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to Ireit an end to the general expeEtitioriS Of both
Countries, where there is so little probability of their
being realized.. We arc; aware that- the application
which we ,have made, under these circumstances, tor
passpciftS, to enable tts to return to England, May ad-
mit of a construftiou calculated to deter that happy
moMent when the views of the French Government
will ne drawn more clo.sely to those which it was sup-
posed to entertain. To deStroy the possibility of such
inconvenience,we feel it our duty to asure your Ei-
celiencr that any proceeding Which shall tend to
obstrn:t the renewal of the negotiation, will, on that
account, be contrary to our intentions ; although,
for the reasons we have
'Oentioned, we feel 'our-
selv' es under the:necessity of putting an end to our
mission.

"It cniy remains fin• its to assure your Excellency,
that if, for the happiness Of the two nations, we
should 'clianee to be deceived in the inferences which
we have made from the silence of the French Pleni-
potentiaries, we shall wait a reasonable time tor any
explanations their Excellencies may have to offer.
" prevent, however, the necessity of repeat-
ing an application as disagreeable for us to make, as
it would be far your:Excellency to receive, in case
the negotiations shoiild not terminate favourably, we
request to h furnished with the passports necessary
for us 'n,nd our suite; to be mad,e Use of according
to 'ci rcumstance' s. .

"We have tl.e honour to renew to your Excel-
leuc)-- the ..:,isuranecs of our bigh consideration.
" LAUDERDALE. •
•
" YARMOUTH."

(No. 24.) . , • • •
• tiatisi• August $7, 18c4.
'`O d
" Undersigned has the liOnour to inform his
Excellc.ncy the.-Mmister for foreign A air., that his
Britannic Majetity;h:ls -had the goodness to acede
to the t-equest of- Lord, Yarinontli, and to allow
loin to return io England. The I.lliture of the full
powers of the_Undersio-ne:l, already communicated-
to their Excellencies. the French Plenipotentiaries,
authorize 'hint t'o treat either conieintlyor separately
with the
.Frencli.64ernmetit ; and. he
.has received
fresh and precise instruaions tea thiS-effe6.t, in case
the answer to the note of the. i l th inst. should he of
such a nature as to allow.linn to proceed with the
negot
" The . Undersigned has 114 honotdto renew it)
your. Excellency the as4urancesc, of his high con-
sideration,

(No. vi.)

" LAUDERDALE."

" Yaris, August zz, t&06:

" The Undersigned Minister Plenipotentiary of
his Britannic Majesty finds himself under the neces-
sity of reminding his Excellency the Minister for
Foreign Affi.rs,
iSt, That on the morning of the 12th a note,
signed by the tindersig,ned and Lord Yarmouth, of
the date of the lith; was transmitted to his Excel-
lency General Clarke, in which the persons under-
signed. declared, that the British Government, far
from presuming to eXaCt from The French Govern-
Merit such re,titutions as it might think,proper,
without -:
being tinder an obligation to make any resti
tution to France,was neveraiquated by any other wish
than to treat with the French Government upon the
'basis proposed by France, such as it was declared in
LordLauderdale'snote,viz.to treat generally upon the
basis- the .utifiossic;etis., which wasStriCtly tohe adlier-
ed to except in the case of Hanover, which it ivaS pro
posed should be fully restored to his Britannic Majes-
ty. That, were it even possible ;o be mistaken as to
the consequences necessarily floN,Thiz from this
the personal discussions which` Wok" plae.On
the 9th instant, between the French Plenipotentiaries
and the Undersigued, did not leave a doubt remaining
that the proposition sO made was perfectly understood
by-these Plenipotentiaries,
,and that' in consequence
-the Undersigned had only to repeat, that confortna-
bly,to the' instructions of their Government,
.they
could not do otherwise than 'insist upon the previous
acknowledgment Of this principle ',and .that it was
upon thiS Condition only that they would be Illowed
to continue the negotiation.'. ,
" 2d. That on the 14th instant the Undersigned,
coni6intly Lord Yarmouth, had the honour to
infOrre his EXcellency the Minister for Foreign Af-
fairs in writing, that the silence of their Excelleh-
cies the French Plenipotentiaries, On the subject of
the note of the I Ith inst. gave room. for supposing,.
that at the present moment they were not to ex-
pc& an" explanation, such as they required in their.
note of the t 1 th, which would authorize the Under-
signed to, proceed. with' the negotiation, agreeably to
their instrtClions.'
That from this consideration they felt an anxiety
to put an cud to the general expetilation of both na-
tions, see,ing. 'there was. so little appearatiFe of its
being re.7..ed. That they w:ere aware that al: appli-
caton for passports; undei such4circumstantes, to
enable them to return; might 'be susceptible of con-
structions of a nature to'defer that liaKT moment
when the views of the. French Government wbuld be
drawn closer to those which it was supposed to en-
tertain. That to prevent the possibility of Buchan
inconvenience,Shey felt it to be their duty to declare,
4, that any proceeding, the object of which should
be to obstruoi the renewal of the negot:ation,N,vould,.
for that very reasoa, be contrary to their intentidns;
although, for the reasons before-mentioned, they
found themselves obliged to put an end to their

