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Ecxnox, December 12. STATE PAFiihS. the U'n; m'.gociamo it vmn rstA*.crF Papers relative to t/j negotiation mith l 4 'ram e, presented, by tan Majesty’h tuiuhiuml, to both Houses of Parliament taxi night. fCoNTIIiL'I-U.^ No. I.—Note from Mr. Secretary T'ox, to M. Talleyrand, dated June ) l, IHU6.—Correctly given in the Moniteur. ‘No. It.— A ri) act from a (lie/ialeh/rcin the hart if Yarmouth, to Mr. <S 'i t retu tj Fox, dated Farm , June 19, I 306 received June Ji, rs course not given hi the Moult rur. SIR, Fanis, Jane 19,1806. I have the honor to inform you, that in obedience to your orders I made all the haste in my power to arrive at Pu li, as soon as possible—calm at sea, “however, prevented my getting here till the afternoon of the 16ili. 1 immediately waited upon M. Talley rand to deliver to him the dispatches I you entrusted to niycaie, and requested to put oft’ any conversation on the sub-1 ject of my journey till next day. 1 in- j tend employing this iriterval to endea vour to see M. D’Oubril, if at Pans, and j communicate tvitii him previously to seeing again M. Talleyrand, or at any j rale to obtain some knowledge of bis | motions. Previous, however, to my leaving M. Taljev rand, he expressed to me, tliat al though the desire ol peai e was equally | fi'iccre now as it w as wucn 1 quilled Pa- ( 'i >, yet that some, changes had taken luj( e which he had hinoid at the possi- 1 in.ity of, ivlu-.n 1 last saw him, aliuding so the readiness of Russia to treat sepa rately ; and lurthcr mentioned that the ■emperor Had received lepotls fioni his! nrot.iei’ and the general ollieeis miner 1 lux orders, stating that Naples could not \ be held without biciiy, ami tne piobaifii-j ity they s:iw of gaining possession ot that; Island. 1 answered him, that being or dered to require ibe restoration ol Nu-j pics to tin: king of Sicily as a necessary | aid’ ie of peace there would be no ques tion of their separation. 1 lonceivc bc.i iiy to be a great diili < uity, thou,'li. [ climbs, were there no o thcr, it might he got over. M. Talley - r;utd otten and seriously stated the abso lute determination of the Emperor not tofeousent to our demands ol Naples, Venice, l:>;ria, and Delnutia, or to uli <rtJ)Ue any part of his Italian States, to firm a provision for the King Sanli nia. Ag; dust cessions in the West-Indirs, or elsewhere, 1 solemnly p.otcsicd — nor do i thii:K they care stalk leiuly a boul lhc.>e objects to give any uftcicni Con inental equivalent lortaem. M. 1 alley rand olten lepeated that the Kjpi l!Wi. yu* nt /M /U ’ 6-t fteut ttatlcr tann-me langur *i on h’.j fat rgitfcmcnt union*- i Jut i:i poli ties it is impossible to hold tlies.uuc latt-j tillage, unless iiotli parlies are equally t authorised;” ]ud as ire picnliy said that they constricted ilutioier tortile honour di tue Crow n, Malta lot ilu; honour oi the Nuvy, and tile Cape oi Good Hope t/>r the honour ol lii Lish Conimerce, to fct: suihcient indncenicnu to induce his Majesty'., Ministers to make I’cai e. I'. S. On i'uesday, 17tiiJune, 1 wait ed on M. Tulleyraiicl, and began the itbnversa.wn by alluding to tlu- ehanges hr had hinted at the night before, ami desired leave to tepc.it tiic substance oi what had passed a’ my firmer inter views with mm, and which 1 had In- his desire communicated, lie agreed that tiie statement w.c accurate, yu. ’• s.— Extrcw: of Diafitch frotn A'*-". tire. Pox to (Ar %r.rl J Yarmouth n'utui i)bx9nrtg-*frr:" t Jut* 26* 1800. l)o > st'ttCfSTtttiKr, June do. I had the honor on Saturday evening inTrceiic your Lordship's letters of die I ‘ll., ami should sooner hate answered * hem, ii 1 had not been lor the.se three ri.n s past lotaliv incapable of attending to business. I am very happy to learn that M.Tul leyviiiid acknowledges your accounts ot former enurersadons to be accuratelv tinric.et; but when he does acknowledge t iis, 1 hat e no conception on what ground he can recede from what lie said so dis tinctly to your Lordship before, upon tin subject of Sucilv ; ton* t’uve:. non* ~'uut dem<itni-jtta rim” ; >* Y ol) me in possession of it—we ask nothing hoin von,"] are words that ninth; the more ituprt” ion on me, bee ause, those emitamed in the latter clause of the sen. j tence had been used by his Kxcrllei ev ■ iVbuv oi his letters to me. It was vi\ the faith of thr utifiwridetu bring to be strictly observed us the basis, mul par ticularly Siciiy, on which satisfaction had ‘>' your Lordship, that his Majesty was induced to authorise your l.