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ri;ories and pOssessiotig of his most Fanful iCrajest'4
neral Clarke weighed upon a proposed addition.of
;he word " (d) part Out ; at‘d when asked fbr ex-,
planation, said, he thought His Britannic Majesty,
might occupy some of his Most Faithful Majesty's.
foreign possessions.
The integrity of his'Swedish Majesty's dominions
in the usuarmannei. Having dismissed these points,'
'Gen. Clarke. stated the demands of France : Pondi-
cherry,. St. Lucie, 'Tobago, Surinam, Goree; De-
vierara, Berbice, 'Essequibd.
The' recognition in the usual words, " (e) est re-
connuk" of the different branches of the reigning:fa-
mily ; of the Eleaors of Bavaria and Wirtemburgh
as Kiogs - of the 1-INv. Dukes of Cleves, Baden, and
Darmstadt.' • "

.4. , Iry discuipkvr for many hours, these demands, I
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;rieverfor,',a ins:ant :Admitted. the possibility of his
M— ale consenting to theces'sions required. I sought,.
however, to ascertain to what extent, and in what
!mantier,7they could beinoclified. • , ,

• Virst Inelesure ( A ). —copy of a Note from M. Talleyrand to
the Earl of Yarmouth, dated July 22d, 1806.
MY LORD, ' • Paris, 22d July, t 806.. •
I have the honour to inform your' Excellency,
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that, having laid. liefore his Majesty the Emperor
• the copy .of the full powers from his Britannic Ma-
lesty, which you have clone me the honour to com-
• umeicate to ,me ,officially,l have received his Ma-
jest's orders to inform you, that he .has made choice
of his Excellency General Clarke, his Principal Pri-
vate Secretary, to negotiate a!id conclude the Treaty
• .which is to_put an•end to, the present war, and re-
., store at length to Europe, and to the cominerce of
the tVOrld, that Peace and Tranquillity which have

been so long-interrupted. .1 bare just tranmitted to
General.elarke .his .Majesty's orders, and I have no
doubt that he will innuediotely arrange with
,your
Excellency the opening of a 'Negotiation, 'to the
re-
unit of which are attached such important interests,
and the prompt issue of which appears to me to be
equally desired by both Governments and both Na-
tions, .
I 'request your Excellency to accept ,the assurances
of my distinguished consideration.
(Signed) , Cu. MAU. TALTAYRAT,TD,
Prince of Beneventp.
Second Inelosure (13.)—Copy of a Note from the Earl of
Yarmoutl) to M. Talleyrand,"dated July zzd,
'SIR, • Paris, I uly'zzd, 666.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your ExcellencY's. Letter, acquainting 'rue with the
choice made by the Emperor of his Excellency Ge-
aeral Clarke; his Principal Private Secretary, for the
purpose of negotiating• and concluding the Treaty
iittlich is to put an end to the present War. 2
I.request that your Excellency will be persuaded
of the earnestness with which I shall enter into ar-
rangements on this subje& with General Clarke as-
400tVas his Excellency' shall inform me of his wishes
in .this respeEt. • .
I request your Excellency to accept the assurances
of my distinguished consideration.
• YARMOUTH.

Third Inclosure (C).--,-Copy of General' Clarke's
rull Powers. Unimportant, being in the usual
terms.

Pourth Inclqsure (D).—Extrza from a Paper read to General

I.:larlie by the Earl of

situation in which the two Belligerent Powers
are now placed by the course of the events of the
var, leaving few points of immediate contract be-
%Aween them, or on which they may not, according

to all appearance, come now to an understanding,
his Britannic Majesty, animated, nojess than the
tippet-or of the French, with a desire to, put an end
to the calamities of war, has authorised the Under-
signed (furnished.with the full powers of his
jesty) to. discuss the basis, and to giYe full of e& to
thi; reciprocal desire.
The immense acquisition's made by France since
the commencement of hostilities, and the dire& and
immediate influence which-she has obtained, having
entirely changed the political system of Europe, His
•Britannie Majesty finds himself obliged to seek in
..the conquests he has made, and in the poskssion Of
Malta, a;just and seasonable counterpoise.. His. M-
ajesty would, consequently, treat generally on the
basis of the uti possidelis." .
at-the same time understood that the German
Possessions of fik Britannic Majesty, .of which he
was deprived from motives foreign to the War be-
tween the two PowerS, shall be restored to him en-
tire: • • •

