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, • ri;ories and pOssessiotig of his most Fanful iCrajest' 4 neral Clarke weighed upon a proposed addition.of ;he word " (d) part Out ; at‘d when asked fbr ex-, planation, said, he thought His Britannic Majesty, might occupy some of his Most Faithful Majesty's. foreign possessions. The integrity of his'Swedish Majesty's dominions in the usuarmannei. Having dismissed these points,' 'Gen. Clarke. stated the demands of France : Pondi cherry,. St. Lucie, 'Tobago, Surinam, Goree ; De vierara, Berbice, 'Essequibd. The' recognition in the usual words, " (e) est re connuk" of the different branches of the reigning:fa mily ; of the Eleaors of Bavaria and Wirtemburgh as Kiogs - of the 1 - INv. Dukes of Cleves, Baden, and Darmstadt.' • " .4. , Iry discuipkvr for many hours, these demands, I . ;rieverfor , ',a ins:ant :Admitted . the possibility of his M— ale consenting to theces'sions required. I sought,. however, to ascertain to what extent, and in what !mantier,7they could beinoclified. • , , • Virst Inelesure ( A ). —copy of a Note from M. Talleyrand to the Earl of Yarmouth, dated July 22d, 1806. MY LORD, ' • Paris, 22d July, t 806.. • I have the honour to inform your' Excellency, .•, •. that, having laid . liefore his Majesty the Emperor • the copy . of the full powers from his Britannic Ma lesty, which you have clone me the honour to com • umeicate to ,me , officially,l have received his Ma jest's orders to inform you, that he .has made choice of his Excellency General Clarke, his Principal Pri vate Secretary, to negotiate a!id conclude the Treaty • .which is to_put an•end to, the present war, and re ., store at length to Europe, and to the cominerce of the tVOrld, that Peace and Tranquillity which have been so long-interrupted. .1 bare just tranmitted to General.elarke .his .Majesty's orders, and I have no doubt that he will innuediotely arrange with ,your Excellency the opening of a 'Negotiation, 'to the re unit of which are attached such important interests, and the prompt issue of which appears to me to be equally desired by both Governments and both Na tions, . I 'request your Excellency to accept , the assurances of my distinguished consideration. (Signed) , Cu. MAU. TALTAYRAT , TD, Prince of Beneventp. Second Inelosure (13.)—Copy of a Note from the Earl of Yarmoutl) to M. Talleyrand,"dated July zzd, 'SIR, • Paris, I uly'zzd, 666. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your ExcellencY's . Letter, acquainting 'rue with the choice made by the Emperor of his Excellency Ge aeral Clarke; his Principal Private Secretary, for the purpose of negotiating• and concluding the Treaty iittlich is to put an end to the present War. 2 I.request that your Excellency will be persuaded of the earnestness with which I shall enter into ar rangements on this subje& with General Clarke as 400tVas his Excellency' shall inform me of his wishes in .this respeEt. • . I request your Excellency to accept the assurances of my distinguished consideration. • YARMOUTH. Third Inclosure (C).-- , -Copy of General' Clarke's rull Powers. Unimportant, being in the usual terms. Pourth Inclqsure (D).—Extrza from a Paper read to General I.:larlie by the Earl of situation in which the two Belligerent Powers are now placed by the course of the events of the var, leaving few points of immediate contract be %Aween them, or on which they may not, according to all appearance, come now to an understanding, his Britannic Majesty, animated, nojess than the tippet - or of the French, with a desire to, put an end to the calamities of war, has authorised the Under signed (furnished.with the full powers of his jesty) to. discuss the basis, and to giYe full of e& to thi; reciprocal desire. The immense acquisition's made by France since the commencement of hostilities, and the dire& and immediate influence which - she has obtained, having entirely changed the political system of Europe, His •Britannie Majesty finds himself obliged to seek in ..the conquests he has made, and in the poskssion Of Malta, a ; just and seasonable counterpoise.. His. M ajesty would, consequently, treat generally on the basis of the uti possidelis." . at-the same time understood that the German Possessions of fik Britannic Majesty, .of which he was deprived from motives foreign to the War be- tween the two PowerS, shall be restored to him en tire: • • • It is likewise understood, that the Peace shall se+ cure the integrity.of the territories and possessions of . the Su-rAirne Porte, of his most Faithful Majesty, of his Majety the King of Sweden, and the present Mate of Switzerland. inciasure F). Copy of an Article proposed by Gene:. ral Claikc to Oh , Fart of Yarmouth, tor the Maintenance of the integrityuf the Ottoman Empire. The two Contraaing Powers reciprocally guarantee the entire and absolute integrity and independence of the Ottoman Empire;They will mutually . oppose the pretentious of any Power to any thing contrary to the usages, the rights of sovereignty, and the posses-, sion of the Subliitte Porte. 'No. —E . iatact trom a Dispatch from Mr Secretary Fox to - - -the Fart of Y i'roluuth, tl4ied DOWoingtrect, Int) :6,18.6. MY, 1,07t1), Downing.:street, July 26, t 206. Your Lordship's Dispatches, conveying- the morti fying- intelligence of the signature of a separate Treaty between Russia and France, were received here yesterday ; and . his Majesty's Ministers, have since had the opportunity of being acquainted with the precise terms of that Treaty, which, it appears, bad not in all respects bean accurately represented to your Lordship. The King was most particularly 'struck 'with the great diffetence which was perceived between the aetual arrangement made'yespe&ifig Sicily, and that which had been described to your Lordship. In writing to your Lordship, it is not necessary to dwell on the humiliating conditions to. which M. POubril has thought proper to bind his Sovereign. Pf, that Minister's miscoudut% your Lordship ap pears fully sensible; and I doubt not you exerted yourself to the utmost to present it. When this .F, , as found irnPra6licable, your Lordship uts natu rally placed in Circumstances of considerable Oa culty, and for which every allowance is to be made. But it is necessary for me to say, frankly, that it would on the whole have been snore .satisfaaory to the King's Servants, if your Lordship had waited to know the impression which this new event might create here; before you had produced your, full powers. (I) m every part of the World. kOk (e) Is recognized 4 . . It was_ ti?r iginany acla red. by= you (Lordship to M. Talleyratid, that your full powers -Were not fo be produced ,till the French Government 'should e reverted to the basiS'of Negotiation. _originally pro-. posed by themselves ; that of the.uti pass/dew uni versally, with the 'single exception of Hanover. , By sub Sequent instructions, your Lordship had -indeo been , acquainted that, in compliance wit h the wish so strongly expre . ssed. by the ..11ussian Negotiator at Paris, his Mapesty would not - refuse 'to enter into the consideration of such proposals as might be made to him for a: fair - equivalent to be. given to•lis Sici lian Majesty, in lieu of Sicily, with the, full and free Consent of that Igonarch. The-proposal of such an equivalent, and its acceptance by his Majesty's Go vernment, would have, replayed the Negotiation Oo its original footina, that of a !di possiddis, to be departed from' only t ' by mutual consent, in those cases where any exchange for a reasonable equiva lent might meet the ideas of both parties; and the case for the production of your Lordship's full powers would thus have arisen clearly and unequi vocally. Even as the matter now stands, it does not certainly preclude discussion. But this might have been continued unofficially. And it is apprehended that, by producing your powers on the very day after the signature. of the Russian Treaty, an itnprwssion may have been-created very unthvourable to the fur ther progress of the Negotiation: In the situation to which the busineSs is now brought, his Majesty thinks it necessary to lose no time , in taking every proper step for replacing the, discussions between the two countries on their ori ginal footing. The first proposals made by Vrance were, that sa Plenipotentiary should be spit frOm hence with full powers to treat, and -to canktude' a' 'separate Peace with .France and her Allies. This was •d . eclined here—not front. any unwiiiitwxess to t:hter cussiods for Peace on just and honourable terms, an object which his Majesty has uniformly 'expressed himself desirous of accomplishing, but because the King. was bound by .engagetnents to.flaisia which preclUded laitit from treating otherwise than in con . cert with. that Power. Subsequently to this, a proposal eras conytted 'through your Lordship for the conclusion Of peace on the basis so often referred.to ; and the interme diate communications received from Itus4a enabled his Mojesty, consistently with good tiiith, lo enter tain those proposals, and: to e?