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now obtain the formal assurance wished for by his Court, which
will completely prove to all the nations of Europe the sincerity
of the pacific views of England, The Undersigned avails him-
fe!f of this occasion to request his Excellency, the Secretary of
State, to accept the offer of his high consideration.
(Signed) LOUIS PRINCE DE STARIIEMBERG.

No. IV.--Nnte from Mr. Secretary CANNING to the Prince
STARIIEMBERG, dated November 23, 1807.

Tile Undersigned, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State
for Foreign .1 flairi, has laid before the King his Master the
odieial note presented by Prince de Starhemlierg, Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (A his imperial Ma-
jesty the Emperor of Austria, in which the Prince de Starhem-
berg expresses, by order of his Court, the earnest desire of his
ImperiA Majesty for the termination of the present contest
between Great Britain and France, and requires a sincere and
formal declaration of His Majesty's sentiments upon that
subjects.
His Majesty having repeatedly and recently declared his dis-
position and desire to enter into negotiation for a peace on se-
cure and honourable terms, and this declaration haviag been
made in the most regular and authentic manner to the Austrian
Government, in the answer which the undersigned was com-
manded to return to this official offer by the Prince de Starhem-
berg kin the month of April last) of his Imperial Majesty's Me-
diation; and In that which his Majesty has since directia to be
returned to a similar offer on the part of the Emperor of Russia,
.ind which has been communicated to the Court of N,‘ienna; his
Majesty cannot receive without surprise an application for a re-
newal of the declaration of sentiments of which the Court of
tenna has been so long and so formally in possession.
His Majesty will not believe that any farther declaration can
he necessary for the purpose of proving to the nations of Europe
a sincerity n Melt the nations of Europe cannot question. But
in compliance wi; It the wishes of a friendly Power, expressed
with so much earnestness and anxiety. His Majesty is, never-
theless, willing to repeat once more the a;surance, already so
often repeated, that his Majesty is now, as he has at all times
been, prepared to enter into negoclation for the conclusion of
such a peace as shall settle on equal terms the respective inter-
ests of the Powers eie.taged in the war, as shall be consistent
It it h His Majesty's fidelity to his Allies, and shall provide for
the tranquillity and security of Europe.--The Undersigned has
the honour to request the Prince de Starhemberg to accept the
assurances of his high consideration.
Foreign .cur. 2:1, 1807. GEORGE CANNING.

O. V.—.Vule
.finni the Prince' DE STARIIEMETRC to )Ir.
N N i x G, dated Jan. 1, 180$.

Lohd,,n, Jan. I, ISM
The ITntlersigned, obeying the orders 01 his Court, in conform-
ing' to the desire of that of the Thuilleries, has the honour to in-
form his Excellency the Secretary of State for the Foreign De-
partment, that, in consequence of the pacific dispositions of his
Britannic Majesty, announced in the answer returned on the! 2:ld
et' \ ovember last, to official Note of the '2oth of the same
month, he is charged to propose to the English Ministry to send
immediately Plenipotentiaries to Paris for the purpose of treat-
ing for the establishment of Peace between all the Powers at
present at war with England. This explicit and frank invita-
'ion must funtisli a proof of the good faith and of the sincere
intemion of France to pot an end to the calamities of war; and
his Imperial Majesty consents with eagerness to be the interme-
diary of a result so desirable. It is hoped, that the Court of
London will not hesitate to recognise on this occasion the im-
portance of the proposal which is made to it, and that it w ill
be disposed to give a fresh proof of that desire which it has so
often expreSsed, to restore repose to the rest of Europe, by
naming negociatorst to be entrusted With the important interests
to be discussed. To avoid every speciet of delay, the under-
si!med is authorized by France to give passports to the Ministers
whom. the Cabinet of St. James may appoint for that purpose.
fhe mode in which these overtures me submitted to the Court
of London, and the measures which arc taken towards realizing
the execution of them with the least po,sible delay, will ef-
fectually demowtrute the' spirit of conciliaiion by which they
are dictated. The Undersigned avails himself of this opportn-
nity to renew to his Excellency the Secretary of State the ex-
prtssions oP his,high consideration.
Oigned) LOUIS PRINCE DE STARIIEUBERG.