was as fruitless as the preceding ones; the Spanish minifter, keeping no further meafures, answered dryly," That it was in that very moment, that the war was declared, and the king's dignity attacked, and that the earl of Bristol might retire how, and when, he should think proper." And in order to fet in its true light the declaration, "That, if the respect due to his Catholick majesty had been regarded, explanations might have been had without any difficulty; and that the ministers of Spain might have faid frankly, as Monf. de Fuentes, by the king's exprefs order, declares publickly, that the faid treaty is only a convention between the family of Bourbon; wherein there is nothing which has the least relation to the prefent war; and that the guaranty, which is therein fpecified, is not to be understood but of the dominions which shall remain to France after the war:" It is declared, that, very far from thinking of being wanting to the respect, acknowledged to be due to crowned heads, the inftructions given to the earl of Bristol have always been to make the requifitions, on the subject of the engagements between the courts of Madrid and Versailles, with all the decency, and all the attention possible; and the demand of a categorial answer was not made till after repeated, and the most ftinging refufals to give the leaft fatisfacEon, and at the last extremity; therefore, If the court of Spain ever had the design to give this so necessary satisfaction, they had not the leaft reafon, that ought to have engaged them to defer it to the moment when it could no longer be of use. But, fortunately, the terms, in which the declaration is conceived, fpare us the regret of not having received it sooner; for it appears at first fight, that the answer is not at all conformable to the demand: We wanted to be informed, if the court of Spain intended to join the French, our enemies, to make war on Great Britain, or to dipart from their neutrality: whereas the answer concerns one treaty only, which is faid to be of the 15th of Augu:t, carefully avoiding to fay the leaft word, that could explain, in any manner, the intentions of Spain towards Great-Britain, or the further engagements they may have contracted in the prefent crifis. After a deduction, as exact as faithful, of what has paffed between the two courts, it is left to the impartial publick to decide which of the two has always been inclined to peace, and which was determined on war. As to the reft, the earl of Egremont has the houour to acquaint his excellency the count de Fuentes, by the king's order, that the neceffary paffports for him shall be expedited, and that they will not fail to procure him all poffible facilities for his paffage to the port which he shall think moft convenient. The Declaration of War of his Majesty King George III. against the King of GEORGE R. Spain. purfued, notwithstanding the many par *HE constant object of our attention, tialities shewn by the Spaniards to our been, if poffible, to put an end to the calamities of war, and to fettle the public tranquillity upon a folid and lafting foundation. To prevent thofe calamities from being extended still farther, and because the most perfect harmony between Great Britain and Spain is, at all times, the mutual intereft of both nations, it has been our earnest defire to maintain the strictest amity with the king of Spain, and to accommodate the disputes between us and that crown in the most amicable manner. This object we have fteadily Jashery, 1763. the prefent war, inconfiftent with their neutrality: and most essential proofs have been given of the friendship and regard of the court of Great Britain for the king of Spain and his family. After a conduct so friendly, and fo full of good faith, on our part, it was matter of great furprize to us, to find a memorial delivered on the twentythird day of July last, by Monfieur Euffy, minister plenipotentiary of France, to one of our principal fecretaries of state, exprefsly relating to the difputes between us and the crown of Spain; and declaring, G that, that, if those objects should bring on a war, was great, when we learnt, that, fo far times, times, with our utmost power, to preferve and support, are so greatly concerned. And we do hereby will and require our generals and commanders of our forces, our commiffioners for executing the 'office of our high admiral of Great Britain, our lieutenants of our several counties, governors of our forts and garrisons, and all other officers and foldiers under them, by fea and land, to do and execute all acts of hostility, in the prosecution of this war, against the faid king of Spain, his vassals and fubjects, and to oppose their attempts; willing and requiring all our subjects to take notice of the fame; whom we henceforth strictly forbid to hold any correspondence or communication with the faid king of Spain, or his fubjects and we do hereby command our own fubjects, and