32 RECOLLECTIONS OF FORTY YEARS. 

 M. de Lesseps to ihe Minister of Foreign Affairs. 



"ROME, May 22, 1849. 



" M. de la Tour d'Auvergne, whom I am sending to 

 Paris, and whom I beg you to send back to me at 

 once, will give you the information which I consider 

 indispensable in the present juncture for the further- 

 ance of our policy. It is impossible for me to furnish 

 you with it by letter, for at this moment my role is 

 altogether an active one, and leaves little time for 

 despatches. The documents annexed form the main 

 elements of the information which M. de la Tour 

 d'Auvergne will be well able to lay before you. I 

 have the utmost confidence in him, and could not be 

 better seconded than I am by him. The documents 

 which he will submit to you are : 



" 1st. A draft of arrangement as modified after the 

 discussions which have taken place with the Commis- 

 sioners of the Eoman Assembly. 



"2nd. 'Note of explanation handed to the Eoman 

 Commissioners and the equivalent of the procts-verbal 

 of the conference. 



" 3rd. Letter addressed to me, on the 19th, by 

 the members of the Triumvirate. 



u 4th. Copy of private letters exchanged on the 

 21st inst. by General Oudinot and myself. 



" 5th. Extracts of a correspondence with Signor 

 Mazzini. 



" 6th. Letter from Commander Espivent, General 



