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tion of France, should not impute 
to their own hatred and injustice, 
this very grandeur and ambition of 
which they accuse her. ‘the power 
of France has only been increased 
by the reiterated efforts to oppress 
her. Nevertheless, whatever infe- 
rences for the future may be drawn 
from the examples of the past, his 
majesty will be ready, should the ne- 
gotiations with England be broken 
off, to renew themin the midst of any 
events. He will be ready to replace 
them on the basis laid in concert with 
the illustrious minister whom England 
has lost, who, having nothing to add 
to his glory, except the reconcilia- 
tion of the two nations, had conceiv- 
ed the hope of accomplishing it, but 
was snatched from the world in the 
midst of his work. 
The undersigned has the honour 
to inform his excellency the earl of 
Lauderdale, that M. de Champagny 
has been authorised to deliver to 
him the passports which he has de- 
manded. 
The undersigned is desirous of 
renewing to his excellency the earl 
of Lauderdale, the assurance of his 
high consideration. 
(Signed) Ch. Mau. Talleyrand, 
Prince of Benevento. 
Third Inclosure (€.) Copy of a note 
from the car! of Lauderdale to M. 
de Champagny, dated October 6, 
~ 1806. A formal demand of pass- 
ports. 
Fourth Inclosure (D.) 
Copy of « Note from the Earl of Lau- 
derdale to M. Talleyrand, dated 
October 6, 1806. 
(Translation.) 
Paris, 6th Oétober, 1806. 
The undersigned minister pleni- 
potentiary of his Britannic majesty 
! 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. 
received late last night the note | 
which his excellency the minister for 
foreign affairs, did him the honour 
to address to him on the first of this 
month. 
The undersigned, learning that 
his excellency M. de Champagny is 
authorised to grant him the pass. 
ports which he has demanded, and 
which he is on the point of receiv- 
ing, cannot refrain from observing 
to his excellency the minister for 
foreign affairs, in answer to his note, 
that he has some difficulty in ima- 
gining from what circumstances his 
excellency has been able to infer, 
*¢ that the British government have 
resolved to forego the prospect of 
peace.” : 
The undersigned was sent to 
France to negotiate a peace, at a 
time when the illustrious minister, 
to whom his excellency has paid so 
just a tribute of praise, presided 
over the department for foreign 
affairs. This great man then acted 
under the full conviétion, that he 
had received from France an offer 
of peace on the~basis of uti possidetis, 
with the sole exception of Hanover 
and of its dependencies, in favour of 
his Britannic majesty. And, not. 
withstanding the success of the 
arms of his Britannic majesty, as 
well in Italy as on the continent 
of South America; and the refusal 
of his majesty the emperor ofall the 
Russias to ratify that treaty, which 
in the cyes of the French govern- 
ment, was equivalent to the most 
splendid viétory ; not one new pro. 
position has been advanced on the 
part ef his majesty, incompatible 
with the principle which was at first 
proposed by the French govern- 
ment, through the channel of the 
earl of Yarmouth, as the basis of 
the negotiation, is not, surely, 
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