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observe upon the interval which elapsed between
sending the note cal the 1 lth, and the period of :in
answer being returned to its as well as on the man-
ner of avoiding .it written answer, to the contents of
thillsote, according to the Custom of all time.
countries, whenever affairs of so-great insport
were in agitation. He contents hintslit 114.11 'VMS
marling. that alter sn long a delay. :test after an
invitation in writing, the Under:lined accepted, it,
in the hope of at length receiving the ninon of .
ti- e French Government on the contents of the offi-'
c:al note of the ltih. The conference appear:At°
have been rendered interesting, on the part of thait
Excellencies Cie French Plenipotentiaries, with a
view only to engage the Undersigned to present the
detailed e; ofTre
aty.
a a :realty-
a Already, in the note of the 11th. the Under-
signed, in eorijnation with L•rd Y•irm inch, had
formally declared, that till France should adopt
such a basis as the British Government. thought had
been pyiposed. in the fiat place, by her, it was oat
permitted him to enter into the details of the nego-
elation. Besides, even supposing that the Under-
signed could so far torg-t hinuelt, as to accede to
the preipi..ition sea ..1 in the last conference by
their Excellencies the Frerch Plenipotentiaries. he
would not only have abai•daned the only conditions
which hr was Authorised by his instruainns t 2 admit
all the bail, of the N. gociation, but he would have
exposed himself Als to a manifest cnntradisclioii, •hy
presenti. g. iii the firit a stance. the elite projr3 of
A treaty, whose details should result fro'di the ne-
prreiatirn iisilt ; a nein:relation erAieb the Wnder-
ngited had decheed eiuld apt procve I, till 'he
basis in qu ,ticifts had been previeusly ack,.owlesit,ed.
• " In this elate .9 e 3.16. We I.lrdttiigrecf, after
having nib; .0.1. in ems.ittince with the request of
their Esceltietectes 'he Fre;:en fienic&F tiara-es., at
the cestiterences wheel' they had rnpose to item—
alter heti .g deliberately refl.-tied on all t: e coni•
reannications which had her- made •F' Ilia' by their
Excellencies. and heing,fully c• evinced that the
*final view% nt the Fr ..ch Gaetano' •••• ate very Pe•
mote from those watch as Zr..,anuat Majesty sup-
paced—lastly. that due cvntitorarize • 9 toe negoti-
ation could in future • aye no 01.1 rfe.ft than that
I of encrurditioe. in both E.:time. a aipe warch can
never he tealized—the Ui.derslned e. tinders it.-to
' be his duty to declare, in the mitt formal manner, to
their Excellenci, s, his determination, in conformity
to t! e instrudi-ns of Lis i. vertigo, to bring his
mi•sion to a conclusion. An admission in writing,
of the basis so open hren;tl-t forward by the Under-
signed, cannot effet a c...inge in /I's resolution.
(:„;.0..t) " LAUDERDALE."
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(Ti be continued.)

P-,LIOE.

lOW-STRUT.
On Friday night. Jean Williams was brought up
by Cox the patiole, charged on suspicion of having
gutty td diver? Monte.. Carpmeal ides.itied
the Wribrionor have been convicted of felony ; he
had been transport:o, and made Li. escape from the
Hulks. about, I Weilie montsis since. tie was com-
mitted ter lin tlier ex animation. till the certificate of
his convidi rn coo ar pi -duced, and his escape from
th.e I tulle, prow...J.
Saturday, goy Grids, a well known charac-
ter, was ct.drged b tine Mr. Gt ASA'S, with
Laving implements fa house-breaking found in his
p isse.sion•
It appeared, that Abriut three o'clock on Saturday
nsfuniTift. a watchman, in Finwaid.street, Strand,
observed toe Pusan, r, suspicious circurnstan.
Cea, as it he was a-cu: to hreak open a house. The
ver.chrinan asked bia. wont he was going to do he
replied. he w•as going into Surrey-street. The
• Watchman. not being sa i.fied with this answer, was
about to Like him into cost .dy,when he ran off; the
Vfinchmao having sprttog ..is rattle, he was stopped
by chef 141.tch min, at the cornerot Essex street, and
there were titan on him, an i near where he was
taken, a dark4anthorn, a veat candle, a bottle of
prirwphorus. and nine picklock keys.
lie was COlXlCilittril for trial under the AEI of Par.
liameat for having implements for hounworeaking
found in his possession.
11•KSIGV4-HOCSZ.
Saturday, a backney-coachman, charged before
the Luau Mayne with drivi-g against • Gentle-
man's chaise in Gracechurchotreet, endangering
tie Grintlesian's life, and conducting himself in a
very iasolent manner, was ordered by his Lorchhip
to be fined 20s. and confined till the sum be paid.
22222 1101;GH-STKIEST.
Aqna Le:site', a native of Germany, was charged.
on Saierciayl with stealing a quantity of plate, the'
property of L. IL Redken, Esq. It appeared the
servants in the family had a merry meeting in con-
sequence of the marriage a conk.maid, and thi
pri.oner bei..g invited to t.ll the fortunes of the
maid servant., took possession of two silver spoons
before her departure, as a charm. She was fully
committed.

Lau on Friday night, or early on Saturday morn.
ing, the shop of Mr. Yonge, watch-maker, in the
Strand, wss broksa open, and robbed of watches, I
kc. to the Amount of upward of .11101. It was et-
felled by cutting a bole in a shutter, which must
have taken econstderable time, as the shutters are
lined with iron. _ I

Some few days since, a respeCtable farmer of
Rosetant. Sussez, who had a deputation to shoot
over a manor belonging to Mr. Bet iti.ma, of that
place, on his return home from the field, with hit
gun loaded, proceeded to draw the charge, and
having returned to his pouch such of the shot AS came
easily outs pursued the pre/Alec which is but too
common, in such cases, of knocking the butt end
of his gen against the ceiling, in order tt dislodge
any of the shot corns which sn'ight have attached to
the wadding that confined the powder, whilst his
right ha^d was employed at the rouszle to catch
them. By this imprudent a.% the cock was forced
d'iwn, the powder d'scharged, and the hand dread-
fully latcrated. A surgeon was sent for, who ea-
traasid a portion of felt, which the wadding con-
aistcd. of, from the wouna ; but some fragments
rensaisiog, they most brought on a mortification,
which rendered ainputaz.on nmessary ; ki: the tin-
tor:unate ratan refacing to submit to the opercioa,
huge:abed a short tin/e, atia expired. snider extreme
agony. leavi;g a wiZow sad Ai: chilcires lasasat
i.is Ives.