> Imp t> buhl further canferreitces with ’ lr. Tr leyoaiui. Any tergiversa tion <i ’ ‘it tWieiorc ou tliat article *HiSd b. * h of the, p-imiple of the propasi : ;a -.a in its most essential part. I’o say dint Hanover is an exception to •he principle it in vain, inasmuch us fUiiyver is to be yielded expressly in fr tutor oi the Crown; hi Icon the e tie-r hand, the ivc..jnitions proposed ‘i:h to the French lhupivc ami ii Dependents, are u: only in honour 1 o’tiu Croan of f-'rancr, but tehd sub-’ • ..iu'.ully to establishl;,e soiiditv of her pc'Ctr. * irh r, pvd to the complaint oftjic wu'it of fitH |aa.T( i,; m utuiJ all’ p.v'i’Hfc Aicaeii on that a*count, lam t oiutiiaiua vl by his Majesty to transmit to jri! the accompanying thiktur, iiut vour I.ordship shi mid J.c-iy tc M. TiHejeniul, unit yoiii s , ii. % •;*<;,! - any uw of. them formally until Si. TaScyrahd fe turns to Jus termer ground with respect to Siciij. Your Lordship is directed further to acquaint ti’.at minister, that, if Russia offers to treat separately, it is on ly in the way in which we do, that is to sky,-separately in foniqbut in substance, in conceit with each other. And here you wall recollect that this very circum stance was canvassed in your former conversations with M. Talleyrand, when that minister expressed himself clearly that these would he no objection, oil the part of Prance, to such preconcert, The result of what 1 have stated to your lordship is this: Ist. That-Sicily is a nine i/uu non ; on which subject, if the French minister recedes, from lbs former answer, it is in vain that any fur ther discussion should take place. It is clearly within his first opinion delivered to your lordship ; it is ( lcarly within his last description of places which are re ciprocally possessed by the two coun tries, anti cannot in all probability be re covered by war. If, according to the hope conceived by your lordship, this matter sir, ltd be i arranged, you may open your lud pow j el s ; stating, at the same time, the de termination of this court not to come to | any final agreement without the consent of Russia. \u will ol” course again j mention the questions of Naples and Is- Iti ia. 11 vve i buhl attain either of them, jit would be well ; but if we cannot, your j lordship will not stale these points as \ com lusive reasons against agreeing on | preliminary articles, provided such arti j cles be considcicd as provisional, and subject, to the approbation of Russia. I With regard to the mode of provi sional agreement, two suggest them selves to my mind ; the one, to send tire agreement vve shall have entered into either to Petersburgh, or to some autho rised agent of the leniperor Alexander, at \ ienna, Paris, or elsewhere, for Ins | approbation ; the other, to copy the < precedent adopted by lord Lansdownc j and Dr. franklin i . the year 1782. At ! that time a prov isional treaty was signed | by the Plenipotentiaries of Great Uritain and the United States of America, w ith i the reservation, that the said treaty I should not have effect till a peace should be agreed upon between France and England. Ol these two modes 1 should prefer the latter. It does not appear that there hasbecn any conversation between your lordship and M. Taheyru id on a point which was mentioned to you, and which appears to he ol considerable importance ; 1 me n the future udmissnn of Russia and Swe den to become parties in a definitive treaty. Ido not say that this is a point that must be determined upon previous to your settling tue basis proposed, but it is one which should not be lust sight of, out, on the contrary, urged as far as pos sible. .'■o. 16.— Extract from ail inflate h from the Karl of Yunnoulh iu Air Sr— .., . , ..uicu ram, Jiityi, 1806. Keciived July 4. SiR, Fakis, July 1 at. 1806. 1 hail the honor to receive, on Saitir- I ‘lay lllc lull powers witli w hich it j ! k,s graciously pleased his majesty to entrust me, mu jour clEpuich of tne 6tii ol June. l wailed upon M. Talleyrand next morning,and stated to him in the strong est manner tne impossibility ol convei - •mg unv umber upon the general onl ine oi peace, until he should return to the soriiier ground, and consider Sicily in its true amt real situation, namely, a state not conquered by France, or likely ‘ to be so, anu coming most strictly with ‘•i the meaning ol his own wonts: tliat it had been clearly expressed by hint, ami repeated to you in the first instance, I tliat Fram e uici net intend to make Sici-: h ail obstacle