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W D N'ES DA Y, Y .1812:

ritENcti PAPERS.

M 3ST IMPan F. f DOCUMENTS.

No. I

COPY ow A NOTE ADDRESSED BY THE MINISTER OF
FOREIGN RELA'T'IONS TO COUNT RoIt:IANZO*,

CHANCELLOR OF RUSSIA.

Faris, April 25y 1 S 12.

(f COUNT-;-his Majesty the Emperor of Rtissia
had acknowledged at Tils:t the pririciple, that the
present generation should not have Jookqd. to the
enjoyment of happiness, but on the ground that the;
nations in the full enjoyment of their rights might
g vt themselves up
_freely to the exercis-d of their.
industry; that the independence oftheir flag shod/..
be inviolable ; 'that the independence of their flag
.was a right belong,ing to each of them, and its pro-
tection a reciprocal' duty of the one toward-, the
other ; that they were not less bound to protect the
inviolability of their flag, than that of their terri-.
tor; ; that if a power cannot, without ceasing .to
be neuter, allow its territory to be take; aw4y by'
one of the pelligerent PO'ti'erS, so neither can it
remain neuter, in permitting- to be taken a‘ ay,.
from under the protection of it; flag, by one .of
the Belligerent Powers, the property which the
, other has phAd there ; that all powers conse-r
quently have the right of exacting,' that nations,
pretending to neutrality, should cause their, flag,
to' be respected in the same manner as they enforce
respect to their territory ; that so long as Eng-
land, persisting in its .system of war, should dis-
avow the independence of any flag upon the seas,
no Power, which is-possessed of coast,. can be
Treater with respect to England.
With that penetration and elevation of senti-
ment by which he is distinguished, the Emperor.
Alexander also perceived that there could not be
any prosperity for the Continental States, biit in
the establiihthent of their rights 'by a maritime
peace. This Went interest was predominant in .
the Treaty of Tilsit, and every thing eise. was the
immediate result of it.

" The Emperor Alexander bffered his media-
tion. to the English Government, and engaged, if
this Government would ribi consent to conclude
,
peace upon the principle bf acknowledging that
the flags of all Powers should enjoy an quid and 7
perfect inder zndence upon the seas, to mike
mon cause with France, to $lllll.llOll, in concert
with her, the three. Courts of Copenhagen, Stock-
holm, and Lisbon, to close their ports aglinst the
English, to declare war agaidst Ei)gland, and to
insist upon the adoption of the game measure by
the various Powers.

" The Emperor Napoleon acceFted of: the me,
diatioti of Russia; Out the answer of bngland was
a violation of the rights of kl i s,•ttil then unex-
ampled is history.. She, in the midst of:peace, and
without an'y preinninary declaration Of war, at.-
taeked DenwarK, surprised nereapital, burned her
arsenals, and took possession of her iteet„which was
disinantli d. and tying secure iii tier ports. RUssia,
in conformity to The stipUl;:tionA and principles of
the Treaty of Tilsit, declared A-itx• against England ;
proclaimed anew the principles Of the armed-nen:.
trality, and engiged never to swerve from this
systein. Here' the British Cabinet threw off the
u'ilsk. by issuing, 'in the Month of November,
18U7, those Orders hi COuncit; by virtue of which
England levied a toll of froni four to five millioni
upon the Continent; and she compelled the flag
•of every powei to submit to the regulations which
Were. tlie'resultof her principles 'of legislation.—
Thus, on the one side; she 'made war upon all
Europe; and, on the other, she secured to her-
self the means of perpetuating the duration of
that war; by founding 'her financial system upon
the tributes which She arrogated to herself—a
right of imposing ,upon all people.
"-Already in 1806, and while France was at
war with Prussia and Russia, she-had proclaimed a
blockade which had, placed tinder an interdict the
entire coast of an empire. When his Majesty en- .
tered he answered thiS monstrous. presinop.:
Cori by a Decree of blockade 'against the British
isles. But to meet the Orders in Of-1807,
more direct. and• specific measures were necessary,
and his Majesty, by the Decree of :Win, of the
17th of December of the same year, declared all
those flags denationalized. which should permit.
their neutrality to be violated by submitting' to
those Orders.

" The attempt on Copenhagen had been sud-
den and public. England had prepared in Spain
new attempts, hatched with reflection and in, the
dark.

Not having been able to shake. the deter-'
urination of Charles. 4V. she (tinned a party
again.t that Prince,, who would not sacrifice to
her the interests of his kingdom She used the
name of the Yrince of Asturias, and the father -was
driven from .his throne by the name of the son.—
The energies of France and the partisans of Eng-
land took possession of the Sovereign g.uthority.
" His Maje Sty-, called upon by CharleS the.
Fourth, 'sent troops into Spain, and war was com-
menced in the Penirisola.

