POLITICAL MAGAZINE, AND Parliamentary, Naval, Military, and Literary JOURN Á L. For AUGUST, 1791. Illuftrated with a South-west View of NORTHAMPTON, and a South View of Nor Printed for R. Butters, No. 79, Fleet Street; and fold by all Eookfellers it Town and Country, Declaration of the Minifters of the Allied Powers at the Court of Ruffia. HE underwritten Minifters Plenipotentiaries of England and Pruffia, prefuming to infer, from the answer made by order of her Ruhan Majefty to the Reprefentatives of the Courts of London and Berlin, on the 25th ult. that her Majelly is inclined to permit her Minilters to open a negotiation concerning the princip'es propofed in the laid reprefentation, with refpect to a defenfive demarcation of the frontiers, both in favour of the Ruffian empire and the Porte, have determined to reprefent to the Court of Peterburgh every thing relative to this object, as far as their inftructions will allow, to concentrate it in one point of view, and to bring it under the eye of her Majefty without any ambiguity, They do not doubt but her Majelly will look upon their ardour, and this liberty, fo little compatible with the common course of negociating, as an unquestionable proof of the fincere defire of their Mifters, in order to make their good offices and friend'y intervention tend to a pacification, altogether speedy and advantageous to the Belligerent Powers. The aforefaid Minitters, in confe quence of the overture made by his Catholic Majefty and the Court of Denmark, and which does not feem to be rejected, or even difapproved by the Court of Ruffia, and pursuant to the propofition of inconveniences, arifing from an immediate congituity of the fronti rs, which is found in the above answer, are apt to think, that her Majesty may be prevailed upon to give her confent to it, in order to conclude the peace, on condition that the district of Oczakow, between the river Bog and as far as the river Niefer, fhall be declared neuter, and independent of either power. This condition being exactly and faithfully obferved by the two contratting part es, will perhaps attain the end much better than any thing elfe, and procure the advantage of a reciprocal defentive demarcation of the frontiers: and two large rivers, befides an uutilled and wafe tract of land of more than 200 werfts, which must first be got over before the troops of either of the powers can come into each other's dominions, would at least free both States from all furprise; and the eastern fhores of the river Bog, fortified by the Ruffians, and the western ones of the river Niefter by the Turks, would, with respect to this important bufinefs, answer the most fanguine expectations. This is now the first point of an accommodation, which faid Minift. rs, with the confent of her Ruffian Magefly, will take upon them to prepole to the Turks as a bafis of peace. The fecond propofal in quetion would K2 would have a relation to the ceffion of Oczakow, and its immediate territory, with ali property, and fovereignty, with all privileges attached to it, whatf ever, and without any diftinction, to Ruffia, leaving, however, to the Turks, on the eaft thore of the river Niefter, a space more or less extended in meature, as, with more or lets difficulty, one or other natural demarcation capable of being determined and fixed upon: fuch as, for infance, the fea Teli Gli, or any other, which then ought to be agreed upon, might be found out and well understood; however, that it ought to be a fufficient diftince for fecuring to the Turks the free navigation of the Niefter. Nay, an engagement mitht even be made to periuade the Tuks to ran the neutrality of that part of the ceded difrict which was to be met with between the new demarcation of the frontiers of Ruffia' and this river. The Allied Courts do not think they will be able to perfuade the Poite to the conclufion of peace, if they have Oczakow all formfied in the hands of the Ruffians, unless this facrifice, fo dangerous for the Porte, would be compenfated by the safety of both fhores of the river Nefter. And the above Minifters flatter felves, that her Imperial Majefty will have no objection to it. of London and Berlin to be refponn. ble that her Majefty will level the fortress of Oczkow, and not rebuild it; that the is to erect no other fortrefles in that district, and that the will let the navigation of the Niefter remain in perfect freedom. ; The Courts of London and Berin think they can propofe to the Porte nothing but thefe conditions but they define her Imperial Majefty to choofe out of thefe leveral means of pacification, which are equitabie, moderate, and juft. They are convinced her Majefty will doubtless find, that they have had the greatcit confi. deration for her perfon, and the ut molt attention to preferve the dignity of her Crown, the honour and glory of her Empire, and the interefts of her fubjects. They freely fubmit to the judgment that all Europe fhall país on their candid intentions of re-estab1:fhing peace and general