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the French government. The gene- 
ral result of what passed, nnpressed 
me with the conviétion, that the 
French plenipotentiaries no longer 
thought on making peace, upon the 
grounds of which Trance was un- 
derstood to desire it, at the time of 
Jord Yarmouth’s communication ; 
and I am confident, that the part I 
bore in the discussion, thoroughly 
satisfied them, that I was resolved 
firmly to adhere to the ground 
which I had taken in the note of the 
11th, on which f was invited to hear 
their remarks. 
The hour of dinner terminated 
our conference, a renewal of which, 
on any day I should name, was, af, 
ter dinner, anxiously solicited by M. 
de Champagny. I objected to it, as 
apparently unnecessary, and only 
calculated to protraét my stay in this 
country, to ne purpose ; but, before 
I left him, expressed my willingness 
tocomply once more with the wishes 
of the French plenipotentiaries, as a 
farther mark of my anxiety to do 
any thing which even they could 
think had a tendency to produce 
that peace, which his majesty was so 
anxious to accomplish on equitable 
terms : and another meeting was fix- 
ed, to take place on Friday the 29th 
at three o’clock. 
Late on the evening of the 26th, 
J waited on the minister for foreign 
affairs, for the purpose of informing 
him, that, at the request of the ple- 
nipotentiaries of France, I had a- 
greed to a renewal of the conference. 
He had gone to St. Cloud, and, as 
by the minister’s absence, I had no 
opportunity of explaining my rea- 
sons for not waiting on him, for the 
purpose of asking passports, as an- 
nounced in my note of the 25th, I 
thought it right, early next morning 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. 
‘that, within eight and forty hours, 
to send a letter, of which a copy is 
inclosed, (marked C.) ty 
On the 27th, after dinner, I had a’ 
very long conference with the minis- 
ter for foreign affairs, the substance 
of which confirmed me in the opini- 
on I had antecedently formed, in 
consequence Of what passed at the 
meeting with the plenipotentiaries of 
France, that there is at present no 
disposition to make peace on the 
terms tendered for his majesty’s ac« 
ceptance; and I am convinced you 
will have the same impression, when 
I state to you that M. Talleyrand, 
in the course of our conversation, 
repeatedly made use of the following 
marked expression : ** Jamais ? Em. 
pereur ne cedera un grain de pous- 
siere du territoire Francois.” 
In the course of this conference, 
the minister frequently alluded to 
the situation of Hanover, and stated 
its fate must be determined for ever, 
He seemed much surprised that no. 
thing appeared to make any impres- 
sion on me, frequently repeating, 
that, in getting the Cape, Malta, and 
his majesty’s Hanoverian dominions, 
1] should make a glorious peace; and 
assuring me, that if this opportunity 
should be lost, he did. not foresee 
any means by which peace could 
be ever attained, as the emperor was 
determined to make war all his life, 
rather than yield any part of the ter- 
ritory of France, the integrity of 
which he had sworn to maintain. 
Our conversation ended, by my 
assuring him, at the time I was about 
to retire, that while these sentiments 
continued to prevail in this country, 
it was impossible peace should be 
made, and that, with the knowledge 
I now possessed of the opinions en- 
tertained by the French govern- 
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