Star.
London, England, 1806-12-24 00:00:00

No. 42*

Copy of a Difpatch from Loral Lauderdale to Mr. Secrettry Pox,
dated Parts, Augutt 25, a S.-S.—Received September 3
Sta, Paris, Aaron as, 18:6.
To my difpatch of the lesth inilant, I had the ho-
nour of tranfmitting to you a copy of a letter fent
by Lnrd Yarmouth and myfelf, on the r4th Mast,
to the Minifter of Foreign Affairs.
I have now to inform you that my defire to com•
bine with firmnef, the minor degree of forbearance
that appeared to me cur, titte;:t %,ith the charaCter '
with which his hlajeßy has been plzafed to invert me,
induced me patiently to (offer the filence of the
French Government, without remark, final the t4th
till the 22d. when I tranfmitted to the !Wainer fur
Foreign Affairs a note, of which I have the honour
to inclofe you a'dopy, marked (A.)
No notice having been taken of this note by Iris
Excellency, I have this morning fent a fecood note,
of which I have alto the honour to inClo4e a elpy.
I have ihe honour t'o iv, &c. (Signed)
TM Right Moo. C. J. For. 4akilanat t.

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No. 43.
Copy eta itch finis the Fart a lartuterdaleto Mr. Secretary
Rs, dated ituault —Rewired 3erle1111(1'3.
See, PaAiAmpit so.
In my lag dirpeicts, diced Anglia 25, I hed the
honour .4 Rating to yots the detail of the nett viatiou
sill the afternocn of that day. At ekren o'clock at
eight, I received from the Plenipotentiaries of Franca
a note, intimating their defire of having a conference
on the fohj-8 of the rote written by Lord Yarmouth
and myfelf, on the t ith of the month. Of this, as
well a. of the antwer agreeiegto the proporal, 1 has sthe honour to inclofe copies (Merited A. and B.)
On the 26ih, at the boor apt .iiered, I west to the
office of the Minifter of the Interior, whets I foind
M. de Charnpagnv and General Clarke, the two Ple.
nipntentraries of the French Government
I'he general refttit of what paffe4. imprelTed .tt e
with a conviCtion the French Plenipotentiaries no
longer thought of making peace, upon the grounds
on which France was underflood to dcfire it at the
time of Lord Yarmouth', communication; and I are
confident that the part I bore in the ditenflion tho.
roughly fetitfied them, okra I was refolved firmly to
adhere to the ground which I had taken in the Brae
cf the t lib, on which 1 was invited to hear their re-
marks.
The hour of dinner terminated one conferesee, *
renewal of which, on any day I Mould naine, was
after dinner anxioutly (elicited by M. de ChamPoPoPi
I nhjeBed to it, as at pa!ently cripi reCtry, and oily
calculxted Gt prOrniet my hay rn tht• cwintty to no
• porpofe ; but, befo:e I left him. expteffetl my wit-
lingoes to comply once mote with the will es of the
French Plenipotentiaties' as a farther n...:1c of my
anxiety to do any thing which even they could think
had a tendency to ptoduce that peace, which his Ma-
jeft y was fo anxious to accomplifh on equitable term ;
and another meeting was filed, to take place on Fo-
glia+ the 29•12, at thin o'clock.
Late on the evening of the 26t11e I waited on the • .
hlinifler for Foreign Affairs, I I the purpofe of in-
forming him, that. et the moult of the Plenipotest-
limier of France. 1 had agreed to a renewal of the
conference. He hadfone to St. Cloud. and, as by
'le Minifler's abfence, 1 had no opportunity of ex-
plaining my rearoos for not waiting on him, for the
porpore of taking paffixots. as announced in my note
of the 3544 1 thooght it right, early next morning
to fend a letter, of which a copy is inclofed (mark-
ed C.)
On the 27th, after dinner, 1 had a very long con-
ference with the Minder for Foreign Affairs, the
ffibliance of which confineed nie in the opinion
I had antecedently filmed. in coofequence of what
paired at the moing with the Plenipotentiaries of
France, that there is at prefent difpolleion to
make peace on the terms teedered for his &Nears
acceptance ; and I met nvinced you will have the
lame impteffion, when I flute to you. that M. Talky-
rand, in the emote of our converfation. repeatedly t
nude ufe of the following marked expraion Jet.
main I'Empereur tae ceder* un grain de pouffiere des •'•
territoire Francra " * •
In the courfe of this conference. the Miniacr fre- "•!.
onontly alluded to. the fituatiou of Hanover, and
!fated. the, .within eighoond.froty hour.. its fate . .
mull be Clan-mined ros_ever,. He fumed much fur-
p. iled that nothing eppearr4 to make any ;vervain*
on me, frequently repeat/hit that, 'in getting the
Capeb Malta, and his. Meetly's Heoovetisst Demi-
nionh I Ibould make lk-Al4gi9ai Pasfial an &rig
me, that if ibis oppostunoosthould be 1011, be d
not forefee any Plurally -ranch peace could be ever
attained, arcthe Emperor was determined to make
war all his life, nether thiox 'Tield.any part or the
territory • f France, the integray of which he had
(worn to maintain.
Our converfation ended, by my attiring him, at
the time I vas about to retire. that while there fall-
manic continued to prevail in this county , it Was ips-
poffible peace fbould be made ; and chat, with the
knowledge I now polkaed of the opinions entertained
by the French Government, I could not acquit my.
Pelf of uiffing, if I Ibould remain any longer to carry
on what I mug confider as a farce.
- After a full confideratkds of all that has takes
place, I have; therefore, this morning, refolved to
hang things to a point, by delivering to the Fleni-
potentiaries of France the detailed note, of which I
enclofe a copy (marked D.) I am, fec. (Signed)
LAVDEADALt.
Ffrft irclotore (A.)—(Correrpondo with No. 57.)
Second maniere (B.)—(Correpones with No. all.)
ladothre (C )
Sta, Park, Ausult 17,
I called yeflerday evening at your Escelleitty's
hoof., that 1 might have the honour of feeling you.
and informing you that, in confequence of the requct
which wee yefterday made to me by their Excellen-
cies the French Plenipotentiaries, cf another confer-
ence on Friday next. the 29!11 inflant, I have poll pan.
ed my demand ler Fairport', which I intended to make
this day to your Luellent y. heir Excellencies the
French Plenipotentiaries appeared to attach to Much
import-Ince to my contenting to another interview,
that I pre with plearurc this new pledge or the pa-
cific and conciliar-try (pint by wtochlh.ve ever been
guided t and, if I cannot flatter myfelf that taste
will refult from this demand the prospect of a ham
Woe to the negociation, I (mall at lealt have the fa.
tisfaftion of having again manifefted, in the molt
unequivocal manner, how notch my pert n fetid-
mews agree in this refpc with thole of my Govern-
ment, 210 with whet eagernef. I avail mv'elf of
every -Fpotottnity of giviag to the perlons, with
whom t its nerciation hits procured me the adtato
'tage of being acquainted, heat marks of the CM!.
toothed fenttammts which I (hell never cure, under
any circumitances, to entertain towards them. I
ant, &c. (Signed) LAVDI
Walks (D.)—( A nfwers to N0.:9.

