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raunicate to you, No agent had been sent to London, aitd there has been no other communi cations betwein the two Governments.. The let tef, of which ybur Excellency will find a copy an nexed, and which I addressed to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs of his Britannic Majesty, had been sent by sea to the Commandant on the Dover station. .• The course which I now - take towards you, Count, is a consequence of the - dispositions of the Treaty of Tilsit with whieh ., his Majesty has the wish to comply till-the la't moment. If the over tures made to Eng'and should produce any result, I Shall take the earliest opportunity to ; make it known, to your Excellency. His Majesty the Emperor Alexander will participate in the busi ness, either-in consequence of the Treaty of Til .or as an Oly of England, if his, relations with that country be already adjusted. " I am forthally commanded, Connt, to express, in concluding this dispatch; the wish already coin.: munieated by his Majesty to-Colonel Czernichew, to see those negocintions; which, during eighteen months, he has never ceased. to preVent, at' length, those, events wliiell'humanity- would. have so much reason to deplore . - " - Whatever may be the 'situation of thinv'wh err this letter - Shall reach . your Excelleney,.Peace,w-ill still depend ttpon the determinations of .''.tour Cabinet. " I have the honour, Compi, ‘ to offer you the assurance of Any high consideration (Signe'd) "- The nuke•of BASSANO." FIRST BULLETIN O} THE GRAND ARMY. Gumbinnen, .Tune 20, 1812 Towards the end of 1810, Russia altered her political ) , yst - cm—the English •spirit regained its inftuence—the Ukase respecting ,COmmerce was its first act. - " In February, 1811, five divisions of the Russian army quitted the Danube by forced' marches, and proceeded to Poland. By this movement' Russia sacrificed Wallachia and Moldavia. When the Russian-armies were united and formed, a Protest against France appeared,- which was transmitted to every Cabinet. Russia by that -announced, that she felt no wish even to save ap pearances. means of coneiliation were em played on the part - of France- - --all were ineffectual. " Towards the close of .1811, six months after, :it was manifest in France that all this could end only in War : preparations were matte for it. The garrison of Dantzic was increased to. 20,000 men. • 'Stores - of . every description ; 'cannons, muskets, . powder, ,anununition, -pontons, were conveyed to that place ; • considerable stuns of money were placed at the disposal of the Department of En gineers for the augmentation of its fortifications. • " The army was placed on. the war establish- ment. The cavalry, the train of artillery, and the military baggage train, were completed. " In March, 1812, a treaty of alliance was con cluded ;with Austria; the preceding month a treaty had been concluded 'with Prussia.. . • " in April the first corps of the Grand Army marched for the Oder - , the second- corps to the - Elbe, the third corps to the ....Lower Odcr ; the fourth. corps set out for Verona, crossed the Tyrol, and proceeded to Silesia. The Guards left Paris. " On the 22d of April, the Emperor of Russia took the command of his army, c t uitted St. Peters burgh, anti moarcd his head-quarters to Wilna. " In the commencement of May the first corps arrived on the Vistula, at Elbing, and Marien . burg ; the second corps at Marienwerder ; the third corps at Thorn ; the fourth and sixth corps at Hock ; the fifth corps assembled a Warsaw ; the eighth corps on the right of Warsaw; and the seventh corps at Pulawy. The Emperor set out from ISt. Cloud on the 9th of May ; crossed the Rhine on the 13th, 'the Elbe on the 29th, and the Vistula on the 6th of June. SECOND BULLETIN OF TIIE GRAND ARMY. • " Wilkowiski, June 22, 1812. " tneans of effecting an understanding be tween the two Empires became impossible. The spirit which reigned in the Russian Cabinet hur ried it on to war. " Gen. Narbonne, Aide-du-camp to the Empe ror, was dispatched to Wilna, and could remain there only a few days. Ay that was gained the yirpof, that the demand, equally arrogant and ex traordinary, which bad been made by Prince Ku rakin, and..in which he declared, that he would not enter into anv explanation before France had evacuated the territory of her own Allies, in order to leave them at the mercy of Russia, was the sine qua non of that Cabinet, and it made that a matter of boast tO Foreign Powers. " The first corps: advanced to the Pregel. The' Prince of Eckintilit had his head-quarters, on the -. llth of June, at Konigsber.".. "'The Marshal Duko of s iteggio, commaading the second corps, had his head-quarters at Wehlau; the Marshal Duke of Elchingen, commanding the third corps, at