STATE PAPERS. 
daily be more consolidated. The 
relation of the two governments will 
assume the character of good-will 
which is suitable to theiy mutual in- 
terests. A happy repose will bury 
the recollection of the long calami- 
ties of a disastrous war, and France 
and England, rendering their happi- 
ness reciprocal, will deserve the gra- 
titude of the whole world. 
The first consul. 
(Signed) Bonaparte. 
By order of the first consul. 
The secretary of state, 
Hi. B. Maret. 
Copy of a Letter from Citizen Tal- 
_ teyrand to Citizen Fuuveret, Paris, 
26 Brumaire, 10th Year, (Nov. 
17, 1803.) 
_ I forward to you, citizen, ase- . 
ries of questions, concerning which 
I am desirous of having your an- 
swers. You will have the goodness 
to place them opposite the questions 
on the same sheet of paper, doubled 
in two, similar to the one which I 
have the honour to send to you. I 
shall be obliged to you to send me 
this paper as sodu as possible, with- 
_ out, however, suffering your too 
_ great haste to be prejudicial to your 
accuracy. “If you are doubiful upon 
any point, you will have the good- 
ness to mention it. You will pro- 
bably find no difliculty in consulting 
with some well-informed merchants 
or clerks in the custom-house, who 
you think may have it in_ their 
power to give you some positive in- 
formation, and you will declare the 
sources “from whence you _ haye 
_ dvrawnthatinformation. You willnot 
_ consider this business as forming a 
_ part of your official correspondence, 
- You must, not number it, but you 
gaust content yourself with putting 
761 
at the top of it, as in the projet 
which I enclosed to you, Private Cor- 
respondence. 
To Citizen Fauvelet, at Dublin. 
Private Correspondence. 
Questions. _ 
1. What number of vessels have 
entered and cleared out of the ports 
within your distriét, within each 
year, from 1792 to 1801, inclu- 
sive ? 
2. What is their tonnage, or their 
admeasurement in sea tons of 2000 
AP.? 
3. Under what flag do they navi- 
gate? 
4. From whence they come? 
5. Whither bound ? 
6. With what merchandize freight- 
ed? 
7. What was the price of freight 
to the principal ports of Europe, 
each sea ton of 2000 4 P. S.? 
8. What French productions are 
most in request in the market of the 
town where you reside, as well as 
of the other considerable towns in 
your district ? 
9. Whatis the merchandize which 
can be exported to France with 
greater advantage from the said mar- 
kets than from any other ? 
10. What are the course of ex- 
change, and the current prices of 
merchandize, from three months to 
three months, from the year 1792 to 
1801? 
11. You are required to furnisha - 
plan of the ports of your districts, 
with a specification of the soundings, 
for mooring vessels. 
12. If no plan of the ports can be 
procured, you are to point out with 
what wind vessels can come in and go 
out, and what is the greatest draught 
of 
