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Monthly Chronicle.
better to wait their answer from Paris : —That it was a very important period , a crisis in the Negociation , the result of which , prohabty , wou . 'd be conclusive as to its fate , and that it seemed to be of more consequence to make this result as conformable to what he hoped I was convinced were as much their wishes as mine , than to waste our time in discussions which were useless , not to say more , till this was ascertained . ' I confined myself in my reply to saying , I had no objection whatever to giving to the French Plenipotentiaries a . paper , stating the strong motives on thand
which his Majesty rejected the proposition made in their note of the i ;; that as I , on my part , had considered it a duty to make my reports as conciliatory as was consistent with truth and correctness , so I heard with great pleasure the assurances he gave me of their intending to observe the same line of conduct . ' That as we seemed perfectly agreed as to the propriety of their producing a Conlre-Projet , I had nothing to say on that point , except to express my most sincere wish that it would soon appear , and when it did appear , be such a one as would lead to a speedy and satisfactory conclusion ofthe Negociation . ' No . 26 . Is an answer to a note from Lord Malmesbuiy to the French Plenipotentiaries , repeating in writing the observations recited in the preceding article .
No . 27 . Contains an extract of a dispate ' i how Lord Mulmcsburyto Lord Grenville , dated Lisle , Sunday , Aug . 6 , 1797 , to the following effect : ' I fully expected , when I received the enclosed note on Friday , that the , conference proposed was to acquaint me with the instructions the French Plenipotentiaries had received from the Directory on the note I had given in near a fortnight ago , as an answer to that in which the restitution of the whole of his Majesty ' s conquests from each of his enemies is required as an indispensable preliminary to all negociation
. ' I was therefore surprised and disappointed , when Iliad taken my place at the conference , to hear from the French Plenipotentiaries that the letters they had received that morning from Paris did not bring any specific reply to my last note , but only went to inform them that the Directory had taken the subject into their most serious consideration , and would acquaint them as soon as possible with the
result . ' I could not avoid expressing my concern and surprise that there existed any hesitation whatever in the mind of the Directory on a point , which , although a very important , was certainly a very simple one : —That to allow it to remain in doubt whether his Majesty was to have a compensation or not , was in other words , to leave it in doubt whether the Directory sincerely meant peace or not : — and that , although I was very far from wishing any improper haste , or not to move in a matter of such magnitude without becoming prudence and deliberation , yet I had without
could not forbear lamenting that more than a month now elapsed our having advanced a single step , notwithstanding his Majesty had , in the very outset ofthe Negociation , manifested a moderation and forbearance unprecedented under similar circumstances .- —That , anxious as 1 was , not to prejudice it by any representations of mine , I must say , this delay placed me in a very aukward position , as I really did not perceive how I could accqunt for it in a way at all satisfactory , at the same time , that it was quite impossible for me to suffer a longer space of time to pass over without writing to my Court . his earnest wish that would
' One of the French Plenipotentiaries expressed I write immediately ; he was confident this delay would be seen in its true light ; and added , " Si nous n ' avancons pas a pas de geant , j ' espere que nous nuirchons d ' un pas sur . " And another of them repeated this phrase . ' I expressed r .: y sincere hope this might be the case , but it would have been much better proved by the communication ofthe CounterProjet they had in . a manner pledged themselves to procure , than by any vague and indeterminate assurances of what might possibly be the result ofthe present suspension of a )) business . They observed to me , that the Counter Projet would , of course , be ( virtually ) contained in their next instructions , and that their only motive for wishing to see me was , to convince me that this delay had neither originated with them ,.
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Monthly Chronicle.
better to wait their answer from Paris : —That it was a very important period , a crisis in the Negociation , the result of which , prohabty , wou . 'd be conclusive as to its fate , and that it seemed to be of more consequence to make this result as conformable to what he hoped I was convinced were as much their wishes as mine , than to waste our time in discussions which were useless , not to say more , till this was ascertained . ' I confined myself in my reply to saying , I had no objection whatever to giving to the French Plenipotentiaries a . paper , stating the strong motives on thand
which his Majesty rejected the proposition made in their note of the i ;; that as I , on my part , had considered it a duty to make my reports as conciliatory as was consistent with truth and correctness , so I heard with great pleasure the assurances he gave me of their intending to observe the same line of conduct . ' That as we seemed perfectly agreed as to the propriety of their producing a Conlre-Projet , I had nothing to say on that point , except to express my most sincere wish that it would soon appear , and when it did appear , be such a one as would lead to a speedy and satisfactory conclusion ofthe Negociation . ' No . 26 . Is an answer to a note from Lord Malmesbuiy to the French Plenipotentiaries , repeating in writing the observations recited in the preceding article .
No . 27 . Contains an extract of a dispate ' i how Lord Mulmcsburyto Lord Grenville , dated Lisle , Sunday , Aug . 6 , 1797 , to the following effect : ' I fully expected , when I received the enclosed note on Friday , that the , conference proposed was to acquaint me with the instructions the French Plenipotentiaries had received from the Directory on the note I had given in near a fortnight ago , as an answer to that in which the restitution of the whole of his Majesty ' s conquests from each of his enemies is required as an indispensable preliminary to all negociation
. ' I was therefore surprised and disappointed , when Iliad taken my place at the conference , to hear from the French Plenipotentiaries that the letters they had received that morning from Paris did not bring any specific reply to my last note , but only went to inform them that the Directory had taken the subject into their most serious consideration , and would acquaint them as soon as possible with the
result . ' I could not avoid expressing my concern and surprise that there existed any hesitation whatever in the mind of the Directory on a point , which , although a very important , was certainly a very simple one : —That to allow it to remain in doubt whether his Majesty was to have a compensation or not , was in other words , to leave it in doubt whether the Directory sincerely meant peace or not : — and that , although I was very far from wishing any improper haste , or not to move in a matter of such magnitude without becoming prudence and deliberation , yet I had without
could not forbear lamenting that more than a month now elapsed our having advanced a single step , notwithstanding his Majesty had , in the very outset ofthe Negociation , manifested a moderation and forbearance unprecedented under similar circumstances .- —That , anxious as 1 was , not to prejudice it by any representations of mine , I must say , this delay placed me in a very aukward position , as I really did not perceive how I could accqunt for it in a way at all satisfactory , at the same time , that it was quite impossible for me to suffer a longer space of time to pass over without writing to my Court . his earnest wish that would
' One of the French Plenipotentiaries expressed I write immediately ; he was confident this delay would be seen in its true light ; and added , " Si nous n ' avancons pas a pas de geant , j ' espere que nous nuirchons d ' un pas sur . " And another of them repeated this phrase . ' I expressed r .: y sincere hope this might be the case , but it would have been much better proved by the communication ofthe CounterProjet they had in . a manner pledged themselves to procure , than by any vague and indeterminate assurances of what might possibly be the result ofthe present suspension of a )) business . They observed to me , that the Counter Projet would , of course , be ( virtually ) contained in their next instructions , and that their only motive for wishing to see me was , to convince me that this delay had neither originated with them ,.