Memoirs of C.M. Talleyrand de Périgord: Containing the Particulars of His Private and Public Life, Volume 2H. S. Nichols, 1895 |
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Page 140 - Uawkcsbury. dcnly clenly announced the signature of preliminaries of peace between England on the one part, and France, Spain, and Holland on the other.* " After the lapse of a considerable time, during which the public expectation was amazingly excited by alternate hopes and fears, the long-expected treaty was signed, ratified, and promulged according to the established forms. -f...
Page 124 - Copenhagen in the character of a plenipotentiary, while his mission was supported by a strong squadron under Admiral Dickson, which entered the Sound. After a considerable time spent in discussion, a temporary adjustment took place, in consequence of which the Danish frigate, with the convoy, were to be released, and the former repaired in a port of His Britannic Majesty, according to the usage of friendly and allied Powers.
Page 244 - Hamburgh : namely, that it took place iii consequence of orders given by the minister of police at Paris to the commander of the French forces in Hanover. His majesty trusts that there will not be found a power upon the continent which can remain insensible to the consequences of a measure, which, in its principle and example, not only menaces every court which may at any time fall within the reach of French arms, but which is subversive at once of the sacred rights...
Page 195 - Allen, Greek Professor in the University of Pennsylvania. With a Supplementary Essay on Philidor as Chess-Author and Chess-Player, by Tassilo von...
Page 91 - King the two letters which you have transmitted to me j and his Majesty, seeing no reason to depart from those forms which have long been established in Europe for transacting business with foreign states, has commanded me to return, in his name, the official answer which I send you herewith enclosed.
Page 123 - It was stated, at the same time, that the captain of one of her frigates had been detained and treated with harshness. An event occurred soon after which, though undoubtedly planned and prepared by Talleyrand's agents at Copenhagen, occasioned much perplexity, and was productive of all those disagreeable consequences which his plots had measured...
Page 237 - Diplomatic ministers,' says. lord Hawkesbury, ' ought not to conspire, in the country in which they reside, against the laws of that country ; but they are not subject to the same rules with respect to states to which they are not accredited.
Page 112 - ... for its attachment to the only remaining enemy of the republic. Queen Mary, the widow of her uncle Peter III. incapacitated, partly by age and partly by a mental malady, from the exercise of the royal functions, still retained the semblance of sovereignty ; but the kingdom was governed by her son, under the name of regent. The Prince of Brazil, conscious that his country had been repeatedly saved, and his family continued on the throne, in consequence of the support and protection of Great Britain,...
Page 123 - An event occurred soon after that occasioned much perplexity, and was productive of the most disagreeable consequences, " Although the armed vessels of the two northern powers had protested against a search, and one of them actually recurred to small arms, yet nothing in the shape of a regular engagement had hitherto taken place. This, however, at length occurred in...
Page 235 - ... guarantee their engagements, and protect their interests ? " The Powers of the Continent have seen with what audacity the faith of oaths has been sported with by this Government, and solemn treaties violated even before they were carried into execution. The maritime nations every day experience its tyranny. There no longer exists any theoretical principle of navigation, any written convention, which have not been scandalously violated on every shore and in every sea.