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cated to M. Tallcyrand on the 2ist 
of July, 1806, and exchanged with 
General Clarke, the French Pleni- 
potentiary, on the 23d, 
No. XXV. 
Extract from a Dispatch from the 
Earl of Yarmouth to Mr. Seere- 
tary Kou, dated Paris, July 24, 
1806.—Received July 28. 
Sir,: Paris, July 24, 1806. 
T had the honour to send, by M. 
de Longuinoff, dispatches, acquaint- 
ing you, for his majesty’s informa- 
tion, of the peace signed between 
the Russian and French plenipoten- 
tiaries, and with as accurate a state- 
ment of the terms as I was able to 
obtain. M. d’Oubril himself set 
out for Petersburgh carly on the 
morning of the 22d. 
On the 22d | reecived the official 
notification of the appointment of 
general Clarke to treat on the part 
of France, (a copy of which I have 
the honour to inclose, marked A.) 
preceded by a private communica- 
tion from M. Talleyrand, saying, 
that the Russian peace being signed, 
and theseason of the year favourable 
to the accomplishment of the ulterior 
views of France, no arrangement, 
which might remove for some weeks, 
or even months, a definitive treaty, 
could now take place. 
I answered the official note 
(marked A.) with one, a copy of 
which lL enclose (marked B.) 
In the evening general Clarke pro- 
posed a\ conference for the following 
morning, at which we should mu- 
tually exchange our full powers. 
We accordingly did so, and 1 have 
the honour to inclose (marked C.) 
a copy of those ef general Clarke. 
This conference began by an his- 
torical recapitulation of what had 
previously passed, general Clarke 
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saying, he had not yet received hig — 
final instructions on all the different 
points-in discussion ; it was therefore 
agreed to adjourn the conference to — 
this day, when each should come | 
prepared with a memorandum of the 
intentions of his government, found- 
ed on what had already passed ; 
general Clarke at the same time de- 
claring, that a separate peace with 
Russia was to be considered equal, 
or superior, in the present circum. 
stances of the world, to any great 
success in war, and consequently as 
entitling France to terms much more 
advantageous than those to which _ 
she would have subscribed some 
days ago. This was accompanied 
by some animadversions on the con~ 
duct ofeRussia, to which I could 
only answer, that I felt’ it my duty 
to abstain from any remark, and 
should, therefore, be entirely silent 
upon that subject: but that [ could 
assure him, that if any intention ex- 
isted of making any change in the 
great points upon which we had had » 
such positive, though certainly not 
official, assurances, namely, his ma- 
jesty’s German dominions, Malta, 
and the Cape, I must consider the 
negotiation as stopped én Limine, and 
that there would: remain only for 
me to return to England, and ac- 
quaint the king, that no peace, con- 
sistent with his majesty’s honour, or 
that of the country, could be made. | 
General Clarke reverted to his want 
of full instructions, and promised to 
meet me, properly prepared, the 
next day. 
At three o’clock this day I again 
met general Clarke, when I read a 
paper, a copy of which Ivhave the 
honour to inclose (marked D.) con-. 
taining the abstract of what I. had 
always: stated to be the basis’ and 
terms of which his majesty could 
alone 
