2094] ANNUAL REGISTER; 1790.) 
that refpects the queftion of right 
yet to be inveftigated ; that is to fay, 
if it has been agreeably to, or in 
contradiction to the treaties relative 
to the rights and poffeffions of Spain. 
Laftly, the king will readily enter 
into any plan by which future dif- 
putes gn this fubject may be obviated, 
that no reproach may be upon him 
as having refufed any means of re- 
conciliation; and for the eftablith- 
ment ofa folid and permanent peace, 
not only between Spain and Great 
Bnitain, buta!{o between all nations ; 
for the accompiifhment of which ob- 
ject his majefty has made the greateft 
efforts in all the courts of Europe ; 
which he certainly would not have 
done if he had any defign to involve 
England and the other European 
powers in a calamitous and deitruc- 
tive war. 
Ex Conpe pe Froripa BLANCA. 
‘Aranjugz, June 4. \ 
Memorial of the Court of Spain, deli- 
wered Fune 13, to Mr. Fitzher- 
bert, the Britihh Ambaffador at 
Madrid. 
Wp Y every treaty upon record be- 
B twixtSpain and the other nations 
of Europe, for upwards of two centu- 
ries, an exclufive right of property, 
navigation, and commerce to the 
Spanifh Welt Indies, has been uni- 
- formly fecured to Spain, England 
having always f{tood forth in a par- 
ticular manner in fupport of fuch 
right. 
By article 8th of the treaty of 
Utrecht (a treaty in which all the 
European nations may he faid to 
have taken a part) Spain and Eng- 
land profefs to eftablifh it as a fun- 
damental principle of agreement, 
that the navigation and commeyce 
of the Weft-Indies, under the domi. — 
nion of Spain, fhall remain in the ~ 
precife fituation in which they ftood: 7 
in the reign of his Catholic majefty, ~ 
Charles II. and that that rule fhall © 
be inviolably adhered to, and be in- © 
capable of infringement. P 
After this maxim, the two powers — 
ftipulated—That Spain fhould never — 
grant liberty or permiilion to any — 
nation to trade to or introduce their | 
merchandizes into the Spanifh Ame- © 
rican dominions, nor to fell, cede, | 
or give up, to any other nation, its | 
Jands, dominions or territories, or © 
any part thereof. Onthe contrary, © 
and in order that its territories fhould | 
be preferved whole and entire, Eng- 
land offers to aid and affifl the Spa- — 
niards in re-eftablifhing the limits of 
their American dominions, and plac- | 
ing them in the exact fituation they | 
ftood in at the time of his faid Ca- 7 
tholic majefty, Charles II. if by acci- © 
dent it fhall be difcovered that they | 
have undergone any alteration to the © 
prejudice of Spain, in whatever man; | 
ner or pretext fuch alteration may | 
have been brought about. : 
The vaft extent of the Spanifh ter 
ritories, navigation, and dominion ~ 
on the continent of America, ifles © 
and feas contiguous to the South Sea, © 
are clearly laid down, and authen- ~ 
ticated by a variety of documents, © 
laws, and formal acts of poffeflion © 
in the reign of King Charles IL. 
It is alfo clearly afcertained, that © 
notwithftanding the repeated at- ~ 
tempts made by adventurers and pi- 
rates on the Spanifh coafts of the 
South Sea and adjacent iflands, Spain © 
has ftill preferved her pofleffions en-/ 
tire, and oppofed with fuccefs thofe ” 
wfurpations, by conftantly fending © 
her fhips and veflels to take pofleffion — 
of fuch fettlements. By thefe mea- 
fures, and reiterated acts of poflef- 
fion, 
