Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of Londonderry, Volume 10H. Colburn, 1853 - Autobiography |
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... wish of the British Government for the restoration of Olivenza to Portugal 11. Lord Castlereagh to Mr. G. Rose , relative to the exchange of territory between Austria and Bavaria 12. Mr. Hamilton to Lord Castlereagh , with enclosure ...
... wish of the British Government for the restoration of Olivenza to Portugal 11. Lord Castlereagh to Mr. G. Rose , relative to the exchange of territory between Austria and Bavaria 12. Mr. Hamilton to Lord Castlereagh , with enclosure ...
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... wish of the Emperor of Russia that the Duke of Wellington should be reinforced as much as possible . 314 17. Louis XVIII . to the Duke of Orleans , referring to circum- stances which had obliged him to leave France , and his in- tention ...
... wish of the Emperor of Russia that the Duke of Wellington should be reinforced as much as possible . 314 17. Louis XVIII . to the Duke of Orleans , referring to circum- stances which had obliged him to leave France , and his in- tention ...
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... wish to retire from public life , and pressing the affairs of Persia upon the attention of Government PAGE 317 318 ib . • 321 322 324 25. The Duke of Orleans to Louis XVIII . , frankly expressing his opinions of public affairs ...
... wish to retire from public life , and pressing the affairs of Persia upon the attention of Government PAGE 317 318 ib . • 321 322 324 25. The Duke of Orleans to Louis XVIII . , frankly expressing his opinions of public affairs ...
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... wishes of the British Government on the arrangements proposed by Dr. Poynter · 348 ib . · · 351 19. Lord Clancarty to Lord Castlereagh , reporting subjects of conversations with Talleyrand , with remarks on papers enclosed • 20. Lord ...
... wishes of the British Government on the arrangements proposed by Dr. Poynter · 348 ib . · · 351 19. Lord Clancarty to Lord Castlereagh , reporting subjects of conversations with Talleyrand , with remarks on papers enclosed • 20. Lord ...
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... wish to recommend my namesake , though no relation , who has acted as Sir Charles Stuart's official and private Secretary at Lisbon for four years , during the whole of the hard work of the war in the Peninsula , for one of the ...
... wish to recommend my namesake , though no relation , who has acted as Sir Charles Stuart's official and private Secretary at Lisbon for four years , during the whole of the hard work of the war in the Peninsula , for one of the ...
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Page 222 - That the British Government did not intend to grant to the United States, gratuitously, the privileges formerly granted by treaty to them, of fishing within the limits of the British sovereignty, and of using the shores of the British territories for purposes connected with the British fisheries.
Page 386 - I advised him to have nothing to do with so foul a transaction; and that he and I had acted too distinguished parts in these transactions to become executioners ; and that I was determined, that if the Sovereigns wished to put him to death, they should appoint an executioner, which should not be me.
Page 429 - French authorities acquired them — it is most desirable, in point of policy, to remove them if possible from France, as whilst in that country they must necessarily have the effect of keeping up the remembrance of their former conquests, and of cherishing the military spirit and vanity of the nation.
Page 189 - ... and now undoubted military superiority, and have not even cleared your own territory on the point of attack. You cannot on any principle of equality in negotiation claim a cession of territory excepting in exchange for other advantages which you have in your power. . . . Then if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for the uti possidetis? You can get no territory; indeed, the state of your military operations, however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any.
Page 204 - But does it not occur to your Lordship that, by appointing me to go to America at this moment, you give ground for belief all over Europe that your affairs there are in a much worse situation than they •really are...
Page 413 - L'évacuation totale de Paris sera effectuée en trois jours, et son mouvement pour se porter derrière la Loire sera terminé en huit jours.
Page 188 - Till that superiority is acquired, it is impossible, according to my notion, to maintain an army in such a situation as to keep the enemy out of the whole frontier, much less to make any conquest from the enemy, which, with those superior means, might, with reasonable hopes of success, be undertaken.
Page 228 - America, has the honour to represent to the Ministry of His Britannic Majesty, that by the seventh Article of the preliminary treaty of peace between his Majesty and the United States of America, signed at Paris, on the thirtieth day of November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, confirmed by the definitive treaty of peace, signed at Paris, on the 3...
Page 188 - I confess that I think you have no right, from the state of the war, to demand any concession of territory from America. . . . You have not been able to carry it into the enemy's territory, notwithstanding your military success and now undoubted military superiority, and have not even cleared your own territory on the point of attack.
Page 414 - Seront pareillement respectées les personnes et les propriétés particulières ; les habitants, et en général tous les individus qui se trouvent dans la capitale , continueront à jouir de leurs droits et libertés, sans pouvoir être inquiétés ni recherchés en rien , relativement aux fonctions qu'ils occupent ou auraient occupées, à leur conduite et à leurs opinions politiques.