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

TO THE FREEHOLDERS OF MIDDLEUX.

Garret=o,
'HE moment beftire the commencement of the
-I. !Kt El &oil for MiddieftiMr:Whithreal. in a inhoner matt
unbecoming hie fiction, cootie:Mona. and character. Waled in the
public blewfpapers, the foilowing wane figneil with hit name ;
adlrclred indCeti nominal,. with eblienibied refpci.R. so me; but
hitendeel as a Political Elodfirmeering hinattuvre *viol! yon.

• I do net perceive in year prelim t Addrcfs (fiys Mr. Whit
• bread) any egallora to so opinion provoatemed by feu co the
t hate Stadion Tor Weltininfter. which is—•• ?Sit a .a Ming
- we (fax ale the Comer, however etiteruirde dt*WW, memo
. et say time Steam tht ye Atirleettatieri a free, i.r.wrqd. td ix-
" deptaime Peeee=lf fuels opinion be founded in truth, which
0 (continues Mr. Whitbread) I utterly deny, a law ought to be
• pared to exclude all the ccetutive laments of Government from
• feats in either Haute of Pullman. I have not Marl, that It
• wale the contemplation of any one to prepare loch a mature :
. and, If propcded, I am fare It would meet with refittanoe from
• MI defeelptions of perCono, Who have the power of Zhu will to
• realm aped its osefequakes. The people. by the acceptance
^ of your bodkins, would reduce tbarifelves to the hard occelLty
" of Wog governed by the wort of mankind."
Theft, Mr. Whitbread's fentiments, have likoolle beat recently
paraded by Mr Windham. Secretary of State; by Mr. Tierney.
Quitman al the Board of mod ; by Mt. SberldamTreafurer
of the Navy ; ender* now heM, I pedagogy la the Political Creed;
of the whole Party.
fldlaillapello4ll that Ad of Pirtiatifent (fa and t 3 WHIM, )
which gift the Throne of there Kingdoms to hi. relent Makfty,
and Ms fetidly, lotitied--" An Mt for the farther Limitation of
• the Comm and better lecuring the Rights and Liberties of the
" Stahltdreait was wifely and hardily thus estadeda.." 'Hut no
• Rodin Wile has an °flee or Place of Profit ender the King. or
" reed*. a Penfionfrom the Crows, Bun he capable of faring
• as a Wisher of the Houk of Commons."
Bat Mr. Whitbread, it items, never heard of this provifinn—
• for better ftettrin: tht Rights and Liberties of the Sabjett."—
And betattge, after a melancholy taper' eft ct of the neceffity of Curb
a groeilion. which our bontft anceftots only forgave. I maintain
the opinion of thole from whom his Mejefty holds kb Crown, I
dm raped/met, by theft belt of Patriots, at an enemy to the Con-
!thulium, end by Glue of their piacnkolding, and plate-bunting
Party, m a Traitor to my Chutney. The wort EAT:attar, to their
Country arc thofe Who rat up its *dames. MP. Whitbread's
judgment upon na who hold tills opinion, Is indeed lemething
milder : he only concludes De tti be either fools or rogue...o. eke's.
sue have not the Doerer or the win to talon upon its nuifemience.."
I base re:llbn to believe, that Mr.Wbitllread himktt pofTedes both
the.witi and thopower to obtain fpeedfly a lucrative Ollrc under
the Crown, without muds embarra[Ang himfelf with Its coufey
Sequin= to the Public.
Gentlenten....Wheo the ini additional Taus for the prefect
year were lately Inipored upon the People by theft: Deft of Patriots,
It was ondifelfadly and tranquilly acknowledgrd by them, with-
out the lean enrhpundieo. or commihration nt the people, that
the nca ffary effell of theft taxes would be. to ,lrwe the inlaid.
tants of a hours into lodgings, and the lodgers to i he firft Boor Into
this feeood. Here Indeed slaty topped; leaving us to eomplete
the miferahle piddre of national calamity, viz. that the lodgers of
the Wand Boor molt 1110:11IL up Into the garret, the earreteer ' de.
[cool hitothe cellar; whore former wretched inlobitauts null! be
rhreft upon the pavement, and from thence kook-reed to the
workbook or the grave. And this protege is to be repeated rine,
polka ;—fn that the belt provided amoogft us cannot till where
himielf and h's family may be found at left Thin is a hard law
lea donliihman to bear. It Is harder Mil l° hear it cnforrat from
the mouths of thofe, who thenifdves are all the while creeping
forward ;runt their original garrets into Palaces. Such unfeeling
infult as this would river have taken piece but audit Maureen
and Pcnflooars. Had they been really the Reprefetwatives of 'he
People, they would have felt foenething for the People; and, lo-
ft:cid of Ineelfantly calling for frcfh [artifices, and kitbag us gaily
tirat we mutt ** retreads even part of our needfaties," they would
Purdy o.iw at let have held out to us fame prdped of cook:datum
and mires; they would no longer cuatinec to gorge upon the vitals
et •beir Country, but would think themfelves too well off, if they
were not juiliy compelled to difgorgc their pan infamous twal-
Lawlor. .•
Gdademen ..-In barn:et a Candidate at the tae Eledion for
your county. I do aotninviedge. that I rather fought a Public. than
a feat in Parliamert. I fought for, and have found, amongft you,
Freeholders who would vote for themfelves, and not for any Cau-
didate...Viho would net give their votes as a favour coofereed, but
as a Lured truth rcpoied ist an hooka man, to enable him to Ban
the torrent againft theft venal Coal:Ono Whigs, who are, by their
own adowal, bunting the ;kelpie of this country from the found
Roorearthe garret.
That this (yawn of rortir,ition and oppreflion may cede, is the
only erdcri yeah, and, in spite of every calumny. Mall ever be the
„mpg,' and euremitting CalliMillf Or. Gentlemen.
Your weft obedient and rerpeartit humble fervent,
FRANCIS ISULDATT.