SoWass ; the Prince Viceroy at ilastenburg ; the King of 'Westphalia at Warsaw ; the Prince PoniatoWski at Pultusk : the 'Emperor moved his head-quarters, on the 12th, to Konigs • berg, on the Pregel ; on the 17th to Insterburg ; on the 19th to' Gumbinnen. " A slight hope of accommodation still remain id.. The Emperor had given orders to Count Lau t'iston to wait on the Emperor Alexander; or on his Minister for Foreign Affairs, and to ascertain whether there might not yet he some means of oh taining a reconsideration of the demand of Prince Karakin, and of reconciling the honour of France, and the interest of her allies, with the opening a negotiation. " The same spirit which had previously swayed the Russian Cabinet upon various pretexts, pre vented Count Luuriston from accomplishing hit missio❑ 3 and it appeared for the first time, that an 'Ambassador, under eh crunstances of so much im portance,waS unable to obtain an interview, either with the Sovereign or his Minister. The Secretaty of - Legation, Prevost, brought this intelligence to Crunibinnein ; and the Emperor issued orders to march, for the purpose of passing the Niemen. 'The conquered,' observed he, ass - time the tone of conquerort : fee drip them on, lot their dos tiniea be fulfilled' his l‘lajesty caused the fol lowing Proclamation to be inserted in the Orders of the Army : • Sorani;Rs !—The second /war of Poland has commenced. •The first .vas broncht to a clos'e at Friedland and 'Tilsit. At Tilsit, Russia sworq eternal alliance with France - and war - with England. She liCiTv violatts her oaths. She refuses to give any explanation of her strange conduct, Until . tbe .Eagles of France shall have repassed the Rhine, leaving,' by such a movement, our Allies at her mercy. Russia 'is dragged along by a fatality ! Uer destinies must be accomplished. Should she then -consider us degenerate ? Ore we no-longer to' be looked upon as the soldiers of Auster litz She offers as the alternative of dishonour or war. The choice cannot admit of hesitation — Let us then march foi:watd ! Let us pass the Niemen ! Let us carry the war into her /territory. The second war of Poland "will be as glorious to the French arms as the first-; but the peaCe *Lich we shall conclude will be its own guarantee, and will put an end to that proud and haughty influ ence which Russi'a 11as:for fifty years @xereised in the affairs of Europe " At our head-quarters, at %Vilkowski, June 22, 1812." No. 11. Cory OF A LETTER ADDRESSED BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO LORD CASTLEREACaI, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFORS, TO HIS BRITANNIC 11,IAJESTY. " Paris, April 17, 1812, " Sin,—His Majesty, constantly actuated by sentiments friendly to moderation and peace, is pleased again to matte a solemn' and sincere atr tempt to put an end.to the'miseries of war. The awful circumstances in which the world is at present placed, have induced a resolution in the mind of his Majesty, the result of which has been to authorize me to explain to you, Sir, his. views and intentions. " Many changes have taken place in Europe for the last ten years, which have been the ne cessary consequence of the war between France and England, and many more changes will be' ef fected by the same cause. The particular cha racter which the war has assumed, may add to the extent and duration of these results. Exclusive and arbitrary principles cannot be combated but by an opposition withbut measure or end ; andthe system of presentation and resistance, should haVe the same character of universality, perseverauce, and vigour. . The Peace of Amiens, if it had been observed,' would have prevented much confusion. " I heartily, wish that the experience of the paint may not be lost for the 'future. His Majesty has often stopped when the most certain triumphs lay before him, and turned round to invoke peace. _ " In 1805, secure as he was by the advantages of his situation, and spite of the confidence which he mightreasonably feel in anticipations which For tune was about to realize, he made proposals to his Britannic INTajesiy, which were rejected, on time ground that Russia should be consulted. In 1808, new proposals were made, in concert withßussia. England alleged the necessity of an intervention, which could be no more than the result of the ne gociation itself. In 1810 his Majesty, 'having. clearly discerned that the British Orders is Coin• cil of 1807, rendered the conduct of the war in cianipatible with the independence of Holland, caused indirect overtures to be made towards pro curing the return of peace. They were fruit less, and Ahe .consequence was, that new' provinces were united to the Empire. " In the present time are to be found united, all the circumstances of the various periods at which his