to peace. Al. Etlieyrand naswereu, ilia, v. ni.e the war continued, | amt tin terms were actually agreed up on, change oi circumstances were al ways to be considered as reasons for a pat ,ial change ol terms ; tliat Bunapartc Hail been nut ta eiy convinced of the fa cility ot taking fsicily at some future pe i toil ol the war ; tint that, above ail, he ell more .uni more its absolute necessi tj to make Naples and the neighbour ing territories tenable : that had any confidential overtttie been made three moulds ago, they would have been rea lty to settle the question of Naples unite manner most satisfactory to Great Bri- I lain : the same a month later with re gard to Holland. Those subjects were I now arranged, and the Emperor would consider any retrograde measure as equi !’ dfid ly abdication. 1 observed to tliat minister, that however much good faith may lie necessary in every transaction of me world, yet, tliat being peculiarly! so when a communication is made se-| crctly and verbally, 1 had a right to be doubly surprised at any change of ground. Jlc defended himself by his former arguments alio; valtered circum- stances, ami said, that wnen no change of disposition was manifested towards Great Britain herself, as to the restora tion ol Hanover, or the possession ol Malta and the t ape, he thought we might suffer them to possess themselves ot a part ot the states of their enemy, necessary to tlie tenure of the rost, which tio consideration would now induce I F’ranee to restore. M. Talleyrand then asked, whether II had any powers. 1 mid him that 1 . must decline answering that question, ’ until he should inform me that there would be no further discussion about Sicily ; but that he might easily draw a concluvaon that 1 had, from tne lion-1 j oural.le manner in which Grcat-Britain , endeavoured to remove every obstacle j n at, iu its own nature insurmountable. J The minister then mentioned his bc ; big obliged to go to St. Cloud, and ask . ed, what 1 said ; l answered, “ that 1 ■ was ordered to continue no COUYCTS4U‘'n till I should fte informed that this ecv demand, changing entirely the proposed basis, should be urged no more.” lie appointed next morning for me to re ceive an answer. I accordingly returned to the . Office yesterday morning, when M. Talley rand repeated the same demand, offer ing to desist from the recognition by Crcut-Britain, of any or all the new Stales, waving tliis concession to the honour oftfie powers created by France, and setting Hanover against Sicily, and pleading that no such recognition being demanded, Hanover would then appear a lair equivalent for that Island. He read the draft ofan article to this effect: that Creat-Britain and France should not oppose each others arms against such of the powers now at war as should not be named in the preliminary articles. To this I declined making any answer repeating my orders not to converse fur ther till lie should abandon this proposi tion, and return to the former Lasts. I added that, unlcs he did so, I could ex pect nothing but your order to return to England. M. Tallayrand wished to revert to the old topic, on which I repeated to him, that it was impossible for me to converse on any part of the subject till he should entirely relinquish every mode of seek ing for the possession of Sicily. M Talleyrand desired me to in form you, that on the 29th of June, the I French troops were to take possession of Cataro. Ac/. 17. —Extract from a dispatch from the J-.url of Yunnoulh, to Mr. Secreta ry Fox, dated Far in, July 1, 1806. Received July 4. SIR, Fa ms, July 1, 1806.— Midnight. Alter closing the dispatch I had the honour to address to you this morning, I went lor the passport M. Talleyrand had promised to have prepared lor the Massenger’s return. Instead of giving me the passport, he made many excuses for its having es caped his memory, requesting me to wait till lie should come back from St. Cloud. When I returned, M. Talleyrand proposed to me to offer the Hanse Towns as ail establishment for the king ot Naples, and thui the British troops slioulu occupy them the same day they re-take possession of Hanover. On a littie further conversation, 1 had little doubt that were England to provide in any otner manner lor his Sicilian majes ty, the king might add the Hanse Towns and their territories in full sovereignty to Lis German dominions. The propositions abnut the llan9e Towns being entirely new, 1 promised to refer it without any comment to you for his majesty’s consideration. i have