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

(No. 10.)

`f SIB,
" I write two words to you, to inform you that I
sm perfe&ly satisfied with the wishes that you lave
'again expressed for peace. Lord Yarmouth besides
has my entire confidence. Every thing which he
shall mention to you, you may consider as proceed-
ing from myself. Time presses. Accept my best
wishes. " C. J. Fox."
" London, 14111 Tune, 1.130."

No. i I. is the Powers given to Lord Yarmouth,
written in the Latin language.
No. 12. is the Translation of the same. They dif-
fer in nothing from the usual Powers given on these
occasions.

, • • • (No. 13.)
" The undersigned Plenipotentiary of his Britan-
'Die Majesty thinks it necessary, before he enters
upon the negotiation a&ually pending between bis
Sovereign and the Court of France, briefly to retrace
the circumstances which have produced it. In the
mean time, he considers it as becoming that frank--
ness and 'sincerity, Which, as Plenipotentiary of his
Britannic Majesty, he is determined to pradise; to
deelare that the principle which France herself ori-
ginally proposed, is the only basis on which he can
- consent to negotiate, as well as to define the nature
• of the discussion on which' he is ready to enter. •
" The strong and energetic language which the
French Government employed, three months since,
to express its desire of peace, while it inspired his
Majesty with, a confidence in the sincerity of the
Court of France, caused no small degree of regret..
that the proposition to treat with him, and separately
from his Allies, appeared to prevent both France and
Englan'd from profiting of this favourable disposition
of their respedive Governments, as it would be im-
possible for his Britannic Majesty, unless he swerved
from that good faith which he has always manifest-
ed, to treat otherwise than in conjunction with his
Ally t he Emperor. of Russia.
" Since that time, when his Majesty found that
intervening circumstances, which it is not necessary
to detail ie this place, allowed him to engage in a
separate treaty, it was with great pleasure that he
received the proposition to treatgenerally, on the
basis of the uti possidetis, to be scrupulously oh-
served, except in the case of Hanover*, which it is
proposed should be ceded to his Majesty without any
reserve.
This proposition, it is true, was not in a direa
way, nor by the channel of any accredited Minister;
its authenticity, however, could not admit of the '
" Independent of the authority which it received
from the character of the person employed to coin-
municate it, it appeared to be in perfed agreerrient
with that which has been previously offered. The
(Emperor does not entertain a wish for any of the
possessions of England.' Sitch an avowal made at
the very beginning of the correspondence between
the two Courts, was the natural prelude to such a
proposition.
". H is Majesty regarded the cession of Hanover as
a proof of the spirit of justice in which the propo-
eition had been conceived, because this tleaorate,
though it v.eis occupied upon a supposed identity of
Interests and measures, passed, in of ea, flir nothing,
in the diflhrences.which occasioned the present war;
and lie viewed, in the principle till then recognised
as the general bast; of negotiation (a basis particular-
.ly adapted to the relative situation of the two parties),
what he considered to be a proof, that France was as
sincerely disposed as Great Britain to put an end to
,au order of things equally prejudicial to the interests
of the two countries.
.f‘ In ilia, it appeared to his Majesty to be the.
only principle on which the negotiation could he
:brought to an happy conclusion. From the nature
• ':of those interests in which the respective parties
participated, it could not be expeaed that a satisfac-
tory arrangement could be made, in the way of re-
• ciprccal restitution, by the . restoration of their re-
, speaive acquisitions; while, on the other hand, the
principle of the uti possidetis naturally presented it-
; seil as offering; the means of putting an end to the
unfortunate hostilities between the two nations,
-both of which. are in possession of extensive and im-
portant conquests, both as to territory and influence :
France on the Continent of Europe, and Great•Bri-,
tame in the other parts of the world:
" This fast appeared still more striking to his Ma-
jesty; on 'considering that both nations had assumed
an aaual possession in their- respective acquisitions,
• which could not experience any material alteration
from the continuance of the war : the superiority
of the pa% al force of Great Britain being, according
• to all appearances, no less firmly established on' the
, sea, than that of the army Of France on the Continent
of Europe,
" It was under the impression which those reflec-
tions naturelly.produced, that- hiS Majesty most wil-
lingly accepted the proposition thr treating on the
new, principle of the uti possidetis, with the reserva-
tion due to, the subsisting connexion with the Fmpe-
- ror of Russia ; and as a proof of his sincerity, he
made choice of the person by whom the communica-
tion had been made, to announce the alacrity with '
which he acceded to the basis proposed for the.cdn-
elusion of a treaty. The Undersigned is by no means
disposed to conceal the satistedion his Majesty has
derived from the pleasing prospea of speedily re-
storing the blessings of peace to his subject; on just
and equitable principles,' and which are conformable
to the honour 01 his crown ; nor of the regret he
experienced when, at the very Moment his 'Majesty
had acceded to the principle offered for'his accept-
ance,
t hat principle was strldeiily abandoned by the de-
tumid to evacuate and restore Sicily—a demand which
- let; not been modified in any other way than by pro-

