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with this formal requisition, on my part,thi first time. ed after the greatest victories ; when, in fine, by the
that you may have any communication with him. I demand of the independence of Prussia, his indepen-
indulge a hope, that his Majesty is too well aware of, dence was violated, inasmuch as the destruction has
and will too readily call to mind, the personal attach. been insisted on of those political engagements which
mcnt which has caused me so zealously to fulfil my ' be has contracted in the exercise of the right which
duty, in endeavouring to preserve peace and concord belongs to all Sovereigns.
between the two empires, to admit of his suppoiiing, 1 46 You will, Count, make it be felt sensibly, how
that the requisition I make for permission to (pit my much the notes of Prince Kurakin are, in their form,
post is grounded upon any thing but the complete and and by their contents, opposed to those pacific dig
painful certainty I feel, that every hope of being able, , positions, of which that Ambassador had given the
In the character of a negotiator, to bring about ate- assurance ; by what spirit of conciliation his Majesty
conciliation, is cut off. ' jis induced to suppose, that in presenting these notes
46 Although I have to acknowledge many verso- ! and combining to them the demand of his passports,
real obligations to your Excellency, I shall consider : he has transgressed the bounds prescribed to him,
it as a greater proof of friendship than'yen have yet ! and with what regret, if they weae really the expres.
honoured me with, if you will exert yOutself to enable i sion of the intentions, and the result of the orders of
me to quit a place which you must be aware it cans I the Court of St. Petersburg, his Majesty would see
I not be otherwise than extremely painful to me to con-' every hope vanish, of succeeding, by a negotiation,
tinue in, since the departure of his Royal and ImPe. which he has been constantly soliciting for near
rial Majesty, and that of your Excellency, deprive me , two years, in the adjustment at last of the difference!
'of the satisfaction of thinking that I am capable of i that divide the two countries.
effecting any thing useful. I 44 You will insist, Count, on obtaining explain.
"- I am about to quit Paris, never to return thither. I tions, which tray still leave the way open for an ac
I shall remain at my country house at Sevres, till commodation. I have the honour to be, &c. &c."
your Excellency shall have sent me my passports.— gory or A LETTER FROM COUNT ROMANEOFY TO COUN'
I shall there anxiously expect your Excellency's an- - LAURISTON.
Swer to eaableane to set off, having already made • le Wilna, 27th May (brb June), Evening, Isle.
every necessary arrangement for the purpose, and • 41 Mn. AMBASSADOR—His Imperial Majesty has
sent away such part of my household as I could dise inie.been informed by Count Soltiksff, that your Er
pense with, only retaining the few servants who art I.callency had demanded passports, for the purpose
to accompany me otr my journey. , attending his Majesty, with a view to execute in per,
4' I renew, my Lord Duke, the assurances of my son the orders which you had received from the Ern•
high sonsideration. (Signed) .';:,...rTOT. your master.
44 Prince ALxx. Kimmins. ' -s. ..4 Though, in the midst of his troops, his Majesty
il fiet
COPY OF THE ANSWER OF COUNT UOMANZOFF To TB, wati ye felt pleasure in withdrawing himself fr
a s'm. his present occupations, in order
NOTE OF THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN RELATIONS OE time fro
THE 25Th APRIL. to receive near his person the Ambassador of a &-
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vereign, his ally; but a circumstance, totally foreign
to all his Majesty's thoughts, prevents him.
" He has just learned that the course et the post,
by letters between Ins Empire and foreign nations,
has been su.pended at Memel, and, according
every appearance, all communication with his 'P.m
pine prohibited.
44 He has since been informed, that one of hi
Couriers, returning from one of his missions to hit
Majesty, has been unable to obtain permission to pass
the frontier into his States, and that it has been neces-
sary fur him to turn back.
46 Acts so extraordinary require to be cleared up.
His Majesty *not being previously apprised of the
nature of the communicatii us with which your Er
cellency is charged, faithful to his own system, whi
is to follow the ordinary course of things in the rei,
Lions of the two Cabinets, invites you, Mr. Ambas!
sador, to choose ratlit'r not to quit St. Petersburgh,
!and to have the goodness to do me the by nour t.
',?address to me, in writing, the communications which
!you have to make, or else to convey them, in a ritie-
idirectly to bis Imperial Majesty, at your own op. i,
'and in order to afford you the means of so di hz,
,Majesty.has commanded me to place, for this in
!pose, at your disposal, the Sieur Baereus, an Offic,
,m the corps of Field,who will have the honour to del,
fver to you this letter. I entreat your Excellency, ace,
• (Signed) " Count de ROMANZOFF."
iOOPT OR A LETTER FROM COUNT DE LAURISTON
COUNT ROMANEOFF.
44 Sr. Petersburgh, slit May (12th June), 151'
gi SIR, COUNT—The goodness which I have exi
*need on the part of his Majesty the Emperor Alei
ander, the marks of confidence with which he had eon
descended to honour me, prevented me from foraseein
any obstacle to the journey which I proposed to ma,
to Walla. I had, therefore, made arrangements f
my journey, notwithstanding the - very violeia rhi
:made pains which I have suffered for many .d 4)
;sensible of all the importance ut the communications
which I was charged to make to his Majesty, or .
run- Excellency, under circumstances when the snub
lest delay might be injurious.
•" What, then, was my astonishment, on receiv.
Tour Excellency's letter! I saw all my hopes vanis.
:....I saw that I had deceived myself in the idea I had
of the confidence which I supposed his Maier y would
'be pleased to confer on me, inasmuch as he refuses
me any direct communication either with himself
with your Excellency, at a moment when this con&
dence, which I believed I had metited by my ce
duct, by my invariable zeal for the mainienaece
the alliance, might be, as I have.no hesitation to
it would have been, of the greatest advantage to
two empires. The reasons even which your Ext
lency has put forward to prevent my departut
would, On the contrary, as appears to me, render
more necessary.
