Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-07-27
.1xz,siation Nth France.
coNTINU Ed.
No. 4s.-NOTE.

has laid before the king the note 81 MS
sxcelIeDcy the French Ambassador q the.
70 instant.
In obeying the commands. Of MS ma 1'.
;esrv, By returning an official answer g
this note, the undersigned feels i neesssa-
~ for him to do littlc more than repeat
explanations which have been already g'y-
en- on more than one occasion by himself
verbally to Gen. Andreossl, and by LORD
Wh:twossh to M. Tsileyrand, or the SUD-.
;ea Of the note, and of the points which
appear 10 be connected with it. he can
have no difficulty in assuring the frehch
ambassador, that his majesty has enter
tanned a most sincere desire that the tfea :,
ty of Amiens might be executed IN . iun
and complete manner butt has not oeSi'
possible for him to consider this treaty as
having been founded on principles d'ttef-
ent from those which have been lnyaria-
bly, applied to every other antecedent
treaty or convention, namely, that they
were negotiated with reference 70 the ac-
tual stats .ef possession Of the different
parties, and to the treaties or faofic en-
gogemeHts BY which they were bound a. j.
The time Of lis conclusion and that Il
zhat state of possession, and OF engage
nents was so materially altered by the
act of ether OF the parties as 70 affecf ths
nature Of the compact itself, the othef
party has right, according to the law OF
nst;ons, to interiors fos the purpose OF %
taining satisfaction q compensation To-
anv essential difference winch suca acts
may have subsequently, made in tl'e'r rs
latiye situation, chat il there ever was q
case TO which this principle might De ar
Piled W til peculiar Pfoprlegy, il vas shat
of the late treaty ST peace !; for the ne
eociation was conducted en- basis not
merely proposed by his majesty, but sae-
cially agreed to, in an official note to the
Frs,ich government, viz. that bis maiSsy
sb0nld Rsep eompensafioa oat 9 6,s can
scnrsg far The important acquisition q ter
.ritorymadr By France apoa fbe continent.
That is sufficient proof that the COM.
Daf was understood to have been conclld-
ed in relation to the then existing state ct
things for the measure of his majesty
compensation was to be calculated With
reference to the acquisitions OF France, at
that time ; and if the interference Of the
French government in the general AFFAIRS
Of Europe siuoe that period if rhelr IN
terposition with respect TO Switzerland and
Holland, whose independence 'aas guar
anteed by them at the time OF the conciu-
sien ofthe treaty Of peace; # the aequi-
sltions which have been made by France
in various quarters, but particularly those
in Italy, have extended the territory, and
increased tie power Of France. his majes-
~ would be warranted, consistently with
the spnitof the treaty of peace, IN claim
Ing equivalents for these acquisitions, as a
counterpoise to the augmentation Ct the
power Of France. His majesty, howe
ever, anxious TO prevent all ground ofms
understanding, and consolidating the ge~
neral peace CT Europe, as far as might be
in his power, was wiling to have waved
tie pretenslous he might have a right TO
advance of this nature; and as The other
articles of the de6nitive treaty have been
In a course of execution on this part, so
he would have been ready to haze carried
into effect ar arrangement conformable to
the true intent Of the tenth article; the
s execution of thar arrangement, according
TO its terms, have been rendered lmpraefl-
cattle BY circumstances which It was not
in his maiesty's power to controul.--
Whilst his majesty was atfuated by these
sentiments Of moderation and iorbear-
ance, and prepared to regulate his condaef
in conformity to then, his attention was
particularly attracted by the very extra
ordinary publication Of the report OF colo