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N r .'y ~r n'••~

Told 113 0 0
Peril, of Ho%each, Rey. Mr, Howell , 4so ' 0
The Corporation and Inhabitants of the Borough of
Richmond, in Tot k dike 97 3 4
Wlu ford Church, Somerfetihire - s Hi 9
Parldses of Wapley and Codrinrcon, glouceftettlibe a 3to
From a Ckrgyntan of the Church of England 3 3 0
Patilk of Yarrotr, in the County of Disdain 21 9 0
Tie following Subleriptioas have been received
front Limerkki.
Brigadier Central Mitchell - 3 o o
J. P. Smyth • ta 13 o
1: Lana and Co. IS VS o
•
lion. Brigadiet-Ommal Leak 5 13 9
Grorgt Maunfril 3 8 5
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John Hu:eky . 3 8 3
.
Arch. MaunteK - 3 I I 9
'f homes Ittette ' 5 13 9
•
Wini nu Rube - . 5 1.1 9
William Henry Bonnie • 5 13 9
Thomas Maunfcli - v 3 13 9
R. Maunfell - . 5 13 9
ohn Kennedy . 3 t.l 9
John Merck Thomas - 3 a 3
Sundry Subfaiption a . 60 to t
Profits of a Ball 93 3 8
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-- 189 13 6
The Corpotatinn and Inhabitants of the
Town and Port of Sandwich 114 4 9
The inhabitants of the Perils of Alb, near
Sandwich, by Mr. Thomas 'l' Antal 47 is 6
----- 161 ill 3
, The Atfotlate Congregation of Urr, In Galloway,
1 near Dumfries, N. B. by the Rev. James Bigot- S 0 3
'lntimate, in Effie, Dr. Stubbs 7 14 0
Porte of Havity, Osfordthire . 1 19 6
of Co,w ditto . s .3 0
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.•—... of Arrafton Lovell, ditto t to o
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--- of farewell, County of Norfolk 4 0 0
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Porifh Church of Knockando, near Elgin, N. B. Rev.

lor4:nro - - - I t 6 o
o iv., conflate to be received at Lloyd's. and at all the
Banker, le Tom and Country.
P. WEI SFORn, Secretary.

