Note 10.-A Lift of the Squadron fent to Jamaica, under the Command of Vice-Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney,

Bart. in 1771.

Note 11-A Lift of the Squadron, under the Command of Captain John Stot, fent to receive Port Egmont from thę

Note 12.-A Lift of the Squadron fent, under the Command of Captain John Macbride, to escort the Queen of Denmark from Elfineur to Stade, 1772.

Note 13.-A Lift of the Squadron fent to cruize to the Weft. ward, in June 1772, under the Command of Rear-Admiral

Note 14. P. 29.-Lift of the Fleet, under the Command of Sir Edward Hughes, fent to the East Indies.

Note 15. P. 29.-Lift of the Fleet on the Jamaica Station, under the Command of Rear-Admiral Clark Gayton.

Note 15. continued.-Lift of the Fleet in the Mediterranean, under Rear-Admiral Robert Man.

Note 16.-A Lift of the Fleet at Spithead, when reviewed by

the King.

the brilliancy and fpirit with which the troops and feamen under my command know how to operate, notwithstanding the inclemency of the feafon.

You will meditate upon the fatal confequences to the innocent fubjects of his Britannic Majefty, if, instead of the kind treatment I offer you, you oblige me to ufe the most rigid, as indifpenfible in the prefent cafe.

At all events, I wish to ferve you with all civility in what regards your perfons, which I pray God to preferve many years.

On board the frigate Induftry, at anchor in the bay of the Cruizada, June 9, 1770.

I kifs your hands, &c.

JOHN IGNACIO MADARIAGA.

The Spanish Commodore to Captains Farmer and Maltby, dated in the Bay of Cruizada, June 9, 1770.

MY DEAR SIRS,

After having wrote the adjoining letter of the fame date, I receiv ed by my orderly officer two letters of yours upon the fame fubject and the fame reafons, and for to avoid a repetition, which is prejudi cial to the quickness that is requifite, I answer you both in this.

Your letters are reduced only to warn me to quit this port, ftrengthening your reafons to justify the right you have of poffeffing the new establishment. Notwithstanding all you have expreffed, I nevertheless confirm what I have wrote in the adjoined, because your figured reasons and rights do not appear fufficient.

Was I a Spanish Ambaffador in London, I would demonftrate the juft and legal titles of my Sovereign to these islands and lands of Magellan; but this does not belong to this day, nor is it my business to question rights, only to proceed to doing; leaving or fubmitting to our Courts the decifions of right and property: fo I confirm what I have faid in the adjoined, remaining always at your fervice. Pray unto God to preserve you many years.

I kiss your hands, &c.

JOHN IGNACIO MADARIAGA.

Captain Farmer to the Spanish Commodore John Ignacio Madariaga, dated at Port Egmont, June 9, 1770.

SIR,

Your letters of the 8th and this day's date I have received, in which you threaten, pursuant to your orders, to fend me from hence by force of arms. Words are not always deemed hoftilities; nor can I

think you mean, in a time of profound peace, to put them in execution; more especially, as you allow there now fubfifts the greatest harmony between the two crowns.

I make not the leaft doubt of your being thoroughly convinced, that the King of Great Britain, my Royal Mafter, has forces fufficient to demand fatisfaction in all parts of the globe, of any power whatsoever, that may offer to infult the British flag. Therefore, was the time limited shorter than the fifteen minutes you have allowed, it fhould make no alteration in my determined refolution to defend the charge committed to me, to the utmost of my power; and am, &c. GEORGE FARMER.

Copy of the Articles of Capitulation between Captains George Farmer and William Maltby, Commanders of his Britannic Majesty's Forces by Sea and Land at Port Egmont and Falkland's Islands, and Don John Ignacio Madariaga, Major-General of the Royal Navy of his Catholic Majefty, dated June 10, 1770.

Art. I. That we will deliver to the faid Commander the blockhouse, with its guns, and whatever appertains to it within or without, like wife the battery commanding Jafon's Cove, being fenfible of the fuperior forces with which we are attacked by fea and land.

Anfwer. The blockhouse battery, and the rest, must be delivered immediately to the Colonel Don Antonio Gutiarroz, Commander of the Spanish troops.

II. That the King's colours be kept flying on the shore until we embark, and the fame on board his Majefty's floop Favourite, and that the officers and troops be permitted to remain in their quarters as before.

Anfwer. They will be allowed their quarters on fhore for the officers and troops until they embark, and likewife their colours flying on fhore and on board the Favourite, but without exercifing any other jurifdiction but with their own people, they being only there for a time limited until their embarkation.

III. That we may be permitted to carry in his Majefty's floop Favourite, wherever we fhall think proper, the officers, troops, feamen, ammunition of all kinds, provifions and ftores as much as we may think neceffary, and depart as foon as we are fit for fea.

Anfwer. The troops muft precifely go in the Favourite frigate, with the feamen and whatever effects fhe can carry, to be transported out of the American dominions belonging to the Catholic King, my Mafter, after duly delivering every thing in proper form to Don Philip Ruiz Puenta, Governor of thefe iflands of Magellan, refiding in the eaftermoft, to which we will immediately give an account, that he may come in perfon, or fend his deputy, without delay, to take

charge

charge of the ftorchoufe, ftores, &c. that the English have. As this is part of his government, he is and will be answerable to my Sovereign for the good hufbandry of what will be delivered to him, or to his deputy, commiffioned for that purpose; and till this can be performed with all requifite formalities, the Favourite fhall not move, unlefs by any accident Don Philip Ruiz Puenta, cr his deputy, fhould delay coming; in which cafe, if it fhould exceed forty days, the Favourite may fail whenever they think proper, with all that he can carry; but she can never go out until twenty days after one of the frigates under my command; and for the further fecurity of obferving the capitulation, the Favourite frigate fhall be dismantled, by putting her rudder on fhore.

IV. That what we fhall not be able to carry with us, you will give us receipts for, expreffing every article left here, that we may be able to give an account thereof when required.

Anfwer. There will be receipts given for all the ftores, &c. that his Britannic Majefty's floop Favourite cannot carry.

V. That at the time we are going to embark on board his Majefty's floop Favourite, (after concluding the inventories, and delivering every thing to you in proper form), we may have liberty to march of under arms, with drums beating, colours flying, &c. without being incommoded or injured.

Anfwer. At the time of their embarking on board the Favourite, they must acquaint the Spanish Commodore thereof to agree upon the hour, as the English are not allowed to take arms without giving notice to the said Commander, that he may give orders to be observed what they have defired, in order that they may not be incommoded or injured at their departure; but fhould they do contrary to the above, it will be taken for an attempt, and they will be anfwerable for the refult.

VI. That to prevent diforder, an officer with a few men may take poffeffion of the blockhoufe.

Anfwer. For to prevent diforder, and to take poffeffion of the blockhouse with regularity and good order, the Colonel Don Antonio Gutiarroz will march with all his troops, and will have in the settlement for the present only a company of grenadiers.

VII. That the cordage and other materials that ferved for parapets, &c. at the batteries may be put into the ftorehouses, under lock and key, until proper inventories can be taken, or that we may carry them on board the Favourite.

Anfwer. The cordage and all the materials that ferved for parapets at the batteries will be put in ftorehouses, which keys will be delivered to the English till the inventories are drawn in proper form, and they embarked on board the Favourite as granted.

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