The Sun.
London, England, 1806-12-15 00:00:00

(No. 36.)

" MY LORD,
" I have the honour to acquaint you, that I have
taken his Majesty's orders' with respect to the objea
of the letter which your Excellency did .me the ho-
nour to write to me under date of the .0.2 d Of Septetn-
her, and that he immediately authorised M. De
Champagny, his Minister • Plenipotentiary, to cause
to be delivered •to you all the passports which may
necessary to your Excellency for,securing the re-
gularity and dispatch ,of your communication with
the:Ministry of his Britannic Majesty.
" I have the honour to renew, &c.
(Signed) " CIL M..TALLEYRAND.
" Prince of Benevento."

(No. 37.). . I
" 31. R, " Paris., Sept. 26, 1306.
" do not lose a- moment in making known to
your Excellency, that the result of the conference
which 1 this day had with his Exc4ency M.
-De Champagny, unfortunately; leaves me no hope of
being able to bring the negotiations on the part of
Great Britain- and Russia to a favourable termina-
tion

" In this state of things, and according to my
instmdions, nothing
.remains for me but to address
'myself to your Excellency for the necessary ,pr.ss-
ports, that I may be enabled to return to my Sove•
reign.
" In thus making this demand of your Excellency,
I cannot conceal the pleasure which I feel in declar-
ing my gratitude for all the personal attentions
whithyour Excellency has been pleased to spew me
during my residence at Paris; and, at the same time,
in expressing all the sentiments of . esteem which I
have always felt, and shall ever Nei, at all times,
for your Excellency.
I beg you to accept the assurance of my high
consideration.
" LAUDERDALE."

(No. 38.)•
• " Mayenee, Sept. 30, iBo6.
"The Undersigned, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
has laid before his Majesty the' Emperor;King of Italy,
the Note which his Excellency the Earl of Lauder-
dale, his Britannic ; Majesty's Minister Plenipo-
tentiary, did him the honour of addressing to Itim on
the 26thtinstant, His Majesty, after having, in his
'anxiety .for peace, shewn a disposition to adopt any
propOals- which could render it durable and respec-.
tively advantageous to the two Contracting Po'Wers,
and their Allies, would .see with concern the rupture
of a negotiation, from which, as far as his inclination
could influence, he had hopes. of a different result.
If the English Cabinet Will renounce, all prospect of
peke, if its Minister Plenipotentiary will quit France,
his Majesty flatters himself, notwithstanding, that
When the English Cabinet and Lord, Lauderdale
shall have considered the extent of the sacrifices he
was disposed to make, for the purpose of promoting
the re-establishment of a sincere reconciliation, they
will be'. thoroughly convinced that hiS Majesty, for
the general happiness, wished to weigh no considera-
tion against that of peace, and that, in the hope of
assuring the advantages of' to his people, he could
alone bring his paternal affedion to submit to sacri-
fices, not only' of personal pride, but even of power,
InuCh more considerable than the English ; nation
supposed, in the midst of a war in which he- has
obtained invariable success, without the least alloy
r
o, disaster. _

Besides, if it should be the Emperor's fate, and
that of the French PeOple, to still exist amidst the
wars and tempests which the policy and influence
of England may excite, his Majesty seeing himself
disappointed in his dearest hopes, after having done
every thing iii his power to put an end to the cala-
mities of war, relies upon the justice of his cause,
and on the courage, Lineation, and power of his
People:
Recolleaing, however, the disposition which he
his conYinually shewn during the course of this ne-
gotiation, his Majesty cannot see but with regret, that
England, who could illuStrate and establish her vast
power by the blessings of peace, the necessity of
which is felt by the present generation, and the Eng-
.fish natiou as well as others, volunta6ly suffers so
favourable an opportunity for it to escape. Futurity
will reveal whether the new Coalition 'will be more
Successtbl against France than the three former
futurity will disclose whether they who complain of
the greatness and the ambition of France, should not
impute them to the hatred, the injustice, the great-
ness, and ambition of which they accuse her. France
owes her aggrandizement solely to the repeated ef-
forts which have been made to crush her.
" Nevertheless, whatever inferences may be de-
duced from the past, with_rehxel to the future his
Majesty will be ready, if the negotiations with Eng-
land should be interrupted, to resume them, what-
ever chances or events may arise ; he will be ready
to re-establish upon the basis laid down, in concert
with the illustrious Minister whom England has\lost,
who ha‘ ing nothing farther to acid to his glory than
the reconciliation of the two Countries, conceived
the hope of succeeding, but was snatched from the
World in the midst of his labours.
The Undersigned has the honour to inform
Lord Lauderdale, that M. De Chanipagny is autho-
rised to deliver to hiM the .passpOrts tor which he
has applied. He embraces this opportunity to re-
peat to him the assurances of his high, considera-
tion.

" Cll. M. TALLEYRAND,
i• Prince of li..nevcruu."

[These Papers are followed by some ad,titionai Papers,
winch relate to the Treaty concluded by NI. D'Oubril, at
Paris, and nave been already Were ub tic. 3

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SWAM QUIS DICLILZ Is ALSUM A IIDEAT

LONDON,

MONDAY, DECEMBER 15; 1806.

