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I here interrupted him, express- 
ing my surprise, after the full expla- 
nation I had with M.Talleyrand on 
that very point, that the possibility 
of our giving up Sicily should be 
mentioned again; that the guaran- 
tee of it to the king of the Two Sici- 
lies was as much an objeét with 
England as M. Talleyrand knew it 
to be with Russia; and that L was 
happy to take that opportunity of 
stating to him fairly, that I felt my- 
self bound to consider the obtaining 
for Russia the arrangement which 
she desired, as an object more inter- 
esting if possible to England, than 
those points which might be consi. 
dered as peculiarly connected with 
her own interests, 
He informed me, that there was 
no clause in his instructions empow- 
ering him to hear me on the part of 
Russia: but that he had even seen 
M. 'Talleyrand’s note to me, and, 
being satisfied that this was an acci- 
dental omission, which would be 
forthwith remedied, he had no ob- 
jection to proceed, as if such a 
clause had been inserted. 
It was agreed that I should go to 
him to-day attwo o’clock, te renew 
the conference. 
First Inclosure (A.)—Is a Copy of 
a Note from M. Talleyrand to the 
Earl of Lauderdale, dated Sep- 
tember 22d, 1806, announcing the 
intention of General Clarke and 
himself to follow the Emperor, 
and proposes to correspond with 
Lord L. 
Second Inclosure (B.)—Is a Copy of 
a Note from the Earl of Lauder- 
dale, dated September 22, 1806, 
requesting to be furnished with 
passports, &c. for messengers in 
the absence of M, Talleyrand. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. 
Third Inclosare (C.)—Is a Copy of 
a Note from the Earl of Lauder-— 
dale to M. de Champagny, dated 
September 23, 1806, requesting 
the appointment of a meeting. 
Fourth Inclosure(D.)—Is a Copy of © 
anote from M. de Champagny to 
the earl of Lauderdale, dated Sep- 
tember 23, 1806. Appoints 
Thursday next as the first day M. 
Champagny would have leisure. 
Fifth Inclosure (E.)—Isa Copy of a 
note from M. Talleyrand to the 
ear] of Lauderdale, dated Septem- 
ber 24, 1806. Formal, containing 
passports, &c. 
No. LII. 
Copy uf « Dispatch from the Earl of 
Lauderdale to Earl Spencer, dated 
September 26, 1806.—Received 
September 28. 
Paris, September 26, 1806. 
My Lorp, 
In conformity with my engage- 
ment made yesterday, which I had 
the honour of mentioning to your 
lordship in my former dispatch of 
this date, | waited on M. Champag. 
ny this afternoon at two o’clock. 
He informed me, that the acciden- 
tal omission in his instruétions had 
been. remedied, and that he had now 
powers to talk with me on the inte- 
rests of Russia, with a view to ar- 
range the conditions on which 
France would make peace with that 
country : but he, at the same time, 
proposed, that we should, in the first 
instance, talk over the terms of 
peace between France and England. 
I observed, that as the greatest 
difficulties in our last conference 
seemed to arise from the conditions 
that 1 had proposed as necessary to. 
be granted to Russia; and, as Eng- 
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