LIVE HUNDRED GUINEAS is offered by
MOCHRIKUFSKY and PR I NCR, original Proprietors of
the RUSSIA OIL. if It can be proved that there ever war any
article for the Growth of HAIR of that Name. or with the Int-
preffion of the Ruffian Eagle. offered to the Public before dire°.
vend by themfelvel, and ivbo defy any perfoo to Weal tbeasfelyee
to be PIONIIILTOOS of RUSSIA OIL. unfelt Counterfeits.

It Is necellary to inform Country Shopkeepers and Venders,
that the PROPRItTOIS of this valuable difcovery never travel,
cut cautions aping perfons wPo pr.Etice travelling the country,
with a (purloin karat Oil, purporting thenfelves to be the oa t-
ot NAL Paorataroas,and by which me nee feversl Venders have of
late been deceived...4c Is therefore respelled to °Nerve, that nose
is genuine but thole that have the label on the outfide of each bot.
tie, with the wonla in Red Ink—. Machrikuray and Prince,"—
flawed by the Proprietors, to enunterfeit which I. Foliose v.
The Raffia 011 is ys. per bottle, or one containing four (null at
a °ohne, to be had of the Proprietors. No. 53p. Oxford-ttreet,
London ; and by their appointment at twat principal Medicine
Venders and Perfumers in town and country.
Country Venders, who wills to be (unified with the Rain
Oil, by applying to the Proprietors, or any Wholdale Vender In
Landon, will receive liberal Allowance. Alto may be had Wiwi*.
:ale and Retail of Mr ]lull, No yi, Dane flretti Whim.

karzasurs Koviugarrres. •
au amen vamooses, wa'rit MATZ&
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fine Writing, pure Morals, exclaim Wit, and a 'without trungiswo
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Tbefe Novellettes are in • word tbe Mafter pines "of OM et is
mat popular of living writer and are perhaps In taists. yap.
gree,t• tie admired produdions of Mmnoistel, onfieeogpil
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Ile Public are realigned to be particular In ordering Xerriuto
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eelhuvous works of the fame writer In circulation, for which they
may be mUlaken by the Bookfellers.
bid. 6; Bridge Rivet, MacWrite', Deceinbee,

•
BIIROESIiII FISH SAUCT.,
A CAU PION TO FAMILAILS. ".1..
THE glad eeptitationwhich Mc. BURGESS hos- 1.
plum! by the rupertorczediseee of Nt MINCE of AN. •
CHOVIIRS for RA Saone has Indosed many perrone tool,. the
•
fame name to an With entirely differet t.
JOHN BURCHISS end SON think it 1 ditty die? own dor'
teem ution Own spina fuck leapottlosem levee* peollib•
t raga Vas ke pre. nitwit% Shoplancpers, Ste set ertra large poet to
rod the tendon& kind : they are partieulerty requeited to elk for
BIFRGESS s, and to obleree, none la genuine but what have thee
weeds unnn thelatel..-. John litirgeft and Son's Original and Cu.
porter Ptfeoce of Anchovies"- —worohouk, No. toff, Strand
comer of the &VII atepll.Eoolloo.

