UiJXETvmB^ YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BOUGHT WITH THB INCOME OFTHE MATTHEW C. D. BORDEN FUND PAPERS. PAPERS KXLATIVZ TO THS DISCUSSION WITH FRANCE In 1802 and 1803. LONDON: Priated bjr A. STKAKAtf, Printeri-Strcft.' iSoji' LIST OP PAPERS. '' Prefented l%th May iSoT,. NUMB. I. T ETTER from M. Otto to Lord Hawkefbary, •*-' dated May 23, 1802. — And Tranflatio^. i 2. Letter- from Lord Hawkefbury to M. Otto, May 24, l8o2., 2 3., Extraa of a Difpatch from Lord St. Helens to Lord Hawkefbury, dated St. Peterfburgh, April 23, 1802. '3 4. Extraft of a Difpatch from Lord St. Helens to Lord Hawkefbury, dated St. PBterIburgh,.'^Iay 7, 180?. 4 5.. Difpatch from Lord Hawkefbury to Mr. Merry, dated June 5, 1802. ib. €. Extraa of a Difpatch from. Mr. Merry to Lord^ Hawkefbury, dated Paris, June 17, 1802. - :JJ Note Verbale from Mr. Merr^ to M. Talleyrand, ' referred to in No. 6. , ' ,.ib., Note from M. Talleyrand to Mr. Merry,, refer red to in No. 6. — And Tran fiation.. 9 7. Difpatch from Mr. Merry to Lord Hawkefbury^ dated Paris, June 4, 1802, 13 $. Difpatch from Lord Hawkefoury to Mr. Merry, dated June 10, i8o2. '- 16 a 3 9. Difpatch C vi ] HUMB. 9. Difpatch from Mr. Merry to Lord Hrwkefbury> dated Paris, June 17, i8c2. 18 10. Letter from M. Otto to Lord Hawkefbury, dated July 25, 1802. — And Tranflation. 21 II. Letter from Lord Hawkefbury to M. Otto, dated July 28, 1802. 24 1 2. Note from M. Otto to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Au- gufl 17, 1802. — And Tranflation. 26 Ifj. Difpatch from Lord Hawkefbury to Mr. Merry, dated Auguft 28, 1802. 39 14. Note from M. Otto to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Au- gufl 21, 1802. — And Tranflation. 50 1^. Note from Lord Hawkefbury to M. Otto, dated Au guft 23, 1802. 54 16. Extrafl; cf a Difpatch from Mr. Merry to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Oflober 3, 1802. ^6 Note referred to in No. 16. — And Tranflation. 59 17. Note from Lord Hawkefbury to M. Otto, dated Oc tober 10, 1802, 63 18. Difpatch froiii Lord Hawkefbury to Mr. Moore, ciated Oftcber 10, 1802. 65 19. Difpatch from Mr. Moore to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Conftance, Oftober 31, i8oa. 68 '2o. Difpatch from Lord Hawkefbury to Mr. Moore, dated November 25, 1802. 69 21. Extra6l of a Difpatch from Mr. Lifton to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Hague, Oftober 13, 1802. 70 22. Difpatch from Mr. Liflon to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Hague, Odlober 29, 1802. J I 23. Extraft of a Difpatch from Lord Hawkefbury to Lord Whitworth, dated November 30, 1802. 73 24. Extraft of a Difpatch from Lord St. Helens to Lord Hawkefbury, dated St. Peterfburgh, July 20, 1802. 75 35. Extract [ vii ] 25. Extraft of a Difpatch from Lord St. Helens to Lord Hawkefbury, dated St. Peterfburgh, Auguft 3, 1802. 75 45. Extradl of a Difpatch ffom Mr. Paget to Lord Hawkef bury, da'ed Vienna, July 18, i8o2. 76 Inclofure marted A. in No. 26. — And Tranfla- , tion. • ib.' Inclofure marked B. in No. 26. — And Tranfla tion. I 77 27. Extraft of a Difpatch from Mr. Paget to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Vienna, Auguft 22, 1 802. 79 a8. Extraft of a Difpatch from Mr. Cafamajor to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Berliil, Auguft a.i,i 80a. 83 29. Extraft of a Difpatch fram Mr. Cafamajor to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Berlin, Auguft 3 1, 1802. 84 30. Extraft of a Difpatch from Mr. Cafamajor to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Berlin, Oftober 2, 1802. lb. 31. Extraft of a Difpatch from Mr. Jackfon to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Berlin, November 25,1802. 85 3a. Extraft of a Difpatch from Mr. Garlike to Lord Hawkefbury, dated St. Peterfburgh, September 17, 1 80a. ib. 33. Extradl of a Difpatch from Sir John Borlafe Warren to Lord Hawkefbury, dated St. Peterfburgh, No vember 18, 1 80a. 86 34. Extraft of a Difpatch from Sir John Borlafe Warren to Lord Hawkefbury, dated St. Peterfburgh, No vember 25, 1802. , 87 Inclofure referred to in No. 34.— And Tranf lation. ib. '35. Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, January 27, 1803. 91 36. Difpatch from Lord Hawkefbury to Lord Whitworth, dated February 9, 1803. 95 8 4 37. Extract t ^"i 1 37. Extraft of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, February 17, 1S03. 99 38. Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, February 21, 1803. 102 39. Difpatch from Lord Hawkefbury to Lord Whitworth, dated Paris, February 18, 1803. "2 40. Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, March 5, 1803. 116 41. "Note from General -AndreolTy to Lord Hawkefbury, dated March 10, 1803. — And Tranflation. 119 42. Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated March 12, 1803. 1 25 Note Verbale referred to in No. 43. — And Tranf lation. ' 128 43. Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, March 14, 1803. 133 44. Extraft of a Difpatch from Lord Hawkefbury to Lord Whitworth, dated March 15, 1803. 135 45. Note from Lord Hawkefbury to General AndreolTy, dated March 15, 1803. ib. 46. Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Havifkef- bury, dated Paris, March 17, 1803. 143 47. Difpatch frorn Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, March 18, 1803. 144 48. Difpatch from Lord Hawkefbury to Lord Whitworth, dated March 27, 1803. 145 49. Difpatch from Lord Hawkefbury to Lord Whitworth, dated April 3, 1803. ' 14'? Inclofure in No. 49. — And Tranflation. ib; Inclofure in No. 49. jne 50. Difpatch from Lord Hawkefbury to Lord Whitworth, dated April 4, 1803. 15. I ft Inclofure referred to in No. 50. i65 2d Inclofure referred to in No. 50.- 167 51. Extraa [ 'X ] NUMB. 51. Extraft of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, April 7, 1803. 168 52. Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkef bury, dated April 7, 1803. ib. Inclofure referred to in No 52. 170 53. Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to. Lord Hawkefbury, dated April 9, 1803. 171 Inclofure referred to in No. 53. — And Trarif- - lation. 175 54. Extraft of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated April 14,1803. 176 55. Difpatch from Lord Hawkefbury to Lord Whitworth, dated April 13, 1803. lb. 56. Difpatch frota Lord Hawkefbury to Lord Whitworth, dated April'i3, 1803. 177 57. Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, April 18, 1803. i8r 58. Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, April 18, 1803. 1 8a Inclofure re'erred to in No. 58. — .And Tranf lation. 185 _59. Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, April 20, 1803. 186 60. Difpatch from Lord Hawkefbury, to Lord Whitworth, dated April 23, 1803. 188 6 J . Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, April 23, 1803. 1.89 63. Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, April 25, 1803. 195 63. Extraft of a'Dlfpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, April 27, 1 803. 1 98 64. Extraft of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated April 29, 1803. 200 65. E.ictraft [ - J 65. Extraft of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Loud Hawke&ury, dated May 2, 1803. 202 Inclofure referred to in No. 65. 303 66. Extraft of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, May 4, I,8p3. 205 Three Inclofures referred to in No. 66. — And Tranflatlons. 2o6 67. Extraft of a Difpanh from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, May 4, 1 803 . 214 One Inclofure referred to in No. 67.^And Tranflation. ib. 68. Difpatch from Lord Hawkefbury to Lord Whitworth, dated May 7, 1803. Z18 6^. Extraft of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, May 9, 1803. 222 70. Extraft of a Difpatch from Lord Whjtworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, May la, 1803. 323 Five Inclofures referred to in No. 70.— And Tranflationsi 227 71. Extraft of a Difpatch from Sir George Rumbold Bart. to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Hamburgh, March 39, 1803. 237 7a. Extraft of a Difpatch from Mr. Hill tbLord Hawkef bury, dated Copenhagen, April 2, 1803. '^' JPrefenied 20th May 1 803., Inftruftions (o Lord Whitworth, dated November 14, 1802. 239 Prt' [ xi ] Prefented 2:^h May 1S03. MUMB. I. Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated London, May 20, 1803. 344 a. Note from M. Talleyrand to Lord Whitworth, dated Paris, May 12, 1803. — And Tranfldtion. ib. 3. Note from Lord Whitworth to M. Talleyrand, dated Paris, May 12, 1803. — And Tranflation. 248 1 Prefented 7.6th May 1803. Copy of His Majefty's Order for the Reftitution of the Colonies taken from the French and Batavian Re publics, in the Weft Indies and America. 249 Copy of an Inftruftiom from the Right Honourable Lord Hobart to Lieutenant-General Dundas. 25 1 Copy of an Inftruftion from the Right Honourable Lord Hobart to the Governors of certain Places, dated 17th Oclober 1802. 252 Copy of an Inftruftion from the Right Honourable Lord Hobart to the Governors of certain Places, dated 15th November 1802. 253 Secret Inftruftions to Lieutenant-General Dundas, dated i6th November X 802. ' 254 Prefented 2'Jth May 1^03. Extraft of a Difpatch from Mr. Merry to Lord Hawkef bury, dated Paris, Junei7th, 1802. 256 2. Extraft t ^iJ ] NUMB. -. , f 3. Extraft of a Difpatch from Mr. Merry to LordHawkel- bury, dated Paris, Jurte 23d, 1802. 257 3. Extraft of a Difpatch from Mr. Merry to Lord Hawkef. bury,. dated Paris, July 5th, 1802. , 25 8 ' 4. Extraft of a Difpatch from Mr. Merry to Lord Hawkef bury, dated Paris, Auguft 4th, 1802. ib. 5. Copy of a Difpatch from Mr. Merey to Lord Hawkef bury, dated Paris, September 20th, 1802. 259 6. Extraft of a Difpatch from Mr. Merry to Lord Hawkef bury, da-ed Paris, Oftober i8th, 1802. 260 7. Copy of a Difpatch from Lord Hawkefbury to Mr. Merry, May 20th, 1802. ' 261 8. Copy of a Note from Mr. Merry to M. Talleyrand, Paris, May 24th, l8o2. 2(52 9. Copy of a Note from Mr. Merry to M. Talleyrand, -Paris, June 15th, 1802. 263 10. Copy of a Note from M. Talleyrand to Mr. Merry, Paris, June i8ih, 1802. 266 II. Copy of a Note from M. Talleyrand to Mr. Merry, Paris, July lil, 1802. ' 267 12. Copy of a Note frora M. deTalleyrand to Mr. Merry, Paris, July 31ft, 1802. 268 13. Statement of the Cafe refpefting the Fame Packet, July 31ft, 1802. , ib. 14. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Merry to M. Talleyrand, dated Paris, September 20th, 1802. 271 15. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Merry to M. Talleyrand, Paris, Oftober 14th, 1802. 273 16. Copy of a Note from. Mr. Merry to M. de Talleyrand, dated Oftober 22d, 1802. ' 275 17. Copy of a Difpatch trom Mr. Merry to Lord Hawkef bury, dated Paris, Oftober 25th, 1802. 277 18. Copy t xiii ] NUMB. 1 8. Copy of 3 Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, May loth, 1803. 279 19. Copy of a Letter from Mr. R; King to Lord Hawkef bury, May 15th,- 1803. ib. 2P, Copy of a Letter from Lord Hawkefbury to Mr. Xing, May 19th, 1803. 281 (i.) Extraft of a Difpatch from Mr. Liflon to Lord Hawkefbury, dated November _5th, 1803. 282 (2.) Extraft cf a Difpatch from Mr. Lifton to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Hague, November 12th, i8o2. 283 (3.) Extraft of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, December 13th, 1802. ib. (4.) Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkef bury, dated Paris, December i3ih, 1802. 284 (5.) Extraft of a Difpatch from Mr. Lifton to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Hague, January nth, 1803. 385 £i.J Copy of a Letter from Lord Hawkefbury to Sir John Warren, date'd January 29th, 1803, 385 [2. J Copy of a Note from Lord Hawkefbury to the Vice Chancellor Count A. Woronzow, dated January 29th, 1803. . 290 Prefented ijl June 1803. I . Letter from M. Otto to Lord Hawkefbury, dated May 23, 1802. — And Tranflation. 295 3. Letter from Lord Hawkefbury to M. Otto, dated May 24, 1803. 397 3 Letter [ xiv I NUMB- 3. Letter from M. Otto to Lord Hawkefbury, dated June 34,1802. — And Tranflation. 297 M, C. Montbret's CommifTion, referred to in No. 3. — And Tranflation. 299 4 Letter from M. Otto to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Sep tember 15, 1802. — And Tranflation. 30a Citizen Chepy's CommifTion referred to in No. 4. — And Tranflation. 303 g. Note from Lord Hawkefbury to M. Otto, dated Sep tember 18, 1803.' .306 6. Letter from M. Talleyrand to General Andreofly, dated Paris, December 30, 1802 — And Tranflation. 308 7. Minute of a Verbal Communication from Lord Hawkef bury to General AndreoflTy, dated January 11, 1803. 312 8. Memorandum, June i, 1803. ib. Prtfented 6th jfune 1 803. Letter from the Maltefe Deputies to Lord Hobart, dated March i, i8oa. — And Tranflation. 313 Letter from the Maltefe Deputies to Lord Hobart, dated April 2, 1802.— ^And Tranflation. 323 Minute of the Meafures taken refpefting M. Chepy. 336 APPENDIX C *v ] APPENDIX. Prefented iSib May iSoJ. NUMB. I. Report made to the French Conful by Colonel Sebaf- tianl, extrafted from the Moniteuf of the 30th of January 1803. 329 2. View of the State of the French Republic. 347 3. Letter from Citizen Talleyrand to Citizen Fauvelet at Dublin. 354 4. Private Correfpondence. 365 5, Bulletin inferted in the Hamlurgh Correfpondenten, March 30, 1803. 369 6. Letter from Spiridioh Forefti to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Corfu, December 10, i8oa. 377 7. Letter from Spiridion Forefti to Lord Haw,kefbury, dated Corfu, January 2, 1803. , 378 Two Inclofures referred to in No. 7. ^ 379 Prefented 20th May 1 803. Paper referred to in Mr. Forefti's Letter to Lord Hawkef bury of January 2, 1803. 383 ADDITIONAl [ xvi 2 ADDITIONAL PAPERS. Preliminary Articles of Peace between His Britannic , Majefty and the French Republic. Signed at London, the I ft of Oftober 1801; the 9th Vendeiniaire, Year 10 ofthe French Republic. 087 The Definitive Treaty of Peace between His Britannic Majefty, and the French Republic, His Catholic Ma jefty, the Batavian Republic. Signed at Amiens, the 37th Day of March 1 802. .39^ Declaration. 415 PAPERS, PAPERS, £^A No. I. Milord, Lbndres le 23 May, 1802. t 'ARTICLE X. dii Traite d' Amiens, qui deter mine ia nouvelle Organifatiou de I'Ordre de Malthe-, ayant prefcrit differdntes Mefures, a I'Exe- cution des quelles doivent concourir les Deux Princi- pales Puiflances Contradantes, le Premier Gonful a homme le General Vial, Miniftre Plenipotentiaire pres I'Ordre et l*Ille de Malthe,- pour fe cdncertei" avec la Perfonne ^ue Sa Majefte Britannique nom- mera a cet EfFet, fur I'Execution des Arrangemetis convenus dans le dernier Traite.. Le General Vial fe rendra a fa Deftination, auf- fitQt qud votre Excellence m'aura fait connoitre le Choix et les Intentions de Sa Majefte. J'ai I'Honheur d'etre, avec la Conlideration la plus diftinguce. Milord, de Votre Excellence, &c. (Signe)^ OTTO* Sbn Excellence Milord Hawkefbury, Miniftre et Secretaife d'Etat, &c. &c. &c. 51 Tranflation. Tranflation. My Lord, London, May 2j, 1802. 'T^HE loth Article of the Treaty of Amiens, which fixes the new Organization of the Or der of Malta, having prefcribed various Meafures, to the Execution of which it is neceflary that the Two principal Contrafting Powers fliould concur, the Firft Conful has named General Vial as Mi- nlfter Plenipotentiary to the Order and Ifland of Malta, for the Purpofe of concerting with the Per- fon whom His Britannick Majefty fhall appoint for that Purpoft, refpefting the Execution of the Ar rangements agreed upon in the late Treaty. Ge neral Vial will fet out on his Deftination as foon as your Excellency fhall have informed me of His Majefty's Intentions, and of the Choice he may make. I have the Honor to be, &c. OTTO. No. 2. Sir, Downing Street, May 24, 1802. iN Anfwer to your Letter of Yefterday, in which you communicate to me the Nomination, by the Firft Conful, of General Vial to be Minifter Pleni potentiary of the French Republick, to the Orcer of Saint John of Jerufalem ; I have the Honor to inform you that the King has been pleafed to ap point ( 3 ) point Sir Alexander Ball to be His Majefty's Mi- nifter to the Order. Sir Alexander Ball will fliortly pfoceed to Malta, and will be inftruded to concert with General Vial the neceffary Mdafui'es for carry ing into Effed the Arrangeriieilts relative to that Ifland, which aireftipulated in the loth Article of the Definitive Treaty of Peace. "¦"¦*- I have the Honor to be, &c. HAWKESBURY. M. OttOj &c. &c. &c. No. 3. Extrad of a Difpatch from Lord St. Helens to Lord llawkefbury, dated St. Peterf burgh, April 23, 1802. t HOPE very foon to be enabled to re-difpatch your Lordlhip's laft MelTenger with the Anfwer of this Government to the Communications which I 'have made to them, in Obedience to His Majefty's Commands, refpeding the Tenth Article of the Treaty of Amiens. In the mean Time I muft not conceal from your Lordfhip, that there is great Reafon to fear that His Imperial Majefty will de cline taking Part in the propofcd joint Guaranty pf the PofTefTions and new Conftitution of the Or der of Malta. 13 % No. 4; ( 4 ) No. 4. Extrad of a Difpatch from Lord St. He lens to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Peterf burgh, May 7, 1802. I HAVE Reafon to hope that the Firft ImprefHolls that had been produced here by certain Parts of the Arrangement relative to. Malta, have been re moved ; and that His Imperial Majefty may even be ultimately induced to guarranty the Whole of that Arrangement ; provided that the Steps which have been taken towards the Eled-ion of a new Grand Mafter, according to the Mode fuggefted by this Court, be confidered as fulfilling what is required on that Head by the latter Part "of the Pa ragraph of. the Tenth Article of the Treaty of Amiens ; -and eonfequently that no new Eledion for that OfHce is to take place in the Manner pointed out by the former Part of the fame Stipu lation. . No. 5. Sir, Downing Street, June 5, 1802. J INFORMED you in my Difpatch No. 10, that M. Otto had made an official Communication to me, that General Vial was appointed by the Firft Conful Minifter Plenipotentiary to the Order of St. John of Jerufalem. Sir Alexander Ball has been in confequence invefted with the fame Charader by His, -Majefty. He will , pjocced immediately to Malta, ( s^ ) Malta, and he will receive Inftrudions to concert with General Vial the beft Means of carrying into coniplete EfFed the Stipulations contained in the loth'y^rticle pf fhe Definitive Treaty. By the Pa ragraph marked No. r. in that Article, it is fti- pulat^d : " The Knights of the Order, whofe Langues fhall *' continue to fubfift after the Exchange of the Ra- " tific^tions of the prefent Treaty, are invited to " return to Mafta as foon as that Exchange fliall " have taken place : They fliall there form a Ge- " neral Chapter, and fhall proceed to the Eledion " of a Grand Mafter, to be chofen from amongft " the Natives of thofe Nations which preferve *' Langues, if no fuch Eledion fhall have been " already made fince the Exchange of the Ratifi- " cations of the Preliminary Articles of Peace." The Objed of this Paragraph was, that in the Event of an Eledion haying taken place fubfequent to the Exchang-e of the Ratifications of the Prelimi nary Articles of Peace, and antecedent to the Con- clulion of the Definitive Treaty, that Eledion fhould be confidered as valid ; and though no Mention is made in the Article of the Proclamation of the Em peror of Riiffia foon after His Acceffion to the Throne, by which the Knights of the Order were invited to afTemble, and to proceed to the Eledion of a Grand Mafter, the Stipulation in Queftion evidently referred to the Contingency of an Elec tion taking place on the Continent in confequence of that Proclamation, B 3 You ( 6 ) You will inform the French Government, that His Majefty is ready to confider the Eledion which has lately taken place at St. Peterfliurgh, under the Aufpices of the Emperor of Ruffia, to be va lid, according to the Stipulation in the loth Article, His Majefty has no other Objed in the Whole of this Tranfadjon, than that the loth xirticle of the Treaty may be fairly executed ; and that the Arrangement may be carried into complete Execu tion with as little Difficulty as poffible. As the 13th Paragraph in the loth Article ftir pulates that the Governments of Aiiftria, Ruffia, and Pruffia, fhould be invited to accede to the Ar rangements refpeding Malta, it is defirabfe that the French Government fhould inftrud, without Delay, their Ambaffadors or Minifters at Vienna, Peterf burgh, and Berlin, to make, conjointly with His Majefty's Minifters at thofe Courts, an official Com munication, defiring the Acceffion of thofe Powers to the Arrangements relative to Malta in the Defi nitive Treaty ; by which it Js provided, that the Independence of the Ifland and the other Stipular tions, fhall be under the Guarantee of thofe Powers, in Conjundion with His Majefty, the French Gp- wrnment, and the King of Spain. I have the Honor to be, &c, (Signed) HAWKESBURY. Anthony Merry, Efq. &c. &c. &c. No, ^, ( 7 ) No. 6. Extrad of a Difpatch from Anthony Merry* Efq. to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, June 17, 1802. T HAVE now the Honor to tranfmit to your Lord fhip, inclofed, Copy of an Anfwer which reached rae laft Night, (though dated Eight Days back), from the French Minifter, to the Note Verbale which I delivered to him, containing His Majefty's Pro- pofitions refpeding the Execution of fome Points of the Arraftgements relative to Malta, contained in the I oth Artiele-of the Definitive Treaty of Peace. You will find the. entire Acquiefcence of this Gp- vernment to thofe Propofitions, e'xpreffed in a very fatisfadory Manner. (Inclofure referred to in No. 6.) TjiS Britannic Majefty's Minifter Plenipotentiary has the Honor to tranfmit herewith to Ci tizen Talleyrand, Minifter for the Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, the " Note Verbale'' of the Communication he has been ordered to make to him by his Government, who are defirous that the Propofals it contains may be acceptable to the French Government ; and they may be affured, that the Britifh Government, in making thefe Pro pofals, have no other Objed in View than to faci litate, in the cafieft Manner, the Execution of the B 4 Treaty ( s. )_ Treaty of Amiens, and to ad in this Refped in perfed Harmony with the French Government. Mr. Merry has the Honor to renew, on this Oc- cafion, the Affurances of his high Confideration for M^ Talleyrand. (Signed) ANT. MERRY. Paris, Sth June 1802. The Citizen Minifter for Foreign Affairs will find inclofed a Lift of Suffrages obtained frotn fe- veral Priories of the Order of St. John of Jerufa lem, for the Eledion of a Grand Mafter, which has been received from St. Peterfburgh by the Britifli Government, with the Notice that thefe Priories have agreed amongft themfelves, that his Holincfs the Pope fhall feled (pro hac vice), from amongft the Candidates therein fpecified, the Perfon who is to fill the Poft of Grand Mafter. His Britannic Majefty on his Part is willing to confider an Eledion fo made as valid, according to the Stipulations ofthe loth Article of the Treaty of Amiens. His Majefty therefore is ready to acknowledge, in quahty of Grand Mafter, the Perfon whom the Pope fliali think proper to fix upon, frpm amongft the Names contained in that Lift. His Majefty has no other End in View in this, than to fee -the loth Article of the Treaty of Amiens duly fulfilled, and the Arrangement it con tains executed with as little Difficulty as poflible. It ( 9 > It is tlipulated by the 13th Paragraph ofthe fame Article, that the Auftrian, Ruffian, and Pruf« fian Governments, fhall be foficited to accede to the faid Airjngement. The Britifh Government is of Opinion that it might be proper for that of France to fend without Delay Inftrudions to their Minifters at Vienna, Pe- terfbuTgh, and Berlin, to make conjointly with His Britannic Majefty's iv^inifters a Communication to thofe Powers in which they fliould be invited to accede to the Arrann;ement refpeding Malta, by which the Independence of the Ifland, and the other Stipulations relative thereto, are placed under the Protedion and Guarantee of thofe Powers con jointly with their Britannic and Catholic Majefties, ^n4 the French Republic. (Inclofure referred to in No. 6.) T E Souffigne Miniftre des Relations Exterieures, a I'Honneur de tranfmettre a Monfieur Misrry, Miniftre Plenipotentiaire de Sa Majefte Britannique, fa Reponfe a la Note Verbale, qu'il lui a adreffee, le 8 Prairiaf. II ne doute pas que les Miniftres 4e Sa Majefte ne voyent dans cette Reponfe une Preuve nouvelle des Difpofitions conftantes du Pre mier Conful a s'aceorder avec le Gouvernement Anglais, pour affurer et faeiliter I'Execution des Claufes refpedives du Traite qui a retabli la Pais pntre les Deux Etats. Le ( 10 ) Le Souffigne a I'Honneur de renouveller a Mon fieur Merry I'Affurance de fa haute Confideration. (Signe) CHA. MAU. TALLEYRAND. Paris, le2o Prairial, An lo. [Le Miniftre des Relations Exterieures de la Re'- publique Fran9aife a re9u la Communication qui lui a ete faite par le Miniftre Plenipotentiaire de Sa Majefte Britannique, de la Lifte des Candidats qui font portes par les' Suffrages des divers Prieures a la Grande Maitrife de I'Ordre de Malthe, et il a foumis au Premier Conful la Propofition concertee entre les Prieures de I'Ordre, et approuvee par Sa Majefte Britannique, de deferer (pro hac vice) a fa Saintete, le Choix entre les Candidats defignes. Le Premier Conful n'a d'autre but dans tout ce qui eft relatif a I'Ordre de Malthe, que de voir I'Ar- tide X. du Traite d' Amiens convenablement exe cute, et d'ecarter tontes les Difficultes qui pour- roient rendre cette Execution longue et difficile. II a d'ailleurs a cceur comme Sa Majefte Britannique, que la France et I'Angleterre agiffent de concert, pour mieux aiTurer I'lndependance et I'Organifation de' I'Ordre de Malthe. II confent done a ce que le Choix de fon Grand Maitre, fur les Candidats pro- pofes par les Suffrages des Pi"ieures, foit pour cette Fois defere a fa Saintete. Quant au Paragraphe 13 du meme Article, re- latif a I'Acceflion des Puiffances, le Premier Conful penfe ainfi que Sa Majefte Britannique, que ces Puiffances doivent etre invitees I donner leur Aveu aux ( n ) aux Arrangements convenus; et en confequence les Miniftres Fran9ais aupres des Cours d'Autriche, de Ruffie, et de Pruffe, recevront I'Ordre de faire conjointement . avec les Miniftres de Sa Majefte Britannique, les Demarches neceflTaires pour ob- tenir 1' Acceffion prevue par I'Article X. du Traite d' Amiens. 3 Paris, le 20 Prairial, An 10. Tranflation. 'yHE Underfigned, Minifter for Foreign Affairs, has the Honour to tranfmit to Mr. Merry, His Britannic Majefty's Minifter Plenipotentiary, his Anfwer to the Note Verbale which he addreffed to him on the Eighth Prairial. He doubts not that His Majefty's Minifters will fee in this Anfwer a new Proof of the conftant Difpofitions of the Firft: Conful to come to an Agreement with the Englifll Government, for the fecuring and facilitating the Execution of the refpedive Claufes of the Treaty which has re-eftabUfhed Peace between the Two States. The Underfigi^ed has the Honour to renew to Mr. Merry the Affurance of his high ^Confideration. (Signed) CHA. MAU. TALLEYRAND. Paris, 20th Prairial, Year 10. [The Minifter for Foreign Affairs of the French Republick has received the Communication which has ( 1,2. > has been- made, to him by His Britannic Majefty's Minifter Plenipotentiary, of the Lift of the Candi dates nominated by the Votes of the different Priories to the Grand Mafterfliip of the Order of Malta; and he has fubmitted to tbe Firft Conful the Propofal concerted between the Priories of the Order, and approved by His Britannic Majefty, of fubmitting (pro hac vice) to his Holinefs the Choice among the propofed Candidates. The Firft Conful has no other Objed in what ever relates to the Order of Malta, than to fee the loth Article of the Treaty of Amiens duly exe cuted, and to remove all the Obftacles which migfit render that Execution tardy or difficult. He more over defires equally with His Britannic Majefty, that France and England fhould ad in Concert, in order the better to fecure the Independence and the Organifation of the Order of Malta. He Aerefore confents that the Choice of its Grand Mafter, from the Candidates propofed by the Votes of the Priories, fhould for this Time be fubmitted to his Holinefs. As to the 13th Paragraph of the fame Article; refpeding the Acceflion of the Powers, the Firft Conful thinks with His Britannic Majefty, that the Powers fliould be invited to give their Confent to the Arrangements agreed upon; and the French Minifters at the Courts of Auftria, Ruffia, and Pruflia fhall eonfequently receive Orders to take conjointly with His Britannic Majefty's Minifters' the ( 13 ) the neceflary Steps for obtaining the Acceffion ptovided by the loth Article of the Treaty of Amiens.J Paris, I oth Prairial, Year lo. No. 7. My Lord, Paris, June 4, 1802. T HAD Occafion to fee M. Talleyrand Yefterday Afternoon, for the Purpofe of introducing to him, by Appointment, fome Englifh Gentlemen, previoufly to their Prefentation To-day to the Firft Conful. I Having gone Firft alone into the Minifter's Cz- binet, he faid, that he had been direded by General Bonaparte, to reprefent to me feveral Circumftances which ftood very much in the Way of that perfed Reconciliation and good Underftandiflg betv/een the Two Countries and their Governments j which it was the Firft Conful's fincere Wifh to fee re-eftabfifhed^ in order that fuch Obftacles might be removed be fore the Arrival in London of the French AmbaflTa- dor ; becaufe although the Circumftances in Quef* tion, had already produced a very difagreeable Effed, whilft only M. Otto, as Minifter, had to witnef* them, they would acquire a great Addition of Force if they fhould ftill exift when the Ambaflfador Ihould be prefent ; and fince the Firft Conful had given Orders for General AndreolTy to proceed to his Def tination ( 14 ) tiniition with as little Delay as poffible, he wifliedi that I fhould take an early Opportunity to give an Account to your Lordfliip, of the Obfervations which he was charged to make to me. After a Preface to this Effed, M. Talleyrand pro ceeded to ftate to me, that the Accounts which M. Otto had tranfmitted of tbe Difguft and Inconve nience which he could not but feel and experience at meeting frequently at His Majefty's Court and at ether Places, the French Princes, and fome French Perfons ftill decorated with the Infignia of French Orders which no longer exifted ; and at feeing the Countenance and Support which continued to be given in England, to what he termed the ci-devant French Bifhops, as well as to other Perfons (he here mentioned Georges) inimical to the prefent Go vernment of France, had affeded fo ftrongly ths Firft Conful, and were in Fad fo calculated to pre vent that Syftem of Cordiality which he was anxious to fee eftablifhed, that it was incumbent upon him to exprefs his Wifti, that His Majefty's Government might be difpofed to remove out of the Britifh Do minions, all the French Princes and their Adherents together with the French Bifliops, and other French Individuals whofe political Principles and Condud muft neceflfarily occafion great Jealoufy to the French Government. He continued to obferve, that the Protedion and Favor which all the Perfons in Quef- tion continued to meet with, in a Country fo clofe a Neighbour to France, muft alone be always con fidered as an Encouragement to the Diflfaffeded here even ( 15 ) even without thofe Perfons themfelves being guilty of any Ads tending to foment frefli Difturbances in this Country ; but that the Government here, pof- fefled Proofs of the Abufe which they were now making of the Protedion which they enjoyed in England, and of the Advantage they were <:aking of the Vicinity of thejr Situation to France, by being really guilty of fuch Ads, fince feveral printed Papers had lately been intercepted, which it was known they had fent, and caufed to be circulated in France, and which had for Objed, to create an Oppofition to the Gover^ent. I cannot, my Lord, do better than refer you to what you will have read in the French offieial Paper of the Day before Yef terday, under the Article of Paris, for the exad Text of M. Talleyrand's Difcourfe upon tliis Sub- jed; which he concluded by faying, that he thought the Refidence of Louis XVIII. was now the proper Place for that of the reft of the Family, and that I might add this Suggeftion in my Report to your Lordfhip. I anfwered the French Minifter, that without any Reference to you, T could affure him, that the Prac tices of the French refiding in England, of which he complained, had not been encouraged, nor would be countenanced by His Majefty's Government ; which was as fincerely difpofed to cultivate Har mony and a good Underftanding between the Two Countries, as he had reprefented the Firft Conful to be ; but that I could by no Means fay how far they would be difpofed to adopt the Meafures which he had ( i6 ) had intimated it to be General Bonaparte's Wifti that they fhould purfue, in order to remove fo effeduallyj every Thing which might not perhaps be confidered equally by them, as giving juft Caufe of Offence ot- Jealoufy to France. M. Talleyrand did not rejoin upon the Matter | but afked me when I propofed writing. Upon mf replying I fliould lofe no Time, he faid, that if I. Ihould write as To-day, he would avail himfelf. of the Opportunity to convey a Letter to M. Otto. I have the Honor to be, &c. ^ (S%ned) A. MERRY, The Right Honourable Lord Hawkefbury, &c. &c. &c. - No. 8. Sir, Downing Street, June lo, 18024 ¦y OUR Difpatches of the 4th Inftant were received on Monday Night, and have been laid before the King. The Account given in that Difpatch of the Con- verfation which pafled on the 3d Inftant, between yoti and M.Talleyrand, refpeding the French Princes and their Adherents, would have afforded here con- fiderable Surprize if His Majefty's Government had not in fome Degree been prepared for it by Infor mation which had been previoufly received : from the Manner, however, in which this Subjed has been mentioned to you, it is important that you fhould ( ^7 ) llitiUld take a proper Opportunity to explain, can didly and fairly, to the French Government, the Line pf "Condud which His Majefty feels it to be His Duty to purfue in this very delicate Biifinefs. His Majefty would certainly confider it inconfiftent with both the Letter and Spirit of the Treaty of Peace, between Him and the French Republic, td encourage or countenance any Projeds that might be hoftile to the prefent Government of France. He is fincerely defirous that the Peace which has been concluded may be permanent, and may lead to the Eftablifliment of a' Syftem of good Under ftanding and Harmony between the Two Countries. With thefe Sentiments He is difpofed to employ all the Means in His Power to guard againft any Cir- cumftance which dan have the Effed of difturbing the Tranquillity that has been fo happily reftored ; and He certainly expeds that all Foreigners who may refide within His Dominions, fliould not only hold a Condud conformable to the Laws of the Countrv, but fliould abftain from all- Ads which may be hoftile t6 the Government of any Country with which His Majefty may be at Peace. As long, however, as they condud themfelves according to thefe Principles, His Majefty would feel it incon fiftent v/ith His Dignity, with His Honor, and w'th the common Laws of tfofpitality, to deprive them of that Protedion which Individuals refident in His Dominions can only forfeit by their own Mifcon- dud. The greater Part of the Perfons to whom Allufion has been made in M. Talleyrand's Con- c verfation C 18 ) verfation with you, are living in Retirement, and His Majefty has no Reafon whatever to fuppofe that fince the Conclufion' of Peace they have availed themfelves of their Refidence in this Country to pro mote any Defigns injurious to the Government of France. ' , I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) HAWKESBURY. Anthony Merry Efq. &c. &c. &c. No. 9. My Lord, ' Paris, June 17, 1802. 1 HAVE the 'Honor to acquaint your Lordfliip, that I have executed the Inftrudions given me by yonr fecret and confidential Difpatch (No. 14),' in confequence of the Communication from M. Talleyrand, which I tranfmitted in my Number 23, refpeding the Refidence of the French Princes, and other French Perfons in His Majefty's Dominions. In delivering my Anfwer on this Bufinefs to the French Minifter, I took Care to exprefs, in the ftrongeft Manner, the AflTurances which your Lord fhip has authorized me to give of His Majefty's fincere Defire that the Peace which has happily been concluded fliould be permanent, and that it fhould lead to the Eftablifhment of a Syftem of Harmony and good Undtrftanding between the Two Coun tries ; and that, as His Majefty's Condud would, in ( 19 ) in eV^ery Refped, be guided by thofe Sentiments, He of Courfe would not tolerate, much lefs encou rage, any Proceedings on the Part of Perfons within His Dominions, which niight be hoftile to the pre fent Government of France ; which AflTurances might, I trufted, be fufficient to tranquillize and fatisfy the Firft Conful, without recurring to the Meafures which had been intimated to me, and which could not but be confidered as inconfiftent with His Majefty's Dignity and Honor, as well as with the common Laws of Hofpitality, which He could not but obferve towards Foreigners within His Dominions, until they fhould have forfeited that Protedion by their Mifcondud. M. Talleyrand expreflfed to me in Reply, that thp Fiift Conful had foficited no more than the Britifli Government itfelf had, at the Time, demanded of France, when the Pretender was in this Country, an^ then had been pradifed between other Govern ments under fimilar Circumftances '. That he could not fee any Humiliation in the Meafure which he had intimated to me ; that he could affure me it had not been fuggefte^l with any fuch Idea ^' and that he could only repeat, that the Adoption of it would be in the higheft Degree agreeable and fatifr fadory to the Firft Conful, and be confider'ed by him as the moft convincing Proof of His Majefty's Difpofition to fee a cordial good Underftanding eftabliftied between the Two Countries ; concluding his Anfwer with a Requeft that I would report it to your Lordlhip. c 2 I rejoined ( ao ) I rejoined upon th'e Subjed by obferving to the French Minifter, that even without adverting to the f rious Confideration of the King's Dignity and Honor, the Feelings of the People of England were to be taken into Account on the Occafion : That he muft be fenfible the relative Situation, hitherto, of the Two Countries, efpecially in regard to Trade, afforded His Majefty's Subjeds no Room to reap thofe Advantages which were common to, and which were always expeded from a State of Peace, and that it therefore appeared to me that the Firft Conful would equally give a Proof of his Difpofition to fee Harmony and a friendly Intercourfe re-efta- blilhed between the Two Nations, by not repeating his Wifli upon a Matter which would operate in the ftrongeft Manner againft fuch an Approxima tion and Reconciliation of Sentiments, were it even only to come to the Knowledge of His Majefty's Subjeds. I am happy, my Lord, to fay, that M. Talley rand fliewed no Warmth, or any very marked Ea- gernefs, in his Manner of replying to my Commu nication ; and that our Converfation on this Head terminated with the laft Remarks I made to hira, when he changed it to another Subjed. . I haye the Honor to be, &c. CfSigned) ANTHONY MERRY. Right Honorable Lord Hawkeflsury, &c. &C..&C. Np. 10. ( 21 ) No. ID. Milord, Portman Square, le 25 Juillet 1802. TL y a deja quelque tems que j'ai adreffe a Mr. Hammond un numero de Pelletier renfermant les Calomnies les plus gfoffieres contre le Gouverne ment Fran9ois et contre la Nation entiere-; et j'ai obferve que je re9evrois vraifemblablement I'Ordre de demander la Punition d'un pareil Abus de la PreflTe. Cet Ordre eft effedivement arrive, et je ne puis vous diffimuler. Milord, que les Infultes rei- terees d'un petit Nombre d'Etrangers, reunis a Londres, pour confpirer contre le Gouvernement Fran9ois, produifent les Effets les plus defavorables a la bonne Intelligence entre les deux Nations. Quand meme I'Article Premier du Traite d' Amiens n*eut pourvu a la Confervation des Egards que fe doivent deux Nations independantes, les Maximes generales, du Droit des Gens condamneroient for- mellement un Abus aufli revoltant de la Liberte de la Preffe. On ne fauroit fe perfuader que les Loix puiffent donner plus de Latitude a un Libelfifte qu' a tout autre Individu, qui, fans Declaration de. Guerre, fe permettroit de violer les Devoirs du bbn Voifinage. Le Delit dont il s'agit eii. d'autant plus grave qu'il a evidemment pour Objet de troubler la bonne Harmonie qui fiibfifte entre les deux Gou- vernemens. Ce n'eft pas feulenient fur Peltier mais fur le Re- dadeur du Courier Fran9ois de Londres, flir Cob- c 3 - bett, ( 22 ) bett, et fur d'autres Ecrivains qui leur reflemblent que je dois fixer I'Attention du Miniftere de Sa Majefte. Les Publications perfides et haineufes de ces Hommes font en Contradidion ouverte avec les Principes de la Paix ; et s'il pouvoit jamais entrer dans I'Efprit du Gouvernement Fran9ois de per- mettre des Reprefailles, il fe trouveroit fans Doute en France des Ecrivains difpofes a venger leurs Com- patriotes, en rempliflTant leurs feuilles de Reflexions odieufes contre les Perfonnes les plus refpedables de la Grande Bretagne et contre les Inftitutions qui lui font clieres. Le Defaut de Loix pofitives contre ces fortes de Delits ne fauroit palller, la Violation du Droit des Gens, d'apres lequel la Paix doit mettre un Terme a toutes efpeces d'Hoftilites ; et fans Doute celles qui bleffe^t I'Honneur et la Reputation d'un Gou vernement, et qui tendent a foulever le Peuple dont les Interets lui font confies, font les plus propres a deteriorer les Avantages de la Paix, et a entretenir les Animofites nationales. J'ai I'Honneur d'etre, avec la plus refpedueufe Confideration, &c. OTTO, Son Excellence Milord Hawkefbury, Miniftre et Secretaire d'Etat ayant le Departemeilt des Affaires Etrangeres. Tranflation. ( 23 ) Tranflafion. My Lord, Poitman Square, July 25, 1802. T TRANSMITTED fome Time ago, to Mr. Ham mond, a Number of Peltier, containing the moft grofs Calumnies againft the French Government, and againft the whole Nation ; and I obferved, that I fhould probably receive an Order to demand the Punifhment of fuch an Abufe of the Prefs. That Order is adually arrived, and I cannot conceal from you, my Lord, that the reiterated Infults of a fmall Number of Foreigners, aflTembled in London to confpire againft the French Government, produce the moft unfavourable Effeds on the good Under ftanding between the two Nations. Even though the Firft Article of the Treaty of Amiens had not provided for the Maintenance of that Refped, which Two .independent Nations owe to each other; the general Maxims of the Law of Nations would for mally condemn fo revolting an Abufe of the Liberty of the Prefs. It cannot be believed, that the Law can give more Latitude to a Libellist than to any other Individual, who, without Declaration of War, fliould permit himfelf to violate the Duties of good. Neighbourhood. The Offence in Queftion is fo much the more ferious, as its Objed is evidently to difturb the Harmony which fubfifts between the Two Governments. It is not to Peltier alone, but to the Editor ofthe " Courier Fran9ois de Londres," to Cobbet, and to other Writers who r(jfemble them, that I have to c 4 dired ( 24 ) direct the Attention, of His Majefty's Government, The perfidious and malevolent Publications of tiiefe Men, are in open Contradidion to the Principles of Peace, and if it could ever enter into the Mmd of the French Government to permit Retaliation, Wri ters would doubtlefs be found in France, wilhng to avenge their Countrymen by filling their Pages with odious Refledions on the moft refpedable Perfons, and on the deareft Inftitutions of Great Britain. The Want of pofitive Laws againft thefe Sorts of Offences cannot palliate the Violation of the Law of Nations, according to which Peace fliould put a Stop to all Species of HoftiUties ; and doubtlefs thofe vvhich wound the Honor ahd the Reputation of a Government, and which tend to caufe a Revolt of the People, whofe Interefts are confided to that Go vernment, are the moft apt to leffen the Advantages pf Peace, and to keep up national Refentnie?its. Ihave the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) , OTTO, To his Excellency Lord Hawkefbury, Minifter and Secretary of State for the Foreign Department. No. II. Sir, Downing Street, July 28, 1802, 1 HAVE the Honor to acknowledge the Receipt . of your Letter on the Subjed of the laft Num ber of Peltier. It is impolfible that His Majefty's Qpyernment could perufe th^ Article in Queftion without ( 25 ) without the gfeateft Difpleafure, and without an anxious Defire that the Perfon who publifhed it fhould fuffer the Punifliment he ' fo juftly deferves. The Calumnies however to which His Majefty's Government, and many of the beft Subjeds in this Country, are frequently expofed in the publick Prints, muft neceffarily convince all Foreign Go vernments of the Difficulties which exift in a Con ftitution like that of Great Britain, in preventing the Abufe which is often unavoidably attendant on the greateftof all political Benefits; and though Pub lications of this Nature are, as they certainly ought to be, by the Law of England, fubjed to Punifh ment, it is often difficult to prove- the Guilt of an Individual fo fatisfadorily as to obtain the Judgement of a Court of Juftice ; and the Inconvenience which arifes from Profecution, unlefs there is a reafonable Profped of Succefs, is frequently fufficient to deter both the Government and Individuals from under taking it. In the prefent C^afe I have thought it my Duty to refer the Ai:|icle in Queftion to Liis Majef ty's Attorney General, for his Opinion whether it is or is not a Libel, according to the Conftrudion . of the Law of England, and whether it is fuch a Libel as he would, under all the Circumftances, /re commend for Profecution. As foon as I receive his Report, I fhall have the Honor of communicating it to you. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) HAWKESBURY. M^ Otto, &c, &c. §tg, No. 12. ( 26 ) No. 12. NOTE. IE Souffigne Miniftre Plenipotentiaire de la Re- publique Fran9aife ayant foumis a fon Gouverne ment la Lettre que fon Excellence Milord Hawkef bury, Miniftre et Principal Secretaire d'Etat de Sa Majefte Britannique, lui a fait I'LIonneur de lui ad- drefTer le 27 Juillet, eft charge de prefenter les Ob fervations fuivantes : Si le Gouvernement Britannique tolere la Cen- fure des Ades de fon Adminiftration et des Per- fonalites offenfantes, contre les Hommes les plus re fpedables, il ne permet pas de meme la plus legere Atteinte portee a la Tranquillite publique, aux Loix fondamentales de I'Empire, et a 1' A,utoriti fupreme qui en emane. Chaque Nation eft d'ailleurs fibre de facrifier chez elle un Avantage quelconque pour en obtenir un autre auquel elle attache plus de Prix ; mais le Gquvernement qui ne reprime point les Execs de la Preffe, lorfqu'ils peuvent bleffer les Puiffances Etrangeres, dan^ leurs Interets et dans leur Honneur, laiflTeroit a quelques Libelfiftes la Fa- culte de compromettre le Repos public, ou du moins la bonne Intelligence qui en fait la bafe, et dans le Cas ou des Offehfes auffi graves prendroient une Marche reguliere et fyftematique, il feroit naitre des Doutes fur fes propres Difpofitions. Les Loix et la Conftitution particuliere de la Grande Bretagne font fubordpnnees aux Principes generaux du Droit, des Gens, devant qui fe taifent les Loix de chaque Etat. S'il eft de Droit en An- gleterre de laiflTer a la PreflTe la Liberte la plus eten. ' due, ( 27 ) due, il eft du Droit public des Nations poUcees et d'iine Obfigation rigoureufe pour le Gouvernement, de prevenir, de reprimer, et de punir toutes les At- teintes qui pourroient etre portces par cette Voie au Droit, aux Interets, et a I'Honneur des PuiflTances Etrangeres. Cette Maxime generale du Droit des Gens n'a jamais ete meconnue fans preparer les plus grands Dechiremens, et a fourni, meme en Angleterre, un Pretexte plaufible a ceux qui ont ecrit des Volumes pour prouver la Neceffite de la derniere Gueri-e con tre la France. .Les memes Hommes voudroient-ils aujourdhui prefenter au Gouvernement Cpnfulaire une Arme, dont iis fe font fer vis avec tant d' Adref fe ? Et pourroient-ils fe flatter que I'Autorite qui a figne la Paix n'a pasta Force de la maintenir ? Par I'Art. I. du Traite d' Amiens, les Deux Puif fances font convenues de n' accorder aucune Prpr- tedion, foit diredement foit indiredement, a ceux qui voudroient porter Prejudice a aucune d'elles. Or le plus grand de tons les Prejudices, eft fans Doute celui qui tend a avilir un Gouvernement Etr^nger, ou a exciter fur fon Territoire des Com motions civiles et religieufes ; et la plus eclatante de toutes les Protedions eft celle qui met fous I'Egide des Loix fes Hommes, qui cherchent non feulement a troubler la Tranquillite politique de I'Europe, mais a diffoudre meme les premiers Liens de la Societe. Le Miniftre Souffigne doit (obferver encore qu'il ne s'agit pas ici de quelques Paragraphes que I'ln- advertence ( 28 ) advertence d'un Gazetier auroit accidentellenient m- feres dalis une Feuille publique ; mais il s'agit d un Syft^me profon^ et fuivi de Diffamation, non feule ment contre le Chef de la ' Republique Fran9aife, mais contre toutes les Autorites Conftituees de la Republique, mais contre la Nation entiere, carac- terifee par les Libelliftes dans les Termes les plus odieux, les plus avililfans. On a meme remarque dans plufieurs Feuilles un Appel au Peuple Fran9ois, contre fon Gouvernement et contre fes Loix fonda mentales! Si ces Obfervations font applicables aux Ecrivains Anglois, qui depuis Trois Mdis inondent le Public des Declamations les plus indecentes et les plus per fides, elles le font bien plus a une ClaflTe de Calom- niateurs Etrangers, qui ne fembient jouir de I'Afyle qui leur eft offert en Angleterre, que pour mieux affouvir leur Haine, contre la France et pour miner les Bafes de la Paix. Ce n'eft pas feulement par des Imprimes infultans et feditieux, evidemment publics pour etre diftribues en France, mais par d'autres Papiers incendiaires repandus dans les Departemens Maritimes, pour ex citer les Habitans foibles ou maUntentionnes, as'op- pofer a I'Execution du Concordat, que ces Ennemis implacables de la France continuent a exercer des Hoftilites, et a provoquer] la jufte Indignation du Gouvernement et du Peuple Fran9ois. II n'exifte aucun Doute que ces Ecrits n'aient ete rediges et envoyes par le nomme Georges, et par les ci-devans Eveques de France. Ces Hommes ne peuvent plus etre ( 29 ) ^re confideres que comme Rebelles, tant a I'Auto rite politique que religieufe ; et d'apres leurs Tenta- tives reiterees de troubler la bonne Intelligence entre les Deux Gouvernements, leur Sejour en Angleterre milite ouvertement contre I'Efprit et la Lettre du Traite de Paix. Les Reunions qui ont encore lieu dans I'lfle de Jerfey, et les Trames odieufes qui s'y ourdifTent malgre les Reprefentations que le Miniftre fouffigne a deja eu foin de faire a ce Sujet, exigent aufli une Mefure immediate de la Part d'un Gouvernement, Voifin et Ami de la France. D'autres Perfonnes que de trop long Regrets et des Souvenirs ineffa9ables, attachent a un Ordre de Chofes qui n'exiftent plus en France, fe trouveut journellement compromifes par les Complots de ceux qui pretendent les fervir. Le Sentiment de leur propre Reputation les eloignera, fans Doute, d'lm foyer d'Intrigues -qui devroient leur etre Etrangeres. La Paix heureufement retablie, le Defir que par- tagent les Deux Gouvernemens de la rendre fpUde et durable, et I'lnteret general de I'Huriianite, exi gent qjie toutes ces Caufes de Mecontentement foient ecartees, et que par une Mefure franche et energique le Muuftere de Sa Majefte manifefte fa Defapprobation de toutes les Tentatives faites pour produire de nouveaux Dechiremens; en confequence le Souffigne a re9u I'Ordre fpecial'de foUiciter : I . Que le Gouvernement de Sa Majefte employe les Moyens les plus efficaces pour arreter le Cours des Publications indecentes et feditieufes, dont font remplis ( 3° ) rempfis les Journaux et d'autres Ecrits imprim. s en Angleterre. 2. Que les Individus mentionnes dans la Lettre du Miniftre foufligni, en Date du 23 Juillet dernier, foient'eloigncs de I'Ifle de Jerfey. 