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of blame shich haidcwhenejned.lt had
thrown nrulappeharinlea in
to
some of the papers now before the House, was, in
aitz, from eatmeasure,consideringu the orieinal grounds of the
present War, and the present situation of this cnun-
try, and other powers of Europa, with eloped to
Fiat*, that every thing combined to Negotiate
Peace, at the time that the late Negociation corn.
menced. Tly War originally broke out on the gab.
jea of *Maltaw, He thought, therefore, that if, in a
Treaty for Peace, Malta should he secured tr
England, a great nbje& was thereby obtained
There was another strong inducement for beginning
the war, from the growing spirit which discovered
itself throughout Europe, to resist the farther en.
croachments of France. The two teat Cord:.
nental Powers, Russia and Austria, were
thewere saiTZcdf,
but to insure success to their efforts, it became ne-
cessary that Great Britain should give
resistance, which was soon followed by the Coaliti.r,
of these two Powers, although the °Neff in VIM
WAS defeated through the crooked policy of
Prussia. Owing to this, in a great measure, th,
encouraging proepel of success vanished; the
Coalition was dissolved, and Austria was leis.
prostrate at the font of France. Prussia, inst. ad of
corn erg to the aid of the other Powers, was Neared
in a Treaty of Alliance with France. Under :hoe
circumstances, there remained no more proapoo
resisting the increasing pots er and encroachreoes
of the enemy, or of re:netting by war, the losses
which hsd boen sustained. I: was by Peace aloes
that Austria could recruit her national srrength sod
vigour, and that the bonds between France ;Ed
Prussia cr,uld be dissolved. Under t' esa cheers.
stances, the Correspondence which led to a N•grsio
ation for Peace began. On • whichever side this
Negotiation may be said to have commenced, erss
comparatively immaterial, for it was certainly re
dishonour to either country t r make firs fi:st nor.
tore. Bat here, at the very outset, pleat difficulti s
arose; one of these respelled His Majesty', Gertno
dominions. France well knew that ate should seers
any peace that did not stipulate for the restruatFe
of Hanover ; hut France had, at the same time, ie
A great measure, guaranteed Hanover to Pr..via.
'With a view then of getting over this difficulty,
without giving an alarm and cause of umbrage's
Prussia, a verbal communication hid been sstdete
him on this subjea by M. Talleyrand, and which
was intended to facilitate the restoration of perm
It was begun in secrecy, that it the issue should be
unsuccessful, the subsisting connedlion 'semen'
France and Prussia might not be dissolved. This
communication, by the particular desire of M. Td.
leyrand, he had not commuted to writing, at
least so as to submit any paper on the subjea to the
British Cabinet. In any other view, M. Talley.
rand..exPies.ed no dislike to his making Wie3lsr
remittals of what had passed in conversation. It
was afterwards stated by the French Gt.'s •
ment, that a Russian Minister was expelled
Paris, in the full expeaation of his meeting sloe
a British Plenipotentiary. Upon his return to Poi;
he carried with him letters from Mr. Fox to Talky-
rand, and he also repeated to the latter, the sobs
stance of the conversations he had hell with him. par.
titularly respeaing the restoration of Hanover, a:d
the basis of the ncgociation, which M. Talleyrtsd
agreed to be coma ; but, at the same time, road,
its a fair and manly way, that circumstances IA
altered, which would produce an alteration of wan.
However, when he then stated to bol Talley ani
else understood basis of actual possession, oo slack
His Majesty's Ministers were willing to MA:.
obj •aion was made to that statement, nor did It
believe that any would have been made. had a.
the French Cabinet discovered a great jealousy c
ours, when they learned the death :4 Mr. Fox. I
Was that jealousy which produced the fi'4 note
Lord Laudet dale, denying the basis of shawl pr
session, and.which discovered the tergiversatioa
the French •Gevernment.. It was confessedly
easy matter to make even a private gentkmae e
his words, and still more to a public char •
at the head of five hundred thousand ern
hence arose the substitution of the word are
At that time M. D'Oubril appeared at PAM.
Whether he was a vitim to the cis singe of the if
Mary of Russia, or that he aced from his
judgment, was to him unknown; however, fro
communications he had with him, it afterwards a
peered to His Majesty's Ministers, that a sep
Negociation, ha point of form, might be carried
" Here," said Lord Yarmouth, " began the di'
mines of my situation." He bad read in a New
paper, last Saturday morning, as a count of eh
had passed in another ;I see, where a Noble Lord is
presented to have said, that If so precise were if
tens on that point (the WI pa i leis) that Lord 't
mouth was instrutied not to produce his full pit -
without this basis being committed to writing"
far from this statement being eorrea, he decla
he had never seceived any su h institutions
recolleaed a circumstance that occurr d during
communications with M. Talleyraed. A copy
the Address of that Flouse to His Majosty had be
seat to Isom, and which he had been deored to p
sent to the French Minister. M. l'alleyrand
fused to receive it from him, as not coming.frr
an accredited Minister, at the same time he
quested him t. go home and c spy it, after w 1
he (Talleyrand) proposed to give him the
timents of the French Government. but only is
light of a private communication. With regard
the sentiment of disapprobation which bad •
expressed on his co.tdua in producing his power,
had first of all to remark, that he had no idea ct
tension, at the time, that his dispatch on that
jea should have come before the public eye; •
so. he might have stated, that he had no echo'
to produce his full powers, except in the case of
city being demanded from its legitimate
vereigo. He was assured, at the tinsel I
the dispute between France and Prussia I
come to the last extremity, and that no alterne
remained, but either the guarantee ef Hanovii
Great Britain. at the espence of a war bete
France and Prussia, or else of his dismissal tree
office of Negociator. His Mat s y'l Ministers
well aware of the probability of D'Oubril's sig!
a separate Treaty with France ; and yet, he rear
ao instruaions from them how lie was to coo
himself in case of that event taking place, h
desirous he felt that in his situation he migh
ing the Negotiation, Lord Lauderdale airiee
airstmepar juratui. Under these circumstances at'