2. The King has in no part of his memorial of propofitions, affirmed that all which did not belong to Canada, appertained to Louifiana; it is even difficult to conceive fuch an affertion could be advanced. France, on the contrary, demands that the intermediate nations between Canada and Louifiana, as alfo between Virginia and Louifiana, shall be confidered as neutral nations, independent of the fovereignty of the two Crowns, and ferve as a barrier between them. If the English Minifter would have attended to the inftructions of M. Buffy on this fubject, he would have feen that France agreed with England as to this propofition.

3. No anfwer has been given by England to the plain argument, That if Senegal cannot be enjoyed in fecurity without Goree, England will make no great facrifice in keeping Goree, and reftoring Senegal to France. Upon this article Mr. Stanley has acquainted the D. de Choiseul, that fome expedients may be agreed on between the two Crowns: In confequence of which his Majesty, out of regard to the bleffing of peace, has authorised M. Buffy to treat concerning thefe expedients with the British Miniftry.

4. The Court of London, when they mean to fecure, in pursuance of his Majesty's confent, the conquefts they pretend to maintain, readily rely on the memorial of Uti poffidetis; but they take no notice of that memorial when they advance claims at the expence of France. It cannot be denied but that the ftate of the town of Dunkirk is not included in the Uti poffidetis.

According to the treaty of Utrecht, the demolition of Dunkirk was not affented to as a compenfation for the liberty of drying cod-fifh on the banks of Newfoundland; it is the ceffion of Newfoundland, on the part of France, which is the ground of that compenfation: but the King, to teftify to all Europe his fincere defire of peace, and to remove all obftacles which the enemies to peace may throw in the way, authorises his Minifter at London to negociate concerning the state of Dunkirk, fo foon as a convenient port fhall be agreed upon in the gulph of St. Lawrence, of within reach of the gulph, which fhall be ceded to France to ferve as a fhelter for her fishing veffels."

5. France

5. France has refuted the title of England to the Antilles, which are pretended to be neutral: his Majesty, nevertheless, from a principle of moderation, accepts of the partition of the faid iflands; but fuch partition cannot take place but in the form specified in the firft memorial of the French propofitions.

6. It feems as if England, by her propofitions, offered the island of Belleifle as a compenfation for the island of Minorca as France does not allow the importance of the conqueft of Belleifle, the two Courts will retain their feveral opinions; England fhall maintain her conqueft, and France fhall keep Minorca.

7. France is willing to evacuate, in confideration of the restitution to be made by England of the islands of Guadaloupe and Marigalante, the countries belonging to the Landgrave of Heffe, to the Duke of Brunswick, and to the Electorate of Hanover, which are or fhall be occupied by his Majefty's forces, and of which the conqueft is connected with the British war fince the rupture of the capitulation of Clofter-feven, and which may be feparated from the war of the Emprefs-Queen with the King of Pruffia.

But as to what concerns Wefel, Gueldres, and other countries in Weftphalia belonging to the King of Pruffia, which are actually in poffeffion of the Emprefs-Queen, and where juftice is adminiftered in the name of her Imperial Majefty, the King cannot ftipulate to furrender the conquests of his allies; and fuch an evacuation, neither in fact nor by right, can take place without the confent of the Emprefs-Queen, at the congrefs of Augfburg; that congrefs being to affemble in order to terminate the differences which have arifen in the empire, and particularly those which have occafioned the war between her Imperial Majefty and the King of Pruffia.

8. The King accepts on thofe conditions, and in confideration of the ceffions made by France in North America and Africa, as well as in regard to the fettlement of Dunkirk, the reftitution of the island of Guadaloupe and of Marigalante.

9. The French Eaft-India Company have fulfilled the conditions of the treaty made between Meffrs. Godeheu

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and Saunders: that of England has not obferved the fame punctuality. However that may be, the King is willing to acquiefce in the 9th article of the Ultimatum of England, in relation to Afia.

10. The King perfifts, with regard to the captures made before the war, in the contents of the 12th article of the first propofitions. M. Buffy is authorised to deliver a memorial exprefly on this fubject; and every one is perfuaded in France, that this object neither can nor ought to break off the negociation between the two Crowns.

11. The Emprefs-Queen enjoys full Sovereignty in the towns of Oftend and Nieuport; the King has only lent his forces to his ally to fecure thofe places. England has no right to impofe laws upon the King and the Empress, contrary to the will of the King and of her Imperial Majefty, who do not in the least violate the treaties of the House of Auftria with the States General. As to what remains, his Majefty readily declares, that his intention never was to keep poffeffion of the faid places after the establishment of peace.

