principles and conduct must necessa- 
rily occasion great jealousy to the 
French government. He continued 
_ to observe, that the protection and 
favour which all the persons in 
question continued to meet with in 
a country so close a neighbour to 
France, must alone be always con- 
sidered as an encouragement to the 
disaffected here, even without those 
persons themselves being guilty of 
any acts tending to foment tresh dis- 
_ turbances in his country; but that 
the government here possessed 
proofs of the abuse which they were 
now making of the protection which 
they enjoyed in England, and of the 
advantage they were taking of the 
vicinity of their situation to France, 
_by being really guilty of such acts, 
since several printed papers had 
lately been intercepted, which it was 
known they had sent, and caused 
to be circulated in France, and 
which had for their object, to create 
an opposition to the government. I 
cannot, my lord, do better than 
refer you to what you will have 
read in the French official paper of 
_ the day before yesterday (under the 
article of Paris), for the exact text 
of M. Talleyrand’s discourse upon 
this subject ; which he concluded 
_ by saying, that he thought the resi- 
dence of Louis X VIII. was now the 
i proper place for that of the rest of 
_ the family, and that I might add this 
“Suggestion in my report to your 
~ Jordship. 
_. I’answered the French minister, 
that, without any reference to you, 
I could assure him, that the prac- 
_ tices of the French residing in Eng- 
land, of which he complained, had 
“hot been encouraged, nor would be 
_countenanced by his majesty’s go- 
_ yernment ; which was as sincerely 
isposed to cultivate harmony and 
~ Vou. XLV. 
SPADE -PAPE RS. 
657 
good understanding between the two 
countries, as he had represented the 
first consul to be; but that I could 
by no means say how far they would. 
be disposed to adopt the measure. 
which he had intimated it to be ge. 
neral Bonaparte’s wish that they 
should pursue, in order to remoye, 
so effectually, eyery thing which 
might not, perhaps, be considered 
equally by them as giving just cause 
of offence or jealousy to France. 
M. Talleyrand did no. rejoin 
upon the matter, but asked me when 
I proposed writing. Upon my re- 
plying I should lose no time, he 
said, that if I should write as to- 
day, he would avail himself of the 
opportunity to convey a letter to M. 
Otto. 
I have the honour to be, &c. 
(Signed) A. Merry, 
The Right Honourable Lord 
Hawkesbury, &c. &c. &c. 
No. 8. : 
Dispatch from Lord Hawkesbury to 
Mr. Merry, dated June 10, 1802. 
Sir, 
Your dispatches of the 4th instant 
were received on Monday night, and 
have been laid before the king. 
The account given in that dis- 
patch of the conversation , which 
passed on the 3d instant, between 
you and M. Talleyrand, respecting 
the French princes and their adhe- 
rents, would’ haye afforded here 
considerable surprise, if his majesty’s 
government had not in some degree 
been prepared for it by information 
which had been previously received ; 
from the manner, howeyer, in 
which this subject has been men- 
tioned to you, it is important that 
you should take.a proper opportu- 
nity to explain, candidly and fairly, 
to the French government, the line 
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