The National Register.
London, England, 1808-02-07 00:00:00

No. 6.

POLITICAL DISQL ISITION.

NUMRER
tONAPARTLI CONDITIONS OF rEACII.
Irt our last Number we endeavoured tit tura the attention of
Our countryaten tower& the reAoration of the blessings of Peace,
by showing them that it Might he attained with safety and ad-
Va.r.tage. Stllts however; some further etplanation may be
required of us: men may be convinced, from our arguments,
that Peace is actttaily attainable t yet still some hesitation may
remain in their Minds r. ith regard to the Conditions ; and cal-
Culating upon sortie extravagant confessions by whith the resto-
ration of tranquillity must be putiehased froth Bonaparte, they
may be brought to look upon War us the only refuge from dan-
ce and dishonour,
To satisfy those who may be agltatNi by such apprehensions,
Ind to bring more directly in view the stipulations by which
the contest in which we are at present engaged may he brought
to a termination, Ite shall endeavour to present the public with.
a iew of what our toe would probably concede or demand, and
what it would be oar interest to assert or forego, We bast
Considered both the letter and the spirit of the Treaty of
Amiens; we have observed the actions and pretensions of Bo-
naparte since that period; we have minutely examined the na-
ture and tendency of all those communications which took plate
between the British and Trench Governments in 1806; we have
Investigated the probable Allure operations of Bonaparte, rela'
the to the extension and consolidation of his new Empire ; and
we have carefully examined tbossismanifestationS of his present
temper which so frequently appear in the political strictures of
The Moniteur, It is from these that we have deduced our view
of the conditions on which Bonaparte might be willing to con-
clude a Peace with this country : nor are-we without positive
information on the subjects if positive information, even from
the best-informed circieskiirere equal in authority with conclu-
si.ms drawn from eirculnllances which must so necessarily affect
the strain and success of the negociation. It is well known that
at Paris, when any negotiation of importance is in views pro-
jrts of the probable conditions are circulated among those par-
ties to which the most distinguished political characters resort.
There these sketches are discussed with freedoms and much in-
formation both with regard to the subject and the state of pub-
lic opiniot4 is gleaned by those at Coe head of political affOrs.
Nuch advantage is often taken by government of these political
coteries, to diffuse those sentiments which it wishes to impress
upon the people, who readily their tone from these supe-
rior circles. Various projets relative to the Conditions of Peace
s ith treat Britain, have lately been circulated among the po-
litical parties at Paris; and Jr they are not actually distributed
by order of the higher posyers% to try the feelings of the peoples
they are at least discussed by its connivance.. By a channel on
w hich we confidently rely the contents of several of these pro-
jets have come to our knowledge; and though most of them
differ considerably in their terms, yet the most intelligent bear
a strong resemblance to what will be found in the present dis-
quisition.

Artielc I.—Bouoparte wilt requirt the acknowledgment of
all thole titles he has assumed in his own person, of the form of
government and lavt s hick he has established. and In short of
the validity of all hi, tuteroal reg,latious. o peiit4tion will
.evo. 6.--ro. I.

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