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many having made peace, and the Ramose Akrantkr rem-ated
from Europe with attiolution to dul ha tempting no more
—in this ftatt of things, fo happy for dm glory of Franew,bis Royal
and Imperial Majefty bad no other wifb but that of pence, which
might rettnee the intercoutfe of tattoos that were not farmed to
be enemies."

Ths reply. therefore, to the French aotiEcation,
was fubtlantially—
That England, embarked In a common elute, had no Intereft
but that of the Confederation; that France could not be mu►e
anemia to niters the tranquillity at Europe; that England, there-
fore, in concert with her aUiu, would eagerly embrace any over-
tures (or the commencement of negociaticui, which, by duly acid

officially pledging the public faith to the Gnecrity °finch mature.,
prondlid their fuccefiful termination in an bonoorabk and per-
manent peace."
This was a direB acceptance of the French over.
lure, qualified only with the condition that it (lipoid
be repeated in form.
The French Minithy now thought proper to reply
direllyi the fubflance of the anfwer, however, was
,little more than the fame affnrances officially repeat-
ed, in the form of a letter, from the Minifter of
Foreign Affairs in Pal is, to the ?distiller of the fame
officio) refponfibility and duty in London. Upon
this, though irregular, the Britilla Cabinet confented
to aB, giving here another proof of their anxiety
far an honourable peace, by this repeated furrender
of preliminary forms, and voluntary departure from
diplomatic referee. The notification. however, of
the French Cabinet, was ail/ general ; the Brittfh
Government, accordingly, replied by a demand of—
“ The Ws upon which the French Government wore willing to
eater upon Negotiation, ea, is the event of foch a Negotiation
being commenced, it would much facilitate Its happy termination
to confine, within certain preliminary limit., the line of Went*.
Bon ; that an explicit declaration on thi. 6 ad was therefore ex-
peeled from the part of the French Government, and was meet-
f ary to confirm the ccofidenee of his Majefty'a Government in the
fmcerity of the French proporals."
The anfwer to this, on the part of the Geyer gmeat
of France, gave the decided form to the Negociation.'
—The French Government replied with a detail not
ufual in the ordinary coorfe of official correfpon.
deuce ; it repeated ifs anxiety for the reiteration of
peace, and even entered on that fate of things which
rendered it an equal objeft of defire to France and
England. In that interrogatory form, which is de-
Solent equally in gravity, and, in foam degree con-
trary to the equality of Independent States,

4 It was demanded, what France could farther feet or hridt by
war f that the fortune of war bad gives her enough, not only for
her (afety, but for her glory; that the fate of her ume had left
her no other bounds but her medentioo ; that having those&
reeled all her own interefts—the lotted!, of her farm and her
glory.-lhe had now no other aka than to contribute all in her
power to the reftoration of general tranqainity, and the recovery
of the bl.ffing‘ of peace, That, as France had nothing further to
fur, fo could England have nothing further to hope in the con-
Umlaut of hrltibties. That ills (late of ilium prefented • halt- ,
able foundation for the reftoratito of peace. That Prance gave
full credit to the affin an ees on the part of the Emil& Govern.
went that that Government Was anxious to give its efforts to pro-
cure an event of flub inanifeftly general interett, and Is witch
general intereft that of England was not the abaft incesidemble.
That France, on her part, demanded the fame confidence, as to •
linewity fo conformable to her batten, from the Irk& Gomm-
ment. That the French Government could not bet applaud the
direelnefs with werkla their overture* had been hitherto media
That Catch undue was worthy of an hoosurable nation is toter-
cards with a nation equally honourabk. That, in this oesibleoce
the French Govern:neat bad no befnation to comply vela Ow in-
vitation of the Englith Mintiley, and declare, as a preliminary, the
WS upon which the Negniation fhould be concluded. That,
upon that fubjeet, France had only to repeat her declaration, that,
neither in pace or war, had Ike any farther object of aggrandize-
ment ; that the French Government, therefore, bail nothing to
reek let peace, but peace Melt; the relloration of the repofe of
hula?, and that of Furore, and the ordinary keuritles that fuck
peace Soule nut be merely seminal That, u • retch from tLis
Rate of circumflances, the Punch Government bad to propole to
that of Fngbod. that the bails of the Negotiation about to be en-
weed upon between the two Governments, Mould be---
" The Aate of Ulm' poireflioo, the we fyise/oh, fabled, how-
ever, to the exchange upon eqtrivaleots."