~ In circumstances so urgent, what advanta
could result from written communications, whet
eight days would be scarcely sufficient for receive
an answer, and which, horn their nature, even
hot afford any means of correctness in sufficient time
to avoid the lamentable consequences, all the errors,
all the misunderstandings, which may be commit
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' on either side, and which are even neatly inevitable
.4 The principal object, the maintenance of peace,
would never be attained. It is because the Emperor,
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6f As to myself in particular, Count, I cannot.
mai from your Excellency, that I am deeply affec-
ted at a refusal, which I cannot but Consider as ;-
"direcaltlty sent
o myself,by inasmuch as any pet son than myt
my master, whether a General or .
Aide-de-Camp, would, Without doubt, have Obtained
g faiour which has !seen refused to me. .
" Not having any. intelligence direct on she se
Jett of the *communications, which your EsceillemeT
assures, me are.stispeneied between Russia andkipip
yries, I cannot reply to that paragraphof pia
, I have the Wonour, kc. • (*tined)
Count 1)11 LAURISTON.
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" Wilna, May 7 (19),1812.
gi MY LORD Dugs—The Count de Narbonne has
given me the dispatch which your Excellency confi-
ded to him : I have not delayed a moment to place it
before the Emperor, His Majesty, always faithful
to the Fne of conduct which he originally marked for
himself, always persevering in a mere system of de-
fence, in short, always more moderate in proportion
as the developement of his power enables him to re-
pulse with greater vigdur such attempts as might be
made against the interests of his Empire, and the
dignity of his Crow% is satisfied to adhere to the wish'
with which you, my Lord• Duke, conclude the inte-
resting cornunnication of your Court. Constantly.
seeking to prove how much he has it at heart to avoid
every thing which might infuse into his connexion.
with France a spirit of animosity and acerbity, such
as would endanger its continuance, he has directed
me not to enter into any refutation of alledged.gric-
vances, nor to oppose assertions which, for the must
part, are grounded upon imputed facts, quite desti-
tute of probability, and upon hypotheses A 1 toge t her
gratuitous. The dispatches addressed to Prince Ku.
rakin, by the Baron de Serdobin, have partly anti-.
cipated the answer to all the accusations which have
been made.

14.-They have represented, in its true light, the loyal
conduct which the Emperor has observed in all his
relations with France. They have given, with re-
spect to our armaments, explanations, confirmed in
such a degree, as appear to have even outstripped,
the hopes of the -Emperor Napoleon. Since, not-
withstanding the menacing niovements of his armies
beyond a line, where for the security of our frontiers,
they ought to have stopped, affairs continue here in
the same state as at the time of the departure of the.
last courier. Indeed, not a .single man has enterear
the territory of Prussia, or that of the Duchy of Ware-
Saw, and no hew. obstacle has tended on our part to
prevent the continuance of peace.
SO On the Contrary, the last instructions which
Prince Kurakin has received furnish him with ample'
means of terminating all diffeteaces, and of opening
the negotiation which your Court desires.
" We have learned with satisfaction the reception
which our propositions have met with on the part of
the Emperor N. poleon. The official answer which
your Excellency than give to them, and which we
are desired by Prince Kurakin to expect, will defini-
tively settle the imrortant question of peace cr war. ,
" The moderation which marks what I have now
the honour of addressing to ycu, offere you, my Lord
Duke, ample security that any overture that may be'
,made of a pacific nature, will be anxiously accepted.
.His Majesty is much pleased with the step which has
ken taken with respect to the British Government.
He-is grateful for the attention of the_ Emperor Na.
poleon in informing him thereof. He will always
duly appreciate the sacrifices which that Sovereign
shall make in order to promote the conclusion of a
general peace, for the attainment of which great and
attractive object no sacrifices can, in his opinion, be
too considerable.—l have the honour, &e.
(Signed) 4, Count Da Roma NZOFF."
COPY OP A LETTER roost TDB MINISTER FOR FOREIGN.
AFF#IINS TO COUNT LAURISTON, AMBASSADOR OP HIS
'IMPERIAL AND ROYAL MAJESTY, AT ST. PETERSBURG:
" Dresden, May se, 1512.
481 have the honour, Count, to send you copiel or
o penotes from Prince Kurakin, dated the-30th of
April and 17th of May ;Of a iota whitlti X atlarei4cT
to that Ambassador on the 9th of the same moothai
and of the answer which he returned to me on the
j same day ; and lastly, of a note of the llth of Maxi
.1 which reached me yesterfay, and by which Prince
Kurakin renews, in the most pressing manner, his
4 demand cf his passports.
His Majesty, Count, could never have believed
. that this Ambassador would have taken so much
upon himself : lie. thinks it fit that' you should, by a
note addressed" to the Count de Soltikoff, demand
passports for yourself, in order to proceed to the
Count de Romanzoff toWilna, or to any other place
of sneering that shall be apppointed. You will all?
uounce to Count Soltikoff, that the comniunications
with which you are charged, and which you cannot
make but tii the Chancellor or to the Emperor him,
Self, are as important as ifiey are urgent.
!, You will drew Count Romanzoff 41 the *ca.' 1-
meats which I transmit io you. You will eipress the
astopiament -which his Majesty must heye Mt whets!!
I gave him an account of proceedings so nueziectodi
and so contrary to the dispositions which the &Nye-
ror Alexander manifested to yonrielf ; when he per.
ceived, that in the notes of the Russ. ianArcihasiador,
he evacuation otPrussia Was put forward as a cou-j
union upon which France was not even to deliberate'
0 —a condition stich as his Majesty had pever propos.