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till; I should be informed that this new demand,
changing entirely the proposed basis, should be urged
no more." He appointed 'next morning for the to
receive an answer. •
I accordingly returned to the Office yesterday
morning, when M. Talleyrand repeited,the same
demand, otferihg to desist from the recognition by
Great Britain of any or all the new States, waving
this'concession to the honour of the Powers created
-by France, and,setting Hanover against Sicily, and
pleadins.;that no such recognition being demanded,
then 'appear a fair equivalent for
that Island. He read the draft-of aii, article to.this
effete-:,--that Great Britain - and FranCe should. not
oppose each others arms.; against such of the Powers
.now at as should-riot-be-named in the Prelitni-

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riafy: Articles. '
To this I declined making any answer, repeating
tnyorders.'not to converse further till he should
abatidon this 'proposition, and ,return to the .fOrmer
•basis, I added that, unless ,be did so, I could ex
pert nothing but your order to return to England.
M. Talleyraud wished to revert to the old topic,,
on which I repeated to him, that it. was impossible
fOr me to converse on any part of the subject till be
should entirely relinquish every mode' of seeking for

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the possession of Sicily.
M. Talleyrand desired me to inform you, that on
the 2gth of Jung the French troops were to take pos-
session of Cataro.. .

No. 17.—Extraa fret a Dispatch from the Earl of Yar-
mouth to Mr: Secretary Fox, dated ratis, July 'Soo.—
. Received luly 4.
'SIR, ' Paris, July r, 1806.—Midnight.
After closing the dispatch I had the honour to
address to you this morning, lyentforthe passport
M. Talleyrand had . promised to have prepared for
the Messenger's return.-: •
Instead of giving me the passport, he made many
excuses for its twine escaped .his nrniory, request-
it, me to wait till be should come back from .St.
Cloud.

When I returned, M. Talleyrand proposed to me
to offer the Hanse Towns as an establishment,for the
King of Naples,- and that the British troops should
occupy them the same day they retake possession
of Hanover. On a little further conversation, I had
little doubt that were .England to, provide in any
other manner for..his Sicilian Majesty, the Ding
might add the Hanse Towns_and their territories in
full sovereignty to his Gerinan dominions.
The propositions about the Hanse Towns being
entirely new, I promised to refer, it without any
comment to you for his Majesty's consideration.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) YA2 MOUTH.
No. 18.—Extraa from a Dispatch from Mr. Secretary Fox
to the Earl of 'Y armouth, dated•Downing-smet, july 5,
ad).
MY LORD, .Downing-street, I uly s, tBO6.
Your Lordship's dispatches pf the first inst. were
received here early yesterday morning, and I lose no
timein apprizing you of ,his Majesty's commands
upon the present state of the discussion with the
French Government.
The abandonment of Sicily is a point on which it
is impossible for his Majesty to concede. Your Lord-
ship has already stated unanswerably to M. Talky--
rand, that this demand is inconsistent with his ex-
press declarations, and'.with the whole principle on,
whicb the Negotidtion rests. It is, besides,. a pro-
posal in itself quite inadmissible. The King's trodps
occup) Sicily for its defence, but with no right to
cede it to France. It is not easy to contend that the
posse4sion of Sictly can be necessary to that of Na-,
Oes.; nor, if it were so, could that.be assignee as a`
reason for his Majesty's consenting to abandon that,
Island, whiCh he may justly hope his naval and mili-
tary fOrce will be able to defend against all attacks.
The Hanse Towns could not, in the present circum-
stances, answer the purpose of an equivalent for Sici-
ly; even if there were not other objeaidns to, such a'
proposition Nor would it be possible that- any solid
basis for the tranquillity of Enrope could be establish-
ed on the idea thrown, mit by M. Talleyrand, of iear-
it°r -Great Britain and France at liberty to prosecute
the war against the Allies of each other ; a state of
things ih which their rcspeelive fleets and armies
would be 'as much opposed to each other as they are
now, and the Peace bet‘veen them would be merely

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nominal.
It is, therefore, to be hoped, that the French Go-
Ternment m ill revert to its or;ginal -proposals with
'which your Lordship was charged by M. Talley-
rand. To that basis of Negotiation it must be your
Lordship's encleavoisr to recall him; and if, Unfortu-
nately, you should find this to be hunratlicable, no-
thing can remain but that you should state, in per-
fealy civil, but decided terms, that you are nut at
libe.rty to treat on any other ground, and must,
therefore, desire your passports to return to Eng-
land. -

I have stated in my last
.letters the different
ideas that had occurred here for combining our Ne-
gotiatiOns with that of Russia ; providing, at the
.same time, tor the safety of Sweden and Portugal. .
Until we are. informed what other proposal is
'made in this respect ,by M. Talleyrand, I can only
desire that your Lordship will keep thiS subjed in
view, so as not to .admit of any thing inconsistent
with the principle of good faith to which His Majes-
ty must in substance adhere, but in such form as
m2y best facilitate the great work of Peace. I am, &c.
No. O.—Extra& from a Dispatch from the •Earl of Yar."
mouth to Mr. Secretary Fox, dated-Paris,,july 9, t 806.—
Xeceived July 12.
SIR. Paris, fitly 9, 1806.
I had the hOnour to receive your dispatch of the
Mit, early yesterday morning, and as soon as
possible after waited upon M. Talleyrand, to corn-
Municate to him that the offer made by France was
.by no Means admissible, and that I had no authori-
ty,ty listen to any proposals whatsoever for the resto-
,rifiAn of Peace, till he should desist from all preten-
anAto the Nand of Sicily.
-▪ Aaalleyrand not being willing to /like any such
declaration, I asked, him to give me a.passport to re-
twik, p(iLondon—he desired me to wait one day,
again have taken the Emperor's or-
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_• aqstrotingly returned this morning, when he de-
sariq .nqo propose Dalmatia,Albania,,and Ragusa,
asigi ideFtrinity for the IOSS of Sicily to his Sicilian
SAaVt,yi; to this I answered, that as the Messenger
was relurning, I should-communicate this. proposi,
Von but that it by no. means authorized me-to ex-
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answer, and therefore I must Lief; leave to re-
tetriii'lo England. Had M. D'Oubrit not-been
inimedintetz have iusigord on passports.