764 
mentioned tothe minister for forcign 
affairs his majesty’s permission to 
lord Yarmouth to return to Eng. 
Jand seemed to me calculated to af- 
ford as little opportunity as pos- 
sible to the French government to 
cavil about a change of form in the 
mission. 
I think it proper to add, that in 
doing this, every facility was afford. 
ed by lord Yarmouth, who in the 
handsomest manner desired me on 
this,as on other occasions, to con- 
sider Only what J thought most ad. 
vantageous for the public service. 
I have the hononr to be, Sir, &c. 
Lauderdale. 
Inclosure in No. 46.—Is a copy of 
a note from the earl of Lauder- 
dale to M. Talleyrand, dated 
August 17, 1806, announces lord 
Yarmouth’s intention to return to 
Fingland with his majesty’s assent, 
and lord Lauderdale’s remaining. 
No, XLI. 
Extract from a Dispatch from Mr. 
Sccretary For to the Earl of 
Lauderdale, dated Downing-strect, 
August 23, 1806. 
Downing-strect, Augast 23, 1806. 
My Lord, 
The contents of your last dis- 
patches do not appear to require 
_ any particular answer, and this mes- 
senger is sentback only that you may 
be enabled to keep us regularly in- 
formed: (so long as you shall still 
continue at Paris) of the stato of the 
negotiation there. 
If, on thé arrival of any intelli- 
gence of the decisioh of Russia not 
‘to ratify without the consent of this 
court, the. French goveromeat 
should increase their offers in order 
to separate his majesty from the em. 
peror of Russia, your lordship is on 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. “ 
all such occasions to observe, that if” 
is M. d’Oubril’s treaty alone that. 
has released his majesty from the 
obligation not to separate in sub- 
stance his treaty from that of Russia; — 
an obligation to which his majesty 
had determined scrupulously to ad- 
here, and from which, even in point — 
of form, he had departed no farther ~ 
_than he had learnt to be the wish of 
Russia herself. Should, therefore, 
M. d’Oubril’s treaty not be ratified, — 
the two courts wouldrevert to their 
former situation, with the additional 
bond of union which would result 
from the mutual proofs they would 
thus have afforded to each other of: 
their resolution to adhere invari- 
ably to the spirit and principles of 
their alliance. 
No. XLII. 
Copy of a Dispatch from Lord Lau. 
derdale to Mr. Secretary For, | 
dated Paris, August 25, 1806.— 
Received September 3. 
Sir, Paris, August 25, 1806. 
In my dispatch of the 16th in- 
stant, 1 had the honour of trans- 
mitting to you a copy ofa letter 
sent by Jord Yarmouth and myself, 
on the 14th instant, to the minister 
of foreign affairs. 
{ have now to inform you that 
my desire to combine with firmness 
the utmost degree of forbearance ~ 
that appeared to me consistent with 
the character with which his ma- 
jesty has been pleased to invest me, 
induced me patiently to suffer the 
silence of zhc French government, 
without remark, from the 14th till 
the 22d, when I transmitted to the 
minister for foreign affairs a note, 
of which I have the honour to in- 
close you a copy, marked (A.) 
No notice having been taken of 
this note by his excellency, I have 
this 
