affairs, aud the declaration made by 
im to his excellency, that the un- 
Braizved is not authorised to nego- 
tiate otherwise than so as to ensure 
the conclusion of a peace with 
Great Britain and with Russia at 
the same moment ; and, after having 
received, in the official ncte of yes- 
'terday’s date, assurances that the 
French government does not refuse 
the admission of an article, the de- 
‘sign of which shal! be to provide for 
‘ths indispeusable object, the under- 
“signed will make no difficulty in 
“resuming the conferences with their 
-excellencies the French plenipotenti- 
aries, as soon as their excellencies 
‘shall be duly authorised for this 
_ purpose. 
The undersigned has the honour, &c. 
f (Signed) Lauderdale. 
No. LI. 
Extract from a Dispatch from tie 
Eari of Lauderdale to Earl Spen- 
+ cer, dated Paris, September 26, 
1806, Received September 28. 
Nothing material happened after 
the conference with M. ‘Valleyrand, 
which I detailed in my dispatch of 
the 19th instant, till the 22d, when 
‘I received from him a communica. 
_ tion, informing me that the emperor 
having thought General Clarke’s 
“services near his person necessary 
_ in a journey he was about to under- 
take immediately, M. de Champagny 
would be instructed to conduct 
singly, on the part of France, the 
- This communication was made in 
On the 23d, being anxious that 
the negotiation should proceed 
as soon as possible, [ took the 
_ opportunity of M. de Champagny’s 
sending to enquire after my health, 
_ to urge him, in writing, te renew 
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the conference without farther loss 
of time. Your lordship will find a 
copy of my letter (marked C.) toge- 
ther with his answer (marked D.) en- 
closed. 
On the 24th, I received from M. 
Talleyrand an answer to the demand 
I had made jor an explanation on 
the subject of passports, in my 
Jetter of the 22d. This communi- 
cation (marked K.) I think it proper 
also to transmit to your lordship, 
On the 25th, at one o’clock, M. 
de Champagny called on me, as had 
been previously agreed, for the pur- 
pose of renewing the conferences. 
After the usual interchange of 
civilities, he proceeded to say, that, 
to secure peace, the emperor had 
determined to make great sacrifices. 
Ist, That Hanover with its depen- 
dencies should be restored to his 
majesty. 
2d, hat the possession of Malta 
should be confirmed to Great Bri- 
tain. 
3d, That France would interfere 
with Holland to confirm to his ma- 
jesty the absolute possession of the 
Cape. 
4th, That the emperor would con- 
firm to his majesty the possession of 
Pondicherry, Chandernagore, Ma-~ 
hee, and the other dependent comp- 
toirs. 
oth, That as Tobago was origin. 
ally settled by the English, it was 
meant also to give that island to the 
crown of Great Britain. 
To all this he added, that what 
he had now said, proceeded on the 
supposition, that Sicily was to be 
ceded, and that the French govern. 
ment proposed that his Sicilian ma. 
jesty should have, as indemnity, not 
only the Balearic Islands, but should 
also receive an annuity from the 
court of Spain to enable him to sup- 
port his dignity, 
I here 