advertise all other perfons, of what nation foever, not to tranfport, or carry any foldiers, arms, powder, ammunition, or other contraband goods, to any of the territories, lands, plantations, or countries, of the faid king of Spain; declaring that whatfoever ship or veffel fhall be met withal, transporting, or carrying any foldiers, arms, powder, ammunition, or other contraband goods, to any of the territories, lands, plantations, or countries of the faid king of Spain, the fame being taken, fhall be condemned as good and lawful prize. And whereas there may be remaining in our kingdoms divers of the subjects of the king of Spain, we do hereby declare our royal intention to be, that all the Spanish fubjects, who shall demean themselves dutifully towards us, shall be fafe in their persons and effects. Given at our court at St. James's, the 2d day of January, 1762, in the fecond year of our reign. GOD fave the KING. The King's moft Gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Tuesday, January 19, 1762. My Lords and Gentlemen, I Have fo often affured you of my fincare difpofition, to put an end to the calamities of war, and to restore the public tranquillity, on folid and lafting foundations, that no impartial perfon, either at home or abroad, can suspect me of unneceffarily kindling a new war in Europe. But, it is with concern, I acquaint you, that fince your recefs, I have found myself indispensably obliged to declare war against Spain. The caufes are fet forth in my public declaration on this occafion; and therefore I fhall not detain you with the repetition of them. My own conduct, fince my acceffion to the throne, as well as that of the late king, my royal grandfather, towards Spain, has been fo full of good-will and friendship; fo averfe to the laying hold of several just grounds of complaint, which might have been alledged; and fo attentive to the advantages of the Catholic king, and his family; that it was matter of the greatest furprize to me, to find, that engagements had, in this conjuncture, been entered into between that crown and France; and a treaty made, to unite all the branches of the houfe of Bourbon, in the most ambitious and dangerous defigns against the commerce, and independency, of the reft of Europe; and particularly of my kingdoms. Whatever colours may be endeavoured to be put upon these injurious proceedings of the court of Madrid, I have nothing to reproach myfelf with: and though I have left nothing untried, that could have prevented this rupture, I have thought it neceffary to prepare against every event. I therefore rely on the Divine Bleffing on the juftice of my caufe; the zealous, and powerful, affistance of my faithful subjects, and the concurrence of my allies, who muft find themselves involved in the per. nicious, and extenfive, projects of my enemies. I leave these confiderations with you, full of the justest confidence, that the honour of my crown, and the interefts of my kingdoms, are fafe in your hands, T O an hogshead of four wine take of folium indicum half a pound; falt of tartar or pearl ashes one pound, and common water three pounds, mix all together in a glass viol, set it in a warm place, and let it stand fome days: afterwards strain it, and to the ftrained liquor add one pound of coniac and half a pound of fine fugar; of this medicine add more or less in an hog fhead according to the fourness of the wine, mix it well, and prove it by tafting, whether it is enough; then let it ftand till the next day, and put the wine into another hogfhead; fo it is done. This fecret hath been lately propofed for fale, and fome hundred pounds afked for it; but it hath long been well known, that alcaline falt takes away the fournefs of all liquors. The folium indicum feems to be a new thing, but it will never be proved that it is neceffary or of any virtue; on the contrary, it renders this medicine useless to white wines, where it must be left out: this proves that it is not at all neceffary, but added only to blind. Coniac, fugar, and water, were known to all wine brewers a long time ago. But all this will ever remain unable to restore again what the wine lott by turning four. For no wine will change four fo long as it retains the spirit ; but fo foon as the spirit goes off, fo foon it begins to turn four: and all fournefs of wine is a certain fign of the loft spirit, which cannot be restored by any alcaline falt, coniac, and fugar, but the wine will always remain spiritlefs, and resembling the taste of a lye; but if the wine is but a lit tle four, and the fournefs in its beginning, then this medicine may be of fome use. 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"Your flock with mine fhall fare." "No, no, reply'd the blushing fair, "To yonder cot muft I repair, "Or Damon pipes no more; "How hard my fate, the ruftic cry'd ;" Thus Corydon fhe left alone, While to the groves he makes his moan, He, on his reed doth fweetly play, |