mission:
" The Undersigned, perceiving that no answer was
given to these communications, presumed that this
delay might be' the result of a temper favourable
to the progress of the neclotiation, and that he would
at last_be recompensed by an answer according to
his manner of considering it. When he perCeivediliiir
none was tOrthcolning, he still pursued that line of
condud which must have incontestibly evinced the
sincerity of the inclination he had expressed, to re-
ceive such explanations as should put it in his power
to renew the objects of his Mission.
But if on the 14th inst: the Undersigned, in con-
: jundion with Lord Yarmouth, saw himself under the
necessity to declare to his Excellency the Minister for
Foreign Affairs, his'apprehensions (in consequence of
the silence of the French Plenipotentiaries)t hat no an-
saver would be given.on this subject; and moreovq,,
if at the period when they found themselves obliged
to declare: the necessity under which they were, in'
obedience to the orders of their Sovereign,to demand
passports, the Undersignert has no occasion to remark
to his Exce:lency the Minister for ForeignAllkirsh9w

ii p,:tiovsly the new kfays since Ar"3'sri, i\
scrib..tit to the Undersigned to. 'renewhis demand..
. .
•

" At.the same time the Undersigned-feels it r..
cesSaryY6add, that not being able to per:,..na c 111. f' •
self that in case the answer should not b.• fi'vou,
his: Excellency the Minister for Foyeign A
would defer for so long a tinie the adoption of I.
only alternative, the transmission of p,issports; he;
does riot wholly. forego, even at this m;nient; the
expeaatidn'of the renewal of the prOpoAtion, 'such
as the Ministers of hIS Britannic Majesty coliccived
to Have been Made by the French Goveriinient; be 7
cause it is only by these means that the hopes of the
two Nations can be realized.

. .
" Should these hopes even be dimmdinfed; the
Undersigned will never 1-egret a delay x6ich has
afforded him an opportunity, of_proving, in the most
unequivOcal manner, the earnest_ desire by N:vhicit his
Britannic Majesty has always, been.animated for a
permanent . and honourable :Peace, .of whirl.). His
Majesty has given the strongeS:
.proof, in, autho-
rising the Undersigned to treat Upon the basis origi
nally proposed by France. It is from this.relleaion
that the. Undersigned has supported so long con-
tinued a state of uncertainty, without protesting in
the smallest degree, against it.
, .
. " In, intreating his Excellency the Minister for
Foreign Affairs to transmit to him provisiOnally, to
he made use of only in the cases already men-.
tioned, the necessary passports for himaelf and his
suite, the Undersigned conceives`he has adopted the
only means of. preventing the necessity.in which. he
,Might otherwise find himself (if he were ()bilged
to repeat this application), of accompanying it
with such observations as the. Laws of Nations and
the dignity of his Soverelp would 44th6rise him
to make.