FOR SALE BY PLI3LIC AUCTION,
At the Henke/ Mr. Pint Loh us. the Tork's Hoed, to Neweallle
upon Tyne, on Tuefelay, the ads day of Dee. initant, between
the hours of Twelve and One o'Clock,
ALL thole Forty-nine 96-parts or Shares of and
In that V.ltieldc current going Sea Sale Colliery, called
HEAI'ON COLLIERY, Sruate at Heston. la the Perla of AU
Sainte, In the County of Northumberland, either together or in
the following Lots r
t. iy..-95 parts of the raid Colliery.
I. of L 16—.10-parts thereof, and
.ut 3. The remaking 6-16th.
The abaft Colliery is a fnsall dißance (tom the river Tyne, sod
the Coe!, are well known in the London Market, by the name of
Heaton aa of the very belt quality, and is welt worth the
atter tion of t:.c pu'alic, as the Colliery Is now completely won,
and in c yet I, of producing 40,400 elate: rum of Coale auonally,
at a very moderate expence.
In cafe the whole Shaves are roll, the pot-clearers may be ac-
commodated wrh the fitting and ye/Mini of the Coals and thclicela
tiled therein upon lair crMs.
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For itirriter.particulars apply so Joreph Ba inbridge, Solicitor
in Newcailk upon Tyne afurefald.
A VALUABLE ESTATR, lIAVINO A FREEHOLD IN
DUMPltlati AHIRF.
Within the loyal Iseltsaye Coffee Houfe, In Edinburgh, Tee s
Wedaelday, the 3 aft of December Inn., between one and a.
la the afternoon,
THE ESTATE of GRIBI'ON, lying in the
Parini of Nolywood end County of Dumfries, with the
rteinds thereof, and Salmon Milting In the Water of (louden.
This prreoerty MIMS of 914 Scotch Statute Acres, la within
foot miles °fibs "Prawn of Dumfries, upon the North fide of the
Water of Clouden, having a fine aped to the Smith. and Ming
with • gentle acclivity from the water. One hundred and fiat ya
eye ACM/ have been brought into a rich flak 'nf eultivation by
the prefent Proprietor; (errant of the Perms arc in a very Improved
Rath, mid the foil of the whole being of a dry kindly nature, the
fillet is all capehle of being highly improved at a fmallexpence.
The Country around this Mate being fertile and populous,.
makes It • very defirable place for a Gentleman's rtfidenee. and
In point of atuation In other refpeds, few properties have more
advantages. for being fn near to Dum•ries there Is a ready Market
for all kinds of produce. Englifir Unit and Coal can be.had there
at a moderate price, and the Lime Works of C.3ofeburn and Bar-
jarg are within fit miles by a good road.
Tire prefeut rent. putting a fair value upon the lands In the na•
curet potrcifinn of the Proprietor, is tooth but one of the Laic*
expire* at Whitfunday, 'Soy. nee at Whltfunday, ace, one at
Wtitfunday, alto, and two at Wititfunday, alit, fo that a very
great rife of rent may loon be =petted. The remaining two
Leafea expire at Whltfunday, 1313, and the Leak bf a Ml*
which is rented at 301. expires at Whitfunday,
There le en rent put upon the Pithily, waif* has not been lee
for fevers' yeses.
There are fame belts of thriving Oak World upon the I an.ls,
end the preknt Proprietor has made kveral rhurtadons whirl, are
thriving encore-nearly well, and the 101 l of the whale Inane is
partieubrlyweiladapted for the growth of an kinds of 'arab Trace.
The telnds are valued and cxhaufted by the prelkot Itipend of
he pecks of bear, t boll of meal Nithfdaie meafure, and sis. ed. in
noise,. The other pui.iic burdens are alfo very (mall.
' The Lant.l• hold of the Crown, and afford a trethokl qualifier
nen upon a ecru...
The Manton !look, which is well haltered by full grown trees
Is fubltantial and commodious and fit to aceummodatu • large
Family. A purchafer may enter to the poffeillen of do Hook and
Offices, Garden and Orchards, al d 240 Acres of Land in the gut-
tural pofieWoo of the Proprietor, at Whitfonclay nett, the Pte.
praetor having the rights of a tenant with refired to the crop of
fedi pat t of the Paid Lied, as may he in crep next year,
It the purehaler inane, a ronfiderable part of the price will be
allowed to remain liable hands fee fcveral years.
plan and meafuremcnt of the eftate, and the ankles of coup
and title deed. are in the heads of fames Oilchnll, Writer to the
Signet. Edinburgh ; and perfects wifhlty fnr forth-r infer:nation,
will apply.to the Proprietor, at Gramma ; to Mobs. Goldaturd
Titans, Dumfries; or to Mr. Gilehrifi, at lidinburgta,

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CO,VittN? ;,•I),..ACE Awing late IVEG ,(lA.
7io —( Continued from '*r ?ape. of j i rdny)
Fete the Menitelsr, November O.

