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PIArMOI.7TII, JULY 14.—Arrived the Merry Alin,
LEWES, It'ilst-4c, LOVERING, and the Ceres, lArtC-H
MAN, from Wales, culm laden; fot this port.; tl4!
Unity, HurekiNGs, from Portsmouth ; and tlie.
Speculation, PENGELLY, from Exeter-.

We understand a convoy ivas- this dad appdioted
from henee• for the Mediterranean.. •

Sailed the Andromache frigate for the coast of
Spain ; the Favourite Sloop of war on 'a cruize in
the Channel; the Scylla sloop of war to the west-.
ward j and his Majesty's schooner Bramble for
Portsmouth

Arrived 'his. Majefity's schooner Misletoe from

Port nick

We this morning received the following letter,
dated the 15th inst. from Portgrrionth

" A very alarmink and melancholy ace-Mt:Tit hap-
pe.ned to-day On boarct the Queen transport, Capt.
HEATH, lying at Spithcad, with troops on board,
from:Lisbon. On clearing. the after magazine of
powder, ite order to its being sent on shore,. some
of--the soldiers having a lighted pipe smoking, the
whole blew up, by which the quarter-deck is
much shattered, and some biros are lost ; the, par-
ticulars have not transpired. The ship is now
•
coming into harbour." '

ANO,TIIErt ACCOU NT.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 1.5.--The Qlteen trar.,:port,
Captain-HEATH, lying at Spithead, was this :morn-
ing ordered into Harbour, and, as usual, they
were preparing to Send the ship's gun-powder on
shore,and for that purpose they, were getting it
out orthe magazine, when unfortunately, from
some unknown cause, it took fires, and blew up
with a dreadful explosion, .tore up her quarter--
deck, and blew away part of her starboard-quarter;
but from the immediate assistance rendered by the
transports -and men of war at Spithead, the fire
was prevented from doing much additional da-
mage. We are sorry to add, that it is reported,
and generally believed, that several lives are lost,
and A great number wounded. Captain HEATH,
it is said, was dining in his cabin when the acci-
dent happened, but received no-injury whatever.

- -
" Sec e 2.1 o' Cl9ck .—The Queen is now coming into

Harbour."

Letters from a General Officer, of the 20th of
June, from Salamanca, "state, that the army was
in the highest health and spirits. It was not then
known whether Lord WELLINGTON intended to
attack MARmoNT behind die Douro.

An American vessel has arrived at Dover 'from
Dunkirk, 'where she had been detained two years,
until liberated by-the decision of the Prize C3urt.
She has brought several passengers, who report,
that the coast of France was entirely stripped of
troops to augment the Grand Army, of the North.
Provisions at Dunkirk were very dear.
The depot for prisoners of war, at Perth, is now
nearly completed. It will contain 7000 prisoners,.
with the troops on guard over them ; as also ae-
6nm-iodation for the sick, and lodgings,for the
several Officers of the establishment.

, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET AIRETINO, Ju LT 1812.

TUESDAY, JUL? 24.

Ld Foley's h. by Mr. Teazk, Bst. 101 b. beat La Darlington's
1". by Dittti, Bst. 41b. T. Y. C.-ICOgs. h. ft.-5 to 4 agst Ld
Foley's h. •

Ld Poley's Osprey, beat Ld ;P.:rscy'f.,. Antonio, Bst. 41b. each.
T..Y. C. Jeers.--6 to 5 aggt Osprey. • "
Folev's Teazle, B§t. ;31h. beat Mr. AA-ivy's Magic, Fst.
71b. R. M. A00g.5.—,2 t I:agst Teazle.
Renewal of 'the-Subscription of AOgs. each.—T. M. M. ,
Ld G. -I-I. Cavendish's Florival, Gyrt old ... 1
Mr. Andrew's Discount, agf.f.d
Sir C. Bunbury's b. c. Scout, 3 .. 3

• 4 to 1 asst Florival.
3 started.—The Judge could place but 3.—Three were drawn.

wr:ox,Esp.l.l, JULY 15.

