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TniRTY-THIRD BULLETIN OE THI GRAND. ARMY. ARMISTICE BETWEEN PRUSSIA AND FRANCE, BERLIN, Nov. i7. 7 --The annexed suspenSion of arms was signed yesterday at Charlottenburgh.: The season is rather advanced. Th'Ts -suspension. of arms settles the quarteri of the' army. :fart of. Prussian Poland *is thus occupied by the French army, and part of it is neuter. . His Majesty the Emperor of the French, King of Italy,. and his Majesty the King of Prussia, in conse quence of Negotiations opened since the 23d 06ober last, for the re-establishment or peace so, tin-` happily interrupted between them, have judged cessary to agree upon a st pension of : arms, and for this purpofeihave appointed,for - their Plenipotenti=- aries ; to wit Flis Majesty the Emperor: of the French; King of Italy . ; the General of Division Mi chel Duro; Grand Insignia of the Legion of Ho nour, Knight of the. Orders: of• the'BlaCk'lagle and Red'Eagle of PruSs6;•'and 'of`Fidelity - tf Baden,.. and Grand Marshal of the' Imperial- Palace ; and his Majesty .the King of Prussia, the Marquis of • Lucchesini, his. Minister of State, Chamberlain; - and Knight of 'the ()filers - of he Black Eagle and Red .Etigle of Prussia, and 'General Frederic William de -,Zastrow, Chief of,the Regiment and Inspe&or neral of Infantry, ,aufl Knight of the Orders'Of the Red. Eagle and of Merit ; -who, ,- after liming ex changed their : full poWerS, have agreed upoil. the following . . ARTA. The troops of his. Majesty the King of Prussia; ..who.are at. present upon the right bank of the Vistula, shall 'assemble at. Koenigsberg, and in Royal Prussia from the right Bank of the . Vistula: • I. The troops of his Majesty the Emperor of the French'," King of, Italy, shall-occupy the part of ,- - - Southern Prussia • which is on the right bank of theNistula.as far as the mouth . of the Bug, Thorn, the fortress and 'town of I.; rautientz, the town and citadel of Dantztc, - the towns of Colberg and .I..enczyc, which shall:be delivered to them for security; and In Silesia, the towns of Glogau•and Breslau, vititlrthe portion • of that Province which is,on the right bank of the Oder, and the part of that situated upon the left hank ;of- the same river, which will have for limit a line bordering upon that river, five leaves above Bre'sl'au; passing IhrOugit Ohlau, Tobson, three leagues . behind . -SchweirAnitz, and without, comprising it, and from thence to Prey Mug, Landshut, and joining Bohemia to - Lieban. • • ; • The'Other parts of Eastern Prussia,,orNew Eastern Prussia, shall not be occupied by any of the" ariefieg, either • rencl, Prussian, or Russian and it the Russian troops are thine,- . his Majesty the_King of Prussia engages tomake them m fall back to Li? own "territory; aslitso but: to receive any . troops 01 - that PoWer into his. States during the time of the Sli.Spe;,Sii)ll 0; Arms. IV. The FortiesseS Of fraritelo and Niedberg, as well as. r • those mentioned in Article 11. shalt be delivered up to the French troops, with, their .arms and s!o•es, of which an vehtory stiall tie made out within •a , veetk after She exchange of the ratifications of the present iii:spe , ,s'oo of aims: The garrisons of these fortresses shall rot prisoners of war-,-tney shall' he allowed to:marci, ip. Konigsberg, and they shall be allowed - the • neaess..g facilities' for Chit tiue •. • • pose. • 11 be continued at Chailotten V.. The negotiations sha burgh.; and should peat:e . not - follbw. the . two High Con trading Parties engage not to resume hostilities until having Teciprocallv given notice to each othcr ten clays beforehand., VI. The present suspensin of arms shall be ratified by the two High . contrar,ting Parties, and the exchange of rati ications shall take place at Graudentz, at farthest by the stst of the .p resent month. In faith of which, the.undersigned Plenipotentiaries have litiled the present, and have .et twit their respettive seals. Given at C harkt ten bu rgh, Noverner 16, .1110. (Signed) DU 'ROC, LUCCHESINI; ZASTROW. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS IREPECIVSG THE LATE NEGOTIATION BETWZEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND. (No. 1.) eI!SIR. Dpwning-street, Feb. 20, Sc 6. " I think it my duty, as an honest man, to give you the earliefit informaoou of a .strange circum7 s'ance. which has come to my knowledge.: :The Thortesfyvay Will' be ,to relate to you the.fiftsimply as it happened.. • : • - " Some - days ago a certain pergmAppounced tome that he had lately landed at Oravesend ,without a hasvort, and he begged me to-scud‘ one, as he ad lately arrived from Paris, 'arid had things to in form me of which wgulclgive : nrepleasure. . I conversed with him alone'in roy_closet, when, after some dis 7 course of little importance, fhe wretch had the:au dacity to tell me, that to -danquillize. all Crownsi- it. ;vas necessary to put. the.,Chiel of the Vrench.natiop to death ; and that for this purpose a house had been lirred.at.Passy,- froM i,Vhence this detestable project Could, be executed secarelyand without ri4k. I have not.tvell understood whether this NYOS 'to be dope by the fire arms ,at present in use, .or by. others of a new construetion. lam not ashamed," Sir, to confess to you,' Who know. me, that my confusion was extreme I. found myself. conversing. ,with an avowed 'consequence of this cOtit l usion I order ply to dePart, giving at the same t') , the POI;ce . 01 - Iict.n . who guarded ; the Coyntras soon Alter lied more deliberately upon just done, I pi-n-ceivetithat 'I had. done , letting birn depart ,befaire . y ; on =slxorild he :it. it ; therefore caused. him to be -den Into. - _ probability • is, that all" this Ts nothing, and di .1 ta. VvreiCli had riothirg else. in view tlAn to at the part of a boaster,• in promising me things acror.iing to. .mode of thinking, tic uld give me pleasure .at all events,, I thought that I ought to intOrm you of what has passed, before I sent him out of the Country. Our.law s do not permit us to detain him long ; but he shall not set out until you slL.ll ; :have had time sufficittrit,,to take precautions against his attempts, supposing that hp still entertains bad design ; and when he shall quit the Country I shall take care .that he be landed at some port as-dis tant as, possible from France._ He called himself here Guillet De La Gevrilliere, but I think that is au assumed name. He had not a scrap of paper to shew me, and, on-his first appearance, I did him thq li.)oour to believe him to be a spy.. •, " I have the honour of being, with tha most per fe6i. attachment, Sir, a Your Very obedient Servant, • - . " ,C.-.J.,F0x," (NO. g) . " SIR, "March 5 . , — i806. " I have laid your Itcelleocy's letter before the . eyes of his Majesty.' His first words, after having .finished the, reading it, were the'se=-' I p erceive Lere the principles of 'honour - and . of Virtue which • - ,have always animated Mr. ,Yo c.' He added.,- 1 ..‘ 'hank hitn on . ,my part ' • And tell hirn, that wbe ..ther filo politics 9t his Sbv:ereigii ,shall oblige us to ntin le long at War, - or 'whether a quarrel,•s6 use- , .he.. cause . pf humanity, shall . havea '/iOn 'as speedy as the two Nations -45 tghi to desire, I rejoice at the new charaCter that, by this step; thy war has alrearly4ken,' and which is the 15reiageof, what , may be exNeted from a Cabinet, whose prin ciples I . haVe a pleasure .in appreciating, after. thOSe ofOilr.. Fox ,'One of the men wklo is the most . forkned to feel in all things what is noble, and what' is✓truly treat. . „ •" I than not permit thyself, Sir, to . add any thing .to the expressions of his Imperial_ an,cl .. .itoyal Ma jesty, I. only pray you to receive the assurance of my highest Consideration. • • . - (Signed) . Cn. M. TALLEYRANDk. " Prince of Benevento," (No. 3.) " SIR, ;4 bowniiii-street, Marc)i 26, 1 . 806., " The:information,, that your Excellency has given me of the pacific disposition of your Govern- - menst; have induced me 'to 'fix„particularly the at tent ion of the King on - that' part of •your 4xcellen-_ cy,'s. letter. . , His Majesty has declared, more than once, td hig'Parliament„, his sincere desire of embracing the first opportunity of re:establishing Peace upon solid: bases,. which: may 'be reconciled with the interests and permanent security of his People., • His dispositions are always pacific ; but it is to a sure and lasting PeaCe that his. Majesty looks, and not to a truce, uncertain, and; on that account, bar rassing floth to the Contrading Parties and to the rest of Europe. • As to , thestipulations of the Treaty•of Amiens., which, might be proposed as.the bask of the nego tiation, it has been remarked that this phrase ;may - be interpreted in three or 'four different ways ;;and • that, consequently, farther 'explanations would be come necessary, which 'could not fail .to cause a. great delay, even although there should beano other objeetions. The true basis of such a Negotiation.between . . two great Powers, who equally . disdain every -4e degree of. chicanery, ought to -be a reciprocal ac knowledgrnent;on'both sides-; of the following -prin .ciples ':—That it ought :to be the .objeCt of the two . Parties, that 'the Peace should be honourable `'or both of t;ern, and for their respeCtive Allies ; and,- at' the same tinie, of,a nature to secure, .as far as _it ' is in their •pcwer, the future repose of Europe.. " England rannot negled the interests of 'any of her Allies ; and she finds herself united . toltufiiia' by such close tio , , that she would notAvish to treat, ntileh less to conclude any thing,. except, in .concert with the.