The National Register.
London, England, 1808-02-14 00:00:00

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`efterefare, H., a point oaceilaiwes.i to certabsty, that no raufede
ra.ey, on the part of Russia, was nvditated against Ns at the can•
elkann of the Treaty of Tihit ; we rekartt n too al 'ft point
eqaaliy certain, that she would halve opposed herself, if not
with arms, at least w ith remonstrances, to an.k. attempt of Ilona..
parte to violate the nekarality of Denmark; t, ~1 we retard it as
Lit point highly probable, that fionapnrte wc..:ltt not have s io-.
!sled it in the face of these remowirances.
i In this first conversation, every thing on ''.•r part of the Etn..
peror breathes a spirit of friendship towards this country. lits
is first antioui to,justify to us the Peace which he had =de.
He appeals to our Minister, whether even 1w did not account the
Peace, which had been concluded, necessary to I{ tis in. lo the
cmost emphaticai manner did that Minister pronounce his opinion
n unison with that of the Emperor. Compelled, by imperious
.ttect3sity, to make a Peace for himself, his good offices were in•
terposed immediately to accomplish Peace bet %%Teo us and our
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openly; not (according to the jolt diAinction which he made
! Wm:elf) in the ,spirit of vanity, hut in that of friend hip, since.
he regarded Peace as equally eonducis 0 to our interests, and to
those of the other nations of Europe ; and slave he kii,w that
terms, which he considered both teas:to:tide and l:oimorablr.
(6, which, he emit.' appall to our Minister hims,•if, were
.reasonable and honourable, would be otkred by our enemy.
"Nothing, too, can afford a greater indication of simplicity awl
sincerity, than the manner in which the Emperor answers the.
ohjbrt ion of Lord Hutchinson repecting the shortness of the

filar offered for our acceptance of the mediation. It a pi., ar."
,libarlc, that the limitation of the r-riod, on w !deli sn inw•lt
sttess was laid in this country', had been regarded by the Em-
peror, as a mere formality, an,! of no importance wha t-oever.
tt the momeat of this conference, it appears a certainty a ImoFt

as strong as a ease of such a nature admits, that Russia was ea.
tirely the friend of this country : and the probability was great
that she would much sooner again be the enemy of France, than
fAhe enemy of England. Her friendship with ('ranee was com-
pelled ; of course ungrateful, and likely to last no longer than
the necessity was urgent. All that#.7lr and of France,
which had precipitated her Into the conte-i 01,1 vanainut:,
but was more reasonable than cver. !.itvi 5 P had itsv
quarrel, but that of too feeble a c,,-- :',,7 • tie of ar:iert
4'ennection re;:lained unbroken ; and I.tugl.,nd was still the g:,,•:(1
resource against the terror of her treat continental anta;:.oni.i.

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She might still, in a very imp;•rtant sense, have been regarded no
the Ally of England. Such, it appears with the strongrA ev
! (fence, svet• the r.iationi bet weca Russia and which
remained after the Treaty of Tilsit. I low deploralele and
Mighty was the change affected by the ati,o•'.:. On Copo.Hgeib,
'the second conference with the Empe:•or,
inson stated the details, a memorable and ••trikie:!. •,,roof:--
" Intelligence, said his Lor•!,Iii;), of the rc-ttlt of the attack
on Copenhagen arrived at St. l'en•r-l'ott•e:11 on 28th
of A t'u't. On the •Ith of September ! sate tl:e Luiperor a se-
emed time at Kamirostria.
" His Imperial :::liesty Iwpnn the I.lmyrr,al'ion by fishing
me, what I thought of our attat• upon Copeolia4en ?
" I replied, that I v. as entirely ig:lorant .:r the ei..enpv:taue.l4
which had occasioned that attack, but that I bore': the Adst.:-
Idstr;ttion iu l'aitland could justify OlvMSch-vc, atel pr.eve ti) tho
Norld that the Danes were on the eve ef joining all their fincei
it) the French, to male common c :c against England.
" His Imperial Nlajesty told me in rep!.y., that it was hobos.
sible for me to be of that ()plaint). if I would recoil...rt. the re-
ptated conversations which had ta,r n place between UF, 0,1 the
saliject of Denmark, at Harlem Lein, in which he told the that he
and u-cd every effort in his pir.,.er to bring forward the Cre‘vit
Prime of Den:narti, and to ioduee him to join the coalition
+?.a.letst France; the answers of the Prime had always been ex-
plicit and uniform, that It^ had maintained fur many years ft
item of pcutratity, is which he wus determined to persevere,
t• the he governed dad float ished and prosperca
~"ler it ; and that no consideration Ciould ever induce him to
. trtrt from it.-- His Imperial Maje-sty added, that I must he
acquainted i;:a tile dccibiou of character w'alch belonged to