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had closes hint as a friend of Mt'. For, in askr to
throw upon the partizans of that illustrious NI inister ,
all the o hum of the rupture. Mr. For would have
ra.ly di:sipated chit intrigue, but he was on the
rant or death. Lord Lauderdale, accustomed t
follow some leader, no longer dissembled the desite'
be had to fin t One in the opposite party, and to jai•
himself to other principles. His tone was in union.
with his new views: all his letters, all r.e
of Government (see 13. 14. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, so,
21,.22. 23, 24, 23, 26, 27, 28), prove how fa- His
Imperial and Royal Majesty sought for the re.essa
blithment of peace, by the long patience with which
bit Minister bore so many rudenesses and so many
sallies of passion. His Majesty would not sacrifice
to irritation, Use most distant hope of a reconcilia-
tion between the two Powers.
Nevertheless, England, while following this
strange negocia:iori, sought on all sides to stir ep
meanies against him. She sent a fleet into the
Tagus, to meal the disposition of Portugal. and
bring it rate the war. She threatened the Ottoman
Pone. and at the same time offered it her alliance :
she intrigued in Russia to change that administration
that bad sent M.D'Oubril, and in this manner pre-
pared the iefusal to ratify the treaty of peace.
She stirred up Prussia against FrAIICC, by per-
suading her that 'be would lose Ha Lover, a province
which France had suffered Prussia to take, but which
see sever guaranteed to Prussia farther than while
she should make a coalmen c.asse with k ranee to
*lslip England to make peace.
Ihe instigations of England to Prussia have had
ail the success that was expeCted. That Power de-
clared war—Lord Lauderdale demanded his pass-
ports, and set oat for London.
Mr. Fea wished for peace. As long as be direaed
stairs. the negocianons were frIA and sincere,—
After him, the only objeit is view was to break
them ; to elude, by all the means of lying and had
faith, the responsibility of the rapture. anr. to give
the war stiU weaker meant, in the hope that a new
coalition would be snore fatal to France. or, at least.
that the new iiaotoro of Eugland might be turned
upon its allies.
OFFICIAL DOCUSIENTS RESPECTING THE LATE
NEGtiClArltaN BETWEEN Jr/JUICE AND ENG.
LAND.
(No. 1.)

" SIR, • DOWlllflg meet. Feb. 10, 1806.
" I tnink it my duty, as an honest man, ro give
you the dadaist information of a strange circum-
stance whim, has some seamy knowledge. Ile sheet-
ed way will be relate to you the fad simply as
hAPPeord
•• Some days ago, a certain person announced to me
that he Dad lately iaatied at Gravesend without a
Cl6rt. mad he begged ma to "sod him one. a' it.
clatirly arrived hewn Pant, and had thiags to its-
form nee of which would ;tote am pleasure. I conveised
with him Alone in my closet, when, alter some diw
course of lipk importance. the wretch had the au-
dacity to tell me, mat to tranquillise all Crowns, it
has accessary to put the Chi* of the French narks;
to death ; sad that for this purpose, a house had bean
hired at Pauey, trees whence this detestable prejea
could be executed securely and without risk. I have
not well uoderitimd, whether this was to be done by
the fire-arms at present 41 use, or by.others of a new

construCkilri• jWV Aotabimirasslajue. badoefime se-
you who know me, drat my confusion was CUTCIOO.
when I found myself conversing with an mewed
assassin. in eisiisequenos of this confusion, I or-
dered him immediately to depart, giving at the
same time itistrudions to Cm Pulite Officer who
gnat ded him, to make him qnit the country is soon
as possible. After having redetted mon- deliberate-
ly upon what I had just done, I perceived that I
had dune wrong In letting Aim depart betore you
should he informed of it? I therefore caused him
to be detai e,I.

•• fhe pobability is, that all this is nothing, and
that thie wretch bad nothing else in view than to
ad the part of a boaster, in promising me things
which, according lo his mode of thiogmk. would
pave us ,dass.sepr at all events, I thought that
ought to inform you of what had paued, before
mot him out • f the caroms,. Out laws do rit per-
mit, us to detain lain long ; but he shall ant set taut
until y.ns 'hall have had tone satlicicnt to take pre-
cautious againq ha ettempa%. impposing that' he still
entertains bad designs ; and when he shall Tait the
country, I shall take CA e LII4t I.e be landed at some
putt +s distant tr.mi France. He called
Liaised here, Giant tDe La Geri ithere, but 1 think
that is en asausraed name. lie had not a scrap of
paper to mew me, and on his first appearance, 1 did
him the bottom LP tildleVe him to be a spy.
•• I have the honour of hiring. with the most pm.
lift attachment, Sir.
4' Your very obedient Servant,
C J. Fox."
(no 2)
"SIR. Ifea•ch 5, Iso6.
" I:.ave laid your Excellency's letter before the
vette His MAjetly. His gist words,. after having
MINO*d the reiding of it, were these. • I perceive
here the principles 01 honour and of virtue which
have always animated Mr. Fn:.' Headded, 'Thank
tinion nay part, and tell film, that whether the on-
litics of his Sovereign shall oblige vs to continue
long at war, or whether a (parte', so useless to the
cause of humanity, sluall have a eonclution as speedy
as the two nations ought to desire, I r• joie* at the
now charader that,• by this sop. ti.e war has already
taken'. and which is the presage of what may be
expeaed from a Cabinet, whose principles I ..have a
pleasure in appreciating, after those of Mi. Fox, one
of the mite who is the most formed so. feel in all
things what is noble, and what is truly great.'
" I would not permit myself, Sir, to add any thing
to the exi•resi)ns of His Imperial and Royal Ma.
itlaY I only pray you to receive the assurance of
my highest consideration.
(Sixties) •• LH. M. TALLEYRAND, Rance of Benevento."
( lte. S.)
SdR. Dowohteorroet, Mash IC. 1504.
"The information that VOW' Excellency has given
101 of the pacific dispesiti ro of your Government,
Las induced me to bee particularly the attention of
the Xing vn that part of your Excellency's letter.
".His Majesty bas declared, more than once. in
his arliyantait„ his sincere desire of enoiracing the
broroppnrttrnaty of peace up al solid
bAeri, with may be reconcile.' with the int and
permanent security of .
diapotiticsa are always pacific; but it is to