• Emperor Alexander: but in the waiting 'the'.aaualinterventiou of a Russian PlehipotentiarA , ' _it is still possible to disciass, and even to arrange provisionally some of the principal points. " It might seem that Russia, on account of the distance of her position; has less immediate interests than other Powers to discuss with France ; bUt ' this Qourt, on every account so worthy of respe&, inte-. - rests itself, like England, in 'a lively.manner, respeit, ing every thing-which concerns the situation, more or less independent, of 'the different Prince's and States of Europe. • ." 'iron see, Sir, hQw' we are disposed here to - smooth all the ditliciAties• which might retard the diScussion itt question. It is not ) , assuredly, that we, ‘vith the resour,:es we possess,' have to fear the 'continuance of the war for any thing which re -1 • • gards us:•' , -The _English Nation is, of all Europe, that which suffers the least from its duration ; but we do not, on that, account, pity less the misfortunes •oiher's. •' • . " Let us; then,..ddall in our power to-put,q sto . p, to them ; and let us endeavour, if possible, to recoil...! cite the,respetaive interests and the. glory of the two countries with the tranquillity-of Europe, anci tfie happiness of the human . , " have the honour to be, with the . highest r On-, sidcration, Sir, your ,Excelleney's very humble add very obedient Servant, (Signed) " C. J. Fox.',' (No., 4.) " SIR, • " April - 1, tE76;. " The very hour that I received your letter ; of-sthe 26th I went to his Majesty, and am lOppy . tllat he has authorised roe tip. make you, without any delay, • the following ansWer ' • The Etripetror ,has:-nothing-to*sire, ~what, fngLand, poSsesses. Peace. with France is possible; and may be perpetual, as l o ng as there is not inter fertpce in its internal affairs, .and that the shalt be no wish to constrain it,_either. witb respect to its legislation respelling the Customs or the ,luties Un posed on articles of co fierce, tie' to'inake . iis flag • submit to any insult. ' " It is not you, Sir, who have shewn to alreat number of public discussions an accurate: kny,•,vledge . Of the affairs of Eur Ope. in general, and 'of France`, that there is•occasion to convince that .France has nothing _to de4ire but, peace; and a sithatiOn:Whicti may permit her to give herself,up, without ally ob stacle, to the labours of her industry. , " The Emperpr does not believe that it Was this • or that Article of the Treat) .of, Which' has • been the cause of the- war.- He is convinced, that the real 'cause of- it was the refusal to enter into a Commercial Treaty,, which would neeolarily be injurious•to the manufaaures and industry cd his Subje6ts • • . . " Your predecessors accused us of wishing to in vade every thing. - :In France, England is also ac cused. .Well, then ! we only demand equality. — We will never ask froth you any account of. what you de in. your .Country, provided ,that, in your Min, you. should ;asknno account of what we do in ours. This is tt principle of just and reasonable -eCiprocity r and 'l;6 pea ively advantageous; " You express a wish that the IS 7 egotiation.should not end, in a peace that should be without duration. France is more interested than any other Power in the stability of Peace. It is not a truce that it has an interest in making, for a truce would only prepare for it new losses. Yob know well, that nations,Te sembling individuals in this respeel, can accustom themselves,to a state of war as well, as to a state of peace, All the.losses that Franeecan.suifer 4i?oa it she has suffered, will always stiffer. in 014740 six months ofa war. At present Our commerce and our industry have retired within . themselves, and have . adapted themselves to our state of war...,On this ac— count, a true of two or three years would he r at the same time, as' opposite to our, commercial interests as to the policy of the Emperor. • .." As' to the intervention of a Foreign Power, the - Emperor might accept of a mediation of a. Power possessing gr.:at maritime . forces, f o r