LdVersey's'Antonio, Ssf. heat L 1 6. H. 'Cavendish's Ba-
rossn, 79t.'.51b. ywo:yr.old C. 100gs.-2- to l_on Antonio,
A Handicap Sweepstakes of 25gs. each, lOrrf;. ft. if declare 4
in a quarter of •an hour after the weiglits are named, for
" all f!ges. ,A. F. .•
D. of Rutland's Sall7ator, G yes Bst. 1
Lil Foley's b. byTeazle, 5 yrs 85. t. 21b.. 2
Ld LoWther's yrs•sgt•*
Mr. Andrew's Merel;a-ed PA• 21b. •
• . - 4
. _

fi to 1 a SalKator-2. to lagst Mold.
13 started—the Judze gouid place but 4.

The Town Plate of 501. for .3i,, r, old colts, Sst. 416. and fillies,
S.st. Last mile and a distance of_B. C.
Mr...Craven's lat. c. Tootle? ...' 1
D. of Rutland's bl.- f. Thalestris. 2
Gen. (;rosvenor's ch. f. Deliance, by Gauntlet
D. of Grafton's b. c. Joe Miller, brother to Joke 4

3 to 1 agst Toolo..
12 started—the Judge could place but 4

Covent4larden Theatre closed for the season
last night with. the 'Tragedy of HamteL Hamlet
was very ably performed by A. C. KEMBLE, who,
after the play, made a suitable Address Of Thanks
to the Audience in the name of the Proprietois
and Performers, for the favour which, they had
experienced, and announcing the re-opening of
the ,Theatre, next season, on the 7th .-‘sf Sep-
tember.

-Mr. PHILIPPS, of the Lyceum Theatre, is en-
gaged- as chief vocal performer at the new Drury-
lane Theatre. .

ELLISTON, It is said, iS to resume his station
among the Drury-lane-. Company on the opening
of the new Theatre. ,

SutcrDE.—A. young female was found dear' in
Hyde Park; last Tuesday; on examining, the body,
it turned out that she had taken a quantity of
arsenic. She had been missing from her lodgings,
in Hertford-street, since Sunday evening, and (UN-
tress is supposed to have prompted her to,the rash

rRENCI+ P~UETI.

hi ima,b,r-TANT-DQC UMENTS.
frQm I;uz:Paßar of 'yesterday.)

