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STATE PAPERS
Relative to the late Nidation between
FRANCE AND ENGLAND.
[continued.]
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No. XXV.
' Paris, lid August, 1S06.
J he undersigned minister plenipotentiary
P« lus Britannic majesty, finds himself un-
der the necessity of reminding his excellen-
cy the minister for foreign affairs, 1st, that
on the morning of the 12th instant, a note
signed by the undersigned and by Viscount
Yarmouth, dated the nth, was transmitted
¦to his excellency Gen. Clarke, in which
the. undersigned observed " that the British
government, farfrompretendingtorequire of
the French government ail the restituti. >..;
¦which may be convenient for them, without
their being bound to any restitution towards
J-'iance, have manifested no other desire
than that of treating with the French go-
vernment . on the basis proposed by France
herself, as is expressed in lord Lauderdale's
note, viz. to treat generally upon the basis
ot tiie uti possidetis, which ought scrupulous-
ly to be observed, excepting in the case of
iiaaover, which was prooosed to fee ceded,
' wholly to his majesty..*
" Even, were it possible to mistake the
results to be necessarily drawn from this
pit -ciple, the discussions which took place
by word of mouth on the 9th instant, he-
rein the French plenipotentiaries and the
^'^-rsigned, left no doubt that the proposal
ttuis brought forward was perfectly under-
*. . ky these plenipotentiaries. The un-
¦t-tiStgru'rl have in consequence only to re-
- petit tfoaar, conformably to the instructions
I pi <«le ir government, they can do no other-
? tvisc. c haai to insist upon this pinciple being
previa dsly acknowledged. It is only 011 this
fcondic-i on that they are allowed, to continue
the net -ociation."
'3 "hat the 14th of this month the un-
tiersigni d, conjointly with viscount Yar-
ifliouth, had the honor to inform by writing
llency the minister for foreign affairs,
he silence of their excellencies the
plenipotentiaries with regard to his
the nth instant, induced the under-
to presume that at the present mo-
ment 0 hey were not to expect such an ex-
'plaiiaL.-i oa. as had been required in the note
t>t tjjes nth, to authorize the undersigned
in. coi liormtity with their instructions, to
eontir. Ue the negociation."
1 Saat corhformable to this idea, we wish
to st*. bounds to the general expectations of
uoth nations, as there is so little appearance
01 SeeSng them realised. We feel that the
lequust we make under such circumstances
*°^,passports for our return, is susceptible of
JDtterprfetations of a nature to delay the
"'^PPy moment whenthe viewsof the French
§Slgn.ad, conjointly with viscount Yarmouth,
*ou.rid himself obliged to observe to his .ex-
cellency the minister for foreign affairs, that
**© apprehended (in consequence of the si-
•ien.ee of their excellencies) that no answer
^¦voulcl bt: made on this subject, &c. and
* f at this period they thought it their duty
* ° declare the necessity under which they
*ay conformably to the orders of their sove-
*e'gn, to ask for passports for their depar-
*-ure, it is unnecessary for the undersigned to
^rerriark to his excellency the minister'for fo-
*'eigrn affairs, how much the new delays
"NvrvJch had taken place since that date impe-
riously prescribe to the undersigned to re-
*Xe "w this request. .
-At the same time the undersigned must ob-
serve that being unable to persuade himself
*ha.t in case the mply was ol an unfavora-
¦>*•» feature, his excellency the minister for
* reign affairs would have deferred for so long
an interval the adoption of the only Htter-
^iiuive c: the sending of passport*, he cati-
"Slot entirely even now give up the hope, of
I -Boeing the proposal or.ee more established
¦»n the manner the ministers of his Britan-
-M-ic majesty comprehended it to have been
made on the part of the French government,
£. nice it is only in this manner that the ex.
3^-octation 01 the two nations can be re-esta-
blished.
Should even these hoyies prove unfound-
«?.l, the undersigned will never regret a.de-,
lay which has afforded him an opportunity
«Jt" proving in an unequivocal manner, the
v inc.ese desire of a solid and honorable
eace, with which his Britannic majesty
lias been ever actuated, and of whieh his
' majesty has given the best proof by authoris-
I ng the undersigned to treat on the bases
-first proposed by France.. It is in this very
"view that the undersigned has supported so
long an uncertainty without making in this
arcspect the smallest claim.