(No• 7 )
* " Downing itreet. April sr, Ord.
" I to read the day before yaw day , the 4dpatch of your rx.
ce..eney f :he teth, Ater having elan.ined the contents with
W el to attention, Ida 00111nd therein any argument of futficieut
force to induce our Goveternent to abandon the ,'pinion it has aI
ready adopted, vie. that any negoctaleo to which Ituffia Ointrld ,
0.4 Ist a patty would he rejeded. We ere &footle of peat-, but
of no peace which would cmnprnmhe the dienlty of our Sm.-
pave or the honnur or 'introit. of the nation. If we were to
negotiate without thecesseurrence of Rallis, to which we are fo
elidely rotted. we fbould confider ourfelves jufly liable to re I
proodies, for nut adhering to that fcrepalo a fidelity in our alit. I
since. ninth we deem the glory of the &kJ& nation. When we
mg ire tbat Refill thould be temprhed In the pie twedlngs, we;
oily ad on that principle of reciprocity which we ourielves (timid
Cli`rd ftem that power.
• Should the Plenipotentiaries of the three Pnwen be alTem-
bled. bowie it trouble to foppok that any advantage will be gained I
on our fide by the plurality of 'Weal or that there can be any
fiatilorhy b t went the meeting of loch panics and a General.
Centres : in tad, tee re can be het two panic., the mule France,
the other the two allied powers. Befides4if you coitceive that
fnefi material advantages would relish (comae joint affiflance of •
Met Allies, it would be only nicalfary that you Omuta purled fe-
lled fosse me of your own Allies torn-operate with you.
We fincerely dare to avoid needle, controvarfy, end (hall
ant enter into any dilculhoe with your Eztelltncy regarding the
coaclufioo you draw from the events of the loft campaign I I I
will only mouth by the way, that I du not Ite why any alliance
&mid confidered ineffedual with raped to tbc power Wier- '
Ins to it, becaufe one ot the parties to it Wu been (operated by the
calamities of war. With Mind to the owertore you advert to
frets Reis, we know nothing regsreaing it; tut whatever it may
be. wears convioced that that power will do nothing derogatory
to ha high char•der, or to weaken the bonds of amity and confi-
dence ful filling with Englaod.
• • To reeve to the material mullion ; your Excellency faekthat
there aro threw fibrins la which the dirciaons can be cuoduded ;
Tel pat fee, that the MR Rated 11 inacirmienle. After what I hare
already written, you ought to conclude that the third Is egeally
repugnant to our notions of jultice and honour, and to our mews
of the iitterefis d nay country. The fecood is, perhaps, not uh-
joilinnaleis as to the principle; but, independeutly ot the daily
at wruld occafien, it is nut, at the prefent momeet. predicable.-
.. it t.,e10 refute, with much concern that I expikitly declare,
thet. at tine time, I do net difeever any prolpeel of peace, thou:el
your Fact:hence not be diimied so treat it, the form that we have
windy prop •kd. I than now arid. that this is au etTential ma.
Lowry, not only for the redone I beveled the Latour to explain
to year Fseelleoty, but becaufe any min r mode would generate
the bericeen that you entertained the chimerical detgn imputed
to you (eemllll,l would believe). to exclude us from all canna.
Rea wi h any power on the Condemn of Europe; and that this
$4, is kr.....tiag taus than it is,Of ought to be ( ce.fidered. It
001 needier y to employ arguments to COCTiIIICC a Iwietittr, to
enlightened as you arc, that England would newer confent to an
encialion erlikk would degrade her from the rank the has hitherto
Maiuteinedn and that the cxpeds always w repeat among the na-
tions or the world-
In fad. the stale is reduced to a Ingle point. Will we ne-
gociatejohnly with Rullia ? Yes! Do you with that we thould
tec.t feparately No !If we have nut (to:weeded in the deinable
objedi we propoled to ourkbrete we have at Iced the fetisiaeben •
at congratulative ourfelves en the politemis and trauktiefe which
lisscharsetreifed the two Governments In the tended of the at.
fiat ; and I ought to septa, my perfonel acknoveledgeneets to you
for the kind exprefkous your Excellency has ufed refe.cdieg me.
I haw the honour, Ste. " rm."
(No 8 )
Its, " Paris, Jane t, ill 6.
" I have mews to Me Emperor the lath letter your Extreme,.