It is likewise understood, that the Peace shall se+
cure the integrity.of the territories and possessions of.
the Su-rAirne Porte, of his most Faithful Majesty, of
his Majety the King of Sweden, and the present
Mate of Switzerland.
inciasure F). Copy of an Article proposed by Gene:.
ral Claikc to Oh, Fart of Yarmouth, tor the Maintenance
of the integrityuf the Ottoman Empire.
The two Contraaing Powers reciprocally guarantee
the entire and absolute integrity and independence of
the Ottoman Empire;They will mutually.oppose the
pretentious of any Power to any thing contrary to
the usages, the rights of sovereignty, and the posses-,
sion of the Subliitte Porte.
'No. —E.iatact trom a Dispatch from Mr Secretary Fox to
---the Fart of Y i'roluuth, tl4ied DOWoingtrect, Int) :6,18.6.
MY, 1,07t1), Downing.:street, July 26, t 206.
Your Lordship's Dispatches, conveying- the morti-
fying- intelligence of the signature of a separate
Treaty between Russia and France, were received
here yesterday ; and. his Majesty's Ministers, have
since had the opportunity of being acquainted with
the precise terms of that Treaty, which, it appears,
bad not in all respects bean accurately represented to
your Lordship.
The King was most particularly 'struck 'with the
great diffetence which was perceived between the
aetual arrangement made'yespe&ifig Sicily, and that
which had been described to your Lordship. In
writing to your Lordship, it is not necessary to
dwell on the humiliating conditions to. which M.
POubril has thought proper to bind his Sovereign.
Pf, that Minister's miscoudut% your Lordship ap-
pears fully sensible; and I doubt not you exerted
yourself to the utmost to present it. When this
.F,,as found irnPra6licable, your Lordship uts natu-
rally placed in Circumstances of considerable Oa-
culty, and for which every allowance is to be made.
But it is necessary for me to say, frankly, that it
would on the whole have been snore .satisfaaory to
the King's Servants, if your Lordship had waited to
know the impression which this new event might
create here; before you had produced your, full
powers.
(I) m every part of the World.
kOk

(e) Is recognized 4

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It was_ ti?r iginany acla red. by= you (Lordship to M.
Talleyratid, that your full powers -Were not fo be
produced ,till the French Government 'should e
reverted to the basiS'of Negotiation. _originally pro-.
posed by themselves ; that of the.uti pass/dew uni-
versally, with the 'single exception of Hanover. , By
sub Sequent instructions, your Lordship had -indeo
been ,acquainted that, in compliance wit h the wish so
strongly expre.ssed. by the ..11ussian Negotiator at
Paris, his Mapesty would not -refuse 'to enter into
the consideration of such proposals as might be made
to him for a: fair- equivalent to be. given to•lis Sici-
lian Majesty, in lieu of Sicily, with the, full and free
Consent of that Igonarch. The-proposal of such an
equivalent, and its acceptance by his Majesty's Go-
vernment, would have, replayed the Negotiation Oo
its original footina, that of a !di possiddis, to be
departed from' onlyt' by mutual consent, in those
cases where any exchange for a reasonable equiva-
lent might meet the ideas of both parties; and the
case for the production of your Lordship's full
powers would thus have arisen clearly and unequi-
vocally. Even as the matter now stands, it does not
certainly preclude discussion. But this might have
been continued unofficially. And it is apprehended
that, by producing your powers on the very day after
the signature. of the Russian Treaty, an itnprwssion
may have been-created very unthvourable to the fur-
ther progress of the Negotiation:
In the situation to which the busineSs is now
brought, his Majesty thinks it necessary to lose no
time, in taking every proper step for replacing the,
discussions between the two countries on their ori-
ginal footing.
The first proposals made by Vrance were, that sa
Plenipotentiary should be spit frOm hence with full
powers to treat, and -to canktude' a' 'separate Peace
with .France and her Allies. This was •d.eclined
here—not front. any unwiiiitwxess to t:hter
cussiods for Peace on just and honourable terms, an
object which his Majesty has uniformly 'expressed
himself desirous of accomplishing, but because the
King. was bound by .engagetnents to.flaisia which
preclUded laitit from treating otherwise than in con-
. cert with. that Power.