No intelligence has reached Town from the Con-
tinent since Saturday, but the rumours of the defeat
of the French in Poland continue td be circulated
With confidence. We have already stated, that it
is highly probable that some skirmishing and partial
aetions may have-
.taken place between the/ hostile
Armies : indeed unless one party retreated, or both
ceased to advavice, .the advanced posts most have
fallen in with each other before the end of
last mouth ; but as to the reports of a gene-
ral and decisive battle having been fought, we
do not. think, they are entitled to the slightest
credit. • Of the French Army there were, about the
middle of last month, ,three divisions in Poland, viz.
DAVOUST'S, LANSTES.S, and AUGEREAU'S ; it is, in-
deed, stated, that MURAT had reached Posen on the
2 ist, but this' we conceive to be a mistake ; for in
tit* 33d Bulletin, dated the 16th, it is stated, that
he was appr6aching Berlin. The French, therefore,
would not, we think, hazard a decisive battle with only
a portion of their Army, unless the Russians had in-
cautiously pushed forward with a very inferior force.
On the other hand, notwithstanding the numerous
reports of the arrival of 170,000 Russians on the
Vistula, we are strongly inclined to believe that
they do not amount to above one half of the number.
This force, however, with the remnan of the Prussian
Army, would be quite sufficient to stop the progress
of the French until they are reinforced by the divisions
that were employed in the pursuit of the gallant
General BLUCHER. But we cannot suppose that
the Russian Commanders would be rash enough to
risk a Battle before the arrival of the Reinforce.
meats which are advancing from all parts of the
Russian Empire.

'\VE take the earliest opportunity of contradiEting
the Paragraph which appeared in this Paper 011
Friday last, which stated that Insurances had been
effeeted at LLOYD'S upon several Vessels bound to
Holland, as we find we have been misinformed upon
the subj e .

Tli z late reports of an intended competition for the
Speakership of the House of Commons are wholly
without foundation. Mr. ABBOT, whose abilities ie
that important office have been justly admired, is not
only likely to succeed, without the slightest attempt
at rivalry, but with the unanimous approbation of
the Representative Body.

On Friday HER MAJESTY and PRINCESSES, ac-
companied by the Earl of MACCLESFIELD, Count
MUNSTER, General DE BUDE, Colonels `TAY Loa.
and DEsBUoW, Lady CRANLEY, Misses Ot4sLovr
and EGERTON, honoured Mrs. HARCOURT with a
morning visit, at her house on St. Leonard's Hill.
PRINCESSES AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, dud AMELIA, were
on horseback. PRINCESS MARY, accompanied by
Lady CRAN LET lend Miss
.ONSLOW, wwit,...ci there,
and returned to Windsor in HER MAJESTY'S car-

riage.
- On Saturday, notwithstanding the unfavourable-
ness of the weather, HIS MAJESTY rode on hoise-
back, accompanied by two of the PRINA;ESSES, in Itie
neighbourhood of Windsor.
Yesterday morning HIS MAJESTY, PRINCESSES
AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, attended by La-
dies ELY, MACCLESFIELD, SUDLEY, and \VALDE-.
GRAVE, Lords SUDLEY and MACCLESFIELD, Gen.
FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLOR, rode in the Royal
carriages to St. George's Chapel, where a Sermon
was preached by the Rev. Dr. HEATH, and Atter-
\liar& rode back to the Palace.

HER MAJESTY and PRINCESSES ELIZABETH and
MARY had Divince Service performed in the 1-'aace.
The Brigades of Infantry under the command
of Major-Generals Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY and
Hut.r.4 have -received orders- niuriediately to march
from the Coast 5 but their destination iias not trans-
,pired. The Brigade of General WELLESLEY IS at
Deal, and consists of the 3d, tith, 7thi, and .Bth
Regiments 5 that of General HILL, of the 14th
and gist.
Seven more Regiments of Infantry are ordered to
be embarked immediately for Ireland.
On Saturday last a Cabinet Council was held at
the Foreign Office., It sat from one till a few min
nutes after four o'clock, and consisted of the follow-.
ing Members :—Lord GRENVILLE, Lord How ick,:
Earl SPENCER, Mr. WINDHAM, the Right Hon.
the CHANCELLOR ut the EXCHEQUER, the Right
Hon. THOMAS GRENVILLE, Earl MoIRA, Lure HOL-
LAND, and Lord SIDMOUTH.

On Saturday the following Rear-Admirals of the
Red were promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral&
of the Blue:

James kempthorne, Esq. Arthur Philips,,ESq.
Sampson Edwards, Esq. Sir W. G. Fairfax, Kilt
George Campbell, Esq. Sir James Siannaitz, Bart.
Henry l•raniclauct, Esq. dna b. is.
No other Promotions will take place.
Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ is to Moist his Fiag in the
Channei Fleet, under Lord ST. VINCENT, to the
romi or Sri CI-WIVES COTTON, whu, II is Sai,i, IS to
succeed Sir ERASMUS GOWER In int! ciAnniand at
Newfoundland. We time out heard wilo io sii.-
ceed Sir JAMES SAU4AREZ hIS columand at'
Guernspy and Jersey',

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