_ .
To this an immediate anfwer was returned from
the Englifh Minifrya unequivocally accepting the
propnfed balls, but—
.. Excruptinp, from the principle of vicinage upon equivalents,
his hfairlty's Haeoverian dominions, which, having been kind
without any pretest of huftillty, or Jail ennife of the debts of war,
were not an obj,dt of treaty, and al fuch an affurance was re-
quired on the part of the French Government, that, In any nego-
tiation which Ihould be entered upon, they thould not be fo con.
lidered, but ihould be Teflon(' upon the conclution of peace, with-
out the demand of any equivalent."

The balls of a Treaty was no fooner agreed open,
than there arofe an event equally unexpected by both
Governments,* an event which, on the part of the
Boiifh Government, gave fubflance and meaning to
what before was but a line marked by a fhadow
Thls was the capture of the Cape by Sir HOMI
YOtM•M.

The French now perceived that the lasi pOiltils,
which Mr. For had cnneluded upon, was salted into
fignificatinn which they never intended; the Eng-
hill had cometh;ng ma retain, and what was more,
thcy were refolved upon retaining it.

The French Government. therefore, protefled
againit (hi; acquifttion being included in the agreed
ball•,—that !Living arifen fence, and being nor even
within contemplation of the two Governments, it
could net he conlidered as making any pelt of the
contr.ia concluded between the two Pnwers,—that
it was evidently no part of the time of attual poffet-
and as Inch the relleratkon of it would be ex-
paled on the part of the French Give, nment.
It was replied, on the part of the lit id& Govern-
ment—

■ That [baba& of actual p..fr as agreed upon between
the Arms upon both fides, cork! net look merely to the Rate of
things it the padre point of time in which it was concluded—
but that k maR neeeffarily comprrkcn thots variations, which,
from the eircumflances raffling at loch point of time, mutt be
coedits! en occur—that all loch riremultances, and the seriatim's
produced then on the origtnal Rate of thing', mutt be ennfelered
as part of the general Rate of poffeffion.—that at the time In which
• the bafa was agreed upon, it was known to Europe that the Eng-
lab expedition, were wit upon fame diftant capture. The Cope
• It i. lmpolbk that thli tvot could have been unforef..en by
oar Mmißers; as they well tom the late Adminiftration
amply provided for the co: simft o' the Cape of G•od Hope.l

of Geod Hope was at halt at peffible as any etha. It sookl not
therefore be pretended that the French Government agreed town
'helm& Ordinal poffeffian veldt a perfed it:mance that say thiog
might polfildy arife to vary the date under which It was concluded.,
That the befit, however, confided of two parts—that of adieu
poffellion, and exchange upon equivalents. That the Britifh Go•
vernmeet, In their earneft &Arc for the friendly progrefs of the
Negoeiatlon, wnaU oppofe no difficulty to :he difenifion of this
fulled under the latter part of the hafts; that If France defired
the relocation of the Cape, the French Government had only to
propofe an equivakst In eaekange.•'
It was now replied on the port of the French Go-
vernment, with that tone of haughtinefs and ill hn-
moor which. from the indignified interpofition of
the parties too immediately concerned, has not un-
frequently charafterized that Government—

That the honour and good faith of France to her Aka de-
manded the reftoratloo of the Cape of Good Hope ; that it could
not be for a moment fulloined ; that the acquilidon ofk by Eng-
land had not varied the date of things under which the bah. of
&anal polfdfion had been agreed upon by France; that the offer-
Ma was equally groundlefs.tbat, to the then catalog ftate of thing%
France could have (ordeal the needfef, or nem =WWI& y,Of fuck
an event; that France died bet attention upon her own marine,
and bad no regard to the Drilla+ expeditions ;--that, therefore,
France would not•eonfkler the Cape aa any part of the date of at-
Val potfetEon t the; the reiteration of It mu roes,fary ; that if
England nqulred an equivalent, France bad already contented to
give her one, MI ter 'Versa*. of Yetweer."
To this, in the exprefa words of Mr. Fox, it was
replied decidedly by entering fully into the fubjeEt of
the occupation of Hanover—