the honor to be, Uc. ; signed) YARMOUTH. ft/V H *-*->. % t AjrQlTl Mr Secretary Fox to the hurl of i'ar mouih, aa.cd l)cw rung-street, July A, 1806. MV LORD, JoOH'MNC-SfKZEr, July 6, 1806. Y our lordship’s dispatches ot the first mst. were leceivcd here early yesterday morning and 1 lose no time in appri zing you oi bis majesty’s commands up on me present sute of the discussion with the French government. The abandonment of Sicily is a point oil which it is impossible tor his majes ty to concede, four lordship nas altea 'uy stated unanswerably to M. Talley rand, tnat tliis demand is inconsistent with ins express declarations, and with tlie wnolc principle on which the nego ! elation rests. It is, besides, a proposal in itself quite inadmissible. The king’s tVoops occup) Sic ily for its defence, but I vvuli no right to cede it to France. It is | not easy to contend that the possession ot Sicily can be necessary to that of Na- j jiies; nor, if it w ere so, could that be assigned as a reason for his majesty’s consenting to abandon that Island, which he may justly hope his naval and milita ry lorce will be üblelo defend against all attacics. The 1 Lease l owns could not in the present circumstances, answer the purpose ol an equivalent lor Sicily, even il there were not otherobjectionstosuch a proposition. Nor would it be possi ble that any solid basis for the tranquili ty ol Lurope could be established on the idea thrown out by M. Talleyrand, of having Great Britain and France at Li berty to prosecute the war against the allies of each other ; a dtate of tilings in winch their respective fleets and armies would be as much opposed to each o ther as they are now, and the peace be tween them would be merely nominal. ; It is therefore, to lie hoped, that the French government will revert to its o riginal proposals with which your lord ship was charged by M. Talleyrand, j To that basis of negotiation it must be your Lordship’s endeavour to recall him ; and if, unfortunately, you should find this to be impracticable, notning can re main but that you should state, in per fectly civil, but decided terms, that you are not at liberty to treat on any other ground, and must, therefore,desire your passports to return to England. 1 hav e stated in my last letters the different ideas that had occurred here for combining our negociations with j that of Russia ; providing, at the same : time, for the safety of Sweden and Por } tugal. j Until we arc informed what other I proposals is made in this respect bv M. I Talleyrand, I can only desire tliat vour lordship w ill keep this subject in view, so as not to admit of any thing incon sistent with the principle of good faith to which his majesty must in substance adhere, but in such form as may best facilitate the great work of peace. I am, &c. f,‘o. l9. —Extract from a disfiatch flora the Karl of Yarmouth to Air. Sec. Fox (luted Faria, July 9, 1806. —Jieceivid July 12. . • Fakis, July 9, !306. SIR, I had the honour to receive your dis patch of the sth inst. early yesterday morning, and as soon as possible after waited upon M. Talleyrand, to comuni ‘ cate to him that the offer niade by France was by no means admissible, and that I had no authority to listen to any propo sals whatsoever for the restoration- of peace, till lie should desist from all pre tentions to the Island of Sicily. M. Talleyrand not being willing to make any such declaration, I asked him to give me a passport to return to Lon don —lie desired me to wait one day, till he should again have taken the Empe ror’s orders. I accordingly returned this morning, when he desired me to propose Delniu tia, Albania, kngusa, as an indemnity for the loss of Sicily to his Sicilian ma jesty ; to this I answered, that as the messenger was returning', I should c.'in municate this proposition, but that it by I no means authorised me to expect an answer, and therefore I must beg leave to return to England. Had M. D’Ou bril not been here, I should immediately have insisted on passports. I must now inform you that on Mon day M. T alleyrand took me aside, and j told me that the Telegraphe announced the landing ofßasilico, expressing at the same time a w ish that the dispatches fie would bring might lead to peace. I an swered, that I could expect no such re sult while France demanded Sicily ; and added, tliat if I might believe public re port, the Emperor, so far from shewing any pacific disposition, every day threw j new obstacles in the way. I then mentioned the changes in Ger