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Monthly Chronicle.
which it admitted , without the snial . lesUoundation , the . supposition . that the Under- ! . mod was ' authorized to accede . .. ,. ' . '" - ,. i „ .-, „ ¦ IT ; -, full powers , made out in " the . usual form , gave htm all necessary amho-ty to negociafe and to conclude the Peace ; but these powers prescribe to him ne .-fh er the form , the nature , nor the conditions of the future treaty . ' Upon these objects , he will obey , according to the long established and received custonrof Europe , the instructions which-he shall receive from bis Couia ; and he did not fail to acquaint the Minister for Foreign A hairs , at
accordingly , their first conference ,-that the King his Master had expressly enjoined lam to listen to no proposition tending to separate the interests of his M-yes . y . rora those of his Allies . . . , . , ,, _ , . There can be no question then but of a Negociation which shall combine tt . e interests and pretensions of all the . Powers who make a common cause with the King in the present war . , , .., ,- •' In the -ourse of such a Negociation , the intervention , or , at least , Jie particiand his Ma
pation of those Powers will doubtless become absolutely necessary ; _ - lestvhooes to find at . all times the same dispositions to treat , upon a just and ^ eqtutabie basis of which his Majesty , the Emperor and King , gave to the trench Government so striking a proof at the very , moment of the opening of the present campaign . . . ¦ ., . ., . But it aopears , that the waiting for a formal and definitive authority on the part Of the Allies of the King , before Great Britain and France begm to oiscuss , even provisionally , the princip les of the Negociation , would be to create a very
usolsss dsloy . A conduct wholly different has been observed bv these two Powers on almost all similar occasions ; and his Majesty thinks , that the best proof which he can cive at the present moment , to all Europe , of their mutual desire to-cause , as soon ' as possible , the calamities of war to cease , would be to settle , without delav 'he basis of a combined Negociation , bv immediately inviting their Allies to accede to it , in the most proper manner for accelerating the general
pacifiu is with this view that the Undersigned-was charged to propose at first , and at the verv commencement of the Negociation , a principle , which the generosity an 1 good faith of his Majesty could alone dictate to him—that of recompensing France bv proportionable restitutions , for the arrangements to which she ought to consent , in-order to satisfy the just pretensions of the King ' s Allies , and to p > -e = erve the political balance . of Europe .. The Executive Directory has not- lained itself in a precise manner , either
exp upon the acceotance of this principle , or--upon-the changes pr modifications which it mav desire to be made in ' it ; nor has it , in short , proposed any other principle whatever to answer the same end . The Undersigned , then , has orders to rec-ir to this subject , and to demand , on that head a frank and precise explanation , in . order to-abridge the delays which must necessarily result from the difficulty in point of form which has been started by the Executive Directory . ...- ¦ .- ' . ' ,. ¦ -, ; ' demand the declarationthat his Ma
He is auiliroized to add to this express , - jestv in commun i cating to his autntst Allies all the successive measures which he has ' taken relative to the object of . the present Negociation , and in fulfilling , towards these Sovereigns , in . the most efficacious manner , all the duties of a good and faithful Allv , will omit nothing on his part , as well to dispose ihem to join in this Negociation , by the means the most proper to facilitate its progress and insure its success , . as to induce them always to persist in sentiments conformable to the wishes which he has expressed for the returnof a general peaceupon
, just , honourable , and permanent conditions ., MALMESBURV . ANSWER OF THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AVFAIRS , TO THE ABOVE NOTE OF LOUD . MALMESIIUR-Y . The Undersigned is charged , by the Executive Directory , to invite you to point out , with all possible expedition , and expressly , the objects of reciprocal compensations which you propose .
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Monthly Chronicle.
which it admitted , without the snial . lesUoundation , the . supposition . that the Under- ! . mod was ' authorized to accede . .. ,. ' . '" - ,. i „ .-, „ ¦ IT ; -, full powers , made out in " the . usual form , gave htm all necessary amho-ty to negociafe and to conclude the Peace ; but these powers prescribe to him ne .-fh er the form , the nature , nor the conditions of the future treaty . ' Upon these objects , he will obey , according to the long established and received custonrof Europe , the instructions which-he shall receive from bis Couia ; and he did not fail to acquaint the Minister for Foreign A hairs , at
accordingly , their first conference ,-that the King his Master had expressly enjoined lam to listen to no proposition tending to separate the interests of his M-yes . y . rora those of his Allies . . . , . , ,, _ , . There can be no question then but of a Negociation which shall combine tt . e interests and pretensions of all the . Powers who make a common cause with the King in the present war . , , .., ,- •' In the -ourse of such a Negociation , the intervention , or , at least , Jie particiand his Ma
pation of those Powers will doubtless become absolutely necessary ; _ - lestvhooes to find at . all times the same dispositions to treat , upon a just and ^ eqtutabie basis of which his Majesty , the Emperor and King , gave to the trench Government so striking a proof at the very , moment of the opening of the present campaign . . . ¦ ., . ., . But it aopears , that the waiting for a formal and definitive authority on the part Of the Allies of the King , before Great Britain and France begm to oiscuss , even provisionally , the princip les of the Negociation , would be to create a very
usolsss dsloy . A conduct wholly different has been observed bv these two Powers on almost all similar occasions ; and his Majesty thinks , that the best proof which he can cive at the present moment , to all Europe , of their mutual desire to-cause , as soon ' as possible , the calamities of war to cease , would be to settle , without delav 'he basis of a combined Negociation , bv immediately inviting their Allies to accede to it , in the most proper manner for accelerating the general
pacifiu is with this view that the Undersigned-was charged to propose at first , and at the verv commencement of the Negociation , a principle , which the generosity an 1 good faith of his Majesty could alone dictate to him—that of recompensing France bv proportionable restitutions , for the arrangements to which she ought to consent , in-order to satisfy the just pretensions of the King ' s Allies , and to p > -e = erve the political balance . of Europe .. The Executive Directory has not- lained itself in a precise manner , either
exp upon the acceotance of this principle , or--upon-the changes pr modifications which it mav desire to be made in ' it ; nor has it , in short , proposed any other principle whatever to answer the same end . The Undersigned , then , has orders to rec-ir to this subject , and to demand , on that head a frank and precise explanation , in . order to-abridge the delays which must necessarily result from the difficulty in point of form which has been started by the Executive Directory . ...- ¦ .- ' . ' ,. ¦ -, ; ' demand the declarationthat his Ma
He is auiliroized to add to this express , - jestv in commun i cating to his autntst Allies all the successive measures which he has ' taken relative to the object of . the present Negociation , and in fulfilling , towards these Sovereigns , in . the most efficacious manner , all the duties of a good and faithful Allv , will omit nothing on his part , as well to dispose ihem to join in this Negociation , by the means the most proper to facilitate its progress and insure its success , . as to induce them always to persist in sentiments conformable to the wishes which he has expressed for the returnof a general peaceupon
, just , honourable , and permanent conditions ., MALMESBURV . ANSWER OF THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AVFAIRS , TO THE ABOVE NOTE OF LOUD . MALMESIIUR-Y . The Undersigned is charged , by the Executive Directory , to invite you to point out , with all possible expedition , and expressly , the objects of reciprocal compensations which you propose .