That Hanover had been Gila, not conquered—that it had
been taken from t►e Mader, not from the King of Great Britain
.-that it was the (poll of peace, and the pillage of neutrals-that
no Nrgneiation could proceed, or would have been commenced,
anlefs from the dlretit entrance that It •add be unequivocatly,
sad wit►out equivalent. Mimed to the Medor—that loch affa
rame had been givan-.-that Hanover therefore mutt be conlldered
'se:entre/ from all further dlfeudion...tisat the Agcnt of his Ma-
Jetty's Government had It moreover in order to exprer. the refolu-
tire ands &falsity's Government to retain the Cape of Hood Hope
as a permanent poffellion, unlefs the French Government Mould
offer to exchange a continental objet of equal great value."
The French Government replied by repeating their
offer of Hanover,—or " perhaps Malta," in a long
argumentativssanfwer. The faa was, that the (inse-
ct«) of the French Government was now changed by
Come political occurrerces. It was now known
that the Court of Peteriburgh was inclined to peace.
The powers of D'Oubril were Paid to have been
figned, and the Ruffian Miniftry, is a left refource
to pteferve their places, had been compelled to fall
in with the Court party, and propofe peace.
The Engin Agents were upon this dcfired by the
Ckvernment at home to declare—

" That the negotiating' mutt remain furgiended, till the French
Government Mould return to the harts within whkh it had bees
mutually agreed that the dircuifion mould be confined—that it

was only upon this baba that his Majeity's Government bad been
induced to enter upon the propofed conferences—that they beheld
with regret the wide departure of the French from their own pro-
pofals.—that ya Majefty's Government could not but fee la this
departure too iamb reams to fufped the fmcerity with which
that of France hod wade pad& ovule:mi.-41w In thin Rite of
tidage Ida Majoliee Oartwomont could nos but confider It as con-
vary to lu dlyrky, and aD ha:towable caodoar, to continue a ne-
giseistion, which, in Its onlimmommait, promifed fo little fumes,
lad in which one of the parties feemcd to hold it as a rule to re-
toad what they had granted, and grant only what tics intended
to nitrate
It was not however the interefl of the French Go-
vernment that the Negociation (Mould be thus clofed.
With whatever little fincerity they had hitherto con-
ducted it, it had anfwercd a good purpofe to them,
and could they have procured the kind of Peace
which they fought, it would have done more to have
confirmed the fortune of France than many "Marie'.
The French Government, therefore, alarmed by the
firmnefs of the EnglifhCabinet, now again thifeed their
tone, and relapfed into that oßentatious profetlion of
their defire for peace, which that Government knows
well how to employ when circumllance► require. It
replied to the Eighth Note of Remonfirance, by re-1
pealing in yet more minute detail all thole circum•
fiances which rendered peace defirable to the two
nations.

Who had commenced the week of peace f Who bad Invited
the attempt to give repofe to &trope / France—Why, therefore,
mould the &troy her own work f In a Rate of things which did
not all for factilices, which would (cartel, leave them jußiliable
In the eyes of Fortuity, France had come forward in a tone of
concelLon more lifted to her humanity than her glory. That
France did not with to conceal teat it Was now the higheß point
of her ambition to give peace to Europe and report to the world—
that the French Government Rill retained the confidence that the
Government of England would concur In Its efforts to this cod—.
that the appointment of Plenipotentiaries, or fuller powers to the
Agenu now employed, would much facilitate fuch an event—that
it did not appear that the prefent Gentleman had any other flied&
powers than thole of moiler. conference—that the French Govern-
ment waited with confidence and Impatience for the farther telU.
mooy of the pacific difpoßdon of the Government of England.'