(Rress his disposition, to accede to them, prov idedthat, in the mode of treat ing and concluding, the Most intimate Concert should still be maintained with Russia. . The r -traordinary step taken by M. D'Oubril has now removed all nece s sity of Itarther reserve on' this point:: . His Majesty, in this state of thing; thinks ite Proper to combini together the two proposals whitqi he has at different, periods received from Prance.;.: and, as the difficulty which before prevented the sending froin this Country a public Minister, open ly accredited, to treat for peace, now no longer sub sistseand as an acceptable basis of Negotiation has been proposed to him by the Enemy, his Majesty directs, that , your Lordship should apply to M. Tal-- /eyrand for pasgports for . a Public .11.inister so autho rized and. accredited, to ctO it-is his Majesty's gracious, intention to join your Lordship, in the tull powers ,to be granted by his Majesty. The great advantages which the King's Service will derive from the employment- of a person fully instructed as to the sentiments,of his Majesty's Go vernment on all the various -points of discussion that may arise, cannot fail to strike your Lordship in ,the :same ; light in which they are seen here ; and the Kings :Servants entertain no doubt of your Lordship's zealous and, hearty co-operation in the exectitiozi of the joint iniitru'Oions which 'such a 'perots will bring with him. I have only therefore to add, that your Lordship may assure ht. Taile'yratul, that as soon as the necessary passports are received, . there shall not be an hour's delay its his setting out '; and that his Majesty's Government continues ar dently to Wish for the conclusion of Peace, proviSid it can be accomplished on' the same grounds of na tional honour which ,have never been lost sight Of here. No. a4.--Extrad of a Dispatch •from Mr. Secretary Fox to the Earl or Yam - loud), dated Du‘,voiog-street, filly 23. Aix et) k Down leg- strccr e (Lily 28, Your LordThip'S dispatch of the 24th instant was received here this. moruiqg, and, as it is probable thAt la the course of this day, or. to morrow at far thest, your Lordship will receive mine of the instant, I do not think, it necessary - to do more at' present. than to request that your Lordship will as sure -M Telleyraed that immediately.on the receipt of the passports, which you ta\e been instructed to demand, the Earl of Lauderdale, who has been humbly recommended to his Majesty fer this im purtaut trust, ivill be prepared 'to set 'out ; 'and that he will, therefore, of course, be with your , Lordship in a very few days rom this date. I need hardly observe to your Lordship, that it is of the utmost importance that in the interim your Lord ship should avoid taking any step, or even holding any language, which may • tend in the smallest de• gree to commit the opinion of his Majesty's Go vernment on any part of the matters now de pending. . - No 23.—Copy of a Dispatch from the Earl of Yarmouth to Mr. Secretary Fox, dated Paris, I illy - 30th, 1306.—Re. ceivcd August tst., SIR, Paris, luly I had the honour to receive your dispatch of the 26th instant, late at night, on the 28th, and next Morning lost no time in asking for blank pass- ports for a person fuily instructed with the' sen timents of his Majesty's Government, whom. it was their intention to join with me in the ini porrant Coiinnission of treating for Peace. M. Tal leyraud told me hp must take the Emperor's ordets; I accordingly returned this day, when that Minister informed me,..that the Emperor could consider this demand in no other", light but that of unnecessary delay, because his - Majesty's Secretary of State was actually in possession of a blank , passport, which. would enable any person or persons to • come to Paris :without the loss,of time occasioned b this de-' viand, but that " pour surcroit de facilites," there could -b'e no difficulty about giving more. I answered that I had no knowledge of this circum stance. M. Talleyrand said it was certain, because he bad sent two entit - ely in blank, and -that one Only had been used, namely,' that, with' which I returned; - • .It is unnecessary for mit to add any think to what 1, I have already said in' my fernier dispoteit4s, rela • . , , , signature of the ilusstan Treaty; any' t . InaccAracy In the Staterunst 'of its contents, such as enabled to. tr:insinit them', may easily be ac 7 ' ; conined tot- by the citTurnstance of my not having sc'en -the Treaty itself, and b the onvYillitigneSs: NI. IYonsril naturally to 'open himself to me on tlrit ini.'