WILLIAM LEGGE, EARL OF DARTMOUTH, to PRIOR, 20/[31] August 1712, Whitehall
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1712.0831.Ta
Addressed:
M:r Prior—
Whitehall 20.th August 1712Sir—
In my Letter of the 18.th inst I acquainted You
that some Clauses in the Treaty of Suspension
seemed to require an Explanation: the advice I
I1 have since received from My Lord Bolingbroke
add to the Doubts We were before under, for his
Lordship tells me Orders are particularly given
for making all Hostilitys cease as soon as possible
in America,2 whereas We understand by the Treaty
that all ships &c.a taken beyond the Line
within six months from the signing of it were
meant to be good Prize, We are at a loss how
to prevent this otherwise than by granting
Passes on both sides, but if any other Expedient
more proper is offered by the Court of France,
You may be sure Her Ma.ty will readily concurr
in any Methods that may serve to promote the
Trade of Her subjects. You will enter into
discourse with Mons.r Torci about this difficulty
as well as those which are mentioned in my former
Letter, and communicate to me the result with
all the Dispatch You can.
The Draught of the Act of Renunciation which
I received from Lord Bolingbroke being in French,
I must desire You to procure a Copy of it in
Spanish, in which it seems originally to have
been writt, at least it is proper that the forme
Wee deliver to My Lord Lexington, should be in
that Language, this too requires haste because
his Lordship will be going for Spain in a
very few days.
I am &c.
Dartmouth.