between the dominions of the respective crowns in that part of the world shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain to the sea; and for this purpose the Most Christian King cedes in full right the river and port of the Mobile, and every thing which he possessed on the left side of the river Mississippi, except the town of New Orleans, and the island in which it is situated.

VIII. The king of Great Britain shall, restore to France the islands of Guadaloupe, of Marie-Galante, of Desirade, of Martinico, and Belleisle; and the fortresses of these islands shall be restored in the same condition they were in when they were conquered by the British arms.

IX. The Most Christian King cedes and guarantees to his Britannic Majesty the islands of Grenada and of the Grenadines; and the partition of the islands called neutral is agreed and fixed, so that those of St. Vincent, Dominica, and Tobago, shall remain in full right to Great Britain, and that of St. Lucia shall be delivered to France to enjoy the same likewise in full right.

X. His Britannic Majesty restores to France the island of Goree; and his Most Christian Majesty cedes to Great Britain the river Senegal, with the forts and factories of St. Lewis, Podor, and Galam.

XI. In the East Indies, Great Britain shall restore to France the different factories which that crown possessed on the coast of Coromandel and Malabar, as also in Bengal, at the beginning of the year 1749. His Most Christian Majesty shall restore, on his side, all that he may have conquered in the East Indies during the present war.

XII. The island of Minorca shall be restored to his Britannic Majesty as well as Fort St. Philippe ; and the town and port of Dunkirk shall be put into the state fixed by the last treaty of Aix la Chapelle.

XIII. His Britannic Majesty shall cause to be demolished all the fortifications which his subjects shall have erected in the Bay of Honduras; and his Catholic Majesty shall not permit, on any pretence whatever, the British subjects to be disturbed in their occupation of cutting, loading, and carrying away logwood.

XIV. The king of Great Britain restores to Spain all the territory which he has conquered in the island of Cuba, with the fortress of the Havannah; and, in consequence of this restitution, his Catholic Majesty cedes to Great Britain, Florida, with Fort St. Augustine, and the Bay of Pensacola, as well as all

that Spain possessed on the continent of North America, to the east and to the south-east of the river Mississippi.

XV. There is a reciprocal restoration, on all sides, of the conquests made in Germany and Portugal.

XVI. The decision of the prizes, made in time of peace by the subjects of Great Britain on the Spaniards, shall be referred to the courts of justice of the Admiralty of Great Britain, conformable to the rules established among all nations; so that the validity of the said prizes between the British and Spanish nations, shall be decided and judged according to the law of nations, and according to treaties in the courts of justice of the nation who shall have made the capture.

No. VI. (P. 262.)

Abstract of the Declaration signed and delivered by Prince Masserano, Ambassador Extraordinary from his Catholic Majesty, dated the 22d of January, 1771; which was the same day accepted by the Earl of Rochford, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.

HIS Britannic Majesty having complained of the violence which was committed on the 10th of June, 1770, at the island commonly called the Great Malouine, and by the English Falkland's Island, in obliging by force the commander and subjects of his Britannic Majesty to evacuate the port by them called Egmont; a step offensive to the honour of his crown;-the Prince de Masserano has received orders to declare, that his Catholic Majesty considering the desire with which he is animated for peace, and for the maintenance of good harmony with his Britannic Majesty, and reflecting that this event might interrupt it, has seen with displeasure this expedition tending to disturb it; and in the persuasion, in which he is, of the reciprocity of sentiments of his Britannic Majesty, and of its being far from his sentiments to authorize any thing that might disturb the good understanding between the two courts; his Catholic Majesty does disavow the said violent enterprise, and, in conse

quence, the Prince Masserano declares, that his Catholic Majesty engages to give immediate orders that things shall be restored in the Great Malouine, at the port called Egmont, precisely to the state in which they were before the 10th of June, 1770, for which purpose, his Catholic Majesty will give orders to one of his officers to deliver up, to the officer authorized by his Britannic Majesty, the port and fort called Egmont, with all the artillery, stores, and effects, of his Britannic Majesty and his subjects. The Prince de Masserano declares at the same time, in the name of the king his master, that the engagement to restore the possession of Port Egmont, cannot, nor ought, any ways to affect the question of the prior right of sovereignty of the Malouine Islands, otherwise called Falkland's Islands.

No. VII. (P. 263.)

The Protest of the Lords against an Address to his Majesty to return thanks for his firm and spirited conduct in demanding satisfaction for the violent enterprise against Falkland's Islands.

