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oper PTA- FEB. 1. But !soi nig, from the separation of Austria and of England, found himself reduced to his own forces, having to combat with the forces of France united to the immense means of which she has the disposal, and in the critical position at which affairs had arrived, his Majesty was authorised in believing, that by con tinuing to sacrifice himself for others , he w o ul d ultimatel y incur a r;:a: of compromising the safety of his own empire, without being enabled to hope that he might ever fulfil the original object of this war. The conduct which your Government has held during these latter times, is moreover of a nature completely to justify the detnmination which the Emperor has now taken.. The diver sion on the Continentowhich England has so long since promised, has not to this day taken place : and, if even, according to the latest advices from London, it would appear that the British Ministry has at length decided on ordering the departure of 19,000 men to Pomerania, that succour is in no wise proportion ed, either to the hopes which we were authorised in entertain ing, or to the importance of the object to which these troops were intended to be destined. The pecuniary succours which England constantly afforded to the Powers of the Continent at war with France, might in some degree have supplied the want of English troops. Not only did the British Government decline facilitating the loan which the Imperial Court had intended to negociate at London ; but when it at length decided on offering some subsidy to the Continental Powers. it appeared that the sum destined for this purpose, so far from meeting the exigencies of the Allies, would not even have covered the indispensable expences of Prussia. In fine, the use which has been made of the British forces in the Mediterranean has not been more comformable than the rest to the unity and the connection with which it was indispensable to act inthe operations of Russia and England, In lieu of attempt ing an expedition on the Continent of Italy, with a view of re conquering the kingdom of Naples, or else in lieu of uniting these forces to those of Russia which were designed to compel the Porte to a reasonable peace, one part of the English troops stationed in Sicily directed their course towards an entirely dif ferent destination, which the British Government had not even judged proper to communicate to the Court of Russia. It is a point nut to be contested, that, by following one or the other of the courses which I have just cited, the English troops in the _Mediterranean would have been of an infinitely greater utility to the common cause, by compelling the enemy to divide his forces, which would have enabled Russia to have sent her main army those reinforcements, which she was under the necessity of em ploying on the Danube, to support her army destined to make head against the Torkish forces which might be collected in that quarter. . From this statement, 1 am willing to believe that your Ex cellency will he persuaded, that in such a conjuncture, it only retuaii:eil for the Emperor my 111aAer to look to the glory and to the security of his empire, and that if the present crisis does not produce every result which might be expected, if the Powers equally interested had displayed vigour in the same proportion a. , they have exhibited tardiness and irresolution in all their operations, no blame can on this account he attached to Russia. But, at the same time, the Emperor my Master oilers his Me diation to his Britannic Majesty to make peace with France, lt.tving the certainty that it will he accepted by the latter Power. I have the honour to be with high consideration, Sir, Your Excellency's most obedient humble Servant, (Signed) A DE BUDBER.G. June 18,30, 180 i, No. IV ,—.Vote from M. A T.OPEUS in nr. Secretary CANNING, dated Loudon, 20th July 4 let August, 1807. The I. 7 ndersigned, Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias to his Britannic Majesty, has re ceived the orders of his Court to notify to the British Ministry, that a Treaty of Peace was concluded at Tilsit on the 25th June-7th July i between Russia and France. Ilis Imperial Majesty of all the Russias, having, on this oc ea.sion, proposed his mediation, for the purpose of negotiating and concluding likewise a treaty of peace between England and France, and the Emperor Napoleon having, by the 18th Article at the afore-mentioned treaty of peace, accepted that media tion, the object of the present note is to offer it in like manner to his Majesty the King of Great Britain. Long since acquainted with the pacific sentiments of his Bri, tannic Majesty, the Emperor of all the Russia, flatters himself the more, that he will embrace this opportimity of restoring THE NATIONAL REGISTER. peace to all nations, and of insuring repose to the present gene ration ; since that, in many conversations which his Imperial Majesty has held with the Emperor of the French, he has had reason to be convinced, that he is sincerely deArfais of the re establishment of a maritime peace, upon equitable and honour able principles. The Emperor of all the Russian not only offers his interposi tion for the attachment of so deiirahle a resnit ; hut he would even be ready to promise the support of all the forces of his empire, for insuring the performance of all the stipulations of pence, when once it shall have taken plate between England and France. By this guarantee, his Britannic Majesty will obtain that which he has ever appeared to desire, and may without distrust follow the bent of his humane and pacific sen timents. The Undersigned, in requesting Mr. Canning, Principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs; to apprize him as soon as possible of the determination which the Cabinet of St. James's may judge expedient to take in consequence of this offer of me, diation on the part of his august ma -ter, avails himself of the opportunity of renewing to his Excellency the assurances of his highest consideration. (Sig - ned) M. ALOPEUS. London, 20th July,-Ist-lug. 1807. No. V.—Mort from Mr. Secretary CAKNIVG to M. ALOPETYS, dated sth August, 1807. The Undersigned, His Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has lost no time in laying before the King his Master, the official Note presented to him by Alopeus, Minister Plenipotentiary to' his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias ; in which M. Alopeus, by order of his Court, notifies to the British Government the conclusion at Tilsit, on the '2sth June-7th July, of a Treaty of Peace between Russia and France, and announces at the same time, the offer of the me. diation of his Imperial Majesty, for the conclusion of s treaty of peace between Great Britain and France, and the acceptance of that offi'r by the French Government. The Undersigned has it in command from the Xing his Master to declare, that the Emperor of Russia does justice to the senti ments of the King, when his Imperial Majesty expresses his reliance on the King's disposition to contribute to the restora tion of a general peace, such as may ensure the repose of Europe. Ample proofs of that disposition have recently been afforded by his Majesty, as well in the answer returned, in his Majesty's name, to the offer of the mediation of the Emperor of Austria, as in the willingness expressed by his Majesty to accede to the convention concluded at Bartenstein. on the 23d of April, between the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia, and in the instructions, which the Undersigned transmitted by his Majesty's command, upon the first intelligence of the late disastrous events in Poland, to his Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of tit. Petersburgh, by which instructions that Ambassa dor nos directed to signify to the Ministers of the Emperor of Russia, his Majesty's perfect readiness to eater, in concert with his august Ally, into any negociatien which the Emperor of Russia miglst think it expedient to open for the restoration of a general peace. These sentiments and this disposition his Ma jesty continues invariably to maintain. The Undersigned is, therefore, commanded by his Majesty, to assure M. Alopeus, that his Majesty waits with the utmost solicitude for the communication of the Articles of the Treaty concluded at Tilsit, awl for the statement of those egnitable and honourable principles, upon which his Imperial Majesty ex presses his belief that France is desirous of concluding a Peace with Great Britain. Ills Majesty trusts that the character of the stipulations of the Treaty of Tilsit, and of the principles upon which France is re presented as being read) to negociate, niay he found to be such as to afford to his Majesty a just hope of the attaimneut of a se cure and honourable Peace. In that case his Majesty will rea dily avail himself of the Mier of the Emperor of ussia's medi ation. But until his Majesty shall have received these import ant and necessary communications, it is obviously impossible that Ore Undersigned s'.ould be authorised to return a more specific Answer to the Note presented by M. Alopeus. The Undersigned requests M. Alopcus to accept the assurances of hl4 high comsi deratiOn. (Signed) GEORGE CANNING. [The Declaration of his Britannic Mate4ty relative to the Danish Expedition, and the Russian Declaration against this Country, were also presented to Parliament.i y 1 . ,' •