()rmed the at the time that :illo , 11:1 st,!11(.1 a coPy to M. De Strogonetf, ho ouLi comtniiiiicate it to ilk IVlajesty's — Ministers. 1: is with, pain, Sir, proportioned to my zeal for 7',l , +:,e!dyr,!-; service, and to the fair and honest con= vi.tion of ray - having dune nothing which trying circumstances of. the Moment did' not require f!..0nl ine,that I have learnt by the dispatO ihq oxriki.'ssion e,f.a wish that I 'had delayed the pro . duOion of my full powers till I, couli Isut)W the impresiion witHt the event of the Russian pro(lnce ,in his Majesty's Council's, a.wl the 'apprehension that : by the producing. them, . so soon utter the signature of tige Russia') TreatY,, ari impxe-sion niight b;, created unfavourable to fur titer .prokre - Ss of,the Negotiation. .If the questinn regar&d only my. own perscinal feelings,' I should not think myself at, liberty to: • allot to It so large •a . portion of a public diSpltch but it may not, I conceive, be unUseful, with a vie*: . , • to the 6)11(101 of the Negotiation; that you should be apprized of so.me details which Liviye hitherto omitted dwelling upon, partly from the urgency of more important subje&s, and partly from my desire { not' to trespass upon- your attention to so great an extent. I. treat, Sir, that his Majesty will see in these details. Wher.withal to justify my cdudua in the di'llicult situation in which I was placed. The line of Holland and 'Naples' were setAltd be fore I was honotin:ed with 'llis'itl*sty's confidence. My cotiver:itions here witl)M. Tallpyrand soon con i:incA me that Itiese welt only preludes to stj . ll greater chattgei iii . the system of Europe'. I saw at the same time'a great desire of Ne(itration, before the final ekecut i‘in Of some of the Etn peror's. schemes should have removed every 'hope ofits being attended with success. • ' • This opini , al,i not preconCeived - or lightly taken up, but gradually formed from a variety of eircum-, stance,;,'WaS cOnfirmed by the nature of the otkrs. held out, unofficially indeed, but in such clear and • uneciuivocarterms, that it was• impossible to enter,' taiii anydon4t of the intention of this Government to adhere to them. The point Which of all others was the Most essen . tial, and thiit on :which satisfadtion was (Int to the national, honour and to•that of his Majesty, Hanover, x`vould f was assured, be given up without restric tion foss Ldid not then know we should be asked to allow the King Of Prussia to obtain the Sovereign- : ty ofsome of the lesser Principalities. . . , I received similar assurances about Malta, and the Cape °Good Hope ; no.have I any reason to doubt htit: - Ifi'at before Russia had made her Peace sepa 7 rately, titese ,tern rs might hove been obtained, and the Treaty had\ solely for its basis the zits with the sole exception in our favour of -Hanover re stored, and latterly indeed of some atrangetnents. tolerable to all parties, in exchange for.. Sicily. M. Talleyrand.held'the mite languageto me with 'reipeq to Russia, which he had before held. with. teSpea to tilt; of Qertnany You have now been here a nannth ; we laws:. been 'willing to ' - i.ionyetses with you to give you Insight into our views', and to cotriiiinnicate'thedi to - the British Go vertnnent..-We told you; that if you had the powers, and would enter into negotiation, we - would not sign -the arrangement of Germany„ reason:thle - time was left for you to consult yglIT Government . ; we • had. too answer. The arrangement was ~siko6d, et Notts n'ell .teviendron. •.Ve. now ask you' whether you will treat betbre Russia haS signed,. which .will not pass two days:" • It cannot be necessary to state my answer to such a proposition. I will only add, th.it the Treaty with Ra'ssia was signed within the time . men tioned, and then commenced the disculFy of my situation. Switzrland," I was 'told by the same " rity, is on the eve of undergoing a great