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wait the arrival of the person allud- 
ed to, and for whom [I have the ho- 
nour to enclose the necessary pass- 
port which I have this moment re- 
ceived. 
Mr. Geddard, whom a long resi- 
dence in France, independent of his 
abilities and correct information on 
what has passed here, renders entire- 
ly able to give his majesty’s ministers 
every explanation they may wish for, 
is so goodas to take this dispatch 
with him to England, where he is re- 
turning at the end of his long capti- 
yity in this country. 
} have the honour to be, sir, &c. 
Yarmouth. 
No. XXIX. 
Copy of a Dispatch from Mr. Secre- 
tary For ta the Earl of Yar haan, 
dated Downing-street, August 2d. 
1806. 
Downing street, August 2, 1806. 
My Lorn, 
Mr. Goddard arrived here yester- 
day evening with your lordship’s dis- 
patch of the 30th July. 
His majesty’s servants always did 
justice to the motives which mduced 
your lordship to produce your full 
powers, though the step is one of 
which it is not possible for them to 
» express approbation, thinking it, as 
they do, likely to have given so 
much more countenance than was 
‘desirable to the new and ee 
demands of France. 
The full powers which eed Lau- 
derdale carries with him, are drawn 
jointly in his name and. your Jord- 
ship’s. ‘In the present disposition 
of the French government, there is, 
} fear, little probability, that peace 
can be concluded on such terms as 
are alone admissible. The trial 
should, however, be made with 
frankness and good faith ; and it is 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1806. 
with this view, that his majesty has % 
been pleased to direct that the earl 
of Lauderdale should proceed to | 
Paris, notwithstanding the present — 
unfavourable aspect of the negotia- — 
tion. His instructions your lord= — 
ship will consider as equally ad- — 
dressed to yourself, and as the rule 
of your conduct in any conferences — 
which, in conjunction with him, you | 
may have with monsieur Talleyrand, 
or general Clarke; and, in any © 
point of doubt that may occur, it is — 
his majesty’s pleasure that your 
lordship should be guided by Jord 
Lauderdale’s opinion, formed, as it — 
will be, on the fullest knowledge of © 
the sentiments and views of his ma- 
jesty’s government. :q 
Tam, &c. _ 
(Signed) C. J. Fox. 
No. XXX. 
Copy of a Dispatch from’ Mr. Secre- 
tary Fox to the Earl of Yarmouth, 
dated Downing-street, Aug. ad, 
1806. 
Downing-street, August 3, 1806. 
My Lorn, 
I was unwilling to detain lord 
Lauderdale for the purpose of reply- 
ing particularly to the unfounded 
allegations of M. Talieyrand, which 
you have recapitulated in your dis- 
patch of the 30th ult. But some 
points are there mentioned, which 
cannot be left without an answer, 
such, indeed, as I trust your lord- 
ship has already given to them. 
It is true, as stated by that minis- 
ter, that when the demand was made 
for lord Lauderdale’s passport, there 
still remained here a blank passport, 
one of the two sent here some time 
before your lordship’s arrival, when 
it had been proposed to us to treat 
separately from Russia. ‘That pro- 
posal having fallen to the aie 
the 
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