7 leave them all in the Netherlands: Notwithstanding which, his Electoral Highness will bear the fame Acknow-. ledgment to her Majefty, as if he had actually made ufe. of her faid Permiffion. Tis not to be doubted, the Emperor will make much greater Efforts than formerly, and that the States-General will furnish what they are oblig'd to by the Treaties; his Imperial Majefty being ready to concert new Agreements thereupon with her Britannick Majefty. But above all, it will be effentially neceffary to avoid the Snare of a Ceffation of Arms, which 'tis very probable France will propofe, as foon as the Affembly for Peace fhall be open'd; which Ceffation, keeping the Maritime Potentates in the Neceflity of making the fame Efforts, and the fame Expence for the War, for main taining the fame Fleets and the fame Armies, will deprive them of the means of making use of them, and stop the Progress of their glorious Arms. There is ground to hope, that by remaining firmly united, the Allies may foon oblige France (with the Bleffing of God) to agree to reafonable Conditions; the extreme Indigence that Crown is in, and the Need fhe has of Peace, being very certain and confirm'd from all Parts. The Almighty has bleffed the Arms of the Queen and of her Allies with fo many Triumphs over their powerful Enemy, to the end they may fecure themselves by a fafe and advantageous Peace, from all they have to fear from him and it cannot be his Pleafure that an Enemy fo exhaufted, and vanquifh'd as he has been, on all Occafions, fhould at laft carry his Designs by this War, and get out of it by a Peace, glorious to him, to the Ruin of the Victorious Allies, and to the Deftruction of the Liberty of all Europe; in acquiring by this Peace, the Power of giving a King to Spain, of impofing one upon Great Britain, and of making the Validity of the Election of the Head of the Empire depend on his Approbation. " The Refolutions and Memorial of the States-Gene, ral, with respect to their furnishing their Quotas or Contingents during the prefent War. ་་ An Extract from the Register of the Refolution of their High Mightineffes the Lords the States-General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. M Friday, April 1. 1712. Efeurs de Brockhuysen and other Deputies of their High Mightineffes for foreign Affairs (who in purfuance and execution of the Commifforial Refolution of the 12th paft, examin'd, together with fome of the Deputies of the Council of State, the Letter of M. van Borfelle, Envoy Extraordinary from their High Mightineffes to the Court of her Majefty the Queen of Great Britain, writ the 8th of the laft Month, containing an Account of the Refolutions taken by the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain, for continuing in the Netherlands this Year 1712. 1. The 4ccco Men fent thither by her Majefty at the Beginning of the War. 2. The 10000 Troops of Augmentation which were agreed upon in 1703. and the 15178 Men which have been engag'd in her Majefty's Service fince the Year 1703. but the latter on condition that the State fhould on her part maintain as many Troops in proportion as Three to Two) have reported to the Affembly, That while they were examining the above-mention'd Let ter, they were inform'd that the Earl of Strafford, Ambaffa, dor Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of her faid Majefty, had the day before his going to Utrecht, which was Monday laft, infinuated to fome. Perfons, that he had receiv'd Orders by Mr. St. John, Secretary of State, to declare to their High Mightineffes, that they must make good their Quota of three Fifths in proportion to the above-mention'd 15178 Men; otherwife her Majefty would cafhier as many as was neceffary to make juft two Fifths to answer three Fifths, in proportion to the Number of Troops which the State furnishes in the Nether. lands to answer the faid 15178 Men: which Infinuation was founded on this Suppofition, That at the Beginning of the War the States had confented to furnish in the Netherlands 102000 Men, vix. 42000 for Garifons, and 60000 for the Field; and that Great Britain on her part was not oblig'd to furnish furnish more than 40000 Men in the Netherlands. Since which the Troops were augmented in 1703. by 20000 Men, that were to be paid half by Great Britain and half by the States. But as to the 15178 Men furnish'd by her Majefty of Great Britain fince 1703. the firft Proportion of 60000 Men to 40000, or of three Fifths to two Fifths, was to be obferv'd, That on this Occafion, they the faid Deputies had also examin'd the Votes or Refolutions of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain of the 16th of February this Year, N. S by which they charge this State with not having fatisfy'd its Engagements in divers refpects, as to the Troops which they were oblig'd to furnish according to their Quota for the War. And that they had examin'd the Addrefs prefented to her Majefty on this head; which Addrefs, as well as the faid Votes, have been printed and publish'd every where. That to demonftrate how little ground there is either for the faid Suppofition, or for the Deficiency which the said Refolutions and Address charge upon the State, they have drawn upa Memorial, which they have at the fame time laid before the Affembly, as it is here inferted at the end of these Prefents. Upon which the States having deliberated, it was judg'd fit and refolv'd that they would fend to the Sieur de Borfelle, Envoy Extraordinary of their High Mightineffes to the Court of her Majefty the Queen of Great Britain, a Copy of the faid Memorial, and of the Pieces hereunto join'd; and that he fhall be order'd to reprefent both viva voce, and by Writing, to her faid Majefty, and otherwife where it might be useful, that the Infinuation of the faid Earl of Strafford, importing that the States muft furnish what is wanting of their three Fifths to answer the faid 15178 Men, or otherwife her Majefty would leffen the Number of hers to the proportion