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negociation, M.Talleyrand never denied that that was
what had been propofed. His anfwer wasby no means
It denial of that balls. but gated, that circumaances
had changed fo much in the mean time, that France
ce'nld notlben agree to the peace fhehld before pro
poled. Ruffia had in the mean time (hewn a great die.
polition to treat Ceparatelv. and the new King of Na-
plea and his crown!' had teprefented that the poiref
cum ofaSitila,srisabfolutelf.nsceirazfutiecure that of
the kingdrinaOf Naples. In the next'eonference Sicily.
te4ilieretoredananded by France, and fome fort of
-elkivalevii iti. liotOettratiop was talked of for the:
'Tk.01.1411041. On* former nccation it had been de-
*aided nf this country to acknowledge the Emperors
aid the Ptinces of its family ; and this.was confider-
-a 0 a fort of ettaftilent.for the reilitution of Ha•
novert but after Lila Yermonth's return, this was not,
longer ettrett, tut 'fficify was what was ;tainted in •
Vas Of Ifinoier. ThaFreneh Minifter never did de-
ny that he had proonfedtb Lord Yarmouth the bails
of afloat Porellion, but aftaviatds be itiowtd a
4oetine that itai:congediaory tab h He Paid the
Emperor could never content no fuch • terms ; that '
;.tipon fuch tern* he might hare kept the greatell part
of the Auflrian pioviocts, and many oilier countite:s
• iiritlih had been'occupled bilis anus, bu't which he'
Itafiored at the peace. It 'was, however, to be recol
laid; that none of thofe enmities were in his pot
'fang at that time, and therefore could not be fet,
lelgaintt Poffefficns eaually in our -occupation. When
ffr. Fox keard that M.. Talleyrand had departed
Ir. '' hii former haat, he wrote to Lord yarmonth,
elfi 4n • grong indignation, the tergieeristion of
it
F' Government. and rnfitied ution.'the pot-
Mott 1 Otis as *jet ea ma; iti coming clirerilly
under the thestilingpfthe original agreement, the
in our.aitearpoFeSon; ilainugh for the benefit a
'Ake 03,4 Napes. ; Mr. ';'ox, in that letter, Paid
• (Illpiiis confirmed in rte :opinion he bad entertained
-bl tile 4ifii. ;reifisOteel'hy M. ' Talleyrand, from his
li„&vfng oiled e` fame exprefilima in a letter to biro,
• ti 11Pidefire miffing' firOm England" Its a private
'lett& iiiitheffed.to Mr. Fox on the Ift of April, there
lirAt the, following ,
' erprtMons : 44 The Emperor is
"Pb* in (itch a flnktion that he is not obliged to a&
fOr spy thing (ran Englarid, and that he conceives
. • ilte-gireatnefa Of France as compatible with the great-
We' Es a England." It certainly, therefore, was un-
der thofiimpseffions, and with Inch an noderßandiog
that hii-MaiellY's Minifters ailed. He could harffij-
enkeiie upon what grounds the Gentlemen on the
other fide could arraign his Majely's Miniaers for
having fo rutted. Did they mean to fay, that Mini-
.ficrii &Odd not have named to any fort of overture
by verbal communioatiou ? A Noble Lord (Cattle-
reagh ) raid, on a former night, with great gravity
and fuleninity, 0 I flicudd not have Masa to ver-
bal communications. I fhould have required written
'notes." If the' geotlemen on the other ' fide really
meant to argue on that ground, he *Med that they
"mild *Age Whether, in the whole . hidory of &ore
negaciatitins which bate led to the. relloration of
peace, they ever knew a *fin& hiltance, where an
overture to reconciliation, or a communication of
tip teoskftCy, was reirefted merely betaufe it was
**tit pot into writing ? If thofk men d,iplomatins
now ditto to lay down this nOtir title; he cadd thew
them force' authority, on which they' no doubt,
thought highly, which wasin oppolition to thii olio-
ciple. There was certainly no part of a negociation
which it was more neceffary to put into the molt pre-
tire form than that folemn period of difeuffion which
determines the point of peace or war, and when the
sikiisetew of States is given in. And, neverthelefs,
this was a point which was but little attended to in
.the difcufbons before the peace of Amiens, and in
thofe which immediately preceded the prefent war.
And yet the Noble Lord (Cafilereagh) himfeif was
Ifien•ntit only in office but in the cabinet, and ought
got to have (offered any great irregularity to pats un-
der his eyes : another on. Gentleman (Mr. Peree-
val) was then Attorney General, and did not at that
time perceive, that this omiffion deferved the, weigh
of his criticifra. A Right Hon. Gendeman (Mr.
Canning)who was certain ly lefs impliceted as oppafigg
his Majehy's then Minillers, yet fuppoled . the treat
of Amiens, not only in the `whole, but in its details.
Lord Whitworth, it appears, gave in verbally his Id-
:imam. W. Talleyrand complained of that as con-
trary to the ufage of nations, and wished for &written
-note upon a fubjed of (Oat importance. laord
Ilawkellitiry had then in ftrufted Lord Whitworth to
give in his ultimatum, either verbally or in writing, as
he thought proper ; but when M. Talleyrand com-
plained of fuch an important communication being
verbal, then Loid Hawkeibury wrote over tO Lord
Whitworth, informing him, that his Majelly had nit'
objeaion to his. giving hii witiwatwelo a (bore note.
Whatever opinion we, as Engliffimen, may form of
the fincetity or tha-infincerity of the French Minifters
4n negociation, yet he fuppOfed thehlobleLord. would
hardly fay, that in every negoCiatipn with France
we fhould tell the French Miniflers, 61 You are fuch
rogues and vagabonds, that we will not take your
words for any thin; ; whatever you fay mutt be in
writing : but as for its, we ate fuch honea and fin-
44re ,eit,. yon mutt not ant for any thing in writing
us, you. mull be. 'content with our bare worth
for every thing." Now, whether (itch a diainaion
*Mild be true or untrue, iereoiilly we never 041
eipco that the enemy will adopt tt inn egociatioth It,
then, Gentlageti nn the other fide withes[to Ond 'faith
With the manors in which the negociation was com-
menced_, it 'would 'riot be difficult to anfwer. To
4.lillePtenets, Mr. Fox returned written aofwers,
but to verbal communications he returned verbal
anfwer:.- If it be illovied to be tight to take any no-
tire of *visit communications, in what other manna
*mild they, or ought they to be anfwered ? The pro.
pnfal fent by Lord Y-armouth was anfwered, by Lord
Yarmouth ; but the Noble Lord certainly was. not
authorised Or entitled to demand a written, r.enogni-
tion of the Wefts PrOpidid, until he could proituea his
fell powers. TN* fall powers however his MajeAy's
Mioilkers did, not with that he Ilsould produce, 'until
OortMn points hadbein abfolutely conceded by France
and the belie of the neociation unequivocally declar-
ed. If that had been done, then it was intended that
Lordlvarmouh fhould have produced his full powers,
and the *fiat notes that w.ouht7have ken esehgaged
afterwards; mutt have contained a wr4ttn recogni-
tion of the bafis propofed for the negpciatioa. Al-
though the negotiation did accidentaßy comsiunci
without that formal recognition, yet notwithilanding
the cliticifins he had beau!, he conceived he was war-