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LONDON, January i r. I- .
Tlur difpatcbcs. brought by lieutenant Leeky. who
arrived at the Admiralty on Ihurfday, are ot fome ira
pottancc. A Pulacre from Egypt, Jiound to Toa'
lon with confidential IettejttojMateFrejidiJc-
"toty and "others, fell into the hands of our cruizera.
Tbc commander threw his packet overboard, but it was
recovered by the enterptize and adivity of an Englilh
tailor, who dived and brought it up. It has been fent
Lome, and for thefr U(t two days, we underlland that
thefe letters have furhilhed infinite 'gratification toHhe
curiofity of office. They contain,, according to re
port, the mod vehement complaints by the French
isildiers df thc 4efertioa-of-Buonapaite;"and 'tlie'moflr
Litter imprecations on the ffent, for leaving
them to periih by degrees in fhat iiihofpitable climate.
A letter from Gen. Dugua to Barras, is particularly
mentioned as containing political information of con,
fequence. He fys the whole of the French army in
Egypt is reduced-to 70CO men ; that they have neither
- cloaths nor ammuniiion ; ; and that tlieyTre Uiteiiy;
unfit to refift thee nemy', who are above 40,000 ftrong,
and well fupplicd widi vcry-iicceffaryi--He-appijcsT;
theiefore, to Barras, as one of the Directors to exert
bimfclf to fave the wietclicd remains of this army for
without the molt immediate relief, not 9 1 raanof ihejun
" Acoiild be able to rwturn to their native land. - - -
Another letter fays, that theyrm!jyueoj.htITuilcs
ie-iaeansof eicaoc-fTOmnhehorfors of tfieir rjre-
fent fituation ; and there are, as heretofore numbers
of penfive epitl'es from hufbands to their wives, and
from lovers, . fons, and brothers to their fympathifing
frieiids. It is. faid .that thefe Icitcrs are immediately
to hi pubUihedv " '
tanuary 20.
Yefteiday aniveJ Mr. 13afdico,.a Kui rneflenger,
rcpubJicr the olhcial note, under date of the 14th Ni-.f tannic
?ofe, which y oil tranfmitted to me i' anj' am thatged
to forward he anfwer equally official, vihichouyill
find , pn"eed-caaYe
my high confidet atioE"' ' ' T "'.;r"' ' u-"" "
(Signed) :i C jlilM Au.i-Ti l L e y r. a no. - 'L
Ta. the Miniller for Foreign A fimfifrlttoir.
Tranllatton of the Itfote 'reerrf J tol ii No1. I
' - Ihc lotficjal hate, under thevdatebf'tftcvl4h'Niv
rofc;- the 8th" year, addreffed by the Minllltr (jTJTs
Britannic 1 Kfajefty having belnla be
conful of the French republic, he p'bferved--wiih"ftr-prize,
that it retted upon an opinion, which i net cx
acl, lefpefting the origin and cotifequc-nces of tr- pre
fent war. Very far irom its being r'TaiTcr-AThidTo
yoked it, fhe had, it mult be remembered, from the
commencement of her revolution, fjJemn'y proclaimed
her love of peace,'' and her difinclination to conquelh,
her :yefpet for the' bdependtnee of all governments
and it is not to be doubted that, nccupied-at that time,
entirely with her own internal affairs, ihe'would have
avoided taking part in ihofe of JEiuope, and would
have remained "ratthfaf-tb'ef declaration's. TT ;T
-But from. -an opp&fite difpofition, fbon as the
Frtnch revolution had broken out, aluiolt all Europe
entered luto a league tor ttscwitructio;. Ti.c
with difpatcties from irel.nd. He kft iiiibjia JHUbjfrijm&iliieiKte
-affe fiT6onf'TrdaYTiir, and brought over the im
portant refult of the Sid day's-tiebate oh ihe,.ppening.
of the ptefent fcllion of the lrifli Parliament.
We have been favoured with the proceedings of the
two Hculcs on that day. It will be feen that our pre
vious iiitormation has bteu exttIy accurate. Thtrs
; warntnnrioirol the U li Ion' n r the" L.ord jie uTeirrrrT
.Speech ; but .o'ii fbe introduclion ot an amendment
by Sir L. Paifuns in the tiddrefs, in order tocenfure
that meafure4j$as ncgntived by a majoriiy of Forty-two
in favlJSrtof Government." " .
Our con ejpondait Writes to vs as fclfaws :
DUBLIN, January 16:
"The divifion of this morning has exceeded' our
mod tanguine hopes. .' Tise Houlc did not break up
till half pail 10 fc'chvk When it meets for th: dif
cufiion of the Ujiion, which is fixed for Monday fort
night, there wil. be a call of the Hoiife It is expccV
d there will be an addition of twenty Utwi members to
the majority, as a number of feats Lave been vacated!
in conlequcnce of new pppointnitnts lincc the laft Scf-
lions.
itio!. The aerercf-
lion was real a long tia.c b?forc it as public : intr-
JjwmtajB
rectrved ; their txiiavagant, dccj itrimi jns were fup
prted ; the French nation was i.ii'u'lted in the perfon
of its agents 5 and E'lgiandfet particularly thii txa-n..
pie by the difmiifal of th- miuiiler accredited to her.
i'maliy, Prance vt Us, 10 Lii( attacked in her indepen
dence, in her honour, and in her fcfety, a long time
before the war was declared.
