This volume contains a great variety of papers, all of the date 1754; viz.

(1.) The correspondence between the Earl of Albemarle, ambassador at Paris, and M. Ruvigny de Cosne and Mr. Mildmay, secretaries of legation, and Sir Thomas Robinson, Secretary of State in the administration of the Duke of Newcastle. The chief subject of this correspondence is the attempt to heal the differences which had arisen between the two countries owing to the conflicting claims of their colonists in North America, and the divergent construction put by the two Governments on some of the clauses of the treaty of Aix la Chapelle. The letters of the Earl of Albemarle are full of interest, owing to the other topics to which they allude, e. g. the continued differences between the King and the Parliament of Paris, between the latter and the clergy on the famous bull Unigenitus, the movements of the Pretender, Spanish politics, and the prospects of the French in the East Indies.

(2.) Several despatches from Sir C. H. Williams at Warsaw, relating to the constant intrigues of the French Government in Poland.

(3.) A large number of pieces justificatives, chiefly enclosures in the letters of the Earl of Albemarle. (4.) Affair of San Remo.

The more important papers are noticed below. Paris, 3rd July 1754. Earl of Albemarle to the Right Honble. Sir T. Robinson. Illness of the Pretender not serious. Differences between the Court and the Par

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Vienna, 10th July.-Mr. Keith to the Earl of Holdernesse, enclosing an extract from a memoir relating to San Remo, recently presented by the French Ambassador d'Aubeterre, and the Imperial reply. (In Latin.) Paris, 21st July.-Earl of Albemarle to Sir Thomas Robinson. The King and the Parliament are reconciled. Small satisfaction of the clergy, who fear that the reconciliation will be at their expense.

24th July.-Affairs of the East and West Indies. Mutual suspicions of the two Governments of France and England. Dangerous condition of M. de St. Contest. Doubts as to who his successor will be. Encloses a copy of a letter purporting to be written by the Premier President of the Parliament of Paris (Maupeou), which is being circulated relative to the recall of the Parliament.

26th July.-Earl of Albemarle to Sir T. Robinson. M. de St. Contest is dead. The Pretender said to be really ill. The King of Prussia has given the Earl Marischal the Government of Neufchâtel.

30th July.-M. de Rouillé succeeds M. de St. Contest. 30th July.-Disgrace of the Spanish Minister Ensenada.

30th July.-Mme de Pompadour has the most grateful sense of the gracious terms in which George II. has spoken of her to M. de Meupeou.

1st August.-Sir T. Robinson to Earl of Albemarle. Ensenada's disgrace.

Paris, 7th August.-M. Ruvigny de Cosne to Sir Thomas Robinson. Question as to the language in which the negociations relating to the points at issue in America were to be conducted.

7th August.-Influence of Mme de Pompadour. The Parliament is returning to Paris.

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15th August-Earl of Albemarle to Sir T. Robinson. Reasons of Ensenada's disgrace. His hostility to England. "He began by stating the substance of all the complaints which Spain might have in America against Great Britain, which he set forth in the most "inveterate colours; but in order to screen himself " and disguise his intentions, he desired his Catholic Majesty to refer the consideration of these complaints "to a select Junta of the Spanish Ministers, who reported their opinion that the Indies should be put "into a better posture of defence before any attempt "should be made by forcible means to do themselves "justice, and particularly that a previous amicable application and requisition should be made to the

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King of Great Britain with respect to the s complaints, and to wait for the effect of these friendly proceedings; but in order to elude the said Consulta "there were inserted in M. de Ensenada's own hand, "at the bottom thereof, the following words, viz., that "the King agrees to the contents of the Consulta, except "that part of it that relates to their application to Great

21st August.-Earl of Albemarle to Sir T. Robinson. Death of M. de Jumenville at the hands of a party of English commanded by Col. Washington. M. de Vaudreuil is the new French Governor of Canada.

21st August.-Great effect produced at the French Court by Ensenada's disgrace.

