munication, informing me that the Emperor having thought General Clarke's fervices near his perfon necefiry in a journey he was about to undertake immediately, M. de Champagny would be infructed to conduct fingly on the part of France the bufinefs of the negotiation in future. This communication was made in a letter (marked A. together with a copy of my anfwer (marked B.) On the 23rd, being anxious that the negotiation fhould proceed as foon as possible, I took the opportunity of M de Champagny's fending to enquire after my health, to urge him, in writing, to renew the conferences without farther loss of time. Your Lordship will find a copy of my letter (marked C.) together with his anfwer (marked D.) enclosed. On the 24th I received from M. Talleyrand an answer to the demand I had made for an explanation on the funjel of pallports, in my letter of the 22d. This communication (marked E.) I think it proper alfo to tranfmit to your Lordship. On the 25th at one o'clock, M. de ChamPagay called on me, as had been previously agreed, for the purpofe of renewing the conferences. After the ufual interchange of civilities, he proceeded to fay, that, to fecure peace, the Emperor had determined to make great facrifices. 1st, That Hanover with its dependencies should be reftored to bis Majesty. 2d, That the pfion of Malta should be confirmed to Great Britain. 3d, That France would interfere with Hol. land to confirm to bis Majesty the abfolute poffeffion of the Cape. 4th, That the Emperor would confirm to his Majesty the poffeffion of Pondicherry, Chandir. nagore, Mabee, and the other dependant comptoirs. 5th, That as Tolago was originally fettled by the Englife, it was meant also to give that gland 40 the Crown of Great Britain. To all this he added, that what he had now faid proceeded on the fuppofition, that Sicily was to be ceded, and that the French government propofed that his Sicilian Majefty fhould have as indemnity, not only the Balearic lands, but should aifa receive an annuity from the court of Spain to enable him to fupport his dignity. I here interrupted him, expreffing my furprife after the full explanation I had with M. Talleyrand on that very point, that the poffibility of our giving up Sicily fhould be mentioned again; that the guarantee of the king of the Two Sicilies was as much an object with. England as M. Talleyrand knew it to be with Ruth and that i was happy to take the opportunity of Rating to him faily, that I felt myfelf bound to conuider the obtaining for Ruilia the arrangement which the defited, as an object more interesting, if pothole, to England than thote points which be considered as peculiarly connected with her own interefts. He informed me, that there was no claufe in his inftructions en powering him to hear MONTBLY Mag. No 152. In conformity with my engagement made yesterday, which I had the honor of mentioning, to your Lordship in my former dif. patch of this date, I waited on Mr. Champagny this afternoon at two o'clock. He informed me that the accidental omiffion in his instructions had been remelied, and that he had now powers to talk with me on the interests of Ruffia, with a view to arrange the conditions on which France would make peace with that country: but he, at the fame time, propofed, that we should, in the first instance, talk over the terms of peace between France and England. I obierved, that as the greatest difficulties in our last conference feemed to arife from the conditions I had propofed as neceffary to be granted to Ruffia; and as England was refolved not to make peace without obtaining for Rullia all the objects on which the infifled, I thought the more natural order would be, to refume our conversation on thefe laft topics. A long difcution accordingly enfued, which ended in his informing me that, on the fubject of conceffion to Rulia, he was authorifed to communicate to me, that the Government of France was willing, in addition to the treaty made by M. d'Oubril, to cede to that power the full fovereignty of the inland of Corfu; but that he had no authority to go any farther 1 then informed him that I was forry to learn that the negotiation was at an end; for that my inftructions were precife, and that I fhould feel it my duty, the moment I left him, to state to M. Talleyrand, that all hopes having vanished of bringing the nega. tiation to a favourable iffus, I had only now to request paifports for my return to England. After Trong expretiions of mutual regard, he attended me to the outer room, where he again propofed a renewal of our conferences, in cafe his government should give him new instructions. My antwer was, that I had no choice in immediately applying for pifiports; but that, as long as I remuned in this country, i never would refule to fee him; and that if, before my departure, be fould come with powers to grant all the chjefts on which I had explained myf If, I thould feel the greatest fatisfaction, though,at that menent, I thought any appointment perfectly unneceffary. Copy of a Note from the Earl of Lauderdale to M. Talleyrand, dared Paris, Sept. 26, 1806. SIR, 1 tole not a moment in acquainting your Excellency that the result of the conference 40 which which I have had to day with his Excellency M. De Champagny, unfortunately leaves me no hope of being able to bring the negotiation, on the part of Great Britain and of Ruffia, to a favorable iffue. In this ftate of things, and according to my inftructions, no part remains for me to take but to addrefs