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

(No: 20

the !'"op-'s f.f. the two Counttles should be th'A 'etk-- . . •
tire .. disaKointed by the absolute. dereliaion of 'this , ' " SIR • . .
basis, and ir, s)•ll:),,,iiive a mAnner, on the part of the "7 4, We have this insfant, received' a Note,- signed
French Go-venrnent. -.. .• ' . by their Excellencie.4. M. Champ and 6-,2neral
Lords ;Lander.lale and Ytn-Mouth :COnclude Clarke, to which, under any Other circums•zances,
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with declaring, that .his Majesty,_ always ready to` we should have returned au immediate answ.r.
listen to just and honour:dale tel of peace, relies " But it is our diity,to
'ObServe to y6ur Excellency,'
with .confidence on the means which the loyalty and : that since I:alt.-past sik oclock theday.betore vester-
affeetion of his.SubjeEfs afford him. He never will , day,- we, have remained with Out any answer to our
listen to any propositions for a negotiation upon any' ; • application fore passport for our Messenger, 's well
basis :incompatible with. the honour of his, Crown, as for 'our own pasSpOrts, although the applic<ition
and the true.intereStSOf his sublet:lS. . - has . been successively repeated no less than ,thrice
" LA'UDERDALE, in the course of that time. , ,„ .
" YARMOiITii."• t,' It is of the
,utmost importance, in the sileation
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m ;which we'are, 'to be iisSured of aft4e'lt‘id taint'-
, . tempted- com Mun icat ion with 4:itir ()overfill-ten t, as
ofth as we. may think it. necessary..., .. .
' ' " -We request your . Excellency fo,satisfy us on
this 'point, in order that we may know' whether we
maybe-sufe, whenever we may think fit-to:require
1 lea sports, eithd fOr ourselves or our_messengcrs, of
obtaining them.withont any delay.
" It is equally incumbent on us to mention, that
we have no answer to the request which we made to
your Excellency respe&ing Mr.- Goddard. .-
" We have the horiour„ renew_ to your Excel-
lency the assurances:of the high consideration with
which,' Bze: ' ' -•"-- -- ! ..L. .

Paris; Aug. §, 1E36."

" SI-R;(No. 16.)
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" The claiMs made by the French Government
in the official Note of his Excellency Gen: Clarke,
`Which are quite incompatible with the 'basis origiA-
rally proposed by the. same Government, having
left us no other -choice .than that of returning to our.
•own Government, we have the.honour .to request
that your Excellency will send us'the necessary pass-
ports for ourselves and stilte.
" Wcembrace this opportunity -of renewing to
your Excellency the assurances of high consideration
-with-which We have the honour to be fiec.
LAUDERDALE,
YA RMOUTH."
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" Paris, Aug. 9, 1806,P. M. Half-past Six."

rc DOJO ER DA T-33,
• " -YARMOUTH,"
" Paris; Aug: ir.;--.Hslffpast six 0'4:1w:1(.1' tr 1"

(No. .)
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Copy of a noteaddreSsed to Lords Lauderdale and-
Yarmouth, by his 'Exc'ellency the Minister "for Po-
tteign_ ,Affairs', August a ; Sob:: c:.
The undersigned,Minister :for Foreign Affairs.
t.has the honour to tran,,rnif to 'their Excellencies,Lira' `Lauderdale and Lord-Yarn-16mb, Ministers -Plc=
pipotentiary ,of Ibis Majesty the' King .of England,
the passport they required for a messenger, He re-a
grets that the suspension of business, 'which takes
place,ip.the offi,ce-ptv Sundays, did trot allow him to
lend it sooner. As to the passports which they have
applied for for themselves, the Undersigned flatters'
,-himself that they will constine his delay 'in sending
them in , the way most natural and likely to.obviate
any sort of complaint on their part. The Undersign-
ed, will never druid being responsible for any delays,:
the obieel of which is to continue for a few days the
hopes of 'pacifying two great Powers; and-of putting
an, end to the 'miseries of W;lr in all pshs, of the
kvOrld. The.T.Thdersigned entreats , their .Exeellen,.
•••-cies to accept, Sze.