tranquili ty, on their impartiality and perfe& dunt reftedness, which are evident in the iieps they have taken. As to the form of the bufine fs which remains to be fettled, the above Mirift rs will readily comply with every thing her M jefly half think proper relative thereto, prothem-,vided the 'afety of the engagements for which they must hold themselves refponible to the Porte is preferved. If, nevertheless, her Imperial Maefty fhould have any objection to accede to these propofals, the above Minifters offer, as the lait means, to propofe to the Turks toe a cef on to Ruffia of the dict of Oczakow, from the Big as far as the Niefler, in full property and fovereignty, as a price for the peace; on condition that her Imperial Majefly will authorife them to give fuch affurances to the Porte, as will be able to quit the minds of her fubjects, to prevert her apprehenfions, and to make her eafy with respect to the consequences of fuch a divifion of her empire, by enabling the Courts if it is true that the regular confe rences are not open till this day, it is no lefs true, that the Minifters of her Imperial Majefty, by familiar interviews and other means, were informed before about the propofats of peace which were to be made. It is thus to be prefumed, that the refolution of her Majefly is greatly advanced, if not taken already, concerning this important bufiucts, and her final determination is expected with impatience by the Courts of Loodon and Berlin. The friendship and coofideration her Majefty has for the Kings of England and Pruffia; her great anxiety Anfwer of Ruffia to the Declaration of the Allied Powers. anxiety for the tranquillity of Europe; her affection for her fubjects; her defire of restoring peace to them, and of avoiding the further effufion of human blood, pledge to the underwritten Minifters, that they will foon be informed of her refolution, and that it will be favourable; the mere fo, as conforming in every thing her Majesty feems to demand, only some other fmall compenfation, which are left to he known goodness and generosity. Peterburgh, 69 any other confideration in bringing it to an end, the no lfs thinks herself entitled to determine, in her wisdom and moderation, the means and ways, in order to fecure her fubjects, if not indemnifications proportionable their claims, at least a certain and uninterrupted reft. to The claims her Imperial Majefty has fet up in confequence of this, and which he has caufed to be publithed at the Courts of London and Berlin, and thofe of all Europe, preCharles Whitworth. fage in reality only this harmle's and William Fawkiner., equitable object. Count Goltz. Anfever of Ruffia to the Declaration delivered by the Minifters of England and Prussia. THE fecond Memorial delivered on the 29th of June by the Minifters Plenipotentiary of England and Pruffi, being prefented to her Imperial Majefty, her Miniftry have received her Majesty's orders, and are now able to continue the amicable negoci-tions which are the object of the faid Me. morial. In the first place, her M j fty feels the greatest pleafure in expreffing the fatisfaction the feels at the free and opcu turn the Minifiers of their Majefties the Kings of Great Britain and Pruffia have given to their negociations, and the fincere defires of their Minifters to accelerate the dearable work of pacification between Ruffia and the Porte. An intention of this kind coincides fo much with the withes of her Imperial Majefly, that it will be promoted on her part to the extent to reasonable an intention demands: but if the fupporting for fuch a confiderable time the burthen of the war, to which he has been provoked by the unjust a tack of the Turks, has a greater influence than All the neutral powers cannot but behold them in this light; and if there fhould be any, who have propofed modifications on thofe claims, without either any delibration with the Court of Ruffia, or its affent, this can only be through contidera tions, which did not proceed from the claims being inconfiftent with ftrict juftice and public intereft, but merely from an apprehenfion of extending any further the troubles of war. Such were doubtlefs the motives for the overtures made by the Court' of Copenhagen to thofe of London and Berlin, but of which the Court of Ruffia was never officially informed, nor did it authorize the fame to hold out the facrifices which the said Court propofed. But as the apprehenfions feemed to be removed, by means of the friendly explanations for which the two laftment oned Courts have laid the foundation, the Emprefs is fo fure of the unanimous affent of all the powers to her propofals, that her Imperial MAjefty fin's herfelf neceffitated, from very powerful motives relative to the management and the tranquillity of her own dominions, as well of thofe of all Europe in general, not in the leaft to fhrink from the moderate and difinterested conditions are has hither. to propofed. And Whereas the three bafes for a pacification, reprefented in the above Me |