ Vv \\ ■s. 'l-C t93] Loans on Sale of Tinn with Intcrcft. 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