3. Que les ci-devans Eveques d' Arras, de St. Pol de Leon, et tous ceux qui, comme eux, fous Pre texte de Religion, cherchent a jetter du Trouble dans rinterieur de la France foient egalement eloignes. 4. Que le Nomme Georges et fes Adherens foient deportes au Canada; ainfi que le fouffigne a ete chargi d'en tranfmettre I'Intention a fon Gouverne ment fur la Demande de Milord Hawkefbury. 5. Que pour oter aux Mal-intentionnes tout Pre texte de troubler la bonne Intelligence entre les Deux Gouvernemens, les Princes de la Maifon de Bourbon aduellement dans la Grande Bretagne foient invites a fe rendre a Varfovie pres du Chef de leur Famille. 6. Que ceux des Emigre's Fran9ois qui fe permet- tent encore de porter des Ordres et des Decorations appartenant a I'ancien Gouvernment de France, foient tenus de quitter le Territoire de I'Empire Britannique, 1 Ces Demandes font fondes fur le Traite d' Amiens, et fur les Affurances verbales que le Miniftre fouf figne a eu la Satisfadion de receuillir dans le Cours des Negotiations, touchant un Accord mutuel pour le Maintien de la Tranquilfite et du bon Ordre dans les Deux Pays. Si une feule de ces Deniandes ne decouloit ( 3' ) decouloit pas aufli diredement du Traite conclu, il feroit facile de la [juftifier par des Exemples mc- morables, et de prouver combien dans des Tems de Fermentation interieure le Gouvernement Britan nique a ete attentif a eloigner du Territoire d'une Puiffance voifine ceux que pouvoient compromettre la Tranquillite publique. Quelque puiffe etre la Protedion que les Loix Angloifes accordent aux Ecrivains indigenes et aux autres Sujets de Sa Majefte, le Gouvernement Fran9ois f9ait que les Etrangers ne jouifTent pas ici de la meme Protedion, et que la Loi connue fous le Titre d' Alien AJl, donne au* Miniftere de Sa Ma jefte Britannique, uiie Autorite qu'il a fouvent ex- ercee contre les Etrangers dont le Sejour bleffoit les Interets de la Grande Bretagne. L' Article Premier de cet Ade, porte expreffement que tout Ordre d'e , Confeil qui prefcrit a un Etranger de quitter le Royaume doit etre execute, fous Peine d'Emprifon- nement et de Deportation. II exifte done dans le Miniftere un Pouvoir lagal et fuffifant pour conte- nir les Etrangers fans avoir Recours aux Tribu- naux, e^ le Gouvernement Fran9ois, qui offre a cet Egard une entiere Reciprocite, croit donner une nouvelle. Preuve de fes Intentions pacifiques en de mandant I'Eloignement de ceux, dont les Machina tions tendent uniformement a femer le-Difcorde entre les Deux Peuples. II fe doit a lui meme et a la Nation entiere, qui lui a confie le Depot de fa Puiffance et de fon Honneur, de ne pas fe montrer infeufible pendant une Paix profonde a des Infultes et ( 3* ) ¦s et a des Complots, que ne pourroit juftifier I'lrrita^ tion d'une Guerre ouverte; et il connoit trop bien les Difpofitions concifiantes du Miniftere Britan nique pour'ne pas compter fur fes Efforts a difperfer line Fadion egalement Ennemie de la France et de I'Angleterre. Le Miniftre fouffigne faifit cette Occafion pour prefenter a fon Excellence Milord Hawkefliuty I'Homage de fa Confideration refpedueufe. (Signe) OTTO. Londres, le 17 Aofl, 1802. Tranflation. NOTE. 'Tp HE underfigned Minifter Plenipotentiary of the French Republick^ having fubmitted to his Go vernment the Letter which his Excellency Lord Hawkefbury, Minifter and Principal Secretary of State of His Britannick Majefty, did him the Ho nour of writing under Date of the '27th July, is di reded to offer the following Obfervations : If the Britifh Government tolerates Cenfures upon the Ads of its Adminiftration, and the perfonal Abufe of the moft refpedable Men, it does not fuffe^ even the flighteft attempt againft the publick Tran quillity, the fundamental Laws of the Empire, and the fupreme Authority which arifes from them. Every Nation is, moreover, at Liberty to facrifice any Advantage whatever in its Interior, in order to obtain ( 33 ) abtain another to which it attaches a higher Valu6 ; but the Government which does not reprefs the Li- centioufnefs of the Prefs when it may be injurious to the Honour or the Interefts of Foreign Powers, would afford an Opportunity for Libelfifts to endan ger. the publick Tranquillity, or at leaft the good Underftanding that forms the Bafis of it, and when ever fuch ferious Injuries are continued in a Regular and fyftematick Manner, Doubts muft arife as to its own Difpofitions. The particular Laws and Conftitution of Great Britain are fubordinate to the general Principles of the Law of Nations, which fuperfede the Laws of each individual State. If it be a Right in England to allow the moft extenfive Liberty to the Prefs, it is a publick Right of polifhed Nations, and the bounden Duty of Governments to prevent, reprefsj and punifh, every Attack which might by thofe Means be made againft the Rights, the Interefts, and the Honour, of Foreign Powers. This general Maxim of the Law of Nations has never been miftaken without paving the Way for the greateft Divifions, and has even furnifhed in Eng-i land a plaufible Pretext to thofe who have written Volumes to prove the Neceflity ofthe laft War againft France. Are thefe Men now defirous of prefenting to the Confular Government a Weapon which they have wielded with fo much Addrefs ? And can they fiatter themfelves that the Authority which has figned the Peace has ;xot Power to maiAtaia it 2 J> , .By C ^4 ) By the Firft Article of the Treaty of Amiens, the Two Powers agree to afford no Protedion, eithei*' diredly or indiredly, to thofe who fliould caufe Pre-' judice to any of them. But the greateft of all Injuries doubtlefs is, that which tends to debafe'a Foreign Government, or to excite within its Territory civil and religious Com motions ; and the moft decided of all Protedions-,. is that which places under the Safeguard of the Laws, Men who feek not only to difturb the politi cal Tranquillity of Europe, but even tp diffolve the Firft Bonds of Society. The underfigned Minifter muft moreover obferve, that this is not a Queftion refpeding fome Para graphs, which, through the Inadvertence of an Edi tor, might have been accidentally inferted in a pub" lick Print ; but it is a Queftion of a deep and conti nued Syftem of Defamation, direded not only agajnft the Chief of the French Republick, but againft all the conftituted Authorities of the Repul>; lick, againft the whole Nation, reprefented by thefe Libellers in the moft odious and degrading Terms. It has even been remarked that many of thefe Prints contain an Appeal to the French Peqple, againft. the Government and fundamental Laws of thteiE Country. If thefe Obfervations apply to the Englifii Wri ters, who, for thefe Three Months paft, have deluged the Publick with the moft perfidious and unbecom ing Pubhcations, they are ftill more appligable to a Clafs '.( 35 0 Clafs of Foreign Calumniators, who appear to avail themfelves of the Afylum offered them in England only fbr the Purpofe of the better gratifying their Hatred againft France, and undermining the Found ations of Peace. It is not merely by infulring and feditious Writ ings, evidently publiflied with a view to Citculation in France, but by other incendiary Papers diftributed th'rough the Maritime Departments, in order to ex cite the evilrdifpofed or weak Inhabitants to refift the Execution of the Coneordate, that thefe impla* cable Enemies of France continue to exercife Hof- fifities, and to provoke the juft Indignation of the French Government and People. Not a Doubt ex* ifts of thefe Writings having been compofed and cir culated by Georges, and by the former Bifhops of France. Thefe Men can no longer be confidered but as Rebels againft both political and religious Authority ; and after their reiterated Attempts to difturb the good Underftanding between the Two Governments, their Refidence in England militates openly againft the Spirit and Letter of the Treaty of Peace. The Meetings likewife which have taken place in the Ifland of. Jerfey, and the odious Plots which are there framed, in Spite of the Reprefentations which the underfigned Minifter has .already taken care to make on this Subjed, alfo demand ^immediate Mea fures to be taken by a G-overnraent, the Neighbour ^d Friend of France. D p. Other ( 36 ; Other Perfons (attached, by Recolledions never to be effaced, and by Regrets too long foftered, to an Order of Things which no longer exifts in France) find themfelves daily implicated by the Plots of thofe who pretend to ferve them. A Senfe of their own Reputation will without Doubt lead them to avoid a Focus of Intrigues, with which they ought not to have the leaft Connedion. Peace happily re-eftabfiflied, the mutual Defire of the Two Governments to render it folid and laft- ing, and the general Interefts of Humanity, require that all thefe Caufes of Diffatisfadion fhould be done away, and that His Majefty's Miniftry fhould, by frank and energetic Meafures, manifeft their Dif- approbation of all the Attempts made to produce new Divifions. The Underfigned has in confequence received ef- pecial Orders to foficit, ift. That His Majefty's Government will adopt the moft effedual Meafures to put a Stop to the unbecoming and feditious Pubhcations with which the Newfpapers and other Writings printed in Eng land are filled. 2d. That the Individuals mentioned in the un derfigned Minifter's Letter of the 23d July laft, fhall be fent out of the Ifland of Jerfey. 3d. That the former Bifliops of Arras and St. Pol de Leon, and all thofe, who like them, under the Pretext of Religion, feek to raife Difturbances in the interior of France, fhall likewife be fent away- 4th. That ( 37 ) 4th. That Georges and his Adherents fhall be trarifported to Canada, according tP the Intention' which the Underfigned has been direded to tranf. mit to his Govemment at the Requeft of Lord Hawkefbury. 5th. That, in order to deprive the evil-difpofed of every Pretext for difturbing the good Under ftanding between the two Governments, it fliall be recommended to the Princes of the Houfe of Bour bon at prefent in Great Britain, to repair to War- faw, the Refidence of the Head of their Family. 6th. That fuch of the French Emigrants as ftill think proper to wear the Orders and Decorations belonging to the antient Government of France, fhall be required to quit the Territory of the Bridfh Empire. ; Thefe Demands are founded upon the Treaty of Amiens, and upon the verbal Affurances that the Underfigned Minifter has had the Sadsfadion to receive in the Courfe of the Negotiations, with re gard to a mutual Agreement for maintaining Tran quillity and good Order in the Two Countries. If any One in particular of thefe Demands does not proceed fo immediately from the Treaty concluded, it would be eafy to juftify it by ftriking>Exa,mples, and to prove how- very attentive the Britifh Got vernment has been in Times of internal Fermen^. tation, to remove from the Territory of a neigh bouring Power thofe who might eijidanger the pub lic Traa^uillity. D 3 Whatever c 35 ): Whatever may be the Protedion which the Eng- lifti Laws afford to native Writers and to other Subjeds of His Majefty, the French Government knows that Foreigners do not here enjoy the fame Protedion ; and that the Law, known by the Title of the Alien Aa, gives the Miniftry of His Britan nick Majefty an Authority which it has often exer* Gifed againft Foreigners whofe Refidence was preju-^ dicial to the Interefts of Great Britain. The firft Claufe of this Ad ftates exprefsly, that any Order in Council which requires a Foreigner to quit the- Kingdom fliall be executed under Pain of Imprifon- ment and Tranfportation. There eJcifts, therefore, in the- Miniftry a legal and fufficient Power to reftrain Foreigners, without having Recourfe to the Courts ^ of Law, and the French Government, which offers on this Point a perfed Reciprocity, thinks it gives a new Proof of its pacifick Intentions, by demand ing that thofe Perfons may be fent away, whofe Machinations uniformly tend to fowDifcQrd between the Two People. It owes to itfelf and to the Na tion at large, (which has made it the Depofitory of its Power and of its Honour), not to appear infen- fible to Infnlts and to Plots during profound Peace,; which the Irritation of open War could not juftify, and it is too well acquainted with the conciliatory Difpofitions of the Britifli Miniftry, not to rely upon its Efforts to di^erfe a Fadidn equally the Enemy of France and England. The underfigned Minifter feizes this Opportu nity ( 39 ) nity to prefent to His Excellency Lord Hawkef bury, the Homage of His refpedful Confiderar tion. t; (Signed) OTTO. London, 17th Auguft 1802. No. 13. Sir, ' Downing Street, Auguft 28, 1 8(32. T SEND you the Copy of a Letter wbjch I receiyed fome Days ago from M. Otto, together with a Copy of an official Note inclofed in it. I have in- forrned M. Otto, that you would receive Inftrud;ions to enter into Explanations with the French Govern ment on the feveral Points to which it refers. It is impofllible not to feel confiderable Surprize at the Circumftances under which it has, been thought proper to prefent fuch a Note ; at the Stile in which it is drawn up, and at the Complaints contained in .it. Whatever may be the general Difpofitions of the French Government towards this Country, fup- pofing them to be as hoftile as they have been at any former Period, or even more fo, it would ap pear fb contrary to. their Intereft to provoke a War with us at the prefent Moment; that I am inclined to afcribe their Condud, in the Whole of this Bufi- . nefsj'more to Temper, than to any pther Motive ; but whether their Condud is to be referred to Tem per or to Policy, the Effed"s of it may ftill be the .,; D4 farae; ( 46 y fame ; It is therefore become of fhe utmoft Import tance that a frank Explanation fhould be made of the Line of Condud which His Majefty has deterl- mined to adopt on Reafons of the Nature of thofe to which this Note refers, and of the Motives on which it is founded ; and it is to be hoped that fuch an Explanation will have the Effett of putting^ an End to a Courfe of Proceeding which can lead onjy to perpetual Irritation ' between the Two Govern ments, and which mighj: uldm^tgly tend to the moft ferious Confequences. The firft Confideratjon that naturally arifes" on this Tranfadion, is that of the peculiar Circum ftances under which the Note of M. Ottp has bee^ prefented. It cannot be denied that fome very im proper Paragraphs have lately appeared in fome of the Englifh Newfpapers againft the Government of France ; it cannot be denied likewife, that Pubhca tions of a ftill more improper and indecent Nature have made their Appearance in this Country, with the Names of Foreigners affixed to them. Under thefe Circumftances the French Government would have been warranted in expeding every Redrefs that the Laws of this Country could afford them ; but as, inftead of feeking it in the ordinary Courfe, they have thought fit to refort tp Recrimination themi- felvesj or at leaft to authorize it in others, they could have no Right to complain if their fubfequent Ap peal to His Majefty had failed to product the Effed that otherwife would have attended it. Whatever ( 41 ) Whatever may have been the Nature of the prior Injury, they have in Fad taken the Law into their own Hands : And what is this Reciimination and Retort ? The Paragraphs in the Englifh Newfpa pers, the Publications to which I have above refer red, have not appeared under any Authority of the Britifh Government, and are difavowed and difap- proved of by them ; but the Paragraph in the Mo- niteur has appeared in a Paper avowedly Official, for which the Government are therefore confidered as refponfible, as His Majefty's Government is re- fponfible f .r the Contents of the London Gazette. And this Retort is not confined to the unauthorized Englifh Newfpapers, or to. the other Publications of which Complaint is now made, but is converted into, and made a Pretence for a dired Attack upon the Government of His Majefty. His Majefty feels it beneath His Dignity to make any formal Complaint on this Occafion ; but it has been impoffible for me to proceed to the other Parts of the Subjed, without pointing your Attention tp the Condud of the French Government in this refped, that you may obferve upon it in the Manner it deferves. The Propofitions in M. Otto's official Note, are Six in Number ; but may in Fad be divided under .Two Heads : the Firft, that which relates to the Libels of all Defcriptions, which are alleged to be publifhed againft the, French Gpvernment ; the laft, comprehending the Five Complaints which relate to the Emigrants refident in this Country. On the Firft, I am fure you muft be aware that Hig Majefty can not, ( 42 ) not, and never will, in Confequence pf any Repre- fen tation or any Menace from a Foreign Power, make any Cpncefllon, which can be in the fmalleft Degree daiigerous to the Liberty of the Prefs, as fecured by the Conftitudon of this Country. This Liberty is juftly dear to every Britifh Subjed. The Conftitution admits of no previous Reftraints upoa Publications of any Defcription ; but there exift Ju- dicatures, wholly independent of the Executive Go* yemment, capable of taking CognizEmce oft fuch Pubhcations as the Law deems to be criminal, and which are bound to inflid the Punifhment the De linquents may deferve ; thefe Judicatures may take Cognizance not only of Libels againft the Govern ment and the Magiftracy of this Kingdom, but, as has been repeatedly experienced, of Pubfipatipn? delamatory of thofe in whofe Hands the Adminiftra* tion of Foreign Governments is placed. That our Government neither has nor wants any other Pro tedion than what the Laws of the Country afford j and though they are willing and ready to give to every Foreign Government all the Protedion againft Offences of this Nature which the Principle of thcif Laws and Conftitution will admit, they never can confent to new-model their Laws, or to change their Conftitudon, to gratify the.Wiflies of any Foreign Power. If the prefent French Government are dif- fatisfied with our Laws on the Subjed of Libels, or entertain the Opinion that the Adminiftration of Juftice in our Courts is too tardy and lenient, th^ have it in their Power to redrefs themfelyes by pu- niftiing ( 43 ) niftiing die Venders and Diftributors of fach Publi- cadpns within their own Territories, in any Manner that they may thirili. proper, and thereby preventing the Circulation of the'm. .If they think their pre fent Laws are not fufficient for this Purpofe they may enad new ones ; or, if they think it expedient, they may exercife the Right which they have of pro hibiting the Importation of any Foreign Newfpa pers, or periodical Publications, into the Territories of the French RepubUck. His Majefty will not complain of fuch a Meafure, as it is not His Inten tion to interfere in the. Manner in which the People. or Territories of France fhould be governed ; but he expeds, on the other Hand, that the French Go vernment will not interfere in tbe Manner in which tbe Government of His Dominions is conduded, or call for a Change in thofe^ Laws with which His People are perfedly fadsfied. With refped to the Diftindion which appears to be drawa in M. Otto's Note, between the Publications of Britifh Subjeds and thofe of Foreigners, and the Power which His Majiefty is fuppofed to have in confequence of thei AMen Ad, of fending Foreigners out of His Do* minions, it is important to obferve that, the Provi-* fions of that; Ad weie made for the Purpole of pre^, vendng the Refidence of Foreigners, whofe Num bers and.i Principles had a Tendency to difturb the internal Peace of His own Dominions,: and whomi the Safety of thofe Dominions might require in saany Inftances to be removed, even if their adual C'ofldu^ ted n6t expofed i them -to Pimfliment byf i / Law, (. 44 ) Law. ' It: does not follow that it would be a war- rantablfe'i Application of fuch a Law to exert its Pow ers in the Ca;fes of Individuals fuch as thofe of whom Complaint is now made, and particularly as they are liable to be profecuted under the Law of the Land, in like Manner as others have been in fimilar Cafes, at the Inftance, and upon the Complaint of Foreign Governments. The Second general Head, which includes the Five laft. Complaints, relates to the Removal of fome of the French Emigrants refident in this Country. His Majefty entertained Hopes that the Explanation fiir- nifhed on this Head in my Difpatch No. 14. would have proved fatisfadory, and would have precluded the Neeeffity of any farther Difcuffion on this Sub jed. The French Government have upon feveral OcCafions reforted on this Part of the Subjed to Precedent, and have particularly refted on the De mand formerly made by this Country, that the Per fon then called the Pretenda-, fhould be fent from the French Dominions. It is important that the Dif ferences between thefe Two Cafes fhould be ftated. When James the Second abdicated the Throne,- and left this Country, he redred with his Adherents to France ; ahd though in the War which immediately fucceeded that Event, the French Government adopted his Caufe as their own, no Stipulation was made at the Treaty of Ryfwick, that he fliould be fent from that Country, nor was any fubfequent Demand ever made to the French Government to this Effed ; but he was fuffered to remain at Saint Germain, ( 45 ) Qermain, in the Neighbourhood of Parisj'fiir- rounded by his Family and Friends, till the Time of his Death. It was not till after his Demife, when Lewis the Fourteenth, in dired Violation of the Treaty of Ryfwick, had acknowledged his Son as King of Great Britain, that a different Courfe of Proceeding was adopted by the Britifh Government; and in the Treaty of Peace figned at Utrecht, which put an End to the War which had been carried on, on Account of the Spanifh Succeffion, an Ar ticle was inferted to prevent the Pretender from re fiding in any Part of the French Dominions. The Demaind which was fubfequently made for the Re moval of the Pretender from a Town which was fituated in the Centre of thefe Dominions, was founded on this Article of the Treaty, which was in Fad One of the Conditions of the Peace ; but both the Article in the Treaty and the Demand were confined to the Pretender perfonally,,and were- not extended to any of his Family, or to any of his Adherents* After his Removal, many of his Adherents continued to refide in France; many Perfons refident in this Country, who were at tached to the Caufe of the Pretender, and had pro moted the Rebellion in his Favour, and who were eonfequently attainted for High Treafoi;!, fought Refuge in France, and were permitted to remain there till their Death, without any Application ever having been made by the Britifh Governraent for tlieir Removal. The Duke of Berwick, the natu ral ( 46 ) ral Son of James the Second^ who from his Prin ciples and Talents was the moft dangerous Man td the Interefts of this Country and the PrOteftant Sue* ceffion, continued to be a General in the French Armies, and though defcended from the Bjng, an Engfifhman and an Emigrant, it was not required that he fhould be fent out of France. In the pre* fent Cafe, there is no Article in the Treaty of Peace; by which His Majefty is bound to fend from this Country any Frenchman whate\'er, except on Ac count of the Crimes fpecified in the Twentieth Ari tide of the Definitive Treaty, and in confequence of the Proofs therein required having been adduced. In the prefent Cafe, it cannot be pretended that His Majefty has ever given the flighteft Countenance to the Caufe of the Royalifts in France againfl the pre fent Government, fince the Period when He ac knowledged that Government ; and if there were not thefe important Differences in the Two Cafes, they would be totally diffimilar in the only remain* ing Point j for in the Cafe of the Houfe of Stuart, as has been already ftated, notwithftanding the Violence ofthe Times, and the Danger to which the Proteftant Succeffion was really expofed, this ftrpng Ad of Authority was confined to the Perfon of the Pretender ; and the Individual who muft be recog nized in that Charader by the French Government, and whofe Cafe can alone bear any Similarity to the former even in this Refped, is not, and never has been within His Majefty's Dominions : ^ Other Pre cedents ( 47- )> cedents ;might be adduced on this Subjed ; but it i§ not neceffary to ftate them, as the foregoing are fufficient. • With refped to the. Complaints in Detail under the Second Head.— -Upon the Firft, you may in form the French Government, that the Emigrants' in Jerfey, many of whom had remained there folely on Account of the CheStpnefs of Subfiftence, had adually removed, or were removing-previous to thfe Reprefentation concerning them in Mr. Otto's Note, and that before your Explanation with Mr. Talley rand can take place, there will probably not be an Emigrant in the Ifland. To the Second Complaint which relates to the Bifhops of Arras and Saint Paul de Leon, and others,- His Majefty can only reply, that if the Fads al- ledged againft them can be fubftantiated ; if it caii be proved that they have diftributed Papers on the Coaft of France, with a View of difturbing the Go vernment, and of inducing the People to refift the new Church Eftablifhment, His Majefty would think Himfelf juftified in taking all Meafures within His^ Power for obliging them to leave the Country ; but fome Proof muft be adduced of thofe Fads ; and fuch Proof muft not be that of their having in a lingle Inftance, viz. in Reply to the Pope's Mandate, publiffied a Vindication of their own Condud, in refiifing to conform to the new Eftablifhment, a Proceeding In which they would be juftifiable- on- every IVinciple of Toleration and Juftice ; but it fliould Ihew that ihey have fince availed themfelves- of C 48 ) of their Situation in this Country to exdite the Peo^ pie of France againft the Authority of that Govern ment, whether Civil or Ecclefiaftical. On the Third Complaint, which refpeds the Re moval of Georges, and thofe Perfons fuppofed. to be defcribed as his Adherents, Mr. Otto .mufti have miftaken me in what he fuppofesi me to have faid on that Subjed. His Majefty is however, very-de- firous to obviate any Caufe of Complaint or Un- eafinefs with refped to thefe Perfons ; and Meafures are in Contemplation, and will be taken, for. the Purpofe of removing them, out of His Majefty's European Dominions. On the Fourth Complaint refpeding the Princes ofthe Houfe of Bourbon, I can only refer you to my former Anfwer. His Majefty has no Defire that they fhould continue to refide in this Country, if they are difpofed, or can be induced to quit it ; but He feels it to be inconfiftent with His Honor and His Senfe of Juftice to withdraw from them the Rights of Hofpitality, as long as they condud them felves peaceably and quietly ; and unlefs fome Charge can be fubftantiated of their attempting to difturb the Peace which fubfifts between the Two Govern ments. With refped to the Fifth Complaint, which re ¦ lates to the French Emigrants wearing in this Coun try the Orders of their ancient Government ; there are few if any Perfons of that Defcriptipn in this Country who v^ear fuch Orders. It might be more proper if they all abftained from it } but the French Go- ( 49 ) Croverrimerit could not perfift in expeding, that eveii if it w'erg confiftent with Law, His Majfefty coiild be ifidiicfed to commit fd harfli an Ad of Ail- thority as to ferid them out of the Country on fuch an Accouriti i hjlve thus ftated to you His Majefty's Sent!- mefhts oh the fisveral Points contained in Mr. Otto's Note. Ydu Will take an early Oppoftdriity bf com- ttthfiicating thefe Sentiments to the French Go vernment^ and of accompanying them with the Ar guments and Explanations above ftatdd. And if it fhbuld be dfefired, and you fliould be of Opinion, that it was likely to produce ariy good Effed, there ife" no Objedioii to your putting the Subftahce of what yoti fhall have ftated in Writing, and bf de^, Kveflfig it tb the Minifter for Foreign Affairs, as a Me'ihof atrtdtiih of your Converfation. Upon the general Torie and Style of Mr. Ottb*s Note, it is iraportant to obferve, that it is far frorn conciliating ; and that the Pradice of pfefenting Notes of this Defcription, on any Motive or Sug- gdltioR of perfonal Irritation, cannot fail to have the Effed of indifpofing the Two Governmehts towards each other,_inftead of confoHdating and ftrength- ening the Peace which happily fubfifts between them. That after a War, in which the Paffions of Men have been roufed beyond all former Exam ples, it is natural to fuppofe that the Diftruft, Jea loufy, and other hoftile Feelings of Individuals ihoulcf not immediately futfide, arid under thefe Circumftances it appears to be boffi the Intereft aiid E the - C 50 ) the Duty of the Two Governments by a mild and temperate Condud gradually to allay thefe Feelings, and not on the contrary to provoke and augment them by untimely Irritation on their Part, and by, afcribing Proceedings like thofe above noticed, to .Caufes to which they have no Reference, His Ma jefty has thus fully and frankly explained His Sen timents, and the Ground of His Condud. He is fincerely difpofed to adopt every Meafure for the Prefervation of Peace, which is confiftent with the Honor and Independence of the Country, and with the Security of its Laws and Conftitution. But the French Governinent muft have formed a moft erro neous Judgment of the Difpofition of the Britifh Nation, and of the Charader of its Government, if they have been taught to exped that any Repre- fentation of a Foreign Power Will ever induce them to confent tb a Violation of thofe Rights on which the Liberties of the People of this Country are founded. I have the Honor to be, &c. ; (Signed) HAV7KESBUR.Y. Anthony Merry Efq. No. 14. NOTE. J E. General Vial, Miniftre Plenipotentiaire de la Republique a Malthe, etant parti pour fa Defli- nation vers le 20 Juillet dernier, il eft a prefumer " - . qu'a C 5» ) qu'il fe trouvera bientot en Etat de fe concerter aveC Je Miniftre Plenipotentiaire de Sa Majefte Britan- niqijfe, fur I' Evacuation de Malthe et defes Depen^ dances. Les Trois Mois dans lefquels eette Evacuation devoit avoir. Heu font expires, et I'Intention des Deux Gouvernemens etant que I'Execution du Traite d'Ajn,iens eprouve le moindre Retard poffi ble, le Premier Conful auroit defire que les Deu^f mille Napolitains qui font prets a partir euffent pU etre tranfportees de bonne heure a I'Ifle de Malthe, pour etre prets lorfque I'Evacuation fera fur le Point de s'effeduer. II paroit cependant que M. Drum- mond, Miniftre d' Angleterre a Naples, n'a pas^ete autorife par fon Gouvernement a faeiliter cet En voi, et que le Motif, que ce Miniftre a fait valoir, porte fur ce que les Stipulations qui doivent prece- der I'Evacuation n'ctant pas remplies cette Evacua tion ne pouvoit pas encore avoir lieu. En communiquant les Details ci-deffus a fon Ex cellence Milord Hawkefbury, Principal Secretaire d'Etat de Sa Majefte Britannique au Departement des Affaires Etrangeres, le Souffigne eft charge - d'obferver que I'Envoi des Deux mille Napofitains a rifle de Malthe ne peut etre confidere que comme une Demarche prealable, pour accelerer I'Evacuation auffitot que les Mefures neceflaires auront ete prifes par les Plenipotentiaires relpedifs, et qu'elle n'em- peche en aucune Maniere qu'on ne fe concerte dans £ 2 la ( 52 ) la Suite fur les Details de I'Evacuation, conforme- ment aux Claufes du Traite d' Amiens. Le Souffigne eft charge en outre *de prier le Mi niftere Britannique de vouloir bien donner des In ftrudions generales aux Plenipotentiaires de Sa Ma jefte a Naples et a Malthe, pour que I'Evacuation et les autres Conditions de I'Article X. foient exe- cutees fans Obftacles et fans que ces Plenipoten tiaires fe croient obliges d'en referer a leur Gou* vernement fur chacune des Operations fucceffives qui devront avoir lieu. Le Souffigne faifit cette Occafion pour prefenter a fon Excellence Milord Hawkefbury I'Hpminage de fa Confideration refpedueufe. Londres, le 21 Aout, 1802. (Signe) OTTO. A fon Excellence Milord Hawkefbury, &c. &c. &c. Tranflation. NOTE. qENERAL Vial, Minifter Plenipotentiary ofthe Repubfic at Malta, having fet out for his Def tination about the 20th of July, it is to be pre- fumed, that he will foon be in a Condition to enter into a Concert with His Britannic Majefty's Minif ter Plenipotentiary on the Evacuation of Malta, and of its Dependencies. The ( Si ) The Three Months, in which this Evacuation fhould have taken place, are expired ; and it being the Intention of the two Governments that the Exe. cution of the Treaty of Amiens fhould experience the leaft poffible Delay, the Firft Conful would have been defirous that the Two thoufand Neapolitans who are ready to depart, could have been tranf- ported at an early Period to the Ifland of Malta, to be in Readinefs whenever the Evacuation fhall be on the Point of being effeded. It appears, neverthelefs, that Mr. Drummorid, the EngUfli Minifter at Naples, has not been autho rized by his Government to facilitate this Tranf- port ; and that the Motive alledged by that Minif ter was, that the Stipulations which ought to pre cede the Evacuation not being fulfilled, that Eva cuation could not yet take place. In communicating the above Details to his Ex cellency Lord Hawkefbury, His Britannic Majefty's Principal Secretary of State for the Foreign De partment, the Underfigned is direded to obferve, that the fending the Two thoufand Neapolitans to the Ifland of Malta cannot but be confidered as a preliminary Step, in order to accelerate the Evacua tion, as foon as the neceffary Meafures fhall have been taken by the refpedive Plenipotentiaries ; and that it does not in any Manner prevent the fubfe quent Concert on the Details of the Evacuation, conformably to the Claufes of the Treaty of Amiens. E 3 The ( 54 ) The Underfigned is moreover direded to requeft the Britifli Miniftry to give general Inftrudions to-' His Majefty's Plenipotentiaries at Naples, and at Malta, that the Evacuation, and the other Condi-^ tions ofthe i oth Article, maybe executed without Obftacle, and without thefe Plenipotentiaries con ceiving themfelves obliged to refer to their Govern-" ment on each of the fucceflive Operations which- fhould take place. The Underfigned embraces this Opportunity to prefent to his Excellency Lord Hawkefbury, the Homage of his refpedful Confideration. London, Auguft 21 ft, 1832. (Signed) OTTO, His Excellency Lord Hawkefbury, &c. &c. &c. No. 15. NOTE. 'yHE Underfigned has the Honour to acknow ledge the Receipt of Mr. Otto's Note of the 2 ift Inftant. When the Neapolitan Government notified to Mr. Drummond, the King's Minifter at Naples, that the 2000 Troops which His Sicilian Majefty had feleded to ferve in Malta, were ready to proceed to their Deftination, that Gentleman declined taking any Step to facifitate their Embarkation, till he fhould ( 55 ) fhould receive Intelligence of the Arrival of Sir Alexander Ball in that Ifland, and tin he fhould be informed that the Commander iri Chief of the Britifh Forces had made fuitable Preparations for their Reception. By the laft Advices from Malta appears, that Sir Alexander Ball had arrived there on the Tenth of laft Month, arid that after having conferred with General Fox upon the Subjed, he had written to Mr. Drummond, that there was no -Impediment whatever to the immediate Reception of the Neapolitan Troops, and that their Quarters would be prepared accordingly ; the Underfigned has the Honor to ftate this to M. Otto as the moft fatisfadory Anfwer which he can give to his Note. It is probable, therefore, that the Troops of His Si- ciUan Majefty are already embarked and on their Paffage ; but to prevent the Poffibility of any unne- ceffary Delay or Mifconception, the moft explicit In ftrudions will be immediately forwarded to Mr. Drummond on this Subjed. With refped to the other Points in M. Otto's Note, the Underfigned can only repeat what he has before ftated to him, that His Majefty is moft fin cerely defirous to fee all the Stipulations ofthe Tenth Article of the Definitive Treaty carried into Effed with the utmoft Punduafity, and with the leaft pof fible Delay. With this View he takes this Oppor tunity of obferving to M, Otto, that by the very laft Difpatches from the Englifh Ambaffador at St. Pe terfburgh, the French Minifter at that Court had npt even then received any Inftrudions from his E 4 Government ( 1^ ) Oovernment relative to the Steps to he .taken jn Concert witii L©rd St. Helens, for inviting the Em^ peror to become a Guaranty of the Provifioq? and Stipulations of the Article in Queftion. The French Minifter at Berlin, was in the fame Predicament. The Underfigned, therefore, requeft;S tfeat M. Ottp Wppld have the Gopdnefs to reprefent t]iefe Circum.r ftances to his (Government, and to urge them, if they have not already done it, to tranfmit without Delay tp their Minifters at thefe Courts the necef fary Inftrudions for bringing this Part of the Bnfi- nefs to a Conclufion. ' ... , The Underfigned requefts M.- Otto to accept^ llie Affurances of his high Confideration. (Signed) HAWKESBURY. Downing Street, Auguft 23d, 1802. No. 16. Extrad of a Difpatch from Mr. Merry to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, Odober 3l>. 1802. A S foon as the Helvetic Government had retired from Berne to Laufanne, the Partizans of the antient Federative Syftem of the Swifs Cantons, who eftablifhed immediately in the forriier City a Provi- fional Government, deputed a Confidential to Paris, for the Purpofe of counterading the Meafures of M. Stapfer; and of engaging the Firft .Conful to fuffer ( 57 ) fuffer the Inhabitants of Switzerland to fettle their Affairs amongft themfelves. He was inftruded in any Emergency to addrefs himfelf to the Minifters here of the principal Powers of Europe, and to fo- lieit their Interference and Affiftance in the Objeds ©f his Miffion. He reached Paris Four Days ago, and had Reafon to flatter himfelf, from the Refiilt of an Interview which he had immediately with M. Talleyrand, that the Firft Conful would put no Ob ftacle in the Way of any Arrangement which the Swifs might agree upon among tiiemfelves for the final Settlement pf their Government ; he was there fore much furprifed to learn foon afterwards, that a Change had taken place in the Firft Conful's Sen timents, and his Aftonifhment was compleated when he found that the latter had taken fo decided and fp unfavourable a Part in the Bufinefs, as that which is announced by a Refolution publifhed in Yefter day' s Moniteur, (which I have the Honor to tranf mit inclofed), in the Form of an Addrefs to the In habitants of Switzerland. This Perfon having, be- fides this pubfic Declaration, acquired fome private Information of its being the Firft Conful's Intention to give the moft immediate and vigorous Effed to it, loft no Time in addreffing a Letter to the latter, in which he took the Liberty of ftating that he muft have been deceived by falfe Reprefentations, that his Interference in the Affairs of Switzerland, was, as he was authorized to fay, entirely unfoUcited by the Majority, and the beft thinking. Part of the In habitants ; ( 58 ) habitants ; and that he had, therefore, to entreat of him, in the moft earneft Manner, to fufpend the Execution of his Refolution until thofe Explana tions could take place, which he trufted niight be the Means of preventing the immenfe Effufion of Blood which would otherwife inevitably enfue. He at the fame Time addreffed himfelf in the Courfe of Yefterday to me, as well as to the Auftrian and Spa- nifli Ambaffadors, and to the Ruffian and Pniffian Minifters, (not having gained Admittance to Monf. de Cobenzel, nor to M. de Markoff or Lucchefini ; he afterwards wrote to them), foHciting, in the ftrongeft Terms, an Interference (jointly, if poffi ble), on their Part, with the French Government, to endeavour to avert the impending Evil. I natu rally obferved to him in Anfwer, that the prefent State of political Relations between the great Powers of Europe afforded no Profped of his obtaining of their Minifters at Paris, to adopt a concerted Mea fure in -Favour of the Objed which he had fo much at Heart, and that of Courfe I could not take it in dividually upon myfelf, without any exprefs Inftruc- tion from my Government. He returned to me To-day, to acquaint me that he was not only as yet without a Reply from any Quarter, but had Reafon to fear that his Prayers would not be fiftened to by the Auftrian, Ruffian, and Pruffian Minifters ; he therefore conjured me to tranfmit them to His Majef ty's Governinent, from whom only his Countrymen . (ould ht^ve^ a Hope of deriving ariy AJfiftance in tbe . tcrrihk C 59 ) terrible Gvnjiifl which he knew they were determined: to Jiand, and which would only ceafe by the Extermi- natim of every virtuous and brave Man in the Coun try. He then put into my Hand a Note v/hich he had drawn up in a Hurry, and of which I inclofe a Copy. Whilft, my Lord, it was out of my Power tb give him any Encouragement to exped from His Majefty's Government the Affiftance which his Pe tition expreffes, I have thought it my Duty to lofe no Time in making you acquainted with a State of Things which may fhortly be attended with very important Confequences. (Inclofure referred to in No. i5.) NOTE. npANT que les Armees Fran9oifes occupoient la Suiffe, le Voeu du Peuple n'avoit jamais -pu fe manifefter librement. Les petites Revolutions qu'il y eut dans le Gouvernement n'etoient que le Jeu de quelques Fadions aux quelles la Nation ne prit que pen de Part, A peine la Suiffe fe crut elle inde- pendante qu'elle voulut en revenir a fes anciennes Inftitutions, que fes derniers Malheurs liii avoierit rendu encore plus cheres, et les Ades arbitraires du Gouvernement lui en faciliterent les Moyens. Avec une Unanimite, une Moderation fans Example, prefque toute la Suiffe fecoua le Joug, les Cantons fe conftituerent, et Douze de Treize Cantons de la Suiffe envoyerent leurs Reprefentans a la Diete de Schweitz ( 6o ) Schweitz pour y organizer un Pouvoir central qui put convenir aux Puiffances voifins. Les Cantons Ariftocratiques renon9erent a leurs Droits exclufifs, le Pays de Vaud fut laiffe fibre de fe donner une Conftitution ainfi que la Thourgovie et les autres nouveaux Cantons. Le Gouvernement refugie a Laufanne, malgre fes Troupes de Ligne y ctoit mal affure, peut- etre meme n'exifte-t-il plus a I'Heure qu'il eft. Qui n'auroit du croire que d'apres la Stipulation du Traite de Luneville, qui accorde I'lndependance aux Suiffe, et le Droit de fe donner^ un Gouverne ment, tout etoit dit, et que cette Nation pourroit voir renaitre des Jours trariquilles et heureux ! Qui auroit pu croire que le Premier Conful lan9at un Decret tel que celui du 8 Vendemiaire? Peut on traiter ainfi une Nation independante ? Nous refte- t*il, fi Bonaparte perfifte dans fes Refolutions, et que les autres Puiffances ne veuillent point interce- der pour nous, d'autre Partie, que de nous faire en- terrer fous nos Maifons fumantes quoique fans Ef- poir de refifter, epuifes comme nous le fommes du Coloffe qui va nous accabler, ou de nous avilir aux Yeux de I'Univers entier. Le Gouvernement de cette Nation g^nereufe qui a donne aux Suiffes dans tous Tems tant de Preuves d'Interet ne vo,udra-t-il rien faire pour nous dans une Circonftance qui doit decider fi nous refterons en core au Rang des Peuples" fibres ? Nous n'avons que des Bras, nous fommes. epuifes par la Revolu- tion ( 6i ) tion et des Spoliations fans Nombre ; nous man- quons d'Armes, de Munitions, d' Argent pour nous en procurer. Mr. Merry. (Inclofure referred to in No. i6.) Tranflation. NOTE. CO long asSwifferland was pcctipied by the French Armies, the Wifhes of the People could never be freely manifefted. The petty Revolutions which took place in the Government were the mere Tricks of certain Fadions, in which the Nation at large look but a very trifling Intereft. Scarcely did Swif- ferland think herfelf independant when fhe was de firous of returning to her ancient Inftitutions, ren dered ftill dearer to her by her late Misfortunes, and the arbitrary Ads of the Government furnifhed he* with the Means of doing fo. Almoft the Whole of Swifferland, with unexampled Unanimity and Moderation, fhook off the Yoke* The Cantons formed themfelves into Conftituent Bodies ; and Twelve of the Thirteen Cantons of Swifferland fent their Reprefentatives to the Diet of Schwitz, in order there to organize a central Power v/hich might be acceptable to the neighbouring Pbwers. The Ariftocratical Cantons renounced their ex- clufive Rights ; the Pays de Vaud was left at Li berty ( el ) berty to form its own Conftitutibn, as well as Thur- govia and the other new Cantons. The Government having taken Refuge at Lau fanne, was by no Means fecure there, notwithftand ing its regular Troops ; perhaps even at the prefent Moment it no longer exifts. Who would not have thought that according to the Stipulation of the Treaty of Luneville, which grants Independance to Swifferland, and the Right of choofing its own Government, every Thing was fettled, and that this Nation might fee its former Happinefs and Tranquillity revive.? Who could have thought that the Firft Conful would have iffued fuch a Decree as that of the 8 th Vendemiaire ( ) ? Is an independant Nation to be thus treated? Should Bonaparte perfift in his Determination, and the other Powers fhould not interpofe in our Fa. vour, it only remains for us either to bury ourfelves in the Ruins of our Houfes, although without Hope of Refiftance, exhaufted as we are by the Coloffus who is about to overwhelm us, or to debafe our felves in the Eyes of the whole Univerfe ! Will the Government of this generous Nation, which has at all Times afforded fo many Proofs of the Intereft it takes in the Welfare of the Swifs, do nothing for us under Circumftances which are to de cide, whether we are flill to be ranked amongft free People? We have only Men left us :— -The JRevolution, and ( 63 ) and SpoHatioris without End, have exhaufted our Means : We are without Arms, without Ammuni tion, without Stores, and without Money to pur- chafe them. No. 17. NOTE VERBALE. T ORD Hawkefbury has received His Majefty's Commands to communicate, through Mr. Otto, to the French Government, the Sentiments of deep Regret which have been excited in His Majefty's Mind by the Addrefs of the Firft Conful to the Hel vetic People, which was publifhed by Authority in the Moniteur of the ift Inftant, and by the Repre fentations which have been made to His Majefty on this Subjed, on Behalf of the Nation whofe Inte refts are fo immediately affeded by it. His Ma jefty moft fincerely laments the Convulfions to which the Swifs Cantons have for fome Time paft been expofed ; but he can confider their late Exer tions in no other Light than as the lawful Efforts of a brave and generous People to recover their antient Laws and Government, and to procure the Re-eftabfifliment of a Syftem which Experience has demonftrated, not only to be favourable to the -Main tenance of their domeftic Happinefs, but to be per fedly confiftent with, the TranquiUity and Security of other Powers. The C 64 ) The Cantons of Switzerland unqueftionably pof- fefs, in the fame Degree as every other independent State, the Right of regulating then: own mtemal Concerns; and this Right has moreover, in the prefent Inftance, been formally and expUdtly gua ranteed to the Swifs Nation by the French Govem ment in the Treaty of Luneville conjointly with the other Powers who were Parties to that Engagement. His Majefty has no other Defire than that the Peo ple of Switzerlai^-, who now appear fb be fo ^n^- rally united, fliould be left at Libetty to fettle their own internal Govemment Without ihe^ Interpofitibn of any Foreign Powers ; and with whatever Regrdt His Majefty may have perufed the late Proclamation of the French Government, He is yet unwilling tb believe that they will farther attempt to contrbiil that independerit Nation in the Exercife of their un doubted Rights. His Majefty thinks Himfelf called upon by His Regard for the general Interefts of Europe, and by His peculiar Solicitude for the Hap pinefs and Welfai'e of the Swifs Nation, to exprefs 4hefe His Sentiments with a Franknefs and Sincerity which he feels to be due to His Chai^ader, and to the good Underftanding which he is defirous of preferving with the Government of France. Downing Street,. Odober 10, 1802. M. Otto, &c. &C. &c. No. 18. C 6s ) No. 1 8. .Sir, Downing Street, Odober lo, 180,2. OlS Majefty having deemed it expedient, that a confidential Perfon fhould be fent at the pre fent Moirient to Switzerland, in confequence ofthe Communication which he has received from the Swifs Confederacy, through their Reprefentative at Paris, I am commanded to inform you that He has made Choice of you for that Purpofe. It is of the utmoft Confequence, confidering the Nature of the Bufinefs with which you are entruf- ted, that you fhould lofe no Time in taking your Departure from hence, and that you fhould make every pradicable Exertion to arrive on the Fron tiers of Switzerland with as little Delay as poffible. You will inform yourfelf there what is the adual Refidence of the Government of the Swifs Con federation, to which you will immediately repair. Having' taken the proper. Means to obtain a confi dential Interview with the Perfons who may be en- trufted with the principal Diredion of Affairs, you will communicate to them a Copy of the Note Verbale which I delivered to IV^ Otto, and which is herewith inclofed ; and yoiovill take every Op portunity of impreffing upon their Minds the deep Intereft which His Majefty takes in the Succefs of their Exertions. You will ftate to them, that. His Majefty entertains Hopes, that His Reprefentation to the French Government may have the Effed of inducing the Firft Conful to abandon his In tention ( 66 ) fention of compelling the Swifs Nation by Eorce to renounce that Syftem of Government under which they had fo long profpercd, and to which they appear to be almoft unanimoufly anxious to feturn. In this Event His Majefty will feel himfelf bound to abftain frorii all Interference on His Part ; it being His earneft Defire that the Swifs Nation fhould be left at Liberty to regulate their own in fernal Concerns, without the Interpofition of any Foreign Power. If, hoWever, contrary to His Ma- fefty's Expedations, the French Government fhould perfift in the Syftem of Coercion, announced in the Proclamation of the Firft Conful, inferted in the Moniteur of the ift Inftant, you will, in that Cafe, inform yourfelf, by every Means in your power, of the Difpofition of the People at large of the Swifs Confederacy, and particularly of thofe who have the Diredion of their Affairs, and of thofe who poffefs the greateft Share of Influence amongft them, to perfevere in the Defence of their Rights, and in the Maintenance of the Syftem they have adopted. You will likewife enquire into the Means of Defenc.e of which they may be poffeffed, and of the Probably of their being exerted with Succefs. You wilt on no Accpunt encpurage them fo perfevere iri adive Meafures of Refiftance which they are not themfelves defirous to adopt, or which they may believe are unlikely to, be ultimately effec tual. If, however, you fhould find that the People of the Swifs Confederacy are generally determined to perfevere in the Maintenance of their Indepen dence, ( 67 ) den'ce, and of their Right to return to their ancient Syftem of Government ; and if you fhould be of Opinion that from the Union that fubfifts amongft the People, and from their Zeal and Enthufiafm in the Caufe in which they are engaged, they are finally refolved at all Hazards to refift the threatened At tempt of the French Government to interpofe by Force of Arms, in the Settlement of their internal Concerns ; you will then imraediately communi cate, in Confidence, to the Swifs Government, that either in the Event of a French Army having en tered the Country, pr in the Event of your having Reafon to be convinced that a French Army is adually advancing for that Purpofe, His Majefty has authorifed yoa to accede to their Apphcation for pecuniary Succours. I have furnifhed you with a Cypher and Decy- pher that you may have it in your Power to corref- pond with His Majefty's Minifters at Vienna and Munich, if you fhould think it advifable-; and as it is highly probable that the Armies of the Swifs Confederacy may be inadequately fupplied with Arms, Ammunition, or Provifions, and may be dej^ firous of procuring Supplies thereof frorii- the neigh bouring Countries, you will ufe your utmoft Endea- vPurs tb give them every Facility for this Purpofe. You will be very particular iriinforming me of the Numbers .and Situation of any Auftrian Corps in the Neighbourhood of Switzerland, and of the Pro bability of th'tir advancing in any Event into the Swifs Tefricory. F 2 As ( 68 ) As it is of great Importance that His Majefty's Government fhould be regularly informed of the Events which may be paffing in Switzerland, and of the Difpofitions that may prevail there, you will endeavour to afcertain the moft fafe and ex peditious Mode of conveying your Letters which will avoid their palling through any Part of the French Republic. As it is poffible that previous to your Arrival in Switzerland the prefent State of Affairs" may have undergone a decided Alteration, either in confe quence ofthe Submiffion of the Swifs Cantons, or of any Compromife having taken place as to their internal Concerns, it will be proper that, in that Cafe, you fhould take up your Refidence in fuch a Situation as you may think moft convenient in the Neighbouihood of Switzerland, of which you will give me the earfieft Intelligence, and there wait fpr His Majefty's further Orders. I am, with great Truth and Regard, Sir, Your moft obedient humble Servant, (Signed) HAWKESBURY. Francis Moore, Efquire. No. 19. My Lord, Conftance, Odober 31, 1802,. T HAVE the Honor to inform your Lordfhip that I arrived here on the 27th Inftant, and that, having received this Evening authentic Information of ( 69 ) of the Submiffion of the Diet of Switzerland, af- fembled at Schwitz, to the French Arms, I lofe no Time in difpatchirig the Meffenger Shaw, with this Intelligence ; from which your Lordfliip will per ceive that it only remains for me to obey that Part of my Inftrudions by which I am direded, under fuch Circumftances, to take up my Refidence in the Neighbourhood of Switzerland, and there to await His Majefty's farther Orders. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) FRA. MOORE. The Right Honorable Lord Hawkefbury, &c. &c. &c. No. 20. Sir, Downing Street, November 25, 1802. T HAVE duly received your feveral Letters by the Meffenger Shaw. As from the prefent State of Switzerland your Continuance in the Vicinity of that Country ap pears to be no longer neceffary, you are at Liberty to return to England as foon as it may fuit your Convenience. I am, &c. (Signed) HAWKESBURY. Flrancis Moore, Efquire. No, 21. ( 7°, ) , ;, No. ,21. Extrad of a Difpatdh from Mr. Lifton' to Lord Hawkefbury,' dated Hague, 13th Odober 1802. A FEW Hours after I had fent off my laft Dif patch to your Lordfhip, (on Saturday the 9th of this Month), the French Ambaffador, M. de Se- monville, waited upon thePrefident pf thcGovern ment of State, and informed him that he had juft received, by a Courier from Paris, Orders to in form the Government of this Country, " Que le Premier Conful avoit appris, avec autant de Surprife que d'lndignation, que des Per fonnes avides de Revolutions vouloient de nouveau troubler le Repos dans la Batavie, en abufant meme pour cet Effet de Noms refpedables ; et que le Pre mier Conful, comme allie de la Republique, invitoit le Gouvernement a prendre toutes les Mefures ne- ceffaires pour maintenir I'Ordre des Chofes etabfi parrla Conftitution." Thefe were nearly "the Words read to me by the Secretary of State, from a Note in his oWn Hand writing, didated to him by M. de Semonville, with a View to its Publication, (and a Tranflation was accordingly inferted in the Dutch official Paper of the Hague on the nth); but they fall very far fhort of the Language employed by the French Minifter for Foreign Affairs in his Difpatches to the Ambaffador, and in the Communication made ^y him to the Dutch Charge d'Affaires at Paris, (who C 7» ) {who alfo fent a Meffenger to the Hague upon this Occafion). In thefe M. de Talleyrand entered in to jtonfiderable Detail on the Subjed of the Plots fuppofed to be formed in this Country againft the Adminiftration, mentioned the Names of theChjefs, and ended by making an Offer, on the Part of the Firft Conful, to come to the Affiftance of the Go vernment (fliould Circumftances render it necef fary) with all his Forces. No. 22. My Lord, Hague, Odober 29, 1802. 'TtHE recent Attack made by Bonaparte upon the Liberties and Independence of the Swifs Can tons, has naturally made a ftrong Impreffion on the Inhabitants of this Country ; and the public Anxiety has been much augmented by certain Symptoms in the Condud of the Confular Government, which feem to indicate an Intention not to withdraw the French Troops, which have been kept in the Bata vian Republic for fome Time paft, under the Title o£ Auxilijznes, and paid and maintained at the Ex- pence of -the Dutch Nation. Thefe Troops (amounting to between Ten and Eleven thoufand Men) were to remain here till the Conclufion of the Definitive Treaty with Great Britain. It was afterwards formally promifed on the Part of France, that they fhould evacuate the Territories of the Republic at the lateft, on the Ex- F 4 piration ( 72 ) piration ofthe laft French Year (the ¦23d of Sep tember). — They accordingly began their March to the Soufliward a few Days before that Period ; and the Government and the People rejoiced at the Profped of being finally relieved from a Load which has become extremely irkfome to them. But, on Pretence that a great .Proportion of the Corps were to be embarked at Flufhing for Louifiana, and that there was a Want of Shipping for their Accommo dation, they took up their Quarters on the Fron tiers of the Country (at Bois-le-Duc, Breda, and Bergen-op-Zoom), where they ftill remain ; and Demands have continued to be made for their Pay and Maintenance. Hopes were, hoWever, entertained from Day to Day, that their Departure would take pface ; when, to the Aftonifliment of the Batavian Government, official Notice was (laft Week) tranfmitted from France to 'the Department of War at the Hague, (which has been charged with the -Support of thefe Corps), that the Firft Conful has been pleafed to appoint a new Commanderin Chief, (General Mon- trichard), and a new" Staff, for the auxiUary Troops in this Country ; and the Notice was given that Gpvernment might provide for the Pay of the Offi cers in Queftion. The Adminiftration appear refolved to oppofe all the Refiftance in their Power to. this unexpeded and pppreffive Extortion. An Exprefs has been fent off to the Dutch Ambaffador at Paris, charging him to claim, in the moft urgent Terms, the Ac^ complifhment ( 73 : ) ' compliffiment ofthe Treaties fubfifting between the Two Republics, and the Fulfilment of the repeated and recent Promifes made by the French Govern ment, upon this Subjed. And in cafe of the Fai lure of this Application, they talk of addreffing themfelves to the principal Powers of Europe who had any Share or Influence in the Conclufion of the Peace, to intreat their Intervention and good Offi ces, with a View to the Maintenance of the Inde- pendenceof the Republic. I have the Honor to be, &c. ROBERT LISTON. Right Honourable Lord Hawkefbury, &C.' &c. &c. No. 23. Extrad of a Difpatch from Lord Hawkef- ¦ bury, to Lord Whitworth, dated Novem ber 30th, 1802. TjIS Majefty's Government have learnt with fome Surprize from the Communications from Ge neral Stuart, that th; t Officer had fignified to Co-* lonel Sebaftiani his Inability to evacuate Egypt, until he fliould receive fpecific Orders for that Pur pofe. It is certainly true that no Warrant has been tranfmitted to General Stuart, or to his Predeceffor the Earl of Cavan, for the Evacuation of Egypt ; neither was it confidered to be neceffary, in as much .as His Majefty'.s Government had already expreflfed their ( 74 ) their Intention to General Stpart, in his Inftrudions, that, except ia a Cafe of abfolute ^^eceffity, the King's Troops Ihould remain in Egypt no longer than the Month of July laft. In all the Inftances of Places which had been conquered by the King's Forces, and of which Poffeffion had been taken in His Majefty's Name, it has been ulual when they have been reftored to the French Republic, or its Allies, that the Commanding Officer Ihpuld be furniffied with a regular Warrant under the King's Sign Manual, authorifing him to make fuch Refto- ration. But the Cafe of Egypt is different, as that Country had never been taken Poffeffion of in His Majefty's Name, as it had been adually reftored to the Ottoman Porte, and as certain Stations in it were continued to be occupied merely as Military Pofts, until the Means of removing the Troops fhould be provided. It is probable, that in the prefent Inftance, General Stuart may have been mifled by a Doubt as to the Extent of his own Power, and by the Opinion that he required a Warrant to evacuate Egypt, fimilar to that which had been granted to Officers who fu- perintended the Reftitution of ConqUefts of which Poffeffion had been taken in His Majefty's Name. In order, however, to obviate any farther Difficul ties, Inftrudions have now been fent to General Stuart dire.ding him to remove the King's Troops from Egypt ^ith as little Delay as poffible, and In formation has been giyen to this Effed to General .Andreoffy. No. 24. a 75 ) No. 24. Extrad of a Difpatch from Lord St. Helens to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Peterfburgh, July 20, 1802. 1 HAVE fince renewed my Applications to this Government on the Bufinefs of Malta, and have fome Reafon to hope that fome Impreffion has been made on the Mind of His Imperial Majefty. - The French Minifter however has not yet received his Inftrudions ; and till they arrive, it will of courfe be impoffible for me td take the requifite Steps for bringing this Affair to any fatisfadory, or even po fitive Iffueif' No. 25. Extrad of a Difpatch from Lord St. Helens to Lord . Hawkeflsury, dated Peterfburgh, Auguft. 3, 1802, T MUST not omit to acquaint your Lordfliip, that although in order to prevent any further Wafte of Time, I have thought it right to endeavour to ob tain a. definitive Explanatipn of the Intentions of this Court, with relation to the propofed Guaranty, I have not yet been enabled to demand it officially, according to the Terms of the Treaty of Amiens, as the French Minifter here is ftill without Inftrudipns authorizing him to join with me in that Inftance. No. 26, ( 16 ) No. 26. • Extrad of a Difpatch from the Hon. Arthur Paget to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Vienna, I Sth July 1802.^ /^N the 15th Inftant, M. de Champagny and I met at a Conference at the Vice Chancellor's, to whom we prefented our refpedive Notes, Copies of which I have the Honor to enclofe, marked A. andB. - (Inclofure A. referred to in Nd. 26.) T E Souffigne, Envoye Extraordinaire et Miniftre Plenipotentiare de Sa Majefte Britannique, a I'Honneur de tranfmettre ci-jointe a Monfieur Le Vice Chancelier de Cour et -d'Etat une Copie de I'Article 10 du Traite d' Amiens. II a en meme Tems celui de faire Part a fori Excellence, qu'il a Te9u Ordre de fa Cour d'inviter Sa Majefte I'Em- pereur et Roi, conformement au 13 me Paragraphe du meme, a donner fa Garantie aux Arrangemens ftipules dans le fufdit Article. II prie en confequence M. Le Vice Chancelier de Cour et d'Etat de porter cette Communication a la Connoiffance de Sa Majefte Imperiale. Le Souffigne profite avec Plaifir de cette Occa fion pour reiterer a fon Excellence I'Expreffion de fa Confideration tres diftinguee. Vienne, ce 15 Juillet 1802. (Signe) ARTHUR PAGET. Son Excellence le Vice Chancelier. de Cour et d'Etat, &c. &c. &c. Tranflation. C 77 ) Tranflation. 'J^HE Underfigned, His Britannic Majefty's En- voy Extraordinary and Minifter Plenipoten tiary, has the Honor to tranfmit herewith to the Vice Chancellor of Court and State, a Copy of the loth Article of the Treaty of Amiens. He has, at the fame Time, the Honor to acquaint his Excel lency that he has received Orders from his Court to invite His Majefty the Emperor and King,- con formable to the 13th Paragraph of that Article, to give his Guarantee to the Arrangements ftipu-. lated therein. He therefore requefts the Vice Chancellor oi Court and State, to lay this Communication before His Imperial Majefty. The Underfigned avails himfelf, with Pleafure, of this Opportunity to reiterate to his Excellency the Expreffion of his moft diftinguifhed Confide ration. (Signed) ARTHUR PAGET. Vienna, 15th July 1802. (Inclofure^. referred to in No. 26.) T 'AMBASSADEUR de la Republique Fran- 9oife, fur I'Invitation qui lui en a ete faite par Monfieur Paget, Miniftre Plenipotentiaire et En voye Extraordinaire de Sa Majefte Britannique, s'empreffe de fe joindre a ce Miniftre pour faire Part a Monfieur C 78 ) a Monfieur L-e Vice ChariceKer de Cour et d'Etar de I'Article 10, du Traite d' Amiens concernant. I'Ordre et I'Ifle de Malthe, dont le Paragraphe 6, met I'lndependance de I'Ifle de Malthe, fpus le Ga rantie de Sa Majefte Imperiale et de plufieurs au tres Puiffances de I'Europe. 1 En faifant cette Demarche, I'Ambaffadeur, qui. n'a encore reju aucun Ordre a cet Egard, agit d'apres la Connoiffance qu'il a de I'Intention ',de fon Gouvernement d'executer toutes. les Stipula tions des Traites qu'il a conclqs. L'Ambaffadeur faifit avec Empreflement cette Occafion d'pffrir a Son Excellence les Affurances de fa haute Confideration. :-, r .•.. Vienne, le 26 IV^effidor, An 10. Pour Copie conforme, CHAMPAGNY. A Son Excellence M. le Comte de Cobentzel, Vice Chancefier de Cour et d'Etat. ' Tranllati.on.. npHE -Ambaffador of the French Republick, on the Invitation which has been given hiiri by Mr. Paget, His Britannick Majefty's Minifter Ple- nlpotemiary and Envoy Extraordinary, haftens in Conjundion with that Minifter, to communicate to the Vice Chancellor of Court and. State, the ibth, Article of the Treaty of Amien«, concerning the Order and Ifland of Malta, the Sixth Paragraph of which ( 79 ) which Article, places the Independency of the Ifland of Malta under the Guarantee of His Impe rial Majefty, and feveral other PoWers of Europe. In taking this Step, the Ambaffador, who has not yet received any Orders refpeding it, ads from the Knowledge he has of the Intention of his Govern ment to execute all the Stipulations of the Trea ties it has concluded. ' 'The Ambaffador felzes, with Eagernefs, this Op portunity to offer to his Excellency the Affurances of his high Confideration. Vienne, 26 Meffidbr, Year 10. (Signed) CHAMPAGNY. Count Cobentzel. '¦ • No. 27. Extrad of a Difpatch from the IJon. Arthur Paget to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Vienna, 22d Auguft 1802. T have the Honor herewith to tranfmit to your Lordfhip the Emperor's Ad of Guarantee and if^Gceffion to the 10th Article of the Treaty of Amiens. (Inclofure referred to in Nd. 27.^ ¦'¦¦ • ., -T 'EMPEREUR et Roi ayant ete invite par Sa Majefte Britannique, et par le Premier Conful de la Republique Franfpife, a acceder auj^ Stipu lations ( So ) lations de I'Article lo du Traite conclu et figne a Amiens le 29 Mars 1802 (4 Germinal, An 10) re- lativement a I'Ordre de St. Jean de Jerufalem; ainfi qu' a prendre fous fa Protedion et Garantie, conjointement avec les autres Puiffances dent^m- mees au Paragraphe 6 du dit Article, ce qui y a ete regie particuliereracnt au Sujet de I'Ifle de Mal the : et Sa Majefte Imperiale et Royale Apofto- lique ayant ete informee en meme Tems que les Deux fufdites Puiffances adoptoient de leur Cote le Concert qui avoit ete pris avant I'Echange des Ra tifications du fufdit Traite d'Amiens par les Deux Cours Imperiales, pour deferer au Pape le Choix d'un Grand Maitre parmi les Candidats defignes a cet Effet par les Prieures de I'Ordre. Sa Majefte I'Empereur et Roi, defirant donner en cette Occa fion une nouvelle Preuve de fon Amitie fincere a Sa Majefte le Roi de la Grande Bretagne, et au Premier Conful de la Republique Fran^oife, elle a charge et autorife Son Grand Chambellan et Mi niftre du Cabinet Comte Franfois de Colloredo, et Son Vice Chancelier de Cour et d'Etat, Comte Louis de Cobenzl, pour en Son Nom proceder a 1' Acceffion et Garantie des Stipulations de I'Ar ticle 10 du fufdit Traite ; lefquels declarent eh confequence, que Sa Majefte par le prefent Ade accede aux Stipulations renfermees dans cet Arti cle, avec la Claufe rapportee ci-deffus, fur le Mode de la prochaine Eledion du Grand Maitre de I'Or dre ; et qu' elle garantit fpecialement ce qui s'y trouve C 8i ) trouve re'gle par rapport a I'Inddperidahce des IIleB de Malthe, de Go2o, et de Comino. Ea Foi de quoi, nous Plenipotentiaires de Sa MajeftCImperiale et Royale Apoftolique, avoas figne Je prtsfent Ade d' Acceffion et de Garantie $ y avons foit appofer le Cachet de nos Armes, et i'avons ^change contre les Ad€S d'Acceptation d£- iivre's au Nom de Sa Majefte le Roi dela Grande ¦Brfetagne, et du ft-emler Conful de la Republique Fran^ife. Lefquels Ades d'Acceffian, de Ga* rantie, et d'Acceptation feront ratifies dans PEfpace ^ Qnatre Seniaines, ou plutdt, fi faire fe peut. Fait a Vierine, le 2& Aout 1802. (L.S.) FRANCOIS. COMTE DE COLLOREDO. (L.S.J LOUIS COMTE DJi C0BiiN2,£a.. i Tranflation. 'T'HE Emperor and King having been invfted'b)? His Britannic Majefty and the Firft Conful of the French Republic, to accede to the Stipulatlott* contained in the Tenth Article of the Treaty con cluded and figned at Amiens on the ^^th «f March 1802 (4th Germinal, Year 10), refpeding the Or der of Sr. John of Jerufalem ; arid alfo tJo take un der his Protedion and Guarantee, conjointly with the other Powers ^ited in the Sixth Paragraph rff the faid Article, whatever was therein efpedally ftf- c pulared ( 82 ) pitlated on the Subjed of the Ifland of Malta : ' Ani His Imperial and Royal Apoftolick Majefty having been at the fame Time informed that the Two above-mentioned Powers adopted on their Part the Concert which had been entered into by the Two Tmp>rial Courts, previous to the E'.xchange of the Ratifications of the above-mentioned Treaty of Amiens, to leave to the Pope the Seledion^ of a Grand Mafter from amongft the Candidates nomi nated for that Purpofe by the Priories of the Order. His Majefty the Emperor and King, defirous on the prefent Occafion of exhibiting a frefh Proof of his fincere Friendfliip for His Majefty the King of Great Britain, and for the Firft Conful of the French Repabiic, has empowered arid inftruded His Grand Chamberla-in and Cabinet Minifter Count Francis of Colloredo, and His Vice Chancellor of Court and State Count Louis of Cobenzel, to pro ceed in His Name to the Acceffion and Guarantee ofthe Stipulations of the Tenth Article ofthe afore mentioned Treaiy ; who, in virtue thereof, declare that His Majefty accedes, by the prefent Ad, to the Stipulations contained in this Article, with the Claufe herein-before referred to, refpeding th^Mode •ofthe next Eledion of the Grand Mafter of the Order ; and His Majefty fpecifically guarantees v/hatfoever is therein rciiulated, with regard to the Independance of the Iflands of Malta, Gozo, and Comino. In Witnefs whereof we, the Plenipotentiaries of Ifis Imperial, Royal and ApoftoUck Majefty, have figned ( h ) .figned.the prefent Ad- of Acceffion and of Gnp rantee ; 'have thereunto affixe.d the Seal of our Arms, and have exchanged it againft the Ads of Acceptation, delivered in the Name of His Majefty the King of Great Britain, and of the Fi;:ft,Conl£l bf the French Republic. Which Ads of Acceffiori^ of Guarantee, and of Acceptation, fhall be ratified in the Spaee of Four Weeks, or fooner, if it can be done. Done ^t Vienna, the 20th of Auguil 1802. (L.S.) FRANCIS COUNT OF COLLOREDO, (L.S.) t^EWlS COUNT OF COBENZEL; No. 2^i ' Ejctrad bf a Difpatch from Mr. Cafamajor m Lord Hawkefbury, dated Berlin, Auguft 21, l8o2i ' 5 tj AVING opened the Subject of your Lprdfliip's laft Difpatch, relative to the Acceffion of this Court to the Arrangement ftipulated in the lath Article of the Treaty of Amiens, to Mr. Bignon^ this Gentleman undertook very wiUingly to niention the fanie to his Goyernrnant; and haS in, Fad already performed his Proiriife. In feveral Converfations ivith Mr. Bignon,< in which I haveoccafionally re marked that npthing had .hitherto been faid to me Jiere upon the Subj66t of Malta, he has conftantly a 2 affsd-ed < H ) iffefted the gfeateft Indifference, and treated- it as a Bufinefs of too litde Importance tp occupy thft Attention of the French Governments jfir--'- ,-..H.'<,„fUi No. 39.. ExtraS: of a Difpatch from Mr. Cafamajor t* Lord Hawkefbury, dated Beriin, Ariguft 31, 1802. VjR. BIGNON received laft Night Inftrudions from the French Government, to invite the liing of Pruffia, conjointly with me, to accp^e to the Guarantee of the Independence of the Ifland of Malta, and of the other Stipulations relating to that Ifland, which are contained in the i oth Article of the Definitive Treaty of Amiens. Mr. Bignon fent to me immediately, and we prppofe to meet Tp- morrow fbr the Purpofe of preparing a Note upon . this Subjed, of which we fhall each prefent a Copy to Count Haugwitz. ^ No. 50. Extrad of a Difpatch from Mr. Cafamajor t» Lord Hawfcefliury, dated Berlin, Odobrar 2, 1802. lUrlr Note upon the Subjed of the Guara-Btee bf Miilta remains unanfwered. No. 31. i 85 ) No. 3 J. Extrad of a Difpatch from Mr. Jackfon to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Berlin, Novem ber 25, 1802. AT riiy Firft Interview with Count Haugwitz, i told him that the only Subjed in Sufpence be tween our Two Courts, to which I need call his immediate Attention, was that of the Guaranty of Malta, on which an Anfwer is ftill due from him. He adverted to what he had told Mr. Cafamajor of tbe King his Mafter having ordered a Report to be made to him, on the State of the Commanderies in Silefia, hinting, that this Country took a very flight Intereft in the Fate of the Ifland ; and that he was countenanced in withholding it? Guaranty fiy the Example of Spain. He however added that the Report in queftion had been made to the King, and that he only waited His Majefty's Commands to confer with me fa;rther upon the Subjed, No. 32. |%trad of a Difpatch from Mr. Garlike to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Peterfburgh, Sep tember 17, 1892. .«rpifj|; French Minifter has at length been direded . - 'by h'is Government to majie, , conjointly with His Majefty's Minifter here, ,a fptmal Inyitatipn to tijd^mperor of Ruffia. for His Imperiaf^Majefty's .; •, ."¦-. . 03 Guaranty t 86 ) Guaranty of the Stipulations of the Treaty of Amiens, which provide for the Independance of the Iflands pf Malta, Gozo, and Comino, and of the other Arrangements of that Article. " No. 33. jExtrad.pf a Difpatch from Sir John Borlafe Warren to Lord Hawkefbury, dated St. Peterfburgh, November 18, 1802. /~\N the Third Inftant I waited upon the Chan, cellpr with General Hedouville, when the Note pf Inyitation for His Imperial Majefty's Guaranty pf the I oth Article of .the Treaty of Amieris, was prefented by each of us. General de Hedouville entered intp various Rea fons to induce the Ruffian Government to grant the Guaranty ; the Principal of which was to prove, that withput the Guaranty of Ruffia, either of the Two Powers, upon the Firfl Difference betweeri, theni, woiild look upon themfelves at Liberty to feize upon the Ifland, which waS only important in a military Point of View ; and the only Alteration he Ihoufd make in his Invitation was, that i^e Ifland might be defiyered up to the Neapolitan Troops. — He added that the Ad of Guaranty would not be confidered as affeding the Arrangement of any particular Power with the Order, or of any AlterJ*' tion that Power might wiffi to make in the Baillages, pr that Part bebnging to itfelf, as Spain had al ready dqnc. ¦ ' No,, 34, (^ 87 ) No. 34. Extrad of a Difpatch from Sir J. B. Warren to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Peterfburgh, 25th November, 1802. 'TtHE Chancellor appointed Yefterday Evening for delivering to me, and to the French Mi nifter, the Anfwer of the Ruffian Governmenc to His Majefty's Invitation for His Imperial Majefty's Acceffion to the Tenth Article of the Treaty.of Amiens. (Inclofure referred to in No. 34.) Conditions fur lesquelles Sa Majefte I'Empe reur accederoit'aux Stipulations de I'Article JO du Traite d'Amiens, L T A Reconnoiffance de la Souverainete de I'Ordre • de St, Jean de Jerufalem fur I'Ifle de Make et fes Dependances ; la Reconnoiffance du .Grand Maitre, et celle dn Gouvernement Civil de I'Or dre, felon fes anciennes Inftitutions, en y admettant les- Natifs de Make. Sur ce dernier Point comme auffi fur tout autre qui pourroit avoir Rapport a I'Organifation interieure de F Ordre, il dependra de fori Gouvernement; leg^de ftatuer, etdepre- fcrire des Rtglemens comme il jugera le plus con- venable au Bien futur et a la Profperite de I'Ordre, 04 II, ( 88 ) II. Les Drbits dn Roi des Deus: Sidles comme Su zerain de I'Ifle refterpnt fur Ic mime Pied, et tels qu'ils exiftoient avant la Guerre qui vient de fe ter miner par le Traite d'Amiens. IIL L'Independance et la Neutralite de I'Ifle dg Make, avec tous fes Ports et autres Dependances, fera affuree et garantie par les Puiffances Contrac- tantes refpedivement entr' elles, s'engageint a re connoitre et a maintenii; cette Neutralite dans tous les Cas d'une Guerre; foit entr' elles, foit entre I'une d'elles, avec toute autre Puiffance, et meme avec Sa Majefte Sicilienne, dont les Droits de Suze- tainete ne peuvent s'etendre a faire que I'Ifle de Make puiffe s'ecarter de la Neutralite garantie par le prefent Ade. IV. Jufqu'au Mctaefit ou I'Ordre fera eri Etat de pourvotr par fes propres MoyenS au Maintien dfe • fon -Independance et de fa Neutralite affurees par TArticle precedent, et a la, Defenfe de fon chef Lieu, les differens Forts feront mis fous la Gardie des Troupes que Sa Majefte Sicilienne y enverra en Nombre fuffifant pour la Defemfe de I'Ifle et de fes Dependances, lequel Nombre fera regie entre Sa dite Majefte et les Deux Piaiffances Contradantesi qui fe chargeront concurremment de i'Entretien du Total de ces Troupes^ tant, que la Defenfe de I'Ifle continuera c ^ y tbrithmera d« kur 6tre confiee, et pendant iaquel Teitts elles d^endront de I'Autorite du Grand Maitre et de fon Gouvernement. V. Le prefent Ade additionel fera cenfe faire Partie integrale du Traite d'Amiens, comme s'il y etoit inferc mot a-mpt, et fera execute de meme. VI. Leurs Majeftcs I'Empereur de toutes les Ruffies, I'Empereur des Romains, le Roi d'Efpagne, le Roi des Deux Sidles, et le Roi de Pruffe, feront in vites -d'accedei; a cet Ade en Quafite de Garants. f.Sig^6) C, ALEXANDRE DE WORONZQW. ^clofure referred to in No. 34.) Tranflation. Conditions upon which His Imperial Majefty of a^U the Riiffias is -willing to accede to jjie ;Stif»ulations of the i oth, Article of^ Treaty of Amiens. I. *^iiE Acknowkj^gement of the Sovere^nty of the Order of St. John of Jerufalem over the ifland of Malta, and its Dependencies ; the Acknow ledgement of the Grand Mafter, and of the Civil Gbvernment of the Order, according to its ancient Inftitutions, with the Admiffion into it of Natiye Maltefa, ( 9= ) Maltefe. Upon this Point, as well as upon every other that may relate to its interior Organization, the legal Government of the Order ffiall have the Power to enad and prefcribe fuch Regulations as it may judge beft calculated to promote the future Welfare and Profperity of the Order. II. The Rights of the King of the Two SiciUes, as Suzerain of the Ifland, ffiall remain upon the fame Footing as they were previous to the War which is now terminated by the Treaty of Amiens. III. The Independance and Neutrality pf the Ifland of Malta, its Ports and Dependencies, ffiall be fe cured and guarantied by the refpedive Contrading Powers, who ffiall mutually engage to acknowledge and maintain that NeutraUty in al} Cafes of War ; whether between each other, or between any. of them and any other Power, not excepting His Sici lian Majefty, whofe Rights of Suzerainty ffiall not extend fo as to enable Him to caufe a Departure from the Neutrality of the Ifland, as guarantied by the prefent Ad. IV. Until the Order ffiall be in a Situation to provide, by its own Refources, for the Maintenance of its Independance and Neutrality, as fecured by the pre ceding Article, as vsrell as for the Defence of their principal Refidence, the different Forts ffiall be oc cupied by His Sicifian Majefty's Troops, who ffiall fend ( $1^ ) fend a fufficient F'orce for the- Defence of the Ifland and its Dependencies, the Number ofwhich fliall be agreed upon by His faid Majefty and the Two Contrading Powers, who ffiall take upon them felves conjointly, the Expence of maintaining, the Whole of the faid Troops, fo long as the Defence bf the Ifland ffiall continue to be intrufted to them, during which Period the faid Troops ffiall be under tbe Authority of the Grand Mafter and his Govern ment. V. The prefent additional Ad ffiall be confidered as forming an. integral Part bf the Treaty of Amiens, tlie fame as if it had been inferted therein. Word for Word, and fliall be executed in like Manner. VI. Their Majefties the Emperor of all the Ruffias, tha Emperor of the Romans, the King of Spain, the King of the Two Sicilies, and the King of Pruf fia, ffiall be invited to accede to this Ad as Gua- j-antees. (Signed) COMTE ALEXANDRE DE WORONZOW. No, 35. My Lord, Paris, Janiaary 27, 1803. T HAVE to report to your Lordffiip the Purport of ¦*¦ a Converfation I had on Tuefday laft by Ap- .pbintment with M. Talleyrand. He had invited roe fome ( 9^ ) fome Days ago foi* this Purpofe. The Communica tion he had to make to me related to Two Points, both eqrially important, as he faid, to the Maint«f nance of good Harmony between the two Countri^?j with this Difference however, that the one origi nated with himfdf, and was didated by hig Anxiety to do away every Thing v/hich might feed the mu^ tual Irritation of the two Countries ; and the otbef by the exprefs Order of the Firft Conful. That which came from himfelf related to the Engfift Newfpapers, againft which he pronounced a moft bitter Phifippic, affuring me that the Firft Conful was extremely hurt to find that his Endeavours to conciliate had hitherto produced no other Effed than to incf-eafe the Abufe with which the Papers in England continually Ipadfed him. He expatiated much upon this Topic, and endeavoured to efta- ' "bfiffi a Fad, which I affured him a Reference to any one Newfpaper in Paris would inftantiy refute, fliat during Four Months not a Word of Provocation had appeared in any French Jburrial, Which cbuld juftify a Retort from thofe pubfiffied in England. For the reft he advanced nothing but what has been laid on more than One Occafion to Mr. Merry, and reported by him to your Lordffiip., I was however given to underftand, that the Firft Conful was in fad highly incenfed, and the more fo, he was pleafed to fay, as it came from a Country of whpfiS good Opinion be was fo very ambitious. In my Reply, I could but go over the old Ground, and endeavour to make M. Talleyrand 5 . underftand ( 93 ) underftand— firft. That whatever was fkid in the Engliffi Papers might be confidered but as a national Retaliiatipn for what was publiffied in the French Papers-^fecondly, That what was officially publiffied feere was by no means fo in England — and thirdly. That although the Government poffeffed a ContiTiul over the Prefs in Fi-ance, the. Engliffi Gpvernment neither had nor could have, unlefs they purchafed it at the fame Price, any whatever in England. Upon this he endeavoured to prove to me, that there were Papers in England attached to different Parties, and Went over their Names and fuppofed Gbnnedions with great Precifion,; and that eonfe quently His Majefty's, iMiiiifters might fo fir con- troul thofe at leaft which depended upon them, as to prevent their inferting that Abufe which muft be confideired as having their Sandion. I endea voured to explain to him v/hat the Influence was, which, he fuppofed Minifters to poffefs in England; that it amounted to nothing more than a Preference which your Lordffiip for Inftance might give to on-e Paper rather than to another, by fending to it any Ai^rides of News which it might be wiffied to make pubfic ; but that your Lordffiip's Influence went no further ; and that if the Editor of fuch a Paper con ceived it more fbr his Intereft to continue to write after his own Fapcy and uncontrouled, than to be the Publiffier of fuch occafional Articles, in that Cafe all Influence was at an End. I told hira, tliat if he- had reriaarked ariy abufive Artide in any Paper of ( 94 ) - of fuch a Defcription, it was natural and fair to con clude that it did not depend upon Government to prevent it. He perfifted in his Opinion, that His Majefty's Minifters might keep certain Papers in Order, as I did in affuring him, that until the Firft Conful could fo far mafter his Feehngs as to be as- indifferent to the Scurrility of the Engliffi Prints, as the Engliffi Government was to that which daily appeared in the French, this State of Irritation was irremediable. I told him however, that I would re port the Subftance of this Cbmmunication to yoiil' -Lordffiip, although I could affure him that jroiir Lordffiip could add nothing to the Explanation • which had been given, and in fuch Detail by Mr. Merry from your Lordffiip. M. Talleyrand, with great Solemnity, required of me to inform him, and this by the exprefs Order of the Firft Conful, what were His Majefty's Inten tions with regard to the Evacuation of Malta. He again on this Occafion made great Profeffipns of his fincere Defire to fet afide every Thing which 'could interrupt the good Underftanding between the two Governments ; adding, that it was abfo- lutely neceffary that the French Government ffiould know what it was meant to do, when that Claufe in the Treaty of Amiens, which ftipulates the Cef fion of .Malta, ffiould be fully accompliffied. He faid that another Grand Mafter would noW very foon be eleded ; that all the Powers of Europe in vited fo to do, with the Exception of Ruffia, whpfe Difficulties it was eafy to remove, and without whom ( 95 -) whpm the' Guaranty would be equally complete, were ready to come forward ; and that eonfe quently the Term would very foon arrive, when Great Britain could have- no Pretext for keeping longer Poffeffion. I informed .him that I would report his Converfation to your Lordffiip, and would have the Honor of communicating to him your Lordffiip's Anfwer as foon as I could re ceive it. I have the Honor to be, &c. WHITWORTH. Right Honorable Lord Hawkefbury, &c. &c. &c. No. 36. My Lord, Downing Street, February 9, 1803. 1 N Anfwer to Your Excellency's Difpatch of Ja nuary 27, relative to the Enquiry made of you, by the French Gpvernment, on the Subjed of Malta, I can have no Difficulty in affuring you, that His Majefty has entertained a moft fincere Defire that the Treaty of Amiens might be executed in a full and complete Manner ; but it has not been poffible for, him to confider this Treaty as having been founded on Principles different from thofe which have been invariably applied to every other antece dent Treaty or Convention, namely, that they were negotiated with Reference to the adual State of Poffeffion- of the different Parties, and of the Trea ties ( 9« ) ties or public Engagements by which diey were bound at the Time of its Conclufion; and that if that State of Poffeffion, and of Engagements, was fo materially altered by the Ad of either of the Parties as to affed the Nature ofthe Compad: itfelf, the other Party has a, Right, according to the Law of Nations, to interfere fbr the Purpofe of ckstian- ing Satisfadion or Compenfation for any effential Difference which fuch Ads may have fubfequently made in their relative Situation ; that if there ever was a Cafe to which this Principle might be applied with peculiar Propriety, it was that of the late Treaty of Peace ; for the Negotiation was con duded on a Bafis not merely propofed by His Ma jefty, 'but fpecially agreed to in an official Note by the French Government, viz. that His Majefty fliould keep a Compenfation out of His Conquefts for the important Acquifitions of Territory made by France upon the Continent. This is a fufficient Proof that the Compad was underftood to bave been concluded with Reference to the then exift- ing State of Things ; fpr the Meafure of His Ma jefty's Compenfation was to be calculated with Re ference to the Acquifitions of France at that Time ; and if the Interference of the French Governmient in the general Affairs of Europe, fince that Pe riod '; if their Interpofition with refped to Switzer land and Holland, whofe Independence was guaran teed by them at the Time of the Conclufikm of the Treaty of Peace; if the Annexations which have been made to France in various Quarters, but particularly ( 97 ) particularly thofe in Italy, have extended the Ter ritory and increafed the- Power of the French Gb- vernment,His Majefty would be warranted, confift- , ently with '.the Spirit of the Treaty of Peace, in claiming Equivalents for thefe Acquifitions, as a Couriterpoife 'to the Augmentation of the Power of "France. His Majefty, however, anxious to prevent allGroiirid of Mifunderftanding, and defirous of cbnfolidating the general Peace of Europe, as far as might be in His Power, was willing to have waived the Pretenfions He might have a Right to advance of this Nature ; knd as the other Articles pf the Definitive Treaty have been in a Courfe of Execution on His Part, fo He would have been ready to have carried into Effed the true Intent and Spirit ofthe loth Article, the Execution ofwhich, according to its Terms, had been rendered imprac ticable by Circumftances which it was not in His Majefty's Power to controul. A Communication to yb^ur Lordffiip would accordingly have been pre pared conformably to this Difpofition, if the Atten tion of His Majefty's Govemment had not been at- traded hj the very extraordinary'Pubfication oif the Report of Colonel Sebaftiani to the Firft Conful. It is impoffible for His Majefty to view this Report in any other Light than as an official Publication ; for without referring particularly to Explanations which have been repeatedly given upon the Subjed of Publications in the Moniteur, the Article in Queftion, as it purports to be the Report to the H Firft ( 98 ) Firft Conful of an accredited Agent, as It appears to have been figned by Colonel Sebaftiani himfelf, and as it is publiffied in the official Paper, with an official Title affixed to it, miift be confidered as au thorized by the French Government. This Re port contains the moft unjuftifiable Infinuations and Charges againft the Officer who commanded His Forces in Egypt, and againft the Britiffi Army in that Quarter, Infinuations and Charges wholly deftitute of Foundation, and fuch as would warrant His Majefty in demanding that Satisfadion, which, ori Occafions of this Nature, independent Powers in a State of Amity have a Right to exped from each other. It difclofes, moreover. Views in the higheft ' Degree injurious to the Interefts of His Majefty's Dominions, and diredly repugnant to, and utterly inconfiftent with, the Spirit and Letter of the Treaty of Peace concluded between His Ma jefty and the French Government ; and His Majefty would fed that He was wanting in a proper Regard to the Honor of His Crown, and to the Interefts of His Dominions, if He could fee with Indifference fuch a Syftem developed and avowed. His Majefty cannot, cherefore, regard the Condud of the French Government on various Occafions fince the Con clufion of the Definitive Treaty, the Infinuations and Charges contained iri the Report of Colonel Sebaf tiani, and the Views which that Report difclofeS, without feefing it neceffary for him diftindly to declare, that it, will be iinpoffible for Him to enter into ( 99 ) intp any further Difcuffion relative to Malta, unlefs he receives fatisfadory Explanation on the Subbed bf this Communication. Your Excellency is defired to take an early Op portunity of ¦ fully explaining ,JIis Majefty's Senti ments as= above ftated to the French Government. I am, &c. HAWKESBURY. His Excellency Lord Whitworth,, K.B. &c. &c. &c. ' - No. 37. Extrad of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord .Hawkefbury, dated Paris, Fe bruary 17, 1803. T , HAVE the Honpr to acquaint your ..Lordffiip, that.Ifaw M. de Talleyrand on Tuefday laft, for the Purpole of carrying into Effed your Lordffiip's Inftrudions of the 9th Inftant. I began^by telling him that, I had nothing new to communicate to him ; but, merely to confirm ofRcially jthat which' I had already from myfelf premifed. - 1 did not ho.w- ever pafs over vs^itli the fame Indifference, the Ar guments with vfhmi your Lordfliip has furniffied me. I recapitulated them all ; the Principle on which" the Treaty of Amiens was founded ; and the Right which naturally arofe from that Principle, of Interference on our Part for the Purpofe of obtain ing' Satisfadion or Compenfation, for any effential H 2 Differences ( 100 ) Differences which may have arifen in the relative Situation of the Two Countries. I inftanced the Cafes, beginning with Italy and concluding with Switzerland, in which the Territory or Influence of 'France had been extended fubfequent to the Treaty of Amiens. I reprefented to him that this Principle of Com penfation had been fully and formally admitted by the French' Government, in the Courfe of the Ne gotiation at Amieps. I then told him that not withftanding the indifputable Right which His Ma jefty might have derived of claiming fome Coun- terpoife for fuch Acquifitions, Inftrudions would have been given me, by which I fhould have been , empowered to declare His Majefty*^s Readinefs to carry into Effed the full Intent of* the Tenth Article of the Treaty, if the Attention of His Majefty's Go vernment had not been roufed by the official Pub lication of Colonel Sebafliani's Report to the Firft Conful. . It was ufelefs to recapitulate the Particu lars pf this very extraordinary Report ; but I ap pealed to him whether it was not of a Nature, ex- clufive of the perfonal Allufions it contained, to ex cite the utmoft Jealoufy in the Minds of His Ma jefty's Minifters, and to dqjjkand on their Part every Meafure of Precaution. ^, I concluded with the diftind Declaration, that it w%s impoffible for His Majefly to enter into any further, Difcuffion relative to M^lta, unlefs He receives fatisfadory Explana tions on the Snbjcd ofthe Firft Conful's Views. M. de ( lOI ) M. de Talleyrand in his Reply, did not attempt to difpute the Drift of my Argument. He admitted,' with an affeded Tone of Candour, that the Jealoufy we felt on the Score of Egypt, with a View to our Poffeffions in India, was natural. But he could not admit that any Thing; had appeared in the Condud of the French Government in Juftification of the Alarm we expreffed. After repeating what he had faid to me in a former Converfation on the Subjed of Sebaftiani's Miffion, which he afferted to be Jiridly commercial, he expatiated at great Length on the fincere Defire of the Firft' Conful to main tain inviolable the Peace which had been fo lately concluded ; adding, that the Situation of the French Finances was fuch, that were not this Defire of Peace in the Firft Cbnful an Effed of Syftem, it would be moft imperioufly didated to him by the total Impoffibihty in^which this Country found itfelf of carrying on that extenfive State of Warfai'^, which even a partial Rupture Would naturally lead to. He expreffed .great Surprize,- therefore, that any Sufpicipn ffipuld attach, when the Means of difturbing the public Tranquillity were, as muft be well known in England, fo completely want ing ; and defired to know what was the Nature and , Degree of Satisfadion which His Majefty would require. On this I told him, that I could not pre tend to fay by what Means thofe Apprehenfions, which the Condud of this Government had raifed in England, were to be allayed ; but I could affure tjjm, that in the Difcuffion of them, we ffiould be P 3 animate4 C 102 > animated folely by a fincere Defire tb Be' con vinced of the Truth of his Affertions, fince on that depended the Peace and !lftappin^fs of Europe. I tbok this Opportunity of affuring him, that although, according to his Staterrient of the Situation of France, we might poffefs in a greater Degree the Means of fupporting the Expence of a War, fince thofe Means arofe from Sources which even a State of Warfare did not dry up, yet fuch was His Ma jefty's fincere Defire of maintaining Peace, that nothing but abfolute and unavoidable Neeeffity would ever induce Him to deprive His Subjeds of the Bleffings which they begin to enjoy. No. 38. My Lord, Paris, February 21, 1803. Tiyf-Y laft Difpatch, in Which I gave your Lordfhip an Account of: my Conference With M. de Talleyrand, Was fcarcely gone, when 1 received a Note from him, infprming me that the Firft Con ful wiffied to converfe with me, and defired I Would come to him at the Thuilleries at Nine o' Clock. He received me in his Cabinet, with tolerable Cor diality, arid, after talking on different Subjeds for a few Minutes, he defired me to fit doWn, as he him felf did on the other Side bf the Table, and began. He told me, that he felt it neceffary after what had paffed between me and M. de Talleyrand that he ffioul'd, in the mofl clear aiid authentic Manner, make ( 103 ) make loiown his Sentiments to me in order to their being communicated to His Majefty ; and he con ceived this would be more effedually done by him felf than th;rough any Medium whatever. He faid, that it was a Matter of infinite Difappointment to him, that the Treaty of Amiens, inftead of being fol lowed by Concifiation and Friendfliip, the natural Effeds of Peace, had been produdive only of con tinual and increafing Jealoufy and Miftruft ; and that this Miftruft was now avowed in fuch a Man ner as muft bring the Point to an Iffue. He now enumerated the feveral Provocations which he pretended to have received from England. He placed in the Firft Line our not evacuating Malta and Alexandria as we were bound to do by Treaty. In this he faid that no Confideration on Earth fliould make him acquiefce ; and of the Twp he had rather fee us in Poffeffion of the Fauxbourg St. Antoine than Malta. He then adverted to the Abufe thrown out againft him in the Engliffi pub lic Prints ; but tiiis he faid, he ,did not fo much re gard as that which appeared in the French Papers publiffied in London. This he confidered as much more mifchievous, fince it was meant to excite this Country againft him and his Government. He com plained of the Protedion given to Georges and others of his Defcription, who inftead of being fent to Canada, as had been repeatedly promifed, were permitted to remain in England, handfomely pen- fioned, and conftantly committing all Sorts of Crimes on the Coafts of France, as well as in the Interior, H 4 111 ( 104 ) In Confirmation of this, he told ,me, that Two Men had within thefe few Days been apprehended in Normandy, ' and were now on their Way to Paris, who were hired Affafflns, and employed by the Bi- ffiop' of Arras, by the Baron de Rolle, by Georges, and by Duthell, as Would be fully proved in a Court of Juflice, and made known to the World. He acknowledged, that the Irritation he felt againft England increafed daily, becaufe every Wind (I make ufe as much as I can of his own Ideas and Expreffions) which blew from England brought nor thing but Enmity and Hatred againft him. He now went back to Egypt, and told me, that if he had felt the fmalleft Inclination to. take Poffef fion of it by Force, he might have done it a Month ago, by fending Twenty-five thoufand Men to Abou- kir, who would have poffeffed themfelves of the whole Country in Defiance of the Four thoufand Britiffi in Alexandria. That inftead of that Garri- fon being a Means of proteding Egypt, it was only furniffiing him with a Pretence for invading it. Xhis he Jhould not do, whatever might be his Dejtre to have it as a Colony, becaufe he did not think it worth the Rijk of a War, in which he might, perhaps, he confidered as the Aggrejfor, and by which he Jhould lofe more than he could gain, Jince Jooner or later Egypt would belong to France^ either by the falling to Pieces of the TicrkiJh Empire, 'or by fome Arrangement with the Porte. As" a Proof of his Defire to maintain Peace, he wiffied to know what he had to gain by going to War ( 105 ) War with England. A Defcent was the only Means of Offence he had, and that he was determined to attempt, by putting himfelf at the Head of the Ex pedition. But how could it be fuppofed, that after having gained the Height on which he ftood, he would rifk his Life and Reputation In fuch a ha zardous Attempt, unlefs forced to it by Neeeffity, when the Chances were that he and the greateft Part of the Expedition would go to the Bottom of the Sea. He talked much on this Subjed, but never affeded to dimlniffi the Dangers He acknowledged that there were One hundred Chances to One againft him ; but ftill he was determined to attempt it, if War ffiould be the Confequence of the pre fent Difcuffion ; and that fuch was the Difpofition of the Troops that Army after Army would be found for the Enterprize. He then expatiated much on the natural Force of the Two Countries. France with an Army of Four hundred and eighty thoufand Men, for to this Amount, it is, he faid, to be immediately completed, all ready for the moft. defperate Enterprizes ; and England with a Fleet that made her Miftrefs of the Seas, and which he did not think he ffiould be able to equal in lefs than Ten Years. Two fuch Coun tries by a proper Underftanding might govern the World, bjit by their Strifes might overturn it. He faid, that if he had not felt the Enmity ofthe Bri tiffi Government on every Occafion fince the Treaty pf Amiens, there would have been nothing that he would not have doi^e to prove his Defire to con ciliate ; ( io6. ) dilate ; Participation in Indemnities as well as in Influence on the Continent ; Treaties of Commerce, in ffiort, any Thing that could have given Satisfac tion, and have teftified his Friendffiip. Nothing, however, had been able to conquer the Hatred of the Britiffi Government, and therefore it was now come to the Point, whether we ffiould have Peace or War. To preferve Peace, the Treaty of Amiens muft be fulfilled ; the Abufe in the public Prints, if not totally fuppreffed, at leaft kept within Bounds, and confined to the Engfiffi Papers ; and the Protec tion fo openly given to his bittereft Enemies (allud ing to Georges and Perfons of that Defcription) muft be withdrawn. If war, it was neceffary only to: fay fo, and to refufe to fulfil the Treaty. He now made the Tour of Europe to prove to me, that In its pre fent State, there was no Power with which we could coalefce for the Purpofe of making War againft France ; eonfequently it was our Intereft to gain Time, and if we had any Point to gain, renew the War when Circumftances were more favourable. He faid, it was not doing him Jnftlce to fuppofe, that he conceived himfelf above the Opinion of his Country or of Europe. He would not rifle uniting Europe againft him by any violent Ad bf 'Aggref- fion ; neither was he fo powerful in France as to perfuade the Nation to go to War unlefs on good Grounds. He faid, that he had not chaftifed the Algerines, from his Unwilllngriefs tb excite the Jea loufy of other Powers, but he hoped that England, Ruffia, and France wpuld One Day feel that it was their ( 107 ) their Intereft to deftroy fuch a Neft of Thieves, arid force them to live rather by cultivating their Land than by Plunder. , In the little I faid to him, for he gave me in the Courfe of Two Hours but very few Opportunities of faying a Word, I confined myfelf ftridly to the Tenor of your Lordffiip's Inftrudions. I urged them in ftie fame Manner as I had done to M. de Tal leyrand, and dwelt as ftrongly as I could on the Serifatlon which the Publication of Sebaftiani's Re port had created in England, where the Views of France towards Egypt muft always command the utmoft Vigilance and Jealoufy. He maintained that what ought to convince us of his Defire of Peace, was on the one Hand the fittle he had to gain by re newing the War, and on the other the Facility with which he might have taken Poffeffion of Egypt with the very Ships and Troops which were now going from- the Mediterranean to St. Domingo, and that with the Approbation of all Europe, and more particularly of the Turks, who had repeatedly in vited him to join with them for the Purpofe of forcing us to evacuate the:Ir Territory. I do not pretend to follow the Arguments of the Firft Conful in Detail; this would be impoffible, from the vaft Variety of Matter, which he took Oc cafion to introduce. His Purpofe was -evldentiy to convince me that on Malta jnuft depend Peace or War, and at the fame Time to imprefs upon my Mind a ftrong Idea of the Means he poffeffed of gLnnoying us at Home and Abroad. With ( io8 ) With regard ,to the Miftruft and Jealoufy which he Taid conftantly prevailed fince the Conclufion of the Treaty of Amiens, I obferved that after a War of fuch long Duration, "fo full of Rancour, and carried on in a Manner of which Hlftory has no Example, It was but natural that a confiderable De gree of