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theJg e...__ same Ist invasion.
(1) - tbe netioeietton ef Laird Leaderdne, No. 1. of Zealand by the Male _ , adding such.other condi?
(e) Wide the documents relating td the mgoelation ant; the Lions as the said GovernMent may ship it its duty tis
peace of That. - insist upon before, according to the proposed measure"
(a) wee tee documents relating to the negoclation after the
Interview at Erfurth. for the purpose of having sure data before making'
' (4) vide the &lemmata, intituten" Ti. Peateneerv-tee Dtrick kOnXrn to it the iptentipns of the French'Government.
Administration." • 66 Whatever may be the answer of the English Go.
(An the Documents preceding what follow, have formerly ap- vernment to his representations, provided it do not
peered in the English papers. They relate to the overtures which exclude all hopes of attaining the object proposed,
were made to this country after the pace of Task, and the tn- and that circumstances permit him, he will provi-
teretew of Ertura) sionally prolong his stay in London ; and ie the mean
'"it WINGS OF TM! DuTcll HINiSTAY WITH THE time, he will transmit to the undersigned, as speedily
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INGLIiH GOVERNMENT. as possible, and by the safest channel, a detailed ne;,
No. I.—The King to hid Ministers. cit,nl of all his proceedings, of the answers which km
" Gentlemen—For the six months that I have been made to him, and of every thing that concerns his
pith the Emperor, my brother, I have been constantly mission. .
occupied with the affairs of the kingdom. If I have n However, if, after having received an answer tie I
been able to efface some unfavourable impressions, or the overtures made by him, he may find it ne '.,
itt least to modify them ; I must acknowledge that I for the success of the cause, to convey it himself to the
kw not succeeded in reconciling in his mind, the ex- ! knowledge of his Majesty, he shall be at liberty to do
istencts and independence of the kingdom, with the ; so ; but in that case, even though his Majesty may
success and 'prosperity of the Continental system; O still be at Paris,
he
shall take his journey by way of
and in particular, that pr France against England. o tieotll7 ,filrolni E
nndnshgallainbdy. no means repair to France di-
I -am assured that France is firmly resolved to annex
.redly
Holland, in spite of all considerations ; and that she i "In fine, the strictest secrecy is recommended to
is convinced that its independence can no lor_iger be him in this whole affair, as well as the greatest pen-
prolonged, if the maritime war continues. M this dente and discretion in the execution of the commis-
cruel certainty, there no longer remains to us but one sign entrusted to him. (Signed)
hope, which is, that a maritime peace be negotiated : 64 VANDER gnat
that alone can avert the danger' which threatens us ; 66 .I.H. atcuzesins. '
and without the success of these ne ociations, it is •' Amsterdam, February 1,1810."
certain, that the independence of Holland ie no 14 ' •
o. W.—Translation of a Note to a Verbs@ Consmunicutioa
more ; that no sacrifice can prevent the blow. It is from Marquis Wellesley to M. Laboucbere,l2th February,
thus the clear and formal intention of France to sa- 1810.
crifice every thing in order to acquire Holland; and 1 " The unfortunate situation of Holland has long
so to augment, whatever it may cost her, her means , excited sentiments of compassion in this country,o
for opposing England. Doubtless, England will , which sentiments naturally increase with every ag-
have every thing to fear from such an augmentation ' gravation of the misfortunes to which she is sub) ct ;
of her coasts and marine on the part of France. It is but Holland has no right to expect that this country
therefore possible that their own interest may induce will sacrifice her interests and her honour.
the English to ward cif a blow'which may prove sq The nature of the communication received from
fatal to them. - M. Labouchere will hardly admit of the slightest
t' I commit to you the care of developing this idea! observation respecting a general peace. It even does
with all the energy which may be necessary to make not call upon England to repeat those sentiments
the English Government feel the importance of the o which her Government has so often expressed on this
measure which it remain's for it to take—impress upon snbject. It may, however, he remarked, that the
it all the arguments and all the considerations which i French Government has not expressed the slightest
shall present themselves to your minds-o-adopt this symptom of a disposition to make peace, or to abate
priaceeding of yourselves, without my name being at in the smallest degree those pretensions which have
all mentioned in it. But there is no time to be lost ; hitherto rendered ineffectual the inclination of the
!Pend immediately some trusty and discreet corn- English Government to put an and to the war.
mercial gentleman to England, and inform me of the 1 66 The same observation is applicable to the war,
result on his return. Let me know the period when I which the French government carries on against
that may be ; for we have no time to lose : there re- trade; a war in which it has been the aggressor, and
main to us only a few days. Two corps of the grand which it maintains with unceasing rancour. M. La.
army are on their march to Holland; Marshal On- : botichere is mistaken in the note delivered by him,
divot has just set out to take the command of them, when he asserts, that the English-Orders in Council
Let me know what you have done in pursuance of have given rise to the French Decrees against neutral
this letter,. and cn what day I may have an answer navigation. The Orders in Council were not the
from England." . ' motives, but the consequence of the French decrees.