theit 4,sparti 7 c ipat . loll in the Peace 'would be .reguhited by the - same interests which we have to discuss with you.; but , the mediation you speak of is not of that nature. You do 'not wish to deceive us, and you perceive , that there is no equality between you and us; in the guarantee of'a Power that has - 300,000 men on foot, and which has 'no marine. . For the rest, Sir, your communication has a. charaßerof frankness and precision that we. have_ not before seen, in the . correspondence of your Court with us. I Shall' 'consider it a duty to re ply with the same frankness • and clearness. We are ready to „Make Peace with all tha world : ,we do .not want .to impose a Peace upon .any nation, but We do not chuse that it shalt be imposed. upon, us'; neither is there any .body who. has the power or . means to do so. It is not.. the power of any person to make us undo Treaties whit!): have' been executed. The integrity, the, entire 'and. abso-• lute independence of the Ottoman Empire, are not only the. most sincere desire of the Emperor, but the most constant object of his policy. • • . • " Two- enlightened and neighbouring nations would • be wanting in the opinion which . they ought to enter tain of their power and their *Worn, if, in the dis cussion of those great interests about which they dis agree, they should Call, for the interVention'offoreigli - and distant Powers. lins, Sir; the' Peace may be negotiated and concluded immediately, if your Court has really .the desire to arrive at it. Our interests are reconcileable, from the very circutnStance of their being, distin6t.. ;Yon are the. Sovereigns of the seas your ,reatit4 - 11e1 . 4i - Ces - equal those of all the Sovereigns Of the world united.' We are 'a great-Continental ,Power : but there are several who have as great force by land' as we, and your preponderance on the seas will always place our com merce at the disposal of your 'squadrons, upon the. first 'declaration of war thAt you may -chuse to Make. Do you think it reasonable to eipea‘ that the' Em peror will ever consent . oacd himself; in like manner, ..at your discretion' as to the affairs of the Continent ? If, masters of the sea by your 'own power,.you wish alsO to be masters of the land by a combined power, peace is not possible . ; :for youtan not expe& to arrive at results which it - would be im4 possible for you:to attain. - " The ;Emperor, ,accustomed as he is to %run all the 'chances which present views of greatness 'and glory, desires peace 'with England. He is a man. After so many fatigues, he also •wishes for repose. Father. Of his subjects, he wishes as far as'can be compatible with their honour; and with the gharan tee ofthe fUture, to, procure' for them the' sweets-of peace, and the advantages of a happy and .tranquil . commerce. .. If then,: Sir, his Majesty the King a England ‘ really wishes for Peace with France, he will appoint a Plenipotentiary to.repair to Lisle. I have the honour to lend you passports to that effekt. As soon as his Majesty the Emperor shall be informed of the 'arri val of the Minister of your. Court, he will appoint and send one there without delay. vie Eniperor is reacly;to make all the concessions that from the extent of your naval force and preponderance you may exped to obtain. • I do not think also, that 'y(111 can ; refuse to adopt the principle of-making to hith propositiOna conformable tb the honour .of his Crown, and to the Commercial rights of his States. If you are just, if you only desire :What is possible, for, you to accom plish, peace will soon be cencluded. „ . " I conclude by declaring to yoU, that his Ma jesty adopts entirely the principles laid .down in your diipatch, and 'presented as the hasis'of. the Negotia tion—that the peace proposed ought, to be honourable for the.two Courts, and-for their respe6tive " I have,the hononr of being, with the highest consideration, 'Sir., yoUr. 