many. M. Talleyrand said, that they were determined upon, but should not be published if peace took place. Fie has since repeated thia to M. D’Oubril and myself, saying, if peace was made, Germany should remain in its present state. M. D’Oubril writes both to you and to the counte Dc Strogonoff; his letters will contain probably more than mine, as I conversed very little with M. Tal leyrand. I felt on very delicate ground. Had I entered sufficiently into the ques tion of indemnities for the king of Sici ly, to obtain a precise idea to what ex tent they could be carried, Mons. Do Talleyrand might have formed an opi nion that I had some instructions, and was prepared to abawton Sicily whene ver 1 was assured of sufficient compen sation. (To nx coxtixuvd.) ■ WASHINGTON January 27. 41 A motion was made yesterday to the Court, for a writ of attachment against rine Corps; and i-ieut. Mead, lor not delivering the persons of Messrs. Boll man and Swartwout, agreeably to the writ of Habeas Corpus. The Court de cided, that a writ of attachment could not be granted till three days sifter the issuing oi the Habeas Corpus. “ Tliis day the court decided the ques tion, whether or not u warrant for ar resting Messrs. Bollman and Swartwout, for treason, missprisonment of treason, or any other crime, could be issued from the evidence before them. The opinion oi Chief Justice Chranch was in the ne gative; that of the other two Judges was in the affirmative. Accordingly they were brought into Court; counsel was allowed them, and they wera committed to prison. To-morrow their counsel w ill argue against the legality of their committment.” MESSAGE From the President of the United Stater. 1 runsmitting further information touch in an illegal combination of private in dividuals against the peace of the Uni on, and military expedition planned by them against the territories of a power in amity with the United States; with the measures pursued for sun pressing the same. To the Senate and House of Representa tives of United States. I received from general Wilkinson, on the 23d instant, his affidavit charging- Samuel Swartwout, Peter V. Ogden and James Alexander, with the crimes des cribed in the affidavit, a copy of which is now communicated to both Houses of Congress. It was anounred to me at the same time, that Swartwout and Bollman, two of the persons apprehended by him. were arrived in this city, in custody each of a military officer. 1 immediately de , livered to the attorney of the United : States, in this district, the evidence rc ] ceived against them, with instructions to lay them before the judges, and apply for their process to bring the accused j to justice, and I put into his hands or { ders to the officers having them in cus tody, to deliver them to the marshal on his application. TH; JEFFERSON. January 26, 1807. [Here follows gen. Wilkinson’s affida vit, Cyphered Letter See. published in the Rsrutucis of the Sth instant.] I instantly revived to avail myself of the referrence made to the bearer, and in course of some days drew from him The said Swartwout) the following dis closure. “ That ho had been dispatched by col. Burr from Philadelphia, had ;va sed through the states of Ohio and Ken tucky, and proceeded fiom Louisville for St. Louis, where he expected to find me, but discovered at Kaskaskias, that I had descended the liver, he procured a skiff, hired hands and followed me down the Mississippi to Fort Adams, and from; thence.set cu: for Natchitoches, in cam puny with capts. Sjjarkskllocikc, under the pretence of a disposition, to take part in the campaign against the Spaniards then pending. That col. Burr, with the support of a powerful association, exten ding from Ncvv-York to Nev,-Orleans, was levying an armed body of 7000 men in the state of Nov. -York and the v. intern states and territories, with a view to car ry an expedition against the Mexican provinces, and that 500 men under col. Swartwout and a col. or major Tyler, were to ascend the A leg any, for whoso accommodation light boats had been built and were ready.” i inquired what would be their course ;he said, this territory would be revolutionized, where the pco-/ pie are ready to join them, and that there would he some seizing, he .supposed at Nevv-Orleans ; that they expected to be ready to embark about the first of Feb ruary, and intended to land at VcraCruz, and march from thence to Mexico.” I observed that there were several millions of dollars iri the bank of this place ; to which lie replied, “ w e know it full well and on my remarking that they certainly i did not mean to violate private property, fi e said they merely ment toborrow,anci would, return it ; that they must equip the ms fives in New-Orleans ; that they expected n c ; v al protection from Great- Britain ; that La“ capt. and the of ficers of our navy were disgusted with the government,they were ." ,; ady to join; that similar disgusts prevailed l.'