Agitation ffiould prevail ; but this, like the Swell after a Storm, wpuld gradually fubfide, if not kept up by the Poficy of either Party ; that I would not pretend to pronounce which had beeri the Ag- greffor in the Paper' War of which he complained, and which was ftill kept up, though with this Dif ference, that in England it was Independent of Go vernment, and in France its very Ad and Deed. To this I added, that it muft be admitted that we had fuch Motives of Miftruft againft France as could not be alleged againft us, and I was going to in ftance the Acceffion of Territory and Influence gained by France fince the Treaty, when he inter rupted me by faying, I fuppofe you mean Piedmont and Switzerland ; " ce font des. Bagatelles ;" and it muft have been forefeen whilft the Negotiation was pending ; *' Vous n'avez pas le Droit d'en pairler a cette Heure." I then alleged as a Caufe of Miftruft and of Jealoufy, the Impoffibillty of obtaining Juftice or any Kind of Redrefs for any of His Majefty's Subjeds. He afked me in what Refped : and I told him that fince the 'figning bf the Treaty, not one Britifh Claimant had been fatisfied, although every Frenchman of that Defcription had been fo '^ithin One Month after that Period ; and that fince I had ( 109 ) I had been here, and I could fay as much of my Predeceffors, not one fatisfadory Anfwer had been obtained to the innumerable Reprefentations which we had been under the Neeeffity of making in Fa vour of Britiffi Subjeds and Property detained in the feveral Ports, of France and elfewhere, without even a Shadow of Juftice : Such an Order of Things, I faid, was not made to infpire Confidence ; but, on the contrary, muft create Miftruft. This, he faid, muft be attributed to the natural Difficulties attendin,g fuch . Suits, when both Parties thought themfelves , right ; but he denied that fuch Delays could proceed from any Difinclination to do what was juft and right. With regard to the Penfions which were granted to French or Swifs Individuals, I obferved that they were giyen as a' Reward for paft Services during the War, and moft certainly not for prefent ones, and ftlH lefs for fuch as had been infinuated, of a Nature repugnant to the Feel ings pf every Individuaf in England, and to the unlverfally acknowledged. Loyalty and Honour of , the Britiffi Government. That as for any Participa tion of Indemnities, or other Acceffions which His Majefty might have obtained, I could take upon myfelf to affure him that His Majefty's Ambition led him rather to preferve than to acquire. And that with regard to the ;t|ioft propitious Moment for renewing Hoftilities, His Majefty, whole fin cere Defire it was to continue the Bleffings of Peace 'to EGs, Subjeds, would always ifpnfider fuch a Mea fure as the greateft Calamity ; but that if His Ma jefty ( "o ) jefty was fo defirous of Peace, it ,muft not be im- puted' to the Difficulty of obtaining Allies ; and the lefs fo, as thofe Means which it niight be neceffary to afford fuch Allies, for perhaps inadequate Ser vices, would all be concentrated in England, and give a proportionate Increafe of Energy to our own Exertions. At this Part of the Converfation he rofe from his Chair, and told me that he ffiould give Orders to General Andreoffy to enter on the Difcuffion bf this Bufinefs with your Lordffiip ; but he wiffied that I ffiould at the fame Time be made acquainted with his Motives and convinced of , his Sincerity ra ther from himfelf than from his Minifters. He then, after a Converfation of Two Hours, during the great eft Part ofwhich he talked inceffantly, converfed for a few Moirients pn indifferent Subjeds, in ap- fiarent good Humour, and retired. Such was nearly, as. I can recoiled, the. Purport of this Conference. It -muft however be obferved that he did not, as M. Talleyrand had done, affed to attribute Colonel iSe- baftiani's Miffion to commercial Motives onlyi but as One rendered neceffary in a MIGtary Point of View, .by the Infradion by us of the Treaty of Amiens. I have the Honor to be, he. WHITWORTH. P. S. This Converfation took place on Friday laft, and this Morning I faw M. de Talleyrand. He had been with the Firft Conful after I left him, and ( III ) and he affured- me that he had been very well fatis fied with the Franknefs with which I had made my Obfervations on what fell from him. I told him, that without eritering Into any farther Detail, what I had faid to the Firft Conful amounted to an Affur- ance, of what I trufted there could be no Doubt, of the Readinefs of His Majefty's Minifters to re move all Subjeds of Difcuffion, where that could be done without violating the Laws of the Country, and tb fulfil ftridly the Engagements which they had contraded, in as much as that could be reconciled with the Safety of the State. As this applied to Malta and Egypt, he gave me to underftand that a Projed was in Contemplation, by which the In tegrity of the Turkiffi Empire would be fo effec tually fecured as to do away every Caufe of Doubt or Uneafinefs, either with regard to Egypt or any Part ofthe Turkiffi Dominions. He could not then, he faid, explain himfelf farther. Under thefe Cir cumftances no one can exped that we ffiould re- linquiffi that Afiirance which we have in Hand, till fomething equally fatisfadory is propofed and adopted. WHITWORTH. The Right Honorable Lord Hawkefbury, &c. &G. &c. No. 29' ( 112 ) No. ^g. Downing Street, February rSth, My Lord, 1803. Y^OUR Excellency's Difpatch, of February 21ft, has been received, and laid before the King. I have great Satisfadion in communicating to you His Majefty's entire Approbation of the able and judicious Manner in which you appear to have ex ecuted the Inftrudions which I gave to you in my Difpatch of the 9th Inftant. The Account you have given of your Interview with the Firft Conful, is In every Refped impor tant. It is unneceffary for me to remark on the Tone and Temper In which the Sentiments of the Firft Conful appear to have been expreffed, or to offer any Obfervations in Addition to thofe fo properly made by your Excellency at the Time, upon feveral of the Topicks Which were brought forward by the Firft Conful in the Courfe of your Converfa tion ; I ffiall therefore content myfelf with refer ring your Excellency to my Difpatch to Mr. Merry of Auguft 28, 1802, in which the Subjed of the Complaints of the French Government, refpeding the Freedom of the Prefs, the Emigrants, &c.', arc particularly difcuffed. I cannot however avoid no ticing, that nothing approaching to Explanation or Satisfadion is ftated to have been thrown out by the Firft Conful, in Anfwer to the juft Reprefenta tions and Complaifits of His Majefty, in confe quence ( "3 ) qUence of the unwarrantable Irifimiatlbns and Charges contained in Colonel Sebaftiani's Report againft His Majefty's Government,— -the Officer commanding His Forces in Egypt, and Flis Army in that Quarter : But that on the other Hand, the Language of the Firft Conful has tended to ftrength- en and confirm the Sufpicions which that Publica tion was peculiarly calculated to excite^ I ffiall now proceed to give you fome farther In ftrudions on the Language which it may be proper for you to hold refpeding the Charge which has been advanced againft His Majefty's Governmentj of their Unwiilingnefs to fulfil the Treaty of AmienSi The Treaty of Amiens has. been in a Courfe of Execution, on the Part of His Majefty, in every Article in which, according to the Spirit of that Treaty, it has been found capable of Exe cution. There cannot be the leaft Doubt, that Egypt is at this Time completely evacuated. The Delay which had arifen in the Evacuation of Alex andria, was owing to accidental Circumftances, the Particulars of which were explained to you in my Difpatch of the 30th November laft ; and I had every Reafon to believe, from the Communication I had with General Andreoffy on the Subjed, that the French Government were perfedly fatisfied with the .Explanation which he was authorized at the Time to give them refpeding it. With regard tp that Article-,of the Treaty which relates to Malta, the .ftlpulations contained in it (owing to Circumftances which it was not in the I Power ( IH ) Power of His Majefty to con(rbul), have not beeri found capable of Execution. The Refufal of Ruffia to accede to the Arrangement, except on Condition that the Maltefe Langue ffiould b^e abo- fiffied ; — the Silence of the Court of Berlin with refped to the Invitation that has been made to it, in confequence of the Treaty, to become a gua rantying Power ; — the Abolition of the Spaniffi Priories, in Defiance of the Treaty to which the King of Spain was a Party ; — ^the Declaration of the Portuguefe Government of their Intention to fequeftrate the Property of the Portuguefe Priory, as forming a Part of the Spaniffi Langue, unlefs the Property of the Spaniffi Priories is reftored to them ; — the Non-eledion of a Grand . Mafter : — Thefe Circumftances would have been fufficient, without any other fpecial Grounds, to have war ranted His Majefty in fufpending the Evacuation of the Ifland, until fome new Arrangement could be- adjufted for it's Security and Independence. Bul when it Is 'confidered how greatly the Dominion, Power, and Influence of France have of late been extended. His Majefty muft feel, that He has an inconteftible Right, conformably to the Principles on wliich tbe Treaty of Peace was negociated and^^ concluded, to demand additional Securities in any new Arrangement which it might be neceffary to make with a View of effeding the real Objeds of that Treaty. And thefe Confiderations, fufficient as they might be in themfelves to juftify die Line ©f Condud which His Majefty had determined ter adopt. C 115 ) adopt, have received additional Force from the Views which have been recently and unrefervedly manifefted by the French Government, refpeding the Turkiffi Dominions, and the Iflands In the Adriatic fand which have been in a gredt Degree admitted by the Firji Conful, in his Interview with your Excellency), — Views which are diredly repug* nant, not only to the Spirit, but to the Letter of the Treaty of Amiens. From the Poftfcript In yonr Excellency's Letter, it appears that a Projed was In Contemplation, by which, according to the Declaration of Mr. Talley rand, the Integrity of the Turkiffi Territory Would be fecured fo as to do away every Caufe of Doubt or Uneafinefs either with regard to Egypt or to any other Part of the Turidffi Dominions. His Majefty will confider the Communication of fuch a Projed as indicating a Difpofition on the Part of the French Government, to afford him Explanation and Satis fadion refpeding fome of the Points which have been the Subjed of His Reprefentations. But after all that has paffed, His Majefty cannot confent that His Troops ffiould evacuate the Ifland of Malta, until fubftantial Security has been provided for thofe Objeds, which, under the prefent Circumftances, might be materially endangered by their Removal. I am, &c. HAWlCESBURY. His Excellency Lord Whitworth, &G. &c. Uq* I 2 No. 40. (¦ "6 ') No. 40. My Lord, Paris, 5th March, 1803. t SAW M. de Talleyrand Yefterday, and ac quitted myfelf of your Lordffiip's Inftrudions. I recapitulated the feveral Arguments therein con- . tained, dwelling particularly on the open Avowal pf the Firft Conful's Views In Egypt ; and con cluding with the Refolution of His Majefty not to withdraw His Troops frpm Malta, until fome Secu rity ffiould be given, that by fo doing His Majefty ffiould not expofe the Safety of His own Do minions. , He heard me with great Patience, and in Anfwer endeavoured, as before, to convince me that there was no Reafon whatever for the Apprehenfions which we entertained. That it was true, the Ac- quifition of Egypt had been, and perhaps ftill was, a favourite Objed of the Firft Conful, but that it was not fo much fo as to allow him to go to War for its Attainment. I then tokl him that what had in a particular Man ner excited the Attention of your Lordffiip, in my laft Report, was the Affurance he had given me of fome Projed being In Contemplation, whereby the Integrity of the Turkiffi Empire would be fo in- fured, In all Its Parts, as to remove every Doubt or Apprehenfion. I begged him, therefore, to explain riimfelf on this Subjed, which I conceived to be of the utmoft Importance ; fince it was only by fuch Means that both Parties could be fatisfied. He thengavcs ( -117 ) gave me to underftand, that what he had termed a Projed was nothing more than what had 'been expreffed in the Firft Conful's Meffage to the Le- giflative B,3dy, when he fays, that there is a French Ambaffador at Conftantinople, who is charged to give every Affurance of the Difpofition of France to ftrengthen, inftead of to weaken, that Govern ment. I expreffed a Doubt whether this, or any other parole Security, would be confidered as fuffi cient in fuch a Tranfadion. Hereupon he repeated the Queftion — What then is the Security which you require, and which the Firft Conful can give? This, I told him, muft be the Subjed of the Negc- tiation on which we were willing to enter ; and I trufted that the French Government would bring into it the fame Temper, and the fame real Defire to , conciliate, which was manifefted by His Majef ty's Minifters. M. de Talleyrand now Informed me, that the Firft Conful had, Five or Six Days ago, ordered Inftrudions to be fent to General Andreoffy, by which he was to require an immediate and cate gorical Anfwer to the plain Queftion — Whether His Majefty would, or would not, caufe Mafia to be evacuated by the Britiffi Troops ? That he concluded this Communication was already made, and tbat he expeded to learn the Refult of jt in a very few Days ; adding, that all the Fjrft Confyl wanted was to know precifely on what he had to depend. I 3 I could ( ii8 ) f could not help lamenting this precipitate Mea-r fure, fince it could anfwer no good Purpofe, an4 would only tend to introduce into the Difcuffion Ill-humour and offended Dignity, in the Place of difpaffionate Reafonliig, I begged him, however, to be prepared, and to prepare the Firft Conful, to meet with more Oppofition to his Will than he had been accuftpmed to on fimilar Occafions, I told him, that His Majefty was willing to dif? cufs the Point in Difpute with Fairnefs and Can? dour, but certainly never would be intimidated into Acquiefcence ; and I repeatedly urged, that , if he wiffied well to the Peace of the two Countries, he ffiould prepare the Firft Conful for the Confe-. quences which might naturally be expeded from this Step, and thus prevent the Effed of any fudr den Guft of Ill-humour. He was unwilling to ad mit that there could be any Chance of fatisfylng the Firft Conful ffiort of a Compliance with his Wiffies, founded as he pretended on Good-Faith. Our Converfation ended here, and I wait the Refult of General Andreoffy's Communication witl^ the utmoft Impatience. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) WHITWORTH, p. S. In the Interval between the writing and the tranfcribing the above Difpatch, I have takei^ another Opportunity of feeing M. de Talleyrand, a'nd I am glad to find, that (for what Pqrpofe I know not), he had reprefented the Inftrudions to Qeneral C I '9 ) General Andreoffy as much more abfolute and of- fenfive lhan they really are. I found hira To-day. entirely difpofed to give me another Opinion, and to convince me that the Fii-ft Conful, far from wrffiing to carry Matters to Extremity, was de firous to difcufs fairly and without Paffion, a Point, •which he admitted was of Importance to both Countries. He repeatedly affured me, that much as the Firft Conful might have the Acquifition of Egypt at Heart, he would facrifice his own Feelings to the Prefervation of Peace ; and, henceforth feek to augment his Glory, by improving and confoli.v dating the internal Situation of the Country, rather than by adding to its Poffeffions. (Signed) W. P.ight Honorable Lord Hawkefbury, &c. &c. &c. No, 41. Note from General Andreoffy to Lord Hawkefbury, dated March 10, 1803. T E Souffigne, Ambaffadeur et Miniftre Plenipo tentiaire de la Republique Fran^aife pres Sa Majefte Britannique, avoit recu du Premier Conful I'Ordre formel de demander au Gouvernement Bri tannique des Eclairciffemens fur l' Occupation pro- longee de I'Ifle de Malthe par les Troupes An. gloifes. II avoit efpere,'que les Communications ?erbales fuffiroient pour amener des Explications 1 4 fatisfaifantes, ( 120 ) fatisfaifantes, en preparant le Rapprochement mu, tuel des Efprits et des Interets ; cette Conduite lui ayant ete dictee par le Zele ardent pour le Main. tien de la bonne Harmonie entre les Deux Pays, et de la Paix en Europe, Objets de la Sollicitude du Gouvernement Fran9ois; mais le Souffigne ne croit pas pouvoir tarder plus long Tems a fe conformer aux Inftrudions qu'il avoit revues; et il a PHon, neur, en "confequence, d'adreffer a fon Excellence ,Lord Hawkefbury, les Obfervations fuivantes, qui rappelent I'Efprit, et les principales Difpofitions des Communications verbales, qu'il lui avoit prcr cedemment faites. Aux Termes du Quatrieme Paragraphe de I'Ar- tlcle X. du Traite d'Amiens, les Troupes Angloifes devoient evacuer I'Ifle de Maltlie, et fes Depen- dances, Trois Mois apres I'Echange des Ratifi cations. II y a Dix Mois que les Ratifications font echan- gees, et les Troupes Angloifes font encore a Malthe. .Les Troupes 'Fran9oifes, au contraire, .qui de voient evacuer les Etats de Naples et de Rome, n'ont pas attendu pour fe retirer I'ExpIration • dp Trois Mois qui leur etoit accordes, et elles ont quitte Tarente, dont dies avolent retabli les For tifications, et ou elles avolent reuni Cent Pieces de Canon. Que peut on alleguer pour juftifier le Retard de I'Evacuation de Malthe ? L' Article X. du Traite d'Amiens n'a-t-il pas tout prevu? Et les Troupe^ Napolitaine^ ( I2r ) Napolitaines etant arrivees, fous quel Pretexte cdles d' Angleterre y font -elles demeurees ? Eft-ce parce que toutes les Puiffances defignees dans le Paragraphe 6 n'ont pas encore accepte la Oarantie qui leur eft devolue? Mais cette Condition n'en eft pas Une pour I'Evacuation; et d'ailleurs I'Autriche a deja envoye fon Ade de Garantie; la Ruffie elle-meme, n'a fait q'une feule Difficulte qui tombe ^ar I'Adhefion du Premier Conful aux Mo-^ difications propofees, a moins que I'Angleterre n'y mette perfonnellement Obftacle, en refufant d'ad- h'rer aux Propofitions de la Ruffie, ce qui apres tout n'empecheroit pas, qu'aux Termes formels du Traite, Sa Majefte Britannique ne fe foit engagee d'evacuer ITfle de Malthe dans le Dclai de Trois Mois, en la remettant fous la Garde de Napolitains, qui doivent en former la Garnifon, jufqu'a la Con clufion des Arrangemens definitifs de I'Ordre. II paroitroit done impoffible, et il , feroit fans Ex- emple dans I'Hiftoire des Nations, que Sa Majefte Britannique fe refufat a I'Execution d'un Article fondamental de la Pacification, de celui qui, lors de la Redadion des Preliminaires a ete confidere com me le Premier, et comme devant etre arrete preala- blement a tout autre Queftion. Auffi le Premier Confyl qui aime a fe confier aux Intentions de Sa Majefte Britannique, et qui ne veut pas les fuppofer moins franches et moins loyales que celles dont 11 eft anime, n'a-t-il voulu - attribuer jufqu 'ici le Re tard de I'Evacuation de Malthe qu'a des Circpn- ftances de Mer. Le ( 122 ) Lc Souffigne eft done charge' de demander a cet Egard des Explications et il eft perfuade que le Mi niftere Britannique fera d'autant plus empreffe -3. en donner de fatisfaifantes, qu'il fentira combien elles font neceffaires au Maintien de h bonne Harmonie, et combien elles importent ^ I'Honneur des Deux Nations. Le Souffigne faifit cette Occafion pour renou veller a Lord Hawkefoury les Affurances de fa haute Confideration. (Signe') F. ANDREOSSY. Portiand Place, ce lo Mars, 1803. Tranflation. 'T'HE underfigned Ambaffador and Minifter Pleni, potentiary of the French Republic to His Bri tannic Majefty, had received from the Firft Conful, exprefs Orders to require from the Britiffi Govern ment fome Explanations refpeding the protraded Occupation of the Ifland of Malta by the Engliffi Troops. He had hoped that verbal Communica-f tions would have been fufficient to have produced fatisfadory Expofitions, by preparing, the Way for the mutual Conciliation of Minds and Interefts, a Condud which has been prefcribed to him by his ardent Zeal for the Maintenance of Harmony be tween the Two Countries, and of the Peace of Eu? rope, Objeds of the Soficitude of the French Gor vernment : But the underfigned thinks he can no longer ( 123 ) longer delay complying with the Inftrudions he had received, and he has therefore the Honour of addrefling the following Obfervations to his Excel lency Lord Hawkefbury, which recal to Recollec tion the Spirit and the leading Features of the verbal Communications which he has previoufly made to him. By the Conditions of the Fourth Paragraph of the I oth Article of the Treaty of Amiens, the Engliffi Troops were to evacuate the Ifland of Malta and its Dependencies Three Months after the Exchange of the Ratifications. Ten Months have elapfed fince the Ratifications. have been exchanged, and the Engliffi Troops are ftill at Mafia. The French Troops on the contrary, who were to evacuate the Neapolitan and Papal States have not waited the Expiration of the Three Months which were granted to them to withdraw, and have quitted Tarentum, the Fortifications pf which they had re- eftabliffied, and wfiefe they had colleded loo Pieces of Cannon. What can be alledged in Juftification of the De lay in evacuating Malta? Has not the Tenth Article pf the Treaty of Amiens provided for every Thing ? And the Neappfitan Troops being arrived, under ¦Vvliat Pretext do thofe of England ftill remain there? Is it becaufe all the Powers enumerated in the 6th Paragraph have not yet accepted the Guaranty which is devolved' upon them ? But this is not a Condition that relates to the Evacuation of the Ifland; ( 124 ) Ifland ; and befides, Auftria has already fent its Ad of Guaranty: Ruffia itfelf has made only a fingle. Difficulty which Is done away by the Acceffion of the Firfl Conful to the Modifications propofed, unlefs Indeed England itfelf throws Obftacles in the Way, by refufing to accede to the Propofals of Ruffia, which after all could not affed the Engage- ^ ments of His Britannic Majefty, who, according to the exprefs Conditions of the Treaty, Is ,to evar cuate the Ifland of Malta within Three Months, placing It under the Guard of the Neapofitans, who are to garrifon it, until the definitive Arrange ments of the Order are fettled. It ffiould therefore feem impoffible, and It would be without Example in the Hiftory of Nations, were His Britannic Majefty to refufe to execute a funda mental Article of the Pacification, of the very one, which, in the drawing up of the Preliminaries, was confidered as the firft, and as requiring to be fettled previoufly to every other Point. Indeed, the Firft Conful who cordially relies on the Intentions of His Britannic Majefty, and cannot fuppofe them to be lefs open and generous than thofe with which he is animated, has hitherto been unwilling to attribute the Del^iy of the Evacuation of the Ifland of Malta, to any other than to Mari time Circumftances. The underfigned Is, therefore, charged to require Explanations on this Point, and he Is perfuaded that the Britiffi Miniftry will be the more anxious to fur- nif}| fuch as will be fatisfadory, as they muft be fenfible ( 125 ) fenfible how neceffary they are for the Maintenance of Harmony, and how Important they are for the- Honor of the Two Nations. The Underfigned avails himfelf of this Oppor tunity to renew to Lord Hawkeffiury the Affurances of his high Confideration. (Signed) F. ANDREOSSY. Portiand Place, loth March, 1803. No. 42. My Lord, Paris, March 12, 1803. TFIE Meffenger Mafon arrived Yefterday Morn ing early, with your Lordffiip's Letter of the, 7th, informing me, that In confequence of the Pre parations in the Ports of France and Holland, which, though avowedly intended for Colonial Ser vice, might, in the Event of a Rupture, be turned againft fome Part of the Britiffi Dominions, His Ma jefty had judged it expedient to fend a Meffage to both Houfes of Parhament, recommending, in Terms void of Offence, the Adoption of fuch Meafures as may be confiftent with the Honour of His Crown, and the Security of His Dominions, and at the fame Time fuch as will manifeft His Majefty's Difpofition for the Prefervation of Peace. I beg Leave to return your Lordffiip my Thanks for having apprized me of this Circuraftance by a fpecial Meffenger ; I found, however, on going to M. de Talleyrand, at Two o'Clock, that he was already ( ii6 ) already informed of It. He was juft feiting out for communicate it to the Firft Conful, and appeared under confiderable Agitation. He returned with me' to his Cabinet, and though he told me he was preffed for Time, he fuftered me to relate the Cir- cumftance without Interruption. I endeavoured to make him fenfible that this Meafure was merely precautionary, and not in the leaft Degree intended as a Menace. I concluded my Obfervatioils by re peating that it was merely a Meafure of felf Security, founded on the Armaments which were carrying on in the Ports of France and Holland, remarking at ^e fame Time, that had not even thefe Armament s been as notorious as they were, the very Circum- flance of the Firft Conful's Determination to aug ment fo confiderably his Army in Time of Peace, would have been a full and fufficient Motive for fuch a Meafure of Precaution. M. de Talleyrand now informed me that he was already acquainted with the Bufinefs ; that a Mef fenger had that Morning arrived, who had brought him a Copy of the Meffage, which he Gommunl-^ cated to me. I could draw from him no Reply whatever to my Obfervations. Lie confined himfelf ftridly to the Affurance which he has fo repeatedly made, that there was no Foundation whatever for the Alarm which was felt by His Majefty's Minif ters ; that the Firft Conful was pacific ; that he had no Thoughts whatever of attacking His Ma jefty's Dominions, unlefs forced to do fo by a Com mencement of Hoftilities on our Part ; that he ffipuld ( 127 ) ffiould always confider the Refufal to evacuate Malta as fuch a Commencement of Hoftilities ; and that as we had hitherto hefitated to do fo, he was juftified in adopting the Meafures which might eventually be neceffary. He difclaimed every Idea of the Armaments fitting out In the Dutch Ports having any other Deftination than to the Colonies, and concluded that for his Part, he could not com prehend the Motives which had neceffitated a Re- fort to fuch a Meafure on the Part of His Majefty's Government. He then defired Leave to go to the Firft Conful, promifing that he would let me know the Refult when we met at Dinner at the Pruffian Minifter's* He did not come there till near Seven o'Clock, and when we rofe from Dinner, he took me afide, and Informed me, that although the Firft Conful had been highly Irritated at the unjuft Sufpicion, which His Majefty's Government entertained, yet he would not allow himfelf to be fo far maftered by his Feelings, as to lofe Sight of the Calamities which the prefent Difcuffion might entail upon Humanity. He dwelt much on this Topick, and explained the Meafures to which he fliould be obliged to refort ; he faid that if England wiflied to difcufs fairly, he wiffied the fame ; that if England prepared for War he would do the fame ; and that if England ffiould finally determine on Hoftilities, he trufted to the Support of the French Nation in the Caufe of Ho nour and of Juftice. It was in vain that I repeated that England did not wiffi for War; that Peace was as (¦ 128 ) as neceffary tb us as it could be to France ; that all we defired, and all that we were contending for, was Security ; that evei;y Thing proved to us that that Securitv was threatened by the Firft Conful's Views on Egypt ; and that eonfequently our Refufal to evacuate Malta, was become as much a neceffary Meafure of Precaution, as the Defence of any Part of His Majefty's Dominions. To this Kind of rer,^ foning M. deTalleyrand oppofed the Moderation of the Firft Conful, his great felf Denial, and his De termination to facrifice even the moft favourite Points to his fincere Defire to avoid a Rupture. M. de Talleyrand now told me, that, in order to facilitate my Communication of the Firft Conful's Sentiments, he would communicate to me a Paper which he had that Morning drawn up with him ; that It was not to be confidered as any Thing ab- folutely official ; that it was a Memorandum to affift me, but fuch as I might, if I chofe, tranfmit to your Lordffiip. I now inclofe it. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) WHITWORTH. Right Honorable Lord Hawkefbury, &c. &c. &c. Note verbale, referred to In No. 4^, I. Cl Sa Majefte Britannique entend parler dans fon Meffage de I'Expcdition de Helvoetfluys, tout le Monde fait qu' die etoit deftinee pour I'Ame- rique. ( 129 ) rique, et qu'elle alloit partir pour fa Deftination ; mais d'apres le Meffage de Sa Majefte, I'Embarque- ment et le-Depart vont etre contremandes. IL Si nous n'avons pas des Explications fatisfai fantes fur ces Armemens de I'Angleterre, et s'ils ont effedivement fieu, il eft naturel que le Premier Conful faffe entrer Vingt Mille Hommes en Hol lande, puifque la Hollande eft nommee dans le Meffage, m. Ces Troupes une Fois entrees, II eft naturel que l'on forme un Camp fur les Frontieres du Pays d'Hanover, et qu'on reuniffe d'ailleurs de nouveaux Corps de Troupes a ceux qui etoient deja em- barques pour I'Amerlque, afin de preparer d'autres Embarquemens, et de fe tenir dans une Pofition de- fenfive et offenfive. IV. II eft naturel que le Premier Conful ordonne la Formation de plufieurs Camps a Calais, et fur les divers Points de la Cote. V, II eft auffi dans la Nature des Chofes, que le Premier Conful, qui etoit fur le Point de faire eva cuer la Suiffe, fe trouve forge d'y maintenir une Armee Fran^oife. VI. C'eft encore une Confequence naturelle de tout ceci, que le Premier Conful faffe paffer une nou- K velle ( 13° ) velle Force en Italic pour occuper, fi cela devient ncceffaire, la Pofition de Tarente. VII. L' Angleterre armant, et armant avec tant d'Eclat, la France fera obligee de mettre fon Armee fur le Pied de Guerre, Mouvement tellemerit confiderable, qu'il fera un Objet d' Agitation pour toute I'Europe. Le Refultat de fous ces Mouvemens fera d'algrir d' avantage les Deux Nations. La France aura ete obligee de prendre toutes ces Precautions en confe quence des Armemens de I'Angleterre, et cepen dant on ne manquera pas d' exciter le Nation An- gloife, en difant que la France la veut envahir. La Population Britannique fera obligee de fe mettre fous les Armes pour fa Defenfe, et fon Commerce d'Exportation fe trouvera, meme avant la Guerre, parallfe fur toute I'Etendue des Pays qu' occupe I'Armee Franfoife. L'Expc'rience des Nations, et la Marche des Evenemens prouvent que d'un tel Etat de Chofes a des Hoftifites reelles, il n'y a mal- heureufement pas loin. Quant aux Differends dont il eft parle dans le Meffage de Sa Majefte Britannique, nous ne nous en connolffons aucun avec I'Angleterre ; car 11 ne paroit pas imaginable, qu'on ait pretendu ferleufe- ment en Angleterre fe fbuftraire . a TExecution du Traite d'Amiens, fous la Protedion d'un Armement mllitaire. L'Europe fait bien que l'on peut tenter de dechirer la France mais non pas I'intimider. Tranflation, ( ^30 Tranflation. I. jF His Britannick Majefty in His Meffage means to fpeak of the Expedition of Helvoetfluys, a.U the World knows that it was deftined for America, and that it was on the Point of failing for its Defti nation, but In confequence of His Majefty's Meffage, the Embarkation and putting to Sea are about to be countermanded. II. If we do not receive fatisfadory Explanation re fpeding thefe Armaments in England, and If they adually take place, it is natural that the Firft Con ful ffiould march 20,000 Men into Holland, fine© Holland is mentioned in the Meffage. Ill, Thefe Troops being once in the Country, it is natural that an Encampment ffiould be formed on the Frontiers of Hanover ; and^ moreover, that ad ditional Bodies ffiould join thofe Troops which were ^Iready embarked for America, in order to form new Embarkations, and to maintain an offenfive and ^efenfive Pofition. IV. It is natural that the Firft Conful ffiould order feveral Camps to be formed at Calais, and on differ ent Points of the Coafts, V. It is likewife in the Nature of Things, that the Firfl; Conful, who was on the Point of evacuating K 2 Swifferland, ( 132 ) Swifferland, ffiould be under the Neeeffity of conti nuing a French Army In that Country. VI. It is alfo the natural Confequence- of all this, that the Firft Conful ffiould fend a freffi Force Into Ita ly, In order to occupy, In cafe of Neeeffity, the Po fition of Tarentura. vn. England arming, and arming with fo much Pub licity, will compel France to put her Armies on the War Eftabliffiment, a Step fo important, as cannot fail to agitate all Europe. The Refult of all thefe Movements will be to ir ritate the Two Countries ftill more. France will have been compelled to take all thefe Precautions in confequence of the Engliffi Armaments, and ne verthelefs every Means will be taken to excite the Engliffi Nation by the Affertion that France medi tates an Invaiion. The whole Britiffi Population will be obliged to put themfelves under Arms for their Defence, and their Export Trade will, even before the War, be In a State of Stagnation through out the whole Extent of the Countries occupied by the French Arms. The Experience of Nations, and the Courfe of Events prove, that the Diftance between fuch a State of Things and adual Hoftillty, is unfortunately not remote. As ( 133 ) As to the Differences, of which Mention is made in His Britannick Majefty's Meffage, we know not bf any that we have with England ; for it cannot be imagined that a ferious Intention can have exifted in England of evading the Execution of the Treaty of.Amiens, under the Protedion of a military Ar mament. Europe well knows that it is poffible to attempt the Difmemberment of France, but not to intimidate her. No. 43. My Lord, Paris, March 14, 1803. 'T^HE Meffenger Mafon went on Saturday with my Difpatches of that Date, and until Yefter day, Sunday, I faw no One likely to give me any further Information fuch as I could depend upon, as to the Effed which His Majefty's Meffage had pro duced on the Firft Conful. At the Court which was held at the Thuileries upon that Day, he ac- cofted me evidently under very confiderable Agita tion. He began by afting me if I had any News from England. I told him that I had received Letters from your Lordffiip Two Days ago. He immediately faid, and fo you are determined to go to War. No ! I replied, we are too fenfible of the Advantages of Peace. — Nous avoiis, faid he, deja fait la Guerre pendant Quinze Ans. — As he feemed to wait for an Anfwer, I obferved only, C'en eft deja trop. — Mais, faid he, vous voulez la faire encore K 3 Quinze ( m ) Quinze Annees, et vous m'y for^ez. — I told himj that was very far from His Majefty's Intentions. — • He then proceeded to Count Marcow and the Chevalier Asiara, who were ftanding together at a little Diftance from me, and faid to them, Les An glois veulent la Guerre, mais s'ils fpnt les premiers a tirer I'Epee, je feral le dernier a la remettre. lis ne refpedent pas les Traites. II faut dorenavant les couvrir de Crepe noir. — He then went, his Round. In a few Minutes he came back to me, and re- fumed the Converfation, if fuch it' can be called, by fomething perfonally civil to me. He began again. — Pourquoi des Armemens ? Contre qui des Mefures de Precaution ? Je n'ai pas un feul Valf- feau de Ligne dans les Ports de France ; mais fi vous Voulez armer, j'armerai auffi ; fi vous voulez vous battre, je me battrai auffi. Vous pourrez peut- €tre tuer la France, mais jamais I'intimider. — On ne voudrolt, faid I, ni I'un ni l'autre. On voudroit ^ivre en bonne Intelligence avec elle. — II faut done tefpeder les Traites, replied he ; Malheur a ceux qui ne refpedent pas les Traites ; lis en feront re- fponfable a toute I'Europe. — He was too much agitated to make it advifeable for me to prolong the Cbriverfation ; I therefore made no Anfwer, and he retired to his Apartment, repeating the laft Phrafe. It is to be remarked that all this paffed loud enough to be overheard by Two hundred People who were prefent, and I am perfuaded that there was not a fingle Perfon, who did not feel the ex treme ( »35 ) treme Impropriety of his Condud, and the total Want of Dignity as well as of Decency on the Oc cafion. I propofe taking the Firft Opportunity of fpeak- ing to Mr. Talleyrand on this Subjed. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) WHITWORTH. Right Honorable Lord Hawkefbury, &c. &c. &c. No. 44. Extrad of a Difpatch from Lord Hawkeffiury to Lord Whitworth, dated March 1 5, 1 803. I SEND your Excellency a Copy of the Note pre fented to me by General Andreoffy on the Tenth Inftant *, and a Copy of the Anfwer which Ihave this Day by His Majefty's Commands returned to it. No. 45. NOTE. 'T^HE Underfigned, His Majefty's Principal Secre tary of State for- Foreign Affairs, has laid before the King the Note of His Excellency the French Ambaffador of the i oth Inftant. In obeying the Commands of His Majefty, by returning an Official Anfwer to this Note, the Un- • Vide Page 119. K 4 derfigned ( »36 ) derfigned feels it neceffary for him to do litde more than repeat the Explanations which have been al ready given on more than One Occafion by himfelf verbally to General Andreoffy, and by Lord Whit worth to M. Talleyrand, on the Subjed of the Note, and of the Points which appear to be con- rieded with it. He can have no Difficulty in affur ing the French Ambaffador, that His Majefty has entertained a moft fincere Defire that the Treaty of Amiens might be executed In a full and complete Manner ; but it has not been poffible for him to confider this Treaty as having been founded on 'Principles different from thofe which have been In variably applied to every other antecedent Treaty or Convention, namely, that they were negotiated with Reference to the adual State of Pojfejfion of the dif ferent Parties, and to the Treaties or public Engage ments by which they were bound at the Time of its Conclufion ; and that if that State of Poffeffion and of Engagements was fo materially altered by the Ad of either _of the Parties as to affed the Nature of the Compad itfelf, the other Party has a Right, ac* cording to the Law of Nations, to interfere for the Purpofe of obtaining Satisfadion or Compenfation for any effential Difference which fuch Ads may ¦ have fubfequently made in their relative Situation j that If there ever was a Cafe to which this Principle might be applied with peculiar Propriety, it was that of the late Treaty of Peace ; for the Negotiation was conduded on a Bafis hot merely propofed by His Majefty, but fpecially agreed to, in an Official Note, ( 137 ) Note, by the Frenth Government, viz. that His Majejly Jhould keep a Conipenjation out of his Con- quejis for the important Acquifition of Territory made by France upon the Continent. That is a fufficient Proof that the Compad was underftood fo have been concluded in Relation to the then exifting State of Things; for the Meafure of His Majefty's Compenfation was to be calculated with Reference to'the Acquifitions of France at that Time; and If the Interference of the French Government in the general Affairs of Europe fince that Period ; if their Interpofition with refped to Switzerland and Hol land, whofe Independence was guarantied by them ¦at the Time of the Conclufion of the Treaty of Peace ; if the Acquifitions which have been made by France In various Quarters, but particularly thofe in Italy, have extended the Territory and increafed the Power of France, His Majefty would be war ranted, confiftently with the Spirit of the Treaty of Peace, in claiming Equivalents for thefe Acquifi tions, as a Counterpoife to the Augmentation of the Power of France. His Majefty, however, anxious -t9 prevent all Ground of Mifunderftanding, and defirous of confoHdating the general Peace of En- rope, as far as might be in His Power, was willing to have waved the Pretenfions he might have a Right to advance of this Nature ; and as the other ¦Articles of the Definitive Treaty have been in a Courfe of Execution on his Part, fo he would have ' been ready to have carried into Effed an Arrange ment conformable to the true Intent and Spirit of the (^38 ; the Tenth Article ; the Execution of that Arrange ment, according to its Terms having been rendered impradicable by Circumftances which it was not in His Majefty's Power to controul. Whilft His Ma jefty w^s aduated by thefe Sentiments of Moderation and Forbearance, and prepared to regulate his Condud in conformity to then!, his Attention was particularly attraded by the very extraordinary Pubhcation of the Report of Colonel Sebaftiani to the Firft Conful. This Report contains the moft unjuftifiable Infinuations and Charges againft His Majefty's Government ; againft the Officer com manding His Forces in Egypt, and againft the Bri tiffi Army In that Quarter: Infinuations and Charges wholly deftitute of Foundation, and fuch as woiild have warranted His Majefty in demanding that Sa tisfadion which on Occafions of this Nature, inde pendent Powers, in a State of Amity, have a Right to exped from each other. It difclofes, moreover, Views In the higheft Degree injurious to the Inte refts of His Majefty's Dominions, and diredly re pugnant to, and utterly Inconfiftent with, the Spirit and Letter of the Treaty of Peace concluded be tween His Majefty and the French Government. His Majefty's Ambaffador at Paris was accordingly direded to make fuch a Reprefentation to the French Government, as His Majefty felt to be called for by Imputations of the Nature above defcribed, by the Dffclofnre of Purpofes Inconfiftent with good Faith, and highly injurious to the Interefts of his People ; ' and as a Claim had recently been made by the 4 ¦« French ( »39 ) French Government on the Subjed of the Evacua-i tion of Malta, Lord Whitworth was inftruded to accompany this Reprefentation by a Declaration on the Part of His Majefty, that before he could enter into any further Difcuffions relative to that Ifland, it was expeded, that fatisfadory Explanations ffiould be given upon the various Points refpeding which His Majefty had complained. This Reprefentation and this Clalrii, founded on Principles inconteftabiy juft, and couched in Terms the moft temperate, ap pear to have been wholly difregarded by the French Government ; no Satisfadion has been afforded, no Explanation whatever has been given ; but on the contrary. His Majefty's Sufpicions of the Views of the French Government with refped to the Turkiffi Empire have been confirmed and ftrengthened by fubfequent Events. Under thefe Circumttances His Majefty feels that he has no Alternative, and that a juft Regard to His own Honor and to the Inte refts of His People, makes it neceffary for Him to declare, that He cannot confent that His Troops fhould evacuate the Ifland of Malta, until fubftantial Security has been provided for thofe Objeds which, under the prefent Circumftances, might be mate rially endangered by their Removal. With refped to feveral of the Pofitions ftated in the Note, and grounded on the Idea of the i oth Article being executed in its fiteral Senfe, they call for fome Obfervations. By the i oth Article of the Treaty of Amiens, the Ifland of Malta was to be re ftored by His Majefty to the Order of St. John, upon certain ( uo ) certain Conditions. The Evacuation of the Ifland, at a fpecified Period, formed a Part of thefe Con ditions ; and if the other Stipulations had been in a due Courfe of Execution, His Majefty wpuld have been bound, by the Terms of the Treaty, to have ordered His Forces to evacuate the Ifland: but thefe Conditions muft be confidered as being all of equal Effed ; and if any material Parts of them ffiould have been found incapable of Execution, or if the Execution of them ffiould from any Circum ftances have been retarded, His Majefty would be warranted In deferring the Evacuation of the Ifland" until fuch Time as the other Conditions of the Ar ticle could be effeded ; or uritil foifie new Arrange ment could be concluded which ffiould be judged fatisfadory by the contrading Parties. The Refufal of Ruffia to accede to the Arrangement, except on Condition that the Maltefe Langue ffiould be abo- llffied ; the Silence of the Court of Berfin, with re fped to the Invitation that has, been made to It, iri confequence of the Treaty, to become a guaranty ing Power ; the Abolition of the Spaniffi Priories, in Defiance of the Treaty to whicli the King of Spain was a Party ; the Declaration of the Portu guefe Government, of their Intention to fequeftrate the Property of the Portuguefe Priory, as forming a Part of the Spaniffi Langue, unlefs the Property of the Spaniffi Priories was reftored to them, — thefe Circumftances would have been fufficient, without any other fpecial Grounds, to have warranted His Majefty in fufpending the Evacuation of the Ifland. The ( 141 ) The Evacuation of Tarentum and Brundufium is In no Refped conneded with that of Malta. The French Government were bound to evacuate the Kuigdom of Naples by thdr Treaty of Peace with the King of Naples, at a Period antecedent to that at which this Stipulation was carried into Effed. The French Government were bound likewife, by Engagements with the Emperor of Ruffia, to rcr fped the Independence of the Kingdom of Naples ; but even admitting that the Departure of the French Troops from Tarentum depended folely on the Ar ticle of the Treaty of Amiens, their Departure is, by the Terms 9f the Treaty, to take place at the fame Period as the other Evacuations In Europe ; namely. One Month after the Ratification of the Definitive Treaty ; at which Period both Porto Ferrajo and Minorca were evacuated by His Ma jefty's Forces ; whereas the Troops of His Majefty were in no Cafe bound to evacuate the Ifland of Malta antecedent to the Period of Three Months after the Ratification of the Definitive Treaty; and even in that Event, it muft be confidered as de pending upon the other Parts of , the Arrangement being In a Courfe of Execution. With refped to the Affertion In the Note, that the Neapolitan Troops were to form the Garrifon of Malta until the Period when the Arrangements relative to the Order could be carried into Effed, it will appear, by a Reference to the Article, that by the Prelimi- pary Paragraph, the Ifland was to be reftored to the Order C 142 ) Order upon the Condition of the fucceeding Stipur lations, and that it was only from the Period when the Reftitution to the Order had adually taken place, that by the 12 th Paragraph the Neapolitan Troops were to form a Part of the Garrifon. ITie Underfigned has thus ftated, with all the Franknefs whicli the Importance of the Subjed ap pears to require, the Sentiments of His Majefty on the Note delivered to him by General Andreoffy, and on the Points in Difcuffion between the Two Countries. His Majefty is wifiing to indulge the Hope, that the Condud of the French Government on thi$ Occafion may be influenced by Principles fimilar •to thofe which have Invariably influenced His own. That as far as poffible all Caufes of Diftruft, and every Impediment to a good Underftanding be tween the Two Countries, may be completely and effedually removed, and that the Peace may be con- iblldated on a fecure and laftlng Foundation. The Underfigned requefts General Andreoffy to accept the Affurances of his high Confideration. Downing Street, March 15, 1803. (Signed) HAWKESBURY, His Excellency General Andreoffy, &c. &c. &c. No. 4$, ( U3 ) No. 46. My Lord, Paris, March 17, 1803. J CALLED Yefterday on M. de Talleyrand, to con verfe with him pn the Subjed of what had paffed on Sunday laft at the, Thuilleries. He had been Tince that Day fo fully occupied with his Expedi^ tions to different Foreign Courts, that I had no Opportunity of feeing him fooner. I told him, that I had been placed by the Firft Conful in a Situa tion which could neither fuit my public nor my private Feelings. That I went to the Thuilleries to pay my Refpeds to the Firft Conful, and to prefent my Countrymen, but not to treat of pohtical Subr jeds ; and that unlefs I had the Affurance frora him, that I ffiould not* be expofed to a Repetition of the fame difagreeable Circumftances, I ffiould be under the Neeeffity of difcontlnuing my Vlfits to- the Thuilleries. M. de Talleyrand affured me, that it was very far from the Firft Conful's Intention to diftrefs me ; but he had felt himfelf perfonally in- fulted by the Charges which were brought againft him by the Engliffi Government ; and that it was incumbent upon him to take the Fir/i Opportunity of exculpating himfelf in the Prejence of the Minifters of th'e different Powers of Europe. He affured me that nothing fimilar would occur. (Signed) WHITWORTa The Right Honorable Lord Hawkefbury, &c. &c. &c. No. 47. ( H4 ) No. 47. ¦ ' My Lord, Paris, March 18, 1803, T RECEIVED your Lordffiip's Difpatch, with it$ ¦¦ Inclofures, this Morning early ; and I learnt at the fame Time that a Meffenger had arrived from General Andreoffy to M. de Talleyrand; ffiortly after, M. de Talleyrand fent to defire I would call upon him, which I accordingly did. He told me that he had not only received your Lordffiip's Note to the French Ambaffador, but alfo the Sentiments of the Firft Conful upon it, which he was defirous to communicate to me, before he re-difpatched the Meffenger. This he did, and I refer your Lord ffiip to the Communication, which General An dreoffy will make, according to his Inftrudions, without Lofs of Time. ' From the Tenor of this Note, it appears that this Government Is not defirous to proceed to Extremi ties ; that Is to fay, it is not prepared fo to do ; and therefore it expreffes a WUHngnefs to enter on the Difcuffion of the Point, which appears according to their Conception, or rather to the Interpretation they choofe to give to it, the moft material. This of Courfe is the Safety of Egypt. On this the Firft Conful declares in the Note, as M. de Talleyrand did repeatedly to me, that he would be willing to enter into any Engagement, by which fuch a Secu rity as would fully quiet our Apprehenfions, might be given on the Part of the French Government. On the Subjed of Malta, the Firft Conful main tains tains that hi cannot fiftentoany Compromife; With regard to Egypt he is willing to enter into any' En gagement which may be thought fufficient. I told him that he had departed from the Letter and the Senfe of your Lordffiip's Note, by confin ing t-he Queftion to Malta alone. That Note had comprehended other moft important Confiderations. That the beft Method of bringlrig the Difcuffion to a fpeedy Conclufion, fuch as His Majefty's Go vernment appeared to Wiffi, was to tak,e it up on a broader Scale. But that at the fame Time His Majefty's Government would not refufe to lend itfelf to any Thing reafonable which might be fug gefted. There was however, I told him, One Dift tindion to be made In the Situation of the Two' Governments, in the Difcuffion of this Queftionj By our Poffeffion bf Malta, France waa not threat ened, but the reverfe was the Cafe, ffiould, the Ac- cefs to Egypt be opened by Its Evacuation. - I have the Honor to be,- &c. (Signed) WHITWORTH. The Right Honorable Lord Hawkeffiury, &c. &c. &c. No. 48- My Lord, Downing Street, March 22, 1803. XT'OUR Excellency's feveral Difpatches to No. 26 Inclufive, have been received and laid before, ,the King. L V/ith ( i46 ) With refped to the Subjed of your Excellency's Difpatch of March 14, 1 have it in Command to fig- nify to you His Majefty's Pleafure, that you take the earfieft Opportunity to reprefent to Monfieur de Talleyrand, the Surprife with which His Majefty has learnt the Condud which the Firft Conful had ob- * ferved towards your Excellency in the Inftance to which that Difpatch refers ; and you will add, that as His Majefty has a Right to exped that His Am baffador ffiould be treated with the Refped and At tention due to the Dignity of the Sovereign whom he reprefents, it will be impoffible for you to pre fent yourfelf on any Days of Ceremony to the Firft Conful, unlefs you receive an Affurance that you will never be expofed to a Repetition of the Treat ment which you experienced on theOcgafion. Although your Excellency appears to have anti cipated this Inftrudlon In one of your moft recent Cpnverfations whh Monfieur de Talleyrand, I ne verthelefs think it right to enable your Excellency to ftate to that Minifter, tlie Senfe which the King entertains of this Tranfadion. I am, with great Truth and Refped, &c. (Signed) HAWKESBURY. ¦His Excellency Lord Whitworth, K. B. &c. &c. &c. No. 34. ( 147 ) No. 49. My Lord, Downing Street, April 3^ 1803. t INCLOSE to your Excellency, for your Infor- matlon^ Copies of the official Note delivered to me on the 29 th Ultimo by General Andreoffy, and of the Anfwer which, by His Majefty's Comniand, I this Day returned to that Communicatibn. * I am, with great Truth and Refped, &c. (Signed) HAWKESBURY. His Excellency Lord Whitvroirth, K* B. &c. &c. &c. (inclofure referred to in No. 49.) T E Souffigne, General de Divlfion, AmbaffadeUr et Miniftre Plenipotentiaire de la Republique Frangoife, a mis fous les Yeux de fon Gouverne ment la Note ccrite par fon Excellence Lord Hawkeffiury ; il a re9u I'Ordre de faire aux Ob fervations qu'elle contient la Reponfe fulvante. Cette Note paroit avoir pour But d*expfiquer le Meffage de Sa Majefte Britannique, et de donner des Eclairciffemens qui avoient ete demandes rela- tlvement a I'Execution du Traite d'Amiens. Le Premier Conful ne veut porter aucune Plalnte fur les Allegations extraordinaires et Inattendues ds cet Ade emane de Sa Majefte Britannique. II n'en eft aucune dc fonde. Sa Majefte Britannique croit fon Royaume me nace par des Preparatlfs faits dans les Ports de h 2 Hollande ( 148 ) Hollande et de France. EUe a ete trompee. Le Premier Gonful n'a fait aucun Preparatlf II n'y avoit au Moment du Meffage, dans les Rades de Hollande, que Deux Fregattes, et dans la Rade de Dunkerque que Trois Corvettes. Comment les Miniftres de Sa Majefte Britan nique ont ils pu etre trompes fur des Faits auffi evidens ? Les Ambaffadeurs de Sa Majefte Britan nique a Paris et a la Flaye, ont de bien graves Re- proches a fe faire s'ils ont accredite des Informa tions auffi evidemment fauffes, et neglige de prevoir que par la ils expofoient leur Gouvernement a s'egarer dans la plus imporiante des Deliberations. N'ctoit-il pas conforme au premier Ufage pra tique entre les Nations de demander des Explica tions, et de fe mettre ainfi en Mefure de fe con- valncre de la Fauffete des Rapports que les Minif tres auroient ft. recevoir? Les moindres Effets de I'Oubfi de cette Regie ne devoient-ils pas etre d'en- trainer la Ruine des Families et de porter la Confu- Hon, I'Incertitude, et la Defordre dans toutes les Relations de Commerce de chacune des Deux Na tions. Le Premier Conful fait, et par fes propres Senti- mens, et en jugeant des autres Peuples par le Peuple Fran9ois, qu'une grande Nation ne peut jamais etre effrayee. II croit que la bonne Pofitique et les Sentimehs de la veritable Dignite infpirent toujours d'cftimer une Nation rivale, et jamais de la me- nacer. On peut tuer un grand Peuple, mais non I'intimider. La C 149 ) -La Seconde Partie du Meffage de Sa" Majefte Britannique eft. encore une Allegation qui n'eft pas mieux fondee. Sa Majefte Brit,mnique y parle de Difcuffions dont le Succes eft douteux, Quel'es font ces DLtuffions? Quelles font les Notes offi- cielles ? quel eft le Protocole qui conftatent I'Ou- verture, le Progres, les Viciflitudes d'un Drbat ? Un etat de Difficultes qui conduit a une Alternative de Paix ou de Guerre, peut 11 naitre inopinement, fans Commencement, fans Progreffion, et aboutir fans Nuances a un Appel aux Armes, avant d'avoir epuife tous les Moyens de fe coocilier f Ici I'Appel a eclate avant qu'on put favoir qu'il y avoit lieu a Mefintelligenc'% On afignale la Fin des Difcuffions avant qu'dles fuffent commencees. On a declare I'lffue d'une Difcuffion difficfie avant qu'elle eut ete elevee. Que penferoit I'Europe, que penferolent I'lme et Tautre Nation fi elles favoient que ces Difqufllons annonce*.,' par Sa Majefte Bri tannique comme fi difficiles a terminer etoient ig- norees du Gouvernement Frangois, et que le Pre mier Conful en fifant le Meffage n'a pu comprendre le Sens ni de I'une ni de l'autre Declaration qu'il renferm.e ? -: .Auffi s'eft il abftlne d'aucune Demarche often- fible ; et quelques ayent ete I'Eclat, I'Adivite, les Provocations de Guerre qui ont eu lieu depuis ce Mefl!age en Angleterre, il n'a donne aucun Ordre, n'a fait aucune Difpofition, aucun Preparatif ; il met tpute fa Gloire, dans une Affaire de cette Na ture d'etre pris au depourvu. 