Mr. Maynwaring conceiv'd the utmoft Indignation against this Management of theirs, and wrote the following Treatife, to vindicate the Conduct and Character of the noble Lord, whom they had fo fcandaloufly Injur'd. He never liv'd to see it printed, but I had a very fair Copy of it from his Amanuenfis, at leaft as far as he went, for he seems to break off a little abruptly. The Reason I fuppofe was, the publishing a large Treatife on the fame Subject, by another very good Hand.

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SHORT ACCOUNT

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BARRIER-TREATY.

By Arthur Maynwaring, Efq;

THE Defign of this Treaty, was to establish a lafting Union between Her Majefty and the StatesGeneral; for fecuring the Proteftant Succeffion, and obtaining a fufficient Barrier for the United Provinces: And the Treaty was founded upon feveral Articles of the Grand Alliance in the Year 1701. upon fome of the Preliminary Articles in the Year 1709. and upon

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the Addrefs of both Houfes of Parliament in the Year 1708. with Her Majefty's moft Gracious Anfwer to the fame.

By the 5th Article of the Grand Alliance it is agreed, That the Confederates fhall ufe their utmoft Endeavours to recover and conquer the Spanish Low Countries, that they may ferve for a • Barrier to keep France at a distance from the United Provinces, for the Security of the States-General." By the 8th Article it is declar'd, That no Peace fhall be made, unless full Liberty be granted to the Subjects of Great-Britain and the States, to enjoy all the fame Rights and Privileges of Commerce in all Places, poffefs'd by the late King of Spain at the time of his Death; which the Subjects of both, or either of them, by Virtue of any Right, Treaty, Cuftom, or any other way whatsoever, might have enjoy'd before the Death of the faid King. And in the 9th Article it is faid, That the Allies, at a Treaty of Peace, fhall agree on all Matters neceffary for maintaining the Commerce of the Subjects of His Majefty of Great-Britain, and the States General, in the Lands and Dominions they may acquire; and fhall agree alfo on proper Means for fecuring the States-General by the aforefaid Barrier.

These are Part of Three Articles of the Grand - Alliance before-mention'd. It will now be neceffary to see what was agreed upon by the Preliminary Articles, in the Year 1709. which were fign'd by the Minifters of the late Emperor and King of Spain, as well as by thofe of England and Holland; and were alfo Ratify'd by Her Majefty, before any Negotiation was begun with the States, upon the Project of the Barrier Treaty.

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By the 22d Article of the Preliminary Treaty, it is agreed, That the French King fhall yield to the State -General the Place of Furnes, with its District (the Fort of Knocque being therein included) Menin with its Verge, Ypres with its CaEftellany and Dependencies, which from henceforward, fhall be Bailleu, or Belle, Warneton, Comines, Werwick, Poperingen, and what depends on the Places abovemention'd (the Town and Caftellany of Caffel remaining to his Most Christian Majefty) Lifle with its Caftellany (the Town and Government of Douay to be excepted,) Conde and Maubeuge, with all their Dependencies; the Whole in fuch Condition, as the faid Places are at prefent, and particularly with the Canyon, Artillery, and Stores of War therein, to ferve with the reft of the Spanish Netherlands for the Barrier of the faid Lords the States-General; upon which they may agree with the faid King Charles, according to the Tenor of the Grand Alliance, as well with Regard to the Garrisons which the faid Lords the States General fhall maintain therein, as to all other things in the Spanish Netherlands; and particularly, as to their having the Property and So, vereignty of the Upper Quarter of Guelderland, according to the 52d Article of the Treaty of Munster, in the Year 1648. as from time to time they fhall think fit. In the 23d Article it is faid, That his Moft Chriftian Majefty fhall alfo deliver up all the Towns, Forts and Places which he fhall have poffefs'd himself of, in the Spanish Netherlands, in the Condition they are now in, with their Cannon, Artillery, and Warlike Stores with fome Conditions relating to the Town and Caftle of Namure, to be obfery'd between the Officers of the French King, and those of the StatesGeneral at the time of the Evacuation; and a par

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ticular Privilege for the Garrisons of the States, as well in the Places yielded and made over for enlarging the Barrier, as in the Places of the Spanish Netherlands, that are to be restored. And by the 29th Article is is agreed, That Garrisons on the Part of the States-General may be plac'd in the Town of Huy, the Citadel of Liege, and the Town of Bon, till an Agreement otherwife be made with his Imperial Majefty.

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These are some of the Points concluded in the Preliminary Articles. And the Addrefs of both Houfes to the Queen, in the Year 1708. was in thefe Words: That for preferving the Repose and Quiet of Europe, and preventing the Ambitious Defigns of France for the future, She wou'd be pleas'd to take Care at the Conclufion of the War, to continue and establish a good and firm Friendship among all the Allies; and that the French King might be oblig'd to own Her Majesty's C Title, and the Proteftant Succeffion, as it is eftablish by the Laws of Great Britain; and that Her Allies be engag'd to become Guarantees of the fame. And in anfwer to this Addrefs, the Queen was pleas'd to declare,She was of their Opinion in thefe Points; and affur'd them, no Care fhou'd he wanting on Her Part to attain • them'.

Upon thefe Foundations, the Treaty for fecuring the Succeffion and the Barrier was begun. And nothing could be more reasonable or neceffary, than that Her Majefty and the Dutch fhould be mutually engag'd to preserve those two Points, both which are of the higheft Importance to Great-Britain as well as to Holland.

Firft, As to what concerns the Succeffion, the States are not only oblig'd by this Treaty to affift the Queen with all their Power in defending the Right