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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
' IMPORTANT STATE PAPERS . DECREE OF THE COURT OF SPAIN AGAINST GREAT RRiTAIN
MAVUUP , OCT , II . TJIS Majesty has transmitted to all his Councils a Decree of the following JT 3 L tenor : One of the principal motives that induced me to make peace with the French Republic , as soon as its Government had begun to assume a regular and stable form , was the manner in which England behaved to me during the whole of the War , and the just mistrust which I ought to feel for the future , from the- experience of her bad faithwhich began to be manifested at the most critical
mo-, ment of the first campaign ; in the manner with which Admiral Hood treated ray squadron at Toulon , where he was employed solely in ruining all that he could not carry away himself ; and afterwards in the expedition which he rndertcok against the island of Corsica—a : i expedition which he undertook without the Knowledge , and winch he concealed with -the greatest care from Don Juan de Langara , while thev were together at Toulon . This same bad ' faith , the English Minister has suffered clearly to appear by his silence upon the subject of all his Negociations with other Powers , particularly
iti the Treaty concluded on the 19 th of November 1794 , , v ! , ! l t ! , e United States of America , wiihout any regard to my rights , which were well known to him . — I remarked it again in his repugnance ¦ to the adoption of my plans and ideas which might accelerate the termination of the war , and in the vague reply which Lord Grenvilie gave to my A .-tibassador , t ' -te Marquis del Campo , when he demanded succours of him to continue it . He completely confirmed me in the certainty of Ins bad faith by the injustice with which he appropriated the rich cargo of the Spanish ship le Saint . iago . or i'Achilles , at first taken by the French , and
afterwards re-takt-n hy the English squadron , and which ought to have been restored to r . i ' e according to the Convci'ion made between inv Secretary of State attd Lord St . Helens , " Ambassador from his Britannic Majesty ; afterwards by the detention of ail the ammunition which arrived in the Dutch ships for the ijppiy of mv squadrons , bv a . iecung always different difficulties to put off the restitution of them . Finally , I could no longer entertain a douiit of the bad'faith of England , when I learned the frequent lauding from her ships upon the coasts of Chili and Peru , in order to carry on coti raband trade , and to reconnoitre the
shore , under the pretence of fishing for whales , a privilege which she pretended to have been (¦¦ ranted her by the Convention of Noolka . Such were the proceedings of tiie Uritish M . nister 10 c-inent the ties of friendship and reciprocal confidence ,, which li-. had engaged to maintain- according to our Convention of the ajih of Ivfav 1793 . Since I have made peace wi'h the French Republic , not only have I had stronger motives for supposing an intention on the part of ilnglatid to attack my possessions in America but I li ' aye also received direct insults , which persuade me
that the Eng ' ish M . n . sier . wi-ite ' s to ohige rite to adopt a part contrary to the interests of humanity : torn by V . \ i bloody war which ravages Europe , for the termination of which I have not caused to offer my good offices , and to testify my constant solicitude . . , . fn fart , t- nghitid has developer . ! iier intentions , has e ' early evinced her project of getting possession of mv territories , by sending to the Antilles a considerable force , and particularly destined against St . Domingo , as the Proclamations of her Genera ) on that island clear !) - demonstrate . She has also inade known her ifi-VOL . vn , Y y
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
' IMPORTANT STATE PAPERS . DECREE OF THE COURT OF SPAIN AGAINST GREAT RRiTAIN
MAVUUP , OCT , II . TJIS Majesty has transmitted to all his Councils a Decree of the following JT 3 L tenor : One of the principal motives that induced me to make peace with the French Republic , as soon as its Government had begun to assume a regular and stable form , was the manner in which England behaved to me during the whole of the War , and the just mistrust which I ought to feel for the future , from the- experience of her bad faithwhich began to be manifested at the most critical
mo-, ment of the first campaign ; in the manner with which Admiral Hood treated ray squadron at Toulon , where he was employed solely in ruining all that he could not carry away himself ; and afterwards in the expedition which he rndertcok against the island of Corsica—a : i expedition which he undertook without the Knowledge , and winch he concealed with -the greatest care from Don Juan de Langara , while thev were together at Toulon . This same bad ' faith , the English Minister has suffered clearly to appear by his silence upon the subject of all his Negociations with other Powers , particularly
iti the Treaty concluded on the 19 th of November 1794 , , v ! , ! l t ! , e United States of America , wiihout any regard to my rights , which were well known to him . — I remarked it again in his repugnance ¦ to the adoption of my plans and ideas which might accelerate the termination of the war , and in the vague reply which Lord Grenvilie gave to my A .-tibassador , t ' -te Marquis del Campo , when he demanded succours of him to continue it . He completely confirmed me in the certainty of Ins bad faith by the injustice with which he appropriated the rich cargo of the Spanish ship le Saint . iago . or i'Achilles , at first taken by the French , and
afterwards re-takt-n hy the English squadron , and which ought to have been restored to r . i ' e according to the Convci'ion made between inv Secretary of State attd Lord St . Helens , " Ambassador from his Britannic Majesty ; afterwards by the detention of ail the ammunition which arrived in the Dutch ships for the ijppiy of mv squadrons , bv a . iecung always different difficulties to put off the restitution of them . Finally , I could no longer entertain a douiit of the bad'faith of England , when I learned the frequent lauding from her ships upon the coasts of Chili and Peru , in order to carry on coti raband trade , and to reconnoitre the
shore , under the pretence of fishing for whales , a privilege which she pretended to have been (¦¦ ranted her by the Convention of Noolka . Such were the proceedings of tiie Uritish M . nister 10 c-inent the ties of friendship and reciprocal confidence ,, which li-. had engaged to maintain- according to our Convention of the ajih of Ivfav 1793 . Since I have made peace wi'h the French Republic , not only have I had stronger motives for supposing an intention on the part of ilnglatid to attack my possessions in America but I li ' aye also received direct insults , which persuade me
that the Eng ' ish M . n . sier . wi-ite ' s to ohige rite to adopt a part contrary to the interests of humanity : torn by V . \ i bloody war which ravages Europe , for the termination of which I have not caused to offer my good offices , and to testify my constant solicitude . . , . fn fart , t- nghitid has developer . ! iier intentions , has e ' early evinced her project of getting possession of mv territories , by sending to the Antilles a considerable force , and particularly destined against St . Domingo , as the Proclamations of her Genera ) on that island clear !) - demonstrate . She has also inade known her ifi-VOL . vn , Y y