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that the clerks had only just arrived, 
and that M. Talleyrand was gone to 
St. Cloud, not to return till four 
o'clock. 
At half after five we received from 
Messrs, Clarke and Champagny an 
official note (marked C.) Immedi- 
ately upon the receipt of this note, 
we wrote the inclosure (marked D.) 
to M, Talleyrand, and received from 
him at nine o’clock an answer 
(marked E.), which is also inclosed. 
The inclosure (marked F.) is the 
reply to the official note which we 
intend to send the momentit can be 
copied. 
Addition by the earl of Yarmouth. 
Ag the French government has in 
every instance admitted the exact- 
ness of the communications made by 
me, I beg leave, in addition to this 
dispatch, to remark that the inten- 
tion expressed to me by the French 
government, as that which made 
them prefer communicating through 
my channel rather than on paper, 
was the expressing to his majesty’s 
government their readiness to restore 
bis majesty’s German dominions én 
foto, but that for obvious reasons 
this could not be expressed on paper 
till every other condition of the 
treaty should be settled. 
First Inclosure (A.) is a Copy of a 
Note from the Karls of Lauderdale 
and Yarmouth to M. Talleyrand, 
- dated August 10,1806, demanding 
passports. 
Second Inclosure (B.) is a Copy ofa 
Note from the Earls of Lauder- 
dale and Yarmouth to M. Talley. 
rand, dated August 11, 1806,— 
Stating that passports were de- 
manded for themselves on two 
several days, and no answer re- 
‘ ceived, and renewing the demand, 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. 
Third Inclosure (C.) - 
Copy of a Note from Messrs. Cham- 
pagny and Clarke to the Earls of 
Lauderdale and Yarmouth, dateg 
August 11, 1806. 
( Translation.) 
Paris, August 11, 1806, 
The undersigned ministers pleni-+ 
potentiary of his majesty the em- 
peror of the French, king of Italy, 
have read with attention the note 
dated the 9th of August, addressed 
to them by their excellencies the 
plenipotentiaries of his majesty the 
king of the united kingdoms of 
Great Britain and Ireland, in which 
they again propose the uti possidetis 
as the basis of the negotiation. 
The French _ plenipotentiaries, 
know not, whether, by the adop- 
tion of this principle, England would 
obtain the right of exacting from. 
the French government for herself 
and her allies, every restitution 
which may suit her convenience, 
without being bound to make any 
restitution to France and her allies 
of the conquests which she has 
made. This demand would. be so 
extraordinary, that it would be 
equivalent to saying that France 
should sign all the conditions which 
it may please the English plenipo- 
tentiaries to commit to writing. 
One cannot suppose that such is 
really the intention of the English 
ministry. They have not sent,over 
plenipetentiaries for the sole pur- 
pose of requiring the admission of 
an indefinite basis, which would 
render them masters of all the con- 
ditions of the treaty. In a. state of 
things so obscure, the French ples 
nipotentiaries demand such expla. 
nations as may enable them to un- 
derstand, and to proceed in the 
negotiation, These consistin mak- 
ing: known what are the conquests 
which 