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21st August.-Reports of the Young Pretender being in Paris. M. de Rouillé denies all knowledge of it. "It has been positively asserted to me by a person of some note who is strongly attached to him, but dissatisfied with his conduct, that he, the Pretender's son, had actually been in England in a great disguise as may be imagined, no longer ago than about three "months; that he did not know how far he had gone, nor how long he had been there, but that he had staid "till the time above mentioned, when word was brought "him at Nottingham by one of his friends, that there was reason to apprehend that he was discovered or in the greatest danger of being so, and that he ought therefore to lose no time in leaving England, which "he accordingly did directly. The person from whom "I have this is as likely to have been informed of it as anybody of the party, and could have no particular reason to have imposed such a story upon me, which "could serve no purpose." Discontent at the conduct of the Pretender among his friends.

21st Aug.-Affair of San Remo and Campo Freddo, enclosingCopie de la Replique de la Cour de France. "à celle de Vienne."

24th Aug.-M. Ruvigny de Cosne to Claudius Amyand, Esq. Birth of the son of the Dauphin. Report

that he is to be called Duc d'Austrasie.

2nd Sept. 1754.-Sir T. Robinson to the Earl of Albemarle. The death of M. de Jumenville. Pacific expressions of M. de Rouillé. Lord Walsh ordered to leave England. The Pretender. Enclosures relating to the two latter subjects.

4th Sept.-Earl of Albemarle to Sir Thomas Robinson. Assembly of the French Parliament. Dissolution of the Chambre Royale. Postscript. Fresh dissensions between the Court and Parliament. Enclosed is a copy of the decree dissolving the Chambre Royale, with Lettre Patente en forme de declaration, addressed to the Parliament.

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7th Sept.-Encloses a copy of the decree recalling the Parliament, and of the " arrêté du Parlement de Paris "du 5 Sept. 1754," protesting against their former dismissal.

11th Sept.-The arrêté previously sent was not carried but lost by three votes, but the Royal decree had modifications introduced in it before being registered, as a protest against the imputations in the preamble, and a deputation from the Parliament waited on the King to explain the modifications and their reasons. Enclosed is a copy of the Royal reply.

11th Sept.-M. Ruvigny de Cosne and Mr. W. Mildmay to Sir T. Robinson. The negociations as to

America.

12th Sept.-Sir T. Robinson to the Earl of Albemarle. The same subject,

18th Sept.-Earl of Albemarle to Sir T. Robinson. The same subject.

Extract of a letter from Sir C. H. Williams to the Earl of Holdernesse, dated Warsaw, 18th Sept. 1754, relating to the affairs of Poland, followed by four others on the same subject.

18th Sept.-Extract from a letter from Sir Charles Hanbury Williams to the Earl of Holdernesse, dated Warsaw, 18th Sept. 1754. M. Desailleurs, the French Minister to the Sublime Porte, has presented a memorial to that Government on the affairs of Poland, asserting that it is the intention of the King of Poland and the Russian party to bring that country into an alliance with Russia, and at the same time make the crown hereditary in the House of Saxony; that the Russian party make no secret of their design, and are spreading a report that the Porte is bound by treaty stipulations not to interfere; and that he, M. Desailleurs, having already assured the Polish patriots of the good will of the French King, now considered it his duty to obtain the opinion of the Ottoman Porte. This, my Lord,” concludes Sir C. Williams, "is the substance of M. "Desailleurs' memorial, and surely it is a very strange one, filled with insolence, falsehood, and lies." 21st Sept.-Perplexing behaviour of Count Brühl,

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Affair of Ostrog. There are three persons at Warsaw who all pretend to be sent by orders from the Ottoman Porte. The first of these is the envoy from the Cham of Tartary, who is suspected of having long since said all he had to say, "but he endeavours to put off his departure, because while he stays here the Republick "finds him a lodging and allows him ten pounds a day." The other two are agents from the Hospodars of Moldavia and Wallachia. Their real object is to advance the French interest.

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25th Sept.-Affair of Ostrog. Interview between M. Gross, the Russian Minister, and Count Brühl, who did not show himself disposed to look favourably on the Russian party. Subsequent interview between C.

Brühl, Prince Czartoriski, and Count Flemming, which ends in Brühl promising a settlement of the question. This change of front to be attributed to the failure of his attempts to sow dissensions in the Russian party. The French Government, is is said, will disavow M. Desailleurs' memorial.

28th Sept.-Intends to have an interview with the King, and urge on him in the strongest manner the necessity of putting an end to the present troubles. Description of the Polish nobility. Death of the Palatine of Rava. Danger of a quarrel between Brühl and Czartoriski relative to the rich succession left vacant thereby.