" CH. M. TKI:LEIIt
Princo ow 13ytievcuto.'•

(No: n,)

" The undersigned Plenipotentiaris of .his Bri-
tannic Majesty - not hsve delayed answering
the note of.the I I..th Aigust, transmitted. t 4 them on
the part of the,ir Excellencies the Plenipotentiaries of
tube. French Governinent ; but the repeted applica-
tions which they made to his•Excellencv the Minister
for the Exterior; for passports for their- messenger,
having remained without an answer, 'they conceived'
it to!be-their duty previously to ascertain whether
they were to be allowed to, enjoy a free and uninter-
tupteacommunication with their Coort, such as has
always been maintained in similar cases in all the
Governments of Enrope.- • •
" The explanation which the Undersigned have
.received on thb par .of his Ex.ceileney the :Minister
•Tcir Foreign Affairs,. induces them to hope, that on
no occasion Whatever a similar delay will take
place. After, having duly .considered the Note
of their Excellencies, the Undersigned perceive
that the British Government, ,far from" assuming
to itself to rzquire. frOin the , French Govern-
"'mem whate:e; .restitutions it may think proper,
without feeling-ttself under any obligation to restore

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any thing to .Fiance, has' never shewed_arly other in-
clination. than to treat with, the Rerich Govern-

'trent on the bagig!proposed 'to it by •France itself,
.such as it was expressed in the note of Lord Lauder-
dale, namely, to treat generally upon the principle.
'of the uti possidetis, which was strialy to be adhered
ekept• in the case of Hanover, which it was pro-
posed to cede wholly to his Britannic Majesty:.
" Were it even possible to mistake tl4conse-
..

quences which necessarily flow from this principle,.
the personal discussions which took place on the 9th
inst. between the French Plenipotentiaries and the
Undersigned; will not allow them to entertain a

doubt, that the proposition thus declared was per-,
fe&ly understood by the Plenipotentiaries.,
"Of course,. the Undersigned can only repeat,
that agreeable to-the instruaions of their Govern-
ment;'they cannot do otherwise than insist upon the
recognition of this principle as a • preliminary.. It is
only. upon this condition that tliey have orders to
continue the negotiation,
;As soon as this principle shall be• acceded to,
the Undersigned will- be ready to' commence'. the
discussion of the other points indicated ,in the letter
to'Lord Lauderdale.

c' The Undersigned have only to add, that if the
French Government manifests an inclination to keep
to the proposition such as -his Britannic Majesty
supposes it ►o have been made by the French Go-
vernment, they will consider it as one of the most
tbrtimate circumstances--as a circumstance which,
according to the expression of Mr.. Fax, cited by
their Excellencies, holds out a promise of a peace
honourable for both nations, and of a nature at the
same time to assure the permanent:tranquillity of
•
Europe.'

" LAUDERDALE.
" YARMOUTH:I.
" Aug. 12, Eleven o'Clock, P.M. 1806."

(No. 23.)

" SIR,

" ?iris, August i 4, ►3c6, "I'vo, P. M.

" We think it necessarx to .acquaint your Excel.-
lency,.. that :at an early hour in the morning of the
12th inst. we
,Arqnsmitted to their Excellencies the
French Plenipotentiaries, a n'ote in answer to one
received from their Excellencies on the 1 tth of the
same month.. In this answer yie endeavoured to
point out a second tirne the subjeds.which appeared
to us to require, under some kind of form, a previous
explanation to enable
,us, in conformity with our in-
struaions, to prOceed in' the .present negotiation.
" The. silence of their Excellencies' the'French
Pienipot:?ntiaries. subjeel,..aflbrds us room to
suppose. th2Clit
,the 'pig sent Moment. we are.not to
expe& such an explanation on their part. •
" It is frony.tilis wiJAUer,iitto4l4tiljlt:Ave:Pel anxious