Subsequently to this, a proposal eras conytted
'through your Lordship for the conclusion Of peace
on the basis so often referred.to ; and the interme-
diate communications received from Itus4a enabled
his Mojesty, consistently with good tiiith, lo enter-
tain those proposals, and: to e?(Rress his disposition,
to accede to them, prov idedthat, in the mode of treat-
ing and concluding, the Most intimate Concert should
still be maintained with Russia.

. The r -traordinary step taken by M. D'Oubril
has now removed all necessity of Itarther reserve on'
this point::
. His Majesty, in this state of thing; thinks ite
Proper to combini together the two proposals whitqi
he has at different, periods received from Prance.;.:
and, as the difficulty which before prevented the
sending froin this Country a public Minister, open-
ly accredited, to treat for peace, now no longer sub-
sistseand as an acceptable basis of Negotiation has
been proposed to him by the Enemy, his Majesty
directs, that, your Lordship should apply to M. Tal--
/eyrand for pasgports for. a Public .11.inister so autho-
rized and. accredited, to ctO it-is his Majesty's
gracious, intention to join your Lordship, in the tull
powers
,to be granted by his Majesty.
The great advantages which the King's Service
will derive from the employment- of a person fully
instructed as to the sentiments,of his Majesty's Go-
vernment on all the various -points of discussion
that may arise, cannot fail to strike your Lordship in
,the :same ;light in which they are seen here ; and
the Kings :Servants entertain no doubt of your
Lordship's zealous and, hearty co-operation in the
exectitiozi of the joint iniitru'Oions which 'such a
'perots will bring with him. I have only therefore to
add, that your Lordship may assure ht. Taile'yratul,
that as soon as the necessary passports are received, .
there shall not be an hour's delay its his setting out ';
and that his Majesty's Government continues ar-
dently to Wish for the conclusion of Peace, proviSid
it can be accomplished on' the same grounds of na-
tional honour which ,have never been lost sight Of
here.
No. a4.--Extrad of a Dispatch •from Mr. Secretary Fox to
the Earl or Yam-loud), dated Du‘,voiog-street, filly 23.
Aix et) k Down leg- strccre (Lily 28,
Your LordThip'S dispatch of the 24th instant was
received here this. moruiqg, and, as it is probable
thAt la the course of this day, or. to morrow at far-
thest, your Lordship will receive mine of the
instant, I do not think, it necessary -to do more at'
present. than to request that your Lordship will as-
sure -M Telleyraed that immediately.on the receipt
of the passports, which you ta\e been instructed to
demand, the Earl of Lauderdale, who has been
humbly recommended to his Majesty fer this im
purtaut trust, ivill be prepared 'to set 'out ; 'and
that he will, therefore, of course, be with your
, Lordship in a very few days rom this date. I need
hardly observe to your Lordship, that it is of the
utmost importance that in the interim your Lord-
ship should avoid taking any step, or even holding
any language, which may • tend in the smallest de•
gree to commit the opinion of his Majesty's Go-
vernment on any part of the matters now de-
pending. . -

No 23.—Copy of a Dispatch from the Earl of Yarmouth to
Mr. Secretary Fox, dated Paris, I illy-30th, 1306.—Re.
ceivcd August tst.,
SIR, Paris, luly

I had the honour to receive your dispatch of the
26th instant, late at night, on the 28th, and next
Morning lost no time in asking for blank pass-
ports for a person fuily instructed with the' sen
timents of his Majesty's Government, whom. it
was their intention to join with me in the ini-
porrant Coiinnission of treating for Peace. M. Tal-
leyraud told me hp must take the Emperor's ordets;
I accordingly returned this day, when that Minister
informed me,..that the Emperor could consider this
demand in no other", light but that of unnecessary
delay, because his- Majesty's Secretary of State was
actually in possession of a blank , passport, which.
would enable any person or persons to • come to
Paris :without the loss,of time occasioned b this de-'
viand, but that " pour surcroit de facilites,"
there could -b'e no difficulty about giving more. I
answered that I had no knowledge of this circum-
stance. M. Talleyrand said it was certain, because
he bad sent two entit-ely in blank, and -that one
Only had been used, namely,' that, with' which I
returned; -

• .It is unnecessary for mit to add any think to what
1, I have already said in' my fernier dispoteit4s, rela-

