G80 Official Papei's relative to the Negotiation with francf. 



namely, "that the two ftates (hould have 

 for tlitir otjeit tliat the pc.ice be honorable 

 for them anJ their refpeftive allies, ami at 

 the fame time of a nature to fccure, as far as 

 in their power, the future'tranquillity of Eu- 

 rope." The fecond principle (hall he an ac- 

 Inowkdgment on the part of tlie two powers, 

 'of their mutuiil right of iiitervenlion and gm- 

 Tanty in continental and maritime affaiis. 

 Hii Majefty, far from being unv.iUing to 

 Vnake this ai'owal, delights in raifmg it to a 

 principle ; and, in thus explaining his real in- 

 tentions, I think I have given you a decifive 

 jirobf of hi; pacific d'ifpofitions. Tlis iVIn- 

 jefty is at the fame time pcrfuaded, that, in 

 preventing fur ever all fubjctl of complaint, 

 Uneafiiiefs, and remonftrance on this point, he 

 has, in a Cafe which is of eflential intereft to 

 the good of human nature, done his duty as a 

 man, and as a Sovereign. 



ZctUrfrom Mr. Sicretary Fox ti M. Tt^Pc^'randy 

 djud D.iati'mg-f.iea, June 14, 1806. 



In conclufion, he obfervcs that, " The 

 form of negotiation which took place during 

 Loid Rockingham's adminiftration is more 

 jurticularly prcfent to my m -mory, as I then 

 held the fame office with which liis Majefty 

 has lately ben plcafcd to lionor me. Let 

 France and England change fituutions, and 

 the form you mention ii exactly fimilar to 

 that which I have propofcd. We then trt.it- 

 td witli France and her allie.ij let France 

 now treat with us and our allies. The h.ifis 

 oft'ercd in your fecond prbpoftion is exaftly 

 conformable to the views of our government, 

 provided it be well undcrflood that, whilft v.c 

 mutually a>k;)cwledgc our refpeclivc rights 

 6f intervention and guaranty with regard to t!ie 

 aftairs of Jvjrope, we alfo mutually agree to 

 ab.'lain from ill encroachment upon the grcat- 

 tr or lelTer uatcs which compofe it." 

 Coinmunicaiion iradc iy the Earl of Tarmcuth .'3 

 Mr. t^ccretary Fox, dated June Hrh, IttOt,'. 



A few days after my auival at Paris fiom 

 the depot at X'crdun, Mons. Talleyrand dc- 

 fired me to call upon him; having done fo, 

 he told me that the French govermnent 

 had been looking out for fonie means by which 

 a fecret and confide iitijl communication miL;ht 

 be made, explanatory of the fentiments and 

 ■views of France, as well as the outlines of tlie 

 terms on which peace might be reftored be- 

 tween the two countries. 



Having mentioned the ex'rcmc defire of 

 making this com.niunication in fuch a man- 

 ner that no publicity m.ight in any cafe enfue, 

 /lioulJ the objcft of it not iie obtained, Mon- 

 fieur Talleyrand proceeded to ftate, in a long 

 argument, which it is ufelefs to repeat, as it 

 forms the fubftance of feveral of the French 

 government's difpalches, the reafons which 

 prevent their treating for a general peace 

 jointly with RulTia. 



He laid, cliat in a difpatch fent feme weeks 



before to Mr. fox he had been ordered to 

 name Lifle rather than Amiens for the nego- 

 tiation of a definitive treaty, in order to re- 

 move all former difcuflions, and to facilitate 

 to England the poffelhon of Malta. 



I then took the liberty of interrupting M. 

 Talleyrand, to fay that, however flattering 

 th'i confidence he was ordered to place in me 

 mij;bt be, yet that, fe^iling as I did, the in- 

 terefts, and above all the lionor of my coun* 

 try, it was impofllhle for me to be the bearclr 

 of a communicatio.n having peace for its oh- 

 jett, againft v/hich 1 fliould feel obliged to 

 vote in parliament; and viewing the reftoru- 

 tion of Hanover in this light, I could not re- 

 ceive any further communication till I had 

 explicit declaration with regard to his Ma- 

 jefty's German dominions. 



.M. Talleyrand then broke off the conver- 

 fation, (Icfiring me to return the third da^ 

 after. At tile expiration of this time I v.-ait- 

 td upon Iiim again, when he informed me 

 that, confidering the extreme ftrefs which ap- 

 peared to be laid upon this point, Hanover 

 (hould m.ike no difficulty. 



Authorized by the conceflion of that in 

 which the honor of the King and that of the 

 Nation appeared moft intercfted, I inquired 

 v.hether the pofl'efllon of Sicily would be de- 

 manded. It having been fo fald, " You are ih 

 pofleflion of it, we do not a(k it of you ; if we 

 poflcrted it, it mii^ht very much augment our 

 difficulties :" — confiderini^ this to be very po- 

 fitive both from the words and the manner of 

 delivciing thi-m, I conceived it improper to 

 make further queltions ;— " We afk nothing 

 from you," amounting to an admiflion of the 

 :iti fojftditis a.i applicable to his Majefty's con- 

 quers. 



M. Talleyrand mentioned ftrongly the re- 

 coa;nition ot the Emperor and the diflereiit 

 branches of his family asahfolutely expcded. 

 On this I took occalion to rtate the (olidity 

 which the recognition of Great Britain would 

 give to their cllablilhment, and inquired whe- 

 ther the French government would guarantee 

 the integrity of the Ottoman empire. The 

 anfwer was, Yes, but it nmll be loon. "A 

 gicat deal is in preparation, but nothing 

 is yet done." Reverting lo the firlt: con- 

 verl'ation, I defired lo know whether a mid- 

 dle term mioht not be found at the fame 

 time to obtain the objeCl defired by the 

 French government, and that dehied by Great 

 Britain, of not treating in a manner un- 

 connected with RuUia. .To this he anfwer- 

 ed that they were entirely ready to give 

 every facility to the arrangement of the re- 

 fpettive intertfts of the two powers, or that a 

 Britifh minilter iliould, be. ng authorized by 

 the emperor Alexander, ftipulate tor both. 



The lift words of M Talleyrand were," The 

 fentiments entertained in France are entirely 

 different from what they were. The alperity 

 which churacteriicdtht commcacement of this 



war, 



