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day—1 received him alone in my 
closet; when, after some unimpor- 
~ tant conversation, this villain had 
the audacity to tell me, that it was 
_ necessary for the tranquillity of all 
crowned heads to put to death the 
- Ruler of France; and that for this 
purpose, a house had been hired at 
Passy, from which this detestable 
project could be carried into effect 
with certainty, and without risk. I 
did not perfectly understand if it 
was to be done by a common mus- 
ket, or by fire arms upon a new 
principle. 
I am not ashamed to confess to 
you, sir, who know me, that my con- 
fusion was extreme, in thus finding 
myself* /ed into a conversation with 
an avowed assassin; I instantly or- 
dered him to leave me, giving, at 
the same time, orders to the police 
officer who accompanied him, to 
send him out of the kingdom as soon 
as possible. 
_ After having more attentively re- 
flected upon ‘what I had done, I 
saw my error in having suffered 
him to depart without having pre- 
viously informed you of the circum. 
stance, and I Se him to be de- 
tained. 
It is probable that all this is un- 
founded, and that the wretch had 
nothing more in view than to make 
himself of consequence, by promis- 
ing what, according to his ideas, 
would afford me satisfaction. 
At all events, I thought it right 
to acquaint you with what had hap- 
pened, before I sent him away. 
Our laws do not permit us to detain 
him long ; but he shall not be sent 
away till after you shall have had 
full time to take precautions against 
- kis attempts, supposing him still 
to entertain bad designs; and 
when he goes, I shall take care to 
haye him Janded at a seaport as re. 
mote as possible from I*rance. 
He calls himself here, Guillet de, 
la Gevrilliere, but I think it is a 
false name which he has assumed. 
At his first entrance, I did him 
the honour to believe him to bea 
spy. 
{ have the honour to be, with 
the most perfect attachment, 
Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
(Sigued) C. J. Fox. 
No. II. 
Letter from M. Talleyrand to Mr. 
Secretary Fox, dated Paris, Mar. 
5, 1806.—Recetbed Mar. 19. 
(Translation. ) 
Paris, 5th March, 1806. 
Sir, 
I have laid your excellency’s Iet- 
ter before his majesty. His first 
words, after having read it were, 
‘¢¢ T recognize here the principles of 
honour and of virtue, by which Mr, 
Fox has ever been actuated. Thank 
him on my part.’ I will not allow 
myself, sir, to add any thing to the 
expressions of his imperial and royal 
majesty. I. only request you to 
accept the assurances of my distin- 
guished consideration. 
(Signed) Ch. Mau. Talleyrand. 
No. III, 
Extract from a Letter from M. Tal. 
leyrand to Mr. Secretary Fox, 
dated Paris, March 5, 1806.—. 
Received Mar. 19. 
( Translation.) 
Paris, 5th March, 1806. 
It may be agreeable to you to re- 
ceive news from this country. 
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* The original is dans le eas de converser, in the act of conversing. 
