[Footnote 1071: Talleyrand to Premier Consul, 12 brumaire, XI (3 Nov.,
1802). P. Bertrand, _Correspondance de Talleyrand_, pp. 23-4.]
[Footnote 1072: Bailleu, _Preussen und Frankreich_, II, p. 138.]
[Footnote 1073: Hawkesbury to Whitworth, 14 Nov., 1802. Browning,
_Despatches of Whitworth_, p. 6.]
[Footnote 1074: Grand Duke Nicholas Mikailovitch, _Alexandre Ier Essai
d’une Etude Historique_, p. 23.]
[Footnote 1075: “England seems to be awakening from its lethargy.” A.
Vorontsoff to Morkoff, 24 Dec., 1802-5 Jan., 1803. Sbornik, 70, p. 621.]
[Footnote 1076: Joseph de Maistre to Rossi, 21 Aug., 1804. _Œuvres_, IX,
p. 204.]
[Footnote 1077: Lady Bessborough (reporting a conversation with S.
Vorontsoff) to Lord Granville Leveson Gower, 1 Aug., 1804. _Private
Correspondence of the First Earl Granville_, I, p. 460.]
[Footnote 1078: Czartoryski, _Mémoires_, II, pp. 9-13.]
[Footnote 1079: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1080: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1081: Tsar to S. Vorontsoff, 20 Jan., 1803. _Archives
Vorontsoff_, X, pp. 304-6.]
[Footnote 1082: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1083: Warren to Hawkesbury, 28 Oct., 11 Nov., 1803. F.O.
Russia, 53.]
[Footnote 1084: Warren to Hawkesbury, 2 Dec., 1803. F.O. Russia, 53.]
[Footnote 1085: Warren to Hawkesbury, 9 Dec., 1803. F.O. Russia, 53.]
[Footnote 1086: A. Vorontsoff to S. Vorontsoff, 20 Nov., 1803. F.O.
Russia, 54. Dr. Rose (_Select Despatches Relating to the Formation of
the Second Coalition_, p. 1) calls this the first overture for the
formation of the Alliance. But as has been made clear above, the first
overture came from Britain as early as Oct., 1802.]
[Footnote 1087: Warren to Hawkesbury, 30 Dec., 1803. F.O. Russia, 53.]
[Footnote 1088: Czartoryski to Tsar, 17-29 Feb., 1804. Sbornik, 77, p.
286 _et seq._ The statement quoted is in pages 297-307.]
[Footnote 1089: Garlike to Warren, 3 Jan., 1804. F.O. Russia, 54.]
[Footnote 1090: Warren to Hawkesbury, 3 Feb., 1804. F.O. Russia, 54.]
[Footnote 1091: Warren to Hawkesbury, 3 Feb., 1804. F.O. Russia, 54.]
[Footnote 1092: This is how Czartoryski justified this. “La dépêche que
je vous écris sur l’alliance avec la Turquie se ressent un peu de la
réponse que la Cour de Londres nous a donné à ce sujet. _La prudence
l’exigeait ainsi_.” Czartoryski to Vorontsoff, 4 Feb., 1804. _Archives
Vorontsoff_, 15, p. 167.]
[Footnote 1093: The Treaty of Alliance between Russia and Turkey
concluded in 1798 was to run for eight years, i.e. to 1806. But as early
as Jan., 1803, the Porte requested its renewal with the accession of
Great Britain.
Elgin to Hawkesbury, 10 Jan., 1803. F.O. Turkey, 38.
Straton to Hawkesbury, 8 April, 1803. F.O. Turkey, 39.