Majesty. manifested the pacific sentiments which he now orders me again to declare that he is ac tuated by. " The calamities under which Spain, and the vast regions of Spanish America suffer, should naturally excite the interest'Of all nations, and inspire them with an equal anxiety for their ter mination. " I will express myself, Sir, in a manner which your Excellency will find conformable to the since rity of the step which I am authorized to take ; and nothing will better evince the sincerity and subliality of it than the precise terms of-the lan guage which I have been directed to use. What views and motives should induce me to envelope myself in formalities Auitable to weakness, which alone can find its interest in deceit. ". The affairs of the Peninsula, and the Two Sicilies; are the points of difference which appeal-- least to admit of being adjusted. lam authorised to propose to -you an arrangement of them, on the following - basis " The integrity of Spain shall be guaranteed. France shall renousce all idea of extending her do minions beyond, the Pyreunees. The present 4- nasty-shall be declared independent, and. Spain shalt be goverUcd by a National Constitutiorof her Cortes. - The independence and • integrity of Portugal shall be also guaranteed, and the House of .Bra ganza shall have the Sovereign authority. " The Kingdom of Naples shall remain in pos session of the present ,Monarch, and the Kingdom of Sicily' shall be - guaranteedto.the present family of Sicily. " As a consequence of these stipulations, Spai - .p., Portugal, and Sicily, shall be evacuated by the French and English land and uaval forces. " With respect to the other objects of , discus sion, they may he negociated upon this basis, that each power shall retain that of which the other could not deprive it by war. "'Such arc, Sir, the grounds of conciliation of fered by his Majesty to his Royal Highness the' Prince Regent. " His Majesty the Emperor and King, in taking this step, does not look either to the advantages or losses which this Empire may derive from the war,' if it should be prOlonged ; he is influenced simply by the considerations of the interests of humanity,. and the peace of his people.; and if this fourth at tempt should cwt be attended 'with success, like -those which have preceded it, - France will at least have the consolation of thinking, that whatever - bloOd may yet flow, will be justly imputable to England alone. thale the honour, &c. , ($41203) " The I)4e of BA.;SANO." No. IX. , COPY OF THE ANSWER OF LORD CASTLEREAGII, SE CRETARY OF ,STATA. FOR FOREIGN-AFFAIRS OF HIS BRITANNIC 'MAJESTY, TO THE LETTER OF THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN RELATIONS, OF THE 17TH • OF APRIL, 1812. " London, Office for Foreign Affairs, April 23, 1312. " SIR--Your Excellency's Letter 'of the I.ith of this nionth has been received and laid before the Prince Regent. • , His Royal - Highness felt that he owed it to litS honour, before be should authorize. me to enter into any explanation upon the overture which your -Execellency has transmitted, to- ascertain the precise meaning attached by .die -.Government of France to the following passage of your Excel lency's letter, the actual Dynasty•shall be.de dared independent, and Spain governed by the national Constitution of the _Cortes.' " If, as his Royal Highness fears, the meaning, of this proposition is, that the Royal authority of Spain, and the Government established by the Cortes, Thall be recognized as residing in the bro ther of the head of the French Government, and the Cortes formed under his authority, and not in the legitimate Sovereign, Ferdinand the Seventh, and his heirs, and the Extraordinary_ Assembly' of the Cortes, now invested with the power of the ,Government in that kingdoin, in his name, and by his authOrity—l, am commanded frankly and explicitly to declare to your Excellency, that the obligations of good faith do not permit his RoYal • Highness- to receive a proposition for, peace found odun-such abasis, • " But if the expressions cited above, apply to the actual Government of Spain, which exercises the Sovereign authority in the name : of Ferdinand the Vllth. upon an assurauce of your Excellency to that effect; the Prince Regent will : feel _himself disposed to enter into a full explanation. upon the basis which has been transmitted, in order. to be taken into consideration by his. Royal. fligjiness ; audit being his most. earnest Wish to contribute,. in concert with , his allies, to the repose of Europe, and to bring about . a peace, which may be at once honourable, not only_ for Great Britain and France, but also for those States' which are in of amity with each of these Powers. "Having made known with6u(reserve the sen.;. timents of the'Prince Regent, with respect to