To a compliment paid Mr.Gallatin on his French, the king added, "but I think my English is better than yours." Gallatin's first negotiations were to obtain indemnity for the captures under the Berlin and Milan decrees; but although the Duc de Richelieu never for a moment hinted that the government of the Restoration was not responsible for the acts of Napoleon, yet he stated that the mass of injuries for which compensation was demanded by other governments was so great that indemnity must be limited to the most flagrant cases.

They would pay for vessels burnt at sea, but would go no farther.

In spite of Mr.Gallatin's persistency no advance was made in the negotiation.

A minor matter gave him some annoyance.

On July 4, 1816, at a public dinner, the postmaster at Baltimore proposed a toast which, by its disrespect, gave umbrage to the king.