No., IV,

G. of • a Note from .Prince. Knritkin •to the Ziiiniter for
.I.7ordii.sli Relations. •

(7tti 3f May), 1812.
" Loan Dtrice=—Near fifteen days have
elapsed since I haVe made the communications eir,l
joined by my last instructions, brought by Baion
Serdohm, and wiaich I hastened to submit tO-yOn
two-hours after I had received them.
" I had the honour personally to inform
Imperial and Royal Majesty, in the course of the
audience granted on Monday, the 2,7 th of tlre same
month, of those propositions of the Einpe'ror, my
august. master,. which constituted the immediate
object thereof.• The hopes which 1 bad reason to
entertain, from all that his Majesty was pleased,
in the course of the audience, 'with respect to his
anxious. desire to prevent, by conciliatory steps, a
rupture, which threatens Europe with 3 new war,
induced, the agreeable expectation that toy- pro-
ceeding would slreceed to the satisfaction of the
Emperor, rely noister; 'whose wishes havz-. .never
been other than for^the preservation of peace; and
his alliance with- Prance,_ and.to have,-the. essen,
tidily equitable and moderate.mode, through me,
to become the basis of an amicable arrangement.
" was the noire reasonable for me to indulge
suely hOpes',. because- you yourself, my Lord 134 e,
It l coastantly, in the course of the first ,inter.-
views Which followed my-communications; encbti-
ragud ihent, by the justice which you did to the
spirit in which those communications avere con-
ceived, at once coaciliatory and nacific; and chiefly
directed to satisfy his Majesty the Emperor Na-
poleon, 'svitli repect to all the requisitions he has
hitherto made - His l'llaresty the .Erii-
peror'and King, in the course of the audience
granted me on the 27th'of April„ having desired,
that I should immediately 'discuss with your Ex-
cellency the propsitioas which I was directed to
make, had induced: me to contemplare the pos4-
bility of giving awacCount to tlro Emperor, my
master, after the lapse ofsa very.fittle,time; of the
reception his offers hathneiwith::,Never did cir-
cumstances of a more urgent nature justify a de-
sire, and entreaties consequent thereon, to
ceive a speeoy answe:s- nevertheless, my Lord
'Duke, I have not yet received one. l'ply.pressing
and reiterated applications, my daily visits, to your
Excellency, have been attended with no other re-
sult but your refusal to enter into an explanation
with respect to the propositions in question,
grounded on a want of orders to that • Yect from
his Imperial and Royal Majesty.
" It is impoisible, my Lord Duke, to deceive
oneself as to the fatal efiects which such delays as
these must inevitably produce. The daily increas-
ing prOximity of the armies of his imperial and
Royal Majesty and his Allies to the Russian Em-
pire, may, in a moment, bring about events after
which all hope of the preservation of peace must
vanish; and which, indeed, at this very-time have
destroyed the probability of. preserving it; The
only Method by which Europe may be saved from
the evils which menace her, is the acceptance of
tha conciliatory offers Which the Emperor, my
master, has ordered me to make. Yet not only
no answer from your Excellency has informed me
that .they were accepted, .but -you have also hi-
therto refused to enter into the explanation 1 have
solicited; and ,still solicit, with respect to the
manner in which those oiler's are v,iewed, or to
what, in the aggregate of our propositions, may
not have proved agreeable to.the Emperor.
Amidst the
_critical circumstances in which
the two. Empires are placed, the prolongation of
such delays to explanations calculated to produce
reconciliation, admits of no other interpretation
than a preconceived resolution hot to enter into

any explanation of the kind, and consequently:an
election of *ar. I must not conceal from your
Excellency,. that as this is the point of view in
v.;l;;ch 1 must'consider any nbw delays which May
prevent my receiving a "cateip!rical answer to th 4
communications which I have made, pursuant to
the orders of tht,-Emperor, my. master; I must
tlierefdre assure you, my Lord Duke, that if in
the course of the interview which you have fixed

for to-morrow, I should still he so unfortunate as

tofind you unprovided with instructions from the'
Emperor to give me an anSwer tonly propositions;
and that an answer assuring me that they are ac-
cepted without any modiF,eation whatsoever (for
your Excellency is fully aware that I Ain not au-
thorised to admit of any), I shall in that case find
myself, in consequence of the departure of, his
Majesty the Emperor and king, which is an-
nounced for to-morrow, and-which Will preclude
all houtz:of the expected ansiver, plaCed under the
necessity. of considering the withholding of such. •
answer as an indication of an election being made:
of war, and my fuather stay at Paris as altogether
superfluous ; and deeply regretting that I have
not been able to contribute to the preservatimi .of
-that pence and alliance, in the establishment of
_ _

which it, has been the greatest happiness of my
life to have participated for the :last five years, I
shall' be obliged to demand passports from your
Excellency:., to enable me to quit France, and I
earnestly request that in sneh case you will obtain
.orders from his Imperial and Royal I\ll.‘j-esty to
grant them without delay.
" Receive, 'my Lord Duke, assirances of my
high consideration. " Prince KURAKIN."
•

N O.V. ‘
Copy of a Note from the Minister for Poreign Relation _to
Prince Kurakin,.the Russian AmbassadOr.
P " Paris, 9th
May,
1812.
• .. -

" Sta—l have received the notes which roll did
me the honour to address to me -on the lOth of
April and the ith of May. Before 4 can po'sibly
answer them, I mustinquire ot your Excellency
whether you have full powers, vested.in you to
form, conclude, and sign an arrangement of the
difference:3 which have arisen between'the two
Powers; and in case you have„ received. such
powers, I, must. beg, that in conformity to the
custom of all Cabinets, you will make a preli-
minary communication to that Ifect. r.