By one, of the stipulations of Tilsit, Russia
was to evacuate Wallachia and MoldaVia. This
evacuation was deferred—new revoluti'ns, which
had taken p1a,,..i at Constantinople, had several
timts bathed in blood the walls of, the. Seraglio.
" Thus, scarcely a year had elapsed from the
peace. of Tilsit—the affairs of Copenhagen, of
Constantinople, and the Orders in Council, pub-

1.87, ha England; had pined 'Europe
so uni.o:A.cci-fur tho.t the two [{Ove,
reip tho,,Lghtproperto come tt,) ea Li:it:el:standing,
fife itittrv.tew at Erfnrthtdok place.
" With the'same designs, acid inspired by the
same spiKit—cihich -had directed their proceedings
at 'f they agree:l- as to. -what exacted from
them such conside:i.hle changes. The B4lptror
ccinented, to'..ck'itbdraw his troops from Runsia,
silt at the same time. cansented that Russia
should not only not eVacitaCe Wallachia Rad Mol-
&Avid, but tact she should' unite these pr•oviaces
to. 4e'r empire. •

" twb SovereignS, 'l-7spiiied with ore and
the same desire of re,establishing a maritime peke,
and then is muck di?osed as at Tilsit, to defend
those principles for the defence Of which they had
entered into an alliance, fesolved to make. a so-
tenni application to Eaglaud. You, Count, came,
in consequence, to Paris, and 6. correvonlence'en-
sued hetween you and-fhe Governm?ast.
ButtiteCabine# f...Loodon,which had perceived that
war ‘vas a•a obe rekindled on the Continent,
tejir ted al ove to es toWards incgoCa:iofi:
.den had'- r..:fused tO shut her, 'ports against Eng-
' Lind ; falai- Russia, in 'conformity to' the stipubi-
tions of T.ls,t) had declared war against her,---.•
The result to her was, the loss of Finland, whielii
was • united to the Russian empire ; and at the
'sametime the Russian a. iliics occupied the for-
tresses on the Danube, and made war with effect
upon•the Turks. •
" Nevertheless;the system of England was tri=
Her" 'Orders in Council threatened tO
produce the most important results •;. arid the tri.
(bate, which was to furnish the Means of sUpport-
ing the perpetual war Which she had declared,
was perceptible upon the -seas. • golland and. the
Hanseatic ions continuing to :trade with her,
their rorinnerce frustrated the salutary:arid decisive
regulations Of the Decrees of rerlin and Milan,
which alone calculated to effectually reSist,
the principles of British Orders in
The execution of these Decrees Out& tOt.
assured, but by the 'dail? ezez7cis of a firm and
vigilant.MMlni!aration. Unzt-pbted to the
nuence of.ithe enethy; Hollana and the lian.cje-
atic Towns, it NV4 neteSsar,` should be• united.
'But while
.the sentiments deareSt• to the heart
of his Majesty yielded to the interost of his
• 'people and that of. the Continent, great changes
we?e taking place. Rnia abandoned the
ple to While Tshc pledged hefaTelf TilSit, viz.. to
an:Ake eons on cause .v.ith'Franc., 'which She•hal.
proclainic,.d 1a her Declaration of Whr against
'Ent-band, and which hart dictated the Decrees of
Berlin mid 1 L 1c n. --

. •
They were evaded by the Ukase whiCh opened
"he ports O Rusis:A tO!all- Lbaish liiis laiieu with
coloniarpfociuce, E Iglish property, provided. that
they' Were under a' 'Phis unexpected
bIOW annulled Treaty Of Tilsit, and those im-
portant transactions-which bad put an end-to the
struggle:between the tivo greatest Empires oof the
world, and -which, had to 'Eurdpe a pro-
'. bahility Of obtaining a maritine peace. Approach,
ing commotions and bloody Wars were of Course
'to be immediately expected.'
The Conduct of Russia at this time was con•
stantly directed towards these fatal results. The
Uniting of the Duchy of Oldeuhurgh, doVe-tailed,
as it were, into the countries recently brought uti;,
der the same princiPles of Government as. France,
Was a necessary conse.quence of the uniting of the
Ilanse.atic towns. Ait ,indeamity was offered.
This object was easy to reffulate with reciprocal
advatitnge. But your Cabinet made an affair of
'State-of it;--and, for the firSt time, 'was seen a
Manifesto of agantst an aly.
" The reeeption Of.Engli4l vessels in Russian
ports- 'eituf the -regulations, of tto Ukase of 1816,
had male it known that the V;r ere d 1 sole-
, ed. ..The Mairifesio she'tved is of t'z.e
bonds v:rhich lu;:d united the 1:i4,0 G 3 vi2l-7),-: .
broken; liaCtliatlinsSia"had thrr;v7n the
,gauntlet tOFrance, for fri'ditEci:.Tti fo-
reign to her, and Which ebn.'ld be but
by the method Which his ..M.,-zjetty had propOs&l.
't It. 1.%'1.:; not °,;:)be. cot ieJc thzt,the refasal,of
this offer disc.:losed-thepr•qjectOla ruptttfealready
• fo',-ined. Iltisia..prep%re4 for it at the very time
that she, was dictating terms peaee ;
she suddenly.reealled. diyisions of the Or7.iy
h1V1:10.1;1'cl: :• and, `z114."-rriontil of Februtiry
,1811,
it was kno•Nti at Pate, ai'mx oft the DL:chy
of WArsaw had been o'oliged tO•repaSs theV,hit:zla,
in orderto fall back npon.the Confederation, be-
cause the Russian arrales,:on. the frontiers, were so
andlnid assumed !Eo -..ziena,cil_?- a posture.
." When Russia had i•,c.;olvedon measures con-
trary to Me interests of the active war which she
had -to support—when she had imparted to her,
arMics a Oevelopcnclut burden Some to her finances,
and without any object,,in the situation,in-which
all the Powers of the 'Continent Pyc then placed,
all the Fr.ench troops Were within the Rhine,
ex-
cept a corps of 410,000 men, st.tiorigcl at Hamburg
..
for the defence of the coasts of the North Sea, and
for the Maintenance of tranquility iu the countries
recently united ; the reserved' places in Prussia
:Were occupied only by the Allied troops. A gar-
tisOn of only four thousand men had .emained at
Dantzic ; and the troopsof7the Thichy of Warsaw
were on, the peace eltablishruent, a part of .them
even was in Spain.
The preparations of. Russia then were witli-•
_Out object, unless she entertained an expectation
to impose upon France by a grand array of forces;„
and to oblige her to put an end to tilt'. discussions
respecting Oldenburg, by sacrificing the exist-
ence of the Duchy of Warsaw; perhaps, also,
Ruasia,not being able, to disguise from herself'
the fact of her having violated the Treaty of
Tilsit, had recourse to force, for no Other purpose
but to seek to jUstify violations vtlich could nor be
defended.

