Excerpt from The Parliamentary Register, or History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Lords, Vol. 14: Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Speeches and Motions, Accurate Copies of the Most Remarkable Letters and Papers, of the Most Material Evidences, Petitions, &C., , Laid Before and Offered to the HouseI have the fatisfafiion to inform you, that definitive treaties of peace have been concluded with the Courts of France and Spain, and with the United States of America. Pnelimina articles have been alfo ratified with the States General 0 the United Provinces. I have ordered thefe fe Veral treaties to be laid before you, and am happy to add, that Ihave no caul'e to doubt but that all thofe powers agree with me in my fincere inclination to keep the calamities of war at a great difiancc.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.