The Sun.
London, England, 1806-12-23 00:00:00

STATE PA PERS.

THE LATE NEGOTIATIbIi WITH FRANCE.

PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE NRGOTIA,TION WITH
; ..FRANCE, PRESENTED,-. BY HIS MAJESTY'S COM-
- I%I•AND, TO BOTH. HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT LAST

NIGHT.

No. I.—This is the-Letter -trona Mr.- Secretary
Fox to M.Talleyrand; relative to the Assassination
',Plot, dated Downing-itreet, Feb. 20, 1806, which
hag been corready'given'in theMoniteur.
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No. 2.—Not correally given in the Moniteui.
Letter from M.Tallcirand to Mr.Seeretary Fox, dated PariS,
I Marchs, 14,1.c6:,---Received March 191
SIR, - Paris, March s, ISoB.
I have laid your Excellency.Letter'before.his Ma-
le** His.-first words,. after haVing read it,
,were,
`,` ./,recognize here the -principles of honour and of
virtue by.which Mr.. Fox: has '.ever.been atluated.
Thank him on my part." I will-not allow myself,
Sir, to add any thing ro the expressions of his Im-
perial and Royal Majesty. I request you to ac-
cept the assurances' ably diStinguishedConsideration,.
(Signed) all. MAX. TALLEYRANP.
NO. 3..7—Omitted altogether ia the Moniteur.
Extract from a Lettcr from M. Talleyrand to Mr; Secretark
dated Paris, idarch's, 180G,-Received March 19.
Paris, March s, IL6.
It may be agreeable to you to receive News from
.this. Country. I.sen'd'you the Eihperor's Speech to
the Legislative Body. You mill therein see that our
wishes' at'e still for -Peace. Ido not ask what is the
prevailing inclination.with you ; but advantages
of Peace Are duly appreciated, you knoWT upon what`
basis it may 'be discussed. •
No. 4.-oi-flitted in the Moniteur.
Extra Et fi•oiri,a Speech thlivered be the Chief of the French
Covernment'to the Legislative l3ody, on tile ad of March,
' 18A.
I desire Peace with England. - On thy part I shall
never delay it for a Moment. I shall always be ready
to conclude it, taking kir its basis the Stipulations-of
the Treaty of Amiens:.
No. s,—Letter from Mr. Secretary Fox to M.
Talleyrand, on the subjeEt of the Stipulation of the
Treaty of Amiens, dated Downing-street, March. 26,
18-05:—Given correltly•in 'the Moniteur.
No. 6.—Letterfrorn M. Talleyrand to Mr. Se-
cretaiy Fox, dated 'Paris, April Ist, 1806.—Received
April 7th.—Given correaly in the Moniteur.
No. 7.-7-:-Letter from Mr. Secretary Fox to M.
Talleyrand,.daied Downing-street, April Bth,
,1806.
Corre&ly given in the Moniteur. • , •
• No. B.—Letter from M. T:dleyrand to Mr, Secre-
tary Vox, dated Paris, April 16i-1806.4—Received
April 1901.7—00En:611y given in the Moniteur.
No. 9.—Letter from Mr. Secretary Fox to M.
Talleyrand, dated Downing-street, April 20th, 1806.
Corredly,gi'ven in the Moniteur.
'No. t 0.--Letter from M. Talleyrand to Mr. Secre-
tary Fox,
.dated Paris 2d June, 'lBO6. —Received
June 4th.—Correaly givet in the Moniteur.
No. 11.—Letter from 'Mr. Secretary Fox to M.
Talleyrand, dated Downing-street, June 14, 1806..7
Correaly given in the Moniteur.
No. re. —Communicatiorimade by the Earl of Yarmouth to
Mr. Secretary Fox, dated June 13, 1826, of course not men-
` 'tioned in the Moniteur.
, A few days after my arrival at Paris from- the de-:
piit at Yerdun, Monsieur Talleyrand desired me to
call upon him-; having done so, he told me thati
the French Government had been looking out for!,
Some means by which a secret.and confidential com-
munication might be made, explanatory, of the sen-
timents and views of France, as. well as• the outlines
of, the terms on which Peace might be restored be-
tween the two Countries. Having mentioned the
extreme desire of Making •this communication in
such as manner. that no . publicity might in any case
ensue, should the object of it not be obtained, Mon-
sieur Talleyrand propeeded to state, in a long,argu-
ment, which it.is useless to• repeat, .as it forrns the
substance. of. several of the French Government's
dispatches, the reasons which prevent their treat-.
iegfor a General. Peace jointly with Russia. He
said, that. in a dispatch sent some -weeks, before to
Mr. Fox, he had been ordered to name Ligle rather
than Amiens for the Negotiation of a Definitive
Treaty, .in order. to remove all for Mer discussions,
and to facilitate to England the posSesSion of Malta.
I ttien took the liberty of interrupting Talley-
rand tOsay,-that however flattering the confidence
he was ordered to place in me might be, yet 'that,
feeling as I, did, the interests, and, above all, the
honour of my Country, it was impossible for me to
'be- the bearer of a communication having Peace for
its objea, against which I - should feel obliged to
vote iii Parliament ; and viewing-the restoration of
*nom in this light, I could not receive any fur-
ther communication till I had explicit declaration
with regard to His Majesty's German 'Dominions. •
• M.,ll,'alleyrand then btoke Off the conversation,
desiring the to return the,third day after. At the
capitation of this time I waited upon him again,
when he informed me that, considering 'the extreme
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stress which appeared to. be laid upon 'this- point,
, Hanover should make no difficulty. Authorised by
the concession of that in which the 'honour of the
King and that of the Nation appeared most interest-
ed, I inquired whether the • poSsession of Sicily
would be demanded, it having, been so said : " (a)
VOLIS l'avez, nous ne vous la 'de.nandons pas; si
nous la possedions elle pourroit augmenter de beau-
coup les difficultei," Considering this to be very
-positive,both from, the words and the manner of de-
them; I gonceived it improper to make fur,'
then questieos." (b) Nous ne vous demandons
Tien," anionnti:ig to•an admission of uti pass/dais as
applicable to His Majesty's conquests.
(a) You are in possession of it ; we do nokask it of you—
if we possessed it, it might very much augment our diffi-
culties.
(G) We a.Sk nothing front you.