11 continuera dans L 3 ce ( I50 ) ce Syfteme de Frarichife loyale, jufqu'a ce que Sa Majefte Britannique ait bien muri le Parti qu'elle voudra prendre. Dans fa Note, Lord Hawkefbury exprime I'Opi- nion que la Repubfique Frangoife s'efl accrue en Puiffance depuis la Paix d'Amiens. C'eft une Er- teur de Fait, La France a depuis cette Epoqu^ eva- cue beaucoup de Pays, La Puiffance Fran9oife n'a re9ue aucun Degre d' Augmentation. Si Sa Ma jefte Britannique eft decide e a faire la Guerre, elle peut mettre en avant tous les Pretextes qu'il lui plaira. Elle en trouvera pen qui foient mieux fondes. Quant aux Plaintes portees relativement aux Pubhcations qui peuvent avoir eu lieu en France, elles font d'un Ordre trop fecondaire pour pouvoir influer fur une telle Decifion, Serious nous done reyenus au Siecle des Tournois? Des Motifs de cette Nature pouvoient autorifer 11 y a Quatre cents Ans, le Combat des Trente ; mais ils ne fau-i- roient etre aujourd'hui line Ralfon de Guerre entre les Deux Fays. II fuffirolt a cet Egard de repondre a Son Excel lence qu' aucune Reclamation de fa part n'a ete adreffee fur cet Objet an Gouvernement de la Re publique ; et que s'il eut ete ju/te de donner une Satisfadion, le Premier Conful auroitcte en Droit d'attendre 9elle qui pour des Caufes d'une Nature plus grave et plus jufte avoit ete demandee dans la Note du 32 Thermidor dernier par le Citoyen Otto. Et ( 151 ) Et comment le Miniftere Anglois pourroit 11 ig- norer que depuis la Conclufion du Traite d'Amiens, , les Preffes Angloifes n'ont ceffe de repandre en Eu rope la Paffion de la Guerre, la Mecreance de la Paix, et des Outrages fans Pudeur et fans Mefure contre tout ce qui eft I'Objet de I'Amour et de la Veneration du Peuple Francois ? Peu de Jours apres la Ratification de la Paix,Un des Miniftres de Sa Majefte Britannique declara que I'Etat de Paix devoit etre confiderable ; et la Me^ fiance eveiUee par une telle Declaration, commenta en Seance de Parlement avec autant d'Amertumc que d'Inconvenance, les Exagerations et les Al- larmes repandues dans des Pamphlets meprifables^ et dans des Journaux auffi meprifables que ces Libelles. Depuis ces Ecrivains fe font conftamment vA au- torifes dans I'Infolence d^ leurs Obfervations, par des Phrafes textuelles tires des Difcours de quelques Membres confiderables du Parlement. Ces Dif cours fur lefquels les Journaliftes ne pouvoient gueres encherlr, ont fervi pendant Dix-huit Mois ^ encourager I'Infulte contre leS Gouvernemens a un tel Point qu'il n'eft aucun Europeen qui ne doive s'offenfer, et aucun Anglois raifonnable qui ne doive £tre humifie d'une Licence auffi inouie. Que fi on rapproche de ges Ecarts des Proc^de? d'une Gravite plus offenfante, I'Indulgence accordee a de Criminels Francois ecrivans des Outrages jour- nafiers en Langue Frari^oife ; la Tolerance plus L 4 inexcufable ( ^2 ) inexcufable eprbuvee par des Brigands couverts de Crimes etmeditant fans ceffe des Affaffinats, tels •que Georges qui continue encore de demeurer a Londres protege et jouiffant d'un Etat confiderable. Le peu de Droit enfin qu'on a fait a toutes nos Re prefentations ; comment fe rendre compte de I'Eclat que Sa Majefte Britannique a cru devoir faire relar tiyement a quelques Griefs vagues qu'elle n'avoit pas auparavant cru neceffaire de porter a la Con noiffance du Premier Conful ? Le Premier Conful a eu lieu de fe convalncre ;que fes Reprefentations fur tous ces Objets etoient inutiles, et que ga Majefte Britannique etoit re- foiue, fans' egard pour les Puiffances voifines, a tout ; autorifer chez elle; mais il n'a pas pour cela doute de la Continuation de la Paix, ni effraye I'Europe, -de I'Annonce d^une Guerre. 11 s'eft reftraint a adopter pour Principe de Conduite, d'autorifer et de reprimer en France, par Rapport a I'Angleterre, tout ce qui en Angleterre eft. autorife ou reprime par Rapport a la France. Cependant 11 a exprime et il exprime encore le Defir que l'on parvienne as'entendre, pour que de- ¦formais dans les D.ifcuffipi^s officidles et les Ecrits polemiques en Angleterre on ne traite rien de ce qui fe fait en France, commei dans les Difcuffions officidles et les Ecrits polemiques en France on ne traiteroit,.rien de ce qui- fe fait en Angleterre. . . . ' Lord Hawkeffiury parle derArticle, d'un Jour nal pu or\ a iinprime un Rapport d'un Cplpnel Fran9ois. ( ^5S ) Frangols. On pouvoit fe difpenfer dans de graves Difcuffions de repondre fur cet Objet ; mais enfin il n'eft ni long ni difficile de le faire. Un Colonel de I'Armee Anglolfe a Imprlme en Angleterre un Ouvrage rempli des plus atroces et des plus degoutantes Calomnies contre I'Armee Frangoife et fon General, Les Menfonges de cet Ouvrage ont ete dementi par I'Accueil qui a ete fait au Colonel Sebaftiani. La Publicite de fon Rapport etoit en meme Tems une Refutation et une Reparation que I'Armee Fran9oife avoit le Droit d'attendre. A fon Arrivee en Egypte, cet Officier a fon grand Etonnement a trouve I'Armee Anglolfe qui devoit I'avoir evacuee, et les Tures extraordinairement al- larmes de cette Permanence de I'Armee Anglolfe, ainfi que de fes Llalfons avec les Rebelles du Pays en Revoke ouverte contre la Sublime Porte. II a dti con9evoir que les Traites qui nous lient a la Porte, et par lefquels nous lui avons garanti I'ln- tegrite de fes Poffeffions, nous obligeoient a nous joindre a ehe, II etoit fimple de penfer que I'An gleterre vquloit declarer la Guerre des I'Inftant qu'elle ne vouloit pas executer les Articles du Traite. Car enfin la France n'eft pas reduite a un tel Etat d'Abaiffement que l'on puiffe executer ou ppn les Traites faits avec elle. De la les Re- cherches que cet Officier a faites fur les Forces qui fe trouvoient'en Egypte et fur la Pofition qu'occuj. poit I'Armee Angloife, Mais ( J54 ) Mais depuis I'Egypte eft rentree fous la Domina tion de fon Souverain legitime, et I'Idee d'une Rup ture entre les Deux Nations, par Rapport a I'Obll- gation contradee avec la Porte, fe trouve evanouie, II n'exifte done qu'un feul Objet qui foit digne de fixer I'Attention des Deux Nations. L'Execu- tion dn Traite d'Amiens en ce qui concerne Malthe. Sa Majefte s'eft engagee a la reftituer a I'Ordre, et jufqu' a ce que I'Ordre foit en etat de la garder a la confier a I'Armee Napolitaine. Sa Majefte rejet- tera tout Sophlfmc, toute Diftindion, toute Re- ftridion mentale qu'on pourroit lui prefenter pour mettre en Doute la Force & la Validite de Son En-, gagement. Le Garant du Gouvernement Fran9ois eft a cet Egard dans la Religion, la Confeience de Sa Majefte Britannique. Quel Moyen auroient deformais les Deux Nations pour s'cntendre s'il en etoit autrement. Tout ne feroit il pas Cahos ? Ce feroit veritablement ajouter une Calamite aux Calamites qui ont menace I'Ordre foclal. En refume le Soufignc eft charge de declarer que le Premier Conful ne veut point relever le Defi de Guerre que I'Angleterre a jette a la France : Que quant a Malthe il ne volt aucune Maticre de Difcuffion, le Traite ayant tont prevu et tout arrete. Lc Soufignc a I'Honneur, &c. F. ANDREOSSY. Portland Place, le 8 Germinal, an ii. (29th March 1803.) (Tranflation ( ^55 ) (Tranflation of Inclofure referred to in No. 49.) nrHE Underfigned General of Divlfion, Ambaf fador and Minifter Plenipotentiary from the French Republic, has laid before his Government the Note addreffed to him by his Excellency Lord Hawkefbury. He has received Orders to make the following Anfwer to the Obfervations therein con- tamed. The Objed of this Note appears to be to explain His Britannic Majefty's Meffage ; and to give fome Elucidations which had been demanded refpeding the Execution of the Treaty of Amiens. The Firft Conful will not make any Complaint relative to the extraordinary ancl unexpeded Affer tions of this Ad iffued by His Britannic Majefty. Not One of them is founded. His Britannic Majefty befieves that His Kingdom is menaced by Preparations made in the Ports of Holland and France, He has been deceived : The Firft Conful has made no Preparation. There were at the Time of the Meffage, but Two Frigates in the Roads of Holland, and but Three Corvettes in the Road of Dunkirk. How can His Britannic Majefty's Minifters have been deceived on Fads fo evident ? His Britannic Majefty's Ambaffadors at Paris and at the Hague have ferioufly to reproach themfelves, if they have credited Information fo evidently falfe, and if they did not forefee that they thereby expofed their Go vernment to err in the moft important Defib^ations. Was ( yss ) Was It not conformable to the Ufage pradifed among Nations, firft to demand Explanations, and thus to take Means for being convinced of the Falf- hood of the Intelligence which the Minifters might have received ? Muft not the leaft Effeds of the Omiffion of this Pradice be, to bring on the Ruin of Families, and carry Confufion, Uncertainty, and Diforder into all the Commercial Affairs' of bbth Nations ? Tbe Firft Conful knows, both • from his own' Sentiments, and judging of other People bythe French, that a great Nation can never be terrified. He believes that good Policy and the Feelings of true Dignity ever infpire the Sentiment of Efteem for a Rival Illation? and never the Defign of me nacing her. A great Nation may be deftroyed, but not intimidated. The Second Part of His Majefty's Meffage confifts of another Affertion no better founded. His Brlr tannic Majefty makes Mention of Difcuffions, the Succefs of which is doubtful. What are thde Dif» cuffions? What official Notes, what Protocole prove the Opening, the Progrefs, the Viciffitudes of a Debate ? Can a State of Difficulties, which leads to an Alternative of Peace or War, fpring up unawares without Commencement, without Progreffionj and lead without Diftindion, to an Appeal to Arms be fore all the Means of Conciliation have been ex haufted. , In this Cafe, the Appeal has been publicly made before«It could be .known that there was room fpr Mifunderftanding. The Ternilnatipn of the Difcuf fions '( 157 ) fions was announced before they had begun. The 'Iffue of a difficult Difcuffion has been declared be fore it arofe. What would Europe, what would ,both Nations think. If they knew that thefe DifcuC frons, announced by His Britannic Majefty as fo difficult to terminate, were unknown to the French Government ; and that the Firft Conful on reading the Meffage, could not comprehend the Meaning of either of the Declarations therein contained. He has alfo abftained from any oftenfible Step ; and whatever may have been the Clamour, the Ac tivity, the Provocations of War, which have taken place In England fince that Meffage, he has given no Orders, he has made nd Difpofitions, no Pre parations. He places his Glory In an Affair of this Nature, wholly in being taken In an unprovided State. Fie will continue In this Syftem of honeft Franknefs, until His Britannic Majefty has refleded fully on the Part He propofes to take. In Lord Hawkeffiury's Note, an Opinion is ex preffed, that the French Republick has increafed in Power fince the Peace of Amiens. This Is a de cided Error. Since that Epoch, France has eva cuated a confiderable Territory. The French Power has received no Degree of Augmentation'. If His Britannic Majefty is determined to make War, he may allege all the Pretexts he pleafes. He will find few lefs founded. As to the Complaints made refpeding the Publi cations which may have appeared In France, they are C 15S ) are of an Order too fecondary to be capable of Irt- fluencing fuch a Decifion. Are we then returned to the Age of Tournaments ? Motives of this Na ture might have authorized. Four Centuries ago, the Combat of Thirties ; but they cannot. In this Age, be a Reafon for War between the Two Countries. It might fuffice in this Refped to reply to his Excellency, that no Reprefentation has been made by him on the Subjed to the Government of the Republick ; and that, if it was but Juftice to grant Satisfadion, the Firft Conful had a Right to exped that which was required by M. Otto, in his Note of the 2 2d Thermidor laft, upon Grounds more ferious and more juft. Is it poffible that the Engliffi Miniftry can have been ignorant, that ever fince the Conclufion of the Treaty pf Amiens the Engliffi Prefs has not ceafed to fpread through Europe the Rage of War, the Difcredit of Peace, and ffiamelefs andboundlefs Out rages againft every Thing which is the Objed of the Love and Veneration of the French People ? A few Days after the Ratification of Peace, One of His Britannic Majefty's Minifters declared that the Peace Eftabfiffiment muft be confiderable ; and the Diftruft excited, by this Declaration made in Parhament with as much Bitternefs as Impropriety, furniffied a Commentary for the Exaggeration and Alarms which were circulated In defpicable Pam phlets, and in Newfpapers as contemptible as thofe Libels. Since that Time, thefe Writers have found I themfelves ( 159 ) themfelves invariably fupported in their infolent Ob fervations by particular Phrafes taken from the Speeches of fome leading Members of Parhament. Thefe Speeches, fcarcely to be exceeded by the News- writers themfelves, have, for thefe Eighteen Months, tended to encourage Infult againft other Govern ments to that Degree, that every European muft be offended, and every reafonable Engfifliman muft be humiliated, by fuch unheard-of LIcentioufnefs. What if we conned with thefe Sallies, Proceedings more offenfive and ferious; the Indulgence granted to French Criminals, publlffiing daily Outrages In the French Language ; the ftill more Inexcufeable Toleration extended to Villains covered with Crimes, and plotting Affaffmatlons Inceffantly, fuch as G.ebrges, who ftill continues to refide at London proteded, and having a confiderable Eftabliffiment ; in a Word, the fittle Juftice which has been ffiewn to all our Reprefentations — How are we to account for the Publicity of the Complaint which His Bri tannic Majefty has thought proper to make refped ing fome indefinite Wrongs which He has hitherto thought unneceffary to bring before the Firft Con ful? The Firft Conful has had Caufe to be convinced that all his Reprefentations on all thefe Points were ufelefs, and that His Britannick Majefty, regardlefs of the neighbouring Powers, was refolved to autho rize every Thing within His Dominions ; but he did not on that Account entertain a Doubt of the Con tinuance tiriuance of Peace, nor alarm'Europe with the Noti-' fication of War. He confined himfelf to this Prim ciple of Condud, to permit or- prevent in France with refped to England whatever ffiould be per mitted or prevented In England with regard tb France. ¦ - - • He has, however, expreffed, and he again expreffes his'WiJh, that Means Jhould be adopted to prevent in future any Mention being made of %dhat is pajjtng in France, either in the official Dijcufftons or in the polemical Writings in England, as in like Manner iA -the French official Dijcujfions and polemical Writings no Mention whatever Jhould be tnade oJ whatKisfaJfing in England. Lord Hawkeffiury mentions an Article In a Newf paper, containing the Report of a French Colonel. In ferious Difcuffions an Anfwer on this Ppint might be difpenfed with ; but it Is neither a long nor dlffi- cuk Matter. A Colond In the Engfiffi Army has pubfiffied a Work in England, filled With the moft atrocious and difgiifting Calumnies againft. the French Army and its General. The Lies it ..contains have been con- tradided by the Reception which Colonel Sebaftiani experienced. The Publicity of his Report was at once a Refutation and a Reparation which the French Army had a Right to exped. On his x\r- rival In Egypt, this Officer, to his great Aftoniffi- ment, fopnd the Englifli Army there, although they ffiould have evacuated if, and the Turks pro- digioufly ( i6i ) digioufly alarmed at the Continuance of the itngllfii Army, and at Its Relations with the Natives In Re bellion and open Revolt againft the Sublime Porte. He muft have conceived that the Treaties which conned us with the Porte, and by which we have guaranteed to It the Integrity of its Poffeffions, com pelled us to unite ourfelves with that Power. It was natural to think that England meant to declare War from the Inftant ffie refufed to execute the Articles of the Treaty. For after all, France Is not reduced to fuch a State of Debafement as to fuffer Treaties made with her to be executed or not at Pleafure. Hence the Refearches made by this Officer, as to the Forces which were in Egypt, and as to the Pofition occupied by the Engfiffi Army. But Egypt has Jince been reftored to the Domi nion of its lawful Sovereign, and the Idea of a Rup ture between the Two Nations, on Account of the Engagement contraded with the Porte, no longer exifts. There remains, therefore, but One Objed wor thy of fixing the Attention of the Two Nations. The Execution of the Treaty of Amiens, as far as concerns Malta. His Majefty has engaged to reftore it tp the Order, and to entruft it to the Neapolitan Aririy till the Order ffiould be In a Condition to guard it. His Majefty wUl rejed afi Sophiftry, every Diftindion, every mental Refervation which might be offered to him, to put in Doubt the Force and the Validity of His Engagement. His Brican- nicfc Majefty's Equity, his Confeience in this Refped, M - are ( »62 ) afc Guarantees for the French Republick. Were it otherwife, what Means in future would Ae Two Nations have for coming to an Underftanding? Would not all be Chaos ? This would indeed be adding another Calamity to thofe which have me naced foclal Order. The Underfigned Is difeded to declare, in ffiort, that the Firft Conful will not take up the Defiance of War given by England to France ; that as to Malta, he fees no Subjed for Difcuffion, the Treaty having provided for every Thing, and fettled every Thing. The Underfigned has the Honor, &c. (Signed) F. ANDREOSSY. Portland Place, 8 Germinal, Year ii. (29 March 1803.) (Inclofure referred to in No. 49.) ^HE Underfigned, His Majefty's Principal Secrg. tary of State for Foreign Affairs, has laid be fore the King the Note of His Excellency General Andreoffy, of the 39th of laft Month. His Majefty has been induced, by that Spirit of Moderation and Forbearance which have invariably governed his Condud in every Part of Flis Commu nications with the French Government, to abftain from making many Obfervations, which the Perufal of this, Note may naturally have fuggefted to HU Mind. His ( 1^3 ) His Majefty has perceived with great Regret, that the French Government continue to withhold all Satisfadion and Explanation on the Points on which he has complained ; and that at the Time when they evade all Difcuffion on the Subjed ef His Re prefentations, they perfift in their Requifition that the Ifland of Malta ffiould be forthwith evacuated by His Forces. His Majefty can never fo far forget what is due to Himfelf and to His People, as to acquiefce in fuch a Courfe of Proceeding ; He has therefore judged it expedient to give Inftrudions to His Am baffador at Paris, to afcertain diftindly from the French Government, whether they are determined to perfevere in v/ithholding all Satisfadion and Ex planation on the Points on which His Majefty has complained, — or whether they are difpofed, without Delay, to give fuch Satisfadion and Explanations upon the prefent State of Affairs as may lead to an Arrangement which may be calculated to adjuft the Differences at prefent fubfifting between the Two Governments. It Is His Majefty's anxious Defire, that by this Mode of Proceeding an End may be put to that State of Sufpenfe and Irritation, which muft be fo injurious to the Interefts of both Coun tries ; and that the Two Governments, aduated by the fame Principles of Juftice and Moderation, may be led to concur in fuch Meafures as are moft likely to conduce to their permanent Tranquilfity. M 2 The ( i64 ) The Underfigned requefts General Andreoffy to accept the Affurances of his high Confideration. HAWKESBURY. Downing Street, April 3d, 1803. His Excellency General Andreoffy, &c. &c. &c. No. 50. My Lord, Downing Street, April 4, 1 803. |T Is become effential, that the Difcuffions which have been for fome Time fubfiflilng between His Majefty and the French Government ffiould be brought to an Iffue within as ffiort a Time as is con fiftent with the Deliberation which muft be given to Objeds of fo much Importance. The laft Note prefented by General Andreoffy, In the Name of his Government, in Anfwer to my Note of the 15th of laft Month, evades all Expla nation, and even all Difcuffion> of the Points on which Complaint has been made by His Majefty. If the French Government ffiould ferioufly in tend to perfift in this Courfe of Proceeding, there can be no Hopes of a fuccefsful Termination to the prefent Negotiation. It is important, therefore, that you ffiould afcertain diftindly, in the Firft Inftance, whether they are difpofed to enter Into Explana tion on the Points on which His Majefty has com plained, and to come to fuch an Arrangement as may be calculated to adjuft the Differences at pre fent fubfifting between the Two Countries i and for this ( i65 ) this Purpofe you will prefent a Note ito the Effed of that which is herewith inclofed. It is poffible that the French Government may continue to evade all Difcuffion on the Points in Queftion, and con fine themfelves to a categorical Demand, that Malta fliould be Immediately evacuated. In that Cafe, it is His Majefty's Pleafure, that you ffiould declare thelmpoffibifity of the Relations of Amity continuing to fubfift between the Two Countries, and the Ne eeffity that you will be under of leaving Paris within a certain Time. But if, on the other Hand, they ffiould ffiew a Readinefs to enter into I^ifcuf- fion, and to give reafonable Satisfadion and Expla-* nation. It Is important that you fliould be informed, without Lofs of Time, ofthe Sentiments of His Ma jefty's Government, as to what might be confidered as an equitable Adjuftment of the Differences be tween the Two Governments at this Moment. I have, therefore, by His Majefty's Command, inclofed the Projed of an Arrangement, which, under the prefent Circumftances, would meet the Ideas of His Majefty's Government ; Which would afford Security for thofe Objeds which are confi dered as endangered by the unequivocal Difclofure of the Views of- the Firft Conful, a^d which, at the fame Time, might entirely fave the Honor of the French Government, I iia. Sec. HAWKESBURY, Jfis Excellency Lord Whitworth, &d. &c. &c. M 3 (Krft ( i66 } (Firft Inclofure referred to in No. 50.) nrHE Underfigned, His Britannic Majefty's Am baffador Extraordinary has received the Orders of his Court to make the following Communica tion to the French Government. His Majefty has perceived, with great Regret, that the French Government continue to withhold all Satisfadion and Explanation on the Points on on which He has complained, and that at the Time when they evade all Difcuffion on the Subjed of His Reprefentations, they perfift in their Requifi tion that the Ifland of Malta ffiould be forthwith evacuated by His Forces. His Majefty can never fo far forget what is due to Himfelf, and to His Peo ple, as to acquiefce in fuch a Courfe of Proceeding. He has therefore commanded the Underfigned to afcertain diftindly from the French Government, whether they are determined to perfevere in with holding all Satisfadion and Explanation upon the Points on which His Majefty has complained, or whether they are difpofed, without Delay, to give fuch Satisfadion and Explanation upon the prefent State of Affairs, as may lead to an Arrangement, which may be calculated to adjuft the Differences at prefent fubfifting between the Two Governments, i It is His Majefty's anxious Defire that by^adopt- ing this Mode cf Proceeding, au End may be put to that State of Sufpenfe and Uncertainty which muft be fo injurious to the Interefts of both Coun tries'; and that the Two Governments, aduated by tbe fame Prindple? of Juftice and Moderation, may ( 1^7 ) may be led to concur in fuch Meafures as are moft likely to conduce to their permanent Tranquillity. (Signed) WHITWORTH. (Second Inclofure referred tb in No, 50.) Heads of an Arrangement to be concluded by Treaty or Convention - between His Majefty and the French Government. ¦jVyTALTA to remain in Perpetuity in the Poffef fion of His Majefty. The Knights of the Or der of St. John to be indemnified by His Majefty for any Loffes of Property which they may fuftain in confequence of fuch an Arrangement. Holland and Switzerland to be evacuated by the French Troops. The Ifland of Elba to be confirmed by His Ma jefty to France, and the King of Etruria to be ac knowledged. The Italian and Li'gurlan Republics to be ac- laiowledged by His Majefty, provided an Arrange ment is made in Italy for the King of Sardinia, which fhall be fatisfadory to If im. M4 No,5Jt. ( i68 ) No. 51. Extrad of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Paris, April 7, 1803. T RECEIVED your Lordffiip's Difpatches of the 4th Inftant by the Meffenger Wagftaff, with their Inclofures, Yefterday Evening ; and ffiall probably in the Courfe of the Day have an Opportunity of communicating to Monfieur de Talleyrand the Note, which I ffiall tranflate for that Purpofe. No. 52. ' My Lord, Paris, April 7, 1803. OlNCE writing the preceding Difpatch, I have feen M. de Talleyrand, and communicated to him the inclofed Note, which I truft your Lordffiip will find as clofe a Tranflation as poffible, of that which I received from your Lordfliip. He read it over with. much Attention, and when he had done he appeared to be in Expedatlon of fome other Com munication. Upon defiring he would explain him felf, he faid that he was in Hopes I ffiould have fur niffied him with the Heads of thofe Points, on which it was affirmed in the Note that the French Government had fo repeatedly refufed all Explana tion and Satisfadion, I told him, that it would have been entirely ufelefs tp repeat what had been fo often urged in vain ; that he could not but know ( 1% ) know that the Explanation required, referred to the Condud of the French Government, and the Syftem of Aggrandifement which it had conftantly purfued fince the Conclufion and in dired Viola tion of the Treaty of Amiens, founded as it indif- putably was on the State of Poffeffion of the Two Countries at the Time ; that with regard to the Satisfadion, it evidently referred to the unjuftifiable Infinuations and Charges againft His Majefty's Government, againft the Officer commanding His Forces In Egypt, and againft the Britiffi Army in that Quarter, contained in the official Report of Colonel Sebaftiani. He was by no means difpofed to admit, that either of thefe Cafes could juftify the Affertion of the French Government having refufed Explanation and Satisfadion on the Ground that no Notice had been taken of thefe Tranfadions but in a very curfory Manner ;¦ nor had any Expla nation ever been required as to any particular Tranfadion whether in Italy or elfewhere, and if it had, it would immediately have been given ; and that the Language of Colonel Sebaftiani was not to be put in any Comparifon with that ufed by Major Wilfon, in his Account of the Campaign of Egypt. I urged the Difference of a common Pub lication like that to which he alluded, and a Report to the Firft Conful publiffied by him in his official Paper. On this Occafion, M. de Tafieyrand was difpofed to call in queftion the Authenticity of the Moniteur. In ffiort, the moft ungrounded Affer- tibns were fubftitutcd for Arguments'; and amongft thefe. ( 170 ¦) thefe, I cannot but place that fo often repeated of the Firft Conful's having entirdy given up all Idea whatever of Egypt, eonfequently we could have no Pretext for retaining Malta. He affured me for the Reft, that he would com municate It this Evening to the Firft Conful, and that To-morrow he ffiould in all Probability have a Communication to make In Return. I have the Honor to be, &c. WHITWORTH, The Right Honorable Lord Hawkefbury, &c. &c. &c. (Inclofure referred to in No. 52.) T E Souffigne, Ambaffadeur Extraordinaire et Ple nipotentiare de Sa Majefte Britannique, a refu Ordre de fa Cour de communiquer ce qui fuit au Gouvernement de France. Sa Majefte a vii a regret que le Gouvernement de France continue a refufer toute Satisfadion et toute Explication fur les Objets dont elle a a fe plaindre, et qu'en evitant toute Difcuffion de ce qui fait le Sujet de fes Reprefentations 11 perfifte nean- molns a demander I'Evacuation de I'Ifle de Malthe par les Forces de Sa Majefte. Sa Majefte fait trop ce qu'elle fe doit a elle-meme et a fon Peuple pour acquiefcer a de parells Procedes. En confequence elle a ordonne au Souffigne de favoir diftindement du Gouvernement de France, s'il eft determine % perfeverer ( 171 ) perfeverer dans fon Refus de toute Satisfadion et de toute Explication fur les Objets de Plalnte de Sa Majefte, ou bien s'il eft difpofe a donner fans Delai cette Satisfadion et cette Explication fur I'Etat ac- tuel des Affaires de Maniere a pouvoir conduire a un Arrangement qui feroit de Nature a ajufter les Differens qui aduellement exiftent entre les Deux Gouvernemens. Sa Majefte defire fincerement I' Adoption de ce Moyen que mettroit Fin a un Etat de Sufpenfion et d'Incertitude fi nuifible a I'lnteret des Deux Nations, et de voir que les Deux Gouvernemens agiffant par les memes Principes de Juftice et de Moderation puiffent s'entendre pour concourir aux Mefures les plus fufceptibles de leur affurer une Tranquilfite permanente. Le Souffigne prie Son Excellence M. de Talley rand d'agreer I'Affurance de fa haute Confide^ .ration. WHITWORTH. No. 53. My Lord, Paris, April 9, 1803. 1 N my Converfation Yefterday Evening with M. de Talleyrand, I found him, after he had feen the Firft Conful, more difpofed to conteft the Sub ftance of the Note which I had prefented the Day before, than to afford any further Explanation. He faid, that in order to proceed regularly, it would be ( 1/2 ) be- neceffary that the French Government ffiould be informed precifely what were the Objeds which had created fuch Uneafinefs, and on which It was alleged all Explanation had been refufed. That •although this had, perhaps, been touched upon in ¦general Converfation, yet no fpecific Charge had been adduced in fuch a Manner as to demand a formal Explanation. I told him that if the Objed of the French Government was to protrad the pre fent State of Sufpence and Uncertainty, that Ob jed might be anfwered to the Extent indeed of a very few Days, by forcing me to fuch a Reference ; but I muft at the fame Time declare to him, that it could be produdive of no Advantage, and would ferve only to provoke fuch a Recapitulation of the Syftem and Condud which France had purfued • fince the Treaty of Amiens, as would have all the Appearance of a Manifefto, every Item of which would carry Convidion to every Individual in Eu rope ; that it appeared therefore more likely to anfwer the End which both Parties propofed, that of haftening the Conclufion of an amicable Ar rangement, to take up the Bufinefs on the Bafis which I ffiould propofe, and by whicb they would [ admit no more than what was incbntrovertible, - namely, that if the French Government exercifed a Right of extending its Influence and Territory, in Violation of the Spirit of the Treaty of Amiens, Great Britain had, if ffie chofe to avail herfelf of it, (which I was confident ffie would not do further than was neceffary as a ,-Meafure of Security,) an undoubted ( 173 0 undoubted Right to feek a Counterpoife. He did not feem inclined to difpute this Pofition, but rather to admit that fuch a Right did exift, and might be claimed in confequence of the Acquifitions which had been made by France. On the Point of Sa tisfadion I found him much more obftinate. Hs faid that the Firft Conful was hurt at the Expreffion (SatisJa£iion\ to which he gave an Interpretation I had never underftood belonged to it, as implying Superiority ; fo that if the Britiffi Government re-' quired Satisfadion of the French, it arrogated to itfelf a Superiority. I told him, what certainly muft be underftood by every one, .that the Demand of Satisfadion implied that one Party had been of fended by another, and of courfe had a Right to demand fuch Satisfadion ; that an Inferior had an equal Right with his Superior to demand it ; but in the Cafe in queftion there was perfed Equality, and eonfequently there was no Offence to be found but In the Condud which rendered fuch an Ap peal neceffary. The Difcuffion of this Point took up a confiderable Time without producing any Thing decifive. We at laft came to the main Point of the Bufi nefs ; and on this I cannot fay any real Progrefs has been made. M. de Talleyrand repeated to me that the Firft Conful had nothing more at Heart than to avoid the Neeeffity of going to War, and that there was no Sacrifice he would not make, ffiort of his Honor, to obtain this End. Is there, faid M. dc Talleyrand, no Means of fatisfylng both Parties ; ( ^74 ) Parties ; for at the fame Time that the Firft Con ful infifts, and will always infift, on ihe full Execu tion of the Treaty, he will not objed to any Mode by which you may acquire the Security you think fo neceffary. You are not fatisfied with the Inde pendence of Neapolitan Troops ; what others will anfwer the Purpofe ? He then ftarted the Idea of a mixed Garrifon, compofed of Engliffi, French, Italian, Germans, &c. He begged that I would refer once more tb your Lordffiip, and fubmit the inclofed Paper, which he drew up in my Prefence. I told him that we were only lofing Time by fuch a Reference ; that my Inftrudions were pofitive, and had certainly not been fent me without the fulleft Confideration. I could not, however, refufe what he fo earneftly required ; and your Lordffiip will fee by the Paper how the Matter refts after this Conference. I wIU confefs to your Lordffiip, that my Motive for confenting to forward this fort of Propofal is, that fuppofing we ffiould find the Firft Conful as obftinate as he now appears to be on the Point of abandoning Malta to us in Perpetuity, and that a temporary Poffeffion might be confidered. as the next beft Thing, fomething of this Kind might derive from it. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) WHITWORTH. The Right Hon. Lord Hawkefbury, &c. &c. &c. (Inclofure ( ^75 ) (Iricjofure referred to In Np. 53.) T A Converfation avec Monfieur de Talleyrand aujourdhui nous a conduit a ce Refultat. Tout ce qui a pour But de violer I'lndependance de I'Ordre de Malthe ne fera jamais confenti par le Gouvernement Francois. Tout ce qui peut con venir ou etre agreable au Gouvernerrient Anglois pour terminer les prefentes Difficultes, et qui ne feroit pas contraire au Traite d'Amiens, le Gou vernement Francois n'a aucune Objedion pour faire une Convention particuliere a cet Egard. Les Mo tifs de la Convention feroient renfermes dans le Preambule, et qui porceroient fur les Griefs refpedifs fur ce que les Deux Gouvernemens croiroient utile de s'entendre. (Tranflation of Inclofure referred to ia No. ^^i-) •^HE Converfation with M. Talleyrand To-day has led us to this Refult : Every Thing which may tend to violate the Independance of the Order of Malta, will never be confented to by the French Government. Every Thing which may tend to put an End to the prefent Difficulties, or be agreeable to the Engliffi Government, and which ffiall not be contrary to the Treaty of Amiens, the French Go vernment have no Objedion to make a particular Convention refpeding it. The Motives of this Con vention ffiall be inferted in the Preamble, and ffiall relate to the refpedive Grievances concerning which the the Two Governments ffiall think it advifeable to come to an Underftanding with each other. No. 54. Extrad of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Paris, April 14, 1803. CINCE my laft the Negotiation is at a ftand, in the Expedatlon, I fuppofe, of the Anfwer which may arrive, to the Overture which I communicated to your Lordffiip on the 9th Inftant, and which is expeded here to produce a good Effed, notwith- ;ftanding the little Hope I have given. To-morrow 1 ffiall, in all Probability, be In Poffeffion of this Anfwer from Your Lordffiip, and be enabled |^to fpeak ftill more pofitivdy. No. ss. My Lord, Downing-Street, April 13, 1803. ttIS Majefty has received from His Charge d'Af faires at Hamburgh, the moft extraordinary Account ofthe Condud of Monfieur Reinhard, the French Minifter at that .Place, with refped to a moft grofs and unwarrantable Libel upon His Ma jefty's Government. He has been affured that the French Minifter, having propofed the Inferrion of that Libel in the offidal Gazette of the Town of Hamburgh, ( ^77 ) Hamburgh, and the Infertion of it having In the firft Inftance been refufed, tlie French Minifter went fofaras to "demand, in his'offieial Capacity, the In fertion of that Article by Order of the Senate. His Majefty is unwilling to bdieve that the French Go* vernihent could have authorized fo outrageous an Attack upon His Majefty and His Government, and fo daring a Violation of the Independence of a Neu tral State'. It is His Majefty's Pleafure, that you ffiould communicate thefe Circumftances to the French Government, and ftate at the fame Time the Impoffibifity of bringing the prefent Difcuffions to an amicable Conclufion, unlefs fome Satisfadion ffiall be given to His Majefty for the Indignity which has thus been offered to Him In the Face of all Europe by the French Minifter at Hamburgh. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) FIAWKESBURY. His Excellency Lord Whltwortli, K. B. &c. &c. &c» No. s6- My Lord, Downing Street, April 13, 1803. ¦\rOUR Excellency's Difpatches have been re ceived, and laid before the King. His Majefty has obferved, with great Satisfadion, the Admiffion by the French Government of the Juftice of His Claim to fome Compenfation in con fequence bf the increafed Fbwer and Influence of '{¦_ ' K France, ( ^78 ) France, fince the Period of the Conclufion of tb# Definitive Treaty. Although, under the Circumftances of your Con verfation with M. Talleyrand, and partlculaa-Iy after the Note Verbale which he gave to you, it might have been expedient that you ffiould have deferred prefenting the Projed contained in my Difpatdi No. 7, in the Form of a Projed, it is defirable that you ffiould communicate without Delay in fome Mode or other, the Contents of that Projed, for the Purpofe of afcertaining diftindly whether the Conditions are fuch as to Induce the French Go vernment to give way upon the Queftion of Malta. Thefe Conditions appear to His Majefty fo well cal-' culated to fave the Honor of the French Govern ment on the Subjed of Maltar— If the Queftion of Malta is principally confidered by them as a Quef tion of Honor — and at the fame Time hold out to them fuch Important Advantages, that the Succefs of the Propofition Is at leaft worth trying, particu larly as the Refult of it might be produdive of the moft eafy Means of adjufting the moft- material of our prefent Differences. vrith refped to- the Affertion fo often advanced and repeated by M. Talleyrand in your laft Con verfations of the Non-execution of the Treaty of Amiens relative lo Malta, I have only to obferve again, that the Execution of that Artide is become impradicable from Caufes which it has not been in the Power of His Majefty to controul. That the greateft Part of the Funds affigned to the Sappost of ( 179 ) bf the Order, and indlfpenfably neceffary for the independence qf the Order and Defence of the Ifland, have been fequeftrated fince the Conclufion of the Definitive Treaty, in dired Repugnance to the Spirit and Letter of that Treaty ; and that Two of the principal Powers who were inviced to accede as Guarantees to the Arrangement, have re fufed their Acceffion, except on the Conditions thas the Paft of the Arrangement which was deemed fo material relative to the Maltefe Inhabitants ffiould be entirely cancelled. The Condud of the French Government fince the Conclufion of the Defini tive Treaty, gives His Majefty a Right, which is now at length admitted by tiiemfelves, to deraand fame Compenfation for the paft, and Security for the future. Such Compenfation could never be confidered as obtained by the Poffeffion of an Ifland, which would entail a very heavy Expence on this Country ; — and the Degree of Security whlclj Would be provided by thefe Means, would only be fuch as His Majefty, under the prefent Circum*. ftances, is entitled to den).and. I obferve in the Note Verbale of Morifieur Talley rand, he makes ufe of the Expreffion, the Indtpen- •dence ofthe Order of Malta. If this is meant to apply to the Order exctufively. His Majefty would be willing, for the Prefervation of Peace, that the Civil Government of the Ifland. ffiould be given to the Order of St. John ; the Maltefe enjoying the Privileges which were ftipulated in their Favour In N 2 the ( i8o ) the Treaty of Amiens ; and that, conformably to Principles which have been adopted on other Oc-. eafions, the Fortifications of the Ifland ffiould be garrlfoned for ever by the Troops of K's Majefty. In the Event of either of thefe Propofitions being found unattainable, His Majefty might be difpofed to confent to an Arrangement by which the Ifland of Malta would remain In His Poffeffion for a li mited Number of Years, and to waive in 'confe quence His Demand for a perpetual Occupation, provided that the Number of Years was not lefs than Ten, and that His Sicilian Majefty cbuld be induced to cede the Sovereignty of the Ifland of Lampedofa for a valuable Confideration. If this Propofition is admitted, the Ifland of Malta ffiould be given up to the Inhabitants at the End of that Period, and it ffiould be acknowledged as an in dependent State. In this Cafe, His Majefty would be ready to concur In any Arrangement for the Ef tabfiffiment of the Order of St. John in fome other Part of Europe. You will not refufe to liften to any Propofition which the French Government may be difpofed to make to you with a View to an equivalent Security for thofe Objeds In regard to which His Majefty claims the Poffeffion or Occupation of Malta ; but the Three Propofitions to which I have above al luded, appear, at the prefent Moment, to fumiffi the only Bafis for a fatisfadrpry Arrangement j and. you will decline receiving any Propofition which does not appear to you to offer Advantages to His Majefty ( i8i ) Majefty as fubftantial as that which I have laft ftated.. It is very defirable that you ffiould bring the Ne gociation to an Iffue, if poffible, without referring to His Majeftyfs Government for further Inftruc- tions, after the Receipt of this Difpatch ; and if you ffiould be of Opinion, that there is no Hopes of bringing it to a favourable Conclufion, you may inform M. Talleyrand of the Neeeffity you will be under, after a certain Time, to leave Paris. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) HAWKESBURY. His Excellency Lord Whitworth, K. B. &c. &c. &e. No. 57. My Lord, Paris, April 18, 1S03. T DID not fail to put into Immediate Execution . the Inftrudions contained, in your Lordffiip's Difpatch (No. 11.) on the Subjed of the LibeJ-in- ferted by the French Minifter in the Hamburgh Gazette. I reprefented the putrageous and unpre cedented Condud of M. Rhelnhardt in fuch Terms as it deferves ; and fairly declared to M. de Tal leyrand, that, until Satisfadion ffiall be given to ¦His, Majefty for the Indignity which has been offered Him by the French Minifter In his official Charac ter, there could be no Poffibility whatever of bring ing the prefent Difcuffion to an amicable Iffue, N 3' M. de ( i8a ) M. de Talleyrand affured me, that the French, Goi vernment faw the Condud of M. de Rhelnhardt ir^ the fame Light as His Majefty's Minifters, and that they could not be more furprifed than the Firft, Conful had been at feeing fuch an Article Inferted by Authority; that an Immediate Explanation had been required of M. Rhelnhardt, Five Days ago, and if his Condud had been fuch as had been re prefented, he would, doubtlefs, feel the Effed of the Firft Conful's Difpleafure; and that, in the mean Time, I niight Inform your Lordffiip that he was,- completely difavowed. I told M. de Talley rand, that, as the Infult had been public. It would be neceffary that the Reparation ffiould be fo alfo. He anfwered me again, that the Firft Conful con fidered M. Rheinhardt's Condud as fo reprehenfible that every Satisfadion might be expeded. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) WHITWORTH. Right Honorable Lord Hawkefbury, ^c. &c. &c. , No. 5?. My Lord, Paris, April 1 8, 1803. T HAVE the Honor to acknowledge the Receipt of your Lordffiip's Difpatches of the 13th In ftant. I faw Jofeph Bonaparte immediately on the Re^r ceipt of your Lordffiip's Difpatch ; and without troublii^ ( ^H > trowbling your Lordffiip with a Repetition of the, Arguments I ufed to haften the Conclufion of the Negotiation, amongft which I endeavoured to con- wnce him ofthe Importance of preventing the Ul timatum which would inevitably follow the Rejec tion of -what I had to propofe, I will briefly itate, that on finding it perfedly impradicable to eftabliffi the Principle of our keeping Poffeffion of Malta in Perpetuity, I delivered to him in Writing the Se cond Propofal I had to make. He did not fail to obferve, that by this Modification the Difficulty which he confidered as infurmountable was not removed ; that although the Order was reftored, it could not be confidered as independant, and. In fad. Malta would belong to that Power which had Poieffion of the Forts, I enforced the Adoption, pf this Plan by every Reafon which could ferve to recommend it ; but the Poffeffion in Perpetuity was conftantiy urged as a Difficulty which nothing irould remove. Our Converfation lafted near Two Hours. I confefs that I gained no folid Ground of Hope that the Projed, which he affured me he would take to the Firft Conful at St. Cloud, would be adopted, But he faid that he was not without Hope that he might be authorized to propofe to me the Occupation of the Fortreffes for a Term of Years. It was my Wiffi, that fuch a Propofal ffiould come from him rather tl^an from me. I told him that I did not well fee how fuch a Tenure would fuit us ; but that I wiffied too fincerely to N 4 atvpi^ C »84 > ' avoid the fatal Extremities to which I faw the Dif cuffion was tending, not to give any reafonable Propofal which might be made on their Part every Affiftance in my Power. This Propofal originated with him, and was therefore received by me merely as a Matter which I would refer to your Lordffiip. If however I can bring the Matter to an immediate Conclufion, and without further Reference to your Lordffiip on the Principle of our retaining Poffeffibn of the Fortreffes of Malta for a Term of Years not lefs thin that pointed out by your Lordfliip, and with the Affurance that tiffs Government will nbt oppofe the Ceffion of the Ifland of Lampedpfa, I ffiall have great Pleafure in announcing to your Lordffiip fuch a Conclufion. I do not enter into a Detail of the Converfation which I had the fame Morning with M. de Talley rand, immediately upon leaving Jofeph Bonaparte, as it differed in no wife from what I have above mentioned. He fuggefted alfo the .Poffibifity of coming to an Arrangement on the Ground of a tem porary Occupation, jmd I made him the fame An fwer. Such is the State of the Difcuffion at this Mo ment. I am in Expedatlon of hearing very ffiortly either from Jofeph Bonaparte or M. de Talleyrand j and 1 am not without Hopes that I may be able to announce to your Lordfliip, that fuch an Arrange ment is made, as may anfwer His Majefty's Expec tations, in a very few Days. Your Lordffiip may be ( 1 85 ) be affured, that I feel the Neeeffity of Expedition,, Were it lefs nrgent, I might perhaps hope to bring tfie Difcuffion to even a more favorable Iffue. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) WHITWORTH, Right Honorable Lord Hawkefbury, Ice. &c. &c.' (Inclofure referred to in No. 58.) CA Majefte confentlrolt pour la Converfation de I3 Paix que le Gouvernement de I'Ifle de Malthe foit donne a I'Ordre de St. Jean; les Maltois jouif- fans des Privileges qui ont , ete adopte en d'autres Occafions. Les Fortifications de I'Ifle feront gar- dees a Perpetuite par les Troupes de Sa Majefte, (Tranflation of Inclofure referred to in No. 58.) tjIS Majefty will confem, for the Sake of pre ferving Peace, that'the Government of the Jfland of Malta ffiall be given to the Order of St, John ; -the Maltefe enjpying thofe Privileges which have been granted on former Occafions. The For* jifications of the Ifland ffiall be occupied in Perpe? ^uity by the Tropps of His Majefty. No. S9' ( i86 y No. 59. , My Lord, Paris, April 20, i^b^? I I|AI) hoped that the Firft Extraordinary Mef- fenger I Ihould have had Occafion to fend, would ^ave been to announce to your Lordffiip, that the Differences between the Two Governments were adjufted on One of the Modifications pointed out to me by my laft Inftrudions frpm your Lordffiip. In this Expedation I am deceived. I faw Jofeph Bonaparte the Night before laft, before I had fealed up my Difpatches of that Evening to your Lordffiip; but as all he faid, tended only to Juftify the Hppe I had given your Lordffiip in thofe Difpatches, I added nothing to thern. He affured me pofitively| that I ffiould hear, from M, de Talleyrand in the courfe of Yefterday Morning, and ^that a Meeting would be appointed in order to fettle the Term of Years for which the Firft Conful might be induced to confent to the Ceffion of Malta. It is true that he declared, that In order to gain his Confent, it woiald be neceffary to bold out the Advantages which the Britiffi Government was willing to offer in Return, meaning the Acknowledgments of the new Governments in Italy. I told hira that thi«i Offer was made only with a View to the Poffeffion of Malta In Perpetuity, 'but after fome Converfa- tion, I gave him to underftand, that I would not refufe to admit the Demand, fub fperati, on the Condition, that the Ceffion ffiould be made for a confiderable Term of Years ; that Holland and Switzerland ( »87 ) Switzerland ffiould be evacuated ; and that a imU able Provifion ffiould be ma4e for the King of Sar dinia, lie feemed to think there could be no Diffi culty in this Arrangement ; and I left him in the perfuafion, that I fhould the next Day, Yefterday^ or this Morning, receive the Summons from M. de Talleyrand, which he had given me Reafoii tq exped. I am forry to fay, that no fuch Summons has been received by me, neither has any further Notice been taken of the Bufinefs. So that I feel, that I ffiould betray the Confidence your Lordffiip may place in me, were I to delay any longer requefting, that I may be immediately furniffied with the Terriis on which His Majefty's Minifters would be wilfing to conclude, and whidi probably will not differ much from thofe above ftated, in order that I may pro- ppfe them in the Form of an Uhlmatum ; and that at the Expiration of the Period allowed for De liberation, I may be authorized not only to declare that I am to leave Paris, but adually fo to do, unlefs in the intermediate Time, the French Go vernment ffiould accede to our Demands.^ I have the Honor to be, &c. (.Signed) WHITWORTH. Right Honorable Lord Hawkefbury, &c. &c. &c. No. Go. ( i88 ) No. 60. My Lord, Downing Street, April 23, 1803. vrOUR Excellency's, Difpatches of the i8th and 20th" Inftant have been received, and laid be fore the King. It is neceffary for me to do little more on the prefent Occafibn than to refer you to my Difpatch ofthe 13th of April, in which I ftated to you the feveral Propofitions on which alone, In the Judg ment of His lyiajefty, the Differences between this Country and France could be fatisfadorily adjufted. If, upon the Receipt of this pifpatch. It ffiall not have been iri your Power to bring the Nego- tiitlon to a Conclufion on any of the Propofitions to which I have above referred, it is His Majefty's Pleafure that you ffiould communicate, officially, to the French Government, that you have gone, in Point of Conceffion, to the full Extent of your In ftrudions ; and that, if an Arrangement, founded upori One pf thefe Propofitions, cannot be con cluded without further Delay, you have received His Majefty's Commands to return to England, His Majefty can only confent to relinquiffi the permanent Occupation of Malta by His Forces, on the Conditions that the temporary Poffeffion ffiall not be lefs than Ten Years ; that the Authority, Civil and Mifitary, ffiall, during that Period, re main folely in His Majefty ; and that, at the Expi ration of that Period, the Ifland ffiall be given up to the Inhabitants^ and not tp the Order ; and pro vided ( i89 ) vided likewife, that His Sicilian Majefty ffiall be In duced to cede to His Majefty the Ifland of Lampe dofa. It is indlfpenfable that, as a Part of this Ar rangement, Holland ffiould be evacuated by th« French Troops within a ffiort Period after the Con clufion of a Convention by which all thofe Provi fions are fecured. His Majefty will confent to ac knowledge the new Itafian States, upon' the Condi tion that Stipulations in Favor of His Sardinian Ma jefty, and of Switzerland, form a Part of this Ar rangement. It is His Majefty's Pleafure that. In the Event ofthe Failure of the Negotiation, you fliould de lay your Departure from Paris no longer than may be indlfpenfably neceffary for your perfonal Con venience ; and that you ffiould in no Cafe remain there, after the Receipt of .this Difpatch, more than Seven Days. I have the Honor to be, &c. HAWKESBURY. His Excellency Lord Whitworth, K. B. &c. &c. &c. No. 6i. My Lord, Paris, April 23, 1803. A S I heard nothing from M. de Talleyrand, I called on him on Thurfday, in order to learn the Effed of the Propofal which I had made, con formably tp your Lordffiip's Inftrudions, on the Bafis Safis of a perpetual Poffeffion ofthe Forts of Maita, on re-eftabliffiing the Order in the Civil Governi^ ment of the Ifland. He told me, thait if I had called ori'fhim fooner, he ffiould Two Days ago have communicated to me the Firft Conful's An fwer, which was, that no Confideration on Earth ffiould induce him tb confent to a Conceffion in Perpetuity of Malta, in any Shape whatever : And ¦that the Re-eftabliffiment of the Order was not fd much the Point to be difcuffed, as that of fuffering Great Britain to acquire a Poffeffion In the Medi terranean. I told him that I did not call fooner becaufe I had been given to underftand j that ht would have himfelf propofed It to me, for the Pur pofe of communicating the Anfwer of the Firft Conful 5 and that it did not in any Shape become me to put myfelf on the Footing of a Solicitor in this Tranfadion. After fome Converfation, and finding (what I moft fincerely believe to be the Cafe) that the Firft Conful's Determination was fixed on the Point of a Poffeffion of Malta in Per:- petulty ; I repeated to him what I had previoufly fuggefted to Jofeph Bonaparte, the Modification which I had to propofe, namely, that for the Sake of Peace, His Majefty would be wfiling to wave His Pretenfions to a Poffeffion in Perpetuity, and would confent to hold Mafia for a certain Number of Years to beagreed upon, on the Condition that nb Oppofition fhould be made on the Part of the French Government to any Negotiation His Ma jefty might fet on foot with His Sidlian Majefty for the C i9» ) the Acquifition of the Ifland of Lariipedofa-, W'e difcuffed this; Propofal in a Converfation of fome Length, and; I made ufe of all the Arguments which have been furniffied me by your Lordffiip, or which occurred to me in its Favor. I begged him parti cularly to reeplled that we were in adual Pbfl'effiori of the Objed, and that therefore every Modifica*- tion tending to limit that Poffeffion, was in fed a. Conceffion on the Part of His Majefty, and a Proof of His Defire to facrifice to His Love of Peace the jtift Claim which he had acquired in confequence of the Condud of France, and which had recently been admitted, of a much more confiderable Com penfation and Counterpoife. M. de Talleyrand did not feem difpofed to difpute any of my Pofi tions and I left him, I confefs, fully impreffed with the Idea that the next Day (Friday) I ffiould find bim prepared to treat on this Ground, and that the only difficult Point to be arranged would be the Number of Years for which Malta ffiould be ceded to His Majefty. Your Lordffiip will coned ve my Surprife when on feeing him the next Day, he told me that aU though he had not been able to obtain .from the Firft Conful all we wiffied', ftill the Propofition he had to make would, he trufted,'be fuch as fully tec anfwer the Purpofe. He then faid that the Firft Conful would, on no Terms, hear either of a per- |>etual or a temporary Poffeffion of Malta ; that his Objed was the Execution of the Treaty of Amiens;. and that rather than fubmit to fuch an Arrange^' ment ( 19* ) ment as that I had laft propofed, he would everi confent to our keeping the Objed in difpute fbr ever : On the Ground tbat in the one there was an Appearance of Generofity and Magnanimity; but in the other, nothing but Weaknefs and the Effed of Coercion: That thetefbfe his Refblution was taken, and what he had to propofe Was the Poffeffion we required of the Ifland of Lampedofa/ or of any other of the fmall Ifles of which there were Three or Four between Malta and the Coaft of Africa ; that fuch a Poffeffion would be fufficient for the Objed we had in View, which was a Station in the Mediterranean as a Place of Refuge and Se curity for any Squadron we might find it conve nient to keep in that Sea. I fuffered him to expa tiate a confiderable Time, and without Interrup tion, on the great j Advantages we were to derive from fuch an Acquifition, as well as on the Confi dence which the Firft Conful repofed in our pacific Intention in lending a Hand to fuch an Eftabliffi- ment. He concluded by defiring I would tranfmit this Propofal to your Lordffiip. I told him that I was extremely forry indeed to find that we had made fuch little Progrefs in the Negotiation ; that my Orders were pofitive j that I could hear of no thing ffiort of what I had propofed, neither could I poffibly undertake to make fuch a Propofal tq His Majefty, fince every Word of my Inftrudions (from which I certainly ffiould not depart) appfied pofi tivdy to Malta, unlefs an equivalent Security could be offered, and furely he would not pretend to tell m© ( ^95 ) tne that- (Lampedofa could be confidered as fuch; that the Poffeffion of Malta was- neceffary for our Security, and was rendered fo not from any Defire ' of Aggrandizement on the Part of His Majefty, but by the Condud of the French government ; and that fo ftrongly were we impreffed with the Neeeffity, that rather than abandon it, we were pre-' pared to go to War. That it was on this Ground I muft declare to hiriij that I could neither take upoti myfelf to forward fuch a Propofal as he had made to me, or Indeed any Thing ffiort of what I had laft propofed as a fair Equivalent. That in fo doing, I aded In Conformity to His Majefty's Views, who would moft affuredly dlfapprove of my Condud, were I, by unneceffarily protrading the Negociation, to add One Day, or One Hour, if it could be avoided, to the Sufpence and Anxiety un der which His own Subjeds and all Europe muft labour at fuch a Grifis ; that I had hoped the French Government, aduated by the fame generous Mo tives, would have aded in the fame Manner ; that it might, by purfaing a contrary Line of Condud, gain ftill a few Days; but I muft deelare, that in a very ffiort Time I ffiould have to communicate to him thofe very Terms from which his were fo wide, but to draw nearer to which was, perhaps, the Ob jed of his negotiating, in the Fotm of an Ultima tum, which would at leaft have One good Effed, that of bringing the Matter to an Iffue, and the Cer> tainty even of War was, preferable to the prefent; State of Indecifion. . , o To ( ^94 ) To all I could fay M. Talleyrand objfeded the Dig nity and Honor of the Firft Conful, which could not admit of his confenting to any Thing Which might Carry with it the Appearance of yielding to a Threat. I told him that it never could be ad- riiitted that the Firft Conful had a Right to ad in fuch a Manner as to excite Jealoufy and create Alarm in every State of Europe, and when afked for Explanation or Security, fay that it was contrary to his Honor or his Dignity to afford either. Siich Arguments might perhaps do when applied to fome of thofe Governments with which France had been accuftomed to treat, or more properly to didate to, but never could be ufed to Great Britain ; that His Majefty had a Right to fpeak freely his Opinion, and poffeffed alfo the Means, whenever he chofe to employ them, of oppofing a Barrier to the Ambition of any Individual, or of any State which fliould be difpofed to threaten the Security of His Dominions, or the Tranquillity of Europe. Our Converfation concluded by M. de Talley rand's affuring me that he would report the Sub ftance of it to the Firft Conful in the Evening, and that probably he ffiould have Occafion to fee me on the following Day. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) WHITWORTH. The Right Honorable Lord Hawkeffiury, &c. &c. &c. No. 6i, ( i95 ) Np. 62. My Lord, Pans, April 25, 1803. ^HE Gbnverfatlbn I had on Saturday Morning with M,. Talleyi;and has produced nothing from which I can draw a more favourable Conclufion as %o the Refult of the Negotiation, than When I laft addreffed your Lordffiip. He told me, that although he had feen the Firft Conful the Night before, he ^ad nothing to add to what be had communicated to me on Friday ; that the Firft Conful was deter mined not to give bis Confent to our retaining Malta, either in Perpetuity or for a Term, although pf the Twp l^e wpuld prefer the fprnier Tenure as the lefs repugnant to his Feelings ; that he was therefore ordered to repeat the Propofal he had lately made me, of acceding to our Deraand of Lam pedofa or any of the neighbouring Iflands ; and that as our Objed was to obtain a Settlement In the Mediterranean, he imagined that which we had ourfelves pointed out would anfwer every Purpofe we might have in View. But, at all Events, the FirftConful neither could nor would refinquiffi his Claim to the full Execution of the Treaty of Amiens. To this I could only repeat what I had already faid to him on the Inadequacy of fuch a Propofal, and of the Impoffibillty In which I found myfelf to tranfmit It to your LordlTiip. I lamented the Courfe which the Negotiation was taking, and that the Firft Conful ffipuld have fo little Regard ito the dreadful Confequences which muft enfue, as 02 to ( 196 ) to fuffer them to be outweighed by a miftaken No tion of Dignity. And I added, that notwithftand ing the Acquiefcence which he might have met with from others, the Plea of Its being incompatible with the Dignity of the French Government to give Satisfadion or Security, when both might with Juf* tice be demanded, could never be admitted by Great Britain. . M. de Talleyrand heard every Thing I could fay with the utmoft Patience, notwithftanding he had nothing fatisfadory to fay, and feemed unwilling to break up the Conference. He conftantly brought forward the fame Inadmiffible Propofal, requefting that I would at leaft communicate it to your Lord ffiip. This I told him I could not refufe to do; fince every Thing which paffed between him and me muft of courfe make the Subjed of my Reports to your Lordffiip. I declared howevep, at the fame Time, that I ffiould not thirik myfelf by any means authorized to fufpend the Execution of any Inftruc- tions I might receive, tending to bring the Nego tiation to an Iffue, in the Expedation of any Change which fuch a Propofal might produce. All I Could do, and that I would certainly do, would be to communicate theUltimatunijIf His Majefty ffiould think proper to furniffi me with it, confidentially to M. de Talleyrand, before I prefented it officially to him, as Minifter for Foreign Affairs. He af fured me that he fliould confider fuch a Condud as a further Proof of my Defire to conciliate, and that he could not yet forbear hoping that the Differences might ( 197 ) might be adjufted. I repeated that if his Hope, was founded on the Expedation of His Majefty^s being induced to recede from His Demand, it would be deceiving himfelf to cheriffi it. - The Remainder of the Converfation turned on the Calamities which would follow the Failure of our Endeavour to avoid a Rupture. He infinuated that Holland, Naples, and other Countries conned ed with Great Britain, would be the firft Vidims of the War. I afked hhn whether he thought that fuch a Condud would add to the Glory of the Firft Conful, pr whether the falling on the Innocent and Defencelefs would not rather tarniffi it, and ulti mately unite againft hira, not only the honeft Men in his own Country, but every Government in Eu rope. , That it certainly would excite more Detefta- tion than Terror in England, at the fame Time that it would ferve to imprefs upon us ftill more ftrongly the Neeeffity of omitting no Means of circumfcrlb- ing a Power fo pernicioufly exerted. I could not help adding, that although no Ad of Hoftfilty had adually taken place, yet the Inveteracy with which our Commerce, our Induftry, and our Credit had been attacked in every Part to which French In fluence could be extended, did In Fad almoft amount to the fame, fipce it went tp prove, In Ad dition to the general Syftem ofthe Firft Conful, that his Objed was to purfue under the Mafk of Peace, the fame Line of Condud in which the preceding Governments had aded. 03 I now ( 198 ) I now truft entirely to the Effed of the Ulti'ma^ tum, which will at leaft convince him that we ate in earneft, and that he has nothing to exped frorii Protradion. I ffiall not however, as I faid before, make ufe of this officially, until I have tried its Ef fed in a more concifiatory Manner. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) WHITWORTH. The Right Honorable Lord Hawkefbury, &c. &c, &c. P. S. Your Lordffiip's Difpatchcs^f the 23d with their Inclofures, were delivered to me by Shaw this Evening at Nine o'Clock. I ffiaU fee M. de Tal leyrand To-morrow Morning; and I truft your Lordffiip will not difapprove my following the Line of Condud I had propofed, and which I have men tioned to your Lordfhip, of informing him of the Nature bf my Inftrudions a few Hours before I carry them officially Into Execution. W. No. 63. Extrad of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Paris, April 27, 1803. T AVAIL myfelf of the Opportunity of a Meffenger . paffing through from Conftantinople and Vienna, to inform your Lordffiip of the State of the Nego- tiation ( ^99 ) tiation at this JMoment. I communicated to M. de Talleyrand the Purport of my Inftrudions of the 33d, Yefterday at Four o'Clock. He immediately afked me if the Poffeffion of Malta was ftill infifted upon. I told him moft certainly it was ; and I re peated to him the Particulars of, the Terms on which it was yet ppffible to conclude the Bufinefs. That thefe were, the Poffeflion of Malta for Ten Years, during which Period the Authority, Civil and Military, was to remain folely in His Majefty, and that at the Expiration of that Term, it was to be given up to the Inhabitants, and not to the Order ; provided alfo, that his Sicilian Majefty ffiall be induced to cede to His Majefty the Ifland of Lampedofa ; that Holland ffiould be evacuated by the French Troops within a Month after the Con clufion of a Convention by which all thefe Provi fions ffiall be fecured; and that His Majefty would confent to acknowledge the new Italian States, prb- vided Stipulations were made in Favor of His Sar dinian Majefty and of Switzerland. I had no fooner made known thefe Conditions than M. de Talleyrand told me it would be perfedly unneceffary to delay the official Communication ; for, as the Poffeffion of Malta was.ftiU infifted upon, although for a Term, the Firft Conful would not confent to them. I accordingly did repeat them to bim in the Manner he defired; when he told me that he comprehended perfedly what we required, but that in fimilar Cafes it was ufual to ftate the Demand In Writing, and he defired I would give o 4 hira ( 2fflO ) him a Note upon the Subjed. I told him that I would repeat to him once more, or as often as he pleafed, >he exprefs Terms which I had ftated to him, and that as my Communication to him was verbal, I fliould of courfe be content with an An fwer in the fame Form. He confented at length to receive It, and tb communicate to me the Firft Conful's Anfwer as foon as poffible. I defired that he would recoiled that Tuefday next muft be the Day of my Departure. No. 64. Extrad of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated April 29, - 1803. "\/tY laft Letter to your Lordffiip was of Yefter day Evening. This Morning a Perfon came to me whom I fufped of being employed by the Firft Conful for the Purpofe of afcertaining my Sentiments, and told me that I ffiould, in the ,Courfe of the Day, receive a Letter from M. de Talleyrand, drawn up under the Infpedion of the Firft Conful, which although not exadly what I might wiffi, was however fo moderate as to afford me awell-grounded Hope, and might certainly be fufficient to induce r,e to delay, for a ffiort Time, my Departure. I told him that it would be,, a Matter of great Sa tisfadion to me to perceive a Probability of bring ing the. Negotiation to a favourable Iffue ; and that I fliould (201 ) I ffionld be extremely forry to fpoil the Bufinefs by any ufelefs Precipitation. But it muft be recol- leded that I aded in Conformity to Inftrudions; that thofe Inftrudions were pofitive ; that, by them J was enjoined to leave Paris on Tuefday next, unlefs in the intermediate Time certain Conditions were agreed to. Having received no Letter In the Courfe of the Day, about Four o'Clock I went to M. de Talleyrand ; I told him that my Anxiety to learn whether he had any Thing favourable to tell me, brought me to him, and in cafe he had not, to recall to his RecoUedion that Tuefday was the Day on which I muft leave Paris, and to requeft that he would have the neceffary Paffports prepared for me and my Family. He appeared evidently em- barraffed, and after fome Hefitation obferved, that he could not fuppofe I ffiould really go away ; but that at all Events the Firft Conful never would re call his Ambaffador. To this I replied. His Ma jefty recalled me in order to put an End to the Negotiation, on the Principle that even adual War was preferable to the State of Sufpenfe in which England, and indeed all' Europe, had been, kept for fo long a Space of Time. From the Tenour of his Converfation, I ffioqld rather be led to think that he does not confider the Cafe as defperate. Upon my leaving him he repeatedly faid, J'ai encore de VEfpoir. Saturday ( 202 ) Saturday Evening, P. S. This Day has paffed without any Occur, rence whatever. The Letter in Queftion is not y«t arrived. No. 65, Extrad of a Difpatch from Lprd Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated May 2, 1 803. A NOTHER Day has paffed over wlthoyt produc ing any Change. I determined to go myfelf to M. de Talleyrand, and to deliver, inftead of fend ing, the inclofed Letter. I told hira that it was with 'great Rdudance that I carae to make this laft Application to him. That I had long fince inforraed hira of the Extent of the Term which had been affigned for my Stay at Paris, and that as I had received to this Moment no Anfwer what ever to the Propofal I had repeatedly made, I could no longer delay requiring him to furniffi me with the neceffary Paffports for the Return of myfelf, my Family, and the Remainder of the Miffion, to England. Upon this I gave him the Letter, a Copy of which I inclofe, and on reading it he ap peared fomewhat ftartled. He lamented that fo much Time had been loft ; but faid that enough remained, if I was authorifed to negotiate upon other Terms. I could of courfe but repeat to him, that 1 had no other- Terms to propofe, and that therefore ( 203 ) therefore unlefs the Firft Conful could fo far gain apon himfdf as to facrifice a falfe Pundifio to the Certainty of a War of which no one could forefee the Confequence, nothing could poffibly prevent my Departure To-morrow Night. He hoped, he faid, this was not fo near ; that he would comraunicate my Letter, and what Ihad faid, to the Firft Conful immiediately, and that in all Probability I ffiould hear from him this Evening. I thought it, however, right to apprize him that it was quite impoffible I could be induced to difobey His Majefty's Orders, and protrad a NegPtiatlon on Terms fo difadvan- tageous to ourfelves, unlefs he ffiould furniffi me with fuch a Juftification as \vould leave me no Room to hefitate ; and that I did not fee that any Thing ffiort of a full Acquiefcence in His Majefty's De mands could have that Effed. — He repeated that he would report the Converfation to the Firft Conful, and that I ffiould ffiortly hear from him. In this State the Bufinefs now refts ; I ara ex peding either a Propofition or my Paffports, and am eonfequently taking every Meafure for fetting^ out To-morrow Night. (Inclofure referred to in No. 65.) Monfieur, Paris, ce 2 Mai, i8oj, qUAND j'ai eu I'Honneur Mardi paffc, de vous ^^communiquer officiellement les derniers Pro-- pofitions que j'ai ete charge par ma Cour de fou- mettre ( 204 ) mettre au Gouvernement Frarifois" dans la Vue d'aplanir les prefentes Difficultes, j'ai eu I'Honneur de vous annoncer, qu'en cas que le Premier Conful n'agreat pas ces Propofitions, je me verrois dans la Neceffite de quitter Paris en Huit Jours. Nous touchons a la Fin de ce Terme, fans que j'ai refu la moindre Reponfe a cette Communication. II ne me refte done qu'a obeir aux Ordres du Roi mon Maitre de retourner aupres de Lui ; et pour cet Effet je vous prie, Monfieur, de vouloir bien me fournir les Paffeports neceffaires. Je faifis cette Occafion pour renoyveller a vptre Excdlence I'Affurance de ma haute Confideration. (Signe) WHITWORTH, A fon Excellence Monfieur de Talleyrand? Tranflation. Sir, Paris, May 2, 1893; V\7HEN I had the Honor on Tuefday lafl; of communicating to you officially the laft Pro pofitions which lwas inftruded by my Court to fubmit to the French Government, for the Sake of removing the prefent Difficulties, I had the Honor to announce to you, that In cafe the Firft Conful ffiould not confent to thefe Propofitions, I ffiould find myfelf under the Neeeffity of leaving Paris in Eight Days. We are nearly arrived at the'End of this Period, without my having received any An fwer ( 20$ ) fwer to this Communication. It remains for md only, therefore, to obey the Orders of the King my- Mafter to return to Him ; and for this Purpofe I entreat you. Sir, to have the Goodnefs to furniffi me with the neceffary Paffports. I feize this Opportunity of renewing to your Ex cellency the Affurances of my high Confideration, (Signed) WHITWORTH. His Excellency M. de Talleyrand. No. 66. Extrad of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Paris, Wed- nefday Morning, May 4, 1803. COON after I had difpatched the Meffenger the Night before laft, with my Difpatches of the 3d, I received a Coraraunication frora M. de Talley rand, of which I inclofe a Copy, the Purport of which was fo completely ffiort of every Thing which could be fatisfadory, that I did not think myfelf authorized to enter into any Difcuffion upon it ; and as early as I could on the following Morning I returned the Anfwer of which the inclofed is a Copy. After this I concluded, of Courfe, that there was an End to the Negotiation. I had for fome Days paft been preparing for my Departure ; every Mea fure, was taken for fetting out at Four o'Clock this Morning, and we were expeding only the Paffports wbich ( io5 > which I had demanded, for the Purpofe of order ing the Poft HorfeS. The Day and the Evening paffed without the Paffports having been fent ; and whilft we were defiberating on the Motives, pf fuch a Delay, about 12 o'Clock at Night, a Gentleman who was with me received a Comnaianication whi|ch convinced me that it was not meant to give me my Paffports without another Attempt, and I was, therefore, not furprized When ^out One o'Clock I received the inclofed Note from M. de Talleyrand. In this Situation I am waiting the Hour of Ren dezvous with M. dc Talleyrand. (Firft Inclofure referred to in No. 66.) f E Souffigne a rendu coiripte au Premier Conful de la Converfation qu'il a eu avec fon Excel-^ lence Lord Whitworth le 6 de ce Mois, et dans la- quelle fon Excellence a fait connoitre, que Sa Ma jefte Britannltjue lui avoit donne I'Ordre de faire en fon Nom, Verbalement, les Demandes fuivantes : I". Que Sa Majefte Britanni7 ) SQr la Detnaiide qu'a fait le Souffigne que Lord Whitworth, voulut bien, fuivant I'Ufage de tojis les Temps et de touS les Pays, donner par ccrk ce que lui-meme a appclle rUltimatum de fon Gou vernement, fon Excellence a declare, i^ut fes In ftrudions lui defendoient expreffement de paffer fur cet Objet aucune Note 6crite. Les Intentions dii Preraier Conful etant toutes pacifiques, le Souffigne fe difpenfe de faire aucune Obfervatiori fur une Maniere auffi nouvelle et auffi etrange de traiter des Affaires de cette Importance. Et pour donner encore un nouveau Temolgnage du Prix qu'il attache ^ la Continuation de la Paix, le Premier Conful a charge le Souffigne de faire dans le Stile et les Formes ordinaires la Notifica tion fulvante. L'Ifle de Lampedofa n'etant point a la France, il n'appartlent au Premier Conful ni d'acceder ni de fe refufer au Defir que temoigne Sa Majefte Brir tannique d'avoir cette Ifle en fa Poffeffion. Quant a I'Ifle de Malthe, comme la Demande que fait a cet egard Sa Majefte Britannique change- rait une Difpofition formelle du Traite d'Amien?,, le Premier Conful ne peut d'abord que la comrau- riiquer a Sa Majefte le Roi 'Efpagne et a la Repub lique Batave, Parties Contradantcs au dit Traite, pour connoitre leur Opinion ; et de plus comme les Stipulations relatives a Malthe ont ete garantles par leurs Majeftes I'Empereur d'A.llemagne, rEiii- pereur de Ruffie, et le Roi de Pruffe, les Puiffances Contradantcs au Traite d'Amiens, avant d'arreter aucun ( 208 ) aiicun ChangementdansT' Article de Malthe, foht tenues de fe concerter avec les Puiffances garantes. Le Premier Conful ne fe refufera point a ce Con cert, mais ce n'eft point a lui a le provoquer, puif-^ que ce n'est pas lui qui provoque aucun Change- ment dans les Stipulations garanties.. Quant a I'Evacuation de la Hollande par les Troupes Fran- faifes, le^ Premier Conful n'a point de Difficulte a faire repeter par le Souffigne, que les Troupes Fran^alfes evacueront la Hollande des I'Inftant ou les Stipulations du Traite d'Amiens pour chacune des Parties du Monde feront executces. Le Souffigne faifit cette Occafion de renouveller a fon Excdlence Monfieur I'Ambaffadeur d' An gleterre I'Affurance de fa haute Confideration. CH. MAU. TALLEYRAND. Paris, ce 12 Floreal, An ii, (2d May 1803.) Tranflation. 'T'HE Underfigned has reported to the Firft Conr ful the Converfation which he had with his Excellency Lord Whitworth on the 6th of this Month, and in which his Excellency announcedj that His Britannic Majefty had ordered him to make, verbally, in his Name, the following De-- mands : ' %:... ift. That His Britannic Majefty fliould retain his Troops at Malta for Ten Years. 2(1. Tliat ( ^09 ") tid. That the Ifland of Lampedofa ffiould be ceded to him In full Poffeffion. 3d. That the French Troops ffiould evacuate Holland. And that if no Convention on this Bafis ffipuld have been figned within a Week, his Excellency Lord Whitworth had Orders to terminate his MIP fion, and to return to London. On the Demand made by the Underfigned, that Lord Whitworth would, iri Conformity to the LTfage of all Ages and of all Countries, give in Writing what he himfelf cafied the Ultimatum of his Government, his Excellency declared, that his Inftrudions exprefsly forbad him to tranfmit on this Objed any written Note. , The Intentions of the Firft Conful being entirely pacific, the underfigned difpenfes with making any Obfervation on fo new and fo ftrange a Manner of treating on Affairs of this Importance. And, in order to give a freffi Teftimony of the Value which he attaches to the Continuance of Peace, the Firft Conful has direded the Under figned to make the following Nofification in the accuftomed Style and Forms. As the Ifland of Lampedofa does not belong to France, it is not for the Firft Conful either to ac cede to or to, refufe the Defire teftified by His Bri tannic Majefty, of having this Ifland In His Pof feffion. ,., With regard-to the Ifland of Malta, as tbe De mand made refpeding it by His Britannic Ma- p jefty C 210 ) jefty would change a formal Difpofition in the Treaty of Amiens, the Firft Conful cannot but previoufly communicate it to His Majefty the King of Spain, and to the Batavian Republic, Contrad ing Parties to the faid Treaty, in order to know their Opinion ; and befides, as the Stipulations re lative to Malta have been guaranteed by their Ma jefties the Emperor of Germany, the Emperor of Ruffia, and the King of Pruffia, the Contrading Parties to the Treaty of Amiens, before they agree to any Change in the Article of Malta, are bound to concert with the guaranteeing Powers. The Firft Conful will not refufe this Concert, but it belongs not to him to propofe It, fince it is not he who urges any Change in the guaranteed Stipulations. With regard to the Evacuation of Holland by the French Troops, the Firft Conful has no Diffi culty in direding the Underfigned to repeat that the French Troops ffiall evacuate Holland at the Inftant that the Stiprilations ofthe Treaty of Amiens ffiall be executed In every Quarter of the Globe. The Underfigned avails himfelf of this Oppor-. tunity to renew to his Excellency the Englifh Am baffador, the Affurance of his high Confideration. , CH. MAU. TALLEYRAND. Paris, 12 Floreal, Year ii, (2d May 1803.) (Second ( 2" ) (Second Inclofure referred to In No. 66.) NOTE. T E Souffigne, en Reponfe a la Note que M. de Talleyrand a bien voulu lui tranfmettre bier au foir, a I'Honneur de lui obferver, qu'en cherchant a accelerer la Marche de la Negotiation le Roi n'a eu d'autre Motif que de tirer le plutot poffible les Deux Pays les plus Intereffes, et I'Europe In gene ral, de I'Etat de Sufpence dans lequel ils fe trou- vent. il n'y volt a fon grancl Regret rieri qui puiffa repondre a cette Intention, et par confequent rieri qui puiffe le juftifier en tardant a obeir aux Ordres de fa Cour.^ II ne lui refte done qu' a prier M. le Miniftre des' Relations Exterieures de vouloir bien lui en donner les Moyens, en lui fourniffant les Paffe ports neceffaries pour fon Retour. 11 eft neceffaire, pourtant, qu'il redifie un Mtfentendu qui s'eft gfiffe dans la Note de M. de Talleyrand. Le Souffigne n'a pas dit qu'il lui etoit expreffement defend u de paffer aucune Note ecrlte fur I'Objet de la Dif cuffion, mais qu'il n'etoitpas autorife de le faire, et qu'il ne vouloit pas prendre cette Refponfabllite fur lui. II faifit cette Occafion pour renouveller a fon Excellence M. de Talleyrand les Affurances de fa tr^s haute Confideration. (Signe') WHITWORTH. Paris, ce 3 Mai. 1803. p 7, Tranflation. ( 212 ) Tranflation. 'T^HE Underfigned, in Anfwer to the Note which M. de Talleyrand tranfmitted to him Yefter day Evening, has the Honour to obferve to him, that the King has had no other Motive in feeking to accelerate the Proceedings of the Negotiation, than to relieve as foon as poffible the Two Coun tries the moft Interefted, and Europe In general, from the State of Sufpence in which they are placed. It is with great Regret that he perceives nothing In his Excellency's Note which can correfpond with this Intention, and eonfequently nothing that can juftify him In delaying to obey the Orders of his Court, It remains, therefore, only to requeft the Minifter for Foreign Affairs to give him the Means of obeying them, by furriiffiing him with the necef fary Paffports for his Return. It Is, however, ne ceffary for him to redify a Miftake which has crept into M. de Talleyrand's Note. The Underfigned did not fay he was exprefsly forbidden to tranfmit any written Note on the Objed of the Difcuffion, but that he was not authorized to do it, and that he would not take that Refponfibifity on himfelf. He avails himfelf of this Opportunity to renew to his Excellency M. de Talleyrand the Affurances of his higheft Confideration, (Signed) WHITWORTH. Paris, 3d May 1803. (Third ( 213 ) (Third Inclofure referred to in No. 66.) Milord, Paris, ce 3 Mai, 1803. A YANT Demain Matin une Communication de la plus grande Importance a vous faire, J'ai I'Honneur de vous en prevenir fur le Champ, afin que vous n'attendez pas ce Soir les Paffeports que vous avez demandes. Je vous propofe de vouloir bien vous rendre Demain a Quatre Heures et demie a I'Hotel des Affaires Etrangeres. Recevez, Milord, I'Affurance de ma haute Con fideration, (Signe) CH. MAu! TALLEYRAND. Tranflation. My Lord, Paris, May 3, 1803. XJ AVING To-morrow Morning to make to you a Communication of the greateft Importance, I have the Honor to inform you of It without De lay, in order that you may not exped this Even ing the Paffports which you had demanded. I pro pofe that you ffiould call To-morrow at Half-paft Four at the Foreign Department. Receive, my Lord, the Affurance of my high Confideration. (Signed) CH. MAU. TALLEYRAND. P 3 Extrad ( 214 ) No. 67. A Extrad ©f a Difpatch from Lord Whlt^frorih to Lord Hawkefl3qry, dated Paris, Wed- nefday Evening, May 4, 1803. 1 AM this Moment come from M. de Talleyrand. The inclofed Note wfil ffiew your Lordffiip, that the Idea which has been thrown out, is to give Malta to Ruffia. My only Inducement for having undertaken to refer again to your Lordffiip, Is to avoid every Re proach of Precipitation. The Difference will be but Five Days, and I have declared, that I fee fo many Objedions to the Plan, that although I would not refufe their Solicitation to fend It, I could give no Hope whatever of its being accepted as a ground pf Negotiation, (Inclofure referred to in No. 67.) 1" E Souffigne a mis fous les Yeux du Premier Con ful la Note de fon Excellence Monfieur I'Am baffadeur d' Angleterre, en Date du 3 de ce Mois. Apres la derniere Communication qui a ete adreffee a fpn Excellence, on conjolt moins que jamais comment une Nation, grande, |)uiffante, et fenfee pourroit vouloir entreprendre de declarer une Guerre dont le Refultat entrainerait des Mal heurs fi grands et dont. la Caufe ferait fi petite, puifqu'il s'agit d'un miferable Rocher. Son ( 215 ) :. Son Excellence a du comprendre que la double Neceffite, de s'entendre avec les Puiffances guaran- tes du Traite d'Amiens, et de ne pas violer un Pade dont I'Execution intereffe auffi effentidle- ment I'Honneur de la France, la Surete de I'Ave- nir, et laLoyaute des Relations diploraatiques entre lesNationsEuropeennes, avait fait une Loi au Gou vernement Fran9ais d'doigner toute Propofition diametralement contraire au Traite d'Amiens. Cependant le Premier Conful, accoutume depuis Deux Mois a faire des Sacrifices de toute Efpece pour le Maintien de la Pacification, ne repoufferalt pas un Terme moyen qui ferait de Nature a con- cilier les Interets et la Dignite des Deux Pays. Sa Majefte Britannique a paru croire que la Garnifon Napolitaine, qui devat etre etablie a Mal the, ne prefenteralt pas une Force fuffifante pour affurer veritablement I'lndependance de cette Ifle. Ce Motif etant le feul qui puiffe au moins expll- quer le Refus qu'elle fait d'evacuer I'Ifle, le Pre mier Conful eft pret a confentlr que I'Ifle de Mal the foit remife aux Mains d'Une des Trois princi pales Puiffances qui ont garanti fon Independance ; foit I'Autriche, la Ruffie, ou la Pruffe, bien enten- du qu'auffit6t que la France et I'Angleterre feront d'accord fur cet Article, elles reuniront leurs De mandes pour y porter pareillement les differentes Puiffances, foit contradantes, foit adherentes au Traite d'Amiens. ¦!. , S'il etait poffible que cette Propofition ne fut pas adoptee II ferait manifefte que, non feulement p 4 I'Angleterre ( 2l6 ) 1* Angleterre n'a jamais voulu executer le Traite d'Amiens, mais qu'elle n'a meme ete de bonne Foi dans aucune des Demandes qu'elle a&ites, et qu' a mefure que la France eut cede fur un Point les Pretentions du Gouvernement Britannique fe fuffent portees fur un autre. Et fi une pardUe De- monftratlon devait etre acquife, le Premier Conful aura du moins donne encore un Gage de fa Sln- cerite, de fon Application a mcdirer fur les Moyens d'eviter la Guerre, de fon Empreffement a les faifir, et du Prix qu'il mettait a les faire prevaloir. Le Souffigne faifit cette Occafion de renouvefier §, Ton Excellence Lord Whitworth I'Affurance de fa haute Confideration. (Signe) CH. MAU. TALLEYRAND. Paris, le 14 Floreal An XI. Tranflatlpn. ^HE Underfigned has fubmitted to the Firft Con- o ful His Britannic Majefty's Ambaffador's Note pf the 3d Inftant. '' After the laft Communication addreffed to his Excellency, it is more difficult than ever to conceive bow a great, powerful, and enlightened Nation, can be willing to take upon Itfelf to declare a War which would be accompanied by fuch heavy Cala mities, and the Caufe ofwhich would be fo infig- nificant, the Objed in Queftion being a miferable Rock.. His ( 217 ) His Excellency muft have been aware that the Two-fold Neeeffity of making an Agreement with the guarantying Powers of the Treaty of Amiens, and of not violating a Compad in the Execution of which the Honor of France, the Security for the future, and the Good-Faith of the diplomaticTnter- courfe between the Nations of Europe, were fo deeply interefted, had Impofed a Law upon the French Government of difcarding every Propofi tion diametrically contrary to the Treaty of Amiens, Neverthekfs the Firft Conful, accuf tomed for Two Months to make every Species of Sacrifice for the Maintenance of Peace, would not rejed a Mezzo-termino of a Nature to conciliate the Interefts and Dignity of the Two Countries. His Britannic Majefty appears to have been of Opinion, that the Neapofitan Garrifon which was to be placed at Malta, would not afford a fufficient Force for fecuring the adual Independence of the Ifland. '•; This Motive being the only one which can ex plain His Majefty's Refufal to evacuate the Ifland, the Firft Conful is ready to confent that the Ifland of Malta ffiall be placed in the Hands of One of tJie Three Powers who have guarantied its Inde pendence, either Auftria, Ruffia, or Pruffia, with a Provifo that as foon as France and England ffiall have come to an Agreement upon this Article, they ffiall unite in their Requlfitlons to engage the other Powers, either contrading, or acteding, to the Treaty of Amiens, to confent to it. Were ( 2l8 ) Were it poffible that this Propofition ffiould nbt be accepted, it would be manifeft not only that Flngland never intended to comply with the Terms of the Treaty of Amiens, but that ffie has not been aduated by Good-Faith In any of her Demands, and that In Proportion as France conceded One Point, the Britiffi Government advanced another. If this ffiould be demonftrated, the Firft Conful wfil at leaft have given another Proof of his Sincerity, of his Anxiety to devife the Means of avoiding War, of his Eagernefs to embrace them, and of the Value which he would place on their being adopted. ¦ No. 68. My Lord, Downing Street, May 7, 1803.- \7OUR Excellency's Difpatches have been re ceived, and laid before the King. The Propofitions which have been made to you on the Part of the French Government, and which have induced your Excellency to delay your De parture until the Return of the Meffenger Sylvefter, are in every Refped fo loofe. Indefinite, and unfa- tisfadory, and fall fo far ffiort of the juft Preten fions of His Majefty, that It is impoffible that the French Government could have expeded them to have been accepted. During the Whole of the Difcuffions which have lately occurred. His Ma jefty has had a Right to confider himfelf in the Cha- rader of the Injured Party. No Means have been omitted ( 219 ) omitted on His Part to Induce the French Govern ment to make a full and early Explanation of their Views, and to affprd to His Majefty that Satisfac tion and Security to which He confidered Himfelf to be intitled. It was in confequence of the appa rent Determination of the French Government to evade all Difcuffion on the Points of Difference be tween the Two Countries, that His Majefty was in duced to ftate the Grounds on which, according to His Views, an Arrangement might be conduded fatisfadory to both Governments ; and He accord ingly authorized your Excellency to communicate the Three Projeds which at difterent Tiraes I had forwarded to you. Until the very Moment when your Excellency was about to leave Paris, the French Government have avoided making any diftind Propofition for thf^ Set tlement of the Differences betweeri the Two Coun tries, and when at the very Inftant of your Depar ture, the French Government felt themfelves com peUed to bring forward fome Propofition, they con fined that Propofition to a Part only of the Subjed in Difcuffion, and on that Part of it, what they have brpught forward is wholly inadmiffible. The French Government propofe that His Ma jefty ffiould give up the Ifland of Malta to a Ruflian, Auftrian, or Pruffian Garrifon. If His Majefty could be difpofed to wave his Demand for a tempo rary Occupation of the l|land of Malta, the Emperor of Ruffia would be the- only Sovereign to whom, in the prefent State of Europe, he could confent that the ( 22 0 ) the Ifland ffiould be affigned; and His Majefty 'has certain and authentic Information, that the Emperor of Ruffia would on no Account confent to garrifon Malta. Under thefe Circumftances His Majefty pei-feveres in his Determination to adhere to the Subftance of his Third Projed as his Ultimatum : As, however, the principal Objedion ftated by the French Government to His Majefty's Propofition is tmderftobd to be confined to the Infertion of an Ar ticle in a public Treaty by which His Majefty ffiall have a Right to remain in che Poffeffion of thelfland of Malta for a definite Number of Yeirs, His Ma jefty will confent that the Number of Years (being in no Cafe lejs than Ten) may be ftated in a fecret Article ; and the public Articles may be agreed to conformably to the inclofed Projed. By this Ex pedient, the fuppofed Point of Honour ofthe French Government might be faved. The Independence of the Ifland of Malta would, in Principle, be ac knowledged, and the temporary Occupation of His Majefty would be made to depend alone on the pre fent State ofthe Ifland of Lampedofa. You may propofe this Idea to M. Talleyrand, at the fame time affuring him, that His Majefty is de termined to adhere to the Subftance of His Ultima tum. And if you ffiall not be able to conclude the Minute of an Arrangement on this Principle, you will on no Account remain iri Paris more than Thirty-fix Hours after the Receipt of this Dif patch, I obferve ( 221 ) I obferve by your Difpatch, you did not confider yourfelf as authorized to defiver to the French Go vernment any Note or Projed in Writing. The Words of my Difpatch were, that you were to com municate the Terms officially, which left It at your own Difcretion to communicate them verbally or in Writing, as you might judge moft expedient. You were certainly right in communicating them, Tri the Firft Inftaiice, verbally ; but as fo much Strefs has beeri laid by M. Talleyrand on this Dif tindion, it Is important that I ffiould Inform you, that His Majefty neither had nor has any Objedion to your defivering the inclofed Projed as an Ulti- matu,m, accompanied by a ffiort Note in Writing. I cannot conclude this Difpatch without recalfing again your Attention to'the Conduct of the French Minifter at Hamburgh, and referring you to my Inftrudions, by which you ffiould abftain from concluding the Arrangement, unlefs you have re ceived from M. Talleyrand an Affurance that his Condud would be publicly difavowed. I have the Honor to be, &c. &c. (Signed) HAWKESBURY. To his ExceUency Lord Whitworth, K. B. &c. See. &c. No. 69, ( 222 ) No. 69. Extrad of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Paris, May 9, 1803. 'T'HE Meffenger Sylvefter is arrived with your Lordffiip's Difpatch, No. 15, of the 7th of May. As foon as I received your Lordffiip's Inftruc- tions, I prepared a tranflated Copy bf the Projed furniffied me by your Lordffiip, and a ffiort Note with which It Is my Intention to accompany the Communication. I then fent a Perfon to Monfieur de Talleyrand, to know when I could fee him, and I was informed that he was at St. Cloud. I foon after learnt, that he was gone there In confequence of the Accident which happened Yefterday to the Firft Conful. I underftand that no bad Confe quences are likely to enfue, and that he is able ta tranfad Bufinefs. I cannot, ¦howevei'i' exped to' fee M. Talleyrand before To-morrow Morning. Although this Circiamftance may caufe a Delay of a few Hours, your Lordffiip may be affured, that the Execution of thofe Inftrudions with which you have furniflied me, ffiall not be protraded. I ffiall leave Paris moft affuredly, or have concluded a fatisfadory Arrangement, within the Time fpecified by your Lordffiip, reckoning from the Moment of my being able to make an official Communication, ' rather than from that of the Receipt of your Lord ffiip's Letter. No. 70. ( 223 ) No. 70. Extrad of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Paris, May 12, 1803. 