TAA 
That dispatch was received here 
on the 12th ; and on the 17th, in di- 
rect violation of these assurances, in 
which ever form they were convey- 
ed, ithe German treaties were both 
signed and published, 
They must of course haye been 
prepared at least one day before. 
What M. Talleyrand therefore calls 
a reasonable time allowed to your 
lordship to consult your government, 
was, at the most, twenty-four hours, 
even supposing the utmost possible 
expedition to be made by the mes- 
Sengers to and from England, and no 
accident or delay to occur by laud 
or sea. ‘These dates will undoubt- 
edly not have escaped your lord- 
ship’s attention, and will have ena- 
bled you to refute, in the most deci« 
sivemanner, the unfounded pretences 
by which the French government 
seeks to attribute to delays on our 
pari, the resulis of its own injustice, 
and repeated breach of promise. 
The whole of our intercourse with 
France, hears indeed so different a 
character from that of delay, and 
the whole of the king’s conduct in 
this, as in every other instance, is 
marked by so many striking proofs, 
of his desire to avert, even by the 
greatest sacrifices, such calamities as 
he is now accused of preducing, 
that your lordship may, perhaps, 
have felt it less necessary to enter 
into a particular refutation of such 
a charge. 
But after the experience which, 
in this negotiation, we have had of 
the conduct of the French govern- 
ment, itis of the highest consequence 
not to suifer such imputations to 
pass unnoticed, and, by disregard, 
to acquire strength and currency. 
Of the subsequent proceedings, 
no explanation can be necessary. 
Tt had not been decided here, 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. 
that in the event of the signature 
of the Russian treaty, the negotia- 
tion on the part of this country 
should be pursued on any other ba- 
sis but that of the strict uti possidetis, 
with the exception of Hanover,— 
The resolution of admitting even 
the possibility of equivalent for Si- 
cily, had been adopted only in con. 
sequence of M. d’Qubril’s desire, 
and in order to maintain, if it had 
been possible, the union of council 
aud measures between Great Britain 
and Russia, 
Bot by the production of your 
lordship’s full powers, his majesty 
was in some sort pledged to continue 
the negotiation, It was then judged 
proper, that a fresh negotiator 
Should be added to your lordship, 
and not an instant has been lost in 
giving eficet to that determination ; 
nor has any considerable delay oc- 
curred on this side the water, except 
in the single point respecting the 
passport, which T have explained in 
the outset of this dispatch, 
‘Lam, &c. 
(Signed) C. J. Fox. 
No. XXXI. 
Copy of a Dispatch from the Earl of 
_ Lauderdale to Mr. Secretary Fox, 
dated Paris, August 6, 1806.— 
Received August 13. 
Paris, 6th Aug. 1806.—9 o’clock. 
A.M, ; 
Sir, 
The desire expressed by commo- 
dore Owen, in the uncertain state of 
the weather, to get off the coast of 
France as soon as possible, prevented 
me from detaining the boat, for the 
purpose of announcing to you my 
arrival at Calais. 
After a very quick passage in his 
majesty’s frigate the Clyde, J bop 
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