STATE) PAPERS: 
him instantly to announce by the 
telegraph, that [shall leave Paris on 
Thursday morning. 
i have taken this step, because it 
occurred to me that government be- 
ing thus in possession of the intelli- 
gence, that the negotiation is at an 
end, ten hours before it can reach 
London, they may have it in their 
power to take the most prudent 
_ means to make the faét public. 
I have the honour to be, &c. 
(Signed) Lauderdale. 
First Inclosure (A.) Copy of a note 
from M. de Champagny to the 
earl of Lauderdale, dated Oéo- 
ber 5th, 1806. Formal. 
Second Inclosure (B.) 
Copy of a Note from M. Talleyrand 
to the Eurl of Lauderdale, dated 
Mentz, October 1, 1806. 
(Translation. ) 
The undersigned, minister for fo- 
reign afiairs, has laid before his ma- 
jesty, the emperor, king of italy, the 
note which his excellency the earl 
of Lauderdale, minister plenipoten. 
tiary from his Britaunic majesty, did 
him the honour to address to him on 
the 26th of this month. 
_ His majesty, after having, from a 
desire of peace, listened to every 
proposition which could have. ren- 
dered it durable, and of reciprocal 
advantage to the two contracting 
powers, and fo their allies, will sce 
with pain the rupture of a negotia- 
tion, to which his own disposition 
_had Jed him to hope a more favour- 
_ able conclusion. 
_binet is resolved to forego the pros- 
If the English ca. 
pect of a peace, and, if his Britannic 
_Majesty’s minister plenipotentiary 
_ must depart from France, his majes- 
_ ty still flatters himself, that the Eng. 
lish cabinet, and Jord Lauderdale 
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will, when they shall measuretheextent 
of thesacrifices which he was disposed 
to make, in order to facilitate the re- 
turn of a sincere reconciliation, be 
convinced that his majesty, in order 
to promote the happiness of the 
world, would not: hesitate between 
any advantages, in comparison with 
those to be expeéted from peace, 
and that the desire to insure ifs be- 
nefits to his people, could alone have 
determined his paternal heart to 
make sacrifices, not only of self love 
but of power, more considerable 
than even the opinion of the English 
nation could have pointed out in the 
midst of a war, in which he had ob- 
tained constant advantages, without 
any mixture of reverse. If, how- 
ever, it is the destiny of the empe- 
ror, and of the French nation, still 
to live in the midst of the wars and 
tumults, which the policy and influ- 
ence of England have raised, his ma- 
jesty, having done every thing to put 
a stop to the calamities of war, find- 
ing himself deceived in his dearest 
hopes, relies on the justice of his 
cause, on the courage, the affection, 
the power of his people. At the 
same time calling to mind the dispos 
sitions which he has_ expressed 
throughout the negotiation, his ma- 
jesty cannot see but with regret, 
that England, who might have 
strengthened and confirmed her vast 
power by the blessings of peace, the 
want of which is felt by the present 
generation, and by the English peo- 
ple, as well as all others, willingly 
suffers the most favourable opportu. 
nity of concluding it to pass by :— 
The event will disclose whether a 
new coalition will be more disadvan. 
tageous to France than those whieh 
have preceded it. ‘The event will 
also disclose, whether those who 
complain of the grandcur and ambi- 
ye Les tion 
