The National Register.
London, England, 1808-02-01 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

peace to all nations, and of insuring repose to the present gene-
ration ; since that, in many conversations which his Imperial
Majesty has held with the Emperor of the French, he has had
reason to be convinced, that he is sincerely deArfais of the re-
establishment of a maritime peace, upon equitable and honour-
able principles.

The Emperor of all the Russian not only offers his interposi-
tion for the attachment of so deiirahle a resnit ; hut he would
even be ready to promise the support of all the forces of his
empire, for insuring the performance of all the stipulations of
pence, when once it shall have taken plate between England
and France. By this guarantee, his Britannic Majesty will
obtain that which he has ever appeared to desire, and may
without distrust follow the bent of his humane and pacific sen-
timents.

The Undersigned, in requesting Mr. Canning, Principal Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs; to apprize him as soon as
possible of the determination which the Cabinet of St. James's
may judge expedient to take in consequence of this offer of me,
diation on the part of his august ma-ter, avails himself of the
opportunity of renewing to his Excellency the assurances of his
highest consideration. (Sig-ned) M. ALOPEUS.
London, 20th July,-Ist-lug. 1807.

No. V.—Mort from Mr. Secretary CAKNIVG to M. ALOPETYS,
dated sth August, 1807.

The Undersigned, His Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, has lost no time in laying before the King
his Master, the official Note presented to him by Alopeus,
Minister Plenipotentiary to' his Majesty the Emperor of all the
Russias ; in which M. Alopeus, by order of his Court, notifies
to the British Government the conclusion at Tilsit, on the '2sth
June-7th July, of a Treaty of Peace between Russia and
France, and announces at the same time, the offer of the me.
diation of his Imperial Majesty, for the conclusion of s treaty
of peace between Great Britain and France, and the acceptance
of that offi'r by the French Government.
The Undersigned has it in command from the Xing his Master
to declare, that the Emperor of Russia does justice to the senti-
ments of the King, when his Imperial Majesty expresses his
reliance on the King's disposition to contribute to the restora-
tion of a general peace, such as may ensure the repose of
Europe. Ample proofs of that disposition have recently been
afforded by his Majesty, as well in the answer returned, in his
Majesty's name, to the offer of the mediation of the Emperor of
Austria, as in the willingness expressed by his Majesty to
accede to the convention concluded at Bartenstein. on the 23d of
April, between the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia,
and in the instructions, which the Undersigned transmitted by
his Majesty's command, upon the first intelligence of the late
disastrous events in Poland, to his Majesty's Ambassador at the
Court of tit. Petersburgh, by which instructions that Ambassa-
dor nos directed to signify to the Ministers of the Emperor of
Russia, his Majesty's perfect readiness to eater, in concert with
his august Ally, into any negociatien which the Emperor of
Russia miglst think it expedient to open for the restoration of a
general peace. These sentiments and this disposition his Ma-
jesty continues invariably to maintain.
The Undersigned is, therefore, commanded by his Majesty,
to assure M. Alopeus, that his Majesty waits with the utmost
solicitude for the communication of the Articles of the Treaty
concluded at Tilsit, awl for the statement of those egnitable and
honourable principles, upon which his Imperial Majesty ex-
presses his belief that France is desirous of concluding a Peace
with Great Britain.

Ills Majesty trusts that the character of the stipulations of the
Treaty of Tilsit, and of the principles upon which France is re-
presented as being read) to negociate, niay he found to be such
as to afford to his Majesty a just hope of the attaimneut of a se-
cure and honourable Peace. In that case his Majesty will rea-
dily avail himself of the Mier of the Emperor of ussia's medi-
ation. But until his Majesty shall have received these import-
ant and necessary communications, it is obviously impossible that
Ore Undersigned s'.ould be authorised to return a more specific
Answer to the Note presented by M. Alopeus. The Undersigned
requests M. Alopcus to accept the assurances of hl4 high comsi-
deratiOn. (Signed) GEORGE CANNING.

[The Declaration of his Britannic Mate4ty relative to the
Danish Expedition, and the Russian Declaration against this
Country, were also presented to Parliament.i