HISTORY 
that, either the allegations con- 
tained in it were founded on fact, 
or false. Iffounded on fact, then, 
the negociation ought to be resu- 
med on fair and candid principles : 
but, if false, the best mode of 
displaying the justice of the Eng- 
lish government, to Europe and the 
world, and of exposing the unjust 
OF EUROPE. 
riv1 
be, to publish acounter-declaration, 
stating the gronnds on which the 
war was carried on. He called 
upon thesideof the house, on which 
he sat, to defend their conduct, and 
the principles on which they acted, 
by shewing to the public, that it 
was not the inclination of the mi- 
nister, but the interest of the nation, 
pretensions of the enemy, would that they consulted. He called on 
weeks. That lord Malmesbury only proposed a vague principle of compensation, 
without any specific articles of reciprocal restitution, while their specific demands he 
only answered by ingenious evasion. They then enumerate the delays of messengers, 
and a private secretary sent to London. The want of signature to two memorials, sent 
in by lord Malmesbury; and, at length, when the ultimatum was demanded peremp- 
torily, what does it contain ? The first memorial demands, 
Ist. Restitution to the emperor of. all his territories, without exception, as he heid 
them hefore the war; consequently the restitution of Belgium. 
ed. The total annihilation of every treaty made by France with the princes of the 
Germanempire, as being fundamentally inadmissible, and contrary tothe Jus Publicum 
Imperii, which makesit impossible to treat with any, excepting the head of the German 
empire. This, they say, would arnihilate all the treaties between France and the 
elector of Hanover, the duke of Wirtemberg and Brunswic, the landgrave of Hesse: 
and Jastly, with the king of Prussia, in his capacity of elector of Brandenburg 
8d. The compleat evacuation of Italy, including Savoy and Nice. ; 
4th. A reservation in favour of Russia, by which that court may interfere at its plea~’ 
sure, as a contracting party for the peace. / 
5th. The same to Portugal, and by which likewise France is to be precluded from 
demanding a sum of money as the price of peace from that court. 
6th. Great Britain contests the validity of the cession by Spain, to therepublic, of the 
Spanish part of St. Domingo, as contrary to the peace of Utrecht. 3 
7th. The restitution of the property of the emigrants forfeited or sold is obscurely, 
_ they say, and indirectly demanded, though in language and terms so ingeniously am- 
_ biguous as to leave matter of endless discussion, : 
- What is the second memorial? For Holland, the British ministry demands a com- 
_ plete restoration of its ancient form of government; the demolition or annihilation of 
3 all the treaties between France and the Batavian republic ; lastly, the restoration of 
the stadtholder to all his dignities, offices, and possessions- 
And what does England offer as the price of so many concessions, restitutions, and 
i humiliations, onthe part of France? The restoration to Holland ofall her colonies’? 
, ‘ The indemnity to the Dutch for the past ? 
a eNo ! r 
She offers only a partial restitution of the Dutch colonies, reserving to herself the 
Cape of Good Hope, and Ceylon. ; 
_ Finally, that if France will not consent to annul her treaties, made with the Batavian 
republic, she is in that case to make over or cede to the emperor all Holland has ceded 
to France in the late treaty between the cwo countries. 
__. The directory then asks, 
_ As thisa fair treaty ? 
“Does it not demand from France, the entire restitution of all that France has cons 
_ quered during the war, without restoring all that England has acquired? i 
Does it not stipulate by induction, and by infallible though indirect and ambiguous 
Means, the return of the emigrants, the restitution of their estates,. the destruction of 
eur constitution of 1795, and insure a counter-revolution ? 
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A Peres 
