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London, England, 1814-02-08 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

FROM THE SUPPRESSED, OR DOUBLE MONITEUFt.
(Concluded from yesterday's STAR.)
ANSWER OF PRINCE METTERNICH TO THE DUKE OF
BASSANO.
SIR—TI;e courier which your Excellency dispatched
from Paris, on the 16th November, arrived here yes-
terday. I hastened to shew their Imperial Majesties
and the King of Prussia the letter which'you have
done me the honour to write to me.
Their Majesties have seen with pleasure that the
confidential commonica:ion with M. de St. Aignau,
bas been considered by his Majesty the Emperor of
the French as a proof of the pacific intentions of the
high Allied Powers : animated by the same spirit,
invariable in tin it point of view, and indissoluble in
their alliance, they are. ready to enter upon a nego-
ciation as soon as they shall be certain that his Ma-
jesty the Emperor of the French admits the general
and summary basis whic:i I have pointed out in my
conversation with M. de St. Aignau.
In your Excellency's letter, however, there is no
mention of these bases. You confine yourself to ex-
pressing a principle common to all the Governments
of Europe,, and which pll of them place among the
first of their wishes. This principle, however, con-
sidering its want of precision, cannot supply the place
of these bases. Their Majesties desire that the Em-
peror Napoleon would explain himself 'relatively to:
the latter, as the only means to prevent insurnfount-
able obstacles from obstructing the negociations at
their very beginning.
The choice of the city of Manheim appears to the
Allies to offer no obstacles: its neutralization, and
the regulations of the police, which your Excellency
proposes, can in no case occasion any.
Accept, Sir, the assurances of my high considera-
tion. (Signed) Prince METTERNICH.
Frankfort on the Maine, Nov. 25, 1813.
LETTER FROM TILE DUKE OF HASSAN° TO COUNT MET-
TERNICH. Paris, Nuv. 16, 1813.
SlR—Baron Sr. Aignau arrived here on Monday
(yesterday), and has reported to us, according to the
communications which have been made to him by
your Excellency, that England has assented to the
proposal for the opening of a Congress for a general
peace, and that the Powers are inclined to neutralize
a town on the right.bairk of the 'thine where the Ple-
• nipotentiaries may meet. His Majesty wishes that
Labs town may be Manheim. The Duke of Vicenza,
whom he has chosen for his Plenipotentiary, will re-
pair thither as soon as your Excellency shall have in-
formed me of the day which the Allies have fixed, for
the opening of the Congress. It seems to us proper,
Sir, and besides conformable to custom, that there
shbuld be no troops Manheim, but that the duty
should be done by the burghers ; at the same time
that the police should be confided to a Bailiff ap:
pointed by the Grand Duke of Baden. If it were
judged proper to have picqn.its of cavalry, then their
force must b#equal on both sides. As for the com-
munications of the English Plenipotentiary with his
Government, they might he made over France by the
way of Calais.
A peace founded on the independence of all na-
tions, as well in a continental as maritime point of
view, has been the constant object of the wishes and
of the policy of the Emperor. ' His Majesty augurs
well from the report made by M. Saint Aignau, of
what was said by the Minister front England.
Ihave the honour to offer 'to your Excellency the
assurance of my high consideration.
(Signed) The Duke of BASSANO.
LETTER FROM THE DUKE OF VICENZA TO PRINCE MET-
TF.RNICH.

Paris, Dec. 2, 1813.
Pan rot l—l have shewn to his Majesty the letter
which your Excellency addressed to the Duke of Bas.
sano the 25th of November last.. In admitting with-
out restriction the independence of all nations as the
basis of Peace, as well in a territorial as maritime
light, France has admitted in principle what the
Allies seem to wish. His Majesty has by this ad-
mitted all the consequences of this principle, the final
result of which must be a Peace, founded on the
balance of Europe, on the recognition of the integrity
of all nations in their natural limits, and on the re-
cogniti.in of the absolute independence of all States,
so chat no one can arrogate to itself over another, any
kind of sovereignty or supremacy, under whatever
form, either by sea or land.
It is, however, with lively satisfaction that I an-
nounce to your Excellency, that I am authorised by
the Emperor, my august master, to declare, that his
Majesty adheres. to Mt general and sun/Diary bases, which
have been • cornalunicated by M. de St. Aignau.
They will bring with them great sacrifices on the
part of France ; but his Majesty Will make them
without regret, if, by such sacrifices; England gives
the means of attaining a general Peace, honourable
for all, which your Excellency affirms to be the wish,
not only of the Powers of the Continent, but alr of
England. Act:pc, &c. •
(Signed) CAULINCOVET, Duke of Vicenza.
ANSWER OP PRINCE MET FERNICH TO THE DUKE OF