[Pi TXPENGE HALFPENNY.

" His Majesty net•eitheless remainet: immOved
(impOssiblO. He: persevered in his dc,:re of Ri4-
g.ri i'.Lgement • he was of opinion, that at any period
a
it woUld be time enough to .-sort to AtViS ; he
required only that powers, tiboild t,eSent to Prince
Eurakln, and thdt a neffoeiation tihould be open-
ed With respect to the, diferepees, which Might
thus easily have tn'minated, Wert' by no
of a nature to for the eai,ion hf
TEeY .%-e're.i.eduCeible to the four follow
ing points :
"

The existenreof the -Dneby of Warsaw,
which' had been a. condition Of the pewee
and which, since the close of i 09, gave fluSia
occasion to manifest those instance; -of defiance to
whiclolis Majesty,answered with ,Cor,deseension,
carried as far as 'the most exacting fr:endship
could desire, and honour could allow.

" 2d. The annexation of Oldenbui•gh, which
the wa:. against Englain) had rendered liecessary,
and which ivag conformable to the. spirit of the
.Treaty of Tilsit.

Thi, Legislation respecting trade in .Eng-
lish merchandises .and denationalized vessels.
which 'ought to be regulated according to the
spirit.and the terms of the Treaty of Tilsit.
" 4th.. Lastly, the disposition of the Ukase of
1810, which by destrgying all the commercial re
lations of France with .11usSia, and opening her
;sorts to simulated flags freighted With Engll
property, Were contrary' to the letter of the Treaty
of Tilsit.

" Such wodJ have been the objects of the.ne-
gociatipn. . ,

" As to what concerned the Duchy of Warsaw.,
his Kajesty would have been forward to adopt a
Convention, by which lie would pledge himself
not to encourage any enterprize which might have
as tendency, directly or indirectly, to lead to the
re. establishwencof _Poland.
- cc. Alto Oldenburg-li, he offered to accept the
intervention -of Russia, which nevertheless had
no right to interfere in what involvd a Prince of
the (2cufederation of th.e.Rhine, and he agreed to
cit-c Prince an innernnity
. With regard to Cornlnerce in English incr.
cl3.mtlises .and to cienationedised ships, his i.VlAjesty
desire:.: to come tq some understanding, in order to
recen-c.ile.the wants of Russia with the principles
of tht; Continental 'System, and the spirit of the
irnegy of '.Ti Is it.

