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whith England wishes to keep, 
what are those which she will re- 
store to France and her allies, and 
what conquests of France she re- 
quires to be restored. This will 
unfold a system of compensation, 
which may give a clear idea of the 
principles and intentions of the 
British cabinet. The French pleni- 
_potentiaries will then know what 
_ efigagements they contract in adopt. 
Knowing 
ing the basis which is proposed to 
them ; for they can certainly never 
eorsent to this adoption without 
what is demanded of 
them. 
In laying down the principle of 
__ uti posstdetis, have the English ple- 
_ nipotentiaries had it in view to pro- 
_ pose a means of exchange and of 
compensation ? If this is their 
meaning the emperor adopts it, be- 
cause it appears to him conformable 
to the two principles already agreed 
upon by both parties, in the Jetters 
of the French minister for foreign 
' affairs, and of the English secretary 
__ of state for the department of foreign 
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by Mr. 
_ 26th March last, ‘‘ that the object 
affairs, viz. 
Ist, To the principle laid down 
Fox in his letter of the 
of both parties ought to be that the 
peace should be honourable for 
both, and their respective allies ; 
and at the same time of a nature to 
_ifisure, as far as should be in their 
power, the future tranquillity of 
_ Europe.” 
2d, To the principle subjoined to 
_ the preceding by the minister for 
foreign affairs, in his letter of the 
_ 2d June following, which consists 
_ of an acknowledgment, in favour of 
the two parties, of the full right of in- 
tervention and of guaranty in conti- 
nental and in maritime affairs. 
The undersigned talae this oppor- 
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tunity of renewing to their excellen- 
cies the plenipotentiaries of his ma- 
jesty the king of the united kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, the 
assurance of their high considera~ 
tion. 
(Signed) Champagny. 
Clarke, 
Fourth Inclosure (D.) 
This letter declines answering 
the note, and mentions the delay of 
passports, 
Fifth Inclosure(E.)—Is acopy of a 
note from M. Talleyrand, to the 
earls of Lauderdale and Yar- 
mouth, dated August 11, 1806, 
apoligizing for the delay of pass. 
ports, 
Sixth Inclosure (F.) 
Copy of a Note from the Earls of 
Lauderdale and Yarmouth to 
Messrs. Champagny and Clarke, 
dated August 11, 1806. 
(Translation. ) 
Paris, August 11, 1806. 
11 o'clock, P.M. 
The undersigned plenipotel tiaries 
of his Britannic majesty would not 
have delayed their answer to the 
note of this day’s date, addressed to 
them by their excellencies the pleni- 
potentiaries of the French govern. 
ment; but as their reiterated de- 
mands to his excellency the minis- 
ter for foreign affairs for passports 
even for their messenger, remained 
unanswered, they thought it right 
first to ascertain whether they were 
still to enjoy an open and uninter- 
rupted communication with their go. 
vernment, such as,in similar cases, 
has always been permitted by every 
government in Europe. 
The explanations which the un- 
dersigned have received from his exe 
gC 4 cellency 