The Englith Government replied to this Note by
enlarging the powers of the perfons entrulled with
the management of the Negotiation in France, and by
a diree affurance, that when the Negotiation had
affumed the necetrary form, a Plenipotentiary timid
he fent without delay. It was now, therefore, for
the firfl time, that the Negotiation began to proceed
io semen, and with every appearance of a favourable
termination. The Ruffian Minifler was daily ex•
pefied at Paris, and not a doubt was entertained but
that the end of his minion would be peace. A change
indeed WAS momentarily expetted in the Ruffian
but even this change, as brought about by
Court intrigue, was expefied to be in favour of peace.
The English' and French parties were to nearly ba.
lanced at Peterfburgh, that, deflroying each other's
influence, it was believed they would be totally with-
out effee, and that the event would be regulated
folely by Ruffian principles and Ruffian politics.
Franc% was now called upon to preterit a pr,,,je on
which the Negotiation might affume a determined
form. It was agreed, however, between the nego.
dating Mininers
parts
fides, that the prOjet thOtlid
r Etre come (tong the part of the Englini Agents, and
that the French Minitter fliould reply to it by arouses
It is not within the perpofe of this detail to fol-
low not; by note the alternately abrupt and retarded
progrefs of this Negociation. Let it tilfce to fay
generally, that nothing was negletled on the part of

the French Covenant/it which could elude t*
' the BIWA, Negociators. Such were the endlef‘ con
ferences upon the fuhjei of Malta—the manor
which the confirmation of the Baas Sovereignty
over it fhould be t xpreffed—tbe extent to which It
Maid be confirmed—whether it fhould be pared ji.3
fhould be mentioned as geeffion on the part f
France,-or limply eonfidered as a part of the Ante of
canal poSeffion—whether Englanil fboold pone(' it
in perpetuity, or for a term of fame
feveral
points, with many others of the fame kind. were de.
bated with the nfual diplomatic dexterity on the pan
of the French Negotiators. The complaints agaiolt
the liberty of the Eaglifb pref. ware revived, cad, in
reply to she anfwer of the Britifh Negoclator, that
the Engliffi Government could not prevent even
liiidares upon Well, a fingolar demand was made,
whether an AR of Parliament was not of force to
teed every thing t In another of the ennferencee the
French Negotiator exprefTed his confidence, and, as
it would appear from the language employed, npre.
fed it as the direa organ of his Sovereign, that in the
event of the faccefsful termination of the negotiation.
the peaceof the two Governments would not be again
interrupted by the ofientatious reception, according
to their feveral titles and orders. of the French erni.
grants in the Briiiffi Coert—that Inch acknowledg.
meot would ever be confidered as cherilbing the di.
refit enemies of the French Government, and mull
moreover render impoffilsle the domeftic intercourfe
of the'two Comas. There kind of topics lengthened
every conference, and were dillindly the fubjed of
many. It is as impoffible, as it would be afelth, to
relate them all minutely. Suffice it to fay, that, after
the exchange of many projer: and colors pojeb, the fol.
lowing, which was proposed by the Negociators on
the part of England, was the one under dikulEon fo
late as the middle of July left:

t. France to modem the Cape of Good Hope In perpetual fo•
vertignty to England.
a. France to procure the Immediate reftoradoe of Hanover.
3. France In the fame manner to coi4irri the 'Riad of Malta he
perpetual foverrignty to England. The article to be expreffed
4. France to evacuate the kingdom of Naples, and became a
party in a general guarantee of the letegrity of the Tarkith Eso.
pire.
3. That if, in return for a due valuable eonSderation, the Sib..
lane Parte cond be induced to the firreader or exchange of the
illtrldt of Mootcnegro to his Ruffian Malady, France Ewald not
°ppd.; but Ewald oo the other hand falthfolly, and anomaly,
concur to give ttf,d to fuck negotiation.
6. That the Republic of /tarifa fbould be decbutd Indelds•
dent, but under the protettion of Rufia.
7. England, on her part, In return for the above cellkems Ind
the reiteration of the ordinary amicable interconge betimes as.