2nd Oct.-Interview of M. Gross with the King. Restless scheming of the French and Turkish Ministers. The apprehended quarrel about the Starosty of Rava has broken out, and has made all pacific endeavours useless. "The Diet began on Monday, but the heats "and animosities are so high that they could not agree

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upon the choice of a Speaker either that day or yesterday, and in my opinion it will be better for the country if they do not chuse one at all, for till there "is a Speaker chose they cannot debate."

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10th Oct.-Earl of Albemarle to Sir T. Robinson. Persecution of the Protestants in the south of France. 23rd Oct.-Lively interview with M. de Rouillé cn American affairs. Expedition of Gen. Braddock.

Second Memoire des Commissaires du Roy sur l'Isle de St. Lucie du 4 Octobre 1754, by the French Minister, M. de Silhouette.

25th Nov. 1754. -Avis d'une Personne demeurant à Paris (enclosed in a despatch of the Earl of Albemarle), relating to the movements of the Pretender.

Minute of the proceedings of the Parliament of Paris from 27th Nov. to 4th Dec. 1754, relative to the refusal of the last sacraments to the Demoiselle l'Allemand par le Sieur Menriset Porte Dieu, de la Paroisse de St. Etienne du Mont, et le Sieur Brunet. Copy of the letter from the King exiling the Archbishop of Paris for supporting the above-mentioned priests.

5th Dec. 1754.-Sir T. Robinson to Earl of Albemarle. Rumoured scheme of one Miles to make a coup de main in India by French aid.

7th Dec. 1754.-Earl of Albemarle to Sir T. Robinson. Demands of the Parliament for reduction of taxation, supposed to spring from mere love of popularity.

Copy of proceedings of the French Parliament in the affair l'Allemand. 5th Dec. 1754.

Edit du Roi portant création de deux millions quatre cens mille livres de Rentes viagères sur l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, donné a Fontainebleau au mois de Novembre 1754. Registré en Parlement.

22nd Dec.-M. Ruvigny de Cosne to Sir T. Robinson. Sudden death of the Earl of Albemarle.

Vol. 37.

This volume contains two sets of papers: (1.) Relating to the expedition on the coast of France in 1758. They are original despatches from the Duke of Marlborough, Lord Storre, Lord Anson, General Bligh, and Admiral Saunders, with drafts of instructions and despatches to them by Mr. Pitt. (2.) Papers on the siege and surrender of Bellisle in 1761, among which are letters from Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson.

Vol. 38.

This volume contains two sets of papers. The first includes copies of correspondence between Lord Halifax as Secretary of State under Lord Bute and Mr. Grenville, and Lord Hertford as English Ambassador at Paris; between Lord Egremont Secretary of State under Mr. Grenville, and the Duke of Bedford plenipotentiary for England in the negociations which preceded the termination of the seven years' war. Several of Lord Egremont's letters are originals. This correspondence shows us the public side of the negociations, the secret side of which is contained in vols. 9, 10, 11.

The second set contains: (1.) Copies of the corre spondence between the Duc de Guerchy, French Ambassador in London, and the Duc de Choiseul. Abounding as they do in remarks on contemporary English politics, these letters are very interesting. There are also some letters from Mons. Durand and M. du Chatelet. (2.) Copies of the correspondence between the Earl of Shelburne, as Secretary of State under Lord Chatham and the Duke of Grafton, with the Earl of Rochfort and Mr. Walpole, at Paris. The beginning of the correspondence is occupied with various points arising out of the late peace, but the papers which close it and relate to the Corsican rebellion are important.

The more important of these papers are given below. Minutes de la Conference entre M. le Comte de Halifax, M. le Duc de Nivernois et Mess. Knyphausen et Michell tenue le 15 Janv. 1763, chez M. le Comte de Halifax.

22nd Jan.-Earl of Egremont to the Duke of Bedford. A long draft despatch, containing most of the heads of the negociation.

22nd Jan.-King George would like a guarantee of his Electoral dominions inserted in the treaty.

22nd Feb.-Indignation of the King at the equivocal conduct of France with reference to the Sardinian claim on Placentia.

