Star.
London, England, 1806-12-11 00:00:00

(H. 44

a Eta,

" April I, :lA.

" The very hpnr that I received your letter of the
26th, I went to his Majeliy, and am happy that ha
has authotifed me to make you, without any delay,
the following anfwer-
-0 The Emperor has nothing to defire of what Eng-
land poll-014s. Peace with France is poMble, and
may be perpetual, as long as there is no interference
in its internal affairs, and that there (hall be no with
to conllrain it, either with refpeet to its legiLlation,
relpeiffing the culloms, or the duties impeded on
articles of commerce, nor to make its flag tubmit to
any inlult.
" It is not you, Sir, who have (hewn in a great
number of public dircialions, an accurate knowledge
of the affairs of Europe in general, and of
that there is occafion to convince, that France has
nothing to defile but peace, and a fituation which
may permit her to give kerfelf up, without any °bac-
ck, to the labours of her jai:Wary.
" The Emperor does not believe, that it was this,
or that Article of the Treaty of Amiens which has
been the cants of the war. He is convinced, that the
real cattle of it wets the_ rei---laral to enter ism • e.t.a

'inertial Treaty; which would neteffarily be Nations
to, the manufaelares and induary of his fubjeas.
'" Your predeceffors accufed us of wifhing to in-
vade every thing. In France,England is alto
Well, then ! we only demand equality. We will never
Mk from you any account of what you do in your
country. provided that, in your turn, you fhould alit
no account of what we dohs ours. This is a principle ,
of jolt and reafonable reciprocity. and refpaiively
advantageous.
" You exprefs a wifh that the negociation &fluid
not end in a peace that lbculd be without duration.
, France is more interefled than any other Power in
the liability of peace. It is not a truce that it has
an intereß in making, for a truce would only pre.
pare for it new loges. You know well, that nations,
refembling individuals in this refpeet, can accußom
themfelves to a Rate of war, as well as to a Rate of
peace. All the loffes that France can fuffer from it,
the has fuffered, and will always fuffer in the fir* fix
months of a war. At prefent our comnierce and our
induftry have retired within themfelves' and have
adapted themfelwes to our Rate of war. On this at.
count, a truce of two or three years would be, at the
fame time, as oppofite to our commercial interefls as
to the policy of the Emperor.
" As to the intervention of a foreign Power, the
Emperor might accept of the, mediation of a Power
poffeffing great maritime forces, for then its partici-
pation in the peace would be regulated by the fame
llamas which we have to dikes with you ; but the
mediation you fpeak of is not of that nature. You
do not with to deceive us, and you perceive that
there is no equality between you and us, in the gua-
rantee of a Power that has 300,0ci0 men on foot, and
which has no marine.

" For the rett, Sir, your communication has a
chara&er of franknefs and precifion that we have not
before teen in the correfpondence of your Court with
us. I (hall confider it a dirty to reply, with the fame
franknefs ant clearnefs. We are ready to make peace
with all the world : we do not want to impnfe a peace
upon any nation, but we do not chute that-it !hall
be impoled upon us ; neither is there any body wits
has the power or the means to do fir. It is t,ot in the
power of any perfon to make us 'undo treaties which
have been executed. The integrity, the entire and
abfolute independence of the Ottoman Empire, are
not only the molt flame defire of the Emperor, but
the moll coolant °Ned of his policy.
" Two enlightened and neighbouring nations
would be wanting in the opinion which they ought
to entertain of their power and their wildom, if in the
4/ilea-ion of thole great interefis, about which they
difagree, they [tumid call for the intervention of fo-
reign and diliant Powers. Thos, Sir, the peace may
be negociated and concluded immediately, if your
Court has really the defire to arrive at it.
" Our iiitereffs are reconciltable, from the very
circumfiance of their being diliind. You are the So-
vereigns of the fees: your maritime forces equal
thole of all the Sovereigns of the world united. We
are a great Continental Power : but there are f 1
who have as great force by land as we, and your
preponderance on the teas will always place our com-
merce at the difpofal of your fquadrons, upon the
firlt declaration of war that you may chute to make.
Do you think it reafonable to expeß, that the Er*
peror will ever content to place &tacit, in like man-
ner, at your difcretion, as to the affairsbf the Conti.
sent ? It, matters of the tea by your own power, you
with alto to be meters of the land by a combined
power, peace is not polfible for you cann* cape&
to.arrive at ranks, which it would be impoffible for
you to attain.
" The Emperor, accuttomed as he is to run all the
chances which prefent views of greatnets and glory,
dcfires peace with England. He is a man. Atter fo
many fatigues, he alto withes for repofe. Father of
his fubjeds, he willies as far as can be compatible with
their honour, and with the guarantee of the futures
to procure for them the fweete of peace, and the ad-
vantages of a happy and tranquil commerce-
" If then, Sir, his ilajefly the King of England I
really wiles for peace with France, he will app riot
a Plenipotentiary to repair to Lifle. I have the ho-
nour to lend you palFports for that effed. As loon
as his hiajedy the Emperor flail be informed of the
arrival of the Minifier of your Court, he will appoint
and fend one there without delay. The Emperor is
ready to make all the coneeffions that from the extent
of your naval force and preponderance you may ex-
ped to obtain. Ido not think alto, that you can re-
fufe to adopt the principle of making to him propo-
fitions conformable to the honour of his Crown, and
to the commercial rights of his states. If you are
ink if you only defire what is poffible fur you to
accomplith, peace will be loon concluded.
conclude by declaring- to you, that his Ma-
jelly adopts entirely the principles laid down in your
difpatch, and prefented as the balls of the negocia-
tion—that the peace propofed ought to be honour.
bie for the two Courts, and for their retina ive Allies.
"I have the honour of being, with the highelt con-
lideralioo, Sir, your Excellency's very bumble, and
obedient fervant, (Signed)
"Ca. Mau. Taw. ttttt o, Prince of Benevento."