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by all the advantages of an ho- 
nourable repose, and by all the 
blessings of a happy tranquillity. 
It is to the duration of peace that 
the Emperor looks forward for 
the accomplishment of his noblest 
intentions. With a disposition to 
respect the rights of other nations, 
his Majesty has the pleasing hope, 
that those of the French nation 
will remain inviolate. 
The maintenance of this pre- 
cious deposit is the first, as it is 
the dearest of his duties.. The 
quiet of the world is for a long 
time assured, if all the other So- 
vereigns are disposed, as his Ma- 
jesty is, to make their honour con- 
sist in the preservation of peace, 
by placing peace under the safe- 
guard of honour. 
Such are, my lord, the senti- 
ments with which his Majesty is 
sincerely animated, and which he 
has commanded me tomake known 
to your government. 
I have the honour, &c.: 
Signed ) 
CAULAINCOURT, 
Duc de Vicence. 
His Excellency Lord 
Castlereagh, &c. 
(No. 2.)—TRANSLATION. 
Letter from M. Caulaincourt to 
Viscount Castlereagh, dated 
. Paris, April 4, 1815. 
My Lord,—The Emperor was 
anxious to express directly to his 
RoyalHighness the Prince Regent, 
the sentiments which inspire him, 
and to make known to him the 
high value which he places on the 
maintenance of the peace happily 
existing between the two coun- _ 
tries. I am commanded, in con- 
, Sequence, my Lord, to address to 
you the annexed letter, and to beg 
ANNUAL RE 
GISTER, 1815. 
your excellency to 
his Royal Highness. 
The first wish of the Emperor 
being, that the repose of Europe 
should remain inviolate, his Ma- 
jesty has been anxious to mani- 
fest this disposition to the Sove- 
reigns who are still assembled at 
Vienna, and to all other Sove- 
present it to 
reigns. ; 
I have the honour to be, &c. 
(Signed) 
CAULAINCOURT, 
Duc de Vicence. 
His Excellency Lord 
Castlereagh, &c. | 
(No. 3.) 
Letter from Viscount Castlereagh 
to M. Caulaincourt. 
Downing-street, April8,1815. 
Sir,—I have been honoured 
with two letters from your Excel- 
lency bearing date the fourth inst. 
from Paris, one of them covering 
a letter addressed to his Royal 
Highness the Prince Regent. 
1 am to acquaint your Excel- 
lency, that the Prince’ Regent has 
declined receiving the letter ad- 
dressed to him, and has, at the 
same time, given me his orders 
to transmit the letters addressed 
by your Excelleney to me, to Vi- 
enna, for the information and 
consideration of the Allied Sove- 
reigns and Plenipotentiaries there 
assembled. 
: Iam, &c. 
CASTLEREAGH. 
The Earl of Clancarty to Viscount 
Castlereagh. . ; 
Vienna, May 6, 1815. 
My Lord,—Adverting to your 
Lordship’s dispatch ‘of _the 8th 
ult, and to its inclosures, convey- 
ing a proposal made by ‘the exist- 