11 present on intteatmg his excellency the
Minister for foreign affairs to stud him pro-
visionally to be made use of hi the cases al-
ready pointed out, the necessary passports
for himself and suite, the undersigned thinks
lie hus adopted tl>e only means of Jreyeiftting
the necessity, (ruder which he might other- .
wise find himself (were be to be obliged to
renew this request) to accompany it
claims such as are authorized by the rights
of persons and the dignity of his: sovereign.
LAUDERDALE".
No. XXVI.
Paris, G&fi August, 1806.
The silence constantly maintained by
their excellencies the French plenipotentia-
ries, as well as by the minister for foreign
affairs, alter the official note of the under-
signed and viscount Yarmouth of the 11th
instant ; after the letter transmitted to his
excellency the minister for foreign affairs,
on the 11th ; and after the official note of
the undersigned of the 22d instant, appears
clearly to announce 'hat the .French govern-
ment have abandoned all desire erf peace oil
the basis wheh itself was the lirst to propose,
and which ine undersigned uniformly de-
clared to be the sole and only basis on which
he was autuothsed to treat with that govern-
ment.
In this state sf tilings, the undersigned
cannot flatter himself that any advantage can
result from a longer stay at Paris ; whilst,
on the other hand, a further delay must na-
turally give the two nations, as well as all
Europe, reason to believe that peace, the ob-
ject of their w isii.es, is on the point of being
concluded, at the very moment whan all
reasonable hope in this respect appears to be
entirely vanished. Strongly impressed with
this opinion, the undersigned perceives him-
self obliged to terminate his mission, by
making to his excellency the minister for
foreign.affairs, the formal request for the ne-
cessary passports for him to return, to his so-
vereign.
At the same time, and conformably to the
conciliatory- spirit which has characterized
all his steps, since his arrival in Paris, the
undersigned^ even now, that he sees himself
under the necessity, by his instructions, to
a^k for passports, cannot resolve to render
impossible a comn-iunicationfrom the French
government, of a nature to enable the under-
signed to continue the ttegociation, although
after a long silence of that government, he
can scarcely look for a favorable issue.
It will be on Wednesday morning next,
the 27th instant, that the undersigned will do
himself the honor to repair in person to his
excellency the minister for foreign affairs, to
make the formal and definitive request for
the necessary passports for himself & suite.
He only adds that the passports for which
he shall ask, will be for his immediate return,
and not for passports to be made use of ac-
cording to circumstances such as he lately
asked for.
LAUDERDALE.
No. XXVII.
SStA August, 1806.
The plenipotentiaries of his majesty the
emperor of the French, king of Italy, desir-
ing to confer with his excellency lord Lau-
derdale, plenipotentiary of his Britannic ma-
jesty, oh the object of the last note which
his excellency transmitted them, invites him
to come tomorrow, at three o'clock, to the
ministry of the interior, where they will be
assembled, should that hour suit his excel-
lency.
,M. de Champagny has the honor to pro-
pose to lord Laudefdale to dine with him
after the conference. He hopes that Ids ex-
cellency will bring with him to dinner Mes-
sieurs Stewart and Maddison.
No. XXVIII.
Lord Lauderdale, plenipotentiary of his
Britannic majesty, has the honor to acknow-
ledge the reception of the i-ote which has
just been transmitted to him from their ex-
cellencies the French plenipotentiaries.
He will do himself the honor, at three
o'clock to-morrow, to go to the ministry of
the interior, and afterwards to dine vvilh his
excellency M. de Champagny. Messrs.
Goddard, Stewart and Maddison will in like
manner do themselves the honor to repaii
thither to dinner. LAUDEKDALiv.
No. XXIX.
Paris, 29/A August, 1806.
At the moment of renewing with their
excellencies the French plenipotentiaries the
conference of the 20th instant, the under-
signed plenipotentiary of his Britannic ma-
jesty conceives himself obliged to lay before
their excellencies the state of the negoi
such as it was at the sequel of the note trans-
mitted from the undersigned and from vis-
count Yarmonrh, on the rSth instant.—
Their excellencies the French plenipotentia-
li see, conformably to this statement,
thatat the stage atwhich the discossion now
is, the unde .• : i no longer permitted to
continue it i nil ss that, by the admission of
the sole basis on which he is authorised to
iate, their excellencies furnish him
with new motives to justify such a deter-
mination.