‘c- And, -lastly,: as to the Ukaie, his Majesty
consented to conclude a Treaty of •Commerce,
• which, ir4 securing:the commercial relations, of
Prance, would, at the same time, provide for.Vll
the interests of: Russia. .
.4c Title Emperor flattered himselfnthat such
?ositiorrs, dictated bynso manifest a,spirit of can-
. ciiistion,would, at length;have led• to an arrange-
inept. But it was impossible to prevail, upon Itits-
;sia to grant the powers for openingsa negociation.
Sheinvariably
_answered all the new oilers made
to her .by fresh armaments, and the Conclusion
was, at length, necessarily come to, that she re-
fused to explain, because she bad nothing to pro-
pose but. what she dared not to avow, and IVhich
could not be granted to-her; that it was not any
stipulations, which by identifpingthe•Dn'chy
Warsaw still.more with Saxony;, and placing that
Duchy in -security from any commotions that
-might alarm Russia for Coe tranquility of her pro-
vinces, that she was desirous- to obtain, but the
Duchy itself, which she withed to unite toter-*
self; that it was not her own connrerc;e, bnt that
of the English, which she-wished to favour, in
order ,to release England from the catastrophe
which menaced her; tliat'it-was not for the irate-
,rests of the Duke of Oidetrburg that Russia wish-.
ed to interfere in the business respecting the an-
:.:ation of that Duchy, but that it was an .open
qt:arrel France, which-she wished to keep.in
r CSC: Va till the moment of the rupture for which.
paTn,ring.
." The Ennneror then beunne sensible that he
had nnt a niOltictit to lose. He also had recourse
to nrifi took measures to oppose army to
arrnyn in, order to gliarantee a state el the second
crier; so "often ii-n.sarn.fd, and which reposed all
its confidence upon This protection and good faith.
".T.Z;vertheless, cOunt, hisnr-liajesty mill coati-
f.und to avail biinlolf or. every'opportnnirito
sentiments. InTe neciared en'nicly, 'on
tLe la:: of August last, the necessity nf nrrestini,-;
the veny Cang..erous cc-mine ,in arfairs were
proceen, and wised to attn..: thtt object. by
arrar4.7ennntf,, for which "'ie never censed to :equest
that slion:d entered into.
", `oyear, the close of the month of NoVenfeer
-1o: flaring, his 3.lajcsty believed he might induhre
the hope that thn: vievv was kit length likely to he
parn; eipated iii. by youn Cn..nfnet. It was announced.
by yc,u, Co::nc, to the _'imbassallar of his. Malesn'i,
that M. sie Nesselroc!e nnls destined to proce'_:a.to
Paris with instructiorn. Four ninaths elapse:? be-
fore his Majesty Was apprised: that this mission
would not take place. kiein.?tanav sent for COlp-
nel Czernichew, and gave 1.117-4 a letter. to the ..7r.-
parer Alenander, was a fresh endeavour to
opennegociations. M. de Ceernichen; arrived.on
tho Will of March at St. Fetershurgh, and that
lettci• remains still unanswered. _

" flow is,it possible longer to dissemble that
„.
Russia evades all approximation eighteen
months she has made it a (4)llsta:it rue to lay her
hand upon her scVord whenever propoSitions
kni,arraugcment have been made to' Russia.
Seeing himself thus constrained to abandon
every hope fron!.Russia, his Ma,iesty, before. he
should commence this contest, is which so much
blood must be Shed, felt it to be his;dutv to.address
himself to the English Government. The distress
felt t?y k,"ngland, the agitations to which she is a
prey, and the changes Nvhickhave taken place in.
her. Government, decided his Majesty to take this
course. A sincere . desire of peace dictated. the
proceeding, which I have received orders to coin,

raunicate to you, No agent had been sent to
London, aitd there has been no other communi-
cations betwein the two Governments.. The let-
tef, of which ybur Excellency will find a copy an-
nexed, and which I addressed to the Secretary for
Foreign Affairs of his Britannic Majesty, had been
sent by sea to the Commandant on the Dover
station.
.•

The course which I now-take towards you,
Count, is a consequence of the -dispositions of the
Treaty of Tilsit with whieh.,his Majesty has the
wish to comply till-the la't moment. If the over-
tures made to Eng'and should produce any result,
I Shall take the earliest opportunity to;make it
known, to your Excellency. His Majesty the
Emperor Alexander will participate in the busi-
ness, either-in consequence of the Treaty of Til-
.or as an Oly of England, if his, relations with
that country be already adjusted.
" I am forthally commanded, Connt, to express,
in concluding this dispatch; the wish already coin.:
munieated by his Majesty to-Colonel Czernichew,
to see those negocintions; which, during eighteen
months, he has never ceased. to preVent,
at' length, those, events wliiell'humanity- would.
have so much reason to deplore. -
"-Whatever may be the 'situation of thinv'wh err
this letter-Shall reach. your Excelleney,.Peace,w-ill
still depend ttpon the determinations of
.''.tour
Cabinet.

" I have the honour, Compi,‘ to offer you the
assurance of Any high consideration-
(Signe'd) "- The nuke•of BASSANO."

FIRST BULLETIN
O} THE GRAND ARMY.

