A THIRD LETTER то A MEMBER OF THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT, ON THE PROPOSALS FOR PEACE WITH THE REGICIDE DIRECTORY . OF FRANCE. BY THE LATE RIGHT HON. EDMUND BURKE. London: PRINTED FOR F. AND C. RIVINGTON, NO. 62, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD; SOLD ALSO BY J. HATCHARD, NO. 173, PICCADILLY. 1797. LATELY PUBLISHED, BY THE SAME AUTHOR, 1. THE TWO FORMER LETTERS on the same subject. The 12th Edition, Price 3s. 6d. 2. THREE MEMORIALS ON FRENCH AFFAIRS, written in the years 1791, 1792, and 1793. The Third Edition, Price 35. 6. 3. Two LETTERS ON THE CONDUCT OF OUR DOMESTIC PARTIES. The Third Edition. Printed for F. and C. RIVINGTON, No. 62, St. Paul's Church-Yard; fold alfo by J. HATCHARD, No. 173, Piccadilly. Of the above-mentioned Bookfellers may also be had, MR. BURKE'S WORKS. Handfomely printed in three volumes, quarto; ADVERTISEMENT. 'N the conclufion of Mr. BURKE'S fecond IN Letter on the Propofals of Peace, he threw out fome intimation of the plan, which he meant to adopt in the fequel. A third Letter was mentioned by him, as having been then, in part, written. "He intend"ed to proceed next on the question of the "facilities poffeffed by the French Repub"lick, from the internal State of other Na 66 tions, and particularly of this, for obtaining "her ends; and, as his notions were contro"verted, to take notice of what, in that had been recommended to him." way, But the abrupt and unprecedented conclufion of Lord Malmesbury's first negociation, induced him to make fome change in the arrangement of his matter. He took up the queftion of his Lordship's miffion, as stated in the papers laid before Parliament, his Majefty's Declaration, and in the publick comments upon it; he thought it neceffary to examine the new bafis of compenfation proposed for this treaty; and having heard it currently whispered about, that the foundation of all his opinions failed in this effential point, that he had not fhewn, what means we propofed to carry them into effect, he alfo determined to bring forward the confideration of the abfolute neceffity of peace, which he had postponed at the end of his firft letter. This was the origin of the letter now offered to the Publick. The greater part of this pamphlet was actually revised in print by the Author himself, but not in the exact order of the pages. He enlarged his first draft, and feparated one great member of his fubject for the purpose of introducing some other matter between. Two separate parcels of manufcript, defigned to intervene, were found among his papers. One of them he feemed to have himself, and to have improved gone over and aug mented. |