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 made of Gibraltar and Port-Mahon, in Pursuance, as the Spaniſh Secretary ſaid, of the then late Treaty concluded between his Maſter and the Emperor of Germany, at the Court of Vienna. Mr. Tilson was ask'd, how he came by that Letter? To which he anſwer'd, amongſt other Diſpatches from his Majeſty's Miniſter at the Court of Madrid, brought by a Courier.

Mr. Blare was next call'd upon, and ſworn, who depoſed, That he had tranſlated the ſaid Letter, which contained a Demand of the Reſtitution of Gibraltar and Port-Mahon; and had likewiſe tranſlated the Articles of the Treaty of Vienna. Then the Tranſlations were read in Court, which he farther depoſed were a just and true Tranſlation from the Spaniſh Originals.

Here Mr. Solicitor-General took Notice, That the Treaty of Vienna, concluded in the Year 1725, between the Emperor and the King of Spain, was very prejudicial to his Majeſty's Subjects; upon which his Majeſty's Miniſters (with his Majeſty's Conſent) concluding a Treaty of Peace, Union and Friendſhip with the Kings of Spain and France, in order to quash the ill Conſequences that must have attended the ſaid Treaty of Vienna, had it not been timely diſappointed by the Conclusion of the Seville Treaty, which Mr. Franklin had in his Journal of the 2d of January laſt, ridiculed falſely and ſcandalouſly, in a pretended Extract of a private Letter from the Hague.

The Council for the King then propos'd to enter into a Proof of the Publication of the Craftſman of the 2d of January laſt on Mr. Francklin, for which Purpoſe they call'd one Smith, who being ſworn, depos'd, That he went to the Houſe of Richard Francklin, and ask'd for ſix Country-Journals or Craftſmen,