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the two countries were at war, from 

 countries where they rendered them- 

 selves conspicuous only by their 

 intrigues ; and Russia insists upon 

 maiiitaiuing them tliere ; auJ the 

 remonstrance she now makes, leads 

 to this question : — If, when En^- 

 kiid planned the murder of Paul I. 

 (supposing iutelligence to have been 

 received, that the authors of the 

 plot were at a league from the fron- 

 tier), would not pains have been 

 taken to arrest them ? The firit 

 consul hopes that his imperial ma- 

 jesty, whose excellent mind and 

 noble character are so Avell known, 

 will sooner or later perceive that 

 there are men who avail themselves 

 of every means to raise enemies to 

 France, and who thereby seek to 

 make a diversion, and rekindle the 

 fiames of a war, which is advantage- 

 ous only to England. This war 

 will never take place with the first 

 consul's consent; but whosoever may 

 declare it against him, he shall ever 

 prefer it to a state of things which 

 should tend to destroy that equality 

 between great powers, which tend 

 to the detriment of France. And 

 a.s he does not arrogate to himself 

 any superiority, and does not in- 

 terfere with any operation of the 

 Russian cabinet, he demands a per- 

 fect reciprocity in this respedt. I 

 continue, sir, firmly to hope, that 

 declarations so candid will be fully 

 appreciated by your court, and that 

 they will tend to dispel the clouds 

 which malice spreads between our 

 countries with a success greatly to 

 be lamented. Accept, sir, the as- 

 surance of my pcrfedTt esteem, &c. 



Note presented by M. tVOuhril^ 

 Russian Charge d' Affaires at Pa- 

 tiS) to the French Minisinr of 



Foreign Affairs. Paris.) Jiilj 

 21st, 1804., 



The note, which the citizen mi- 

 nister «f foreign affairs transmitted a 

 to the undersigned charge d'ahaires % 

 from bis majesty the emperor of 

 all the Russias, he did not fail to 

 transmit to St. Petersburgh ; but 

 the undersigned has to declare, 

 that his court greatly disapproved 

 his receiving a paper, which did not 

 answer his preceding official com- 

 munications, and was by no means 

 calculated to be laid before his au- 

 gust sovereign. The said paper, 

 however, at length came under the 

 notice of his imperial majesty, who 

 saw, with surprise, that its contents 

 consist altogether of such assertions 

 as are not only unfounded, but also 

 wholly unconnected Avith the note 

 of the 22d April. The emperor, al- 

 ready moved by the calamities which 

 oppress a great part of f]urope, and 

 by the dangers m hich threaten the 

 German empire, whose interests 

 Pi.ussia is particularly bound to sup. 

 port, in conformity to her obliga- 

 tions, received intelligence of ano- 

 ther recent violation of the law of 

 nations, which was perpetrated at 

 Ettenheim ; he, therefore, thought 

 himself bound to invite the assembled 

 states of the German empire, and 

 the German princes, to concur with 

 him in jointly protesting against the 

 French government, to whom his 

 majesty communicated the same sen- 

 timents, in hopes that it would re- 

 pair the insult olTered to the German 

 league, and allay the fears of Eu- 

 rope for the repetition of similar 

 outrages. — The French government 

 could not avoid to return an answer 

 to this plain declaration from his 

 majesty the emperor ; but the eva- 

 sive reply which was made is ofien- 



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