myfelf to your Excellency for paffports, for my return into the prefence of my Sovereign. Copy of a Note from M. Talleyrand to the Earl of His Majefty, after having, from a defire of of the paft, his Majefty will be ready, fhould the negotiations with England be broken off, to renew them in the midft of any events. He will be ready to replace them on the ba fis laid in concert with the illuftrious Minif ter whom England has loft, who, having nothing to add to his glory except the recanciliation of the two nations, had conceived the hope of accomplishing it, but was fnatched from the world in the midft of his work. The underfigned has the honor to inform his Excellency the Earl of Lauderdale, that M. De Champagny has been authorised to deliver to him the pafiports which he bas demanded. Copy of a Note from the Earl of Lauder falt to The undersigned learning that his Excel lency M. De Champagny is authorized to grant him the pasports which he has de manded, and which he is on the point of receiving, cannot refrain from obferving to his Excellency the Minifter for Foreign Affairs, in anfwer to his note, that he has fome dis culty in imagining from what circumstances his Excellency has been able to infer, "that the British government have refolved to forego the profpe&t of peace." The underligned was fent to France to ne gotiate peace, at a time when the illuftrious Minifter, to whom his Excellency has paid fo just a tribute of praife, prefided over the department for foreign affairs. This great man then acted under the full conviction, that he had received from France an offer of peace on the bafis of uti poffidetis, with the fole exception of Hanover and of its depen dencies in favor of his Britannic Majefty. And, notwithstanding the fuccefs of the arme of his Britannic Majefty, as well in Italy a on the continent of South America; and the refufal of his Majefty the Emperor of all the Ruffias to ratify that treaty, which in the eyes of the French government was equiva lent to the moit fplendid victory; not one new propofition has been advanced on the part of his Majefty, incompatible with the principle which was at firft propofed by the French government, through the channel of the Earl of Yarmouth, as the bafis of a negotiation. It is not, furely, from fuch condu&t that the inference can be drawn, "that the British government have refolved to forega the profpe&t of a peace." Are the conditions, which the undersgret was ordered to propose as the bafis of a pesce between his Majesty the Emperor of all the Ruflias and the French government more af a nature to have given rife to this fafpicion? Quite the reverfe. If a folid and durable peace was the object of the the two poweth, thefe were fuch conditions as juftice and es pediency demanded :-Fafce; because certainly nothing could be more equitable thas to grant to his Sicilian Majesty and to the King of Sardinia a compensation for their ininenfe loftes on the Continem:-Expodiny, becaule, in order to infure the duratud of peace, fuch an arrangement of boundaries an may prevent disputes malt always be gre ble to that which furnishes to one of the par ties the means and the advantages of attack. It was on this principle that the propofed evacuation of Dalmatia and Albania by the French troops naturally fuggefted itself. If, therefore, the underfigned has received orders to demand his pafiports, and to depart from France, it is certainly not because his fovereign wishes to renounce peace, but be coufe his Majefty finds himself abliged to do fo; the French government not having confented to all the conditions which were comprised in the propofals originally made by them to his Britannic Majefty; and having moreover rejected as the basis for the treaty with Ruffia the juft and reasonable conditions which the underligned was authorised to propofe. (Signed) LAUDERDALE, For the Monthly Magazine. METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT for the last twelve months at Carlife. Annual Mean. 48,944 Annual Mean. 29,7706 31,54 219 210 155 General Remarks on the Weather, and other Meteorological Phenomena ob jerved at Carlile during the Year 1806. The New Year began with very ftormy weather, which prevailed during the greatest part of January. The 6th, 7th, 10th, and 22d, were moft diftinguished in this refpect, when the wind blew violent hurricanes accompanied with heavy falls of hail, rain, fnow, and fleet. Although we had very little front this month, yet the air was cold, owing to the great quantity of fnow which covered the mountains in this neighbourhood. Mean nid-day temperature 39-6. February was fofty, with light showers of fnow, till the 5th; when the air became extremely humid, and open weather continued throughout the remainder of the mouth. On the 26th, 27th and 28th, the wind blew in dreadful guits from the N.W. accompanied with hail, rain, fnow and fleet. Aurora borealis on the 6th. denfe and inactive. On the 7th the hea vens were illuminated with an Aurora which was fingularly brilliant, the former part of the evening had been cloudy with light rain: about half past 9 o'clock the ky became clear, when fuddenly the whole hemifphere was overfpread with deale bodies of light, and active fiream Total. Fot. Tot Tot. crs; which, for their brightness and the grand interimixture of prifinatic colours they exhibited, farpaffed all defcription; the beams in approaching the zenith made a whirling motion in concentric circles to the point of convergence. This fublime