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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
IMPORTANT STATE PAPERS . DECLARATION OFTHE BUITISII CABINET . ¦ jMTIS Majesty ' s benevolent endeavours to restore to his people the blessings of JLJ . Peace , again repealed without success , have again demonstrated , beyond the possibility of doubt , the determined and persevering hostility of the Government of France , in whose unprovoked aggression the war originated , and by whose ,
boundless and destructive ambition it is still prolonged . And while , by the course of these transactions , continued proofs have been afforded to all his Majesty ' s faithful subjects of his anxious and unremitting solicitude for their welfare , they cannot , at Ihe same time , have failed to recognize , in the uniform conduct of the enemy , the spirit by which the Councils of France are still actuated , and the objects to which they arc directed . His Majesty could not but feel how much the means of peace had been obstructed by the many additional difficulties which his enemies had so repeatidl
y thrown in the way of every negociation . Nevertheless , on the very first appearance of circumstances in some degree more favourable to the interests of humanity , the same ardent desire for the ease and happiness of his subjects induced his Majesty to renew his overtures for terminating the calamities of war : thus availing himself of every opening which could , in any manner lead to secure an honourable peace , anil consulting equally the wishes of his own heart , and the principles by which his conduct has invariably been guided . New obstacles were immediately interposed by those who still directed the
Councils of France , and who , amidst the general desire for peace , which they could not at that time openly disclaim , still retained the power of frustrating the wishes of their own country , of counteracting his Majesty ' s benevolent intentions , and of obstructing that result , which was so necessary for the happiness of both nations . Difficulties of form were studiously created ; modes
ot negociation were insisted upon , tne most inconsistent with their own conduct in every other instance ; the same spirit appeared in every step which was taken by them ; and while the most unwarranted insinuations were thrown out , and the most unfounded reproaches brought forward , the established customs and usages , " which have long prevailed in Europe , were purposely departed from , even in the simplest acts which were to be done on their part for the renewal of the negociations . All these things his Majesty determined to disregard ; not as being insensible of their purport and tendency , nor unmindful
of the importance of these points , in the public intercourse of great and independent nations , but resolving to defeat the object of these artifices , and to suffer no subordinate or inferior consideration to impede , on his part , the discussion of the weighty and extensive interests on which the termination of the war must necessarily depend . He directed his Minister to repair to France , furnished with the most ample powers , and instructed to communicate at once an explicit and detailed proposal and plan of peace , reduced into the shape of a regular treaty , just and
moderate in its principles , embracing all the interest concerned , and extending to every subject connected with the restoration of public tranquility . The communication of this paper , delivered in the very first conference , was accompanied by such explanations as fully stated and detailed the utmost extent of his Majesty ' s views , and at the same time gave ample room for the examination of every disputed point , for mutual arrangement and concession , and for reciprocal facilities arising out of the progress of fair discussion . To this proceeding , open and liberal beyond example , the conduct of his Majesty ' s enemies opposes the most striking contrast . From them no counterproject has ever yet been obtained : no statement of the extent or nature of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
IMPORTANT STATE PAPERS . DECLARATION OFTHE BUITISII CABINET . ¦ jMTIS Majesty ' s benevolent endeavours to restore to his people the blessings of JLJ . Peace , again repealed without success , have again demonstrated , beyond the possibility of doubt , the determined and persevering hostility of the Government of France , in whose unprovoked aggression the war originated , and by whose ,
boundless and destructive ambition it is still prolonged . And while , by the course of these transactions , continued proofs have been afforded to all his Majesty ' s faithful subjects of his anxious and unremitting solicitude for their welfare , they cannot , at Ihe same time , have failed to recognize , in the uniform conduct of the enemy , the spirit by which the Councils of France are still actuated , and the objects to which they arc directed . His Majesty could not but feel how much the means of peace had been obstructed by the many additional difficulties which his enemies had so repeatidl
y thrown in the way of every negociation . Nevertheless , on the very first appearance of circumstances in some degree more favourable to the interests of humanity , the same ardent desire for the ease and happiness of his subjects induced his Majesty to renew his overtures for terminating the calamities of war : thus availing himself of every opening which could , in any manner lead to secure an honourable peace , anil consulting equally the wishes of his own heart , and the principles by which his conduct has invariably been guided . New obstacles were immediately interposed by those who still directed the
Councils of France , and who , amidst the general desire for peace , which they could not at that time openly disclaim , still retained the power of frustrating the wishes of their own country , of counteracting his Majesty ' s benevolent intentions , and of obstructing that result , which was so necessary for the happiness of both nations . Difficulties of form were studiously created ; modes
ot negociation were insisted upon , tne most inconsistent with their own conduct in every other instance ; the same spirit appeared in every step which was taken by them ; and while the most unwarranted insinuations were thrown out , and the most unfounded reproaches brought forward , the established customs and usages , " which have long prevailed in Europe , were purposely departed from , even in the simplest acts which were to be done on their part for the renewal of the negociations . All these things his Majesty determined to disregard ; not as being insensible of their purport and tendency , nor unmindful
of the importance of these points , in the public intercourse of great and independent nations , but resolving to defeat the object of these artifices , and to suffer no subordinate or inferior consideration to impede , on his part , the discussion of the weighty and extensive interests on which the termination of the war must necessarily depend . He directed his Minister to repair to France , furnished with the most ample powers , and instructed to communicate at once an explicit and detailed proposal and plan of peace , reduced into the shape of a regular treaty , just and
moderate in its principles , embracing all the interest concerned , and extending to every subject connected with the restoration of public tranquility . The communication of this paper , delivered in the very first conference , was accompanied by such explanations as fully stated and detailed the utmost extent of his Majesty ' s views , and at the same time gave ample room for the examination of every disputed point , for mutual arrangement and concession , and for reciprocal facilities arising out of the progress of fair discussion . To this proceeding , open and liberal beyond example , the conduct of his Majesty ' s enemies opposes the most striking contrast . From them no counterproject has ever yet been obtained : no statement of the extent or nature of