'T^HE Meffenger Sylvefter, as I mentioned in my laft Difpatch, returned on the 9th at 12 o'Clock; and I wrote to M. de Talleyrand informing him of it, and defiring him to name an Hour when I might wait upon him in order to communicate to him the Purport of ray Inftrudions. To this Letter I re ceived no Anfwer that Evening or the following Morning. Anxious to execute my Orders, and to lofe no Time, I inclofed the Project furniffied me by your Lordffiip, accompanied by an official Note and a private Letter to M. de Talleyrand, and fent it to the Foreign Department by Mr. Mandeville, with DIredions to defiver it to M. de Talleyrand, or in his Abfence to the Chef du Bureau. He de livered. it accordingly to M. Durand, who promifed to give it to his Chief as foon as he came in, which he expeded, he faid, ffiortly. At Half paft Four, having waited till that Time in vain, I went myfelf to M. de Talleyrand ; I was told that the Family was in the Country, and that they did not know when the Minifter would be in Town. Half an Hour after I had returned Home, the Packet which Mr. Mandeville had given into the Hands of M. Durand, was brought to me, I believe by a Servant, with a verbal Meffage that as M. de Tal leyrand was In the Country it would be neceffary thaf ( 224 > that I ffiould fend It to him there. In order ta defeat as much as depended upon me, their In tention of gaining Time, I wrote again to M. de Talleyrand, recapitulating the Steps I had taken fince the Return of the Meffengers ; and defired Mr. Talbot, the Secretary of the Embaffy, to take it himfelf at Nine o'Clock at Night, when I thought M. de Talleyrand would be at Home, to his Houfe at Meudon. He v/as, however, not at Home. Mr. Talbot was told that he was at St. Cloudy where he had been all Day, and that he would not be back until very late. He therefore left my private Let ter, with his Name, and returned with the Packet. It was my Intention to have fent It on the follow ing Morning to the Bureau, with Orders that It fliould be left there ; at One o'Clock in the Morn ing I received a Note from M. de Talleyrand ac counting for his not having been able to anfwer me fooner ; and appointing me at Twelve o'Clock at the Bureau des Relations Exterieures. I went at the appointed Tlme.i' He began by apologizing for having fo long pbftponed the Interview, .which he attributed to his having been the whole Day with the Firft Conful. We then entered upon Bufinefs. I told him that, limited as I was by your Lordffiip's Inftrudions, he could not be furprifed at my Impa tience to acquit myfelf of my Duty. I explained to him the Nature of your Lordfliip's Obfervations on the Propofal of the 4th, and that it was confi dered as on One Hand impradicable from the Re fufal of the Emperor of Ruffia to take Charge of Malta, ( 225 ) Malta, and on the other, as being wholly Inade-' quate to His Majefty's juft Pretenfions. I gave him the Note in which this was expreffed, and the Pro* jed, on which alone a fatisfadory Arrangement could be framed. He read them with apparent At tention, and without many Remarks ; and after fome Time he aflied me ifl felt myfelf authorized by my Inftrudions to conclude with him a Conven tion, framed on the Bafis of ray Projed, or indeed extending that Bafis, fince the Firft Article of it would be the perpetual Poffeflion of Malta to Eng land, in Return for a Confideration. I told him I moft certainly was not authorized to enter into any Engagement of fuch a Nature, which would make the Negotiation One of Exchange, inftead of a De mand of Satisfadion and Security. To this he re- pfied, that the Satisfadion and Security which we required was Malta, and that this we obtained. That the Firft Conful could not accede to what he confidered, and what muft be confidered by the Public and by Europe, as the Efled of Coercion, but if it were poffible to make the Draft palatable, did I think myfelf juftifiable in refufing to do fo. I told him that ading in ftrid Compliance with my Inftrudions , I could have no need of Juftification, and that I came to him with the Determination of abiding ftridly by them. He contended, that by communicating a Projed, I merely ftated on what Grounds we would be willing to conclude; and that a Counter- Projed, founded on the Bafis of Q, giving ( 226 ) giving us what we required, could not be refufed a fair Difcuffion. To this, I urged the Refolution of His Majefty's Minifters, to avoid every Thing which could protrad the Negotiation. That I faw no other Means of ading up to thofe Views, than by • making my Stand on the Projed at all Events. I urged him repeatedly to explain himfelf more fully on the Nature of the Demand which he ffiould make for Malta, but he could not, pr would not ex- j plain himfelf. After much Conteft, It was agreed that the Propofal ffiould be fubmitted to me In the Courfe of a few Hours, and that I ffiould determine on the Line of Condud I might feel myfelf jufti fied in purfuing, either to fign It, to fend It Home, or to leave Paris. The Remainder of this Day paffed without re ceiving any Comm.unication from M. de Talley rand. Upon this, I determined to demand my Paffports, by an official Note, which I fent this Morning by Mr. Mandeville, in order that I might leave Paris In the Evening. At Two, I renewed my Demand of Paffports, and was told I ffiould have them immediately. They arrived at Five o'Clock, and I propofe fetting out as foon as the Carriages are ready. (Firft ( 327 •) ^ (Firft Inclofure referred to In No. 70.) T E Souffigne, Ambaffadeur Extraordinaire et Plenipotentiaire de Sa Majefte Britannique pr^s la Republique Frangolfe, ayant tranfmis a fa Cour ia Propofition qui lui a ete faite par le Miniftre des Relations Exterieures le 4 du Courant, vient de recevoir I'Ordre de remettre a fon Excdlence le Projet de Convention ci-joint, fonde fur la feule Bafe qua Sa Majefte croit, dans les Circonftances aduelles, fufceptible d'un Arrangement definitif et amical. Le Miniftre des Relations Exterieures ne man quera pas d'obferver jufqu' a quel Point Sa Ma jefte a cherchc de concifier la Securltc de fes In terets avec la Dignite du Premier Conful. Le Souffigne fe flatte, que le Premier Conful, ren- dant Juftice a ces Sentlmens, adoptera d'accord avec Sa Majefte un Moyen au.Ti propre a rendre une Tranquillite permanente aux Deux Nations et a I'Europe. Le Souffigne faifit cette Occafion de renouveller a fon Excdlence 1' Affurance de fa tr^s-haute Con fideration. (Signe) WHITWORTH, Q_ 2 Tranflation. ( 228 ) Tranflation. ^HE Underfigried, His Britannic Majefty's Am- baffador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the French Republick, having tranfmitted to his Court the Propofal which was made to him by the Minifter for Foreign Affairs on the -^d Inftant, has juft received Orders to tranfmit to his Excel lency the accompanying Projed of a Convention, founded on the only Bafis which His Majefty con ceives, under the exifting Circumftances to be fuf ceptible of a definitive and amicable Arrangement. The Minifter for Foreign Affairs will not fail to obferve to what Degree His Majefty has endea voured to conciliate the Security of His Interefts with the Dignity of the Firft Conful. The Under figned flatters himfelf, that the Firft Conful, doing Juftice to thefe Sentiments, will adopt in Concert with His Majefty an Expedient fo fuitable for re- ftoring permanent Tranquillity to both Nations, and to all Europe. The Underfigned avails himfelf of this Oppor tunity, to renew to his Excellency the Affurance of his higheft Confideration. (Signed) WHITWORTH. (Second ( 229 ) (Second Inclofure referred to in No. 70.) PROJET. I. T E Gouvernement Francois s'engagera a ne faire aucune Oppofition a la Ceffion de I'Ifle de Lam pedofa a Sa Majefte par le Roi des Deux Sidles. II. Vu I'Etat aduel de I'Ifle de Lampedofa, Sa Ma jefte reftera en Poffeffion de I'Ifle de Malthe jufqu' a ce qu'il ait ete pris des Arrangemens pour mettre Sa Majefte a meme d'occuper Lampedofa comm.e Pofte Mllitaire ; apres quoi I'Ifle de Malthe fera remife aux Habitans, et reconnue Etat Independant. III. Le Territoire de la Republique' Batave fera eva- cue par les Troupes Franfalfes dans I'Efpace d' Un Mois apres la Conclufion d'une Convention fondee fur les Principes de ce Projet. IV. Le Roi d'Etrurle, et les Republlques Italienne et Llgurienne, feront reconnues par Sa Majefte. V. La Suiffe fera evacuee par les Troupes Fran9aifes. VL Une Provifion terrltorlale convenable fera affignce au Roi de Sardalgne en Italic. CL3 ARTICLE ( 23° ), ARTICLE SECRET. Sa Majeft6 ne fera' pas requlfe par le Gouverne ment Francois d'evacuer I'Ifle de Malthe qu' apres i'Expiration du Terme de Dix Ans. Tranflation. PROJECT. I. •TpHE French Government ffiall engage to make no Oppofition to the Ceffion of the Ifland of Lampedofk to His Majefty by the King of the Two Sicilies. II. In confequence of the prefent State of the Ifland of Lampedofa, His Majefty ffiall remain in Poffef fion of the Ifland of Malta until fuch Arrange ments ffiall be made by Him as may enable His Majefty to occupy. Lampedofa as a Naval Station; after which Period the Ifland of Malta ffiall be given np to the Inhabitants, and acknowledged as an in dependent State. III. The Territories of the Batavian Repubfic ffiall be evacuated by the French Forces within One Month after the Conclufion of a Convention founded pn the Principles of this Projet. IV. ( 231 ; IV. The King of Etruria, and the Italian and LIgurlan Republics, ffiall be acknowledged by His Majefty. V. Switzerland ffiall be evacuated by the French Forces. VI. A fuitable territorial Provifion ffiall be affigned to the King of Sardinia In Italy. SECRET ARTICLE. His Majefty ffiall not be required by the French Government to evacuate the Ifland of Malta untfi after the Expiration of Ten Years. Articles IV. V. and VI. may be. entirely omitted, or muft all be Inferted. (Third Inclofure referred to in No. 70.) Monfieur, Paris, ce 10 Mai 1803. pOUR ne pas perdre un Inftant d'un Tems fi pre- cleux, j'ai I'Honneur de vous faire parvenir le Projet que j'ai reju de ma Cour, avec la Note que I'accorapagne. J'aural celui de me rendre chez votre Excellence a I'Heure que vous m'Indlquerez d'apres la Deraande que j'ai fait hier; mais en at tendant vous ferez en Poffeffion du Contenu de mes Inftrudions. Dieu veuille qu'dles foient de Na- Q_4 Iture ' ( 232 ) ture a affurer la Tranquillite de Deux Pays et de I'Europe. Je faifis cette Occafion pour renouveller a votre Excellence I'Affurance de ma haute Confideration. (Signe) WHITWORTH. A fon Excellence M. de Talleyrand, kc. &c, &c. Tranflation. Sir, Paris, May lo, 1803. |N order not to lofe an Inftant of fo precious a Time, I have the Honor to convey to you the Projed which I have received from my Court, with the Note which accompanies it. I ffiall have the Honor of calling on your Excellency at any Hour you may appoint, in confequence of the Requeft I made Yefterday. But in the mean While, you will be in Poffeffion of the Contents of my Inftrudions. I hope to God that they may be of a Nature to in- fure the Tranquillity of both Countries and of Europe. I avail myfelf of this Opportunity to renew to your Excellency the Affurance of my high Confideration, (Signed) WHITWORTH. To his Excellency M. de Talleyrand, &C. &c. &c. (Fourth ( 233 ) (Fourth Inclofure referred to in No. 70.) Monfieur, Paris, ce 10 Mal 1803. A YANT regu bier Matin des Inftrudions impor- tantes a vous communiquer, je vous ecrlvoisle Soir pour demander a votre Excellence I'Heure ou je pourrois avoir I'Honneur de m'acquitter' de ce Devoir. Cette Lettre eft reftee fans Reponfe. A Deux Heures apres Midi aujourd'hui, j'ai envoye M. Mandeville, attache a I'Ambaflade, au Bureau des Relations Exterieures pour remettre a votre Ex cellence, et en fon Abfence au Chef du Bureau, un Pacquet cachete contenant les Papiers que j'avois a vous comraunlquer, et en y ajoutant une Seconde Lettre a votre Excellence. M. Mandeville a remis ce Pacquet en Main propre a M. Durand, qui I'a a affure qu'il vous feroit communique fans Delai. A Quatre Heures et Demi, ne regevant aucune Reponfe a mes Lettres, je me fuls rendu aux Re lations Exterieures, et la j'appris que vous etiez a la Campagne, et qu'on ignoroit quand vous xe- vendriez en Ville. Une derai Heure apres rentre chez moi, on me rapporta les Papiers que mon Secretaire avoit pris et dellvre a M. Durand, en me difant qu'il faUoIt que je les envoyaffe au Miniftre a fa Campagne. Dans cet Etat de Chofes, puifque votre Excel lence ne me donne pas I'Occafion de vous iaire cette Comraunication, je n'ai, d'autre Parti a pren dre que d'en charger M. Talbot, Secretaire d'Am- baffade; ( 234 ) baflade: II aura I'Honneur de vous remettre le Projet de Convention, qui, a ce que je I'efpere, fer- vira de Bafe aun Arrangement amical entre nos Deux Gouvernemens. II ne me refte qu'ajouter que le Terme de mon Sejour a Paris eft fimitc, et je dois me mettre en Route Jeudi Matin, pour me rendre en Angleterre, fi d'ici a ce Tems la Negotiation n'eft pas termlnee favorablement. Je vous prie, Monfieur, d'agreer I'Affurance de ma haute Confideration. WHITWORTH. Tranflation. Sir, Paris, May IO, 1S03. TJ AVING Yefterday Morning received fome im portant Inftrudions to coraraunicate to you, I wrote to you that Evening to afk your Escefiency at what Hour I could have the Honour to acquit myfelf of this Duty. That Letter has not been anfwered. At Two o'Clock this Afternoon, I fent Mr. Mandeville, attached to the Embaffy, to the Office for Foreign Affairs, in order to deliver to your Excellency, or in your Abfence to your Firft Secretary, a fealed Packet, containing the Papers which I had to comraunicate to you, and I added a Second Letter to your Excefiency. Mr. Mande ville delivered this Packet into the Hands of M. Durandj ( ^35 ) Durand, who affured him, that it ffiould be com municated to you without Delay. At Half paft Four, not having received any Anfwer to my Let ters, I went to the Foreign Office, and I there learnt that you were in the Country, and that It was not known when you would return to Town. Half an Hour afterwards having returned Home, the Papers which my Secretary had taken and de livered to M. Durand were brought to me, with a Meffage that I muft fend them to the Minifter in the Country. In this State of Things, fince your Excellency does not give me an Opportunity of making yoii this Comraunication, I have no other Alternative than to give it in Charge to Mr. Talbot, Secretary to the Erabaffy. He will have the Honour to deliver to you the Projed of a Convention, which, I hope, will ferve as a Bafis to an amicable Arrangement between our Two Governments. I have only to add, that the Term of my Stay in Paris Is liraited, and I rauft fet'out on my Journey for England on Thurfday Morning, if the Nego tiation is not favourably terminated before that Time. I requeft you, Sir, to accept the Affurance of my high Confideration. (Signed) WHITWORTH. (Fifth ( 236 ) (Fifth Inclofure referred to in No 70.) "^E pouvant plus remettre I'Execution des Ordres de fa Cour, le Souffigne fe yolt oblige de prier le Miniftre des Relations Exterieures de vouloir bien lui faire expedler les Paffeports neceffaires pour fon Retour en Angleterre. II prie fon Excellence de vouloir bien agreer I'Affurance de fa haute Confideration. (Signe) WHITWORTH. Paris, ce 12 Mai 1803. Tranflation. tT being impoffible for the Underfigned to delay- any longer executing the Orders of his Court, he finds hirafdf obliged to requeft the Minifter for Foreign Affairs to have the Goodnefs to expedite the neceffary Paffports for his Return to England. He requefts his Excellency to accept the Affur ance of his high Confideration. (Signed) WHITWORTH. Paris, i2tIrMay 1803. No. 71. C 237 ) No. 71. Extrad of a Difpatch from Sir George Rum- bold Bart, to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Hamburgh, March 29, 1803.. T ATE laft Night it was determined that the Se nate ffiould be convened extraordinarily on this Day, in order to confider of a Requifition from the French Minifter, to infert in the Hamburgh Paper a moft offenfive Article, intended as a Juftification of lhe Firft Conful, and an Attack on the Mea fures of the Britiffi Government. It is with great Regret that I inform your Lordfliip, that the Se nate have judged It prudent to comply with this Demand ; and that the Article wiU be inferted In the Paper of To-morrow ; it is now in the Hands of the Publiffier for that Purpofe. It was the Wiffi of the Senate that they might at leaft be allowed to omit or qualify the moft offenfive Paffages, but Mr. Rheinhardt faid his Orders were pofitive, for the full and exad Infertion of the V/hole. No. 72. Extrad of a Difpatch from Mr. Hill to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Copenhagen, April 2, 1803. 'T'HE French Minifter at Hamburgh received Or ders from his Government to have inferted in the Public Papers of that City, an Article which was fent to him; containing a Commentary upon His ( 238 ) His Majefty's Communication to Parliament, re fpeding the Neeeffity of increafing the Military Forces of the Country in the prefent Circum ftances. The Senate of Hamburgh confented with much Repugnance to the Infertion of this Para graph. The French Minifter defired that the fame ffiould be publiffied in the Papers at Altona ; but the Daniffi Maglftrates faid that they could not poffibly permit it without an exprefs Order from this Government. In confequence of this Refufal, M. Dagueffeau, the French Minifter at this Court, received from his Colleague at Hamburgh a Copy of the Article, with a Requeft that he would foficit the Permiffion of its Publication In the Daniffi Papers. To my Knowledge he had no Anfwer Yefterday, and I have every Reafon to fuppofe that this Government will ffiow the greateft Reluc tance In acceding to the French Minifter's Requeft. ( 239 ) Prefented 20th May 1803. INSTRUCTIONS TO LORD WHITWOTRH, My Lord, Downing-Street, Nov. 14, 1802. T TAKE the Firft Opportunity of communicating to your Excellency, for the Regulation of your Condud, the Inftrudions which His Majefty Is pleafed to give you on fuch Points as may become Subjeds of Dficuffion between His Majefty and the French Government ; and to defire that you will endeavour to conform yourfelf to them in aU your Converfations with the French Minifters. You will lofe no proper Opportunity ofexpref- fing His Majefty's earneft Solicitude for the Pre fervation of the Peace which fubfifts between the Two Countries ; His Difpofition to do every Thing in His Power for that Purpofe.which is confiftent with the Honour of His Crown and the Interefts of His, Dominions; and His Regret at any Cir cumftances which may have arifen to interrupt that Harmony and good Underftanding which are fo important to tR^ Welfare and Happinefs of both Countries. You wfil, however, ftate moft dif tindly His Majefty's Determination never to forego His Right of interfering in the Affairs of the Con tinent, on every Occafion in which the Interefts of His own Dominions, or thofe of Europe in gene ral. ( 240 ) ral, may appear to Him to require It. This Right His Majefty poffeflTes in comraon with every other Independent Power ; It refts upon general .Princi ples, and does not require the Confirraation of any particular Treaty. It is neverthelefs important that you ffiould obferve, that the Circumftances • which led to the Conclufion of the laft Peace, and the Principles upon which the Negotiation was conduded, would give His Majefty a fpecial Right to interpofe In any Cafe which might lead to the Extenfion'of the Power or Influence of France. In the Communications which took place between the Two Governments previous to the Signature of the Preliminary Articles, His Majefty propofed, as the Bafis of Negotiation, that if the French Go vernment , would not relinquiffi the Continental Acquifitions which they had obtained from other Powers in the Courfe of the War, His Majefty would claira the Right of keeping a Part of His Conquefts, as a Compenfation for the important Acquifitions of Territory made by France upon the Continent. This Principle was formally recog nized by the French Government in an official Note In the following Words : " Cependant on re- " connoit que les Grands Evenemens furvenus en " Europe, et les Changemens Sfrlves dans les LI- " mites des Grands Etats du Continent, peuvent " autorifer Une Partie des Demandes du Gou- " vernement Britannique." The Terms of the Treaty of Peace were negotiated in Conformity to this Bafis ; arid It appears, therefore, clear that the , ( 241 ). nie then exifting State of Poffeffion and of Engage* ments as refped the Continent, were the Founda tion of the Peace Itfelf, and that His Majefty has therefore an undbubted Right to Interpofe in con fequence bf the Tireaty in every Cafe in which the State of Poffeffion may appear to him to have un dergone any material Alteration, or In which the Engagements which were thert fubfifting had been violated to the Prejudice of His Majefty, or of the other Powers of Europe. You will proceed to obferve, that the Annexation of Piedmont to FrancCj fince the Conclufion of the Definitive Treaty, makes a moft material Difference in the State of the fixed and permanent Poffeffioris of France i That the Renunciation of the Dutchy of Parma in Favour of France, a Circumftance which Was concealed at the Time of negotiating the Peace, and which Is become bf the greateft Impor tance from its furniffiing an additional Inftance of that Syftem of fecret Ceffion which is totally Incon^i fiftent with any Syftem of Security for Europe, makes a moft effential Difference likewife iri the relative Circumftances of the Two Countries : That at the Tirae of concluding the Peace, the French Government were bound by the moft fa- cred Engagements to refped the Independance of the Helvetic and Batavian Repubficks, and to al low the People of thofe Countries to choofe what ever Form of Government they mJght think pro-- per : That the Violation of this- Right in the Swifs R People, ( 242 ) People, and the Invafion of their Territory, not withftanding the Reprefentation which was made in their Favour by His Majefty, makes a moft ma* terlal Alteration in the State of Engagements con traded fince the Conclufion of the Definitive Trea ty, and adds moft confiderably to the Influence and Power of France, to the Prejudice of a State which was then acknowledged as independant : That tha Condud of the French Government to the Batavian Republick was not lefs objedionable : That the Independance of this Republick was acknowledged, both by the Treaty of Luneville and by the Treaty of the Hague of the Year 1795 : That by the Treaty of the Hague, tile French Government were permitted to keep a Garrifon In that Country only till the Time of general Peace : That by a Conven tion figned In Auguft 1801, the French Troops were to remain there till the Conclufion of the De finitive Treaty of Peace between Great Britain and France : That the French Troops have not, to this Period, evacuated the Country ; and that the Firft Conful Is reprefented lately to have declared, that in the Event of any Differences amongft the People of that Country on the Subjed of their internal Government, he would march with his whole Army to fupprefs theva. : That this Is an obvious Violation of the Independance of the Batavian Republick ; and that His Majefty would have a peculiar Right to interpofe on the prefent Occafion, as he con fented to make numerous and moft important Ref- titutions ( ^43 j iltuiions to the Batavian Gbvernraent in the Treaty bf Peace, on the Confideration of that Govern ment being independant, and not being fubjed to any foreign ContfbUlJ It is unneceffary for me to redbmmend to your Excellency to make thefe Reprefentations with Mo deration and Temper. Yo'u will attend very par ticularly to ariy Exf)lanatIons which may be gi^en to you refpeding them ; and, you will engage to report fuch Explanations to His Majefty's Govern ment. I have the Honor to be, &c. HAWKESBURY. «. a ( 244 ) prefented 24th May 1803. No. I. My Lord, London, May ao, 1803. T HAVE the Honor to inclofe to your Lordffiip an official Note which I received from Monfieur de Talleyrand on the Day of my Departure from Paris, and my Anfwer. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) WHITWORTH. Right Honourable Lord Hawkeffiury, &c. &c. &c. No. 2. Note from M. Talleyrand to Lord Whit worth, dated Paris, May 12th, 1803. (22 Floreal, An 11.) J E Souffigne eft charge de faire connoitre a fon Excellence Lord Whitworth, Ambaffadeur de Sa Majefte Britannique, que le Premier Conful ayant fait propofer dans la Note du 14 de ce Mois, que rifle de Malthe fut remife dans les Mains d'Une des Trois Puiffances garantes, foit la Ruffie, I'Au triche, ou la Pruffe, il ne fufliroit pas pour ecarter cette ( 245 ) cette Propofition d'arguer du Refus que feroit Sa Majefte I'Empereur de Ruffie a recevoir ce Depot, puifqu'il refterolt a connoitre les Intentions de Leurs Majeftes I'Erapereur d'Allemagne, et le Roi de Pruffe. Que d'ailleurs I'Affertlon contenue dans la Note de fon Excellence en Date du 20 de ce Mois, et qui eft exprimee en ces Termes : " par le Rejus de Sa Majejie I'Empereur de Rujfie 'de s'y pr iter" eft entierement contraire a la Garantee que Sa Majefte Imperiale a formdlement offcrte fous la Condition de quelques legers Changemens, que le Premier Conful n'a fait aucune Difficulte d'adopter, et aux- quels il eft a la Connoiflance que le Miniftere An^- glois s'eft refufe, meditant fans Doute alors I'etrange Pretention de garder Malthe. Que de plus, cette Affertion fe trouve encore en Oppofition abfolue avec les Affurances que le Pre mier Conful a re9ues de Peterffiourg depuis que le ^effagc de Sa Majefte Britannique y a ete connu, et qui viennent de lul etre renouvellees par une Communication authentique que Monfieur leComte de Marcoff a donnee hier des Intentions de fa Cour. D'oij n refulte, qu'il eft Impoffible de concifier la derniere Tranfmiffion faite par fon Excellence Lord Whitworth', avec la nouvelle Confirmation qui vient d'etre acquife des Difpofitions de Sa Majefte I'Em pereur de Ruffie, et qu'on ne peut fe refufer a croire que Sa Majefte Britannique, mieux informee, fera elle meme empreffce a faire donner a fon Excellence R 3 des ( 346 ) des Inftrudions differentes de celles qu'elle a re^ues et communiquees au Nom de fon Gouvernement. Le Souffigne faifit cette Occafion de renouveller a fon Excellence Lord Whitworth I'Affurance de fa haute Confideration. (Signe) CH. MAU. TALLEYRAND, Paris, 22 Floreal, An II. (Tranflation.) *~pHE Underfigned is charged to fignify to his Ex« cellency Lord Whitworth, His Britannic Ma jefty's Ambaffador, that the Firft Conful having in the Note of the 14th of this Month made a Propo fal that the Ifland of Malta ffiould be put into the, Poffeffion of either of the Three guaranteeing Powers, namely Ruffia, Auftria, or Pruffia, it would be infufficlent to evade this Propofition by pleading the Refufal of His Majefty the Emperor of Ruffiat to accept the Tiuft, fince the Intentions of their Majefties the Emperor of Germany and King of Pruffia in that Refped remain to be afcertained. ' That moreover, the Affertion contained in his Excellency's Note ofthe 20th of this Month, as ex preffed in the' following Terms, " by the Refufal of His Majefty the Emperor of Ruffia to lijlen to it," is diiedly contrary' to the Guarantee which his Im perial Majefty has formally offered on Condition of nialcing fome trifling Alterations that the Firft Con- ' • ful C 247 ) ful has no Difficulty to adopt, but which he knows that the Engfiffi Miniftry have refufed, with the View, without Doubt, at the Tirae, of the ftrange Pretenfion of keeping Malta. That moreover this Affertion is In abfolute Con tradidion to the Affurances which the Firft Conful has received from Peterffiurgh fince His Britannic Majefty's Meffage has been known there, and which have lately been renewed to him by an authentic Communication which Count Markoff made Yefter day of the Intentions of his Court. From whence It refults, that it Is Impoffible to reconcile the laft Comraunication made by his, Ex cellency Lord Whitworth with the freffi Confirma tion which has juft been acquired of the Difpofi- - tions of His Majefty the Emperor of Ruffia ; and that one cannot help believing that His Britannic Majefty, when better informed, will himfelf haften to give to his Excellency Inftrudions differing from thofe which he has received and communicated in the Name of his Government. The Underfigned feizes this Opportunity to renew to his E;c cellency Lord Whitworth the Affurance of his high Con fideration, (Signed) CH. MAU, TALLEYRAND, Paris, 2 2d Floreal, Year 1 1, (i2th May 1803.) 8, 4 No. 3. i 24:5 ) No. 3. Note from Lord Whitworth to M. Talley- rand, dated Paris, May 12, 1803. T E Souffigne a I'Honneur d'accufer la Reception de la Note que le Miniftre -des Relations Exte^ rieures lui a envoyee en Date d'aujourd'hui, et il ne manquera pas de la faire parvenir a fa Cour. En attendant il prie le Miniftre des Relations Ex terieures de vouloir bien lui envbyer les Paffeports qu'fi lui a demandes. 11 faifit cette Occafion de renouveller a fon Ex cellence I'Affurance defa haute Confideration. (Signe) whitworth/ Paris, ce 12 Mai 1803. ' Ti'anflatlon. •T^HE. Underfigned has the Honpr to acknow ledge the Receipt of the Note which the Mi nifter for Foreign Affairs fent to him this Day,' and he will not fail to tranfmit ic to his Court. In the mean .while, he requefts the Minifter for Foreign ' ffairs to fend him the Paffports which he required of him. He itizes ihis Opportunity to renew to his Ex cellency the Aflurance of his high Confideration. (Signed) whitworth. Paris, 1 2th May 1803. ( *49 ) Prefented 26th May 1803, No. I. fJopy of His Majefty's Order for the Refti-- tution of the Colonies taken from the French and Batavian Republics in the Weft Indies and America ; videlicet, Martinique,St. Lucie, Tobago, Surinam Demerara and Effequibo, Berbice, St. Euftatius, St. Martin's, Curasao, Pierre and Miquelon, The Saints, Pefeada. GEORGE R. 'TpRUSTY and Wdl-beloved, We greet you wdl t Whereas a Definitive Treaty of Peace has been figned at Amiens on the 27th Day of March, by Our Minifter Plenipotentiary, and thofe of the french Repubfic, his Cathofic Majefty, and the Batavian ( 250 ; Batavian Republic : And whereas it is ftipulated by the Third Artide of the faid Treaty, that We fliall reftore to the French Republic and her AUies, naraely, his. Cathofic Majefty and the Batavian Re pubfic, all the Poffeffions and Colonies which be longed to them refpedivdy, and which had been occupied or conquered by Our Forces in the Courfe ofthe War, with the- Exception of the Ifland of Trinidad and the Dutch Poffeffions in the Ifland of .Ceylon; And it being, further ftipulated. In the Twelfth Article pf the faid Definitive Treaty, that the Evacpatlons, Ceflions, arid Reftltutions ftipu lated for by the prefent Treaty, except where otherwife exprefsly provided for, ffiall take place in the Continent and Seas of America, within Three Months after the Ratification of the prefent Definitive Treaty, wfilch Ratifications were ex changed on the I Sth of April laft: And it being ftipulated by the 13th Article of the faid Definitive Treaty, that In all the Cafes of Reftitution agreed upon by the prefent Treaty, the Fortifications ffiall be delivered up in the State in which they may have been at the Time of the Signature of the Pre liminary Treaty, and that all the Works which ffiall have been conftruded fince the Occupation ^all remain untouched ; Our WIfi and Pleafure is, that ybu- do, purfuant to the Stipulations above recited, ddiver, or caufe to be delivered to fuch Commif- fary or Commiffaries as ffiall be named and autho- rized on the Part of the Republic tq receive the fame, the. of ¦W'ith, By His Majefty*s ( 351 ) with the Fortifications thereof, in the State in which they may have been at lhe Time of the Sig- natureof the Preliminary Treaty, leaving untouched the Works which ffiall havo been conftruded fince the Occupation: And for fo doing this ffiall be your Warrant, Given at Our Court at St. James's, the Day of May 1 8o!j, and Forty-fecond Year of Our Reign, Tp Our Trufty and Well-be- foved Our Governor of the of • pr to the Commanding Of ficer for the Time being of | Comniand, the faid and to all _ ipthers whom it may concern, j (Counterfigned) HOBART. QRDEI^ for the Reftitution of the of No. 2-. Copy of an Inftrudlon frqm the Right Honourable Lord Hobart, One of His Majefty's Principal Secretaries of State to |Jeuteriant General D^rida$, (Moft Secret.) . Sir, powning Street, 17th Odober 1802* /-.IRCUMSTANCES having recently occurred, ¦ which render it advifeable to delay the Reftitu tion of the Cape of Good, Hope tp the Batavian ,'' Government, C 252 ) government, J am to fignify tayou His Majefty's Commands, that you ffiould retain Poffeffion thereof until further Orders. It is, however, extremely de firable, that In the Execution of this Inftrudlon, every Circumftance ffiould be avoided, which may be calculated to excite Jealoufy in the Batavian Go vernraent, or to create an Apprehenfion ' of its arifing from an hoftile Motive. I have the Honour to be. Sec. (Signed) HOBART, To Lieutenant General Dtaidas, &c; &c. &c. No. 3. Copy of an Inftrudlon from the Right Hon. Lord Hobarc, to the Governors of, or Of- ccrs commanding at Surinam, Demerara and Effequibo, Berbice,Martinique, St. Liicie, Tobago, Curafao. Slr^ Downing Street, Odober 17, 1802. (CIRCUMSTANCES having occurred which ren, der it advifeable to delay the Reftitution of the of to the Republic ; I am to fignify to you His Majefty's- Cbramands, ( 253 ) Commands, that you ffiould retain Poffeffion thereof; until further Orders. I have the Honor to be, &f . (Signed) HOBART. To the Governor of &c. &c. &c. No. 4. Copy of an Inftrudlon from the Right Ho nourable Lord Hobart to the Governors of - Surinam, Demerara and Effequibo, Berbice, Martinique, > St. Lucie, Tobago, Curasao. 15th November i8oa. (Secret Circular.) Sir, Downing Street, 15th Noveraber 1802. T HAVE the Honour to acquaint you, that notwith ftanding the Orders, which by the King's Com mands, I communicated to you on the 17th ultimo, it is His Majefty's Pleafure, that you do imme diately proceed to the Reftitution of the Settlement of to the Government; in ( 354 ) in Conformity to the DIredions you have already received for that Purpofe. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) HOBART. To the Governor of &c. &c; &c. No. 5. Copy of a Secret Inftrudlon from the Right Honourable Lord Hobart, to Lieutenant General Dundas. rSecret.) Sir, Downing Street, November 16, 1802. T HAVE the Honor to acquaint you, that, notwith ftanding the Inftrudions which, by the King's Commands, I communicated to you on the 17th ultimo, it is His Majefty's Pleafure, in the Event of the Eaft India Ships originally deftined for the Conveyance of the Troops being at the Cape,when you receive this Difpatch, that you do give Direc tions for their Immediate Embarkation, with Orders for their Departure for India without Delay. Under an Impreffion, however, of the Probability of thofe Ships having failed without the Troops, I am to acquaint you, that other Ships have beerii fubftltuted for that Service j but that I am appre- henfive It will be at leaft One Month before they can leave this Country. I am ( 255 ) I am alfo to fignify to you His Majefty's Plea* fure, that you do proceed forthwith to the Execu tion of your former* Inftrudions for the complete Evacuation of the Cape. The utmoft Cordiality fubfifting between His Majefty's Government and that of the Batavian Republic, you will obferve the moft conciliatory Condud in all your Proceedings with the Officers belonging to that Republic. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) HOBART. Lieutenant General Dundas, &c. 5cc. &c. ( ^56 ) Prefented z'Jth May 1803; No. I. £xtrad of a Difpatch from Mr. Merry to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Parts, June 17^ I,8c2. ¦jN your Lordffiip's Difpatch, No. 3. of this Year, to Mr. Jackfon, you gave Inftrudions to that Minifter to endeavour to procure the Releafe of the Britifh' Sloop Fame, which had been feized by the Revenue Officers at Cherbourg, in confequence bf her having entered that Port by Strefs of Weathen The Mafter of that Veffeland a Perfon deputed by the Proprietors at Jerfey, arrived lately at Paris for the Purpofe of defending the Suit, which has heen carrying qn to procure her Liberation* 1 had, In confequence 0/ their Apphcation to me, reminded the French Minifter verbally of this Bu* finefs on Two or Three Occafions : But thofe Re- monftrances having prodiiced no Effed, and Sen tence being about to be pronounced on the laft Ap peal in the Caufe, I fent him a Reprefentation in Writing, of which your Lordffiip will find a Copy^ inclofed ; and In which I confidered that it might be ( 2^7 ) be ferviceable to infert fome Obfervations upon the Law of the French Repubfic, which gave Occafion to the Seizure, upon the Manner of its Execution, and upon the Propriety of Its being repealed and modified now that the Two Countries were happily at Peace. %o. 2. Extrad of a Difpatch from Mr. Merry to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Paris, June 23, 1802. T HAVE the Honour to tranfmit to your Lord ffiip Inclofed, Copy of an Anfwer, which I re ceived Two Days fince^Jfrom the French Minifter, to the Note which I delivered to him on the 25th May ; communicating to him that His Majefty had, in Conformity to the 14th Article of the De finitive Treaty of Peace, taken off the Sequeftra- tions upon the Property of French Citizens In His Dominions, and expreffing that He did not doubt that the French Government would be equally ready to render the fame Juftice to fuch of Flis Ma jefty's Subjeds as have Property in France. N©. 3. ( 258 ) No. 3- Extrad of a Difpatch from Mr. Merry to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Paris, July 5, 1802. .T TRANSMIT inclofed Copy of an Anfwer which the French Minifter has given to the Reprefen tation which I lately ddlvered to him, refpeding the Seizure of the Britiffi SHoop Fame Packet, at Cherbourgi No. 4. Extrad of a Difpatch from Mr. Merry to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Paris, Auguft 4, 1802. T, AM forry to have learnt by an Anfwer, which I have received from M. Talleyrand, and of which I tranfmit a Copy Inclofed, that the Reprefentation which I made to that Minifter (inclofed in my Number 3 1) on the Subjed of the Seizure at Cher bourg of the Britifli Sloop Fame Packet, has failed in its Effed, either of procuring the Releafe of that Veffel, or of drawing forth fbme favourable Expla nation In regaid to the Law which gave Occafion to her Detention. No. 5. C 259 ) No. 5. Copy of a DIfpatc|i from Mr. Merry to Lord Havykefbury, dated Paris, Septem ber 20, 1802. My Lord, Paris, Sept. 20, 1802. T RECEIVED, the Evening before laft, by the or dinary Poft, the Honor of your Lordffiip's fepa- rate Letter of the r3th of this Month, tranfmltting to me Copy of one from Meffrs. Houtham and Moir, on the Subjed of the Seizure, in a French Port, ofthe Britiffi Brig Jennies, William Muckle, Mafter ; and direding me to take the neceffary Steps for obtaining Redrefs for the Owners of the Veffd and Cargo. I have loft no Time in reprefenting this Cafe to the French Government, as your Lordffiip will fee by the Copy Which I haVe the Honor to tranfmit,, inclofed, of a Letter which I have addreffed on the Subjed to M. Talleyrand ; but I am forry to ob ferve, that there can be fittle Hopes of any Redrefs being obtained in this Inftance, fince none has been prbduced by the repeated Remonftrances which were made In the ftill ftronger Cafe of the Veffel (the Fame Packet,) belonging to Jerfey, which was only forced into a French Port by Strefs of Weather ; whereas the Ship now In queftion came defignedly to the Port of Charente with prohibited Goods aboard, contrary to the Law of the Republic, (which unfortunately ftill continues in force) con- s 2 fifcating ( 26o ) fifcatmg every Veffel and Cargo where Britiffi Ma- nufadures ffiall be found, x J Your Lordffiip will perceive, that I have availed myfelf of this Opportunity to recal to the French Minifter the Obfervations which I made to hira, on a former Occafion, upon the Effeds, fo prejudicial to the Britiffi Trade, and to a friendly Intercourfe between the two Countries, which muft neceffarily arife from the rigorous Execution of the Law in queftion. I have the Honor to be, &c. ANT. MERRY. Right Hon. Lord Hawkeffiury, &c. &c. &c. No. 6. Extrad of a Difpatch from Mr. Merry to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Paris, Odober ' ' ' 18, 1802. .T INCLOSE Copy of an Anfwer, which I have received from the French Minifter, to the Re-. prefentations which I made to him on the 27th of laft Month, on the Subjed of the Capture of the Britiffi Ship Porcher, by the French Privateer the Bdlona ; in which he flates, that the neceffary Or ders will be given for Juftice to be done to the Pro prietors of that Ship. ' I at the fame Time forward herewith a Lift of Paffports which I have granted to Perfons going to His ( 26l ) His Majefty's Dominions, between the 2d and i5tiU of Odober. No. 7. Copy of a Difpatch frora Lord Hawkeffiury, to Mr. Merry, May 20,. 1802. Sir, Downing Street, May 20, 1802. VTA RIOUS Reports having been received In this Country, of ftrid Prohibitions being inforced with refped to the Admiffion of Britiffi Commo dities and Manufadures into France, and of very rigorous Reftridlons being impofed on Britiffi Veffels entering the Ports of that Country ; I have to fignify to you His Majefty's Pleafure, that you tranfmit to me, without Delay, the moft detailed and accurate Statement which you can procure on thofe Points ; and that you take an early Oppor tunity to imprefs upon the French Minifters, the Neeeffity of fome Underftanding being eftabliffied between His Majefty's Government and that of France, on the Subjed of the Commercial Inter courfe between the Two Countries. As It Is probable that you may be uncertain as to the Courfe that you ffiould purfue in fupporting Claims, which Subjeds of His Majefty may bring forward for the Reftitution of Property which they poffeffed in France previoufly to the War ; I have to fignify to you the King's Pleafure, that you ac quaint the French Minifters, that His Majefty has, s 3 in ( 262 ) in conformity to the 14th Article of the tJisfini- tive Treaty of Peace taken off the Sequeftrations upon the Property of French Citizens in His Domi nions ; and that therefore His Majefty's Govern ment doubt not that the French Government' will be equally ready to render the fame Juftice to fuch of His Majefty's Subjeds as have Property in France. I am, &c. HAWKESBURY. .Anthony Merry Efq, &c. &c. &c. No. 8. Copy bf a Note from Mr. Merry to M. Tal- lyrand, Paris, May 24, 1802. — In Mr. Merry's No. 18. NOTE. T E Soufign^ Miniftre Plenipotentiaire de Sa Ma jefte Britannique a regu les Ordres du Roi dc communiquer au Citoyen Tafieyrand, Miniftre des Relations exterieures de la Republique Frangolfe, que conformement a I'Artlde 14 du Traite definitif de Paix, Sa Majefte a fait lever les Sequeftres qui avoient ete mis pendant le Guerre fur les Proprictes de toute Efpece appartenantes aux Citoyens Franfois dans fes Etats. Sa Majefte ne doute done pas que le Gouverne ment de la Republique Fran9oIfe ne foit egalement prompt ( 263 ) proflipt a rendre la meme Juftice aux Sujets de Sa Majefte qui ont des Proprietes en France. II eft neceffaire que le Soufignc ait I'honneur d'obferver drtn^ cette Occafion au Citoyen Miniftre que plufieurs Sujets du Roi ont ete mis fur la Lifte des Emigre^ Fran9ois, fi cette Circonftance peut fervir d' Obftacle a ce que ces Individus rentrent de fuite dans leurs Proprietes, le Soufigne ofe fe flatter que le Gouvernement Francois emu des Principes de Juftice qui le gouvernent, pourra juger apropos d'adopter une Mefure generale qui leverolt fur le Champ cette Difficulte. * / Le Soufigne a I'honneur, &c. ANTHY MERRY. Paris, May 24, 1802. Au Citoyen Falleyrand. No. 9. Copy of a Note from Mr. Merry to M. Tal leyrand, Pariij June 15, 1802. Citoyen Miniftre, Paris, le 15 Juin 1802. "iV/fON Predeceffeur Monfieur Jackfon, a eu I'hon neur de vous addreffer une Reprefentation au Mois de Janvier dernier, par Ordre du Gouverne ment Britannique, au fujet de la Detention au Pore de Cherbourg du Batiment Anglois norarae " Fame Packet," Capitaine de Gruchy ; et moi, Citoyen s 4 Miniftre, ( 264 ) Miniftre, j'ai eu auffi I'honneur de vous rappdler debouche cet objet, vous informant en meme tems que le Tribunal de Caffation alloit prononcer la deffus, attendu que le Gouvernement Francois n'ayant pas interpose fon Autorite pour rdacher le Batiment, le Capitaine s'eft vu dans la Neceffite de pourvoir a fa defenfe par la voie ordinaire de la Juftice. L'apper9u, Citoyen Miniftre, que j'ai I'honneur de vous tranfmettre ci joint et que m'a remis Ca pitaine de Gruchy lui meme qui fe trouve depuis quelques Jours a Paris, expofe les Circonftances principales de cette Affaire dans fon etat aduel. Hen refulte que le Batiment en queftion, force par le mauvais tems de chercfier un Abrls dans la Rade de Cherbourg, y a ete detenu et enfuite con- fifque par une premiere Sentence, par I'Effet d'une Loi, paffee en tems de Guerre et au moment de fa plus grande Rigueur, qui declare confifcable tout Navire au deffous de cent Tonneaux qui s'appro- cherolt des Cptes de France a la diftance de quatre Lieues avec des Marchandifes prohibees a fon bord. Prohibition dans laquelle etoient et font encore comprifes toutes les Marchandifes Anglalfes. Qu'il me foit permis d'obferver dans ce lieu que, vii la proximite des Cotes d'Anglcterre a celle de la France, et la Neceffite ou les Batimens Anglois doivent fe trouver continuellement d'approcher de celles-cj, Ja Loi fufdite, fi elle doit fubfifter et etre execute, aura Immanquablemem I'Effet de produire des ( ^6s ) des Cofttdtations journafieres entre les deui Gou vernemens. Pour ce qui eft du Cas dont il s'agit maintenant, J'ai appris Citoyen Minifire par les Procedures qui ont eu lieu qu'il appartient a la Douane de decider fi la Relache d'un Batiment fur les Cotes de France a ete forcee ou non, et qu'elle a a fon Profit la Moi- tle des Saifies qui fe feroient, d'ou II refulte que la Douane dans des Cas parells eft. en meme tems Juge et Partie. . . Tout parait prouver que la Rdache du Fame Packet dans la Rade de Cherbourg' a etc forcee : mais d'apres les Circonftances de la loi, et de la maniere de fon execytlon, que je viens d'avoir I'honneur de vous expofer, 11 rie pent refter aux Proprletaires du Batiment etde'la'Gargaifon aucune Efperance de les fauver dans le deinier appel qu'ils viennent de faire au Tribunal de Caffation, qui va prononcer inceffamment. fa Sentence, a moins que le Gouvernement Fran9ois ne juge. apropos d'inter- pofer fon Autorite et d'appdler aluimerae la, Con noiffance de cette Affaire. Les Sentiraens de Juftice qui guldent le Premier Conful, ainfi que les Miniftres de la Republique Fran9oife, doivent m'infpirer une pleine Confiance d'obtenir de leur Part I'Attention que J'ofe inter- peller dans cette Occafion.— Leur Sageffe et leur Blenveillance leur dideront jufqu'oii il pourra con venir de revoquer, ou de modifier, en tems de Paix, une loi emanee d'un Etat de Guerre, ec qui doit neijeffairement ( 266 ) neceffalrement caufer des Inconveniences les plus grands au Commerce Anglois. J'ai I'honneur, &g. (Signe) A. MERRY. Au CI,toyen Talleyrand, Miniftre des Relations Exterieures de la RepT-i^ Fran9oife. No. lo. Copy of a Note from M. Talleyrand to Mr, Merry, dated i8th June 1802.— In Mr. Merry's No. 34. Monfieur, Paris, le 29 Prairial, An dix. J'AI re9u la Note que vous m'avez fait I'honneur de m'addreffer Ie-L£™l!£L^£i^, concernant la 25 Mai, 1S02 ' levee des Sequeftres appofes fur les Proprietes des Sujets de Sa Majefte Brlfi" et I'Appfication qui a ete faite a plufieurs d'entre eux de la Legiflation fur I'Emlgratlon. Je me fuls imprefse d'en donner Communication au Miniftre des Finances en I'InvItant a appeler I'At tention du Gouvernement fur I'Objet de votre De mande. J'aural I'honneur de vous Informer de la Decifion qui aura ete prife a ce Sujet auffitot qu'elle me fera connue. Recevez, Monfieur, I'Affurance de ma parfalte Confideration. (Signe) CH. MAU. TALLEYRAND. A Monfieur Merry, Miniftre Plenipotentiare de Sa Majefte Britannique. No. II. ( 267 ) No. II. M. Talleyrand to Mr. Merry, Paris July i, 1802, (CopyO Monfieur, Paris, le 12 Meffidor, An dix. J'AI I'honneur de vous informer que je viens de reiterer au Miniftre des Finances I'Invitation que je hii avois dejl faite en Pluvlofe dernier, d'apres la Recommendation dc Monf' Jackfon, de fe faire rendre Compte de la Confifcation du Batiment An glois Farae Packet, dans la Rade de Cherbourg, et de prendre les Ordres du Premier Conful relative ment a I'Appfication exiftante de la loi du 4 Ger minal, An deux. Je I'ai prie de me faire connoitre la Decifion prife, avffitdt qu'elle m'aura ete envoyee Je m'emprefferai de vous en faire Part. Agreez, Monfieur, I'Affurance de ma haute Con lideration. •;," (Signe) CH. MAU. TALLEYRAND. a M. Merry, Miniftre Plenlpo. dc 3. M, Britannique, &c. &c. &c. No. 12. ( 268 ) , '.. No. 1 2. Copy of a Note from M. Talleyrand to Mr. Merry, Paris, 12 Thermidor, An le. (31 July 1802.) — In Mr. Merry's No. 49. Monfieur, Paris, ce 12 Ther midbr, lo. J'AI I'Honneur de vous prevenir que le Miniftre des Finances, en reponfe a la Lettre par laquelle Je lui ai donne Communication de votre derniere Note concernant I'affaire du Fame Packet, Capi taine Gruchy, vient de me mander qu'il a fait fon Rapport au Premier Cbnful fur la Safie de ce "Latl- ment, dont II parait recounu que le Cargaifon etait compofee de Marchandifes prohibees, et que d'a pres fon Etat aduel le Premier Conful a decide qu'il fallait lalfler le Cours a la Juftice. ' Recevez, Monfieur, I'Affurance de ma haute Confideration. (Signe) * CH. MAU. TALLEYRAND. a Monfieur Merry, &c. &c. &c. No. 13. STATEMENT ofthe CASE of the FAME PACKET. 31ft July 1802. Apper9u fidele de 1' Affaire du Capitaine de , Gauchy de Jerfey contre la Regie des Douanes de Cherbourg. T E 19 de Decembre dernier le Capitaine de Geuchy commandant le Batiraent Fame Packet, met a la. Vofie du Port de Southampton en Angle terre, { 269 ) terre, pour fe rendre a Jerfey avec un Chargement confiftant en Farine, Orge Grille pour les Troupes de la Gamifon, et en diverfes autres Marchandifes pour les Habitans de I'Ifle. II avoit pris a fon bord 25 PaffagerSj qui etoient des Femmes, des Enfans, des Negoclans, et des Officiers venant joindre leur Regiment, entre autres un Lieutenant de la Marine Royale. En quittant le Port de Southampton, II eft obllg^ de donnez un Acquit a caution comrae fa Cargaifon doit etre de chargee dans un Port Anglois. Dans les premieres Moments fa Navigation eft heu- reufe, mais le 20 Decembre le Ventpaffe tout a coup au S. S. W. grand frais, II fouffle avec une Force effrayante, et des le Soir meme il eft battu par la plus violente Tempete. Cralgnant alors de paffer encore une Nuit fur la Mer, II fe decide a entrer dans le Port le plus voifin. Comme il fe trouve dans une Situation a gagner le Port de Cherbourg II fait route pour cet endrolt, penfant que les Preliminaires entre I'Angleterre et la France lui permettolent d'y entrer en toute Surete, d'autant plus que plufieurs de fes Paffagers etoient fort malades II ne pouvoit leur donner aucun Secours. II arrive fur la Rade Cherbourg le Soir du 20 Decembre, etant a I'Ancre, le Capitaine va a terre pour faire fon Rapport a la Douane ; il n'y eft pas admis, fous Pretexte qu'il na pas un Courtier, 11 en trouve- un et fe rend de nouveau a la Douane, on refufe fa Declaration parce que dit-on la Loi du 4 Germinal An 2, defend a tous Navires du deffous de cent Tonneaux d'ap procher ( 47° ) procher des C6tes de France a la Diftance de quatre Lieiies avec des Marchandifes Angloifes. Le Capitaine eft done cite par la Regie de Cher bourg devant le Tribunal de Valogne, et les Juges pronon^ant contre lui fuivant toute la Rigueur d'une Loi portee dans des Tems de Guerre et de Cala mite. Le Capitaine appelle de ce Jugement au Tri bunal de Coutances qui le condamne encore, mais informe la Difpofition du Tribunal de premiere Inftance qui 1' avoit condamne a Six Mois d'lmpri- fonnement, 1' Affaire eft aduellement devant le Tri bunal de Caffation et va etre jug6e fans Delai. La Loi cit^e entralne les plus funeftes Confe quences pour les Navires qui font le Commerce d' Angleterre aux Ifles de Jerfey, puifque tous ces Navires font au deffous de cent Tonneaux, et qu'il leur eft Impoffible de ne pas paffer dans le Rayon de quatre Lieues, le Rat d'AuvIgny fe trouvant dans ce Rayon, cequi expofe a des grands Inconve- niens la Garnifon et les Habitans des Ifles, qui fbnt approviflonn6s par ces Navires. La Douane de Cherbourg eft tdlement convalncue elle meme que le Navire etoit deftine pour Jerfey qu'elle vient de renvoyer a notre Gouverneur Mon fieur le General Gordon, un Paquet a fon Ad- dreffe qui fe trouvoit dans ce Navire. 31 Juillet 1802. Nb. 14. ( 271 ) No. 14. Copy of a Letter from Mr'^eny to M. Tal leyrand, Paris, 20th September 1802. — In Mr. Merry's Separate of 20th Septem ber 1802. Citoyen Miniftre, Paris, le 2 0 Septembre 1802. /^'EST avec Peine que je me trouve de nouveau dans le cas d'avoir a reclaimer contre les Effets de la Loi de la Republique Fran5aife qui declare confifcable tout Batiment qui entre dans un Port de France avec des Marchandifes prohibees — (Prohi bition qui s'etend encore a toutes celles qui font de Manufadure Anglaife) — quoiqu' elles foient deftl- nees pour un autre Port. Le Brig Anglais nomme Jennies, Capitaine Gull- laurae Muckle, fut frette en Angleterre pour por ter du Charbqn de terre au Port de Charente en France, ainfi qu'une petite Quantite de Marchan difes Anglaifes au Port de Cadiz en Efpagne d'ou il devait rapporter un Chargement de Vin.' Arrivee a Rochefort le Capitaine fit fa Declara tion a la Douane de tout ce qu'il avait a fon bord, tout pour le Port de Chasente que pour celui de Cadiz, et 11 a offert de depofer dans la Douane, juf- qu'a fon Depart, les Marchandifes qui etalent def- tinees pour I'Efpagne, en cas que cette Precaution fut juge neceffaire. Mais malgre ce Procede franc et candide de fa Part, qui prouve evidemment qu'il n'avalt aucun Deffdn de faire la Contrabande, et-que les Effets prohibes C 27^ ) prohibes etaicnt redlement deftines pour un Pays etranger, les Officiers de la Douane fe font refuses a admettre fa Declaration et ont faifi le Batiment en Vertu de la Loi fufmentionnee. Les Armateurs et les Proprletaires du Chargement s'en etant plaint au Gouvernement Anglais, Je viens, Citoyen Miniftre, de recevoir les Ordres de ma Cour, de vous reprefenter cette Affaire, ainfi que d'avoir I'honneur de foliciter aupres de vous le prompt Elarglffement du Batiment et de la Cargai fon, auquel l'on efpere que les Sentiraens de Juftice et d'EquIte qui guldent le Gouvernement Fran9ais pourront la decider a fe prefer, vA que i'lnnocence du Capitaine eft prouvee par la Circonftance de I'Offre qu'il a fait de depofer les Marchandifes pro hibees a la Douane jufqu'au Moment de fon De part. Au refte je prendral la Liberte, Citoyen Miniftre, de vous rappdler dans cette Occafion les Obferva tions que j'ai deja eu I'Honneur de vous expofer dans une autre fur les Effets prejudiciables qui doi vent neceffalrement refulter au Commerce Anglais, ainfi qu'a la Communication amicale entre les deux Pays, de la Continuation en tems de Paix d'une Loi qui a eman'e d'un Etat de Guerre, et encore dans un Moment de fa plus grande Fureur. J'ai I'Honneur, Citoyen Mlnlftire, de vous re nouveller les Affurances de ma haute Confideration. (Signe) A. MERRY. Au Citoyen Talleyrand, &c. &c. &c.. No. 15. ( 273 ) No. 15. , Copy of a Letter from Mr. Merry to M. ¦: Talleyrand, dated 14th Odober 1802. — In Mr. Merry's No. 80. "Citoyen Miniftre, F'aris, le i4 0dobre 1802. 