" L haste the honour of offering to .your,Exeel-
lency frsh af-:l:3urances of my high consideration.
' " The Duke of BASSANO."

Nv. ti t.

Cupy cf the answer of Piiiice Kurakia to the above Note,
" Faris, AFil 27 (May 9), ISl`-:.
LonD DIKE—I. have just received a let'
ter f;:otnyonr,Excelleney, dated this day; and you
will 'permit me to evinee my great- surprise at the
question it conta.iS, and which I imag,ted I had
complitely obviated by the `rankness with which
Ihad communicated, without any reserve what"
ever, the final instructions which I received frool,
his Imperial itajesty, my august master. -Your
Excellency is, aware of the conciliatory ..piroposi-
flow which form the object of their, and, whicb:
clearly and 'decisively prove the anxious wish °fray'
angot masterto preaerve peace and his* alliante with
his Tilajesty the Emperor Napoleon. I aid always
ready to arrange with you as to the most propeir-
form to give them, by .a Convention which 161::
sign with you; sub ape rati, although unprovidetv
with particular and Special powers for, the pur-
pose:; and I can safely answer yoUr Excellency, ill,
consequence of the. perfect knowledge: I liars 01,
the intentions of the Emperor, my master, and
of the intelligence I have received of his design t"
transmit to ate full- and special powers, that iu
the event of the basis proposed by me heii,g
agreed to by his M.ajesty7the Emperor and King!
the arrangement which I shall sign will lie
ratified by his Imperial Majesty. I must. ,
serve to Toni- Excellency,. that even if I were,
in posse,:sion of, at this time, full saccial po'wers,
for the purpose, aceordicig to. established..ensttnn,
still the ratification of the•two, Sovereigns would-
be necessary, before the act could receive full
and complete validity. I have to express al
deep regret, that in the midst of such urgent cir
cumsta.nees, when every instant .may produce the
commencement of hostilities, the. silepee which
haS been observed by the-Minister:of-his linperiali
and Royal Majesty, during the brig T;eriod a.
fifteen days, with respect to the manner in which
his Majesty has viewed the,basis of arfangemr
which I have been
.ordered to.-pi•sc,-.t to bit-o,
should have So considerably 'retarded the'poz. sibi-
lity of Concluding them.
1 must express to your, Excellency my ast.9-
nishinerit at your thilking the explanation into
which I haje entered, or
.rather repeated,
sary (as I have had already the honour of veil.
explicitly detailing- in our former interviews every
thing that constitutes the present question),
. be'
fore you' could answer my notes of the 36th Apra •
and ith of May. , •
" Your Excellency does not mention that
of the 6th of May,* to ivhich I have: an equal
right to require, and do equally ri!quirc,
answer. •

I earnestly entreat that you VvEl let me L jVZ
the three answers as soon as possible. They mll'=it
contain explanations' which are ind4ensahic-
cetssary to onable me to ;f i 1 l the very poicivc,
duties imposed upon.me by the situation
I am placed. _ •
"Receive, my Lord Duke, fresh assurance;
of my high situation.
" Prince ALEX .DER

(Signed)

* The note of the 6th of May relates to a private busi-
-ness, foreign 'to the discussions existing betvitia the' 0-2
countries.