12. The 12th article of the Ultimatum of England does not seem liable to any difficulties, while the terms of the intended fufpenfion fhall be obferved and maintained with fincerity.

13. In answer to the declaration made by Mr. Stanley, that in cafe of a feparate peace between France and England, his Britannick Majefty would conftantly continue, in the capacity of an auxiliary, to aid his ally the King of Pruffia with all his power, and with the utmoft integrity, in order to accomplish the happy iffue of the war, and the pacification of Germany, the D. de Choiseul, in the name of the King his master, has declared to Mr. Stanley, that his Majefty, with the fame view to the general pacification, will alfo fupport his faithful allies with all his forces, and to the utmost of his power, and will take every precaution which his approved fincerity and integrity fhall fuggeft to him, in order to prevent the feparate peace of France with England from being prejudicial to them.

It is in confequence of these fentiments that the King, with the confent of his allies, is willing to ftipulate that

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he will grant no fuccour of any kind to his allies for the continuance of their war against the King of Pruffia: but his Majefty neither can nor will enter into fuch an engagement, unless his Britannick Majefty will enter into the like agreement with refpect to the King of Pruffia.

The propofition of leaving France at liberty to fend forces into Silefia, is unfavourable, from particular circumftances, to the interefts of the Emprefs, and confequently inadmiffible.

The King, therefore, perfifts in the propofitions contained in the 10th article of his first memorial. All that can be negociated with refpect to these points, must be the liberty of affording fuccours in money to the respective allies, fo foon as it fhall be pofitively ascertained that no power shall be at liberty to furnish them any fupplies of men, or warlike ftores, under any denomination what

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14. The King accepts the 14th article of the Ultimatum of England.

-It is hoped that the Court of Great Britain will allow the precifion of the answers to their Ultimatum, as well as the readiness with which the King endeavours, even to his prejudice, to ufe all means to bring about a reconciliation with the King of Great Britain.

M. Buffy, on prefenting this Ultimatum, accompanied it with the following letter, in anfwer to that of Mr. Pitt, of the 24th of July.

Mr. Buffy's Letter to Mr. Pitt, gth August, 1761.

SIR,

HAVE acquainted my Court with the letter of the 24th of laft month, with which your Excellency honoured me, on returning the memorial I laid before you, in relation to the interefts of the Court of Spain with re-. fpect to England, and the note which I thought it my duty to communicate with regard to the intention of the King my mafter, concerning the neceffary steps to put a ftop to hoftilities in Germany.

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The King, Sir, orders me to acquaint your Excellency, that as to what relates to the intereft of the Catholick King, his Majefty's precaution expreffed in the memorial which I remitted to you, is in confequence of that fincerity which he profeffes conftantly to adopt in the courfe of all his negociations. The memorial which your Excellency has returned me neither contains any manaces nor any offer of mediation. No other fentiment can be inferred from it than that of the fincere defire which his Majefty entertains, that the projected peace between France and England may be firm and durable. Moreover, the King refers himself to his Catholick Majefty concerning the manner in which this memorial was received and remitted; but his Majefty has charged me to declare to your Excellency, that fo long as Spain fhall approve of it, his Majefty will interfere with the interrefts of that Crown, without defifting on account of a repulse from the power who opposes his good offices.

With respect to the matter of the note, likewife returned by your Excellency, and which relates to the two neceffary conditions of the propofed expedient for evacuating the countries fubdued by his Majefty's arms, his Majefty explains himself fully on that article in the Ultimatum, in anfwer to that of the Court of London. His Majesty has ordered me to declare farther to you in writing, that he will rather facrifice the power which God has given him, than conclude any thing with his enemies which may be contrary to the engagements he has contracted, and that good faith in which he glories. If England will undertake to yield no fuccour to the King of Pruffia, the King will engage, on the other hand, to afford none to his allies in Germany. But his Majefty will not adopt the liberty of fuccouring his allies with a fupply of men, because he is fenfible of the difadvantage which the prefent fituation of the armies might occafion to the Emprefs-Queen. His Majefty may ftipulate not to act for the benefit of his allies, but he neither can nor will confent to any condition which may be detrimental to them,

It remains for me to obferve to your Excellency, how greatly my court was aftonifhed, at well as the ftile of the letter you wrote to me, as at the Ultimatum of England,