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Monthly Chronicle.
tion should proceed and end successfully ; and that , far from shutting the door to further discussions , they were perfectly ready to hear any proposals we had to make , and only wished that these proposals should be , if possible , such as were compatible with their most sacred engagements . I repeated what I had said , that no door was left open if his Majesty was en limine to restore every thing ; and that peace on these conditions would not be heard of by the country . I observed , that immediately on leaving them , I should dispatch a Messenger ; but what that Messenger carried would most materially aifeci the progress and issue of what
of the Negociation ; I therefore desired to know whether , inconsequence I had heard from them , I might consider the strict and literal meaning of the declaration not to be a decided negative ( which it certainlv seemed to imply ) on all compensation whatever to be made to his Majesty , but that proposals tending to this effect would still be listened to . One of them answered , ' certainly , and if they should be found such as it will be impossible for us to admit , we will , on our side , bring forward others for your Court to deliberate on . ' Under this assurance , which at least , to acertain degree , qualifies the declaration of yesterday , I b . oke up the conference . '
No . 20 . ( A . ) Is a Note from the French Plenipotentiaries to Lord Malmesbury , expressing that the French Government , unable to deiach itself from its Treaties with its Allies , requires , as a preliminary of Negociation , the restitution of all his Britannic Majesty ' s conquests . No . 21 . ( B . ) Is Lord Malmesbury ' s answer , in which he confesses himself not authorized to make such restitution , and proposes a conference . No . 22 . ( C . ) Expresses the consent of the French Plenipotentiaries to a con- ,
ference . No . 23 . Is a dispatch from Lord Grenville to Lord Malmesbury , in which his Lordship considers the French terms as inadmissible , and directs Lord Malmes-. tsury to require a Contre-Projet , No . 25 . Is an extract of a dispatch from Lord Malmesbury to Lord Grenvilte 3 dated Lisle , 25 th July , 1797 , to the following effect : ' I have the honour to acknowledge your Lordship ' s dispatch , No . 19 and 20 , of the 20 th inst . which were delivered to we on Saturday the 22 A inst . by the
Messenger Major . 'It was impossible that the claim brought forward injthe note enclosed in my No . 9 . could have produced on your Lordship ' s mind any impression different from that which you describe , and I am happy to find that the conduct I observed , when it was first delivered to me , was such as put it in my power to execute with great consistency the spirited instructions your Lordship now sends me . ' Immediately on the arrival of the Messenger , I proposed an interview with the French Plenipotentiaries , and we met on Sunday the 23 d , at one P . M . to command at
' I could not obey his Majesty ' s orders in a manner more likely - tention , and to impress those who heard me with a just sense ofthe mixture of firmness and moderation with which his Majesty was pleased to conduct this im- * portant Negociation , than by employing not only the substance , but as far as was practicable in conversation , the very words of your Lordship ' s dispatch , No . 19 j and if I should attempt to relate minutely what I myself said in this conference , it would in fact be little more than , a repetition , of them . ' I began by observing , that I was certain the French Plenipotentiaries must be what had it in command to reminded them
fully prepared for I now , my say : I that I had taken upon me to affirm when we were last assembled , and immediately before I dispatched my Messenger , that the requiring a preliminary as that proposed in the note , was putting an end at once to all negociation , and that I was sure peace on such terms would not be heard of ; that the orders I was then about to communicate to them would prove that I had not made this assertion lightly , or in consequence of any hasty opinion of my own , at the same time that it would also appear that my Royal Master was anxiously and as sincerely inclined to listen to all reasonable and admissible conditions , as he was determined tp repel arid reject ail such as were of an opposite description , 1 then , my Lpi 3
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Monthly Chronicle.
tion should proceed and end successfully ; and that , far from shutting the door to further discussions , they were perfectly ready to hear any proposals we had to make , and only wished that these proposals should be , if possible , such as were compatible with their most sacred engagements . I repeated what I had said , that no door was left open if his Majesty was en limine to restore every thing ; and that peace on these conditions would not be heard of by the country . I observed , that immediately on leaving them , I should dispatch a Messenger ; but what that Messenger carried would most materially aifeci the progress and issue of what
of the Negociation ; I therefore desired to know whether , inconsequence I had heard from them , I might consider the strict and literal meaning of the declaration not to be a decided negative ( which it certainlv seemed to imply ) on all compensation whatever to be made to his Majesty , but that proposals tending to this effect would still be listened to . One of them answered , ' certainly , and if they should be found such as it will be impossible for us to admit , we will , on our side , bring forward others for your Court to deliberate on . ' Under this assurance , which at least , to acertain degree , qualifies the declaration of yesterday , I b . oke up the conference . '
No . 20 . ( A . ) Is a Note from the French Plenipotentiaries to Lord Malmesbury , expressing that the French Government , unable to deiach itself from its Treaties with its Allies , requires , as a preliminary of Negociation , the restitution of all his Britannic Majesty ' s conquests . No . 21 . ( B . ) Is Lord Malmesbury ' s answer , in which he confesses himself not authorized to make such restitution , and proposes a conference . No . 22 . ( C . ) Expresses the consent of the French Plenipotentiaries to a con- ,
ference . No . 23 . Is a dispatch from Lord Grenville to Lord Malmesbury , in which his Lordship considers the French terms as inadmissible , and directs Lord Malmes-. tsury to require a Contre-Projet , No . 25 . Is an extract of a dispatch from Lord Malmesbury to Lord Grenvilte 3 dated Lisle , 25 th July , 1797 , to the following effect : ' I have the honour to acknowledge your Lordship ' s dispatch , No . 19 and 20 , of the 20 th inst . which were delivered to we on Saturday the 22 A inst . by the
Messenger Major . 'It was impossible that the claim brought forward injthe note enclosed in my No . 9 . could have produced on your Lordship ' s mind any impression different from that which you describe , and I am happy to find that the conduct I observed , when it was first delivered to me , was such as put it in my power to execute with great consistency the spirited instructions your Lordship now sends me . ' Immediately on the arrival of the Messenger , I proposed an interview with the French Plenipotentiaries , and we met on Sunday the 23 d , at one P . M . to command at
' I could not obey his Majesty ' s orders in a manner more likely - tention , and to impress those who heard me with a just sense ofthe mixture of firmness and moderation with which his Majesty was pleased to conduct this im- * portant Negociation , than by employing not only the substance , but as far as was practicable in conversation , the very words of your Lordship ' s dispatch , No . 19 j and if I should attempt to relate minutely what I myself said in this conference , it would in fact be little more than , a repetition , of them . ' I began by observing , that I was certain the French Plenipotentiaries must be what had it in command to reminded them
fully prepared for I now , my say : I that I had taken upon me to affirm when we were last assembled , and immediately before I dispatched my Messenger , that the requiring a preliminary as that proposed in the note , was putting an end at once to all negociation , and that I was sure peace on such terms would not be heard of ; that the orders I was then about to communicate to them would prove that I had not made this assertion lightly , or in consequence of any hasty opinion of my own , at the same time that it would also appear that my Royal Master was anxiously and as sincerely inclined to listen to all reasonable and admissible conditions , as he was determined tp repel arid reject ail such as were of an opposite description , 1 then , my Lpi 3