No. VII. •
-
Cali}, of a Letter from Prince Kural-44 to die INliiiizter•for
- Foreign Relations.
" 49 niy,) 181 •
. " i4IY LORD DUKE-4 intended going, this
morning to your Excellency's, for the purnow of
reminding you that I had not received an answer
to my letter of yesterday, when I' received thane.
which you did me the honour to write me last
night, some,' hours previous to .your tier,karterr,
which; from what you bad the goodnyi to ;tote
to me, I did not suppose would have taken place, -
for two or three days longer. Although you are
so kind as 'to say I Shall have the passpbrt: which
I required; I have received oily that for the
tieman of the .Chamber; .Kologrivotf, o 3 whicir,l
even it is not noted that it is for a courier to goins
to. Petersburg:
" I beg your Excellency to send me the three
-others which you-promised me for the persons at- -
tache&to my chapel andliousehoid, and ‘1,1116, are'
to Jet off with carriage drivers of 'Vienna, already •
engaged for. the purpose, and with resptet to
whom, not being able to send them away at th
appointed time, I have suffered a loss of the. pric6 •
agreed on with them for-the carriage from here to "
I'rodv. •

" Your -Excellency has' not thought proper 10
answer the three communications 1 made to Veit
on the 30th of April and the 6th and 7th of I\i'-":",
with respect to the more important objects of ow*
i ntercourse,nUtwithslanding the established custom %
.of answering every official, communication made
by an Ambasvador, in a manner so authentic-, and
under; such pressing circumstances: Neither hay"
you written to me, according to promise, to ac-
quaint me with the motives which -induce you t?
consider an arrangement betwten the two Powers •
as yet possible, and 'which you think should deter--
mme me to prolong riv. stay at Paris, and not to
press for my passports. , .
" This silence, on your part, places me CN''
actly in the same situation as when i first requir-
ed thtim.
" Not having been able to obtain from you dig, . •
offieial and written explanation which I required,
of the reastins ;which should induce rie to poStpone
iny \departure—an explanation which I ',reckoned
on 'being able to submit to the natice of my -au-,
gust master, in order the more folly to acquaint
him of the hope which yen entertained of die -stia
existing possibility of an accommodation—l find
myself compelled to rcneWany most pressing solici:-
tations for passports, grounded upon. the Unhappili'
too great certainty that my presence here call no .
longer be of use.
" 1 beg youy Excellency may have thego'OdnessA
.to make his Royal and Imperial Majesty acquaint-
ed with this formal requisition, on my -part, thee
first time that you may have any communicatio.a
with him. I indulge -a hope that' his Mtijesty.
••
too well aware of, and will todre`adily call to mina -
the personal attachment which has caused ine
zealuusly't6 fulfil my duty, in endeavouring t°
preser\'e peace and concord between the two ell",
pines, to admit of his supposing, that thei-equisi-
tion I make for permission. to quit my post
grounded upon any thing but the complete ant'
painful certainty" feel, that every hope of beit3S
able, in the character of a negociator, to bring'
about a reconciliation is cut off.

" ith
onh liave Acktlovtietric riarty per.:
ohlitroqions to vos.w Exocl.l`criCv, I shall con-
rter it as. a greater proof of -friC'titfship thlnt
have yet 'honour-ed me with, if
self to enatie ine to rinit a place whieli-you
aware_ it cannot he otherwise than extreitkely
r .llll tonie t 7 continue in since the d TArture (It hh
.11,°Yal and imperial Majesty, an that of your
124-xedleney deprive me of the satisf talon of thini:-
Ing that I am. capable of effecting any thin°. use-
ful.

:` ram .about to quit Paris,- never to return
'nigher.
I sh:;11 remain at my country house at
Lyres, till your Excellency shall have sent me
111,y. Passports. I shall there.anxiously expect Veal.
I:4xcellency's-an,-,wer to enable me to set off, hav-
Oready made every necessary arlinz.einerit. fur
41sne Purpose. andsent away such part of my house-
old as I coni di tense with, only retain*. the
Aew servants who are to accompany Me -on my

.Journev
" I renew, my Lord Duke, the assurances of my
4%h consid,iation.
(Signed)

" Prince ALEX. KURAKIN."

