river, et de rendre la Ruffie garante que la Grande Brétagne pouvoit en toute fureté poffeder ce qu' elle venoit de ravir.

Le Prince Royal de Danemarc n'avoit pas ratifié la Convention de Copenhague; aux Secondes Propofitions qui viennent de lui être faites, il a encore expofé à Sa Majefté Impériale combien il étoit îrrité par ce nouveau Procedé du Ministère Britannique à fon égard.

L'Empereur touché de la Confiance que le Prince Royal plaçoit en fon Amitié, ayant confidéré fes propres Griefs contre l'Angleterre, ayant mûrement examiné les Engagements qu' il avoit avec les Puiffances du Nord pris par l'Impératrice Catherine et feu Sa Majefté l'Empereur, tous deux de glorieufe Mémoire, s'eft décidé à les remplir.

Auffi Sa Majefté charge-t-elle le Souffigné de déclarer à fon Excellence le Lord Gower, Ambaffadeur de Sa Majefté Britannique, que Sa Majefté Impériale rompt toute Communication avec l'Angleterre. Sa Majefté Impériale rappelle toute la Miffion qu'elle y avoit et ne vent pas conferver près d' elle celle de Sa Majefté Britannique. Il n'y aura dorénavant entre les Deux Pays aucun rapport.

L'Empereur déclare qu'il annulle et pour toujours tout acte conclu précédemment entre la Grand Bretagne

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Bretagne et la Ruflie, et nommément la Convention faite le Juin 1801. Il proclame de nouveau les Principes de la Neutralité Armée, ce Monument de la Sageffe de l'Impératrice Catherine, et s'engage à ne jamais deroger de ce Systême.

Il demande à l'Angleterre de fatisfaire complettement fes Sujets fur toutes leur juftes Réclamations de Vaiffeaux et de Marchandifes faifies ou retinues contre la teneur exprefe des Traités conclus fous fon ropre regne.

L'Empereur previent que rien fera retabli entre la Ruffie et l'Angleterre que celle ci n'ait fatisfait le Danemarc.

L'Empereur s'attend à ce que Sa Majefté Britannique au lieu de permettre à fes Miniftres comme elle vient de le faire de repaudre de nouveaux germes de la guerre, n'écoutant que fa propre Senfibilité, fe prêtera à conclure la Paix avec Sa Majefte l'Empereur des François, ce qui etendroit. pour ainfi dire à toute la terre les bienfaits inapréciables de la Paix.

Lorfque l'Empereur fera fatisfoit fur tous les Points qui précédent et nommément fur celui de la Paix entre la France et l'Angleterre, fans la quelle aucune Partie de l'Europe ne peut pas fe permettre une véritable Tranquillité, Sa Majefté Impériale re

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prendra alors volontièrs avec la Grande Brétagne les Rélations d'amitié, que dans l'état de jufte mecontentement où l'Empereur devoit être il a peut être confervé trop long tems.

Le Souffigné s'étant acquitté des Ordres de l'Empereur fon Maitre, prie fon Excellence M. l'Ambaffadeur de faire parvenir fans Délai à la Connoifance du Roi, fon Souvérain, le contenu de cette Note.

(Signé) Le Comte N. ROMANZOW.

THE Emperor, who in the Course of the War which he has just terminated, had to complain of the Conduct of England towards him, fuppreffed his just Resentment in the confoling Hope that the Peace he had fo lately concluded would lead to a general Peace.

He had conftituted himself Mediator, he had fubfequently offered his Mediation in acquainting His Britannick Majefty that his Defire was to obtain for Him an honourable Peace.-England rejected his Offices.

It feemed as if her Views were not to fuffer the Flames of War not to be extinguished, but to kindle them anew in the North by an Event sudden and novel.

The Fleets and Armies of His Britannick Majefty came to perpetrate against Denmark an Act of which History furnishes no Example. The Emperor, who, to the Knowledge of England was a Guarantee of the Tranquillity of the Baltick, which is a clofe Sea; the Emperor, who had been forewarned of nothing, did not conceal his Refentment; and, in a fecond Note delivered to Lord Gower, informed England, that he did not intend to remain a quiet Spectator of what had befallen a King, his Relation, and his Friend.

The Emperor confeffes, he did not forefee, that, after this Declaration, England would make him the Propofal of undertaking to convince Denmark, that it was her Intereft to fubmit to what had recently befallen her, and to render Ruffia Guarantee; that Great Britain fhould poffefs in perfect Security that which he had fo lately wrested from Denmark.

The Prince Royal of Denmark had not ratified the Convention of Copenhagen.-As to the fecond Propofals which were made to him he has again reprefented to his Imperial Majefty how greatly he

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was irritated by this new Procedure of the British Ministry towards him.

The Emperor, penetrated with the Confidence which the Prince Royal repofed in his Friendship, having confidered his own Wrongs againft England, having maturely examined his Engagements with the Powers of the North, Engagements entered into by the Empress Catharine and his Majesty the late. Emperor, both of glorious Memory, has refolved to fulfil them.

His Majefty has therefore ordered the Underfigned to declare to his Excellency, Lord G. L. Gower, His Britannick Majesty's Ambassador, that his Imperial Majefty breaks off all Communication with England. His Imperial Majefty recalls the Whole of his Miffion in that Country, and will not allow that of His Britannick Majefty to remain at his Court. There fhall henceforward be no Relations between the Two Countries.

The Emperor declares that he annuls for ever every Act heretofore concluded between Great Britain and Ruffia, and efpecially the Convention of

June 1801. He proclaims anew the Principles of the Armed Neutrality, that Monument of the Wisdom of the Emprefs Catharine, and pre-engages never to depart from that Syftem.

He demands from England complete Satisfaction for his Subjects on all their just Claims for Ships