? , ; cu £k # out the western country, where the peo ple were zealous in favour of the/enler prize, and that pilot boat schooners were contracted for along our southern coast, for their service ; that he had been ac conipanied from the falls of the Ohio to Kaskaskias, and from thence to F ert A-’ [ dams, by a Mr. Ogden, who had proceed ed on to New-Orleans with letters from colonel Burr to his friends there.”—! Swartwout asked me whether I had heard from Dr. Bollman ; and on niv answer ing in the negative, he expressed his surprise, and obsorved, “ That the Doc tor and Mr. Alexander had left Philadel phia before him, with dispatches for me, and that they were to proceed by sea to New-Orleans. where lie said they must have arrived.” Though determined to deceive hirxv if possible, I could not refrain telling Mr* Sv. artwout it was impossible that I could ever dishonor my commission; and I Ireheve I duped him by my admiration of the plan, and by observing, That al though 1 could not join in the expedition the engagements wuh the Spaniards had prepared for me in my front, might pre vent my opposing it.” Y’ct I did tiro moment 1 had deciphered the letter, put it into the hands of Col. Cushing, my adjutant and inspector, making the de claration that I should oppose the law less enterprize with my utmost force. Mr. Swartwout informed me that ho was under engagements to meet Cos!„ Bnrrat Nashville the 20th November, Sc requested of me to write him which £ declined ; and on his leaving Natchito ches about the 18th of October, I imme diately employed lieut. T. A. Smith to convey the information, in substance to the President, without the commitment? of names; for from the extraordinary nature of the project, and the more ex traordinary appeal to me, I conld not doubt its reality, notwithstanding the tes timony before, and I did not attach solid belief to Mr. Swartwout’s report respec ting their intentions on this ten itory and city, until I received coufirmilary ad vice ftom St. Louis. After my return from the Sabine, I crossed the country to Natchez, and on my descent of the Mississippi from that place, I found Swartwout and P. V. Og den at Fort Adams: with the hitler I held no communication, but was inform ed by Swartwout, that ho Ogden, had returned so far from New-Orlcans, on his rout to Tennessee, but had been so much alarmed by certain reports in cir culation, that he was afraid to proceed. I inquired whether he bore letters with him from N. Orleans, & was informed by Swartwout that lie did not, but that a Mr. Spence had been sent from Ncw- Orlcans thtough the country to Nashville) with letters for Col. Ilurr. I reached this city the 25th ultimo* 5c on the next morning James Alexander, esq. visited me : he enquired of me a side, whether I had seen Doctor Boll man, and on my answering in the nega tive, he asked me whether I would suffer him to conduct Hodman to me, which I refused. He appeared desirous to communicate something, but I felt no inclination to inculpate this vonng man, and he left me. A few- days alter he paid me a second v isit, and seemed de sirous to communicate, which I avoided, until he had risen to take leave ; I then raised mv finger, and observed, take care, you’r placing a dangerous game.’* He answered “ it will succeed.’'’ I again observed “ take care and he replied with affirmation, u Burk will be here by the begining of next month.”. In additi on to these corroborating circumstan ces, against Alexander, I beg leave to refer to the accompanying documents A. 11. From all which I feel no hesita tion in declaring, under the solemn cb ligation of an oath, that I do believe the said Swartwout, Alexander and Ogden have been parties to, and have been con cerned in the insurrection formed or forming in the states end territories on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, a gainst the laws and constitution of thv United States. (Signed) JAMF.S WILKINSON. Sworn to, and subscribed before me, this 26th day of Deccinln-r, m i*.e i ear of our Lord 180 1. (Signed) GF.ORCE POLLOCK, Justice est he Peace of the Cob iff/ <T Or t’ “