Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-03-02

suo]fss nnusr 'he later part of the bs,i s''
that if France desired the resto,,,; ,a'ls
the Cape, the french had only to nros Of
an equivalent in exchange" e''po's
II was now replied on the pa,, oe J,
French government, with thar ton. as
haughtiness and i'll haanor watch, e.. Of
the uudisaified interposision Of tbs ', n
ties TOO Immediately concerned. ba. r a
unf.equensly characterized taas poy. ro'
men..
"1hat the honor and good faith IS
France to her allies demanded the rss,o
ration Of the Cape of Good Of Hone. ,hs.
il could NOT be for moment sus,a;,e., ell
that the acquisition Of It by England b,oe
net varied the stare of things uadsr vS;s5
the basis Of actual possession had been ).
greed upon by France; that the asser.io,
was equally groandisss, thar, ia tn. lsea
existing state of things, France could ha,.
foreseen me necessity, or even possibility.
Of such an event that France hsed her
attention. upon her own marine, and had n,
regard to the British expeditions thai,
therefore, France would no. consider III.
Cape as aay par, Of the state Of actual DOS.
session that the restoration of i. was n,
cessary; tina! if England required an squ,.
yalent, France had already consented 10
give hss ooe, in the restoration of Haa,.
ger.
/" 10 this, in the express words Of M.
Fox, il was replied decidedly by ep,crinc
fully into the subject Of the cccupai;oa ii
Hanover,
That Hanover had been seized 90,
conquered that it had been taken fro,a h.
eIector, not from the King Of Grea, Br
tain !; that it Was The spell of peace, and
The p'!!ase Of Deotrals that no aegocia.
ton could proceed, or would have beca
commenced, unless from the direct assur.
aace that saould be unsquiyocsIly, and
wishou. equivalent, restored to the elea,or;
that such assurance had been given that
Hanover, therefore, guss be considered
as exempted from all further discussion
shai the agens Of his s'ajessy's govsFaasns
had il, moreover, Ia ogd.r ta express the
reso'us on Of his rnajes'y's sogernmsa. to
retain the Cops Of Gaod Hope asspcr.
manent possession, unless the Frensh.gq.
vernmen' should offer inexchange cone..
nea'al objec. of equal great value"
The Fenea government replied by re.
pealmg their oger of Hanover or, ''Ptr.
haps Malta in long aygumso,a.ive an,
swsr. The FACE WIS, thar the stuasisa Of
the French government. was nov changed
by some political occurrences. twas GOV
known that the court Of Petersburg was
inclined 10 peace. Che PAYERS o. D'Oa,
bril- we're said TO have been signed, and the
Russian ministry, as las. resource to pre-
serve their places, had been compelled to
fall in with the court party, aud propose
peace.
The English agents were upon this de.
sired by The government sthome TO de-
clare,
4" Tha, the negotiation must remain
suspended ill the French goveraaeat
should return to tie basis within which It
had been mutually agreed that the as
cussion should be conhaed--that 1t was
Gully upon this basis that his maes,y'' 60
.vernmtns had been induced to euier upon
the supposed conferences that they DE-
held @ilh regret the wide departure OF me
French from their cwn proposals -!fat 40
snajes.y' government, coaid not but see ID
this departure TOO much reason TO- suSps"
the sincerity with which that OF rrans.
haI made psciac overtnres-shat IN 'h'
state Of things his najes:y's government
could not bus consider it as contrary 70 n'I
digoity, and all hoaorable candor, 70 con
tinue negotiation, which, IN It's CON
rencemea', promised SO little success au /
ia which one of the parties seemsG
hold it as rnls to retract wat they nS Id
granted, and gran: only w'a !aey in''1N
eco re.race."
1t was not, however, the interest o. w.,
French government, that the negosla"