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ANNUAL REGISTER, J804. 



racy that Mr. Drake, his Britannic 

 majesty's minister at the court of 

 Municlij has formed against the 

 French republic. — It certainly will 

 insjnro great regret in all the mem- 

 bers of the riiplomatic corps, to see 

 prostituted in so high a degree, the 

 Bio-st sacred and honourable charac- 

 ter ; (he plots of Mr. D. should 

 excite the indignation of all those 

 gOTeruments which desire the tran- 

 quillity of Europe. The government 

 of Lucca, which has never ceased 

 to wish the prosperity of France, 

 and the happiness of the first consul, 

 and which felt the greatest horror 

 ©n hearing of the attempts against 

 the life of the first consul, will learn 

 with still greater aiRiction, the new 

 machinations which in endangering 

 the safety of the French republic 

 ■would have deprived the republics of 

 Italy, of the peace ai;d happiness 

 which she enjoyed under its auspi- 

 ces. — I hasten consequently to en- 

 treat your excellency to present to 

 the first consul, in the name of my 

 government, the most sincere con- 

 gratulations, on the fortunate dis- 

 covery of this plot, which will have no 

 other effect than to cover with dis- 

 honour, its agents and its authors. 



(Signed) J. Belluoni. 

 Paj^s, March 36, 1804. 



Ansvcer of the Envoi/ of the Su;iss 

 Confederacy. 

 The undersigned envoy extraor- 

 dinary of the Swiss confederacy 

 near the first consul, has received 

 with gratitude the communication, 

 which, by order of the first consul, 

 Iiis excellency the minister of foreign 

 relations, has addressed to him the 

 Sd Germinal.-^He hastens to trans- 

 mit to the landamman of the Swiss, 

 who as well as all the Swiss will 

 icarD with deep regret this new 



conspiracy against the gracious ally. 

 — The undersigned, higiily flattered 

 by the expressions contained in the 

 letter with which bis excellency ths 

 minister of foreign relations has 

 been pleased to honour him, entreats 

 his excellency to renew to the first 

 consul the homage of his profound 

 respect and the expedition of his 

 sincere wishes for the preservation 

 of his precious life. 



(Signed) C. de Maillardoz. 

 March 26, J 804. , 



Jnsxcer of the Portuguese Minister. 

 Citizen Minister, 



I have- received the letter which 

 your excellency did mo the honour 

 to address to me of the 3d Germinal, 

 with a copy of the report presented 

 by the grand judge, to M'hich are 

 annexed copies of the papers and 

 letters of Mr. Drake, his Britannic 

 majesty's minister at the court of 

 Munich. I thank your excellency 

 for this communication, and I shall 

 hasten to transmit it to my court. 

 You render justice, citizen minister, 

 to my sentiments, in believing the 

 profound grief that I feel by the 

 profanation of the sacred character 

 of an ambassador. 



(Signed) J. M. De Souza, 

 Paris, March 26, 1804. 



AnsKer of the Legate of the Sove* 



reign Pontiff. 

 Sir, 



I have received with the letter ' 

 of your excelkncy of the 3d Ger- 

 minal, a copy of the report of tha 

 chief judge, relative to the corres. 

 pondencc of Mr. Drake, minister 

 of his Britannic majesty at the court 

 of Bavaria, with a list of those who 

 have consjnred in the interior of 

 France against the government. 

 The tender attachment of Ills holiness 



for 



