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‘LORD Grenville presents his 
compliments to Monsieur Chauve- 
lin. He received yesterday evening 
the note which Monsieur Chauve- 
lin addressed to him, dated the 
19th of this month. Before he can 
answer it, he must, under the pre- 
sent circumstances, request Mon- 
sieur Chauvelin will be pleased to 
explain to him the object of the 
conference which he has desired. 
Whitehall, Nov. 2\st, 1792. 
Note from Monsieur Chauvelin to 
Lord Grenville, Nov. 22d, 1792. 
MONSIEUR Chauvelin has the 
honour to present his compliments 
to Lord Grenville. He thought 
that the private conversation which 
hehad thehonourto propose to him 
_a few days since, could not, in the 
present circumstances, without any 
inconveniency, but have produced 
advantageouseffects: if LordGren- _ 
ville thinks otherwise, and considers 
such en interview as useless at this 
moment, Monsieur Chauvelin will 
not insist upon it, and will only re- 
gret that he has not been able to 
seize this opportunity of offering 
his respects to Lord Grenville, and 
of renewing to him the assurances 
-of his esteem. 
Portman-square, Nov, 22, 1792. 
Lord Grenville. 
Letter from Lord Grenville to Mon- 
sieur Chawvelin, Nov. 28th, 1792. 
Whitehall, Nov. 28th, 1792. 
Sir, 
I COULD have wished that you 
had thought yourself enabled to sa- 
tisfy the desire which I expressed 
‘to you, of knowing the object of 
the conference you demanded of 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1702. 
me some days ago: but as, on re- 
flecting on the situation of affairs, I 
have thought with you, that the 
private conversation you proposed 
to me may be useful under the ex- 
isting circumstances, I will not re- 
fuse it.—I will beg of you to be so 
good as to come to the office for 
foreign affairs to-morrow at noon, 
if that hour should be convenient 
to you.—In the mean time I renew 
to you the assurance of the distin- 
guished regard with which I have 
the honour to be, &c. : 
GRENVILLE. 
Monsieur Chauvelin. 
Extract of a Letter from Citizen 
Maret tothe Minister for Foreign 
Affairs in France. Published 
officially by the French. 
London, Dec. 2, 1792. 
First Year of the Republic. 
_ I AM about to give you a short 
account, citizen, of a conference I 
have had: with M. T. W. a Mem- 
ber of Parliament, and a true friend 
of the two nations. A part of the 
subjects which we debated will be 
found in the detail which I must af- 
terwards give you of amore impor- 
tant interview.—What are the in- 
_tentions of the French government 
in relation to Holland? Can any 
compromise be admitted respecting 
the opening of the Scheldt? Such 
are the questions with which M. T. 
W. desired to have information ; | 
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which I have reason to‘believe he 
intended to communicate toone of — 
the chiefs of the government. Is 
England disposed to war? Has she © 
negotiated with Spain to alienate 
that power from us? On the sup- 
position of peace, would the cabi- 
net of St. James be disposed to re- 
cognize the Republic, and receive 
a French 