dons at pacc, to ac►nowledge the Imperial and Royal Tit* most
the Rate of adtual poff, fLoo on the part of France and her AO%
fubjedt!to the a►ove exemptions only.
8. The leveret fettletnasts and Wand', coopored w the port of
bit Britannic Majefty, from Foote or her Mao, m Als. Africa.
and America, with the exception of the Cep at Good Hope, most
the fettlements of Surinam and Poo:Wherry, to be roacced to do
rowel Powers from whom they may have hem oeneliervel •
This. fcherne or prO had been hue a few days In
dileirffion, when the honour and aaoal flout-hist
she French Government appeared in ire proper point
of few. Thep?* was admitted into difeuEon, and
difcuticd with much apparent heat, fo as to girt the
mod natural colour to the artifice. Wilda the ftW
picions of the Britifli Negotiators were thus laid
elect), and they were congratulating theintelres upon
being onjthe point of effeding the fnud objed of their
aims—a ItmEan and Turkiflt barrier—the French
Government procured D'Oubril to fign the am of the
aoth of July, and renounce for ever that for which .
England was contending.
• • ♦ • •
How did this affect the pr*t under ditcnffion be.
tvreen the French and Englilh Governments ?—Why,
the French Negotiators immediately declared, that
Ruffle having sennunced the required barrier, and •
Ragufa being otherwife difpnfed of, the prnpofals
upon thrice points could no longer make pan of any
drlcufGon.

- In the mean time, the Eoglifh Court were loft in
alloniffiment when they learned the ail of D'Oubril
- They were already better acquaioted with the new
Miniflry at Pcterfisorgb than IDOubril himrelf. They
' had received afforances from them of fidelity to the
common caufe, at leaft of negotiating in concert—.
How, therefore, were they to explain this aft of
D'Oubril ? TheMinillry had been long enough efts-
bliffied for D'Oubril to have received new orders—
D'Oubril, however, had evidently received none—
the Court of Peterffiurgh was too much governed by
private fa lion. The immediate Court Party might
have prevailed—Even fuppofing the aft of D'Oubril
not authorized by the new Minifiry, how could the
Sovereign refisfe to ratify it ?
Such Was the halation of the Cabinet of England
—ln this difficulty it was accordingly refoived to fend
the Earl of Lauderdale—What remains may now be
difmilred—The details of the negmlatioe Of Lord
Lauderdale will loon meet the public eye.

I

to retain the Negotiation alter he had demanded hit'
pafiporti. There concefflons are faid to have related
to that moll material point of dircuffinn, a Turkith
barrier, and the confents.to the Ptinciple .:f a general
guarantee. fubjelt to certain qualifiaatinna. • This
lens donlatlefs fometbing. and tollifiedilltamiltecon
on the part of our Plenipotentiariccoi-9,t:
In the mean time arrived the inasorrant intelligence
of the refutel of Ie EnVern!' Mufti lazakill the
aft concluded by M. D'Oobril, and shoat Ate fame
period of timeltneffieial afinranee to thadovernment
of England. that hislnsperial Majdaylat the RMllao
would conclude no pence but in cabarliwith Great
Britain. ' issaalst •.
Here was therefore a third sera in 416esNegettiaticp
Mace the arrival of the Earl of Linitprilike..
Lordlbip was now railed to higher froenrl44-10ad
no neceffity of moving to avail hinafelfref
fupplenefs of the French Government iinthipated
him and enlarged it) terms. The Greek. Illandailrete
to be given to his Ruffian Majefly. England' now
prowled the terror upon which . Rufla and. hotel,.
would conclude a and England in the mean '
time conclude itiprovifintially.. The demands of Eng-
land were argued in • teclittus detail, hut„as it
were not refuted. The denten dsof RufGas Hill More',
kill and moderate, were all realm.? . ,
Fruffia was now in the field. and there was no
further time or even motive for delay on either rote,
The Earl of Lauderdale again .repeated,, as an t. 1.1
goatum, his demands both for England and Rhais.
and France again decidedly rejeeled all that retarded
the latest, with no atorance that France had nothing
ft, neat at heart a, to preferve the permanent ripae
of Europe. and to that purpofe to prevent the inter-
potition of Ruffle in European politics—that with
theft Intentions France would not enttient that Rut-
fie Ihould receive its Europe an •additlonal acre of
land—that Ft.tpce would as loon give to Ruffle one
of her darn immediate provinces as one of the Greek
or Mediterranean
1 he Earl of Lauderdale few that his miffinn was
Caked, demanded his pattports, and returned.