Gumbinnen, .Tune 20, 1812
Towards the end of 1810, Russia altered her
political ),yst-cm—the English •spirit regained its-
inftuence—the Ukase respecting ,COmmerce was
its first act.
- " In February, 1811, five divisions of the Russian
army quitted the Danube by forced' marches, and
proceeded to Poland. By this movement' Russia
sacrificed Wallachia and Moldavia.
When the Russian-armies were united and
formed, a Protest against France appeared,- which
was transmitted to every Cabinet. Russia by that
-announced, that she felt no wish even to save ap-
pearances. means of coneiliation were em-
played on the part-of France----all were ineffectual.
" Towards the close of .1811, six months after,
:it was manifest in France that all this could end
only in War : preparations were matte for it. The
garrison of Dantzic was increased to. 20,000 men.
• 'Stores - of. every description;'cannons, muskets,
. powder,
,anununition, -pontons, were conveyed to
that place ; • considerable stuns of money were
placed at the disposal of the Department of En-
gineers for the augmentation of its fortifications. •
" The army was placed on. the war establish-
ment. The cavalry, the train of artillery, and the
military baggage train, were completed.
" In March, 1812, a treaty of alliance was con-
cluded ;with Austria; the preceding month a
treaty had been concluded 'with Prussia.. . •
" in April the first corps of the Grand Army
marched for the Oder-, the second- corps to the-
Elbe, the third corps to the ....Lower Odcr; the
fourth. corps set out for Verona, crossed the
Tyrol, and proceeded to Silesia. The Guards
left Paris.
" On the 22d of April, the Emperor of Russia
took the command of his army, ctuitted St. Peters-
burgh, anti moarcd his head-quarters to Wilna.
" In the commencement of May the first corps
arrived on the Vistula, at Elbing, and Marien-
. burg ; the second corps at Marienwerder ; the
third corps at Thorn ; the fourth and sixth corps
at Hock ; the fifth corps assembled a Warsaw ;
the eighth corps on the right of Warsaw; and the
seventh corps at Pulawy.
The Emperor set out from ISt. Cloud on the
9th of May ; crossed the Rhine on the 13th, 'the
Elbe on the 29th, and the Vistula on the 6th of
June.

SECOND BULLETIN OF TIIE GRAND ARMY.
• " Wilkowiski, June 22, 1812.

" tneans of effecting an understanding be-
tween the two Empires became impossible. The
spirit which reigned in the Russian Cabinet hur-
ried it on to war.

" Gen. Narbonne, Aide-du-camp to the Empe-
ror, was dispatched to Wilna, and could remain
there only a few days. Ay that was gained the
yirpof, that the demand, equally arrogant and ex-
traordinary, which bad been made by Prince Ku-
rakin, and..in which he declared, that he would
not enter into anv explanation before France had
evacuated the territory of her own Allies, in order
to leave them at the mercy of Russia, was the sine
qua non of that Cabinet, and it made that a matter
of boast tO Foreign Powers.
" The first corps: advanced to the Pregel. The'
Prince of Eckintilit had his head-quarters, on the
-.llth of June, at Konigsber."..

"'The Marshal Duko of siteggio, commaading
the second corps, had his head-quarters at Wehlau;
the Marshal Duke of Elchingen, commanding the
third corps, at SoWass ; the Prince Viceroy at
ilastenburg ; the King of 'Westphalia at Warsaw ;
the Prince PoniatoWski at Pultusk : the 'Emperor
moved his head-quarters, on the 12th, to Konigs-
• berg, on the Pregel ; on the 17th to Insterburg ;
on the 19th to' Gumbinnen.

" A slight hope of accommodation still remain-
id.. The Emperor had given orders to Count Lau-
t'iston to wait on the Emperor Alexander; or on
his Minister for Foreign Affairs, and to ascertain
whether there might not yet he some means of oh-
taining a reconsideration of the demand of Prince
Karakin, and of reconciling the honour of France,
and the interest of her allies, with the opening a
negotiation.

" The same spirit which had previously swayed
the Russian Cabinet upon various pretexts, pre-
vented Count Luuriston from accomplishing hit
missio❑ 3 and it appeared for the first time, that an
'Ambassador, under eh crunstances of so much im-
portance,waS unable to obtain an interview, either
with the Sovereign or his Minister. The Secretaty
of-Legation, Prevost, brought this intelligence to
Crunibinnein ; and the Emperor issued orders to
march, for the purpose of passing the Niemen.
'The conquered,' observed he, ass-time the tone
of conquerort : fee drip them on, lot their dos-

tiniea be fulfilled' his l‘lajesty caused the fol-
lowing Proclamation to be inserted in the Orders
of the Army : •
Sorani;Rs !—The second /war of Poland has
commenced. •The first .vas broncht to a clos'e at
Friedland and 'Tilsit. At Tilsit, Russia sworq
eternal alliance with France-and war-with England.
She liCiTv violatts her oaths. She refuses to give
any explanation of her strange conduct, Until.tbe
.Eagles of France shall have repassed the Rhine,
leaving,' by such a movement, our Allies at her
mercy. Russia 'is dragged along by a fatality !
Uer destinies must be accomplished. Should she
then -consider us degenerate ? Ore we no-longer
to' be looked upon as the soldiers of Auster-
litz She offers as the alternative of dishonour
or war. The choice cannot admit of hesitation—
Let us then march foi:watd ! Let us pass the
Niemen ! Let us carry the war into her /territory.
The second war of Poland "will be as glorious to
the French arms as the first-; but the peaCe *Lich
we shall conclude will be its own guarantee, and
will put an end to that proud and haughty influ-
ence which Russi'a 11as:for fifty years @xereised in
the affairs of Europe
" At our head-quarters, at %Vilkowski, June 22,
1812."

No. 11.

Cory OF A LETTER ADDRESSED BY THE MINISTER
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO LORD CASTLEREACaI,
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFORS, TO
HIS BRITANNIC 11,IAJESTY.

" Paris, April 17, 1812,

" Sin,—His Majesty, constantly actuated by
sentiments friendly to moderation and peace, is
pleased again to matte a solemn' and sincere atr
tempt to put an end.to the'miseries of war.
The awful circumstances in which the world
is at present placed, have induced a resolution in
the mind of his Majesty, the result of which has
been to authorize me to explain to you, Sir, his.
views and intentions.

