The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-06 00:00:00

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1-16-bad stated, A-S-distinee-
TlY.asze,ssible, that the Noble Lord had had'neiin-
•struaionsto insist on a-Written aeknowledgmentof
the basis in the first instance. As the Noble Lord
Stated,, he was sent to carry a verbal answer to a ver-
bal proposition'. He was instructed to obtain in this
way-an acknowldgMent of the basis, andedir,e6/ed
net to use his full powers till the French Government
iliould return to the basis on which tt had set out
wes not a written brit an au acknowledgment that
the Noble Lord had been instructed to claim previous
.to the prodoetion of his full powers; and-as soon as
lee should have produced his powers, he was direet-
:ed to seek, in the first subsequent note, a writ-
ten acknowledgment. Mr. Fox's- letter went back
,to the original offer of the uti. possidetis. Lie
demand of Sicily was a violation of that offer; and it
;'as on- that ground that the Noble Lot deivaS oideied
bot to proceed one step. ferther till that -demand
-ahould be relinquished, and the basis established ;' un-
It'si that retpiisition were complied with, the Noble
..1-ord was. ilistrthcled to demand his passports in civil
1.4 e, ens, and to.come away. He was 'only sorprised,
,tniltt after the 'explanation 'that had'already been
gtvett to this effect,. the Noble Lord should -haVei-
thought the.vindication he had enteredinto at all ne-y
eessary.
MONTAGUE, after an attentive and hit;
.Partial perusal 'nf the Papers,, was sorry the Ne-
gotiatibn had at ail lakee place. It had atibrdedis ,
•triuraph to duelicity over credulity to French
;yet' English oteeets; and to • Franee herself a
triumph. FreiCe had adopted the policy which-
Sir •Paul Rigaud. described as that of the TurkS,'
'll the more vigorous part of their history. They
made short to obtain conquests, and short
truces to seeere them. This Negalatinte trod af-
forded that facility to,Frence, while it palsied One
exertions -and:our reeeos of obtaining continental
e9-operation. complimented Mr. Pitt, " the
Pilot who weathered the storel7--that Gentleman,
.
even when languishing on his death-bed, would, like
Palintirus have refused- tolisteß to; the monster that.
elud SO often deceived He cowph orated Mr.
eUx's pier ,te charaeterexhich he had always achifteed-,
the'
ugh tie hod always differed. from him on p..ieleftl
He• thought.. tber-letternhout the -assessie
coutaieed glances` at Peace. which could not escape'
a Minister of Tallevranel's sagacity, any "more Watt
the profession of personal attachment with which the
letter coneluh'es• He did. not know whether this
4tiachment eommenced in. 1792, when Talleyrand
concluded 'here the' Negotiation Which terminated
in the first war with the French Revolution.---e
At • all events, he- disliked such professions of at-
tachment to an enemy. He was, however, ready
L 9 subscribe to the_ candour and manliness of Mr.
pox, iii seeking Peace, so strikingly contrasted with
the craft of Talleyrand, it) pursuitig his political
object of obtaining, not Peace; but a truce to conso-
lidate the.aeqaisitionS etTfbriner wars, and to prepare
for, new 'aggressions. Talleyrand had used °dr
Negotiation to inspire Russia with jealousy 'to-
wards us, and the Negotiation of *Russia to inspire
Js with jealousy towards that Power. He was a
man who. wthild not spare misrepresentation_
the forged letter to Lord Lauderdale was a eroof Of
that. Prussia was the natural ally of this Country,
end France had excited dissention between that
Power and us by means of Hanover. He therefore
lamed the precipitation with which the Cianntry had
.?,etu plunged into a war with PruSsia, at a time when
alliance was particularly necessary, and when it
412-Y have been hoped, upon .the events which were
.Cry day arising, to: brieg 'her to tier right senses.
,erlevi
e believed the-Ftench (.4(e-eminent dea.4 with the
and conjured 'up Hanover as a Phantom to
?'lots
dissension between,this- Country. and Prussia.
-'-hts was the cause of an illiad of woes to us. He
thought the Noble Lord oppoSite, in the situation in
'which he was, as a *prisoner anxious for return, • an
-befit person; to he charged with the Negotiation.—
he-tbought•Ministers had as. ungenerously stig-
,Thatized him 'alter the Negotiations, which he had •
cotidueled to the best of his judgment; as they had
incautieusly made use of him in them. It was esi-
dent teat the basis of the .ilti. possidetis,, though said
to have beau otK...red by the French at the outset,
was not insisted, upon by our Government. 'Mr. Fox
.66.10 d like- a person who woos a -wnmais,'aud fears
that tne'abrupt avowal-of his objectewill cause her
to shut her doors against him. From the conduit of
the second NeleeLiird;entenSted With the negotiation,
itl the ye,e-17,)2, and 'his intimacy With the Brissotine
Party, who had put their king to death, end from the
patience ith whlciehe had listened 'to the projeas
for the destrwilion of Englatid, within the Walk Of
the National Assemeiy; he COuld•not. think hun a tit
Person 'to be chargere with the interests of lli.s country
in this neceeietioe. biamedt-e dalliance which
these. Ministers were kept. Their sithatien was rite
Defter than prisoners, being refused the passports -they
detnateded.' It reminded him of a story he had read
)t 'the- Newspapers.' of a Gentleman, whom two
1-)rostibates seized in Bend-street, anti embraced so
tips*, one behind mid another bqore, that he was
finable to move, ',While 'a third picked' hit, pockets.—
. -uheri they were told the Lmperor wait gone a hunt--
,ng This
was what tire nurses said to the children,
liabyletutine', the King iseeene huiniee.•' The
n'Perer was gone to bunt-the Royal Tiger of Prussia, .
and the Ambassadors were to have been entertaioed •
owith :the sight, as Lord Mecartney was in China.— •
jr .Ambassador remained at Paris like a nini pini,
; nile the French MiniSter went off in a' pose7chaise,
d li)okedtack through the hind glass to see whe-
thn
er he remained in-his place. In short, lir Ministers
I;rere bamboozled _,froth beginning to-the end.
had described •the case. of a person in Turkey,
Nt V. 110, while he received a. certain unpleasant applica-
j.", begged those' who inflicted it to accept the as-
siurances of his high consideration: This was the case
With Lord Lauderdale at first, but at length. he seem-
_ disposed to retort not only on the Prince of Bene-
ntoi the Prince of Ponte Corvo, and the Duke of-
vrg, but even on the Emperor himself. OtherWise-
wotild , not have been described as betraying un-
44table, imperious, and savage manners. He had
;10 doubt that the Noble Lord had done his duty,
tbut having sat quietly in the Cyclops' forge, while
eetnhthederbelts of, war were forging against his
be trY: he could not think him a proper person to
en I •gted With the Neeotiation. • He could see.
no b .
enent likely to accrue from sending a second Ne-
riator, after the changes in Germany,- which ren-
anY Peace that could be made, as the Noble Lord-
"' totally insecure. He charged Ministers with '
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sna.ttirhe its to the late Govermelent,whieh they -s