No: I"):q.
COPYof the Ansyc:er of Count. Romanzoff to the Note of. the
rereign Relations of the 25th April.
" %Vilaa, May 7 (19), 1812.
"11,1-Y Lozn TIUKE—The -Count de Narbonne
:Las given me the dispatch which your Excellency
'u'ilfided to him, I have not delayed a moment to
' Place it before the Emperor: His Majesty, always
uthini to the line of conduct which he originally
marked for himself, always persevering 'in a mere
IlYstere of defence, in short, always more mOderate
'!1 proportion as the development of his powei
t
nahlcs hint to repiilse with greater, vigour such
hii _
s as might he*made against,the interests of
tS tuipire,•all:l the diguity of his Crown, is satis-
ieci to adhere to the wish with which you, my
ti'rd Duke, conclude the interesting communica-
b°ll-of your Court. Constantly seeking to prove.
,°`i‘7 much he has'it-at heart to avoid every thing
Vi might infuse- into • his connection with
a ranee a:
spirit of animosity . and acerbity, such
k 5,1141 endanger its continuance, he has directed
tn It to enter into any refutation pt.' alleged
:eievances., nor to oppose assertions 'which; for
„, most part, are grounded upon imputed fat&
-I.ll'te destitute of probability, and bypothe-
;‘ altogether gratuitous. The dispatches ad-
dfe'3sed to Prince Kurakini by the Baron de Ser-
,ein, have partly anticipated the answer to all
e accusations which have been made.
10; al conduct
have represented, in-its true light, the
conduct which the Emperor , has observed
tviall his relations with France. They have given,
tl,td respect to our arme.ments, explanations, con-
z'd.ill
i such a. degree, as app
u ear to have even
st:ipped the hopes of the Emperor Napoleon.'
of e, notwithstanding the menacing movements
tit 'ls, armies beyond a line, where, for the sects-
,of Our frontiers, they ought to have , stopped,
r Continue here in the same state as at the
il'o'te Of the departure of the last Courier. Indeed,
single man has entered the territory of Pius-
or that of the' Duchy of 117arsaw, and no pew
totacie has tended on our part to prevent the,
11,t,inuanr;e of peace.
t 1 the. contrary, the last instructions which
4411;re -Kurakin has received, furnish him %(-ith
of
Pc means of
„terminating all differences, and
eniug the negociation which -'you Court
-s ,lires
te‘c We have leained with satisfaction, the re-
t etion our propositions hare met with "on
3, v. part of the Emperor Napoleon. The offiCial-
‘ 'Paw • •
dad which your Excellency shall give to them,
Which we ark desired by Prince Ktirakin to
tioPect will_tiefinitively settle the important guts-
of peace or war. _
The moderation which marks that I have
the honour of, addressing to you, offers you,
ia Iv Lord Duke, ample security that any overture
0., may be made of a pacific nature will be unxi-
4ty accepted.
nis Majesty is much pleased. with .The step
Q.o'lch has been taken with. respect to the British
thpvejninent. He is grateful for the attention of
Xt; l'Anreror Napoleon in inforthing him thereof.
..always duly appreciate the *sacrifices which
th,` Sovereign shall make, in order to promote
hte'ttt conclusion of a general peace, for the attain-
of which ga'eat and attractive object, no
'aces Can, in his opinion, be to 6 considerable.
kl have. the honour to offer to your Excellency

(signed)

".COUllt DE ROMANZOFF

fr,
ea. No. X. .
• ''' a Letter from the Minister for ForeigO Affairs, to
n
~,etintg.4 Lanfisto, Anibas sh . dOr of -his Imperial and Ituyal
its 4t, St. Petersburg _ _
_.