_leas of indepnity to his Sicilian Majesty, which
were eqnally, insufficient and i
" This demand, so incompatible with the avowed
principles on Which the two p irties -treated, would
have justified the putting an immediate conclusion
to the negotiation ; but. the anxiety of his Majesty
the King of Great Britain and Ireland to concur with
'his ally the 'Emperor of Russia, and to ensure to his
slibjeds. the blessings of lieace, induced:ll4n to re-
ceive every other new proposition which might be
made to procure to his Sicilian Majesty, in exchange
for Sicily, a real and satisfaCtory equivalent.. No pro- ,
-position of this nature having been yet made, the
Undersigned declares, that he cannot consent to treat
on any other principle than the uti. possidetis, as ori-
ginally proposed to his Sovereign by the-court of
France. In. the mean time, he expresses his wish
that it may be perfectly understood, that the adoption .
of this principle will not prevent him from listening
to any proposition for a just and satisfadory indem-
nification to his Sicilian Majesty for the cession 'of
Sicily 5. nor. from accepting any proposal for an ex.•
change of territory between the ContraCting Parties,
on principles of justice, and such as may tend to the
reciprocal advantage of the two countries.
" The Undersigned conceives, that since the uti
possidetis has been proposed by the Court of France,'
peace has been concluded between France and the
EMperor of Russia, and consequently that the rela-
tive situation between the two countries is no longer
the same. On the contrary, he- must also observe,
that since that time France has acquired new advan-
tages by the comprehensive changes which she has
made in the constitution of the ermanic -Empire—
an arrangement, the anticipation of which had been
submitted to the Court of Great Britain 'as a power=
ful.,motive for the immediate conclusion of peace on
the*basis of the uti possidetis. If,• then, this princi-
ple appeared just and reasonable before,- it cannot
fail at present, according to its own views of the ob-
je&, to be still more favourable to the interests of
France than of the British Empire. • '
" The Undersigned thinks it necessary to observe
that although France may look forward to other ac•-•
quisitions on the Continent of Europe, his Majesty
the King of Great Britain and Ireland may with equal
justice have similar views in other parts of the world,.
and which will be of infinite importance to the com-
merce and strength of his empire ; and consequently,
that he cannot, consistenly with the'interests of his
people, or the honour of his crown, negotiate upon
any principle of inferiority, either declared or sup-
posed. He cannot treat upon any other footing than
the presumption that a continuance of hostilities is
equally disadvantageous to both parties. There can
be no reason whatever to suppose that the conquests
which his Majesty proposes to keep by the peace
could be taken from him by the War, and the Under-
signed must presume, the best proof that can he
given of the.equity of the basis on which it is propos-
ed to treat, must be found in the circumstance, that
they were offered by France, on the opening of the
communication which has produced. the mission
wherein his Sovereign .has employed bim conjointly
with Lord Yarmouth.
" Paris, Aug. 6, 1806." " LAUDERDALE."