Thus it is to the projeds cf fuhjsaido, .diffolution
!ty thought himfeif enabled to invite a ne-
lori and pacific conferences, how ia it-nnflihlr that
X (hou;d 'iCt becagn to renew. negociatlotia to which
and
m-r
oromiff a :
Me!. v a every, jidei JhSyoice of -Nat ions
: HBBt :?mpwthe.concluhon-bf a war
W ready by fuch great calamttics; ind the
rapid p
nrri-
lo:)4iio!i of which threatens Eiirnn.tifk a Hnlr,!
fUl,lort cmediablivilstIt thercfarc to
order
thn th.-;r te?nblecj)nfe(ju,riices may be reproached to
thole- rtnly who fliall have p'ookcdthcm, thatthe
FiiltConful t)f the French Ktpublic propofes to put
an imiBcdiate end to hbfliht ic, by agreeing to a fuf
penfion of armsv and nainiiigTjenipotentiarics on each
tide, who flf ould repair to Denmark, or any other town
as idvaritagcoufly iituated'fot the quicknefs of tne ref
peaivc communications, and who fliouid apply them
fclvcs without any delay to tfTca'tTie re eftabldhment of
Peace and good underllanding betWcett the French "Re
public and England."
The Firlt Conful offer&.to give the pafTports which
y bt heceffary for this Durnofe.
(Signed) CH. M. TALLEYRAND.
PMiStifti-'Jant-ioo') Stb '
1 ear of the French Republic.
ma
''"InefJrcHrniVr entitle to the MtniJer for Foreign
... ytffairs at tarts. -
Downing Street, January 20, 1800.
sir - ' ' - '
I liave the honour fo inclofc to you the anfwer whifch
his Majelty had directed, hic to rttum to the official
note which you tranfmitted to' me. I have the honor
to be, with the higeft .conGderatitfn, Sirr pur mo(t
plKidieiit..humU-etvttt.-- ' - r'-
'- . .. j.
. G r a 1 1 a n c a me pa 1 o m t h e borough ot yviciciow,
ardfpoke two hours ia" a Tpolt vehement manner. He
tlid not arrive till 8 o'clock, and all the nti-Union
Lawy ers were obliged to fpea', tofpin out the debate
jiid the cxtcutioti of which was fevcial times attempted
and- pud"mdr-1 h At-. France - has a - rtghrtd ur pii teriliT
gvils' which ihe has fuffcred, aiid thole which, have af.
Aided i.arope. -buch; projtils, h,r a long.. time with
out example, with reipect to fo poweifui a nation.
ces. ' . '
flailed on a'l. fides," the republic could not but ex
tend univerfally the dibit of her defence; r nd it is.
only fr lnc maintenance ot her own indepeudenceih3t
(he has made ufc ;iof tliilc i:ans"vvhich fije poffciftd in
her own ftrength and the courage of her citizens. As
Ion? as Ihe law that her enemies cbttinatcly refilled. to
recotrnize lier.iH'.rits, ine cominucq only upon tne ener
gy of her.tcfilUnce ; but as loon as they were obliged
lv abandon the h"j c, of iiivniionv flic fought means for
ret nnciliatioi), ancf manifiUed iracitij1 intentions ; and
klwavs b
(Signed) : G RENVILLE.
To thtMinlJler fir ForcTgTji fairs, ' -
CTv. at i'ans.
. Note referred to in tK
Fore5W9IT
detfiyncd on the i8th infl. has been laid betore tne
if tli eft have not always been t ucauous ; if, in. the
midft of the critical circunriltaiii.es of her internal .fitua--tipnr-wM.-
-revolution and the war haye fucceff
ively brought n, the former iXpofitories yf the Exe
cutive Authority in France have not always ffiewn as
much moderation as the nation itfclf has fhewfi courage,
it muft, above all le imputed to the hateful and per
fcvciing auimblity with whicb the tefources of Eng
land have been laviihed to-accomphfli the ruirt of
Fiance. . . t.V' -' '
But if the wiflie3 of hu Britannic Majefty (in con
formitv with his alfarancs) are in junifon with thofc of
the French Republic; for the rc-eftabtr(hment ofpjagi
finally arranged, previous t- the grand dilcidhon, which
is expected to taice place on the tnii day ot ttie entiling
Stffion pf the iriiiriiliameBt, when the meafure will
be again recommended frcm the Throne.. Inhere will
I)V a creation of feven lriih Peers, previous, to. the U
uion taking place. " .
