What we know of the negotiations between france Austria and England, gives little encouragement to hope that their issue will be pacific— The internal Situation of france is alarming; instead of a Reconciliation between the Directory & the Councils, the breach appears to grow wider— Both sides court the Armies, and a civil war seems to be organizing itself— I send you a posthumous work of Mr. Burke’s1—likewise the copy of Lord Malmesburys first negotiation—2 The result of the second shall be likewise forwarded as soon as it is public— I wish I could say that I had any expectation that it will Differ from the former— very truly and respectfully I have the honor to be D. Sir, Yr. Ob. ser