" LAUDERDALE,"

,
- (No. 26.)
,
. " i',:es, 26th August-. 1896;
" The silence constantly preserved by their Ex-
cellencies the French Plenipotentiaries, as well as
by his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
after the of icial Note of the Underigned, and of
Lord' Yarmouth, dated the' 11th of this month;
after the letter addressed to his Excellency the Mi-
nister of Foreign Affairs, dated the 14th ; and af- "
ter the official Note ut the Undersigned, dated the
22d of the present month=appear to announce
clearly, that the French Government has abandoned
every -desire'of Peace upon the basis which it had
first Proposed • itself, and which the Undersigned
has uniformly declared to be that single' and only
basis upori which he was authorised to treat with
this Government.
" In this state of
.things, the Undersigned can-
hot flatter himself that any advantage can result
from his stay being continued at Parisi while on
the other hand, a further delay might necessarily
give room to the two nations, as well as to all
Europe, to suppose, that Peace, the ohje& of their'
wishes, is upon the hour of being concluded,, at the
very moment when every reasonable: hope upon
this subjed seems to be entirely vanished, Strong-
ly penetrated with this sentiment, the Undersigned.
sees himself obliged to terminate his, Mission, by
making of his 'Ekcellency the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, the formal demand of the necessary passe
ports for his return to his Soveieign.
" At the same time, and in the spirit of concilia-
tioti which has constantly charalerised alj his pro- ,
.oedings.since his arrival...at Paris,,Ak tb*rsigned.„
.now that he sees himself obliged by his instructions
to demand hiS passports, cannot resolve to render
impossible, on the part of the drench Government, a
communication of such a-nature'as Would allow the
Undersigned to continue the NegotiatiOn, although,
after the fong silence of this GuYernirieilt, he cannot
expe& so faVourable an issue. _' -
" It shall not, then, be until next Wednesday ..",
morning, the.27th of this month, that the Under- , -
signed will have the honour of awaiting in person'
on his Excellency
.the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
to ask formally and definitively for the necessary
I passports for himself and his suite. He'only adds,
I that the passports : which he shall ask, must be
I for his immediate return, and not passports to
/ be used according
_to ciremitstances, as he has-
i asked them on a former occasion. ..
“ LAUDERDALL"

(No. C 7.)

" August as, So 6.
" The Plenipotentiaries of his Majesty the Em-
peror of the French and King of Italy,, desiring to
confer with his Excellency the Earl of Lauderdale,
Plenipotentiary of his 13ritannic Majesty, upon the
subject of .the last, Note that he has addressed to
them, engages him to-morrow, about three o'clock,
at the house.of the Minister of the Interior, where
they shall meet him, if this hour suits his Excellen,-
cy's convenience.

" De Champagny has the honpur of propos-
ing to the Earl of Lauderdale to dine with him
when the conference is ended. He hopes that his.
Excellency will bring to dinner Messrs. Goddard,
Stewart, and Maddison."

(No: 28.)
" The Earl of LAODERDALE, Plenipotentiary of
his BritanniC Majesty; lies the honour of acknow-
ledging the receipt of the Note whiCh has been just
sent to him on the part of their Excellencies the
ErenO) Plenipotentiaries;
" H'e shall have the honour of going to the house
of the 'Minister of the Interior, to-morrow, about
three o'clock, and afterwards to dine with his Excel-
lency -M. De Champagny. Messrs. Goddard, Stew-
art, and Maddison, will also have the honour of
going there .at .the hour for dinner.
" LAUDERDALE."

(No. 29')

~;"‘ Paris, August 79, 1806,

"At the moment of renewing with their Es.celien-
cies the:Fiench Plenipotentiaries the, conterence
the 2atli oe toils, month, the .Undersigned l'ionipo-
tentiaty of his Britannic. Majesty thinks himself
obliged to lay. before their ENcellencies the state
of the Negotiation, such as it was at the time of '
Sending the Note on the part of the Undersigned,
and .of Lord Ifarrooufh, dated the 12th of the pre-
'sent 'Month. Their ffiteeliencies the French Mini-
sters 'will ;see from this statemelit,' that at the point
in- whiCh‘thediscussion is amually 'at present, it is no. •
longer permitted to the- Undersigned to cofltinue it,
urtlOs'iby the—a‘dmission of the only basis upon which