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signature of the ilusstan Treaty; any'
t .
InaccAracy In the Staterunst 'of its contents, such as
enabled to. tr:insinit them', may easily be ac7'
; conined tot- by the citTurnstance of my not having-
sc'en -the Treaty itself, and b the onvYillitigneSs:
NI. IYonsril naturally to 'open himself to me
on tlrit ini.'()rmed the at the time that
:illo,11:1 st,!11(.1 a coPy to M. De Strogonetf, ho
ouLi comtniiiiicate it to ilk IVlajesty's—Ministers.
1: is with, pain, Sir, proportioned to my zeal for
7',l,+:,e!dyr,!-; service, and to the fair and honest con=
vi.tion of ray - having dune nothing which
trying circumstances of. the Moment did'
not require f!..0nl ine,that I have learnt by the
dispatO ihq oxriki.'ssion e,f.a wish that I 'had delayed
the pro.duOion of my full powers till I, couli Isut)W
the impresiion witHt the event of the Russian
pro(lnce
,in his Majesty's Council's,
a.wl the 'apprehension that:by the producing. them,
. so soon utter the signature of tige Russia') TreatY,,
ari impxe-sion niight b;, created unfavourable to
fur titer .prokre-Ss of,the Negotiation.
.If the questinn regar&d only my. own perscinal
feelings,' I should not think myself at, liberty to:
• allot to It so large •a. portion of a public diSpltch
but it may not, I conceive, be unUseful, with a vie*:
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to the 6)11(101 of the Negotiation; that you should
be apprized of so.me details which Liviye hitherto
omitted dwelling upon, partly from the urgency of
more important subje&s, and partly from my desire-
{ not' to trespass upon- your attention to so great an
extent. I. treat, Sir, that his Majesty will see in
these details. Wher.withal to justify my cdudua in
the di'llicult situation in which I was placed.
The line of Holland and 'Naples' were setAltd be-
fore I was honotin:ed with 'llis'itl*sty's confidence.
My cotiver:itions here witl)M. Tallpyrand soon con-
i:incA me that Itiese welt only preludes to stj.ll
greater chattgei iii .the system of Europe'. I saw at
the same time'a great desire of Ne(itration, before
the final ekecut i‘in Of some of the Etn peror's. schemes
should have removed every 'hope ofits being attended
with success. • '

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This opini,al,i not preconCeived -or lightly taken
up, but gradually formed from a variety of eircum-,
stance,;,'WaS cOnfirmed by the nature of the otkrs.
held out, unofficially indeed, but in such clear and •
uneciuivocarterms, that it was• impossible to enter,'
taiii anydon4t of the intention of this Government
to adhere to them.
The point Which of all others was the Most essen-
.
tial, and thiit on :which satisfadtion was (Int to the
national, honour and to•that of his Majesty, Hanover,
x`vould f was assured, be given up without restric-
tion foss Ldid not then know we should be asked
to allow the King Of Prussia to obtain the Sovereign-:
ty ofsome of the lesser Principalities. . . ,
I received similar assurances about Malta, and the
Cape °Good Hope ; no.have I any reason to doubt
htit:-Ifi'at before Russia had made her Peace sepa7
rately, titese ,tern rs might hove been obtained, and the
Treaty had\ solely for its basis the zits
with the sole exception in our favour of -Hanover re-
stored, and latterly indeed of some atrangetnents.
tolerable to all parties, in exchange for.. Sicily.
M. Talleyrand.held'the mite languageto me with
'reipeq to Russia, which he had before held. with.
teSpea to tilt; of Qertnany You have
now been here a nannth ; we laws:. been 'willing to
'-i.ionyetses with you to give you Insight into our
views', and to cotriiiinnicate'thedi to-the British Go-
vertnnent..-We told you; that if you had the powers,
and would enter into negotiation, we -would not sign
-the arrangement of Germany„ reason:thle- time
was left for you to consult yglIT Government.; we
• had. too answer. The arrangement was
~siko6d,
et Notts n'ell .teviendron. •.Ve. now ask you'
whether you will treat betbre Russia haS signed,.
which .will not pass two days:" •
It cannot be necessary to state my answer to such
a proposition. I will only add, th.it the Treaty
with Ra'ssia was signed within the time. men-
tioned, and then commenced the disculFy of my
situation.
Switzrland," I was 'told by the same
" rity, is on the eve of undergoing a great change.
" This cannot, be averted but by a Peace with Eng
land -, but stilt less can we alter, tbr liny other
" consid'eration, our intention of Invading Portugal.
The Army destined for that pUrpose is already as-
" sembling at Bayonne.' This is for the determina,
non of Great, Britairt."
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But; I contesS the point of all others 'the mos( 'de-.
Cisive ill inducing me to produce my full powers, was
the language held respecting Prussia.
" :Prussia detbandS from us a declarationrespNl,
ing Hanover ; we cannot consent wantonly to lose
the only Ally Fratice has had since: the'ReVolnlion ;
the Oclaration once made " Nous n'en pouvons
nons rctra6.tet." Would volt have uS brew entirely
with Prussia, when we cannoteven .saythat Great
Britain will negotiate with us'?.Are you .hereonly
M
with orders to delay Our.eaStires till the season of
theyettr Makes exertionimposSible,Or can you treat?
If so, is not the assurance we give you that Hanb..7'
vet I`.lalta, and the Cape, shall riot be contested',
sufficient to induce younto do so ) Must we lay -be-
fore the British Government our exact terms, before
they will•:-.CVen avow necrotiation with co'•great' a
l'ower as that of Franc;? Or shall we' execute our
other projeas, as we did those in Holland and
Naples ?"
Undoubtedly, Sir, conversations of this sort, con-
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firrited even as they were by the events passing un-.
der my eyes, could never have induced the to com-
mit ins Majesty's confidential servants upon any
point upon which Iliad- not received their instruc-
tions, and which left no time to receive them ;, but
_4 did not think myself at liberty to shift 'from my-
self the restadigibdity thus thrown upon me, at the
risk of seeing' Portugal and SWitzerland share the
stune 'fate which Germany has just experienced,
and' Hanover confirmed to Prussia, until such time
as his-Majesty's arms should recover the possession
of it. ' •

