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Monthly Chronicle.
No . 40 . Lord Malmesbury ' s acknowledgment of the same . No . 41 . Contains an extract of a dispatch from Lord . Malmesbury ' to Lord Grenville , dated Lisle , 17 th Sept . 1797 , to the following effect : - ¦ ¦ ' The new French Plenipotentiaries , Messrs Treilhard and Bonnier d'Alco , with their principal Secretary , M . Derche , and two private- Secretaries , arrived here at five o'clock A . M . on Wednesday the 13 th instant . At eleven A . M . they sent M . Derche to acquaint me with their arrival , and to inquire at what hour I would receive their visit of
. In consequence my saying whenever it was convenient to them , they came immediately , attended by Messrs Le Tourneur , Maret > and Colchen . ' On taking leave , M . Le Tourneur came forward and said to me , in his name and that of his Colleagues , that they could not terminate their mission without expressing the satisfaction they had felt from the openness and candour ( Lovante et Franchise ) with which I had acted during the whole of the Negociation , or take leave of me without expressing their sincere personal regrets ; that the recollection of conduct would
my always be agreeable to them , and that it had given me the strongest title to their esteem and good wishes . ' After giving ihe new Plenipotentiaries as much time as was necessary to return to their own house , I sent Mr . Ross to ask at what hour I might return their visit ; and , in consequence of their anwer , 1 went to them , attended by Lord Morpeth and Mr . Ellic . ' I took an opportunity of returning the compliment M . Le Tourneur had made me ; and I must in justice repeat Lordwhat I have alreadsaidthat his
, my , y , conduct and that of his Colleagues has , in every piint which has depended on them , been perfectly fair and honourable , and in no instance contrary to the principles they announced , and the professions they made . It is therefore impossible for me not to regret them , and not to consider the change of Negociators at least as a very unpleasant , if not a very unfortunate incident . ' * No . 42 . Contains a copy of a dispatch from Lord Malmesburv to Lord
Grenville , dated Lisle , 17 th Sept . 1797 , to th ? following effect . ' I shall endeavour in this dispatch to give your Lordshi p as circumstantial an account as my memory will allow me to do , ol what has passed in the two conferences I have held with the new French Plenipotentiaries . ' In that of Friday the 14 th , after communicating to me the Arrete Of the Directory appointing them to succeed Messrs Le Tourneur and Maret , arid empowering them to continue the Negociation with me , one of them began by making the strongest assurances of the sincere desire entertained by the Directory for observedthat if this desire had
peace . He , manifested itself so strongly at a moment when the two great authorities of the country were at variance , it must naturally become stronger , and be exerted , with m » re effect when all spirit of division was suppressed , and when the Government was strengthened by the perfect concord which now reigns between all its branches : that the first and most material point to be ascertained in every Negociation was the extent of the full powers with which the Negociators are vested ; that I should find theirs to be very ample ; and that , as it was necessary to the success of our discussions that mine should be had it in
equally so , they command to present a note , the object of which was to enquire , whether I was authorized to treat on tile principle of a general restitution of every possession remaining in his Majesty ' s hands , not only - belonging to them , but to their Allies ; that I was not unacquainted with their laws and with their treaties ; that a great country could not on any occasion act in contradiction 10 them ; and that , aware as I must be of this , I could not but expect the question contained , in the note , neither could I consider the requisition of an explicit answerprevious to entering the Negociationas arising
, upon . from any other motive than that of the most perfect wish on the part of the Directory to bring it to a successful , and , above all , to a speedy conclusion . * I replied , that if after what I heard , I could allow myself to hope for such an event as he seemed to think probable , or give any credit to the pacific dispositions he announced on the part of the French Government , such hope must arise sole y from the confidence I might place jii his assurances ; since the measure itseir .
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Monthly Chronicle.
No . 40 . Lord Malmesbury ' s acknowledgment of the same . No . 41 . Contains an extract of a dispatch from Lord . Malmesbury ' to Lord Grenville , dated Lisle , 17 th Sept . 1797 , to the following effect : - ¦ ¦ ' The new French Plenipotentiaries , Messrs Treilhard and Bonnier d'Alco , with their principal Secretary , M . Derche , and two private- Secretaries , arrived here at five o'clock A . M . on Wednesday the 13 th instant . At eleven A . M . they sent M . Derche to acquaint me with their arrival , and to inquire at what hour I would receive their visit of
. In consequence my saying whenever it was convenient to them , they came immediately , attended by Messrs Le Tourneur , Maret > and Colchen . ' On taking leave , M . Le Tourneur came forward and said to me , in his name and that of his Colleagues , that they could not terminate their mission without expressing the satisfaction they had felt from the openness and candour ( Lovante et Franchise ) with which I had acted during the whole of the Negociation , or take leave of me without expressing their sincere personal regrets ; that the recollection of conduct would
my always be agreeable to them , and that it had given me the strongest title to their esteem and good wishes . ' After giving ihe new Plenipotentiaries as much time as was necessary to return to their own house , I sent Mr . Ross to ask at what hour I might return their visit ; and , in consequence of their anwer , 1 went to them , attended by Lord Morpeth and Mr . Ellic . ' I took an opportunity of returning the compliment M . Le Tourneur had made me ; and I must in justice repeat Lordwhat I have alreadsaidthat his
, my , y , conduct and that of his Colleagues has , in every piint which has depended on them , been perfectly fair and honourable , and in no instance contrary to the principles they announced , and the professions they made . It is therefore impossible for me not to regret them , and not to consider the change of Negociators at least as a very unpleasant , if not a very unfortunate incident . ' * No . 42 . Contains a copy of a dispatch from Lord Malmesburv to Lord
Grenville , dated Lisle , 17 th Sept . 1797 , to th ? following effect . ' I shall endeavour in this dispatch to give your Lordshi p as circumstantial an account as my memory will allow me to do , ol what has passed in the two conferences I have held with the new French Plenipotentiaries . ' In that of Friday the 14 th , after communicating to me the Arrete Of the Directory appointing them to succeed Messrs Le Tourneur and Maret , arid empowering them to continue the Negociation with me , one of them began by making the strongest assurances of the sincere desire entertained by the Directory for observedthat if this desire had
peace . He , manifested itself so strongly at a moment when the two great authorities of the country were at variance , it must naturally become stronger , and be exerted , with m » re effect when all spirit of division was suppressed , and when the Government was strengthened by the perfect concord which now reigns between all its branches : that the first and most material point to be ascertained in every Negociation was the extent of the full powers with which the Negociators are vested ; that I should find theirs to be very ample ; and that , as it was necessary to the success of our discussions that mine should be had it in
equally so , they command to present a note , the object of which was to enquire , whether I was authorized to treat on tile principle of a general restitution of every possession remaining in his Majesty ' s hands , not only - belonging to them , but to their Allies ; that I was not unacquainted with their laws and with their treaties ; that a great country could not on any occasion act in contradiction 10 them ; and that , aware as I must be of this , I could not but expect the question contained , in the note , neither could I consider the requisition of an explicit answerprevious to entering the Negociationas arising
, upon . from any other motive than that of the most perfect wish on the part of the Directory to bring it to a successful , and , above all , to a speedy conclusion . * I replied , that if after what I heard , I could allow myself to hope for such an event as he seemed to think probable , or give any credit to the pacific dispositions he announced on the part of the French Government , such hope must arise sole y from the confidence I might place jii his assurances ; since the measure itseir .