No. 44.
Zama lova a Plfpatch from the Earl of Laudentak to Wk. fte..
«wary Fox, &tad Puis, Auguit 30, 111.)6.—Rectiacd5art.3.
Si a, Pang. Augult to,
When I relica on the contents of the difpatch I
hadNour ill making up for you yenerday,
cannut anticipating the rurptize which you
man tee e the intelligence, that lam now undec
an engagement to resew the contkreace with the Ple-
nipotentiaries of France, on Thurfdey. the 4th of
September.
On going yeflerday, at three o'clock, to the office
of the-Idirtiller of the Interior, I confers I did not
foreece the polLbility of any thing occurring that
e..01d prevent my execitting the ref ilution 1 h4d
t. faiedlol demanding psepor a tilt morning, and
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of returning immediately to England. I trufi I need I
fcarcely Mime you, that I have as strong an imprel
finn as any man can have, of the had coes4uences
that may attend exhibiting any thing which koks
like verfatility of condott ; and yet, under the cir-
eurnliances in which I found myielf placed, I am
fasisßed I had no choice, and that I could not retitle,
with propriety, the folicitations of the French Pleni•
potentiaries to renew the conference.
At the commencement of our interview, I perceiv•
ed a difp.dition to greater cordiality than I had hi.
therto experienced. To M. de Cittnninigny's inquiry,
whether they had been fortunate enough. by what
they had raid, to induce me to deliver the prnje& of
a treaty, I anfwered by recalling to his sec,
the reafons I had formerly fitted for declining loch
a proceeding, till the hafis that had originally beet
rropofed was again formally recognized ; and I in,
formed him, that, in order so sire them an accurate
view of my conception of the tlibjeB, I had prepared
a note which I wished to Mork to them, delivering
to them the note, a copy of which I had the honour
of inelofing in my difpatch.of Augull 29.
After reading this note, and obferving in general
that they did not know whether, if we fisould come
to a particular explanation, we might elm arrive at a
eoncluilon coincident in its effects with the objet I
bad in view, when I infilled on the peseta' princi.
pie, they entered into a detail with raise to the ne•
ceffity of Come immediate determination on the fhb•
jet% of Hanover, and afterwards Rated their views
as to the French poffelLons in the Eall Indies, the
Ditch colonies, St. Luck, and Tobago; on all of
which, they talked in a (Wefts perfectly different from
any thing I had before heard, that I limpid not be
more furßrifed if, at our next conference, they were
to give them up, titan I was at the change of tune
:inanifelled on this occafion.
A great deal more palled in the way of general
ennvestistion ; all of which tended to thew me, that,
althnagh they were Rill at a wide dißance from filch
terms as I could accede to, they had wonderfully re•
lased from the lone they had antecedently afforned.
M. de Champagny then invited me to name a day
for terming nor conference. To this I decidedly
objected, admitting, at the fame time, that ditty 10.1
made conceffinns in the coutfe of ourdikuffinn ;
adding, that'they were Rill fo far from agonies to
admit what the Engtifis Government uniforenlyeen-
ceived the original propofition to have snairayiectiebet
I couldnnt yet indulge any hopes of cur coming to
an agtement, and fhould therefore feel it necettiry
to terminate my million.
M. Champagny afked me with tome warmth, whe-
ther I wished for peace on the terms which I myfell
had Anted? 'Whether I thought inyfelf authorized,
after the ennceffinns they had kat made, to refute
them time to confider how much further they might
go ?.and whether I might not reafonably entertain
hopes that, with a little time, the differences which
appeared now to feparate us might vanifh ?
On receiving fuck a remmilltance, I thought it im•
poflible not to agree to a renewal of the conference ;
and after tome convetfation, Tburfday was fixed for
the d&y of our meeting.--(To de continued).