2nd Jan. 1764.-Earl of Hertford to the Earl of Halifax. Quarrel between the Duc de Fitz James and the Parlia ment of Toulouse. Imprudent circular of the Archbishop of Paris (Beaumont) on the expulsion of the Jesuits. An order has been issued that no one (unless possessed of some great office) who cannot prove his nobility from the year 1400 shall be allowed the Entrées de la Cour. Excitement caused by these various events. There are a large number of interesting enclosures respecting the affaire Fitz James.

1st Feb.-Interview with one Toucain, who has a scheme about Canada. Curious.

Copy of the Latin letter of King Stanislas of Hungary to George III., on the marriage of the Princess Augusta with Charles Ferdinand of Brunswick.

12th August.-Earl of Hertford to Earl of Halifax. The French intend to assist the Genoese in reducing Corsica.

24th Oct.-Accession of the new King of Poland. 16th Dec.-State of the French finances.

13th Feb. 1765.-Oppressive conduct of the Duc d'Aiguillon, in Brittany. The Parliament and States refuse to consent to the levy of the dixiême.

11th Aug. 1766.-Duc de Choiseul to Duc de Guerchy. Astonishment at Pitt leaving the House of Commons.

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"Il nous paroit que toute sa force consistoit dans sa "continuation dans cette chambre, et il pourroit bien se trouver comme Sampson après qu'on lui est coupé les cheveux. Ce que nous avons à crainire c'est que cet homme altier et ambitieux ayant perdu sa con"sideration populaire ne veuille se relever de sa perte par des exploits guerriers et des projets de conquêtes qui puissent lui procurer de la reputation." Is persuaded that the quarrel with Lord Temple will not be lasting. "Alors le Ministère d'Angleterre aura une "certaine consistence. Sans cela avec l'opposition de Mylord Temple, l'ineptie de Mons. Conway, la jeunesse et peutêtre l'étourderie de Mylord Shelburne quoique gouverné par Mons. Pitt, il ne sera pas plus fort qu'il ne l'étoit avant." He speaks of the propositions of Lord Shelburne on the Manilla ransom as "aussi indis"cretès qu'effrayantes." The whole letter, a long one, is very interesting.

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Copy of a letter to the Comte de Chatelet relating to the recently discovered plot of the Jesuits to murder the King of Spain. The Jesuits are spoken of as "l'ordre "des assassins," as like "les Enfans du Vieux de la Montagne. "C'est qu'on a tort de s'étonner du "Progrés que fait la philosophie de l'incrédulité, quand on voit des ordres réligieux nous montrer un example si peu conforme aux objets de notre sainte morale, et je me declare pour ne plus croire au Pape s'il per"siste à conserver cette milice détestable."

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Paris, 29th April 1767.-M. Escarano to Prince Masserano. The same subject.

7th May.-Earl of Rochfort to the Earl of Shelburne. A long and careful account of the state of French finance, of the army, navy, and the Parliament. Character of Choiseul. Condition of the Court. The foreign Ambassadors. Commercial relations.

Londres, 25th Sept. 1767.-M. Durand to Choiseul. State of English parties. Painful condition of Lord Chatham. Activity of Lord Hertford.

Mr. Porten's answer to the reference made to him for his opinion about the validity of the treaty of 1667, with Naples, and the proposal of that Court to enter into a new treaty with Great Britain.

8th Jan. 1768.-Earl of Shelburne to Earl of Rochfort. Case of the Chevalier d'Eon. Affairs of Geneva and of Neufchâtel.

11th Jan. 1768.-Guerchy to Choiseul. Intention of George III. to support himself by "the King's friends "party." This intention favourable to the maintenance of peace. It will be advisable to look more to the King, less to his ministers in future. The Duke of Bedford and his friends are expected to come into power. Lord Mansfield will probably succeed Lord Camden, but this will entail the complete abandonment of all influence by Lord Bute.

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Londres, 22nd Jan. 1768.-Guerchy to Choiseul. statement of the case of the colonies against England. 1st Feb. 1768.-Durand to Choiseul. The India Bill. The Dow. Princess of Wales is intriguing against Lord Chatham. Lord Egmont's interview with her. port of a conversation between the King and Egmont, in which the former expressed the strongest aversion for Lord Chatham and Lord Shelburne. Il n'y avoit que "Lord Holland plus capable de ruses que Lord Shel"burne." Probability of these ministers and Admiral Hawke having to make way for Halifax, Egmont, and Sandwich.

