OJlciul Papers relative to the Negotiation with France. 701 



• .inication, informing me that tSe Empt- 

 ijr having thought General Clarke's fervices 

 near his perfon neccflary in a journey he was 

 about to undertoke immediately, M. ds 

 Champagny would be inlhufted to conduft 

 fingly on the part or" France the bufinefs of 

 the negotiation in future. 



This communication was made in a letter 

 (marked A.) together with a copy of my 

 anfwer (marked B.) v 



On the a3rd, being anxious that the ne- 

 gotiation Ihnuld proceed as foon as poiTible, 

 I took the opportunity of M. de Cfiaan- 

 pagny's fending to enuuire after my health, 

 to urge him, in writins;, to renew the con- 

 ferences without farther lofs of time. Your 

 Lordftip will find a copy of my letter (mark- 

 ed C.) together with his anfwer (marked D.) 

 encloied. 



On the 24th I received from 7.1. Talley- 

 >rand an anfwer to the demand I had m^Je tor 

 an explanation on the fubjetl of pafipotts, 

 in my letter of the ziJ. This communica- 

 tion (rn&rked E.) 1 tin nk it proper alfo to 

 tranfmit to your Lordihip. 



On the ajth at one o'clock, M. de Cham- 

 pigny called on me, as had been previoufly 

 agreed, for the purpofe of renewing the con- 

 ferences. 



After the ufual interchange of civilities, 

 he proceeded lo fay, thit, to fecure peace, 

 the Emperor had determined to make great 

 Cacrifices. 



lif. That Haxover lukh its dependcxciajhou'd 

 he refiored to bis Ma'iefiy. 



zd, 'That thi poJjlJfKii of Malta Jhoidd be con- 

 Jirmed to Great Britain. 



3</, That France would interfere ivith Hol- 

 land to confirm to his Majejiy the abj'olutt pof 

 fejfion of the Cape. 



nth. That the Emperor ivould confirm to his 

 Majtily the poffejjion of Pondichcrry, Chandir- 

 nagore, Mubee, and the otiier dependant ccmptoirs. 



yh, That as Tohago -was originally fettled by 

 tkf Engl fa. It luai meant aljo to give that ijland 

 to the Croiun of Great Britain. 



To all this iie added, that what he had 

 now fjid proceeded on the fupuofition, that 

 Sicily was to be ceded, and that the French 

 government propofed tliat his Sicilian Ma- 

 jelly fliould Ijave as indemnity, not only the 

 Kilejric Iflands, but fliould alfo receive an 

 annuity frDm the court of Spain to enable 

 him to fupport his dignity. 



I here interrupted him, exprefling my fur- 

 prife after the lull ex|)hnution i had with M. 

 Talleyrand on that very point, that the pof- 

 fiiiiity of our giving up .Sicily fliould be men- 

 tioned again ; that the guarantee of the king 

 of the Two Sicilies was as much anobjeft wih. 

 England as M. Talleyrand knew it to be wiili 

 Rullia : and that [ was happy to take the op- 

 portunity of Hating to him laiily, that I felt 

 inyfclf bound to confiler the obtaining for 

 Rulfia tiic arjan.'ement which die delircd, as 

 an olijoO more int':refting, if poflible, to Eng- 

 land thin tiiol'j points which be confidercd is 

 prculiarly tonn'fteJ v/ith her ov/n inlterelts 



He informel me, tliiit there w<» no cUufe 

 In hi» ir.ftruftions empowring him to heat 



MoNiiiJ V Mac. Kq 1^,'. 



me on the part of Ruflia ; but that he had 

 feen i\I. Talleyrand's note lo me, and, 

 being fati^fi»d that this was an accidentil 

 omillion, which would be forthwith remedi- 

 ed, he had no objection to proceed, as if fuch 

 a cl.iufe had been inferted. 



It was agreed that I Ihould 50 to him to- 

 day at two o'clock to renew the conference, 

 C'jpy of a D'fpaiebfroKi the Eat I of Lauderdale 

 f) Earl Sycneer, dated Paris, Septembir iO:h, 

 1806 — Received September 2Hth. 



My Lo.-jd, 

 In conformity w;:h my engagement mide 

 yefterday, which I had the hiiaor of men-, 

 tioning, to your Lordihip in my form.-r df- 

 pitch of this date, I waited on I\Ir. Cba.ji- 

 pagny this afternoon at two o'clock. 



He informed me thjt the accidental o.-nif- 

 fion in his inftruflions had been ranielied, 

 and that he had now powers to talk with me 

 on tlie interefts of Ruilli, with a view to ar- 

 r.inge ih; conditions en which Ftiincc w.iuli 

 mak»! peace with that country : but he, aC 

 the (ame time, propnfeJ, that we Ihouid, in 

 t.ie firft inllance, talk over the terms of peace 

 betv/een France and England. 



lobf.'ivei, that as the greitcfl: difHculties 

 In our lift conference feemed to arife fru:n 

 the coniitions I had prop-fed as nectlTary to 

 be granted to Ruilia; and as England was re- 

 folved not to make pejcc without obtaining 

 for Ruliii all the objefls on which ilie infiflrt?, 

 1 thought the more natural onler would be, in 

 rcfume out converfation on the'e, lad topics. 



A long difcuffion accordingly e^ifued, 

 which enJeJ in his informing me that, oa 

 the fubjedV of concfflion to RuiHa, he was 

 authorifcd to communicate to me, that the 

 Government of France was willing, in addi- 

 tion to the treaty made by M. d'Oubril, ta 

 cede to that power the f^^l fovereignty of the 

 ifiand of Corfu ; but that he had no authori- 

 ty to go any farther 



I then informed him that I wis forry t9 

 learn thaf the negotiation was at an end ; fof 

 that my inftruftions were ptecife, aad that I 

 flioula feel it my duty, the moment I left 

 him, to ftate to M. Talleyrand, that all 

 hopes havmg vanilhed of bringing the nego- 

 tiation to a favourable iiiue, I had only now 

 torequeft pafl'ports for my return to England. 

 After lirong c.tun'liions of m-jtual rrgard, 

 he attended me to the outer room, where he 

 again propofcd a renew..! of our conferences, 

 in cafe his government fliould give him nsvv 

 inftructions. 



My ani'wer w.'i, that I had no choice in 

 immediately applying for pall'jorts ; but that, 

 as lo,^g as 1 remained in liiis country, 1 ne- 

 ver would refufe to fee him; and that if, 

 before my departure, he (LoulJ come witl» 

 powers to grant all t'le objefls on wbicji I 

 hadex,>laine3myf.lf,. 1 flioulJ feel the greatilt 

 fatiitaftion, tliougli.ai th;t mo.nent, 1 thought 

 any appointment perf'rdily unneccflary. 

 C'yp; of a Note from the Karl tf Laudaici's It 

 Af, Ta'.lcyrarJ, dand Paris, Sept. 2(3, lUOO". 



Sir, 

 1 loic not a moment in acquiinlini; your 

 Hxv-rHcncy that ihs refult of the corJcrenvs 

 4 U w!»;t;li 



