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London, England, 1815-12-20 00:00:00

BRUSSELS AND FRANKFORT PAPERS.

s't UTTGARD, DECEMBER S.
The following is the Rescript which' his M.ijesty
closed to be delivered to the States, on the 29th of
Nl .vember, anawer to their Address of the tad :
e. We, FRIDERICE &C.
" Dear and taizh tul Subt cts—We have caused to be laid before
us your answer of the 11.4c1 and 94th, to Gor itescript of the 19th
of this month, .and we have seen with satisfaction, that you are
tbso.oed to enter ~to negociations eve a pew Constitution
whirl' we man to give to the whole kingdoms as you the' by
achnowleil..o the uprightness of oar intentions to found the wel-
fare of a I o•ir subjects in a durable manner upon a just Consti-
tuti m, cif >hail include the in•erest of all; and as you are
enter. Ike f:+ WO subjects, to meet these intentions, we shall
not be s•t.metl th doubt which seems to ari:ie Irmo your an-
&Wet, w.,ether you UV* not given to 3everal of the principles
cleclar,-1 in c..r own It .Strivt. urrwirniii and forced interpreta-
tions, pirtimi ;air Sri what relate.; to our new 'gate+ ; and the
le-s, a; we think, that we have mznifested our views in so clear
aft.? t4..0 prt•eit,.. a manner, that tr* cy caenot he misconceived by
anyb,dg wit' j..ir4 sincerity to judgment ; aid pecans •. being
void, :1 solely by the imporan; object of the good of the colliery,
%'e .!esire to I (very thing that might still retard what we
propose to do in otcli.r to attain it. M'e hope. therefore, that
you will ;vs, • to the Commissioners whom ru have chosen, and
whom you !rw:. nanied to us, instructions anasogous to the q•ii:
which a•infa-eti us, and that you will not oblige us to execute the
ntrasiire: which we are rill resolved to take, in caw the negocia-
films for an accommodation shou'il unhappily not tend to a sad,-
factory result Wt farther acquaint you, by these presents, that
we have chosen, cm our side, for Commissioners in these nego- '
ciations, our Privy Councillors n.! State and President De Wa-
ge,beini and De N, urath ; imr Councillors of State de Wanliter
and 11e tiaitmauti ; will our Councill3r ot Jul ice De Lemon.
Yu i Ylo therefore, actrfaint the Cornmittionert of the State► ot
the tme to he ti:lt,ll, and method to be followed, for the nee-
t;ivett muttgard, Nov. V. 9, 1815, by his Nfajelty'a
command, (Sizned) " MANDELSLOSI."

AR /I.IIION OF THE SLAVE TRADE.

NOTE

IRON VISCIUNT CASTLEF.EAGII Tn PRINCE TALLEYRANIX
JULY 21, tin:l.
PitrNer.—The Official Order to the Admiralty,
which I had the honour of transmitting to your High-
mss on the Vritli, having suspended hostilities against
cn sst t Fr,trace, and against French ships carry-
ing the Waite Flag, I have been %iirected by m)
Court, xt•ithont delay, to till your attention to the
riec.,:ssity of uardin:.;, under t' ese circumstances,
:,ny possible revival cf the Slave Trade.
The British Government conceive that nieer the
opera i,a the Ls I.f France, as it n-w staads, it
is shioly pro:;ibittd to French snljecZs to cArry on a
traffic in SI Ives ; and th.a nothing but a •prritie Oi.
criald again revive that comtfie Ice : but,
whether th;s be the true construcLiin or net of the
state of tile law in a technical sense, they feel per-
suadeit iliac his most Christian Majesty will never lend
his ant ;ty to rt vrve a sys..ent of this nature, which
has beta, de facto. nb• li died.
I have desired Sir Charles Smart t' communicate
to yc:ir 1-liphin.ss what pasvd on this subject at
Ghent ; the ussina;:ce the. King was at that time
pkase,l to give to the British ilmbassaJOr entirely
tranquilind the Pr:tice' Mins:ers on this
subject ; b,it now that his Majesty has lwen happily
restor.n to his throne, they are most asixiiiits to be
eliablcd at on:e to teliev-.! the solicitu2.e of the British
nation, by declaring. that the ling, relieved by the
state in which this itiAasure now stands, horn those
•onsid..ratioos ui s.-carve W:11::2a before ioßuenced hi.,
conduct, does not Itesttate to ciintider that qu svon
as now fur ever closed, in cir,formity with those be-
nevolent priilciplvs which are at all times congenial
wish ilia natural feelings of his Majesty's breast.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signe I) CAticLEREAQII.
His Exc4ency l'alreyrand, &c. &e.