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the colonies or plantations in Ame- 
rica, belonging to the crown of 
Spain; and all coin or bullion, dia- 
Monds or precious ftones, coming 
from thence; and provided fuch 
Britifh and Spanith veffels thall ex- 
port from fuch free ports only the 
faid goods and commodities; and 
alfo rum, the produce of any Bri- 
tifh ifland, and negroes, which fhall 
have been legally imported; and 
alfo all goods, wares, merchandizes, 
and manufactures, which fhall have 
been legally imported, except mafts, 
yards, or bow-{prits, pitch, tar, tur- 
pentine, and all other naval or mi- 
litary ftores, and tobacco. The 
commanders of our fhips of war, 
and of fhips commiffioned with let- 
ters of marque, are hereby required 
and enjoined not to detain or mo- 
left any fuch Spanifh veffels, or any 
Britith veffels, trading between the 
free ports in the faid iflands and 
the Spanifh colonies in America, 
provided they are dona fide employed 
in Carrying on their trade conform- 
ably to. the refpective regulations 
hereinabove defcribed, and have a | 
licence for that purpofe from the 
Governor or Commander in Chief 
of the faid iflands refpedtively ; and 
in cafe fuch fhip fo licenced thould 
be captured and brought into any 
Ph, through mifapprehenfion or 
reach of our order, our courts of 
Admiralty and Vice-Admiralty are 
hereby required to liberate the 
fame, as being under the protec- 
tion of our Special Commiffion, 
By his Majefty’s command, 
(Signed) PoRTLAND. 
Letter from the King of Great Britain, 
as Elector of Hanover, to his I. mperial 
Majefly. 
PXHE letter of the 7th of Sep- 
tember, 1796, with which 
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your Imperial Majefty has favoured 
me, re{pecting the poffeffion of the 
territory of the imperial city of 
Nuremberg, of the dependencies of 
the bifhopric of Eichftadt, and of 
the immediate command in Fran- 
conia, I hold asa precious monu- 
ment of the fentiments of juftice 
and paternal folicitude by which 
your Majefty evinces the cordial 
concern you feel for the preferva- 
tion of the Germanic conftitution, 
and for the punétual obfervance 
of the Eleétoral capitulation: a 
conduct which cannot fail confider- 
ably to contribute to the glory of 
your Imperial Majefty’s reign. 
I received that letter with fenti- 
ments of veneration equal to the 
gratitude that was excited in my 
breaft by the kind confidence of 
which your Imperial Majefty has 
thereby given fo ftriking a proof: 
and I accordingly could not but pay 
the moft fcrupulous attention to 
the object in queftion, and ponder 
on it with all the anxiety which the 
mott vivid intereft could infpire. 
Your Majefty, doubtlefs, can be 
no ftranger to the principles I pro- 
fefs refpecting the maintenance of 
the hon of the Empire, and the 
regard due to its laws, as alfo to 
the uniform difpofition which will 
invariably induce me to do every 
thing in my power that can contri- 
bute to that end. I have by no 
means neglected to confider the 
importance and extenfive confe- 
quences conneéted with the events 
in queftion; and I cannot but ap- 
plaud the profound wifdom of the 
meafures which your Majefty has 
adopted. Your Majefty has ex- 
preffed a defire to be acquainted 
with my fentiments and opinion on 
this fubje@t, and alfo that I would 
employ my interpofition with the 
King of Pruffia: and indeed I Hoe 
, that 