" Many changes have taken place in Europe
for the last ten years, which have been the ne-
cessary consequence of the war between France
and England, and many more changes will be' ef-
fected by the same cause. The particular cha-
racter which the war has assumed, may add to the
extent and duration of these results. Exclusive
and arbitrary principles cannot be combated but
by an opposition withbut measure or end ; andthe
system of presentation and resistance, should haVe
the same character of universality, perseverauce,
and vigour. .
The Peace of Amiens, if it had been observed,'
would have prevented much confusion.
" I heartily, wish that the experience of the paint
may not be lost for the 'future.
His Majesty has often stopped when the most
certain triumphs lay before him, and turned round
to invoke peace. _
" In 1805, secure as he was by the advantages
of his situation, and spite of the confidence which
he mightreasonably feel in anticipations which For-
tune was about to realize, he made proposals to
his Britannic INTajesiy, which were rejected, on time
ground that Russia should be consulted. In 1808,
new proposals were made, in concert withßussia.
England alleged the necessity of an intervention,
which could be no more than the result of the ne-
gociation itself. In 1810 his Majesty, 'having.
clearly discerned that the British Orders is Coin•
cil of 1807, rendered the conduct of the war in-
cianipatible with the independence of Holland,
caused indirect overtures to be made towards pro-
curing the return of peace. They were fruit-
less, and Ahe .consequence was, that new' provinces
were united to the Empire.
" In the present time are to be found united, all
the circumstances of the various periods at which
his Majesty. manifested the pacific sentiments which
he now orders me again to declare that he is ac-
tuated by.
" The calamities under which Spain, and the
vast regions of Spanish America suffer, should
naturally excite the interest'Of all nations, and
inspire them with an equal anxiety for their ter-
mination.

" I will express myself, Sir, in a manner which
your Excellency will find conformable to the since-
rity of the step which I am authorized to take ;
and nothing will better evince the sincerity and
subliality of it than the precise terms of-the lan-
guage which I have been directed to use. What
views and motives should induce me to envelope
myself in formalities Auitable to weakness, which
alone can find its interest in deceit.
". The affairs of the Peninsula, and the Two
Sicilies; are the points of difference which appeal--
least to admit of being adjusted. lam authorised
to propose to -you an arrangement of them, on
the following-basis
" The integrity of Spain shall be guaranteed.
France shall renousce all idea of extending her do-
minions beyond, the Pyreunees. The present 4-
nasty-shall be declared independent, and. Spain
shalt be goverUcd by a National Constitutiorof
her Cortes. -

The independence and • integrity of Portugal
shall be also guaranteed, and the House of .Bra-
ganza shall have the Sovereign authority.
" The Kingdom of Naples shall remain in pos-
session of the present ,Monarch, and the Kingdom
of Sicily' shall be -guaranteedto.the present family
of Sicily.
" As a consequence of these stipulations, Spai-.p.,
Portugal, and Sicily, shall be evacuated by the
French and English land and uaval forces.
" With respect to the other objects of , discus-
sion, they may he negociated upon this basis, that
each power shall retain that of which the other
could not deprive it by war.
"'Such arc, Sir, the grounds of conciliation of-
fered by his Majesty to his Royal Highness the'
Prince Regent.
" His Majesty the Emperor and King, in taking
this step, does not look either to the advantages or
losses which this Empire may derive from the war,'
if it should be prOlonged ; he is influenced simply
by the considerations of the interests of humanity,.
and the peace of his people.; and if this fourth at-
tempt should cwt be attended 'with success, like
-those which have preceded it, -France will at least
have the consolation of thinking, that whatever
-bloOd may yet flow, will be justly imputable to
England alone.
thale the honour, &c. ,
($41203) " The I)4e of BA.;SANO."

No. IX. ,

COPY OF THE ANSWER OF LORD CASTLEREAGII, SE-
CRETARY OF
,STATA. FOR FOREIGN-AFFAIRS OF HIS
BRITANNIC 'MAJESTY, TO THE LETTER OF THE
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN RELATIONS, OF THE 17TH
• OF APRIL, 1812.

" London, Office for Foreign Affairs, April 23, 1312.

" SIR--Your Excellency's Letter 'of the I.ith
of this nionth has been received and laid before
the Prince Regent. • ,
His Royal- Highness felt that he owed it to litS-
honour, before be should authorize. me to enter
into any explanation upon the overture which
your -Execellency has transmitted, to- ascertain the
precise meaning attached by
.die -.Government of
France to the following passage of your Excel-
lency's letter, the actual Dynasty•shall be.de-
dared independent, and Spain governed by the
national Constitution of the _Cortes.'