The United ParTiamtnrof the. two kingdoms, is to
l e called ' the Imperial Pailiament cf the Britifh
.lHcs."...-' -: : :"' " " -
11 His Grace the Duke of Portland has iffued a warrant
rcaintl- Peter Remer, a native of Tours in France,
raid late of-Gortbri'near Mar.chefier, Turkey red. dyer, J
fr his rcmovaj out of. tliil kingdom, lor uting dilref
peflful -words' agairt :t this country He 13 in con-fe-r
ijueiice appreheudv d, and ; feTrt H nil ,jhere he- is 1
be'k ept in ciUVod t ilhare flclj jteady uke him to i
"the Cbutiriej'it. " , .
' official. 1 "v'.y
-.Second letter from the Miniller. of Foreign Affairs,
?t Par is, 'with its ;. accompanying -JUifurc :.and "the
Af:cr retucned by the Right iron. Lod Grcnvillc,
iva NT jefl y Is Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
'; Avar:
Knlil his arriva
4 The town is perfectly quiet. . A mcflenger is i go
ng off in an hour with the DiviGon." .
THE UNION.
Ihould not atiei.tion ue ratner paid to the means o ter.
minating it ? Ar.d what obstacle can prevent a mutual
underllanding, of which the ui iiity is. reciprocal, and
IS ICIt, eipctiaujf wncii luc.i iui vtimui ui uic i iciiin
Republic has peifonally gtven fo many proofs of his
eagernefs to put in tnd to . the calamities of war, and
of his difpofition to maintain the rigid obfervance of all
treaties concluded. 1"
The-h'H CoiifuL of the Fretch Republic could not
doubt that his BritanniVMajefty recognized the right
of Nations to choofe the form of theii goveriiment,
fi.ice it i frm the txercife of this light that he holds
his crown ;but he has been unable to comprehend how '
this fundamental principle, upon which! refta the exift
ence of Political Societit-s," the Miniller of his Majefv
ty could annex infinuations which tend to ah interfere
encc in the internal affairs of the Republic, and which
ate no lefs "injurious to the Frtnch Nation, and to its
Government, than it would be to England, and to his
Majelly, if a fort of invitation were held out in favour
of that Republican Government of which England a
dopted the tbrrris in the middle of the lafl century, or
an exhortation to Recall to the Throne that Family;
whom their bit th had pLced there, and whom a Re
volution had compelled to defcend from it. , ,.,i-..-'.
If at peiiods not far ditlant, when tlx Conftitutlon-
al Syilem of the Republic prefented neither the ftrength
Kinc.
Hia . M.jefly cannot forbear expreffing the concern
with which he obfet veB, -in that note, that the unpto
voked agmtf.oiiK of 'France, the fo!e caufeand origin
ot ihe war, are fy Hematic illy defended ( by her prcfent
rulers, 'under the fame, ii-juiious pretences by which
they weie otiginally attempted to be difguifed. , His
Majelly will uot enter nito the refutation of allegati
ons now" unierfally. exploded, and (in fo far as they
refpeft his Maj-fty's condiitl not only in thcmfelves ,
utterly groundltfs, but crntradidted both by the inter
nal evidence of the traufactions to which they relate
and alfo by the exprefs teftimony (given at the time)
of the government of France ttfclf."
-iWith-refptft to the objeft o' the note his Majcfty
can only lefer to the anfwer which he has already giver
He. has explained, without refcrve, the obftacles
'which. in his judgment, preclude at the prefent mo
ment all hope-of advantage from negociation. All
the inducements to ticat, which arc relied upon in the
Fiench official note ; the petfonal difpolitions whicu
are faid to prtyail for . the 'eoncltifion- of;peainiLfot.
zrieflnffeyilaSii
rTRASi.ATIONl ;
.-;vP.ari,::" 2-4 Nivofe, 8th year, Jan
MY I.OXD.
i4
iSoo.
ing the tfftft. of thefe difpofitions, fuppbfing them to
exift'; and the foiidity of the fyftem newly ellablilied
after fo rapid fucceffion of revolutions -all thefe are
points which can belknown only from tharicfl to ,
which his majcfty has alreadv refcrrtd them the re-, -fult
of experience and the evidence of facts.' . 1L
With ffiil-;inceiUy.aiiijl plainnefs which hia anxiety
forth,e"re:ellablimment of peace 'indifpcnfitly rtquirtd,
hi rhrtjetly has pointed .QUtjo.,France,the furelt and
TpccdieirmeTns for the attainment of that great objeft .
But he has declared, in terms equally explicit, and
with, the fame fihcerity, that he entertains no defire
to prefcribt-lctA-fotejgn nation the torm ot its govern
ment; that he looks only to the fecurity of his own
dominions and of Europe ; and tVat whenever thatcf
fential object can in his judgment be. in any manner
whatever fufficiently provided for, he will- eagerly
concert with his alliesl the, meanof immediate and
joipt negociation fdr. the-'rc-clialiiifbrnent of general
tranquillity.1
To thefe;declai atiris majefty dTeijdily adheres ;
and it is only on" the grounds thus ftalH. that bis re
gard to thefafety of his fubjedls will fufThim to re
nounce that fyftem of vigorous defence- to which, un
der the favour of Providence, his kingdoms owe the
fecurity of thofe bleffings which they, now enjoy.
VSiedV 1V GRE"NVILLE.
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