Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-08-05
Neroeiation Nth France.

Extract from Q UipatCn from laoIu ~ " ~ =
worth to Lord Hsrksbury, dated May
-, 1908.
The Messenger, Sylvester; as mensi.
oncd in my last dispatch returned on the
9th at . O'clock and wrote 70 M. &c
Talleyrand inform ng him oft, and deslf-
ing him to name an hour when might
wa,,lupon him IN order to communicate TO
him the purport Of my instructions. 10
this letter received no answer that even
ing or the following morning. Anxious.
TO execute my orders, and to lose no tine
/ inclossd the project furnished me, ~
your Lordship, accompanied BY an official
note, and private letter to M. de TAT
leyrand, and sent it to the foreign depart.
ment BY Mr.. Vaudeville, with dire6fi-
ons to deliverit to M. de Talleyrand, and
in his absence, to the Chief du Bureau
He delivered it accordingly to M. Durand,
who promised to give it to his chief as
soon as he came in, which he expeeted4
he SAID, shortly. At half past four, hav-
ing waited till that time in vain, ] went
myself to M. de Tallcyrand. ] was told
that the family was in the country, ana
that they did not know when the mini
ster would be in town. Half an hour
after had returned home the packet
whichsMr. Vaudeville had given into the
hands of M. Durapd, was brought to me,
believe, by servant wilha verbal mes.
sagethat as NJ. de Talleyrand was in the
country, it would be necessary that !
should send for him there.
In order 10 defeat as muc has deperded
upon me, their intention Of gaining time,
wrote again TO NJ. dc Tailcyrand, re-
capitulating the feps ] had taken fince the
return Of the meaengers and deGred Mr..
Talbot, the lecretary Of the Embaay to
take il himfeIf at nine o'clock at night,
when thought NJ. de Talleyrand would
be home at his houie in Meudon.
He was, however not at home. Mr..
Talbot was told that he was. al St. Cloud,
where he had been all day, and that he
would not be back till vesy late. He
therefore left my private letter, with his
name and returned with the packet. II
was my intention to have fen, ton the
following morning &c the Bureau, with
orders that itfhouId be left there; at one
O'Clock in the morning, received note
fromM. de Talleyrand, accounting for
his note not having been able to aniwer
me fooper and appointing me at II
O'Clock at the Bureau des Relations Ex-
terures. / went at the appointed time.
He beganb by apologizing for having 70
long roaponed the interview, which he
attributed to his having been the whole
day with the Fira Conful. We then
eotered upon bufnefs. ! told him, that
limited as Il wa. by your Lordhip's in
ftruetions, he could not be (urprized at
my impatience to acquit myieif Of my du-
~. explained to him the nature OF
your Lordfhips obferyations, on the pro-
polal of The. 4th, and that il was contider.
ed as on the one hand impratticable, from
the refulal Of the Emperor Of Rufia, to
take charge Of Malta, and on the other
as being wholly inadequate to his Majei-
ty's juf pretentions.
| gave him the note in which this was
expreded, and the project, on which alone
satisfactory arrangement could be franz
ed. He read them with apparent atten.
ton, and without any remarks, and after
fome time he aked me if felt myielf
authorized, by my inAruetions, to con-
clude with him a convention, framed on
the BATS Of my project, or indeed extend
ins that BATS, iince the hrf article OF II
would be the perpetual poaeaion Of NAL
ia to England IN return for Z coniidera-
tion.
told him ] most certainly was not
authorised to enter into any engagement