difplay of celestial fplendour continued about 45 minutes. And on the 17th a broad luminous arch, which extended across the heavens S.W, and N.E. the S.W. end of which was remarkably bright: this phenomenon foon disappeared. Mean mid-day temperature 41.3. Murch commenced with very mild and pleafant weather, which continued till the 9th; this was fucceeded by ten days of fevere froft and fome heavy falls of fuow (at this period fnow lay very deep in the furrounding country); it then became mild again and continued during the rest of the month, Aurora on the 15th, a luminous arch which extended across the heavens N.W. and S. E. and on the 16th a fimilar phenomenon which extended S.W. and N.E. Mean midday temperature 45. April, May, and June, afforded very lit tle variety for remark; the weather on the whole was uncommonly dry and bright, with cold parching eaiterly wins fnow was obferved on the mountains at the July. The weather this month was remarkably gloomy, denfe clouds which indicated thunder-forms prevailed almoft every day; this prognoftication was verified on the 11th about 4 o'clock in the morning, when we had a dreadful peal of thunder, alfo on the 16th in the afternoon much thunder at a diftance; ou the 21ft in the afternoon an exceeding loud peal; and on the 26th vivid lightning, diftant thunder, and heavy rain, almoft all day the rain which appears in the table for this month fell chiefly in the latter part of it. The greateft height of the thermometer 700; mean mid-day temperature 64°, and the mean for the whole month 59.5 may be deemed very low for the feafon. Auguft. This month was marked by much thunder and lightning, ftrong winds, and heavy rains. On the 9th in the afternoon we were vifited by one of the moft dreadful fionis of thunder and lightning ever remembered here; the thunder was loud and terrific beyond defcription, and the lightning extremely denfe and vivid in the fuburbs of this city, four men were ftruck down by the lightning, but fortunately none of them were very materially hurt: much damage was done in this diftrict, and the effects of the ftorm were feverely felt to a confiderable diftance; its courfe was from west to eaft in a direct line over this place: rain inixed with hail fell in torrents during the whole time of the storm, which was upwards of four hours. Much lightning in the night of the 19th, although the fky at the time was perfectly cloudlefs; alfo on the 20th, 21t, 24th and 25th, much lightning and diftant thunder. Aurora borealis on the 19th and 20th denfe, ftill horizontal light. Mean mid-day tempenature 68-8. till the 26th, when on that day and the next, hofts of them collected again. On the 29th fome ftragglers were fcen, and none after. October commenced with gloomy driz zling weather, which continued till the 6th; it then became dry and pleasant and with fome trilling interruptions was uncommonly fine till the 25th which was an extremely ftormy day, when the wind blew a moft violent hurricane from the S. The remaining part of the month was moift and warin with light fhowers at intervals. On the 22d at 9 o'cicus in the evening, appeared in the western part of the hemifphere, a remarkably large and brilliant meteor; its courie was from S.E. to N.W. nearly parallel to the hurizon. Altitude about 120; apparent velocity 300 in 5 feconds of time; magnitude equal to that of the moon, which was then fhining bright, the tky being perfectly free from clouds; it burst in the air, leav ing a long train of light behind it: barometer at the time, 29-2 and ring at the time of one tenth of an inch in an hour: thermometer 35°, next morning $2: the day had been cold, dark and thowery with a ftrong N. wind. The first autum nal ice this feafon was formed in the night of the 224. Mean mud-day tem perature 55.2. November was throughout, gloomy, humid and unpleafaut, and much formy weather occurred, with heavy falls of hail and rain; during the laft ten days the rain amounted to upwards of four inches. On the 6th the tops of the mountains were patched with fhow for the first time this feafon, and at the end of the month all the highest mountains which furround this place were perfectly white. Aurora borealis on the 2d-denfe, brilhant and active beams, difappeared in about five minutes. Mean mid-day temperature 48. December continued remarkably null, but very wet and gloomy. On the toth occurred a violent form of thunder and lightning, accompanied with heavy ruma mixed with hail, and an exceffive trong weft wind; it began a 8 o'clock in the morning and continued about three quas ters of an hour. During that period the heavens were covered with dente clouds of a pitchy darkness, from which darted gleams of lightning, and presented a meft terrific afpeft: barometer at the time 28-61: thermometer 49°. On Chritaras day we had a furious farm of wind 4 rain from the S. Mean mid-day tape. rature 44.7. I am Your's &c. September. The wet weather which occurred during this month fomewhat retarded the progrefs of the harveft, yet no very material injury was done to the grain, and the crops which proved very abundant were chiefly gathered at the end of the month. Aurora borealis on the 10th and 11th-denfe ftill borizontal light, and on the 15th and 16th thin and active. Mean mid-day temperature 60. The swallow tribe began to congregate 1ere in the former part of this month; on the 22d immenfe flocks were obferved hovering in this district; they then left us Carlife, January 3, 1807. WILLIAM PITT. GENERAL |