did me the homer to write ate. I can only repeat to you, multi
hi. Mejelly's orders., that to treat with you on the tuuticg ot you,
alliance with Ruth, would be to place us in a fituation of 'carnet
wool huotilialim to wbkh we have never been reputed; no Power
can flatter Itkif that it can dilate to France, either the conditions
of a puce. or a mode of negotiation not fanelloned by tttablithed
gams. To require tither the one or the other. would be to de-
rogate from the French elserader, and no mere could be expelled,
if you had already isivaded Belgium wkh an Engin') army, and
were prepared to penetrate into Picardy, or the mouths of the
Somme.
" Ought Ito repeat so you, Sir. that bit Itlajefty I.nm-etch &-
firms of peace,when on all totalities in which die negotiation hae
bras interrupted, the difpolition has bum 1 le it meet
fury for me to fay, that the prolorgation of the war has never been
injurious to the honour and glory of France ; we to &Ann that,
in time of peace, a great Nation can, in no way. mere wifely em-
ploy its forces than in prefervieg its relative dignity with raped
to itllDCilthb OM France would not deny to the right you
enjoy of dueling and pretend, g your anisette In war the has
not the privilege of chnofing her enemies, and the waft fight with
them, entice feparately or combin refinance,It may 'tit them to coo-
cut their pr
of aggrefLon and Red to hunt connec-
tion, Co little felted to lotted policy. that the heti ertick of concert
was to keep the co-operation a profeend keret.
" 'kande, In this predicament, we are anxious to abide by the
forms of negeclition which have been refpeded in all ages and by
weery country, Tee conclude that we are felicitous of depriving you
of
emery alliance on the Continent. Ido not believe that, In any put
Of oar condo& we Isakee juftified fuck a can lufion. It la not for
us to prevent your contracting Inch friendlLips as you may think
fit with othcr Governments, as we cannot indulge a with to died
what is either enjua err &Word. But It is out thug/ to bons will
antes which are agreeable to you ; it is another thing, that we
mould concur in them, and aid you in cottrading them. 1 here.
fore, toe Went to treat nn the principle of thole alliances, and to
admit them in the dikuffions ou the imerefts, direct or interme-
diate which outline oar diffetemes, would be more than to admit
them, Ind acknewledge them: it would be to coefeerate, to es-
▪ .to (sodium them, and to guarantee their validity. I have
air. ady Lid, that we tamest conclude upon this point, because the
prtnelpk is with us.
• 'ln avoid aR mifunderliaodirg, I think it Is my duty to ma
pore to you. t. To oegociate actuate& to the fame preliminary
forms which were adopted under the adminifiration of the Mar-
quis of Rockingham, in zy/lt ; forms, lode d, which were nut to
happily revived in the treaty of Lific, but which had complete
fuccels In the negotiation that preceded the treaty of Amkns. s.
Tteflabllt, as the &round of the nterention, two fundamental
mitnieks the &It I °Mein from your letter ot the sink of March.
vise ` That the two nations Simla have toe their leading oiled, a ,
peace honourable for each, end for their Allies; at the lane tune,
that the mace Should have a tendency to keine by in terms, a.
much as eirble, the future repofe ot Europe.' 'I be fecund is a
mutual cesereflion with raped to right of isttereentine and gua-
rantee in the affairs of t steppe. buth (minuets' and minnow His
Moiety not only hat no objedion to make fuck at avowal, but he
4 tun &firms to cftablifla it as a prindple; and in thus &dating
to you !Agree' Inteetions, I think I am giving you a decilitre moof
of his perifultlClbo4lioll.. H a felajefly horses that in thus exctud
leg all fueled of complaint and email:tett. he has dom. tin a (sh-
ied which laterals materially the cattle et humanity, what is due
hunt hint both a. a Man and as a erectelgn Prince.
• It world be with partkular relidanee that I gentile' winters
the termioatien of fit di/ciao' witnh ha. been prejteted under
(nth favour bit morratanecs; set, at lean. I monad puffers one
fo.uret of e eideleum. that the failure of it is toot to be attributed
to Truro, (root. We I..lrqulrcd outhUg but what is jut! and rt.-
fvurbk. I lure the Lot.eur, the. (eigttcd)
" C.