In the official note transmitted to their
excellencies the French plenipotentiaries, of
the 12tii August, it was observed tothemythat
" the British government, far from pretend*
ing to require of the French government all
the restitutions which may be convenient
for them, without their being bound to any
restitution towards France, have manifested
no other desire than that of t real in g with the
French government on the basis proposed by
France herself, as is expressed in lord Lau-
derdale's note, viz. to treat generally up-
on the basis of the uti possidetis, which
ought, scrupulously to be observed, except-
ing in the case of Hanover, which was pro-
posed to be ceded wholly to his majesty."
" Even were it possible to mistake the re-
sults to be necessarily drawn from this prin-
ciple, the discussions which took place by
word of mouth en the 9th instant, Between
the French plenipotentiaries and the under-
signed left no doubt that the proposal thus
brought forward was perfectly understood
by those plenipotentiaries. The undersign-
ed have in consequence only to repeat that,
conformably to the instructions of their go-
vernment, they can do no otherwise than
insist upon this principle being previously
acknowledged. It is only on this condition
that they are allowed to continue the nego-
tiation."
This note remained unanswered till the
26th of the month, when their excellencies
the French plenipotentiaries notified in
writing to the undersigned " that wishing
to converse with him upon the object oi
the last, note which he had addressed to
thein, they requested him to repair the next
day to the ministry of the interior, where
their excellencies would be met together.
The undersigned refrains from making J l]-fl.n the Lovdisti Cuvette, Jan. 10.
any observations upon the interval which ! At the court of the Queen's palace, the 7'h
! between the sending of the note of
the nth and the period when it was an-
swered, as also upon the manner in which
it was avoided entering into discussion, in
writing, upon the contents of that note,
according to the usage of all tunes and all
Countries! whenever
affairs of this impor-
tance are treated of. He confines himself
to observing that «hen, after such a long ' country
delay, and in consequence of a written
invitation, the undersigned repaired thither \
in hopes of at length receiving the decision
of the French government upon the con-
tents of the official note of the 1 ith, the
confeience seemed to tend on the part of
their excellencies the French plenipotentia-
ries only to engage the undersigned to pre-
sent the detailed project of a treaty.
In the note of the nth August, the tin
of January 1807, present, the ljur_
most excellent majesty in council.
Whereas the French government has is-
sued certain orders, which, in violation of
the usages of war, purport to prohibit the
commerce of all neutral nations with his
majesty's dominions ; and also to prevent
such nations from trading with any other
in any articles the growth, pro-
manufactures of his majesty's do-
duce, or
minions ; and whereas the said govern-
ment has also taken upon itself to declare
all his majesty's dominions to be in a state
of blockade, at a time when the fleets of
Fiance and her allies are themselves con-
fined within- their own ports by the supe-
rior valour and discipline of the British
navy : A.nd whereas such attempts on the
his
part of the enemy would give to his uu-
dersigned conjointly with viscount Yar- 1 jgSty an unquestionable right of retaliation,
mouth, had already formally declared that, i and would warrant his majesty in enforcing
until France has adopted the ba^is such as i t'le same prohibition of all commerce with
the British government thought it hud been
proposod in the first instance by her, he
was not allowed to enter into the details of
the negociation. Thus, -although the un-
dersigned should have forgot himself so far
as to accede to the proposition made in the
last conference by their excellencies the
French plenipotentiaries,' not only would
it have been necessary that for thi3 purpose
he should relinquish the only conditions
which his instructions authorised him to
admit as the basis of the negociation, but
that he should further expose himself to a
manifest contradiction in first presenting the
whole project of the treaty, the details of
which were to result from the negociation
itself; a negociation which the undersign-
ed has declared he could not open until af-
ter a previous acknowledgment of the basis
in question.
In this state of things, the undersigned,
after having attended, according to the de-
sire of their excellencies the French pleni-
potentiaries, at the conferences which they
proposed to him, after having matuiely re-
flected upon all the communications « hick
he iias received from their excellencies, and
thus fully convinced himself that the pre-
sent views of the French government are
very remote from those which his Britannic
majesty must have supposed to have—in
fine, that the continuation of the present
negociation can henceforward have no other
effect but that of keeping up, among both
nations, a hope which cannot be realized ;
the undersigned thinks it his duty formally
to declare to their excellencies the French
plenipotentiaries, the resolution he has form-
ed, according to the instructions of his so-
vereign, to put an end to his mission. The
admission, in writing, of the basis so often
brought forward by the undersigned, can
alone make any change in this determina-
tion,
(Signed) LAUDERDALE.
