STATE PAPERS. 
‘of any thing inconsistent with the 
‘principle of good faith to which his 
‘majesty must in substance adhere ; 
“butin such form as may best facili- 
tate the great work of peace. 
f Iam, &c, 
2 No. XIX. 
Extract from a Dispatch from the 
| Earl of Yarmouth,to Mr. Secretary 
Fox, dated Paris, July 9, 1806.— 
~ Received July 12. 
zs Paris, July 9, 1806. 
Sir, 
I had the henour to receive your 
‘dispatch of the 5th instant carly 
“yesterday morning, and as soon as 
‘possible after waited upon M. Tal- 
leyrand to communicate to him that 
the offer made by france was by no 
_ means admissible, and that 1 had no 
authority to listen to any proposals 
whatsoever for the restoration of 
peace till he should desist from all 
_ pretensions to the island of Sicily. 
_ M. Talleyrand not being willing 
tomake any such declaration,I asked 
_ him to give me a passport to return 
to London: he desired me to wait 
“one day, till he should again have 
taken the emperor’s orders. 
 Laccordingly returned this morn- 
ing, when he desired me to propose 
Dalmatia, Albania, and Ragusa, as, 
indemnity for the loss of Sici- 
to his Sicilian majesty ; to this 
answered that as a messenger was 
returning L should communicate this 
roposition, but thatit by no means 
wuthorized me to expect an answer, 
and therefore I must beg leave to 
 feturn to England. 
Had M. d’Oubril not been here I 
should immediately have insisted on 
_ passports. 
-_ I must now inform you that on 
Monday, M. Talleyrand took me 
aside and told me that the tele- 
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graph announced the landing of 
Basilico, expressing at the same time 
a wish that the dispatches he would 
bring might lead to peace. I answer- 
ed that I could expect no such result 
whilst France demanded Sicily ; and 
added, that if 1 might believe public 
report, the emperor, so far from 
shewing any pacific disposition,every 
day threw new obstacles in the 
way. 
1 thenmentioned the changes in 
Germany. M.Talleyrand said that 
they were determined upon but 
should not be published if peace took 
place. Hehas since repeated this 
to M. d’Oubril and myself, saying 
if peace was made, Germany should 
remain in its present state. 
M. d’Oubril writes both to you 
and to the comte de Strogonoff ; 
his letters will probably. contain 
more than mine, as | conversed very 
little with M. Talleyrand. I felt 
on verydelicate ground. Had Ten- 
tered sufficiently into the question of 
indemnities for the king of Sicily, to 
obtain a precise idea to what extent 
they could be carried, monsieur de 
Talleyrand might have formed an 
opinion that L had some instruction, 
and was prepared to abandon Sicily 
whenever I was assured of sufficient 
compensation, 
Now XX. 
Extract frem a Dispatch from Mr. 
Secretary Fox to the Earl of Yar- 
mouth, dated Downing-Street, July 
18, 1800. 
Downing-street, July 18, 1806. 
Myx Lorp, 
Your lordship’s last dispatches 
have been received, and considered 
with all the attention which their 
importance naturally demanded. 
It is unnecessary for me to recal 
to your lordship’s recollection that 
the 
