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But the sting was in the tail: for a secret article stipulated that Ferdinand IV. should cede Sicily to Joseph Bonaparte and receive the Balearic Isles from Napoleon's ally, Spain. Such was the news which our envoy heard, after forcing his way to Oubril's presence, just as the latter was hurrying off to St. Petersburg.
But the sting was in the tail: for a secret article stipulated that Ferdinand IV. should cede Sicily to Joseph Bonaparte and receive the Balearic Isles from Napoleon's ally, Spain. Such was the news which our envoy heard, after forcing his way to Oubril's presence, just as the latter was hurrying off to St. Petersburg.
This reply of August 8th nearly severed the negotiations on the spot: but Talleyrand persistently refused to grant the passports which Lauderdale demanded evidently in the hope that the Czar's ratification of Oubril's treaty would cause us to give up Sicily. He was in error. On September 3rd the news reached Paris that Alexander scornfully rejected his envoy's handiwork.
This reply of August 8th nearly severed the negotiations on the spot: but Talleyrand persistently refused to grant the passports which Lauderdale demanded evidently in the hope that the Czar's ratification of Oubril's treaty would cause us to give up Sicily. He was in error. On September 3rd the news reached Paris that Alexander scornfully rejected his envoy's handiwork.
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