" Dresden, May 40, -161/r
tftr have the honour, Cunt, to send you copies
oft'7o notes,. frOtti Prince K'urakin, dated The 30th
vi.dApril and 17th -of May; ,of
.a note which-I
tklires-ed to that Ambassador on the'9th of the
e tilonth, and of the answer which he return-
..L
oof me on the same( day ; And lastly', of a note
dd Ith of May, whicl, reached me yesterday,
I)re''' by which Prince Kurakin renewsrin-the most
3'4lE, Manner, his demand of his passports.
irt
lie` "A. illalesty, Count,' could never have be-
`Qd that this•Atnbasaador would -have taken so
tliel; upon himself : he thinks it .fit. that you
ti,.°41.(1, by a note, addressed to the Count de Sol-
jt."°ff, demand passports for yourself, in order to
oDeeed to the Count de Romanzoff to Witha, or
other olaee of meeting that shall be ap-
t7l a:-Itted• Non' will announce to Count Soltikoff,
char the communications r with which you are
th-rged, and which you cannot make but to the
I)ol,a,neeilor or to the Emperor himself, are aa-int-
ccuNtltas are urgent., •
ou wilrshew Count Romanzoff all the do-
tb.-"ents -;,.-hich I transmit to you. You will express
h
titptusbment which his Majesty must have felt
lii)e t gave him an - account of proceedings so
Ivh.xlleeted, and so contrary, to the-dispositions
I=4°' the Emperor Alexander manifested to your-
When he perceived, that in. thoonotes of the
• . 4.584 u. Ambassador, the evacuation of Prussia
IN, Put forward as a condition upon. which France
111,; even to deliberate—a condition such as his'
torLes.tY had never _proposed after -the greatest vic-
ite4cr when, in tine, by the demand Of the inde-
euee of Prussia, his independence was violated,
-Att.

inasmtlch 'as the deitruclloti has been insisted on
,of those political engageine;its which he has cmi-
tracted id the inicercise of the right which helonp
SoVereigds. You ,Nt;i11;• t;ount, make. it be
felt, sensibly, how *inch the notes of Prince En-
rakin are, in their fOrm, and by their contents, op:-
peed 4o those pacific dispositions, of which that
Aluhassador had given the assurance ; by what
spirit Of conciliation his. Majesty is induced to
suppose, that in presenting these notes and wni-
biniug with them the: demand of his passports, he
has transgresed the bounds prescribed to him,
and with what regret, if they were really. the ex.
preSsion of the intentions, and the result of the
orders of the Court of Peterburg, his Majesty
would see every hope vanish, of succeedimg, by a
ncgociation, which /he haS been constantly soli-
citing for nearly twoyears, in the adjustment at
last of the differences that divide the two
coun-
tries.

.
" You will insist, Count, on obtaining expla-
nations, which may still leave the way open foz
an acconiuiodati•.n.

I have thellonour to be, &c. Sze.-

No. XI.

Copy of a Letter from Count Romanzoff to Count Lauriston.
Wilna, 27th May (Bth June), Evening, 1619.

Ma. AMBASSADOR-His Imperial Majesty has
just been informed by Count Soltikoff, that your
Excellency had demanded passports, for the pur-
.posubfattending his Majesty, with a view to ek-
ecute in person the orders which you had received
from the Emperor, your master. -
" Thbugh, insthe midst of his troop's, ,his
Ma-
jesty would have felt pleasure in withdrawing
himself for a short time from his present occupa-
tions, in order to receive near his person-the Am-
bassador of a Sovereign, his Ally); but a dream-
stance, totally faeign to .1:1 his Majesty's thoughts,
prevents him.
" He has just learned that 'the course of the
post,' by letters between his Empire and foreign-
nations, has been suspended at Memel, and, ac-
cording to every appearance, all communication
with his' Empire prohibited:
He-has since been infcirmed, that one 'of- his
Couriers, returning from one-of his missions to
his Majesty, has been unable to obtain permission
to pass the frontier into his States, and that it has
been necessary for bini to turn back.

