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entertain the ISroposal t‘,hichshas been made to it, of
admittitl- to the oegociation the Spanish Insurgents?
What would the English Government • have
had it been proposed to them to ad'inh the Catilenc.•
insurgents .o Ireland? Trance; With Out having any
treaties with them, has been in eonmulnication,with
them, has made them promises', 'and has frequentl'y
sent them succours. Could. such 'a ptoposal,,,hav
fonud place in a, note, the*Cbje6 of whiCh ought tto
have been not to irritate,' but . to endeavour to:efftct
a mutual conciliation and, good understanding ?

England will find herself .under a orange mistake
if,contrary co the experience of the past; she still
entertains the idea* of conten"ding successfully 'upon
the Continent, against
.the armres of France. What
hope can she now have, especially as France is irre,.
vocably united with. Russia
The undersigned is Coinmanded to repeat the pro-
posal, to admit,to the Negotiation all 'the Allies of
the King of England; whether it be the King-who
reigns in the Brazil,; whether it be the'King why
reigns in Sweden; or whether it be the King who
reigns in Sicily and to take for, the basin of the
Negotiation the. uti possidetis. He is commanded
to express the hope that, not losing sight of the
inevitable results of the force 'of States, it will he
remembered, that between' great Powers there is
no solid peace, but That which is at the Same time
equal and honourable for all parties.
The undersigned requests his Excellency Mr.
Canning to accept the assurances of his highest con-
sideration. .

(Signed) CIIAMPAGNY.

No. 'X Vl.—Letter from Mr.' Secretary Calming to Count
N WOWS de , d tted roreagn OBice, 7tit Dee.
t 808.
-; -
SIR—I shall lose no time in transmitting to your..
Eicelleticy, by an English courier, the al er'w hid)
the King my Master bila 11.couimapd me to reu.-trn to,
the Official Note, annexed to the letter of your. Ex-.
cellency-, dated, the ibth (2Rth)„ of • hist' intuit h, of
which I have the' honcur to acknowledge -the., re-,
ccipt.
. I seize with. avidity.this opportunity of renewing
to your Excellency the assurances of the high con-
sideration with. which I the honottr to. tie, &c.
(Signed) GEORGE CAN NINC.
It is gxcelleney Count Nicolas de Itomatizott:

No. NY11.,-OFFICIAL.NOTV,:
Dated Foreign Office,: Ucceilibcr 0, t•.;.:8.

The undersigned, Iris Majestyl4.Pfineipal Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Mfairs, tuts laid betore the
King his Master the Note transmitted to him-b. his
Excellency the Count Nicolas de notnanzetf,
ster for Foreign Aliairs of hi 4 Majesty the Entpt,ror
of ttll the liussias, dined on the (ith (28th) of Ne-
i/ember. •

The. King Warns with astoni,lnnent and regret the
wipe/4:1(4)n which appears to have been entertained
that his iMajesty should consent to commence a ne,
gotiation for n general 'Peace by the. previous aban-
donment of the cause of Spanish nation, and Of
the
,legitimate monarchy 'of Spaink in deference to
an usurpation which lus no. parallel in the history
of the world. . .

Hi* Majesty had hoped that the participation of
the Emperor of Russia. in the overturn. nude to his
Majesty would have afforded a security to Lis Itilajoi-
ty against the proposal,-of 'a condition so unjust in its
etiett, and so tatalin its example.

•
, Nor can. his Majesty conceive by what obligation
Of defy, or of interest,. or by what principle at. Rus-
sian policy; his IMPerial Majesty can have 'found -
hi inSel f compelled to acknowledge the right, assumed
by France, to depose and imprison friendly StAie-
reiinse and forcibly to transfer .to, herself the allegi-
ance of loyal and independent nations.
If these be indeed the principles to which the Em-
peror of Russia has inviolably attached himself, to
which his Imperial Majesty has pledged the cha-
ra6ler and resources at his Empire; which he has
united himself. with France to establish by war,
and to maintain in peace, deeply does his Majesty
lament a determination by which the sufferings of
Europe must:be aggravated and prolonged but not
his IVlajestris to be-attributed the continuance of
the calamities, of War, by the disappoiruntent of all
hope 'of such a. peace as would be.compatible With.
justice and with-honour, The undersigned, tic. -
(Signed) GEORGii CANNING.

No. XVI I f.—Letter front.kr. B,eeretap, Canning to M. De

champaggiy,;. theca horeigu,OJti4e,LAtc.77. •
SIR--t have the honour to acknowledge the re.
ceipt of your Extellency'Kletter of., the 2sth of last
Month, and olthe official Note tlicrein inclosed.
As soon as I shall have received the King's com-
mands upon the subjed of that Note, ..1 shall not fail
to transmit to your Uxcellency, :by an English Mes-
senger,' the answer which his Majcisty may com-
mand me to return to it. I have the honour to be,
with the highest consideration; Bcc.
(Signed). GEORGE CANNING:

Nu. X 1 X.—OFFICIAL NO FE, (Wed Foreign OffiC3,
December 9.

, The undersigned, his iNfojesty'S Principal Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, has laid 'l”ture the King
his Master the note transmitted to him by las Ex,
cellency .Cliampagny, dated the 28. th 'No.
vember. ..• -

He is especially "ow-landed by his Majesty to ab-
stain from noticing any of ihust topics and' expres-
sions insulting to Majesty, to his Allies, and to
the Spanish nation, with whirl► the'Official Note
transmitted by M. De Chatnpagny abounds:-
His Majesty .was desirous to have ,treated for a
Peace which might have arranged the reSpedive
interests of all the Pokyers engaged in the war on
principles of equal justice : and his 'Majesty sincerely
.regrets that this desire or his Majesty is disap-
pointed. -

But his Majesty is determined not to abandon
the cause of the Spanish nation, and of 'the
Mate monarchy of Spain ; and the pretensions of
Franee to exclude from the Negotiation the Central
and Supreme Governenente Ming in the name of
his Catho►ic Majesty Ferdinand the Seventh, is ono
which his r►l:.jesty could nut admit without acquies...
sing in an usurpation which has no parallel in the
history of the world.
• The. Undersigned, &c.
ASigned) GeouuGE CArmya,