a point on which it,is necessary to have a full under, Standing, previous to' any ulterior discusssion, shall adhere .to the instructions . of his itoyal.High ness, by ay.oiding:all superAnous comment and re crimination onihc accessary objects of your letter, Tinight advantageously, for thejustitication of the conduct observed by Great Britain at the difTerent periods alluded to by your .Excellency, refer to the correspondence which then took place, and to the judgment which the world has lop g since formed . of it. " AS to , the particular character the war has un-. happily assumed, and the arbitrary principles which your Excellency conceives to .have marked its pro gress,. denying, as I do, that these evils are attri,, 'Datable to the British Government, I at the same time can assure your- Excellency, that it sincerely deplores their existence, as uselessly aggravating the- calamities of war, and that its most .anxious desire, whether at peace orftt war with Prltuce, is, to have the relations of the two countries restored to Abe . liberal principles usually acted upon infor mer tames. " I take this Opportunity of assuring your Ex.- cellen - cy of my respect.- (Signed) " CASTLEREAGH." No. 111. COPY OF A NOTE PROM PRINCE KURAKIN TO THE- MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, " Paris, 18 (30) April, 181 g. " MY LORD DUKR—Since theintervieW which I had on Tuesday last with your Excellency, and in the course of which you gave Me reason to sup pose that the verbal communications which 1 had the honour of making, according to the tenor of iny latest instructions, should be admitted as the gyounds of the arrangements on which we are about to enter; since that time I have not been able to find you at home, and enter into a second conference, in order to the discussion of this object,- and the settling the project of this con vention.' It is impossible for me, _my Lord, to defer any longer transmitting to the Emperor, my master, an account of the execution of the orders he has aiven me. I acquitted myself verbally towards his Majesty the Emperor and King, in the private Audience which he granted me on Monday. I also acquitted mySelf in the same manner towards your Excellency, in my interview kvith you on Friday, Monday, and Tuesday.--I flattered myself, that the agreement to a..projeet of convention, founded upon a basis' which I had the honour to propose; and which I had hoped would be agreeable to his 'Majesty the 'Emperor anal, King, would put it, in my power to prove immediately to his Majesty the Emperor, my master, that I had fulfilled his in tentions, and had the good fortune to have done . so successfully. Deprived for two days of the poiver _of - seeing your Excellency, of following up and concluding,' in - conjunction - with you, a work so importaneand So urgent, in consequence of the circumstances that are to be submitted to us,.that not- a single day. should he lost ; and seeing the• certainty overthrown with which I had flattered' myself . that , this 'work would . . be finished without delay, and which might , lead to, the coliclusibn that it ought to have, ri?.ineiy, that of preventing the fatal conseqUences the close approach which has been - made -by tire army of his'Majesty the-, EMperor and King to that of the Emperor, my master, it no'* remains for me to provide for my responsibility 'towards my Court, by officially ac quitting myself, in the communication which have received orders tb make to your Excellency,' and which hitherto have been only made Verbally. ". I am ordered to declare to your Excellency, that the preservation of i'russia, and her indepen dence from every political engagement directed against Russia, isindispensable to the interests of his Imperial Majesty,. In-order to arrive at a real state of peace with France, it is necessary that there should be between her and Russia a neutral country, which shall not. be occupied by the troops of either of the two powers ; that as the entire policy of his Majesty the Emperor, my rims'- , tar, is calculate'. to preserve solid and stable prin ciples of amity With Prance; which canna 4 distji so long as foreign armies continue to be quarterett, so. near the Penssian" frontiers, the first basis or •negociation„ can he no- Other than, a formal en' gagement or a coin lets` evacuatiOn- of .the Prns - States, and of all the strong places of Pro-, sia, whatsoever may have been the period ant the, pretext of their 'occupation by the French or Allied Troops ; of i diminution of the garri7 son of Dantzic ; the, evacuation of Swedish Fo - , merania; and an yrangemeat with the Eing 0 r Sweden, calculated to - give niutusd satiZaCtion t° the Crowns of France and Sweden. I,lllllst declare, that when the measures aboYe mentioned shall be acquiesced in on the ptrt of