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fia and France could have placed infur- 

 Biountiible obftacles in the way of a negotia- 

 tion of peace by a Ruffian iliniftcr ; but his 

 Imperial Majefty of RulTia' did not hefitate 

 for a moment to pafs over all perfonal dif- 

 plcafurc, and all ufual formalities. 



" His Imperial Majefly of Ruffia availed 

 himfelf of the mctiiation of His Prulfian 

 JVlajefty, when he requefted paffports for liis 

 Plenipotentiary. He declared, tliiit lie 

 fliould onl_y receive them on that particular 

 condition, namely, that his Plenipotentiary 

 fliould enter direftly upon a negotiation with 

 the Chief of the French Govcrnmenl, with- 

 out acknowledging the new title which he 

 bad allumed ; and that Bonaparte fiiemld 

 give explicit alTurances that he was ftill ani- 

 mated by the fame wifh for a general peace 

 ■which he had appeared to fhew in his Letter 

 to His Britannic Majeily. 



" This preliminary affurance was the more 

 neceffary, fmce Bonaparte had aflumed the 

 title of King of Italy immediately up m re- 

 ceipt of the Anfwer nivcn by His Britannic 

 Majefty to his Letter of the 1ft of January ; 

 a title which in itfelf put a new obftacle in 

 the way of the delired reftoiation of 

 peace. 



•' After His Pruffian Majefty had tranf- 

 xnitted the pofiiive Anfwer from the ('abinetof 

 the Thuilleries, that it perfevcred in the in- 

 tention fuicerely to lend its hand to a pacific 

 negotiation, His Imperial Majefty oi Uuffia 

 accepted the palTports the more readily, be- 

 caufe tlie French Government (hewed fo 

 ftrong an inclination to tranfmit them. 



" By a frelh aggreffion of the moft folemn 

 Treaties, tlie Union of the Ligurian Repub- 

 lic with France has been effefted. This 

 event of itfelf, the circuniftaiices which have 

 accompanied it, the formalities whxh have 

 been employed to haftcn the execution there- 

 of, the moment which has been chofen to 

 carry Ihe fame into execution, have, ahis ! 

 formed an aggregat which muft terminate 

 the facrificcs which His Imperial Majefty of 

 Ruffia would have made, at the prefling re- 

 «iueft of Great Britain, and in the hope of 

 reftoring thenccelfary Iranquiliity to Europe 

 by the means of negotiation. 



" Wiihout doubt His Imperial Majefty of 

 liuffia would not have infifted fo ftrenuoully 

 on the conditions fixed by him, if the French 

 Government had fulfilled the hope that it 

 would refpeft the firft tie which holds fociety 

 together, and which upholds the confidence 

 of engagements between civilized nations ; 

 but it cannot poffiblj- be believed, that Bo- 

 naparte, when he granted the pajTports, 

 which were accompanied with the moft paci- 

 fic declarations, ferioully intended to fulfil 

 them ; becaufc during the time which would 

 necelfarily elapfe between the granting of 

 the paflports and the arrivnl of the llnder- 

 fianed at Paris, he 'ook raeafures which, fur 

 itora (acilltating tUe reftorMloa of peaee. 



were of fuch a nature, that they annihilated 

 the very grounds of peace. 



" The Underfigned, in recalling to the re- 

 colledVion of His Excellency I5aron Harden- 

 berg facls with which the Cabniet of His 

 Pruffiiin Majefty is very minutely acquaint- 

 ed, muft, at the fame time, inform him, that 

 he has juft now received from His Ruffian 

 Majefty ar. Order dated the 9th (21ft) June, 

 to return the annexed pall'ports immediately, 

 and to requeft your Excellency to traufmit 

 tl'.e fame to the French Government, with 

 this prefent Declaration, Cnce no ufe what- 

 ever can be made of them in the prefent 

 ftale of alT.iirs. 



"The Underfigned avails himfelf of the 

 opportunity to renew to His Excellency the 

 alfurance of his refpect. 



(Signed) " N. Von Novosiltzoff- 



«' Berlm, 13d June, 0. S. 

 (lO/A July) I80j." 



This note was immediately tranfmitted 

 by all the Foreign Mlniders refiding at 

 Berlin to ihtir rcfpeilive Court* by ex- 

 prefs. 



ANSWER To M. NOVOSILTZor F'S NOTE. 



From the Moniteur of July 24.. 



Berlin, July 15. — M. NovofiltzofF 

 left this capital ytfterday for St. Peterf- 

 burg. He had a lons{ conbrcnce with 

 Mr. Jacklln, the Bri iHi Envoy at Ber- 

 lin. 



" I he miffion of that Ruffian Envoy was 

 announced to all Europe feveral months be- 

 fore it commenced ; and this was fufficient to 

 render it abortive. It alio became the fub- 

 ject of many difcuffions, calculations, and 

 intrigues. Alter M. Novofiltzoff had been 

 reprefented rather as a bearer of orders than 

 as a negotiator, his miffion was reprefented 

 under another colour, to render it lefs hate- 

 ful. He was to negotiate, they faid, with 

 none but the Emperor himfelf. They who 

 propagated thefe idle reports, well knew 

 that all demands of that nature, deviating 

 from the regard due to a great Power, mult 

 on that very account fruftrate a miffion, the 

 purport of which was not very evident j and 

 what fully proves the uncertainty and obfcu- 

 ritv of ii is, that it was fucceffively an objeSl 

 of orders and counter-orders. Now, evpry 

 thing well conudered, the counter-order 

 which calls Novoiilti:Gff bark to St. Peterf- 

 burgh, is probably more favourable for peace 

 than the order by which he was lent to Pa- 

 ris. 



" If the objeft of his miffion was to allay 

 the coolnefs exlfting between France and 

 Kuiiia, he would probably have fucceeded. 

 What, indeed, have France and Ruffia to do 

 with each other r Independent of each 

 other, they are unable to hurt, but all-power- 

 ful to do ^«od to one another. If th« Em- 



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