can show, and the only one which Spain admits, for the possession of that fortress by Great Britain ? This is the reason why His Majesty the King's Government consider that any division which, as a modus vivendi, might be established in the waters of Gibraltar, must be based, as I stated to Mr. West in the conference of the 15th of last June, on the principle "that no portion of the Spanish coast remain without jurisdictional waters." The suppression of the formula which should appear in the Declaration as proposed by Her Britannic Majesty's Government does not, according to the Government of His Majesty the King, do away with the difficulty; it only puts it off. This is why I have preferred to state our opinion at once to the London Cabinet through your Excellency, fully convinced that, in view of the good wishes which prompt them to bring to an end the present state of things, so apt to lead to unpleasantness and interminable discussions, and which His Majesty's Government fully share, it will not be impossible, in order to carry out the modus vivendi, to find a formula acceptable to both countries, which may avoid, whilst it lasts, by a practical and equitable division of the waters of Gibraltar, the repetition of occurrences which have rendered the adoption of this measure necessary. The Government to which I have the honour to belong will accept this formula with the deference it merits, and will adhere to it with great pleasure if it should solve, though it were only temporarily, the existing difficulties. I avail, &c., R. B. D. Morier, Esq. EL MARQUES DE LA VEGA DE ARMIJO. (Extract.) No. 53.-Earl Granville to Mr. Morier. Foreign Office, August 22, 1882. I HAVE received your despatch of the 2nd ultimo, and its inclosure, on the subject of the proposed establishment of a modus vivendi with the Spanish Government in regard to the Bay of Gibraltar. The former correspondence has already been communicated to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, and as your despatch of the 2nd July will also be transmitted to his Lordship, I do not consider that any useful purpose would be gained by my replying in detail to it at present. Until I have had some further communication with the Colonial Office, I am not in a position to give you further instructions on this subject. R. B. D. Morier, Esq. SIR, GRANVILLE. No. 54.-Earl Granville to Sir R. Morier. Foreign Office, February 15, 1883. WITH reference to my despatch of the 22nd August last, and to previous correspondence, respecting the proposed establishment of a modus vivendi with the Spanish Government in regard to the Bay of Gibraltar, I have to acquaint you that, after mature consideration of all the circumstances connected with the case, Her Majesty's Government see no prospect of any agreement being arrived at with the Spanish Government, and that they have consequently determined to drop negotiations upon the subject. Sir R. Morier. I am, &c., GRANVILLE. No. 55.-Earl Granville to Sir R. Morier. SIR, Foreign Office, March 5, 1883. WITH reference to my despatch of the 15th ultimo, I have to instruct you to inform the Spanish Government that Her Majesty's Government have given their attentive consideration to the note addressed to you by the Marquis de la Vega de Armijo on the 1st June last, respecting the proposed modus vivendi in regard to the Bay of Gibraltar; but that the divergence of views between the two Governments is such that Her Majesty's Government are not disposed to prolong a discussion holding out so little hope of agreement. I am, &c., Sir R. Morier. GRANVILLE. No. 56.-Sir R. Morier to Earl Granville.-(Received March 21.) MY LORD, Madrid, March 18, 1883. I HAVE the honour to report that, in conformity with the instructions contained in your Lordship's despatch of the 5th instant, I have addressed a note to the Minister of State, informing his Excellency that, in consequence of the divergence of views between the two Governments on the subject of the proposed modus vivendi in regard to the Bay of Gibraltar, Her Majesty's Government are not disposed to prolong with the Government of His Catholic Majesty a discussion holding out so little hope of agreement. I have, &c., Earl Granville. R. B. D. MORIER. June 4.... Venezuela ........... Aug. 29.. Hong Kong. Oct. 10. Great Britain.. from Foreign Colonies Letters Patent......... } Annexation. Pondoland.... 252 Aug.11.. Hong Kong Great Britain.. Ordinance.. French Mail-steamers Aug. 14.. Austria, &c.......] Conference Affairs of Egypt. Protec-1 tion of Suez Canal 677 256 [British Operations. Suez} 577 Canal Importation. Proclamation. Prohibiti Munitions of War.} 577 Additional Convention. 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