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majaty were to wave the right 
given to him by the express stipu- 
lation: of the treaty of Utrecht, 
of opposing the cession of the Spa- 
nish pert of St. Domingo to France, 
his maesty would then demand, 
in retun tor this concession, a 
compenstion, which might secure, 
at least i1 some degree, the main- 
tenance 0 the balance of the re- 
spective pyssessions in that part of 
the world. | 
V. In alithe cases of cessions or 
restitutions which may come in 
question in be course of this nego- 
' tiation, there should be granted 
on each side » all individuals the 
most unlimitet right to withdraw 
with their famies and their pro- 
perty, and to sl] their land and 
other moveablepossessions ; and 
adequate arrangments should be 
also made, in the-:ourse of this ne- 
gotiation, for th removal of all 
sequestrations, an for the. satis- 
faction of the jusiclaims, which 
individuals on eithe side may have 
to make upon the aspective go- 
yernments. 
(Signed) lamesnuRY. 
No. 29. 
Confidential Memorialn the Peace 
with Spain and Hiland. 
THE allies of Francaot having 
hitherto expressed any Sire or dis- 
position to treat withthe king, 
his majesty might haveforborne 
to enter into any dvtaion their 
account ; but in erder to oid any 
delays prejudicial to the at ob- 
ject which the king has | view, 
and.to accelerate the workf a ge- 
neral peace, his majesty W not 
refuse to explain himself 1 the 
first instance on the points yhich 
concern those powers. If th the 
Catholic king should desire) be 
comprehended in this negotiion, 
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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1796. 
or to be allowed to accede to the 
definitive treaty, this would meet 
with no obstacle on the part of his 
majesty. Nothing having hitherto 
been conquered by either of the two 
sovereigns from the other, no other 
point could, at the present moment, 
come into question but that of the 
re-establishment of peace, simply, 
and without and restitution or com- 
pensation whatever, ‘except such 
as might possibly result from the 
application of the principle declared 
at the end of the fourth article of 
the memorial already delivered to 
the minister for foreign affairs. 
But if, during the negociation, 
any alteration should take place 
in the state of thingsin this respect, 
it will then be proper to agree upon 
the restitutions and compensations ~ 
to be made on each side. 
With regard to the republic of 
the United Provinces, his Britannic 
majesty and his allies find them- 
selves too nearly interested in the 
political situation of those pro- 
vinces to be able to consent in her 
favour to the re-establishment of 
the status ante bellum as with re- 
spect to the territorial possessions, 
unless France could, on her part, 
reinstate them in all respects in the 
same political situation in -which 
they stood before the war. 
Ifat least it were possible to 
re-establish in those provinces, 
agreeably to what is believed to be 
the wish of a great majority of the 
inhabitants, their ancient consti- 
tution and form of government, 
his majesty might then be disposed 
to relax, in their favour, from a 
very considerable part of the con- 
ditions on which the present state 
of things obliged him to insist. 
But if, on the contrary, it is: 
with the republic of Holland, in its) 
; present 