France, as the basis of the arrangement-to be concluded, .1 shall be- permitted to promise,. tb' tt e such arrangements may include, on the part °L - his Majesty the Emperor, my master, the follow' ing engagements : " Without deviatin g from the principl e ' adopted by the Emperor of all the Russias for tbc , commerce of his States, and for the admission ar neutral's into the ports of his dominions—principl e ' which his Majesty can never renounce, he bin ds himself, as a proof of his adherence to the alliance formed at Tilsit, not to adopt any change of th' prohibitive measiires.eitablistied in Russia, and 'Se' 'verely Ob..;erved to the present time, against direc t trade with England. His Majesty is also ready t°_, agree with his Majesty the Emperor of the Frew:l,' and King of Italy, with respect to a system '° Licenses to be introduced into Russia, in the sa.o manner as in France; it being always understoo d, that it cannot be admitted tiU it has been ascer tahsed that it is not calculated to - augment the de:. terioration already experienced by the trade 0 ' Russia. . •-- " His Majesty the Emperor Of all the Russi 3s Will engage also by this Convention, to treat, by partichlar' arrangement, for certain modification s, such as may he desired by France for the adval l ' tage of her trade in the Custom dutiesimposed by Russia in.-ISIO. . " Finally, his Majesty will also consent to bird . himself to conclude a treaty of exchange, 'of tll e Duchy- - of Oldenburg for a suitable equivalen t ' whiCh -shall be:proposed by his Majesty the IfAnP e : .ror and_King, and in .which his Imperial illojes r Y . . will declare the protest-withdrawn which. be Vfa i ' about to publish, to. support the rights his fam i l to tile Duchy of Oldenburg. •jel l .Such arc, my Lord Duke, the grounds, Av have been ordered to point out, aiid the obi' s " sign of which, in -what relates to the evacusti°, of the PruSsian States and Swedish..Pomeran i ' l- ; 'the reduction Of 'the '.garrison. of Dautz.ic to It establishment, previous to the -Ist of JanuarY IS'I 1 ; and the promise of a negociator with, :-4‘ve den, can alone render possible au amicable airy - ° l O - ' merit bet Ween our Courts. • • tie It is with much regret, notwithstanding time which has elapsed since I communicated tbel, verbally to your Excellency, that I still fin I 111 : t5 self altogether uncertain with respect to the cif' of my ?roceedings. "7 N twithstauding the - favourable infer" r s which 1 was hippy to draw from the inter Oe s , which his Imperial and Royal .Majcsty Pl efs , med to grant e 'on Monday, as well as the - , y .anCesl fcceived froM • your Exeellenc, ""ii not forbear to inform 'your Ex N ,etleuey. of. that which I-represented to his Majesty t % Emperor, as well as. formerly to you, viz, - to.iny great regret the intelligence should reg 6 Me that Count Lauriston had quitted Petersbu r c t; I would conceive it my, duty to.apply immediat for passports, and quit Paris. (Signed) " Prince ALEX. KURAg-I. boat '.lftiAvEtt-lArdAolt, 1 'Waterford. DI: E-1 Cadiz, 1 ;As , 1 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS pAY TwF.LvE•o'cLoCg. Consols 551 i I Red. Anu.....56f 1 Oinnium 1 • THE SUN. SOLEM QC'S DICERE FALIC3I AUDEAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1812 • Last night French Papers, arrived, tontaiiii4e intelligence of the greatest importance, viz' t ; ij o whole of the correspoutlence between the and French Governments, a letter from the fil e° 0 01 Minist6fot;Foreign Affairs to Lord CAsTwie ;te , in April.last, containing a proposal to negot and LgrcECASTLEitEAGH's Answer. These PP e rs h also .contain the first. two Rulleiins of the Fr er'-' y Army.. We have not room at-present to offer al) comments upon these- most important docurrie'lt.' treat This Morning an -Anil()lt Mail arrived: frool length and importance of our ertracts f r°Tl' .tc t the French Papers, we can only give4n abs tl s of its contents. On the 22d June, 80 . oN Al ' Ag'r 7 bf' declared war against Russia, anti on th 5t t e' ‘1 " -- • • • re passed the Russian frontiers .' All the iii- c • corps of - the French 'army were in motio,a, ICC were advancing towards Russia., CAuLtioTc()l; had been sent on 'a mission to AteicANDß l '' had_ retrneii without acLoMplishing finis U 5 i(4 1. -gel, • Government have this mo - ornin received ligenee that a Danish frigate and seven 1/1.•; escaped from . Christia•nsand, and had been -cl,o' into Ahrendaple on the following day, -b6v.e be ct)' destrQyed. Letters. have been received from the Nall'tje France, which contradict the rumour of a I° , : et havingbeen fought. Som . epassengers thatcalnewe in the vessels that brought the letters state, t"t oP } Dc greatest discontent prevails throughout account of the " dearness of bread, Which i s ' k)ound,