" If, as his Royal Highness fears, the meaning,
of this proposition is, that the Royal authority of
Spain, and the Government established by the
Cortes, Thall be recognized as residing in the bro-
ther of the head of the French Government, and
the Cortes formed under his authority, and not in
the legitimate Sovereign, Ferdinand the Seventh,
and his heirs, and the Extraordinary_ Assembly' of
the Cortes, now invested with the power of the
,Government in that kingdoin, in his name, and
by his authOrity—l, am commanded frankly and
explicitly to declare to your Excellency, that the
obligations of good faith do not permit his RoYal
• Highness- to receive a proposition for, peace found
odun-such abasis, •

" But if the expressions cited above, apply to
the actual Government of Spain, which exercises
the Sovereign authority in the name:of Ferdinand
the Vllth. upon an assurauce of your Excellency
to that effect; the Prince Regent will:feel _himself
disposed to enter into a full explanation. upon the
basis which has been transmitted, in order. to be
taken into consideration by his. Royal. fligjiness ;
audit being his most. earnest Wish to contribute,.
in concert with ,his allies, to the repose of Europe,
and to bring about . a peace, which may be at
once honourable, not only_ for Great Britain and
France, but also for those States' which are in
of amity with each of these Powers.
"Having made known with6u(reserve the sen.;.
timents of the'Prince Regent, with respect to a
point on which it,is necessary to have a full under,
Standing, previous to' any ulterior discusssion,
shall adhere .to the instructions.of his itoyal.High-
ness, by ay.oiding:all superAnous comment and re-
crimination onihc accessary objects of your letter,
Tinight advantageously, for thejustitication of the
conduct observed by Great Britain at the difTerent
periods alluded to by your
.Excellency, refer to
the correspondence which then took place, and to
the judgment which the world has lop g since formed.
of it.

" AS to, the particular character the war has un-.
happily assumed, and the arbitrary principles which
your Excellency conceives to .have marked its pro-
gress,. denying, as I do, that these evils are attri,,
'Datable to the British Government, I at the same
time can assure your- Excellency, that it sincerely
deplores their existence, as uselessly aggravating
the- calamities of war, and that its most .anxious
desire, whether at peace orftt war with Prltuce, is,
to have the relations of the two countries restored
to Abe. liberal principles usually acted upon infor-
mer tames.

" I take this Opportunity of assuring your Ex.-
cellen-cy of my respect.-
(Signed) " CASTLEREAGH."

No. 111.

COPY OF A NOTE PROM PRINCE KURAKIN TO THE-

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS,

" Paris, 18 (30) April, 181 g.

" MY LORD DUKR—Since theintervieW which
I had on Tuesday last with your Excellency, and
in the course of which you gave Me reason to sup-
pose that the verbal communications which 1 had
the honour of making, according to the tenor of
iny latest instructions, should be admitted as the
gyounds of the arrangements on which we are
about to enter; since that time I have not been
able to find you at home, and enter into a second
conference, in order to the discussion of this
object,- and the settling the project of this con-
vention.'

It is impossible for me, _my Lord, to defer any
longer transmitting to the Emperor, my master,
an account of the execution of the orders he has
aiven me. I acquitted myself verbally towards his
Majesty the Emperor and King, in the private
Audience which he granted me on Monday. I also
acquitted mySelf in the same manner towards your
Excellency, in my interview kvith you on Friday,
Monday, and Tuesday.--I flattered myself, that
the agreement to a..projeet of convention, founded
upon a basis' which I had the honour to propose;
and which I had hoped would be agreeable to his
'Majesty the 'Emperor anal, King, would put it, in
my power to prove immediately to his Majesty the
Emperor, my master, that I had fulfilled his in-
tentions, and had the good fortune to have done .
so successfully. Deprived for two days of the
poiver _of -seeing your Excellency, of following up
and concluding,' in -conjunction-with you, a work
so importaneand So urgent, in consequence of the
circumstances that are to be submitted to us,.that
not- a single day. should he lost ; and seeing the•
certainty overthrown with which I had flattered'
myself. that, this 'work would.. be finished without
delay, and which might, lead to, the coliclusibn
that it ought to have, ri?.ineiy, that of preventing
the fatal conseqUences the close approach which
has been -made -by tire army of his'Majesty the-,
EMperor and King to that of the Emperor, my
master, it no'* remains for me to provide for my
responsibility 'towards my Court, by officially ac-
quitting myself, in the communication which
have received orders tb make to your Excellency,'
and which hitherto have been only made Verbally.
". I am ordered to declare to your Excellency,
that the preservation of i'russia, and her indepen-
dence from every political engagement directed
against Russia, isindispensable to the interests of
his Imperial Majesty,. In-order to arrive at a real
state of peace with France, it is necessary that
there should be between her and Russia a neutral
country, which shall not. be occupied by the
troops of either of the two powers ; that as the
entire policy of his Majesty the Emperor, my rims'-
, tar, is calculate'. to preserve solid and stable prin