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15th March.-M. de Châtelet Lomont au Chevalier de Modène. Ascendant which the party of the Duke of Bedford has gained in English politics favourable to peace.

8th April 1768.-Earl of Shelburne to Earl of Rochfort. Reported cession of Corsica to France. Lord Rochfort to give special attention to the subject, which may prove a matter of serious consideration.

15th April. Has received a private communication as to warlike intentions on the part of France. The private communication is enclosed and endorsed in Lord Shelburne's handwriting.

29th April.-England could not see a change in the possession of Corsica with indifference. The letter is very strongly expressed.

5th May.-Earl of Rochfort to Earl of Shelburne. The intention of invading Corsica publicly avowed. It might be advisable to demand an explanation.

13th May.-Earl of Shelburne to Earl of Rochfort. Enclosing a memorandum on the affairs of Corsica. The Ministry will immediately take the question into consideration.

25th May.-Earl of Rochfort to Earl of Shelburne. Secret designs of the French on Corsica.

26th May.-Interview with Choiseul about Corsica, who disclaimed all hostile intentions, and was courteous in manner, but differed from the view of the case put forward by Lord Shelburne.

27th May.-Earl of Shelburne to Earl of Rochfort. The Ministry has met and has submitted it to the King as their opinion that Lord Rochfort should protest against France becoming possessed of Corsica as dangerous to the preservation of harmony between the two powers. Error of supposing that the great interest the English nation takes in home affairs implies indifference to foreign affairs.

Paris, 2nd June.-Earl of Rochfort to Earl of Shelburne. Interview with Choiseul on the affairs of Corsica. Pacific expressions of Choiseul, France neither desirous of war, nor prepared for it. Astonishment at the vigorous action of England and interest evinced in the matter. His confidential explanation of the intentions of France. These were to remain in occupation of certain places, contingent on the Genoese being unable to repay the expenses of the expedition, as it was known they would be. Choiseul concluded by saying, that seeing the alarm it gave England, he would have given it up "coute qui coute; mais de le faire à present nous serions des'honoré à jamais dans les yeux de tout le monde, et "la ruine tomberoit particulièrement sur moi. Ainsi

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que faire ? Car pourtant il n'est pas possible d'avoir la guerre pour la Corse, cela seroit trop ridicule,

"pourtant si on nous attaque il faudroit nous défendre; MARQUIS "l'alternative est terrible."

6th June. Earl of Rochfort to Earl of Shelburne. France not desirous of war, and probably at this moment meditating a change of front as regards Corsica. Avignon is going to be seized from the Pope. The Chevalier d'Eon said to be a spy of Choiseul.

A paper containing short abstracts of despatches, chiefly from Lord Rochfort to the Earl of Shelburne, on Corsican affairs.

1st July.-Earl of Shelburne to Earl of Rochfort. Determination of England not to view the cession of Corsica with indifference. Unfair dealing of the French and Spanish Courts. "The experience of all ages shows us that facts are to be rested upon between nations, "the professions of Ministers being in all times found dangerous and not to be relied upon."

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16th Sept.-Earl of Shelburne to Mr. Walpole. To ascertain if the Duc de Choiseul would like to give a practical proof of the cordial feeling France entertains for England by the settlement of such outstanding claims, as those for the demolition of Dunkirk, the Manilla ransom, etc. Mr. Walpole to discover, if possible, what are the existing relations between Vienna and Paris. The breach between France and the Church may open up a useful source of information.

Vol. 39.

This volume contains five different sets of papers, viz. :

(1.) Copy of correspondence between Lord Shelburne and the English ministers at the various Italian Courts in 1767-8.

(2.) Copy of correspondence between Lord Shelburne and the English minister at the Court of Portugal in 1767-8. The chief subjects touched upon in the above papers are the regulation of trade, commercial treaties, the intrigues and the expulsion of the Jesuits, the power of the Holy See, and the possibility of Portugal being got to join the Family Compact.

(3.) Copy of correspondence with English residents and others, in Switzerland, 1768. There is an index. The troubles at Geneva, mentioned in vol. 18, are again referred to.