No. 11.—Instructions given by the Dutch Ministry to M. The French decrees °are still in full force ; there have
• LADOMIERE. been no measures takenfor repealing them. It is not
66 The object of the commission with which, by , reasonable to expect, that we shall in the smallest
orders of the undersigned, M. Pierre Cesar Labou- degree relax the personal measure; of protection
there is entrusted, is to make known to the English , which our safety attacks, a
which may defend n,s
Government, that, in consequence of information ; from the enemy's attacks, because he suffers, in con-
which has reached the Dutch Ministers, and smi
th
sequence of the measures he has adopted, and which
has every appearance of authenticity, the destiny of he chews no inclination to depart from. -
Holland, that is, the maintenance or.theloss of herpoli- No ,tiptatt re.
tical existence, depends on the dispositions entertained No. IV—Report of Proceedings by My. LASOUCIIIR IL
on the part of the English Government, with respect “ 1.014011, 12th February, 1810.
to arriving at a speedy peace with France; or at least " The undersigned having received from their
with respect to the making of a real change ip the i Excellencies orders to proceed to England with Writ-
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measures adopted by the )ve Government, in rela- '
tion to the commerce and navigation of neutrals.
The said Sieur Labouchere must, in consequence,
repair with all convenient speed to London, where,
in the manner and way whiCh he shall find most suit-
able, he shall seek to communicate the above state of
things to the knowledge of the English Ministry, and
of every other person who may be able to promote the
object in view • and he shall be permitted to make
known,
known, that he fills this mission with the consent of
I the Dutch Government, who, in consequence of the
'authenticity of the above information, bearing that,
without the above change in the system of England,
tbe loss of the independence of Holland is absolutely !
inevitable, have thought proper to shut their eyes
upon all considerations and difficulties, to attempt!
every thing that may serve to maintain tke political
existence of the country.
.t
‘, He will then endeavour to impress upon the
English Government, how much it would be for the
advantage of England that Holland should not fall !
under the sovereign dominion of the French empire, '
but remain always an independent Power. To prove
this. assertion, he will use all the arguments with which
the business itself can furnish him, and which shall
occur to hini.
64 If he find this conviction in the English Govern-1
ment, or shall find means to inspire it, he will endea-
your to engage it to contribute CO the m tintenance of
the political independence of this country, and in
promptly applying himself to negotiations tending to
attain a general peace; or at least, in case such nego-
ciations
could not be promptly adopted an 4 corn- !
menced, in giving satisfactory assurances of its inten,
tion to make some changes in the system adopted by
the British Orders in Council of November, 1807, and
in the measures which have resulted from them.
64 Above all, he must urge this latter object, for;
the purpose, he will say, of making opposition to the
eagerness of France to occupy Holland. He will add,
that in case either a relaxation or a change of the I
above system shall be adopted, we may flatter our-';
selves-, that besides the non-occupation of Holland, ;
the war, as long as it may continue, will assume anew
an aspect and a course less disa#. won: than it has done
for these three years and that there will result a lit-
tle more probability of nn accommodation, inasmuch
as then the Emperor of the French will have no mo-
tive to maintain the Decrees 'of Berlin and of Milan,
which his Imperial Majesty has only adopted in con- '
sequence of the British'Orders in Council of Novem.
bee, 1807. .
46 If, however, the English povernment, after
having listened to these hints, raises difficulties about
giving any definitive explanation, befdre being posi-
tively informed of the intentions of the French Go-
vernment on the subject ; it will he his duty to de-
mand, that the English Government declare, whether
it chooses to make its resolution to arrive at neFocia-
tions for peace, or at least to make a change' to the
4aid ©alai in Council' depe‘d ou the above
4 s' •

tea instructions, prescribing the means that he was
to pursue to communicate to the English Govern-
ment the situation of Holland, and to impart to it
the means the most probable of averting the fate
which menaced that country, proceeded to the Brill.
He arrived there on the 2d of February, sailed
from thence on the following day, and landed at
Yarmouth on the sth, in the evening, from whence
he proceeded for London, where he arrived on the
afternoon of the 6th. On the morning of the 7th, he
requested an audience of Marquis Wellesley, Minister
of the Foreign Department, which was given him at
half-past five the same evening. After having com-
municated to his Excellency the substance of his in-
structions, and fully discussed the main point, he took
his leave of this Minister., with an assurance on the
part of the latter, that he would lay his,communica-
tions before the Council, and acquaint him with their
determination.
" Having received no message from his Excellency
until the I I th, the Undersigned wrote a few lines tot
his Excellency, requesting him to give him some idea
of the disposition of the English Government. He I
received in answer an invitation for nine the same
evening, when he received the unsigned official com-
munication, a copy of which is annexe&
In this new conference a conversation took place
respecting the probability, under any circumstances,'
that these overtures, whatever the decision of the Eng-
lish Government might be, would produce any senti-
ment of approximation on the part of France ; anal
above all the inconsistency op the part of England, to
admit the principle, that having once resolved on re-
prisals, as the
.Minister called them, the latter should'
Ofsnecessity cease with the causes that produced them.
44 It appears that the English Ministry attach very,
great weiggh and consequence to these same Orders
an council,"‘vhich were the immediate object of the
proceeding of the Government of Hol and, and
which, whether Frante agreed or not, the English
1 Administration were persuaded afforded the most
effectual means of enfeebling the resources of Frnee.
In fact these measures appeared to form the principal'
grounds of the system mpon which the Government
rested their principles and conduct, and it seemed
that so long as the war lasted, it was only from al
change of Ministers that other immures and views
might be expected. •
44 The Minister also considered that, while, on one
' side, it was extremely uncertain whether any declara-
tion or concession on his part would produce an'
teration for the better, it would. on the other, be im-
possilple•to depend on Their permanency ; and that, in
all cases, every proceeding which'ippeared incompa-
tible with his honour and dignity. would on that very
account be rejected, although it should appear to
square syith his interest,
64• The undersigned endeavoured to convince the
Minister, that in this particular instance, the general
interests well understood, and 'the lasting prosperity of
- tfemaincial sure irkperiously revired, tlAt lbw
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