§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 16 October 1806, Amsterdam. “You will see by the inclosed Gazettes that Ld Lauderdale has left Paris without accomplishing the object of his mission & that the Armies of France & Prussia are in sight of each other only waiting the signal for Battle; indeed every thing appears to forebode a renewal of the continental war but whether this fourth trial to Stem the Current of Power possessed by France will Suceed better than the others is quite problematical. We may venture however to pronounce that no stable peace can be made in Europe before that France becomes absolute master of the rest of Europe or be constrained to retire to her antient limits.”