(4.) Copy of correspondence between Lord Shelburne and the English minister at Madrid, 1767-8. The expulsion of the Jesuits, and the intentions of Spain as to the trade with the East Indies, are the most important topics alluded to. The letter of M. de Visme on the recently promulgated scheme for colonizing the Sierra Morena is also interesting. There is an index.

(5.) Copy of correspondence between Grimaldi and Masserano in 1766-8. The chief subjects are the various questions arising out of the peace of 1763. Grimaldi recommends a policy of delay. The letter of March 23, 1767, is the most important of these. The expulsion of the Jesuits is also frequently alluded to. Besides these there are two letters of interest relating to English politics, viz:

26th December.-Masserano to Grimaldi. Illness of Lord Chatham. Reported changes in the ministry. Ill-feeling between the Duke of Grafton and the Earl of Shelburne in consequence of America-the affairs of which are of most interest to him-having been taken from the department of the latter. His reported intention of getting shifted to the Northern Department.

2nd February. Intrigue between the Princess Dowager of Wales and Lord Egmont for the return of the latter to the ministry with Lord Sandwich and Lord Halifax.

Vol. 40.

This volume contains several distinct sets of papers, viz. :

(1.) Copy of correspondence relative to the coast of Africa in 1767. An original letter from Mr. J. Debat, Governor of Senegambia.

(2.) Copy of correspondence with English consuls and agents on the Barbary coast in 1766-8. A certificate of Don Juan d'Arvonas' humane treatment of Englishmen in Morocco.

(3.) A short correspondence, entitled Mediterranean Passes, 1766. Two original letters from General Edward Cornwallis.

(4.) Copy of correspondence with Mr. Murray, the English Ambassador at Constantinople, 1768. The two last letters relate to the intrigues of France in Poland.

(5.) Copy of correspondence with English ministers in Russia, Denmark, and Hamburgh in 1767-8. Part of these papers relate to commercial affairs and contain statistics. The rest relate to the negotiations

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mentioned in vols. 29, 30, 31. The most interesting papers are

12th January 1768.-Copies of two letters, without any signature. They are written in French, and express fervent hope for the conclusion of an Anglo-Russian alliance, and a sense of the services performed by the writer in bringing about that object. They are apparently written at Copenhagen, probably by M. Saldern, and came under cover from Mr. Woodford, Consul at Hamburgh.

Hamburgh, 17th July 1767.- Mr. Woodford to General Conway. Interview with M. Saldern on the proposed alliance. His statement of the interests of England in the North; how Sweden and Denmark must follow the lead of Russia and England if the latter powers united, that Russia could manage Denmark and England Sweden. Otherwise Russia would have to seize Finland for her own safety. A Northern alliance could counteract any Southern alliance.

19th July.-Plot at Copenhagen to get rid of Bernstorf and Reventlau. How thwarted. Sketch of the leading Danish politicians.

Moscow, 4th July.-Mr. Shirley to General Conway. The Turkish Casus Fœderis. M. Panin's explanation of the views of Russia regarding it. Russia desired to be entirely free of the necessity of an Austrian alliance. Intrigue of the King of Prussia against the English interest at St. Petersburgh. Idea that was entertained in Germany that the day of the greatness of England was past, and that she must perish under her national debt.

Copy of the King of Poland's letter to the Empress of Russia. Warsaw, 5th March 1768.

St. Petersburgh, 30th July.-Mr. Shirley to Lord Weymouth. Extraordinary abilities of the Empress. Speculations as to what will happen when the Grand Duke comes of age. Characters of M. Panin, Count Ivan and Count Zacar Czernicheff. Reconciliation of Count Panin with the Orlows. Attempt of Count Rosonowski to get the office of Hetman of the Cossacks made hereditary in his family. Its failure. Influence of the King of Prussia at the Court of St. Petersburgh. Affairs of Poland.

(7.) Papers relating to French and Corsican affairs. The most interesting are

From Mr. John Stewart. Description of Calais and its harbour, how far adapted to be a point of departure for an invasion.

Mr. John Stewart to Lord Weymouth, on the French preparations on the coast of the channel, with a view to immediate hostilities; the nature and consequence of their intended invasion of Corsica, and the general state of France and disposition with regard to England. 14th May.-Sir Horace Mann to Earl of Shelburne. Apprehensions of France entertained by Paolie.

2nd July.-Earl of Shelburne to Sir Horace Mann. Opinion of the English Government as to the conduct of France in Corsica. To inform General Paoli of it secretly.

