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self authorized, after the concessions 
they had just made, to refuse them 
time to consider how much further 
they might go? and whether I 
might not reasonably entertain hopes 
that, with a little time, the dif- 
ferences which appeared now to se- 
parate us might vanish ? 
On receiving such a remon- 
strance, I thought it impossible not 
to agree to a renewal of the con- 
ference ; and, after some conversa- 
tion, Thursday was fixed for the day 
of our meeting. 
No. XLV. 
Extract from a Dispatch from Earl 
Spencer to the Earl of Lauderdale, 
dated Downing-street, Sept. Ath, 
1806. 
Downing-street, Sept. 4th, 1806. 
My Lord, 
Iam commanded by his majesty 
to inform your lordship that he is 
pleased to approve entirely the con- 
duct you have held, in the circum- 
stances detailed in your last dis- 
patches, and to express his majesty’s 
satisfaction in the good effect which 
appears to have resulted from it. 
It is proper, however, to remark, 
that as the French plenipotentiaries 
have not bound themselves as yet 
by any written note, nor have, even 
in conversation, agreed to replace 
the negotiation on its true basis ; the 
present appearances of greater faci- 
lity on their part, may probably 
arise only from their desire of keep- 
ing your lordship at Paris, till the 
answer from St. Petersburgh shall 
be received ; an object which your 
Jordship’s last note had shewn theui 
they could no longer accomplish 
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without some departure from the 
ground on which they have hitherto 
stood. . 
If the Russian treaty shall not be 
ratified, his majesty is then, (as I 
have already observed to your lord- 
ship) replaced, with respect to the 
emperor of Russia, in the same si- 
tuation as before the signature of 
M. d'Oubril’s treaty; but with the 
additional tie, which the two courts 
would in that case feel from the 
fresh proofs each will have given to 
the other, of a steady adherence to 
the system of alliance: and it will 
then be necessary that our peace 
shall be so far made dependent on 
that of Russia, as is pointed out in 
the instructions originally given to 
lord Yafnouth, 
Since the above wads written, 
we have received the important in- 
telligence contained in the in- 
dorsed papers *, copies of which f 
‘have thought it necessary to for- 
ward to you, without 4 moment’s 
delay, for your information ; the 
case is already provided for in this 
dispatch, and in the present state of 
our information on the subject, L 
have nothing to add to what is above 
stated. A few days will now pro- 
bably put us in posséssion of the 
further views and intentions of 
Russia, to which reference must of 
course be had in every succeeding 
stage of the negotiation; and as I 
shall lose no time in transmitting to 
your lordship such fresh instructions 
as these may give rise to, so we 
shall be anxious to hear as soon a6 
possible from you, what effect this 
event may produce on the disposi- 
tion of the French government. 
3D3 No. XLVI. 
_® Intelligence of the refusal of the emperor of Russia to ratify M. d’Oubril’s 
Treaty. 