'Excellency's very humble a4d obedient Servant, ",CH. MALT. TALLEYRAIID ) " Prince of Benevento.!!, (No. 5.) " SIR, , -" Dowaing-treet, Bth April, I 806: " It was not until yesterday evening that I re ceived jour dispatch of the Ist instant.:' Before I Oocced 'to ;,,ii - swer it,' allow me to assure yonr . Ex -cellency, that its ' frankness and 'politeness have af forded very great pleastire.. The. appearance - Of - a spiit,of,copciliation in both partici, is one great st-ep . t. towards Peace. - • . • If what your Excellency mentions with respect to internal' affairs, is meant to be applied to political affairs, an -answer is scarcely necevary. We take no part in them in time of war, and, kfortiari, we will not do so in time of peace ; and nothing is far ther from our tboughts than to wish to Meddle with such internal laws as you may judge necessary for the regulation of your customs, ' and the - Support of your commercial rights, or to insult your flag. As to a Treaty of Commerce, England lias , n9 greaterinterest..in wishing for it than other nations': There are many persoi.s who are of opinion, ,that p.eaty of the kind between France and Great Britain would be equally advantageous 'to both the Contrad ing PoWEis.. But this is.a. question which each Go;- vernment must decide .npOn its own view ; and that which refuses it is guilty of no olence, and is not ac countable, to the proposer. • " It is not my opinion alone, Sir, hut .that of every reasonable, man, that, Peace is the true intetestof France, and consequently that the real glory of those who are at her •head - ConSists - in obtaining and pre , serving it. " It is true, we. have reciprocally accused each other; but it..would be oflittle use at present to dis eti,,s'tfie grounds upon which these accusations were founded. Like you, we wish for equality. We are not, most assuredly, accountable to each other 'for. 'what wedo within ourselves $ and the principle of reciprocity proposed by your Excellency upon this head, appears 'to be jt,si and reasonable. " I agree with you in respe& to the inconvenience which would result to Francetbr a short-lived. Peace ; but, on. the otker hand, its disadvantages to us would also be, very considerable: It is natural, that-in such a case each Country should 'magnify ,its. own danger, orat least that it should look more minutely into them than into the dangers of another. . ‘" As to the intervention of a Foreign Power, I should begin with observing, that as far as regards the queStion of Peace and War between France and, England, Russia cann& be ,considered as a foreign Power, as she is glually in alliance with England, and at war with France. It was on this principle that; in my letter, proposed to introduce the Ens, peror Alexander, not as a mediator, but as ( party. " In the last, paragraph of your dispatch, your Excellency has admitted that the Peaceshoald be ho nourable as well for 'France and England as for they . respeaive Allies . if this be the case, it appears to me impoSsible; considering the close alliance subsist ing between the tiro Governments, that England can commence a Negotiation; except it be of a provision .al nature,. without the concurrence, or the previous consent, etr t last, of her Ally. • - ' .As to.,_oo . _at respeas the integrity and independ •ence.of thOtcoman.Etnpit l e, no difficulty can arise ---these 14Ing obje&s.equally dear to.all the partie.4 interested in the discusSion in question. , • " his perhaps true that the power of France by . ' land, compared with that of 'the 'rest of Europe,. is .not equal to our Naval superierity,;considered in the same point of view; 'but it can no longer be dissem bledthat the proje6l- of uniting - all 'Europe against Frahee is chiinerical to' 'the last degree. Besides, . it would _be in fiia CO extend . Our apprehensions for the future a. little too far, to -Consider an alliance be tween Russia and *England (the •two 'Powers of Europe the least calculated to - attack FranCe by land). -as iending to prOduee such an•effea. .. ' •-, " The interposition of Russia in the .Negotiation cannot, moreover, be considered as the establishment of a-CongreSs either in form:or effea, as Were, in fa6t, will be only two parties, Russia and England on, ' dueside, and France on the other.: A' Congress may - be useful in many respects after the signing of pre liminaries, in case it should meet the.wishes• of the Contraaing Parties ; but this is a question to be dis cussed freely and amicably, after •the principal affair shall have been arranged. - .. . “-I have thus, Sir,-Submitted to you, as clearly.as. I could, the sentiments' of the British Government upon the ideas suggested by your Excellency. I have the satisfaaion.of believing, that there. is.'only.ons - essential- point upon which we are not agreed. , . • . " 'When we shall have' obtained your consent to • treat proisionally until Russia: can come forward, and afterwards in conjunction with her, we are ready to commence, - without 'the delay of one day, the' NegOtiation, in whatever place and in whatever form the two 'Parties 4may consider , most proper for conducting to a proper' termination, and .with ' all .j--PWsible expedition, the obje& of our labours. , " ' -; •-- : . ." I have the honour to be, , " With' the most distinguished consideration,•Sre. ~.,:.. •-, - - - C. J. Fox.", (No. 6.) 