"Acts so extraordinary require to be cleared up.
His Majesty not being Freviously apprised of the
nature of tile communications with which. your
Excellency is charged, faithful to his own-system;
wnich' is to follow the ordinary course of thingg in
the relations of the two Cabinets, invites you, Mr:
Ambassador, to choose rather not to quit St. Pe-
tersburg, and to have the goodness to do me the
honour to address to me, in writing, die commu-
nications which you have to make, or else to con-
vey' them, in writing,"directly to his,lmperial :Ma-
jesty, at your own option; and in to afford
you the means of so doing, his Majosty has cotia-
.manded me to place, for this purpose, at yoUr dis-
posal, the Sieur Baereus, ,an Officer in the corps
of Field; who will have the honour- to deliver to
you this Letter.
" I entreat your txc'elfency.,.&c.
- (Signed) " Count-D-2, Rumjacto Fr."

No. XII.

Copy -of a utter, from Count De Laurigon to Conrit Ro-
- . • mairzolf.
" St Petersburg, 31st Nlak (12th aline), 1812.

SIR, POUNT—The'goodness which. I have ex-
perienced on the part of his Ma e'sty the Emperor
Alexander, the mai ks‘ of confidence with which Ile
had condescended to honour me, prevented w from
foreseeing any obst tole to the Journey which I pro-
posed to make to Wilna. I had, therefore; made
arrangements for my journey, no withstanding the
very violent rheumatic pains. which I have suffered
fer many days, sensible of all the importance of the
.commuukationg which I was charged to make to
his Majesty, or to. your 4xceilency, tinder circum-
stances when the smallest delay. might be injurionsi,.
" What, then, was my astonishment 15n receiv-
ing your Excellency's, letter ! I Saw all my. hopes
; vanish I saw that I had deceived myself in the
idea I had of the confidence ‘Vhlch I supposed his
Majesty would be pleased to confer ou are, inas-
much.as he refuges me any.ditect communication
either with. himself or with your Exceiitncy,\at a
moment when, this confidence, which. believed I
had merited by my conduct, by my invariable
zeal for the maintenance of the alliance, might be,
as I have no hesitation to, say it would have been,
of the greatest advantage to the two empires.—
The. reasons even which your Excellency . has put
forward to prevent my- departure., would, on the
contrary; as appears to MC, prcnar it more neces-
sary.

•
17' In circumstances so urgent, what advantage.
could result.from- Nii:itten communications, when
eight clays would be scarcely. sufficient for receiv-
ing an anSwer, and which, from their nature, even
do not afford any means 0f.J.:,-orrection in saicient-
time -tom avoid the lamentable consequences,. nil the
errors, all ,the, misubdefstandings, which may be
committed on 'either side, and which are :even
-nearly inevitable ?
• " The principal object, the. maintenance of
peace, would never be attained. -It is because the
Emperor, my master, was throughly sensible bow
injurious delays are on occasions so critical, that
he commanded me to proceed to,-the 'Emperor
Alexander, and your Excellency-An order to clear
up all the doubtS, and to remove all the difficulties.
upon impOrtant points, with respect to which ex-
planations are notpracticable, _except in this way,
if the hope be to be cherished of an arrangement
which has been invariably the object of his wishes:
In the new situation in which your Excellency's
letter places me, it remains only for me to take
the orders of 'my Court as to my ulterior. conduct. •
I dispatch a courier to .solicit instructions.
" As to myself in particular, Count, I 'cannot
conceal from your ;Excellency, that I am. deeply
affected at a refusal, which I cannot but consider
as perSOnal to Myself, inasmuch as any person
than myself directly sent by my master, whether
a 'General or an Aid-de-Camp, would, without
doubt, have obtained a favour which has been re-
fused to me.

"-Not having any intelligence direct on the
subject of the communications, which your Ex-
cellency assures lue are suspended_ between Rus-

sia anti foreign 'couritries, I cannot reply to that,
pataghilAi QE xpur
I have the honour, &c.
(Sigaetl) ec Count D..l.44ußisroN."