[ifo be continued."}
LOWER ELBE, January 2.
The report of the French having sustain-
ed a severe defeat from the Russians, conti-(-
nues to maintain itself. The engagement
took place between the Vistula and the
Bup-, and the loss of the French is slated
o7
at near 30,000 men in killed aad prisoners.
However this may be, there can be no doubt
that the affairs of the French in Poland are
in a very bad way ; ncr is it supposed by
any one they will be able to maintain their
ground in that country, as the Russians, by
official divcuments, have now the following
force in the field : Troops o\ the hue, three
corps, consisting of 75,000 men each,
150,000 troops of reserve, also regulars ;
100,000 Cossacks, Baskirs, Calmucks and
Kirgise ; 2.00,000, new levy, completed
Jan. 1, 1 806 ; .,00,000, a levy in a mass, on
the frontiers, for the protection of the em-
pire ; constituting a total of 1,075,000.—•
In addition to these, a new levy of recruits,
which will be ready on the 1st of March,
will produce 150,000 men. By the last ac-
counts from Berlin, one-third of the French
army is dangerously ill. Murat is so bad
that hia recovery is despaired of ; and Na-
poleon himself is said to be seriously indis-
posed.
Private letters from Konigsburg of the
17th inst. state, that her Prussian majesty
died of a nervous fever on the same day.
The left wing of the French army, after
taking Thorn, was marching against Ko-
nigsburg. Most of the inhabitants had ta-
ken flight to Memel, where his Prussian
majesty's effects had arrived' The French,
finding their rear so unsafe, now unite all
their forces to conquer the kingdom of
Prussia. The king, however, is at the
head of near 80,000 men, exclusive of the
Russian auxiliaries under general Tolstoy.
—Saxony and Prussia are on the eve of a
famine.
The emperor Napoleon is said to have
sold to the king of Holland the cities of
Hamburg, Lubeck, and Bremen, on con-
dition of his receiving a certain annual tri-
bute.
By private letters from Bucharest, of the
17th tilt, the Grand Seignior has consented
to receive a Russian garrison at Constanti-
nople.
Passwan Oglou is now a vassal of Rus-
sin, whose troops have occupied Widdin,
Bender, Choczim, and Jassy, have been vo-
luntarily surrendered by the commandants
of their respective garrisons ; but Russia
professes to respect the independence of the
Porte, and to guarantee it, agreeably to trea-
ty. The archduke Charles, of Austria, is
about to set our for Gallicia, to take upon
him the command of a considerable army.
The fortress ol Stralsund is still unmolested,
France, which that power vainly hopes to
effect against the commerce of his majesty's
subjects ; a prohibition which the supperio-
rity of his majesty's naval forces might
enable him to support, by actually investing
the ports and coasts of the enemy with nu-
merous squadrons and criiizyrs, so as to
make the entrance or approach thereto ma-
nifestly dangerous ; and whereas his majes-
ty, though unwilling to follow the exam-
ple of his enemies, by proceeding to an ex-
tremity so distressing to all nations not en-
gaged in war, and carrying on their accus-
tomed trade, yet feels himself bound by a due
regard to the just defence of the ru.oits and
interest of his people, not to suffer such
measures to be taken by the enemy, without
taking some steps- on his part to les'rain this
violence, and to retort upgiV tilem the evils
of their own injustice :-—li.s majesty is
thereupon, pleased, by and with the advice
of his privy council, to order, and it is
hereby ordered, that no vessel shall be per-
mitted to trade from one port to another,
both which ports shall belong to or be in
the possession of Fiance or her allies, or
shall be so far under their controul that Bri-
tish vessels may not freely trade thereat ;
and the commanders of. his Britannic ma-
jesty's ships of war and privateers shall be,
and are hereby instructed^ to warn e*ery
neutral vessel corning hom any such port,
and destined to another such port, to dis-
continue her voyage, and not t proceed to
any such port ; and any vessel after being
so warned, or any vessel coming fiY.ni any
such port, after a reasonable tune, shall have
been afforded for receiving information
of his majesty's order, which shi'U be found
proceeding to another such port,, sfi.ll be
captured and brought in, and, >
her cargo, shall be condemned a's lawful
prize. Ai ty's principle
taiies of State, the lords ci ieV's of
admiralty; and the judges'©! the high court
of admiralty and court:, of vice admiralty,
are to lake the' necessary measures herein, as
to thetri shall respectively appertain.
