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ABSTRACT of the OFFICIAL PAPERS rehfi'je to the kegotiatiox xc'ith 

 FRANCE, presented, by his majesty's command, lo both pjoUbis 



of parliament, DECEMBER 22, IS06. 



Letter from M. Secretary Fox to M TallcyranJ, 

 dattJ Do'wr.iKg-Jlreet, HOrh February, iSOo. 



Sir, 

 T THINK it my duty as an honeft man to 

 communicate to you, as foon as poffible, a 

 very extraordinary circumftance which has 

 come to my knowledge. The fliorteft way 

 will be to relate to you the faft fimply as it 

 ]iap|iened. 



A tew Hays ago, a perfon ir/ormed me, that 

 he was jurt arrived at Giavcfend without a 

 palTport, rcquefting me at the fame time to 

 fend him one, as h; had very latelj left Paris, 

 and had fomething to communicate to ms 

 which would give me fatisfjction. I fent for 

 him— he came to my houfe the rol'owing day 

 ^l received him alone in my clofet ; when, 

 after fome unimportant converfation, this vil- 

 lain had the audacity to tell me that it waj 

 nccefTary for the trunqaiHity of all crowned 

 heads to put to death tiie ruier of France j 

 and that for this purpofe, a houfe had been 

 hired at PafTy, from which this deteftable pro- 

 je£l could be carried into efi'etl with certain- 

 ty, and without rifk. I did not perfeOly un- 

 derhand if it was to be done by a common 

 niulket, or by fire-arms upsn a new principle. 

 I am not afhamed to confefs to you, Sir, 

 who kno .V me, that my confufion wai extreme 

 in thus finding myfelf led into a converfation 

 with an avowed aflallin ; I inftantly ordered 

 him to leave me, giving, at the fame time, 

 orders to the police-ofRcer who accompsnied 

 him, to fend him out of the kingdom as foon 

 i3 pofTible. 



After having more attentively refleftea 

 upon wliat I liad done, I faw my error in hav- 

 ing fuffered him to depart without having 

 previoully infornned you of the circun\ftance, 

 and I ordered him to be detained. 



It is probable that all this Is unfounded, 

 and that the wretch had nothing mo^e in view 

 than to make himfelf of confequence by pro- 

 mifing what, according to his ideas, would 

 aft»rd me fatisfadtion. 



At all events, I thought it right to acquaint 

 you with what had happened, before 1 fent 

 him away. Our laws do not permit us to de- 

 tain Iiim long, but he /hall not be fent away 

 till after you /hall have had full time to take 

 precautions agjinft his attem^its, fuppofing 

 him ftill lo entertain Uul dcfignbj and when 

 he goes, I /hall take care to have him landed 

 at ai leaport as remote as poflible from France. 

 He cails himfelt l-.ere Guillet de !a Cevril- 

 llcre, but 1 think it is a falfc name which he 

 has a/Tumcd. 



At his'firft entrance, I did him the honour 

 to believe him to be a fpy. C. J. Fox. 



MoNTHtx Mac. ^o, 1.>^. 



Letter from M. TaUetrand to Mr. Secretary 

 Fox, dated Puris, March -5, 1800. — He- 

 ce'n-td March 19th. • 



Sir, 

 I . have laid your excellency's letter 

 before his Rfajefty. His firft words, after hav- 

 ing read it were, " I recognize hcrfl tlie prin.?* 

 ciples of honour and virtue, by which Mr. 

 Fox has ever been atiuatcd. 'Ih-mk him on 

 my part." I wiil not allow myfelf. Sir, to 

 add any thing to the cxprelfions of his impe- 

 rial and royal majefty. I only requeft you to 

 ai-cept the a/Turances of my diftingui/hed con- 

 fideration. 



ExtraB from a Letter from M. Talleyrand r» 

 Air. Sicrctary F'X, dated March 5, 1806. 

 — Received March 19tb. 



It may be igrecable to you to receive new* 

 from this country. I fend you the emperor's 

 fpeech to the legidalive body. Von will 

 therein fee that our wiiTies are ftill for pe:ice. 

 I do not a/k what is the prevailing inclination 

 vith you ; but if the advantaaes of peace are 

 duly appreciated, you know upon what 

 bans it may be dilcutled. 



ExtraEi from a fpeech delivered by the chief of 

 the French g'.-vernment to the hg':fati-ve Lady 

 on the "id of March, 180(S. 

 I defire peace with England. On my part, 

 I fhail never delay it' for a moment. I /hall 

 always be ready to conclude it, taking for its 

 bafis the /tipulations of the treaty of Amiens. 

 Letter frcm Mr. Secretary Fox to Mr. Talley- 

 rarj, dated DcKmng-freet, March '26, 1806. 

 Sir, 

 The information which your excellencv has 

 given me of the pacific diipofition th.it pre- 

 vails (in your councils), and of the bafis upon 

 which peace may be difcufled, has induced me 

 to by tliJt p;ut of your private letter before 

 the king. 



His .Majefty has repeatedly declared to his 

 parliamejit his hncere defire to embrace the 

 /irft opportunity of re-eftahliihing peace upoa 

 a folia bafis, fuch as may be compatible with 

 the inteiefts and permanent fecurity of his peo- 

 ple : his wiihns arc uniformly pacific; but it is 

 a fafe and iailing peace rhut his Majefty has 

 in view, not an uncertain truce, which from 

 its very uncertaiiity would be the fource of 

 difquietude as we'.l tT the contrafting parties 

 as to the other |;owers of Europe. 



With rerard to the ftipu'.ations of the treaty 

 of A.miens, which aie propofed as the bafis gf 

 the 'negotiation, it has been obfcrved here", 

 that this phrafe ha» been interpreted ip 

 three or four dift'crent ways, and confe- 

 q'jcntly, that farther explanations would be 

 R- necef- 