DISSENTIENT, I. Because it is highly unsuitable to the wisdom and gravity of this house, and to the respect which we owe to his Majesty and ourselves, to carry up to the throne an address, approving the acceptance of an imperfect instrument, which has neither been previously authorized by any special full powers produced by the Spanish minister, nor been as yet ratified by the king of Spain. If the ratification on the part of Spain should be refused, the address of this house will appear no better than an act of precipitate adulation to ministers; which will justly expose the peerage of the kingdom to the indignation of their country, and to the derision of all Europe.

II. Because it is a direct insult on the feelings and understanding of the people of Great Britain, to approve this declaration and acceptance, as a means of securing our own and the general tranquillity, whilst the greatest preparations for war are making both by sea and land.

III. Because, from the declaration and correspondence laid before us, we are of opinion that the ministers merit the censure of this house, rather than any degree of commendatiou, on account of several improper acts, and equally improper omis sions, from the beginning to the close of this transaction: for it is asserted by the Spanish ministers that several discussions had passed which might give the British ministers reason to foresee the attack upon that settlement that was afterwards made by the forces of Spain. Captain Hunt also arriving from them, gave them the same intimations; yet so obstinately negligent and supine were his Majesty's ministers, that they did not even make a single representation to the court of Spain; which might have prevented the injury, and saved the enormous expence and manifold hardships which the nation has suffered in preparing to resent it.

IV. Because the negociation entered into much too late, was, from the commencement, conducted on principles as disadvantageous to the wisdom of our public councils, as it was finally concluded in a manner disgraceful to the crown of Great Britain; for it appears that the court of Madrid did disavow the act of hostility, as proceeding from particular instructions, but justified it under her general instructions to her governors; under the oath by them taken, and under the established laws of America.

V. Because nothing has been had or demanded as a reparation in damage for the enormous expence and other inconveniencies, arising from the unprovoked and confessed violence of the Spanish forces in the enterprise against Falkland's Island, and the long subsequent delay of justice.

VI. Because an unparalleled and most audacious insult has been offered to the honour of the British flag, by the detention of a ship of war of his Majesty's, for twenty days after the surrender of Port Egmont, and by the indignity of forcibly taking away her rudder. No reparation in honour is demanded for this wanton insult, by which his Majesty's reign is rendered the unhappy æra in which the honour of the British flag has suffered the first stain with entire impunity,

VII. Because the declaration by which his Majesty is to obtain possession of Port Egmont, contains a reservation or condition of the question of the claim of prior right, being the first time such a claim has ever authentically appeared in any public instrument concluded on by the two courts.

The above was signed by sixteen peers.

No. VIII. (P. 266.)

An Account of the Naval Review at Portsmouth, in June 1773.

EARLY in the morning on Tuesday the 22d instaut, the king set out from Kew for Portsmouth, and, being arrived at Portsea Bridge, between ten and eleven the same morning, was received by a royal salute of twenty-one guns. His Majesty then proceeded to the first barrier, when Major-general Parker, who commanded the garrison during the royal residence at Portsmouth, delivered the keys to the king, who was pleased to return them. On his Majesty's entering the Grand Port Gate, he was saluted by a triple discharge of two hundred and thirty-two pieces of cannon mounted on the ramparts of Portsmouth, at Blockhouse Fort, and at South Sea Castle. His Majesty proceeded through the town out of the Water-gate to the dock-yard, and arrived at the commissioner's house ten minutes before eleven o'clock, where he was received by the president of the council, and several other of the great officers of state, the commissioners of the Admiralty, and the three admirals of the squadron at Spithead. The officers and workmen belonging to the yard, gave three cheers as his Majesty entered, and then returned to their several employments. After his Majesty had taken some refreshment, he went to the governor's house, where he had a public levee, and then returning to the dock-yard, embarked at half an hour after one in a barge in which the royal standard was immediately hoisted. His Majesty then proceeded to Spithead, attended by the barge of the board of Admiralty, with the flag of their office, the three admirals with their flags, and all the captains of the fleet with their pendants in their barges. As his Majesty passed the garrison, he was saluted by twenty-one guns from the Blockhouse Fort, Saluting Platform, and South Sea Castle. When the royal standard was seen by the fleet at Spithead, consisting of twenty ships of the line, two frigates, and three sloops, moored in two lines abreast of each other, the whole manned ships, and saluted with twenty-one guns each. The king went on board the Barfleur of ninety guns, where he was received by the board of Admiralty, the captain being at the head of the accommodation ladder, and the side manned by the lieutenants