W. FAWKENER..
LONFO'-N., January 12.
The order of council relative to the com-
nieieeof ueutrajs with the eiiumy's pot s,
has disappointed tin expectations of many,
as not tending to pr< ven. that traffic, which,
under the covet of neutral (lags, has been
carried on so much to the injury of this
country, belweenfiar.ee and Spain, and
their colonies ; but the fact, we fear, will
prove, that in the treaty of amify just
signiij w'nh America, our right to 1
such traffic has been.....d, as far as
respects ".merica ; and government, we
¦, rue unwillingto be more strict with
other neutral powers than with America.
Trie order1 in question merely declares that
a neutral cannot go direct, from one of the
enemy's ports to another ; for instance,
from Bordeaux to Mai unique ; but if the
continuity of the voyage is broken, as hi-
therto . the practice, by the forms
of entry and deliver) in an AUueiicail port,
the wines of the one, or the sugars of the
other, will continue to experience an unin-
terrupted interchange.
January 13.
By information derived from a secret but
authentic source, we are compelled to be-
lieve that our suspicions respecting the na-
ture of the new American treaty are but too
well founded. We understand, that by the
provisions of this treaty, the Americans are
to be permitted to carry goods from the co
lonies of our enemies to France, Spain, &c.
upon condition of their touching at an
American port in their passage, and there
pay a duty of two per cent upon their car-
goes. This being the case (truly happy
would it be to find it otherwise) all our na-
vigation acts, all our maritime code, all our
right of search may be considered as abro-
gated and abandoned ; for, from the mo-
ment this treaty shall be ratified, the whole
become useless. From that moment we
may be at war with France, Spain and Hol-
land, but with their colonies we shall be at
peace. Their trade will be carried on with
complete security by the Americans ; the
circuitous route, by touching at an Ameri-
can port, with the two per cent, duty, will
not produce a charge so heavy as our war
insurance ; and the enemy will thus retain
in war the full benefit of their colonial sys-
tem, except in the article of freight.
We find by our port letters, that some A-
nierican vessels have been permitted to de-
part from Holland. One of these, the Avri-
el, is arrived at Dover, the captain of which'
reports, that the embargo has been in some
measure relaxed, aud taken off at Flushing,
with respect to the American vessels which
were at that port.
The outward-bound West-India and Me-
diterranean fleets put back to Falmouth the
9th. *
January 14.
We rect ived yesterday, via Husuai, by the
Denmark rn.iil, . s of foreign
Journals, and several private letters from the
north of Germany. The latter frilly 1
our. intelligence of ye tative to the
in instructions .
that h oii.-
The report ol n signal ¦• ictorv having- be
obtain 1 n
c.e-
¦d of I'-e L< '. ' '
Elbe fbut no antlu-ntk ;. ¦• .¦ u; ¦ ithissub-
ject, has yet b di tain
that t'ne Vie- iau army lias been increased to
an imn ce -,--,.. cany it
^¦.11. Tne 11 nd 11 . of
,<¦¦¦.. 1. of .uly evinces, that be
;.. ,,1 01 with
some de=..-.: el .;... :n ; for hi* troops ill Si-
lesia, and in every*other direction, have re-
ceived orders to proceed inimedraU-ly to re-
inforce the gran
Hum ' f Battie.
A gentleman just avrWed from Holland,
states, that be read in a Dutch pa] ei of the
8th inst. an account ol .1 battle having beta
fought on the Vistula between the freiich
and Russian armies: The convict is rumor-
ed to have beeitoncof the must dreadful evt.ti
recorded. The viieuy v ere ri peatedly at-
tacked in their intrenchmerits, and their
assailants as often rc>i;ifTsed: At kngtlij
however, the Russ':n reserve, coming up, the
fate of tile day, winch was till then doubt-1
ful, was decided in their favor; aud the tsa<
quished enemy, driven with the loss oftheuB
<, and an immense enuuiber of men
(their ei.t.e ; .. ked with the
; ,\..i\ the dead) to the left bank of 1 be
Vistula. This report we give pixcifcely as
it reached us,
January 15.