of two Fifths to thofe of this State, has very much troubled them: and that likewife in their Judgment it is not well founded, fince on the one hand it can't be reasonably demanded of the State, which already bears fo much Burden, that they fhould augment their Troops; and that on the other hand, the Good of the Common Caufe will not permit that her Majefty fhould leffen hers in the prefent Conjuncture. That the Suppofition above-mention'd, upon which this Infinuation is founded, cannot be admitted by their High Mightineffes; and even tho it were, all the difference would then be no more than that the State had 4303 Men too few, or that her Majefty had too many in the Netherlands. As to this, it would certainly be juft to confider, and to account for the Augmentation of the Troops which this State made at the beginning of this War, before Great Britain made any confiderable Augmentation on her part, as well as thofe which the Vol. II. Kk 2 State State has maintain'd over and above the 102000 Men, as is fhewn by the above-mention'd Memorial. That for thefe Reafons the Sieur van Borfelle fhall requeft her Majefty not to demand of the State to augment their Troops, nor yet to dimi nish the Number of her own. That further, the faid Sieur van Borfelle fhall reprefent on this occafion to her Majefty, that their High Mightineffes are very much griev'd, to find that by the faid Votes and Addrefs, publickly printed and difpers'd thro the World, they are con demn'd without being heard, as if they had not fulfil'd their Engagements, nor contributed as much as they ought, in proportion to her Majefty, towards the Charge of the War. That their High Mightineffes, to clear themselves of this Charge, and to inform her Majefty of the Reafons which perfuade them that they are wrongfully charg'd, have order'd him to present the faid Memorial to her Majefty; and to add, that if her Majesty (as they hope fhe will) would make an equitable and favourable Reflection upon the Efforts which this State has made and continues to make in this prefent War, after haying already gone thro two others extremely burdenfom; and if she would duly confider that they begun this with 110000 Men, fo great an Effort as they never made the like before; that further, from time to time they have confiderably augmented the Number of their Troops, to which muft be added the Confideration of the Subfidies which they annually pay, and the Naval Equipments they make; their High Mightineffes affure themselves, that not only her Majefty ac cording to her well-known Equity, but alfo the whole World muft neceffarily be convinc'd that the State in this present War has done as much and more than could have been expected in Reafon and Juftice of a good and faithful Ally, and that nothing but an excess of Love for their Liberty and for their Religion, and an ardent Zeal to affift in warding off that Slavery with which all Europe is threatned, could have induc'd them to make such great Efforts, and to continue them so long. That they return Thanks to God, who by his Goodness has fo blefs'd the Efforts they have made in conjunction with her Majefty and their other Allies, that by comparing the prefent State of Affairs with what they were at the Beginning of the War, we may find a very happy Change. So that to lay a juft Foundation of Hope that by a good Peace we may obtain the End defir'd, there feems nothing to be wanting but the Prefervation among the Allies of that fame Firmnefs, Union and Vigour, with which the War was begun, and has been hitherto continu'd. That their High Mightineffes have always confider'd a Union and good Harmony betwixt her Majefty and this State, and betwixt their Subjects on both fides, as the ftrongest Sup port port to the Common Cause; that they are ftill of the fame Opinion, and believe this Union to be more neceffary now than ever. That they have always carefully endeavour'd, and will endeavour for time to come, to preferve her Majefty's Affection and Friendship, and to cultivate and increase the faid Union and good Underftanding betwixt the two Nations: That there is nothing more grievous to them than to be oblig'd to justify themselves against Cenfures fo little deferv'd, confidering that hereby the Enemy, to whom a Union betwixt her Majefty and the States must be formidable, may conceive hopes of a Coldness and Divifion betwixt the Allies fo ftrictly united, which cannot fail of being prejudicial to both. That therefore their High Mightineffes with this Stone of Stumbling had never been laid in the way, and that it may be remov❜d as foon as poffible. That they hope, chiefly from her Majefty's great Equity and from her well-known Zeal for the Common Caufe, that he will not tack the Continuation of the Service of her Troops in the Netherlands, and particu larly of the faid 15178 Men, to the Augmentation of those of this State. That their High Mightineffes on their fide will always contribute as much as lies in their power or depends upon them, not only to advance as formerly the Welfare of the Common Caufe, but also to concert with all poffible Confidence in her Majefty the neceffary Measures for that end; and to fatisfy her Majefty by real Effects, that they defire and infinitely efteem her Affection and Friendship, of which the Sieur van Borfelle fhall give her Majefty the ftrongeft Affurances. There fhall alfo be deliver'd a Copy of the present Refolu lution of their High Mightineffes, and one of the abovefaid Memorial to the Earl of Strafford, Ambaffador Extraordinary, c.. of her Majefty; and his Lordship fhall be defir'd to fecond the good Intentions of their High Mightineffes by his good Offices. Mark'd, H. van Iffelmundeut. And a little lower, This agrees with the faid Regifter, Sign'd, J. Fagel. The MEMORIAL, HE Refolutions, or Votes, above-mention'd, are dated Terms. Refolved, That the States-General have been deficient in their Quota's for Sea-Service, in proportion to the Number of Ships provided Kk 3 by |