compliance were refuſed, to proceed quietly in making their ſettlement, and ſuffer the ſubjects of whatever power to remain there without moleſtation. By poſſeſſion thus taken, there was only a diſputable claim advanced, which might be peaceably and regularly decided, without infult and without force; and if the Spaniards had complained at the Britiſh court, their reaſons would have been heard, and all injuries redreſſed; but that, by preſuppofing the juſtice of their own title, and having recourſe to arms, without any previous notice or remonſtrance, they had violated the peace, and inſulted the Britiſh government; and therefore it was expected that ſatisfaction ſhould be made by publick diſavowal and immediate reſtitution.
The anſwer of Grimaldi was ambiguous and cold. He did not allow that any particular orders had been given for driving the Engliſh from their ſettlement; but made no