Thfl progress of the Russians in Turkey
continues to be uninterrupted, and may
lead to consequences of the utmost impor-
tance. According tq the last advices, they
were distant not more than three hundred.
miles from ISalmatia ; and as their object
seems to be to extend their line thither, we
entertain hopes of shortly finding the enemy
expelled from that province. Whatever
may be the real situation of Bonaparte in.
Poland, it is evident, that he wishes to col-
lect the whole of his disposable force in
that country ; and whilst his utmost exer-
tions are necessary to enable him to main-
tain himself'there, the Russians are quietly
marching through the foitile plains of Tur-
key, in any dircctioin tliey please ; and
what is more sure, Alexander can spare the
force employed on this important occasion.
Besides, Bonaparte evidently feels some un-
easiness with respect to the disposition 01
the emperor of Austria, whose piesent sys-
tem of cautious policy may, in the end, the
better enable him to assert his o^n rights,
and avenge the general wrongs. If Aus-
tria be really inclined to declare against
France, the entrance of the Russians into
Italy would afford an opportunity of high
and happy promise for that purpose.
A gentleman wdio lately left Holland-; and
landed at Ratrisgafeon Saturday, states, that
the most ligorous measures are adopted, in
order to raise a new levy of 80,000 con-
scripts ; one male in each family was obliged
to Serve, arid the parents are made res;'.e,.. i-
Lie for their children ; and such is the aver-
sion to this service, that he saw many in-
stances of the conscripts escorted To jiafl the
j handcuffed and chained, guaidedby
gens d'arm
The report of the defeat, of the French
corps in Dalmatia, by the Russknsj whoso
landing on that oast to the number of ten
thousand, we mentioned some weeks s;nee,
continues to be circulated- the 1
consisted of 5000, under the cornrfta
general Lauriston, v.ho, at the date of
id Mortier, with the eighth corps of the | rfeorOu-S execution of the pr
FitncH tinny, remains inactive:
ofBoaapartevia tht ports oi Holiaiicl; ura
la.-,t authentic advices, were blockaded in,
Ragusa.
Orders have been issued by government for
remitting a sum of 500,0001. to the conti-
nent. This sum is the baiance of the
dy due to our allies by the last treaty. A
frigate is ord.led to take ii to Ootteuburg, it
being in specie, and an insurance was jesur-
d.>y effected upon it at Lloyd's. .
A paper of yesterday says-" A gentle,
man wiio lately left Holland, and kuu.fd at
llamsgate on Saturdaj , we learn some inte-
ressufg intelligence respecting the state of
the interior of France'. From the icj
given by this gentleman, who has been re-
cently travelling through a great'part of
that COUlitry as an Anieiican, it a]
that the Coa3t is left bare of regular 1
and the defence of the country CO
solely to the national guards ;and such whs
the estimation in which Bonaparte was held
by tin; people, that tlvty hoped, as wed as
v. fhed,' whenever they could with safety
express their wishes, a reverse of fortune
might afford them an opportunity of ridding
themselves of the tyrant and his family."
.January 16.
Yesterday the American ministers receiv-
ed dispatches from their government, and
from Mr. Armstrong, by an American gen-
tleman v.ho left Paris on the icth instant.
Mr. Armstrong has been assured by the
French government, that American wssefS
to and from England, will not be molested
—and that orders to that effect had been
sent to the French privateers at Su Makes,
&c.
January 18.
By a boat from Flushing, which sailed
from thence last Monday, it is said, that ac-
counts had arrived there, thai daily engage-
ments had taken place between the French
and Russians for twelve successive days, up
to the 2d of January, and the result was,
that the French were ultimately defeated,
with the loss of 5o,ocomcn, killed, wound-
ed, and prisoners, and all their cannon.—
An embargo had been laid on all the smug-
gling vessels prior to last Monday, on which
day 48 leit that port, and the merchants
were obliged to enter into bond of icocl.
sterling each, not to allow any papers to be
taken on board, by which intelligence might
be given. The old harbor at Flushing was
clearing out to receive the ships built at
Antwerp, for them to be equipped there.
January ly.
The following letter w'as late on
day afternoon sent by Mr. Gienviiie to the
right honorable the Lord Mayor of London :
Admiralty Office, Jattuaty 17.
My Lokp,
I Lave the honor to inclose to yo ,
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