change. " This cannot, be averted but by a Peace with Eng land -, but stilt less can we alter, tbr liny other " consid'eration, our intention of Invading Portugal. The Army destined for that pUrpose is already as " sembling at Bayonne.' This is for the determina, non of Great, Britairt." . . But; I contesS the point of all others 'the mos( 'de- . Cisive ill inducing me to produce my full powers, was the language held respecting Prussia. " :Prussia detbandS from us a declarationrespNl, ing Hanover ; we cannot consent wantonly to lose the only Ally Fratice has had since: the'ReVolnlion ; the Oclaration once made " Nous n'en pouvons nons rctra6.tet." Would volt have uS brew entirely with Prussia, when we cannoteven . saythat Great Britain will negotiate with us'? . Are you . hereonly M with orders to delay Our . eaStires till the season of theyettr Makes exertionimposSible,Or can you treat? If so, is not the assurance we give you that Hanb.. 7 ' vet I`.lalta, and the Cape, shall riot be contested', sufficient to induce younto do so ) Must we lay -be fore the British Government our exact terms, before they will• : - .CVen avow necrotiation with co'•great' a l'ower as that of Franc;? Or shall we' execute our other projeas, as we did those in Holland and Naples ?" Undoubtedly, Sir, conversations of this sort, con . firrited even as they were by the events passing un-. der my eyes, could never have induced the to com mit ins Majesty's confidential servants upon any point upon which Iliad - not received their instruc tions, and which left no time to receive them ;, but _4 did not think myself at liberty to shift 'from my self the restadigibdity thus thrown upon me, at the risk of seeing' Portugal and SWitzerland share the stune 'fate which Germany has just experienced, and' Hanover confirmed to Prussia, until such time as his - Majesty's arms should recover the possession of it. ' • ofproceeding of this Government left .me no alternative. • Either to avow negotiation, or shut up every opening to it, was my only - option. that I pledged his Majesty to nothing ex cept the faa - of negotiation already privately known ,to every Court in Europe. I carefully forbore giving any written.paper,.or admitting even the possibility of any other basis than that of uti possidetis. I have ascertained the real extent of the .preten sions of France ; and I did consider myself to have prevented a great .eviLat small expence, by ,having given time to yourself and his Majesti.s other con , .... , • .. lidentialServants, tolinavide, by ibefurthet instruc floes you might judge proper, for the ipterest_of the Powers, thus, for the moment at least, saved from the grasp of France. - . . ... I persuade. Myserf, thal the motives h; re detailed; ur.6n which I aged at the moment, will plad'e in a . .s4ohger light the difficulties of my positi.)n .;, and will, on further consideration, obtain bis Atajcsty!s gricious approbation of the condua which I thought myself obliged to hold in consequence, ' : . His Majesty's' Ministers would hav,e• relieved me 'from MuCh ,painful reslionsibility, if they 113 d com manded ma to proceed no 'furl her, .ancl. witit the ar rivalOf the- person alluded to, and for whom I have the honour to enclose the necessary passport, which I have thiS Moment received. . . Mr. Goddard, whom a' long re s idence in Fi - anre; . independent of his abilities and correa information on. what has passed - hei-e, renders entirely able to glue his NlljeSty's Mipisters e.-ery explanation they 0 . . • .. may wish for, is so god to take.this dispatch with hiin to England„ - where be is returning at the end ai his long captivity n this country, • 1 bast the honour to be, Sir, &c. . . . (To 6e con' tiwrea'.) Y A 11 M o;Yrii. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF PEERS. MONDAY, DLC. Th:.' Marquis of Sligo, tae Earls of Uktiridge, Powi,;., and Lord Vicotint Gag, took 'the 0:Itlis and their seats. Colonel Drii;l;c:T.ter, from the Cornalis,:ionerg of Military It miry, presented the Third Report of that Board ;• which was or' red to lie on the. Table, and 10 be pritited. •• .