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STATE; PAPERS 
ment, I could not acquit myself of 
trifling, if I should remain any 
longer to carry on what I must con- 
sider as a farce. 
After a full consideration of all 
that has taken place, I have, there- 
fore, this morning, resolved to bring 
_ things to a point, by delivering to 
the plenipotentiaries of France, the 
detailed note, of which I inclose a 
copy (marked D.) 
Tam, &e. 
(Signed) Lauderdale. 
First Inclosure (A.) 
Copy of a Note from Messrs. Cham- 
pagny and Clarke to the Earl of 
Lauderdale, dated August 25th, - 
1806. 
(Translation, ) 
Paris, 25th August, 1806. 
The plenipotentiaries of Kis ma- 
jesty the emperor of the French, 
king of Italy, wishing to confer 
with his excellency the earl of Lau- 
derdale, his Britannic majesty’s ple- 
nipotentiary, upon the subject of 
_the last note* his excellency ad- 
dressed to them, request his lord- 
ship will call at the office of the 
ister of the interior to-mor- 
row, about three o’clock in the 
afternoon, where they will meet, 
provided the hour is convenient to 
_ his excellency. 
M. de Champagny has the honour 
ef inviting the earl of Lauderdale 
to dine with him after the confer. 
ence, and hopes that his excellency 
will bring with him to dinner, 
Messrs. Goddard, Stewart, and 
’ Maddison. 
The French plenipotentiaries 
have the honour of repeating, to his 
excellency lord Lauderdale, the 
Vou. XLVIII. 
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assurances of their high conside« 
ration. 
(Signed) Champagny. 
Clarke. 
Second Inclosure (B.) —Is a Copy 
of a Note from the Earl of 
Lauderdale to Messrs. Champagny 
and Clarke, dated Aug. 25, 1806. 
—Unimportant. 
Third Inclosure (C.) 
Copy of a Note from the Earl of 
Lauderdale to M.. Talleyrand, 
dated Paris, 27th August, 1806. 
(Translation. ) 
Sir, Paris, Aug. 27, 1806. 
I called yesterday evening at your — 
excellency’s house, that 1 might 
have the honour of seeing you, and 
informing you that, in consequence 
of the request which was yesterday 
made to me by their excellencies the 
French plenipotentiaries, of another 
conference on Friday next, the 29th 
inst. Ihave postponed my demand 
for passports, which I intended to 
make this day to your excellency. 
Their excellencies the French pleni- 
potentiaries appeared to attach so 
much importance to my consenting 
to another interview, that I gave 
with pleasure this new pledge of the 
pacific and conciliatory spirit by 
which IJ have ever been guided ; and 
if I cannot flatter myself that there 
will result from this demand the 
prospect of a happy issue to the ne~ 
gotiation, [ shall at least have the 
satisfaction of having again mani- 
fested, in the most unequivocal man. 
ner, how much my personal senti- 
ments agree in this respect with 
those of my government, and with 
what 
* Lord Lauderdale’s note of the 11th inst. vide p, 759, 