ciples of amity With Prance; which canna 4 distji
so long as foreign armies continue to be quarterett,
so. near the Penssian" frontiers, the first basis or
•negociation„ can he no- Other than, a formal en'
gagement or a coin lets` evacuatiOn- of .the Prns-
- States, and of all the strong places of Pro-,
sia, whatsoever may have been the period ant
the, pretext of their 'occupation by the French
or Allied Troops ; of i diminution of the garri7
son of Dantzic ; the, evacuation of Swedish Fo-,
merania; and an yrangemeat with the Eing 0r
Sweden, calculated to-give niutusd satiZaCtion t°
the Crowns of France and Sweden.
I,lllllst declare, that when the measures aboYe
mentioned shall be acquiesced in on the ptrt of
France, as the basis of the arrangement-to be
concluded, .1 shall be- permitted to promise,. tb'tte
such arrangements may include, on the part °L
- his Majesty the Emperor, my master, the follow'
ing engagements :
" Without deviating from the principle'
adopted by the Emperor of all the Russias for tbc,
commerce of his States, and for the admission ar
neutral's into the ports of his dominions—principle'
which his Majesty can never renounce, he binds
himself, as a proof of his adherence to the alliance
formed at Tilsit, not to adopt any change of th'
prohibitive measiires.eitablistied in Russia, and 'Se'
'verely Ob..;erved to the present time, against direct
trade with England. His Majesty is also ready t°_,
agree with his Majesty the Emperor of the Frew:l,'
and King of Italy, with respect to a system '°
Licenses to be introduced into Russia, in the sa.o
manner as in France; it being always understood,
that it cannot be admitted tiU it has been ascer
tahsed that it is not calculated to- augment the de:.
terioration already experienced by the trade 0'
Russia. . •--
" His Majesty the Emperor Of all the Russi3s
Will engage also by this Convention, to treat, by
partichlar' arrangement, for certain modifications,
such as may he desired by France for the advall'
tage of her trade in the Custom dutiesimposed by
Russia in.-ISIO. .
" Finally, his Majesty will also consent to bird .
himself to conclude a treaty of exchange, 'of tlle
Duchy--of Oldenburg for a suitable equivalent'
whiCh -shall be:proposed by his Majesty the IfAnPe:
.ror and_King, and in .which his Imperial illojesrY..
will declare the protest-withdrawn which. be Vfai'
about to publish, to. support the rights his famil
to tile Duchy of Oldenburg.
•jell
.Such arc, my Lord Duke, the grounds, Av
have been ordered to point out, aiid the obi's"
sign of which, in -what relates to the evacusti°,
of the PruSsian States and Swedish..Pomerani'l-;
'the reduction Of 'the '.garrison. of Dautz.ic to It
establishment, previous to the -Ist of JanuarY
IS'I 1 ; and the promise of a negociator with, :-4‘ve-
den, can alone render possible au amicable airy -°lO-'
merit bet Ween our Courts. •
• tie
It is with much regret, notwithstanding
time which has elapsed since I communicated tbel,
verbally to your Excellency, that I still fin I 111:t5
self altogether uncertain with respect to the cif'
of my ?roceedings.
"7 N twithstauding the- favourable infer"rs
which 1 was hippy to draw from the interOes,
which his Imperial and Royal
.Majcsty Plefs,
med to grant e 'on Monday, as well as the
-,y
.anCesl fcceived froM • your Exeellenc, ""ii
not forbear to inform 'your ExN,etleuey.
of. that which I-represented to his Majesty t%
Emperor, as well as. formerly to you, viz,
- to.iny great regret the intelligence should reg 6
Me that Count Lauriston had quitted Petersburct;
I would conceive it my, duty to.apply immediat
for passports, and quit Paris.
(Signed) " Prince ALEX. KURAg-I.

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THE SUN.

SOLEM QC'S DICERE FALIC3I AUDEAT ?

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1812

• Last night French Papers, arrived, tontaiiii4e
intelligence of the greatest importance, viz' t;ijo
whole of the correspoutlence between the
and French Governments, a letter from the file°
001
Minist6fot;Foreign Affairs to Lord CAsTwie
;te,
in April.last, containing a proposal to negot-
and LgrcECASTLEitEAGH's Answer. These PPers
h
also .contain the first. two Rulleiins of the Frer'-'y
Army.. We have not room at-present to offer al)
comments upon these- most important docurrie'lt.'

treat
This Morning an -Anil()lt Mail arrived: frool
length and importance of our ertracts fr°Tl'
.tct
the French Papers, we can only give4n abstl s
of its contents. On the 22d June, 80. oNAl'Ag'r
7 bf'
declared war against Russia, anti on th 5t t
e' ‘1"--
• • • re
passed the Russian frontiers.' All the iii-c
•
corps of - the French 'army were in motio,a,
ICC
were advancing towards Russia., CAuLtioTc()l;
had been sent on 'a mission to AteicANDßl''
had_ retrneii without acLoMplishing finis U 5i(41.
-gel,

•
Government have this mo- ornin received
ligenee that a Danish frigate and seven 1/1.•;
escaped from.Christia•nsand, and had been -cl,o'
into Ahrendaple on the following day, -b6v.e be
ct)'

destrQyed.

Letters. have been received from the Nall'tje
France, which contradict the rumour of a I°,: et
havingbeen fought. Som. epassengers thatcalnewe
in the vessels that brought the letters state, t"t
oP
}Dc
greatest discontent prevails throughout
account of the " dearness of bread, Which is '
k)ound,