ofproceeding of this Government left
.me no alternative. • Either to avow negotiation,
or shut up every opening to it, was my only- option.
that I pledged his Majesty to nothing ex-
cept the faa-of negotiation already privately known
,to every Court in Europe.
I carefully forbore giving any written.paper,.or
admitting even the possibility of any other basis than
that of uti possidetis.
I have ascertained the real extent of the .preten-
sions of France ; and I did consider myself to have
prevented a great .eviLat small expence, by ,having
given time to yourself and his Majesti.s other con-

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lidentialServants, tolinavide, by ibefurthet instruc-
floes you might judge proper, for the ipterest_of the
Powers, thus, for the moment at least, saved from the
grasp of France. -
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...
I persuade. Myserf, thal the motives h; re detailed;
ur.6n which I aged at the moment, will plad'e in a
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.s4ohger light the difficulties of my positi.)n .;, and
will, on further consideration, obtain bis Atajcsty!s
gricious approbation of the condua which I thought
myself obliged to hold in consequence, ' : .
His Majesty's' Ministers would hav,e• relieved me
'from MuCh ,painful reslionsibility, if they 113 d com-
manded ma to proceed no 'furl her, .ancl. witit the ar-
rivalOf the- person alluded to, and for whom I have
the honour to enclose the necessary passport, which
I have thiS Moment received. . .

Mr. Goddard, whom a' long residence in Fi-anre;
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independent of his abilities and correa information
on. what has passed- hei-e, renders entirely able to
glue his NlljeSty's Mipisters e.-ery explanation they
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may wish for, is so god to take.this dispatch with
hiin to England„ -where be is returning at the end
ai
his long captivity n this country,
• 1 bast the honour to be, Sir, &c.
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(To 6e con' tiwrea'.)

Y A 11 M o;Yrii.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF PEERS.

MONDAY, DLC.

Th:.' Marquis of Sligo, tae Earls of Uktiridge,
Powi,;., and Lord Vicotint Gag, took 'the 0:Itlis and
their seats.

Colonel Drii;l;c:T.ter, from the Cornalis,:ionerg of
Military It miry, presented the Third Report of
that Board ;• which was or' red to lie on the. Table,
and 10 be pritited. •• .• ' •

• Mr. Johnson, from the Office of Chief Secretary
forireland, presented the 4th Report of the Com-
missioners of Inquiry in that country ; which was
also ordered to lie on tb table and tvo be.printed.
The Earl of AYLE*OIID 'staitA that His Majesty
had been waited on with the AddresS'.of That' HOuse,.
to sthich His Majesty had bet iii pleased to feturn-a
most graCious Answer, tfiattking the 11.)4e for their
determination to concur' in eter.y measure which the
exigency of afairs.mighi•r,quire;: • , .