• ' • • Mr. Johnson, from the Office of Chief Secretary forireland, presented the 4th Report of the Com missioners of Inquiry in that country ; which was also ordered to lie on tb table and tvo be.printed. The Earl of AYLE*OIID ' staitA that His Majesty had been waited on with the AddresS'.of That' HOuse,. to sthich His Majesty had bet iii pleased to feturn-a most graCious Answer, tfiattking the 11 . )4e for their determination to concur' in eter . y measure which the exigency of afairs . mighi•r,quire; : • , . THE LATE NEGOTIATION. . Lord GRENVILLE presented, by .his Majesty's command, the Papers respvaing the late Negotiation. fn Moving. his Lordship said, to fix a day for : the dis= . cussion, it Was his wish, witbkvery regard for their Lordships' conVenienet, that on the one hliid suf ficient time should be given for-the consideration of this 've'ry important subje&, whilst; on the other, that no longer delay 'should take t han was' ab solutely necessary, in the expression of the opinion of that House, with respea to the result of the Ne gotiation. His LOrdship concluded by moving, That the Papers be taken into consideration on Fri day the 2d January.—Ordered. VICTORY OF NIAID4. Lord GRE,VVILLE said he rose - for the r;urpOse of moving the Thanks of the House for the bril liant exploit performed 'by Sir John Stuart in Ca• labria. lle had ever been of opinion, that the high honotir conferred by a Vote of Thanks of that House oaght to be reservM 11:r great occitsionF, for deeds "of valour of a superior description, for a&lions which tended to throw a lustre around the' British name, or materially to benefit the interests of the country. It was because : he held this opi9ion that he thought the vidtory gained by Sir John' Stuart, in Calabria, deseryin of the Thanks' of that House. It was a vititort* wlichthongli it might not hi its con, - sequences have any material .eff'oc.t 'upon the war, was yet in itself so brilliant, so highly honourable to the British arms, and so. well calculated,to show what could he efK:aed by British troops against a greatly superior tie:Tither of the Enemy, that he thought the -General who had achieved it highly deserving of -the gratitude of his Country. The number of our troops engaged in the battle of-Maida were less than 6QOO ;• the numbers of the enemy opposed to them. were certainly more than BOpo '; the number of the killed, wounded, and prisoners of the Enemy in - :the action, % ancharising - .from the oonsequences,of that enfficrement, amounted to more than the whole number of the British troops engaged. So brilliant an exploit -was, he, conceived, fully entitled to an acknowledgment from that House. Whilst our Officers and Soldiers were lighting the battles of their Cduntry bravely and succestillly, it- became their • Countrymen to perform their part by giving them the reward of public gratitude. This was more peen incumbent on their Lordships as ranking amongst the higher classes of society, and the ex pre3sion of Whose, gratitude, therefore, came with the more weight, produced a greater effea. The A&ion for which he was about to move their Lord ships' Thanks was one which was advantageous to rho interests.and conducive to the honour of the Country, and which served to raise still 'higher the charaCte.; of' Britain. His Lordship concluded by-moving a • Vote of Thanks' to Major General Sir John ! Stuart, Brigadier-Generals Cote - and Arland,' nnd the Officers under the command of Sir John Stuart, in the action in Calabria, on the 4th of July last; and alSo an acknowledgineot of the services of the non-commissioned officers and' soldiers . eugaged in that acaion both which motions were agreed to nem. (Liss. Adjourned till Wednesday the 31st inSt, HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY, DEC. 22. Mr. PETER MooRR presented a Petition from Mr. Bowyer, of the Historic Gallery, Pal:-Mall, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable Mr. Bowyer w draw by a separate Lottery, in case the next State Lottery should not contain a sufficient number of tickets for his purpose. The Hon. Gentletrian observed that Mr. Bowyer had concluded to draw his Lottery, and given it out to the Public, that it should certainly take place by the State Lottery which wassdrawn in Oaober last, but unfortunately for Mr. Bowyer, that Lottery con taining. only 20,000 tickets, 'he was of course pre vented, and which dclav, the Hon: Gentleman observed, has been attendAl with a considerable loss to Mr..Bowyer. Capt.. FIIEEMANTI,E gave notice that on Wednes day he would. move. that the Order for-considering.- the.P4itioh . , respeating thi; SaltaSh EletAion shousu be postponed for a few daps.