(No g.)
St a Dowt.irg Rivet, June 14. 1206.
s- I have received. feenedays 'maw thipatds 04 your Eacellency
d-tat c id of the prefect ntanth. I do not cones let hew, in
trestle, wit Moira and us conjointly, you have to Feticide the
principle .4 the alliance between ber end us. At molt, you only
rolognsse the fad. bed kf. can I divine how this mods of treat-
ing. loppufes you In any gate of in/tawny. We by go Means
pretend to ampule mos }caste &her the conditions of peace,
Dora mode of mcwiatirg contrary to its Wiwi In figs, an epoch
which 10.. e Laren. nsy cites la your difpatch, we slid not confider
in a tau of degraddiow-diewithettaa,...ben M. d.v.„.
acme* told us, it was PeCtiLlry for the hamar of hie Court, that
Sae thosild treat with ber cotipands with Holland end Spain, we
adwcd, without thinking we degraded ourfelves in any manlier.
Your the mode to which that Mutate appeared to 1411411 format wallaOovermcoat waits finctfely for pracopobcrs it cquialy

freed, and I stay genertheiefe fay et Inland. what yew 21. i
milency fay. of France, that the prolongadon of war has Onitillign
prenudicni to its glory or grmtncfs, perhaps It hu too lewd ;
permanent interelle, hut equally fo to chore of France.
" As to whatever theft is of fecrecy In am treaty of allanise
with Rufus. your F xcellemy is t o enlightened not en scheme-
ledge, that as far as ir. gird. the war and ,he propofitimis to be
madesto Proffia and Aoftria, tie fecrecy was neceffary. All that
is riftr—ifo ad in concert for the put pole Of °Malian' repute for
Europe in the grit place, and for prefertlng it afterwards, is the
principle, and I may fay, the only object dour connexion.
Aftyr the frank manner In which youditavow the intention that
has been wren stingy imputed to you with rcfpeet to what regards
our Continental coons Mons, there can no longer calf! the alghtell
doubt upon this molt cifential objed; and it would be more dif-
trefling, that difficulties, which regard the form more than the
fuhltance, &mild caufe a war to condone which the two GO.CIII.
resents wigs to terminate. Let us come to what your Excellency
lwePoka
" The form which took piece In the Adminifiratlon of the Mar-
quis of Rmkinglain, Is the more preterit to my recolledllon. as I
then had the fame polt with which his hlajelly has been lately
pleated to honoureric. Let France and England change politions
and lt is precifely what I have propofed. We then treat,d with
France and her Alga. Let France now treat with us and our
Allies. - _ _ _ _ .

be bares offered in your f cond propoliti,m, are perfectly Con-
formable to the views of our Govi.rnmen:—lt being w• 11
Rood that while we mutually acknowledge our refpedive rights of
Inmrvrnrion and p xrantee for the affair. of Europe, we spree aro
mutualy to abitaln from every attack on the States which com-
p& it. whether more or Ws powerful.
• I mould not have Ws regret than your Excellency at this
eufSon being 'totaled. Provided we ball be able to ad in fuck a
manner, that nobody can reproach we for being wanting In good
faith to an Ally that, from every confuleration, defcrves an entire
confidence oo our part, we [hail be content-4nd the more fo,
becaufc we know that an honourable peace would be no left con
formable to the willies of Rollie. than to thole of France and
England. I have the honour to be, Ste.
c.l. roe."