this morning sent a second note, of 
which 1 have also the honour to in- 
close acopy, marked (B.) ' 
I have the honour to be, &c. 
: (Signed) Lauderdale. 
The right hon. C. J. Fox. 
First Inclosure (A.) 
Copy of a Note from the Earl of 
_ Lauderdale to M. Talleyrand, 
"dated August 22, 1806. 
(Translation.) 
Paris, August 22, 1806. 
2 ie 
Sir, 
The undersigned, minister pleni- 
Bitcntiary of his Britannie majesty, 
finds himself under the necessity, of 
calling to the attention of his ex- 
ellency the minister for foreign af- 
ics ; :. 
ist, That in the morning of the 
‘12th instant, a note, signed by the 
‘undersigned and the earl of Yar- 
mouth, and dated the 11th, was 
transmitted to his excellency general 
Clarke, in which the undersigned 
observed, ‘‘ The British govern- 
ment, far from pretending to exact 
from the French government every 
‘restitution which may suit their con- 
‘Yenience, without being bound to 
make any restitution to France, 
ever expressed any other wish than 
at of treating with the French go- 
Be on the basis which was 
proposed to her by France herselt ; 
it is expressed i in the note of lord 
Tastes viz. to treat generally 
ipon the basis of uéz possidetis, which 
was to be scrupulously observed, 
except in the case of Hanover, which 
‘Was proposed to be ceded to his Bri- 
ba majesty, with all its depen- 
neies. ‘They must also observe, 
that if it were possible to mistake 
the result which would necessarily 
follow from this principle, the ver- 
discussions which took place on 
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the 9th instant, between the French 
plenipotentiaries and the undersign- 
ed, leave no room for doubt, whe- 
ther the proposition thus laid down 
was perfecily understood by those 
plenipotentiaries. 
‘¢ The undersigned have, there- 
fore, only to repeat, that they can- 
not, consistently with the instruc- 
tions of their government, do other- 
wise than insist upon the previous 
recognition of this principle. It is 
on this condition alone that they are 
authorized to continue the negotia- 
tion.” 
Qndly, That on the 14th instant, 
the undersigned, together with ‘the 
earl of Yarmouth, had again the ho- 
nour to state in writing to his excel- 
lency the minister for foreign affairs, 
‘¢ The silence of their excellencies, 
the plenipotentiaries, in this respect, 
gives us reason to presume that we 
must not, at the present moment, 
expect such an explanation on_ their 
part. 
‘¢ Impressed with this idea, we 
desire to put an end to the general 
expectation of both nations, consi- 
dering the slight appearanee there is 
of seeing it realized. We feel that 
the demand which we make, under 
such circumstances, of passports for 
our return, may be susceptible of 
interpretations of a nature to retard 
the happy moment, when the views 
of the French government shall ap- 
proach nearer to those whith it had 
been supposed to entertain. It ia 
in order to prevent the possibility of 
such a misinterpretation, that we 
think it incumbent on us to assure 
your excellency, that a step which 
would have the effeét of causing any 
obstacle to the renewal of the nego- 
tiation, would be very far from our 
intention, though, from the reasons 
which we have detailed, we find our- 
Selves 