4 4 SIR,. " Patti, Aprit r 6, '" I have iti.st rEceived the orders of his Majesty the Emperor and Ps ' ) ~ Kino' before Whom laid, with all .., • • possible expedition, the 'dispatch - whiEh - patit - Excel 7 ',lency did me the honour to address to me, under the date of the Bth April. .. "It appears to his• Majesty, that - in admitting, aS yon do, the principle .of equality, you still have per. sistedin requiring a form of negotiation which can by no 'means accord with this principle. When among .two equal Powers, one of them claims the intervention of a third, it is evident that it tends. to destroy that equipoise so favourable to the fair and free'disCusstoti of their, interests. It isevident that it hag no incli .nation to remain contented with the advantages and rights of equality. I trust, Sir, that in restiming - this discussion for the last time, I shall be able to per- suade your Excellency, that there is no title or rno• tive to justify the inviting of Russia to a negotiation proposed between France and England. - • "• When the war broke out between the .two, - Powers, Russia was at peace with France. The pre sent.war has not in the least altered the relations be-. tween . her and us . : , She at - first . propased her media tion,..aticlafterwards, in consequence of circumstances foreign to the war which separates - us, some coolness having arisen between the fwo Cabinets of St. Peters burgh and theThuilleries, the Eenpoor 'Alexander though proper to suspend his political relations with France, but at the same time, he declared, in the most pOsici,ye manner,. that it was not his intention to take ‘aoy„part in the dispute between us and England, `‘,Mf r e do "not think that thin determination has been . " in' the .least altered 'by' the* conduct hi :h Ffu'sSia has since held. - .She has; it is true , concluded ar rreaty of Alliance with you.; - but this Treaty, it is easy td lerceive, from such articles of it as have ti•anspired, by.the objed which it had in view, and. still more,..frotn the'consequences which folloWed it, had no yetation whatever to the viaCsubsisting for two years betweenus and England. “ - This Treaty was an ad of participation in a war - of anothei kind,'more extended and general than the' first.. It is from that war Ihat the third Coalitioa arose, in which Austria was the principal Power, and Lissia the auxiliary Power. England 'Concurred only, iii the project of this war . ; we Were never - opposed to her - 'force united . with'that of her Allies. Russiii only .' apPeared in it as a sticondarY wer, No declaration, addressed to France ever informed us that she was at war with us ; and it was only on the field of battlo where the third Coalition was destroyed', that were Officially informed that Russia was engaged in. it. • 'When His Britannic Majesty declared. war against France,. his Manifestoes 'expressed the;. object of it. This obje& defines the nature of the wars When, eighteen months after, His Britannic Mai jesty entered into alliance with Atistria, - Russia, and SN.veden,•he, had other obje&s in view. It was a new War; the causes of which were td be sought for in the official documents which We're pUblished by the different Powers. There was no question 'of the di re& interests of England in -these causes. These two Wars haven° connexion whatever; England did not e in fad, participate in that which has-been just ended. Russia has never either diredly or indirectly take.D. part in that which still exists.. There is, therefore, no reason why England should notferminate bX herself the war, which she' alone has carried ok agailist us. • . _ _ . " If his Majesty the Emperor should now adopt, the principle of nvgotiiiting with England jointly with her new Allies, he would implicitly admit that the thitdCoalition still exists—that the German war is not finished—that this war is the satne with that which Prance still maintains against England : he would irip , plicitly admit as a basis of negotiation the conditions of M. NovOsiltzoff, which excited the astonish ment bf Europe, roused the French charader ; and, instead of .the Conqueror of the Coalition, the Em peror would voluntarily put himself in. the place or the vanquished. . The Emperor, at this moment, has no contest to maintain against the .Coalition. He may even overlook the conne&ion which you with it : in treating with-you, the oniy.question.s that carkiie, are, the rootlves and objeds' of the war undertaken