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London, England, 1805-05-22 00:00:00

DIPLOMATIC CG R RES P4iNDli SCi

NINWEEN RUSSIA AND FRANCE.

(Ceseuded ft= ycfrrelay's Paper.)
NOTE

COTT OT THE NOTE OF THE MINISTER OF roREIGN RE-
LATIONS TO THE CHAkGF D'AFFAIRES OF RUSSIA,
DATED FARIS, THERMIDOR 9, YEAR XII. (JULY 28,

1804.)
" The underfigned Minifler of Foreign Relations
has laid before his Majelly the Emperor the Note of
Islontieur Oubril, Charge d'Affaires of Ruffin, of
Thermidor 2, (July 21, /B*.
" The underligned has received orders to declare
that when the Court of Ruffia fhall fulfil the articles
of its treaty with France, France will be ready to
execute it with the fame fidelity, for Ruflia ; no doubt,
is of opinion that treaties are equally binding on the
two contraCting powers.
" If the Cabinet of St. Peterfburgh thinks it has
any claims to make in virtue of the 4th. sth, r.md 6th
articles of the fscret convention of Vendcznr,rire 8,
year to (Odlober t is, t8or), France demands the
execution of the 3d article of the fame treaty, which
is expreffed in the rollowing terms : The two con-
trading parties wi(hing, as tar as is in their power,
to contribute towards the trancHllity of the two Go-
vernments, promife not to Infer their refpedive fob-
jeer to maintain any correfpandence, either direaly
or indirealy, with the enemies of the two Hates ; to
propagate in them principles contrary to their refpec-
tire contlitutions, by fomenting in them troubles ;
and by a confequence of this concert, every fubjea
of either of the two powers, who, refiding in the
Rates of the other, might make any attempt againfl
its fecurity, should be removed from the laid coun-
try, and be tranfported beyond the frontiers, without
being able in any cafe to claim the proteCtion of his
Government.'

a This article, drawn up with as much precifion as
wirdom, difpiays the truly amicable difpofitions enter-
tained by the two powers at the time of this treaty.
44 France had no reafon to cape& to fee Ruffia
granting its proteCtion to French emigrants, and ena-
bling them, by giving them credit with the powers,
neighbours to France, of indulging their difpofitions
of hatred towards their country.
" France had no reafon to expel this from the coo-
duft of M. Marcoff, Minifter of }taxa', the real au•
thor of the difunion and coldefs exining between the
two Rates. During his refidence at Paris, he con-
ilantly fludied and encouraged every kind of Intl igues
which could be formed againft the public tranquillity,
and he even carried hib unreafonablenefs fo far as to'
place under the proteCtion of the rights of nations by
official notes. French emigrants, and other agents, in
the Pay of England.
" France had no reafon to expeet that Ruffia (hould
make it a point of fending on a miffion to Paris offi-
cers who had already given rife to complaints fuffici-
ently ftronf to be made the &Ned of a communica-
tion to char Government : a ftrange conduCt, confi
dering what all Governments owe to each other, and
direely contrary to the article before quoted. In the
laft place, is the mourning worn by the Court of Ruffia
for a man condemned by the tribunals of France for
having plotted againft the fecurity of the French Go-
vernment, agreeable to the letter or fpirit of that ar-
ticle
" The French Government demands the execution
of the gth article of the Secret Convention. in which
h is faidi The two Contracting Parties ac knowledge
and guarantee the independence of the Republic of
the Seven United !Elands, heretofore belonging to
Venice ; and it is agreed that there [ball be an longer
in thefe finds any foreign troops e--an article evi-
dently violated by Ruffia, as it continues to maintain
troops in the Seven Iflands ; as it has ranee reinforced
them in an o flentat ions manner, and as it has changed
the government of that country without any concert
with France.

" In the laff place, France demands the execution
of the t tth article of the fame convention, the evi-
dent application of which would have been, that Rol-
fie, indead of Chewing itfelf fo partial to England,
andof becoming perhaps the fir( auxiliary of its am-
bitiondheald have waited with France to tonjolidate the ge-
neral pay, w orekr to rylore a juft balance in the four
parse f the worts, to enfitre the fiber?, of the leas s;—
(thefe are the exprefs words of the article.)—Such,
no doubt, ought to have been the condo& of the two
Powers in regard to the Treaty by which they are
b. and ; but the Cabinet of Ruffia willies France to
confine itfelf to the fulfilment of the Ilipulations with
which it is charged, without fccuring to itfelf the
execution of thole which are in its favour. This
would be to aet as a conqueror does towards the van-
quiflied ; it would be fuppofing that France cculd be
intimidated by menaces, or in the cafe of acknow-
ledging the fuperiority of any power whatever. But
the hillory of the years preceding the peace made
with Rnffia evidently proves that this power has as
little right as any other to airtime a threatening tone
towards France. The Emperor of the French willies
for the Peace of the Continent ; he has made every
advance towards the re-ellablifliment of it with
Ruffia ; he has (pared nothing to maintain it; but
with thk affillance of GOD and of his armies, he is
not in a fituation to fear any perfon whatever.
" The underfigned begs Monfieur the Charge d'At-
hires of Ruffia to accept the affurance of his perfea
eonfideration."