29th July.-England is sounding the other great European courts as to their proposed line of policy now that the intentions of France about Corsica have became clear.

Florence, 14th August.-Mr. John Stewart to Lord Shelburne's secretary (?). His journey to Corsica and interview with Paoli. French spies are going about disguised as English and Prussian emissaries. A long and interesting letter.

20th August.--The same subjects.

Copy of a mémoire from the Count de Viry on Corsica.

Six papers, being

(1) A letter from Paoli to Sir Horace Mann, 27th August 1768.

(2.) Paoli to Sign. Cocchi, 27th August.

(3.) A proclamation to the Corsicans, in Italian (an original).

(4.) A printed edict of the French King to the same, in Italian and French.

(5.) A similar edict, also printed. (6.) Another edict, in writing.

An original letter of General Paoli to Lord Shelburne, in Italian.

An original letter of Alderman Beckford to Lord Shelburne on Corsican affairs. 1st October 1768. Fonthill.

Two original letters, in French, describing battles in Corsica.

Copy of a letter of Paoli to Mr. Burnaby. Corte, 20th June 1768.

Vol. 128.

A folio volume, labelled " England." It contains several papers about the forests in England.

Vol. 129.

A folio volume, labelled "Fees and perquisitions of "offices, with a schedule." All the papers are copies. Vol. 130.

A folio volume, labelled "City of London Papers." It has an index.

Vol. 131.

A folio volume, labelled "Mint and Coinage." Copies of various papers, and original letters from Samuel Garbett, De Neufville, W. A. Miles, Christopher Orysel, Robt. Howse, junior, Robt. Morris, and P. Davies.

Vol. 132.

A folio volume, labelled "Papers on Corn." It contains communications between various ministers on the rise of prices in 1766, and the consequent riots. There are copies of various petitions for the prohibition of the exportation of corn. Original letters from the Duke of Grafton, and a note from George III. on the same subject; a French memoire, and an English paper, entitled Considerations on the high price of provisions, which contains free trade doctrines.

Vol. 133.

Contains papers relating to various events between 1760-70; also two of 1714. Some of them are very interesting.

Extracts from the journal of the House of Lords since the 1 George I., being precedents of motions in that house to "take into consideration the state of the nation."

Copies of the resolutions of the committees of the Houses of Lords and Commons on the compensation to be given by the colonists to the sufferers in the late riots in America. The House of Lords says the colonists are "to be required," &c., the House of Commons that "they ought." 24 Feb. 1766.

Copy of the protest of the House of Lords against the repeal of the Stamp Act. 17 March 1766.

Copy of the protest of the dissentient peers on the question of privilege, and the publication of seditious libels.

Printed copy of the Regency Bill of the 24 George II. The voting at the Westminster election on Nov. 22, 1749.

Entry of Lord Shelburne being sworn a Privy Councillor. 20 April 1713. Then follows

The copy of a letter from Lord Oxford to Queen Anne, followed by a paper entitled a brief account of public affairs, since the 8th August 1670 to this present 8 June 1714, to which is added the state of affairs abroad as they relate to this kingdom, with some humble proposals for securing the future tranquillity of Her Majesty's reign and the safety of her kingdom.

A paper relating to a Corsican agent who gives himself out to be a son of the late Baron Neuhoff commonly called Theodore, King of Corsica. He believes Paoli will make no opposition beyond what may obtain advantageous terms for himself.

An account of the Chevalier d'Eon.
Some notes on general warrants.

A letter to the North Briton, without date or signature. Apparently an original, as there are numerous erasures and corrections made at the time apparently of the composition of the letter. There are a few minor corrections of a later date in Lord Shelburne's handwriting. The letter is a violent attack on the Scotch. It is endorsed No. 7.

Vol. 134.

A folio volume, labelled "Papers relative to the two "offices of the Secretary of State and Board of Trade." They contain a correspondence on the re-constitution of those two offices, and the establishment of the Colonial office.

Vol. 135.

A brown-paper parcel, containing a report on the revenues of the crown in the collection of sheriffs in England and Wales, by F. Russell, 15th February 1783.

Russell's supplementary letters to the Treasury, on the subject of constituting a board for the better management of the land revenues of the crown, 16th February 1783.