1 E Batiment Anglais nomme Nancy, Capitaine Allen Richardfon, eft parti des Pprts de Angle terre pour Rotterdam en Hollande, avec urie Car gaifon compofee de differentes Marchandifes etran geres qui avaient ete prifes fur des Batimens ennemis pendant la Guerre et vendues en Angleterre fous Caution que les Acheteurs ont donne de les ex porter. Ce Batiment fe trouvant deja fur la Cote de Hol lande y a effuye un gros tems qui eft fUr-Venu des Avaries,ef entre autres celle de la Perte de fon Beauprc, ce qui lui a pbllge de fe refugler au Port de Fleffmgue. — II y eft entre vers le milieu du mois Juillet de cette Annee, quand un Detachement des Troupes Fran9aifes, com-maride par des Officiers,' s'eft rendu abord et s'eft empare du Vaiffeau et de la Cargaifon, fans que le Capitaine ait pu favoir la Caufe de cette Salfje, Le Vaiffeau y eft detenu encbre. Les Circonftances de cet Evenement, fi dies font ' en effe't telles que le Capitaine et les Proprletaires les bnt rtprefentees au Gouvernement Britannique, ^fembient lui doijner une Quallte hoftile de la part des Officiers Fran^-iisquiparaiffent avoir Voulu faire T Prife ( 274 ) Prife du Batiment au lieu de lui accorder I'Afile, i'Hofpitalite et le Secours, auxquels 11 pouvait s'at- tendre dans le Port d'une Puiffance maintenant en Paix avec I'Angleterre. Dans le Cas aduel il ne s'agit pas de Marchan- dll'es .Anglaifes (si le Capitaine auralt tente de les Introduire par Contrebande — ce done il n'a pas meme ete accufe ) — puifque toutes celles qui fe trou- vent abord du Nancy font . d'autres Pais, qui n'au- raient pas pu etre Importees en Angleterre que comme prifes fur I'Enneml, et quoiquelles euffent ete du Cru, ou des Manufadures d' Angleterre I'Arrivee forcee du Batiment femblerait les ex- empter de I'Appfication de cette Loi de la Re publique Francaife qui condame encore toute Pro- dudlon du Sol, ou de I'lnduftrie de la Grande Bretagne. C'eft d'apres les Ordres de ma Cour, Citoyen Miniftre, que j'ai I'honneur de vous reprefenter cette Affaire, et de redamer aupres de vous non feulement le prompt Elarglffement du fufdit Bati ment, avec fa Cargaifon, mais qu'il foit fait Juftic« aux Proprletaires pour les Pertes qu'ils ont effuyees par la Detention de leurs Effets. Le Gouverne ment Anglais ne doute aucunement que les Sentl mens d'Equite qui guldent celui de la Republique ne le difpofent a acceulller favorablement ces De mandes, pourvu qu'il n'y ait aucun Crime conftatc con.tre le Capitaine. J4 ( 27J ) Je faifis avec Empreffementj Citoyen Minif tre, cette Occafion pour avoir I'Honneur de vous renouveller les Affurances de ma haute Confide ration. (Signe) A. MERRY. Au Citoyen Talleyrand, &c. &c. &c. No. 1 6. Copy of a Note from Mr. Merry to M. Tal leyrand, dated Paris, 22d Od. 1802. — In Mr. Merry's feparate Difpatch, Odober 25th, 1802. Citoyen Miniftre, Paris, le 22 Odobre 1 802. |L vient de fe prefenter un nouveau Cas ou un Batiment Anglois a fente d'une Maniere bien rappante les Effets de la Loi de la Repubfique Francolfe qui confifque tout Navire abord duquel l'on trouveroit la moindre Chofe qui fut de Fabrlque Anglolfe. Le Brig George, commande par le Sieur Jean Newham eft entre dans le Port de Charente au Commencement d'Aout de cette Annee pour pren dre un Chargement d'Eau de vie, deftine pour Londres, n'ayant abord autre Chofe que fon L'eft, et les Provifions neceffaires pour le Voyage. Les Douannlers n'ont done pas pu trouver autre Chofe T 2 de ( -2^6 ) de quo! fe faifir que des UPtcnfiles de la Chambre du Capitaine (qu'il ne croyoit pas devoir declarer) tels que des Affiettes de faience, quelques Verres et quelques Couteaux et Fourchettes d'AuIr, dont la Quantite de chaque Efpece pour ne pas en faire le detail, peut tres facilement fe rnefurer par le Prix de 4 LIvres Sterfings,' ou 96 Livres de France, que le tout enfemble avoit coute au Capitaine, y compris -deux Lampes qui eclairoient fa Chambre. Voila, Citoyen Miniftre, ce qui a fuffi pour ce Sujet du Roi ait fubl toutes les RIgueurs de la Loi du 10 Brumaire, An Cinq de la Republique, qui porte Confifcation du Batiment ainfi que d'autres , Peines. Et void un Cas ou I'Angleterre auroit pris tout un Changement des Produdlons de la France, tandls que cette Puiffance ne permet pas a un Capi taine Anglois qui vient chercher ces Produdlons, de fe fervir abord de fon Vaiffeau des Uftenfiles de fon propre Pays. Falloit-il done, que pour pouvoir entrer dans un Port de France II fit venir d'avance de ce Pays des Affiettes, des Verres, des Couteaux et des Fourchettes ? ou fi cela feroit Impoffible, voudrolt on I'obliger a manger fur les Planches de fon Vaiffeau et avec fes Dolgts ? Ceci paroit incroy- able. II eft pourtant verifie par le Fait. Puifque, Citoyen Miniftre, les Reprefentations que j'ai deja eu I'honneur de vous adreffer fur des Cas a peu pres femblables n'ont produit aucun Effet, je ne pourrois pas m'attendre a une mcilleure Reuffite dans une Demande que je ferais dans le Cas aduel : mais ( 277 ) mais vous fentirez, Citoyen Miniftre, combien II eft . de mon Devoir de vous le faire connoitre. J'ai I'Honneur, 5:c. A. MERRY. Citoyen Talleyrand, Miniftre des Relations exterieures. No. 17. < Copy of a Difpatch from Mr. Merry to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Paris, Odober 25, 1802. (Separate.) My Lord, Paris, Odober -25, 1802. lOHN NEWHAM, the Mailer of the Britiffi Brig -^ George, delivered to me a Report laft Week of that Veffel, which had been freighted to come to Charente In Ballaft, to convey from thence a Cargo of Brandy from England, having been feized at that Port by the French Cuftom Houfe Officers, becaufe the different Articles which they found In_ the Mafter's Cabin for the Ufe of his Table, fuch as Plates, Knives, Forks, and Glaffes, (the Cofts of which when new, he declared to have been altoge ther £4), -were of Britiffi Manufadure, and becaufe he had not made a Declaration of them at the Cuf tom Houfe. He acquainted me moreover that his Veffel had been condemned, in confequence of T 3 that ( 278 ) that Seizure, by Two Sentences of the French Tribunals in the Department where Charente Is fituated. I thought It my Duty, my Lprd, to lofe no Time in ftating fo violent a Proceeding to the French Mi nifter ; and I delivered to him accordingly, the Day before Yefterday, the Reprefentation, of which the inclofed Is a Copy, taking that Opportum'ty to re mind M. Talleyrand of the former Remon .Irances which I had delivered to him on Subjeds of a fimi lar Nature, and renewing verbally on this Occafion, the Obfervations which I had then had the Honour of expreffing to him in Writing, upon the conti nued rigorous Execution, In Time of Peace, of the French Law which had taken place at a Mom.ent of the greateft Heat of the late War. The Mi nifter confined his Anfwer to me, to an Affurance that he would caufe an ^l^nqulry to be made imrae diately Into the Cafe, which I had now laid before him. I have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed) ANTHy MERRY, The Right Honorable Lord Hawkeffiury, &p. Sec. kc. No. 18, ( 279 ) No. i8. Copy of a Difpatch from Lord Whitwortfi to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Paris, May lo, 1803. (Separate.) My Lord, Paris, May 10, 1803. VIZlTH regard to the numerous Memorials and Reprefentations, which I have had to make to this Government, in Behalf of thofe of His Ma jefty's Subjeds, who have fuffered by the Detention and Confifcation of their Veffels and Property in the Ports of France, I have only to obferve, that they have, with the Exception of One or T'^o In ftances, remained unanfwer'ed ; I truft therefore no Blame can attach to me, if my Endeavours to carry into Effed your Lordffiip's Inftrudions on-thls Head, have not been more effedual. I have the Honour to be, &g, (Signed) WHITWORTH. Right Honourable Lord Hawkeffiury, &c. &c. &c. J_- . , ! 1 , ^-. , No. 19. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Rufus King to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated London, May 1 5, 1803. My Lord, London, May 15, 1803. |N the prefent critical Poftnre of Affairs, I lofe no Time in communicating to your Lordffiip, for, His Majefty's Information, that a Treaty was figned T 4 at ( 28o ) ' at Paris- on the Thirtieth Day of' April paft, by the Plenipotentiaries of America and France ; by which the compleat Sovereignty of the Town and Territory of New Orleans, as well as all Louifiana, as the fame was heretofore poffeffed by Spain, has been acquired by the United States of America. In drawing up this Treaty, Care has been taken fo to frame the fame, as not to infringe any Right of Great Britain in the Navigation of the River Mif- fiffippi. I flatter myfelf that this Coramunication will be received with Satisfaction, and regarded as a new Proof of the Difpofition of the United States to ob ferve towards His Majefty a Spirit of Amity and Confidence, important at all Times, and more efpecially fo In prefent Circumftances, to the Harmony and mutual Profperity of the Two Countries. I avail myfelf of this Occafion, to renew to your Lordffiip the Affurance of diftlngulffied Con* fideration, with which I have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed) RUFUS KING, Right Honourable Lord Hawkeffiury, &c. &c. &c. No. 20. (- 28i ; No. 20. Copy of a Letter from Lord Hawkeffiury to Mr. Rufus King, dated May 19, 1803, Sir, Downing Street, May ig, 1S03. U AVING laid before the King your Letter of the 1 5th of this Month, In which you Inform me, diat a Treaty was figned at Paris on the 3 oth of laft Month, by the Plenipotentiaries of America and France, by which the complete Sovereignty of the Town and Territory of New Orleans, as well as of all Louifiana, has been acquired by the United States ; I have received His Majefty's Commands, to exprefs to you the Pleafure with which His Ma jefty has received this Intelligence, and to add, that His Majefty regards the Care which has been taken fo to frame this Treaty as not to infringe any Right of Great Britain in the Navigation of the Miffiffippi, as the moft fatisfadory Evidence of a Difpofition on the Part of the Government of the United States, correfpondent to that which His Majefty entertains, to promote and improve that Harmony and good Underftanding which fo happily fubfift between the Two Countries, and which are fo conducive to their mutual Benefit. I have It alfo In Comniand to affure you. Sir, that the Sentiments which you have expreffed In making this Communication, are confidered by His Majefty's Governraent as an ad ditional Proof of that Cordiality and Confidence ¦which you have uniformly manifefted in the whole Courfe ( 282 ) Courfe of your pubfic Miffion, and which have fo juftly entitled you to the Efteem and Regard of His Majefty's Government. I defire you to accept the Affurance of the diftln gulffied Confideration with which I have the Ho nour to be, &c. (Signed) HAWKESBURY, Rufus King, Efquire, &c. &c. &c. (No, I.) Extrad of a Difpatch from Mr. Lifton to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated The Hague, No vember 5, 1802. 'T^HE anxious Apprehenfions under which the Dutch Government have for fome Time la boured, have been in forae Meafure calraed by the Accounts received To-day from different Quarters, Their Ambaffador at Paris has tranfmitted a Copy of a nervous and well-written Memorial, pre fented by him to the Minifter of Foreign Affairs (in confequence of the Inftrudions lately fent from hence) ; and he informs the Secretary of State, that he received the moft pofitive Affurances from M. de Talleyrand, that it was by no Means the Inten tion of the' Firft Conful to encreafe the Number of French Troops in the Batavian Repubfic, or to march back thofe now upon the Frontiers into the interior Parts of this Country : That, on the con trary. ( 283 ) trary, It was his fixed Determination to withdraw the Whole as foon as the proper Arrangements could be made for that Purpofe; (No. 2.) Extrad of a Difpatch from Mr. Lifton to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated The Hague, No vember 12, i8o2. WHATEVER may be the Refolution of the Firft Conful, refpeding the final Evacua tion of the Batavian Republic by the Troops of France, (a Subjed on 'which this Government re mains In a State of Doubt and Uncertainty), there feems Reafon to fuppofe that a certain Portion of them — the 17th and 74th Demi-Brigades of In fantry amounting to about Four thoufand Men, — are to be embarked at Helvoet Sluys, and tranf- ported to Louifiana, under the Diredion of Gene ral VIdor, who has been appointed to the chief Command in that new Colony. (No. 3.) Extrad of a Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Paris, De cember 13, 1802. 'TpHE Batavian Ambaffador, Vos van Steinvick, has been inftruded to make a Reprefentation, couched in the ftrongeft Terms, againft the Con dud ( 284 ) dud of this Government, with' regard to the French Troops which continue to be quartered in Hol land. — Your Lordffiip well knows, how long, and how anxioufly, the Batavian Government has been expeding to be defivered from this Burthen. (No. 4.) Difpatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated Paris, December 13, 1802. My Lord, Paris, December 13, 1802. ATOUR Lordffiip wfil learn, by my former Dif patch pf this Date the Step which is to be taken by the Dutch An>b'affador, for procuring the Eva cuation of the Batavian Territory by the French Troops. I cannot flatter myfelf that any dired Interfe rence on my Part, would under the prefent Circum ftances, affift in promoting this important Objed. And I know that the Dutch Ambaffador entirely coincides with^me In this Opinion. I have however,^ invariably, held a Language on this Subjed con formable to the general Inftrudions which I re ceived on my Departure from London. Ihave the Honour to be, &c. (Signed; WHITWORTH. The Right Honourable Lord Flawkeffiury, &c. &c. &c. (No. 5.) ( 285 ) (No. 5.) Extrad of a Difpatch from Mr. Lifton to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated The Hague, Ja nuary II, 1803. 'X*FIE Negotiations between the Secretary of State and M. de Semonville, refpeding the Conti nuance of French Troops In the Southern Garri- fons of this Republic, have been carried on with uncommon Adivlty for the laft few Days ; and this Morning M. de Sparre, Son-in-Law to Mad' de Semonville, fet out for Paris, carrying with him the Ambaffador's Report of the Refult of their Conferences. The Dutch Government, though they appear to Jbe devoted to the Idea of the Independence of their native Country, have adopted the Opinion, that It is, upon the Whole, wifer to yield to the Wiffi of Bonaparte, to continue for a limited Time •fmall Garrifons In fome of the Frontier Towns, than by an obftinate Refiftance to draw on this Re public »the Fate of Switzerland. [No. I.] Copy of a Letter from Lord Hawkeffiury to Sir John Warren, January 29, 1803. Sir, Downing Street, January 29, 1803. I'Y'OUR Excellency's Difpatches, to No. 21. In clufive, bave been received, and laid before the King. I fend ( s86 ) I fend you now inclofed the official Anfwer to the Note of the Chancellor Count Woronzow, relative to the I oth 4^rtlcle of the Treaty of Amiens — It has been ddlvered to Count Simon Woronzow, the Ruffian Ambaffador at this Court. In communicating this Note, you will exprefs, In fuitable Terms, how fenfibly His Majefty feels the Friendffiip which the Emperor of Ruffia has mani- fefted to Him on this Occafion, In His Difpofition to concur in the Arrangements relative to the Ifland of Malta — and how fincerely His Majefty regrets, that It is not in His Power to acquiefce, without Con dition or Explanation, in every Thing that Flis Im perial Majefty has propofed dn this Subjed. His Majefty however trufts that, when all the Circum ftances are taken into Confideration which bear upon this Important Subjed, the Emperor of Ruffia will be fatisfied, that the Line of Condud which has been adopted by His Majefty, is fuch as a Regard to Good-Faith and to the Interefts of His Domi nions have rendered neceffary. The only ijiaterlal Difference between the Arrangement propofed by the Emperor of Ruffia for the Ifland of Malta, and that in which His Majefty Is willing to concur, re lates to the Stipulations In favour of the Maltefe In habitants. It is important that your Excellency ffiould imprefs the Ruffian Government with the Convidion of the Services rendered by the Inhabi tants of Malta to His Majefty and to the Common Caufe, at the Time when the French were in Pof feffion of the Ifland, That, for nearly Two Years, they ( 287 ) they maintained a State of confta«it and adIve Hofti llty againft the French^— That feveral Thoufands of them perlffied In this State of Hoftillty ; and, that thefe Efforts were made at a Time when they could receive Affiftance from no other Foreign Power — Tfiat the Attachment evinced by the Maltefe to His Majefty, during the Blockade, and their Loyalty to Him fince He has obtained Poffeffion of the Ifland, gives them a peculiar Claim to His Protec tion, and a Right to exped, that, in the future Ar rangements for the Ifland, 'forae Advantages ffiould be ftipulated In their Favour — That, independent of every Confideration of Good-Faith, Your Excel lency wdl knows that the Maltefe Inhabitants, if attached to .their Government, are equal to the De fence of the Ifland ; and that every Motive of Poficy therefore, as well as of Juftice, renders It expedient to endeavour to conciliate their Affedlons. Thefe Circumftances being premifed, you will ftate, that the Objedion which. It is conceived, has had moft Weight with His Imperial Majefty, Is that Stipula tion In the I oth Article ofthe Treaty of Amiens, which, at the Time that It eftabfiffies a Maltefe Langue, requires no Proof of Nobility for Admiffion into that Langue — That fuch a Stipulation is con fidered as leading to the Eftabliffiment of a Plebean Langue, totally Inconfiftent with the Spirit of the Inftitutlon of the Order. — 'His Majefty is extremely defirous of devifing Means by which this Objedion ffiall be obviated, and the -Interefts of the Maltefe adequately confulted. Tie Proofs of Nobility, which . ( 288 ) which have been required for other Priories, have been various ; and the Power of the Pope to grant DIfpenfatlons, has been admitted to exift : If, there fore, adual Nobility was made the indlfpenfable Con dition of Admiffion into the Maltefe Langue or Priory,, the Objedion, which is at prefent made to this Part of the Arrangement, would. In a great Degree, if not wholly, be removed. As, however, the Number of Perfons who would be capable of Admiiffion Into the Order, In confequence of fuch a Regulation, would be very limited. It appears rea fonable, that fome further Stipulations ffiould bs made In favour of the Inhabitants of Malta ; and it may be propofed to revive, under fuch Regulations and Modifications as may be judged expedient, the National Council which formerly exifted In that Ifland, which ffiould form no Part of the Order, but. which ffiould have a Share in the Government of the Ifland, and a deliberative Voice In all Its Inter nal Concerns. A Body of this Defcription could not be confidered as In any Refped derogatory to the antient Inftitutlon of the Order, and would be conformable to what exifted within the Ifland till within a very few Years. It is for the Purpofe of obtaining Information on thefe Points, that Inftruc- tlons will be fent to Sir Alexander Ball ; it being impoffible, after all that has paffed, to bring the Negotiation to an Iffue, without fome Communi cation with the principal Inhabitants of Malta. His Majefty relies on your Zeal in giving Effed to thefe Inftrudions, and in your Endeavour to. reconcile ( 289 ) reconcile the Ruffian Government to the Objeds of them. The Events which have happened fince the Con clufion of the Definitive Treaty ; the unbounded Ambitioij. which has been, and ftill is, manifefted by the French Government ; might have juftified His Majefty in bringing forward new Demands, and in even claiming the Appropriation pf Malta, as fome Counterpoife to the Acquifitions made by France fince the Treaty of Peace ; but the Mode ration with which His Majefty has been aduated In all His Concerns with Foreign Powers, ^ and His anxious Defire that the Peace of Europe may, if poffible, be effedually confolldated, has induced- Him to forego thofe Claims which the Increafed and increafing Power of France might have juftified Him in advancing ; and as every Stipulation In the Treaty of Amiens has been in a Courfe of Execu tion on His Part, with the Exception of the Tenth Article, He Is defirous of ffiewing His Difpofition to concur in an Arrangement which may be conforrii- able to the Spirit of the Article ; if fuch an Ar rangement can be rendered confiftent with the Ho nour of His Crown ; and if it effedually provides for the Objed of the Tenth Article — the Indepen dence of the Ifland of Malta. ¦ I am, &c. (Signed) HAWKESBURY. His Excefiency Sir John Warren, &c. &c. &c. V [No. 2.3 ( 290 ) [No. 2.] Copy of a Note from Lord Hawkeffiury to the Vicc-Chancdlor Count A"" Woron zow, Jany 29th 1803. NOTE. 'T^HE Underfigned, His Majefty's Principal Se cretary of State for Foi-eign Affairs, has laid before the King, the Note of the Chancellor of His Imperial Majefty of all the Ruffias, together with the Projet of the Articles Inclofed in It, which was defivered tb his Excellency Sir John Borlafe War ren, in confequence of the Invitation made by his Excellency and the French Minifter, in the Name of His Majefty and the Firft Conful of the French Republic, to His Imperial Majefty to accede, as a guaranteeing Power, to the Tenth Article of the Definitive Treaty of Peace, figned at Amiens on the 27th Day of March laft. It has been His Majefty's fincere and conftant Defire, that the Stipulations of this Article, as wdl as every other Fart ofthe Definitive Treaty of Peace, ffiould be carried into complete Effed ; and as Cir cumftances have arifen, fince the Conclufion of the Treaty, which render it Impradicable to execute the Tenth Article 'according to the Terms of It, and which have made freffi Stipulations neceffary, that Means ffiould be found, by amicable Negotia tion, of accompfiffiing an Arrangement, which may be deeraed conformable to the Spirit of the Treaty, and ( 291 ) and to the Intentions of the Contrading i^arties al the Time of concludirig it. His Majefty attaches the greateft Iraportance to the Acceffion ofthe Emperor of Ruffia to the Tenth Artide of the Definitive Treaty ; not only pn ac count of the Security which the Guarantee of His Imperial Majefty would give to the Independence of the Ifland , of Malta, but likewife from a Defire to obtain His Imperial Majefty's Sandion and Con currence, with refped to the Arrangements ftipu lated in that Article. His Majefty has invariably manifefted the fame Difpofition. As foon as he learnt the Proceeding, ^ which had been adopted at St. Peterffiurgh, In confequence of the Proclama tion of the Emperor of Ruffia for the Eledion of a Grand Mafter, He propofed to the French Go vernment to join with Him In declaring, that, as Contrading Parties to the Treaty of Amiens, they were ready to acknowledge that Eledion to be va-- lid, and to recognize the Perfon who might be named by the Pope out of thofe who were chofen by the Priories In Ruffia, and whofe Names ap peared in the Lift that was then publiffied, to be Grand Mafter of the Order of St. John. In con^- formlty to the Principles which governed His Ma jefty's Condud on that Occafion, Fle Is perfedly ready to adopt the Suggeftion of His Imperial Ma? jefty, for the Conclufion of a Supplementary Con vention to the Tenth Article cf the Treaty of Amiens ; and He has no Difficulty in declaruig His u 2 entire. ( 292 ) entire Acquiefcence In the Second, Third, Fifth, and Sixth Articles, contained In the Projet defi vered to Sir John Warren ; His Majefty entirdy concurs likewife in that Part of the Firft Article, which relates to the Acknowledgement of the So vereignty of the Order of St. John of Jerufalem over the Ifland of Malta and its Dependencies. With refped to the other Part of the Article, which refers to the Advantages ftipulated in Favour of the Maltefe ; His Majefty is extrem.ely anxious that Means may be devifed of reconciling the Views of the Emperor of Ruffia, relative to the Order of St. John, with the Attention, which a Regard for the Honor of His Crown renders due to the Interefts and Wiffies ofthe Maltefe Inhabitants, and with the indlfpenfable Objed of the Tenth Article of the Treaty of Peace, that of providing effedually for the Independence of the Ifland •, and He trufts that fuch an Arrangement may be found not Inconfiftent with the~ Spirit bf the original Inftitutlon of the Order. His Majefty willlofe no Time In giving Inftrudions to Sir Alexander Ball, to take Meafures for obtaining the Information which may ^e ne ceffary for enabling His Majefty to form his Deter mination on this Subjed. His Majefty trufts that that Part of the Fourth Article, which relates to the Number of Neapoli tan Troops, will be judged unneceffary, when It Is underftood that, with a View to the Execution of the Provifions of the Treaty of Amiens, Meafures have ( 293 ) have already been taken for ralfing a Maltefe Force of 2000 Men, which, together with the 2000 at prefent in the Ifland, will form an adequate Gar rifon for its Defence. His Majefty however entirely agrees with the Emperor of Ruffia, in the Neeeffity of providing adequate Funds for the Support of this Garrifon ; and, as the Property of the Spanifh Priories has been fequeftcred fince the Conclufion of the Definitive Treaty, to which Treaty His Ca thofic Majefty was a Party, He thinks It iftdifpen- fable, that the Property of thofe Priories fliould be reftored to them ; efpecially as the Portuguefe Go- vernmentiiave lately declared their Intention of fe- queftrating the Property of the Portuguefe Priory, as forming a Part of the Spaniffi' Langue, unlefs the Priories of Spain are re-inftated In their former Pof feffions. As thofe Sequeftrations have been carried into Effed fince the Conclufion of the Treaty of Peace, and as It Is highly Important to fecure, under any Circumftances which may happen, a Revenue adequate to the Maintenance of the Civil and Mi litary Government, and of the .Independence of the Ifland, His Majefty adopts, from a Convidion of its Neeeffity, the Suggeftion of the Emperor of Ruffia, that whatever Sum may be requifite for that Purpofe beyond the ordinary Revenue, ffiall bs provided by an equal Cpntributlon on the Part of His Majefty and of the French Government ; and in Default of Payment by either of the Parties, It ffiall be at the Option of the other Party to contribute the Whole, u 3 His C 294 ) His Majefty has thus ftated, without Referve to His Imperial Majefty, His Sentiments on every Part of this important Subjed, and His Readinefs to agree in fuch' Modifications of the Tenth Article of the Treaty of Amiens, as may be found not inconfiftent with the Spirit of It ; as may be compatible with the Interefts of all the Parties concerned, and which, His Majefty trufts, will therefore prove fatisfadory to the Emperor of Ruffia. (Signed) HAWKESBURY. Downing Street, Jan. 29, 1803. ( ^95 ) Prefented ift June 1S03. No. I. Copy of a Letter from M. Otto to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated May 23, 1802. Milord, Portman Square, le 23 Mai 1802. T E Miniftere de Sa Majefte Britannique n'ayant fouvent temoigne le Defir de concerter des Ar rangemens partlcullers pour I'Etabliffement ou I'En tretien de plufieurs Rapports de Commerce entre les deux Nations, j'ai la Satisfadion d'informer votre Excellence que le Premier Conful, penetre des memes Sentlmens et ayant effentlellement a coeur de confofider les Rapports d' Amitie, fi heureufement. retablis entre les deux Nations, s'eft decide a en- voyer a Londres fans Delai le Citoyen Coquebert Montbret, qui a re^de jufqu'ici a Amfterdam en Quafite de Commiffaire General de Commerce. II a refu I'Ordre de fe rendre ici le plus promptement poffible pour travailler, de Concert avec moi, a tout ce qui fera relatif a cette Negotiation importante, et je fuls partlcuilerement cljarge d'affurer le Mi niftre Britannique, que le Premier Conful defire de la conduire promptement a un Terme mutudle- ment avantageux. J'ai I'Honneur d'etre, &c. (Signe) OTTO. u 4 Tranflation, ( 296 ) Tranflation. Tranflation of a Letter from M. Otto to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated May 23, 1802. My Lord, Portman Square, May 23, 1802. "OlS Britannic Majefty's Government having often manifefted to me a Defire to concert fome par ticular Arrangements for the Eftabliffiment or the Maintenance of feveral Relations of Commerce between the Two NatiorTs ; I have the Satisfadion to inform your Excellency, that th^ Firft Conful, penetrated with the fame Sentiments, and having a particular Defire to confolidate the Relations of Friendffiip fo happily re-eftabliffied between theTwo Nations, fias determined to fend without Delay to. London, Citizen Coquebert Montbret, who has lately refided at Amfterdara ,ijvith the Charader of Commlffary General of Commerce. He has re ceived Orders to repair to London, as foon as pof fible, to co-operate with me on every Thing relative to this important Negotiation ; and I ara particu larly direfled to affure the Britiffi Government, that the Firft Conful defires to condud it promptly to a Termination mutually advantageous. I have the Honour to be, &c., ' ' " (Signed) OTTO. Right Honourable Lord Hawkeffiury, .kc. kc. kdr:, No. 2. ( 297 ) No. 2. Copy of a Letter from Lord Hawkeffiury to M. Otto, dated May 24, 1802. Sir, Downing Street, May 24, 1802. 1 HAVE the Honour to acknowledge the Receipt of your Letter of Yefterday, and to inform you, that His Majefty's Government have learnt, with peculiar Satisfadion, the Difpofition of the Firft Conful to conclude forae Arrangement with refped to the Comniercial Intercourfe between this Coun try and France. Whenever Mr. Coquebert Mont bret ffiall arrive, I ffiafi be happy to enter into an immediate Negotiation on this Important Objed, in concert with you and that Gentieraan ; and I truft that, by our conjoint Exertions, we ffiall be enabled to bring it fpeedily to a Conclufion reciprocally' bc- ' neficlal to both Countries. I have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed) HAWKESBURY. M. Otto, &c. &c. &c. . No. 3. M. Otto to Lord Hawkeffiury, June 24, 1802. (Inclofure.) Milord, Londres, le 24 Juin 1802. J'AI I'Honneur de vous adrefler ci-joint rOriglnal de la Commiffion par laquelle le Citoyen Coque bert Montbret, eft nomme Comraiffaire General des Relations ( 298 ) Relatlpns Coriimerclales de la Repubfique Fran 9oIfe a Londres.. Je vous prie de vouloir bien reveter cet Ades des Formalites d'Ufage, afin que le Ci toyen Coquebert puiffe exercer fibrement fes Fonc- tions, fous la Condition d'une entiere Reciprocite pour la Perfonne que Sa Majefte jugera convenable d'enyoyer en France avec le meme Caradere. J'ai I'Honneur d'etre, &c. (Signe) OTTO. Son Excellence Lord Hawkeffiury. Tranflation. My Lord, London, June 24, 1802. T HAVE the Honour herewith to tranfmit to you' the original Cotnmiffion appointing Citizen Coque bert Montbret Commiffary General of the Cora mercial Relations of the P'rench Republic at Lon don. I requeft you to give to this Ad the accuf tomed Formafities, In order to enable Citizen Coque bert freely to fulfil his Duties, on the Condition of perfed Reciprocity towards the Perfon whbra His Majefty miy think fit to fend to France with the fame Charader. 1 - I have the Honour to be, &c. *• ' (Signed) OTTO. His Excefiency Lord Hawkeffiury, Minifter and Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, kc. kc. kc. (Inclofure' ( 299 ) (Inclofure referred to in No. 3.) Copy of Citizen Coquebert Montbret's Com miffion, as Commiffary General of Com mercial Relations at Loridon. Paris, 30 Floreal, 10. Au Nom du Peuple Franjals. T E Premier Conful de la Republique ayant mmme le Citoyen Charles Etienne Coquebert Mont bret, a la Place de Commiffaire General des Rela tions Comraerclales de la Repubfique Fraufaife a Londres ; lui brdonne de fe rendre, fans Delai, a fa Deftination, pour y exercer, conformement aux Loix, les Fondions qui lui font confiees ; — Enjoint aux Negoclans, Capitaines, Maitres, Patrons, et Equipages, ainfi qu'a tous autres Fran5ais refidant dans I'Etendue du Comraiffariat, de reconnaitre le Citoyen Coquebert Monbret en fa Quafite que lui eft donnee au Nom du Peuple Franfais^ et de lui rendre. coraptedela Deftination, de la Navigation dc: leurs Batimens, etde tout ce qui peut interef- fer le Service dont ,11 eft charge. lis lui prefen- teront a cet Effet leurs Conges, Expeditions, Paffe ports, et fe conformeront exadeinent a tout ce qu'il leur prefcrira. - Le Premier Conful enjoint de plus au Miniftre Plenipotentiaire de la Repuollque Fraufalfe a Londres de prevenir le.Gpuvernement de la Grande Bretagne de la Npmination du Citoyen -Coquebert Montbret, et de requerir qu'il foit recon- nu en Quafite de Commiffaire General, fuf-enoncee afin ( 300 ) afin qu'il puiffe exercer librement fes Fondions, fans qu'il y foit apporte aucun Trouble ni Empeche- ment ; offrant d'ufer d'une Reciprocite parfalte pour tous ceux qui lui feront ainfi lecommandes., Donne a Paris, au Palais National des Confuls, fous le Sfeau de la Republique Fr.m9aife, le Trente Floreal, An Dix. Le Premier Conful de la Republique, (Signe) BONAPARTE. Par le Premier Conful, Le Secretaire d'Etar, (Signe) Hugues B. Maret, Le Miniftre des Relations Exterieurs, (Signe) Ch. Mau. Talleyrand. (L. S.) Tranflation. M. Coquebert Montbret's Comm'ffion as Commiffary General for Comniercial Re lations at London. In the Name of the French People. '*TrHE Firft Conful of the Republic having ap pointed Citizen Charles Stephen Coquebert •Montbret, to the Poft of Commiffary General of the Commercial Relations of the French Republic at London; orders him to repair, without Delay, to his Deftination, there to exercife conformably to the Laws, the Fundions with which he is in trufted ;— Enjoins all French Merchants, Captains, Mafters, ( 30I ) Mafters, Owners, and Seamen, as well as all other Frenchmen refiding within the faid Diftrid, to ac knowledge Citizen Coquebert Montbret in the Poft conferred upon him in the Name of the French People, and to give him an Account of the Naviga tion, and Deftination of their 'V^effels, and of every Thing which may relate to the Service In which he is employed. For which Purpofe they are to ex hibit their Licence, ClearanceSj Paffports, and are pundually to conform themfelves to all the Regu lations he may require. The Firft Conful more over enjoins the Minifter Plenipotentiary of the French Republic at London, to apprize the Go vernment of Great Britain, of the Appointment of Citizen Coquebert Montbret, and to require their Approbation thereof, as Commiffary General afore- faid, in order that he may freely exercife his Func tions without any Lett or Hindrance whatever; pf- fering perfed Reciprocity towards afi thofe who ffiall be in like Manner recommended to him. Given at Paris at the National Palace of the Con fuls, under the Seal of the French Republic, the 30th Floreal, Year 10. The Firft Conful of the Repubfic, (Signed) BONAPARTE. By Order of the Firft Conful, the Secretary of State. (Signed) Hugues B. Maret. The Minifter for Foreign Affairs. (Signed) Ch. Mau. Talleyrand. (L. S.) No. 4. ( 302 ) No. 4. Copy of a Letter from M. Otto, to Lord Hawkeffiury, dated September 15, 1802. Milord, Portman Square, 1 5 Septemljre, 1 802. 'j' AI I'Honneur d'adreffer a votreExcdlence I'Ori- glnal d'une Comraiffion par laquelle le Citoyen Chepy, eft norame Sous-Commiffaire des Relations Commerciales aux Ifles de Jerfey, Guernfey, et Au^ny. Je voUs prie de vouloir bien y faire appofer I'Exequatur d'Ufage et de me la ren voyer. J'ai I'Honrieur d'etre, &c. (Signe) OTTO. Son Excellence MUbrd Hawkeffiury, Miniftre et Principal Secretaire d'Etat ayant le Dep"^ des Affaires Etrangeres. Tranflation. Tranflation of a Letter frora M. Otto to Lord Hawkefbury, dated September 15, 1802. My Lord, Portman Square, Sep' 15, 1802. T HAVE the Honour of tranfmltting to your Ex cellency, the original Coramiffiou appointing Citizen Chepy Vice-Coramiffary of Commercial Relations in the Iflands of Jerfey, Guernfey, and Alderney. ( 303 ) Alderney. I beg you will have the Goodnefs to annex the Exequatur In the ufual Form to It, and to return it to me. I have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed) OTTO. His Excefiency Lord Hawkeffiury, Minifter and Principal Secretary of State for the Department of Fo reign Affairs. (Inclofure referred to in No. 4.) Copy of Citizen Peter Chepy's Commiffion as Vice-Commiffary of Commercial Rela tions at Jerfey, &c. Paris, Thermidor An 10. Au-Nom du Peuple Francais. T E Premier Conful de la Republique ayant nomme le Citoyen Pierre Chepy a la Place de Sous-Com miffaire des Relations Commerciales de la Repub lique Francaife aux Ifles de Jerfey, Guernfey, et Aurigny, lui ordonne de fe rendre, fans Delai, a fa Deftination, pour y exercer, conformement aux Loix, les Fondions qui lul'font confiees ; — Enjoint aux Negoclans, Capitaines, Maitres, Patrons, et Equipages, ainfi qu'a tous autres Francais, refidant dans I'Etendue du Comraiffariat, de reconnaitre le Citoyen Chepy en la Quafite qui lui eft,donnee au Nom du Peuple Francais, et de lui rendre compte dc ( 3^4 ) *dc la Deftination, de la Navigation de leurs Bati mens,- et de tout ce qui peut intereffer le Service dont il eft charge. lis lui prefenteront a cet Effet leurs Conges, Expeditions, Paffeports, et fe con formeront exaderaent a tout ce qu'il" leur pre fcrira. — Le Premier Conful enjoint de plus au Mi niftre Plenipotentiaire de la Republique a Londres de prevenir le Gouvernement de la Grande Bre tagne de la Nomination du Citoyen Chepy et de requerir qu'il foit reconnu en Quafite de Sous- Comraiffaire, fuf-enoncee, afin qu'il puiffe exercer librement fes Fondions, fans qu'il y foit apporte aucun Trouble ni Empechement, offrant d'ufer d'une Reciprocite parfalte pour tous ceux qui lui ieront ainfi recommandcs. Donne a Paris, au Palais National des Confuls, fous le Sfeau de la Repubfique Fraufaife, le Thermidor, An dix. Le Premier Conful de la Repubfique, (L. S.) BONAPARTE. Par le Premier Conful, Le Secretaire d'Etat, Hugues B. Maret,^ Le Miniftre des Relations Exterieures, Ch. Maurice Talleyrand. Tranflation, ( 3°5 ) Tranflation. (Inclofure referred to in No. 4.) Commiffion of Citizen Peter Chepy, as Vice-Com miffary of Commercial Relations at Jerfey, &c. In the Name ofthe French Republic. Bonaparte, Firft Conful of the Republic. In the Name of the French People. 'J'HE Firft Conful of the Republic having ap pointed Citizen Peter Chepy to the Poft of Vice-Comraiffary of Comraercial Relations of the French Republic in the Iflands of Jerfey, Guern fey, and Alderney, orders him to repair without Delay to his Deftination, there to exercife, in Con formity to the Laws, the Fundions with which he is entrufted ; — Enjoins all Merchants, Captains, Mafters, Owners, and Seamen, as well as every other Frenchman refiding within the faid Diftrid; to acknowledge Citizen Chepy In the Poft con ferred upon him, in the Name of the French Peo ple, and to give hira an Account of the Navi gation and Deftination of their Veffels, and of every Thing which raay relate to the Service in which he Is eraployed. For which Purpofe, they are to exhibit to hira their Licence, Clearances,, Paffports, and are pundually to conform them felves to airthe Regulations he may require. The Firft Conful moreover enjoins the Minifter Pleni potentiary of the French Republic at London, to X apprize ( 3o6 ) * apprize the Britiffi Government of Citizen Chepy's Appointment, and to require their Approbation thereof as Vice-Comraiffary aforefald, in order that he may freely exercife his Fundions, without any Lett or Hindrance whatever ; offering perfed Re ciprocity towards all thofe who ffiall in like Manner be recommended to him. Given at Paris, in the Natiorial Palace of the Confuls, under the Seal of the French Republic, the Thermidor, loth Year. The Firft Conful of the French Republic, (Signed) BONAPARTE. By Order of the Firft Conful, (Signed) Hugues B. Maret, Secretary of State. (Signed) Ch, Mau. Talleyrand, Minifter for Foreign Affairs. Citizen Peter Chepy Commiffion as Vice-Commiffary of Commercial Relations of the French Repubfic. No. 5. Copy of a Note from Lord Hawkeffiury to M. Otto. Sir, Downing Street, September 18, 1802. T HAVE the Honour to acknowledge the Re ceipt of your Letter of the 15th Inftant, in- elofing the Commiffion of Mr. Chepy as Vice-Com miffary of Commercial Relations, on the Part of the ( 3^7 ) » the French Republic, for the Iflands of Guernfey, Jerfey, and Alderney. I defire you to be affured, that His Majefty's Go vernment have uniformly been, and continue to be, folicltous to fee the Commerce between this Country and France renewed upon a juft and equi table Footing : It has therefore afforded them fin cere Concern to learn, that their Difpofition In this Refped has not as yet been met by a correfpon dent Difpofition on the Part of the French Govern ment; but that the Commerce of Flis Majefty's Subjeds, In the Ports of France, is in a very uncer tain and precarious State, and is expofed to nu merous Vexations and Difficulties. Under thefe Circumftances, His Majefty is under the Neeeffity of poftponing the Recognition of any Commercial Agent of the French Repubfic within His Domi nions, untfi fome Comraercial Arrangeraent, either definitive or provlfional, can be agreed upon by the Two Governraents. The Expedation of receiving more fatisfadory Information upon this important Subjed, has hi therto induced me to defer returning an Anfwer refpeding the Commiffion of M. Coquebert Mont bret, as Comraiffary General of Commercial Rela tions on the Part of the French Republic. But having been difappointed in that Expedation, I re queft you. Sir, to confider the Determination of His Majefty, as ftated in this Letter, to be equafiy apphcable to M. Coquebert's Nomination. X 2 I defire ( 3o8 ) i defire you to accept the Affurances of the high Confideration with which I have the Honour to be, kc, kc. (Signed) HAWKESBURY. No. 6. , Copy of a Letter from M. Talleyrand to Ge neral Andreoffy, dated Paris, the 9th NI- vofe, An II. (Dec. 30, 1802); comraurii- cated by the latter to Lord Hawkeffiury, in Anfwer to a verbal Reprefentation which had been made by him to the French Am- baffador. Paris, le 9 NIvofe, Ann. J'AI re9U, Citoyen Ambaffadeur, avec votre Lettre du 2'^ de ce Mois, Copie d'une Lettre Clrcu- lalre et d'une Serie de Queftions que j'ai adreffees a plufieurs Commlffaires des Relations Commer ciales de France dans les Pays Etrangers ; et cette Lettre n'eft que pour repondre a cet Article de la votre. Vous me marquez que les Articles fous- ilgnes font ceux qui ont paru Infplrer de la De fiance au Gouvernement Anglais, qui a ouvert mes Paquets ; vous aurez facilement remarque, que ce qui a ete fousligne avec le plus d'Affedation, eft le Fin de ma Lettre ou je recommande aux Com mlffaires de ne pas regarder comme faifant partie de votre Correfpondance off.ciefic le Travail que ( 299 ) je leur demande, et d'ecrire en haut de leurs. Re- ponfes. Secretariat particulier. Pour vous mettre dans le Cas de juger mon Mo tif, et de donner toute Satisfadion a Lord Hawkef bury, fi vous croyez que la Chofe en vaille la Peine, il fuffira.de vous dire que les Renfeignemens que je defire raffembler, font deftines au Perfedionnement d'un Ouvrage dans le Genre de celui intitule la Balance du Commerce. Cela ne fait point partie des Travaux d'aucune des Divifions du Miniftere des Relations, Exterieures, et c'eft purement un Travail d'Homme de Lettres — Les Queftions que je fais, ont pour Objet de controler les Renfeigne mens nouveaux qui font en Etat plus que perfonne, deme donner, les Commlffaires des Relations Com merciales — Ce petit Travail foit de leurs Occupa tions oi-dlnaires, et par cette Ralfon, ne paffe pas par la Flliere des Communications qui ne doivent toujours fuivre la Marche etablie, mon Projet eft bien plutot d'en prefcrire I'Execution que de per- mettre qu'on s'en ecarte. C'eft un Principe fur lequel je fuis invariable, mais la Ledure feule de ma Lettre et des Queftions qui y font jointes doit fuffirc pour prouver combien il ferait rainutieux de leur fuppofer d'autre Importance que celle qui me- rite un Ouvrage purement litteraire, et j'ai eu peu defire d'en eviter la Publicite, que j'ai d'abord eu ^Intention de les faire Imprimer. J'ai I'Honneur d'etre, &c. (Signe) CH. MAU. TALLEYRAND. X 3 Tranflation. ( 3i° ) Tranflation. Tranflation of a Letter from M. Talleyrand to General Andreoffy, dated Paris, the '9th Nivofe, An 11. (Dec. 30th, 1802); com municated by the latter to Lord Hawkef bury, in Anfwer to a Verbal Reprefenta tion, which had been made by him to the, French Ambaffador. Paris, the 9th Nivofe, Year 11. I RECEIVED with your Letter of the 2d of this Month, Citizen Ambaffador, Copy of a Circular Letter, and of a Series of Queftions that I had di reded to feveral Commiffaries of French Com mercial Relations, refiding in Foreign Parts ; and this Letter is merely in Reply to that Part of your's which relates to this Circumftance. You inform me, that the Paffages underlined are thofe which appear to have excited the Miftruft of the Engfiffi Government, by whom my Packet was opened. You will readily have obferved, that the Part of my Letter which was the moft ftrikingly underfined, was the Clofe of it, wherein I recommended the Commiffaries not to confider the Talk I required of them as forming a Part of yoiir official Corref pondence, but to write at the Top of their An- fwers, Private Correfpondence. To enable you to judge of my Motives, and to give every Satisfadion to Lord Hawkeffiury, if you think it of fufficient Impprtance, it will be fuffi- clem ( 311 ) cient to tell you, that the Informations I am defi rous of colleding, are intended for the Completion of a Work in the Nature of that intituled, the *' Balance of Commerce." This Objed forms no Part of the Labours of any of the Branches of the Department for Foreign Affairs ; it Is entirely the Bufinefs of Men of Letters. The Queftions which I have ppt, are with a View to verify the Information already obtained by other Information ; and the Commiffaries of Com mercial Relations are better qualified to furniffi me with it, than any One. This trifling Matter forms " no Part of their ordinary Employment ; and for that Reafon Is not claffed with their Communica tions, which ought always to be made in the regu lar Form. My Defign rather Is to enforce the Exe cution of it, than to allpw a Departure from it. This Is an invariable Principle with me. But the mere reading of my Letter, and of the Queftions annexed thereto,, fufficlently prove how faftldious It would be to attach to them any greater Impor tance than what is due to a Work ftridly fiterary ; and I was fo little defirous of avoiding their Pub licity, that I at firft entertained the Idea of having them printed. I have the Honour to falute you. (Signed) CH. MAU. TALLEYRAND. % 4 No. 7. ( 3^2 ) Np. 7. Minute of a Verbal Communication from Lord' Hawkeffiury to General Andreoffy, dated January 11, 1803. T ORD HAWKESBURY informed the French Ambaffador, that, in confequence of the Re prefentations which had been made on the Subjed of the French Commiffaries of Commercial Rela tions, by His Majefty's Government, it was their Determination, not to allow thofe Perfons to exe cute any of the Fundions affigned to them by their refpedive Commiffions, nor to proceed to the no minal Places of their Deftination ; and In the Event of their attempting to proceed thither, to dired them to quit the King's Dominions. In order, however, to obviate the Neeeffity of having Recourfe to, thefe Meafures, Flis Majefty's Go vernment trufted that the French Government. would, of their own Accord, dired thefe Perfons to return to France. No. 8. Meraorandura: June i, 1803. 'hjO Order to quit His Majefty's Dominions was fent to any of the Perfons ftfiing themfelves " Commiffaries of Commercial Relations," except to M. Chepy, at Guernfey. June I, 1803. ( 3^3 ) Prefented 6th June 1 803, No. I. Copy of a Letter from the Maltefe Deputies to Lord Hobart, dated March i, 1802. LES Deputes envoyes de la Part des Congres extraordinaires tenus a Malte et Goze,. com- pofes des Chefs des Bataillons et Reprefen tans de chaque Cafal, ont I'Honneur de mettre fo,us les Yeux de fon Excellence Mi lord Hobart, MIrilftre de Sa Majefte Britan nique, ayant le Departement de la Guerre, le Memoire fuivant, felon les Inftrudions qu'ils ont re^u des leur Commettans le 9 Novembre 1801. Monfeigneur, /^'EST avec la plus vive Douleur, et la plus ex treme Surprife que le Peuple Maltois a appris le Sort penible et peu merite auquel II doit etre deftine par le Retour de I'Ordre de St. Jean de Je rufalem dans les Ifles de Malte et Goze. La De- fedion et la Trahifon dont cet Ordre fe rendlt. cbu- pable, feront une Epoque dans les Faftes du Monde ^ auffi' ( 3H ) auffi frappante que celle qui nous jette de Nouveau fous fa Dorainatlon defpotlque, apres qu'il nous livra a une Armee infidele a fes Engagements et a fes Promeffes. L'Arret que la Pofterlte enprononcera ne fera gueres I'Eloge du Siecle dans lequel nous vivons, et nousPreffentiffons deja les Plaintes et les Reproches que nos derniers Neveux nous feroient fi jamais une TImidlte Indlgne nous Impofe Silence , devant un Tribunal jufte et magnanlme, et auquel nous avons 1' Avantage d'en appeller. Nous diffimulons, Monfeigneur, tout ce qui peut legitimer nptre Reffentlment envers I'Ordre de St. Jean de Jerufalem. Le Sang verfe, la Mort d'en- vlron vingt Mille de nos Concltoyens, par fuite • d'une Misere la plus affreufe, les Depenfes faites dans les premiers Mois de la Revolirtlon, pour main tenir nbs Bataillons, et la Perte de Six Millions d'Ecus, dementent affez les Calomnies atroces dont I'Auteur de la Reponfe au Manifefte du Prieure de Ruffe a voulu nous charger. L'Impofture fe de ment d'elle-meme ; et Perfonne n'Ignore que le Plan de I'lnvafion de Malte fut projette dans Paris, et confie aux premiers Chevaliers de I'Ordre, refi- dans a Malte. Les Lettres en Chlffre leur ar- rivolent fans ceffe, fans cependant alarmer jamais ni le feu Grand-Maltre de Rohan, ni le Grand Maitre Hompefch. Apres des Faits fi irrefragables et rapldement cites, confiderez, Monfeigneur, fi le Peuple Maltois verra fans Etonnement et de Sangfroid, les Auteurs de fes ( 3'5 ) fes Malheurs remettre pied dans fa Patrie et difpofer des fes Volontes. Quand meme nous en voudrlons nous taire, les Cendres non encore refroidies de ceux qui mordirent la Pouffiere pour fiberer et conquerir leur Patrie, npus proneroient a mieux de defendre nos Droits et mieux connoitre la Verlte. Oui, Monfeigneur, nous ofons le dire ; les Che valiers de St. Jean de Jerufalem ne peuvent etre retablis a Malte fans lefer les Droits legitimes des auguftes Defcendans de Charles V. les Droits des Maltois, et fans expofer ceux-cl a des nouvdles Cataftrophes. Le Peuple Maltois, diftingue toujours des anclens Souverains par fa Fidelite, a fait voir, dans ces derniers Tems, qu'il doit encore I'etre par fon Amour pour la Juftice et par fon Energie. II imraole alfcment fes Reffentimens, mais il defire qu'on ne meconnolffe pas fes Sacrifices. Et en Preuve de cela, qu'il nous foit permis, Monfeigneur, de vous citer la paifible Refignatlon que les Maltois ont temoigne dans la Capltplatlon xjue le General Anglois fit avec Monfieur Vaubols. Notre Sang, nos Trauvaux, nos Droits, et tous nos Interets, furent ou meconnus ou meprlfes. Nous vimes avec une Calme exemplaire, et qui force aux Egards, les Franfols ne pofer les Armes fur le Glacis que pour fe charger du refte de rios Depouilles ; et le Maltois fidele et vertueux, fut reduit a envler le Traite- ment du Maltois rebdle et criminel. , Que ne pou- vbns ndus pas derober a nosx)efcendans le fouvenir d'une ( 3^6 ) d'une Capitulation, qui bleffa nos Drplts et nous rendit malheureux. II eft vral que la Prefence de Monfieur le Capltalrie Ball, auquel npus portames, dans le tems nos Plaintes, contribuerent beaucoup a nous faire oubller nos Sacrifices ; mais les Viciffi tudes n'ayant pas fecondees nos Attentes ni nos Be-. folns, nous ne pouvons pas vous diffimuler, Mon feigneur, les facheufes Impreffioris que les Prefiral- naires de la Paix nous ont fait faire d'un Gouverne ment, auquel nous voudrions toujours donner- ties Preuves de notre Attachement, notre Fidelite, et notre Preference. Nous fa vons,, Monfeigneur, qu'il ne nous eft pas donne d'Influencer les Operations, pofitiques. La Nature a mis Malte pour etre confideree par fa Si tuation et fa Force, et non pour en dider des Ar rangemens. Mais II eft encore de la Pofitique de ne pas oubfier fa nombreufe Population. La Ruffie, la France, ainfi que touteS les autres Puiffances de I'Europe, font trop juftes et trop eclairees pour cen- furer la Demarche des Maltois, et leur Oppofition au Rctabllffement d'un Ordre, qui par fon Defpo- tifme, fa Defedlon, et fa Corruption des'Moeurs, ne pourra jamais infplrer la Confiance et reconcifier les Efprits. Neanmolns, Monfeigneur, fi par des Circon ftances inevitables et Imperleufes, II faut que le Peuple Maltois effuye la Peine et le Chagrin d'etre detache de I'Empire de Sa Majefte Britannique, et que pour la Tranqulllilie de toute I'Europe, 11 faut que C 317 ) que les Ifles de Malte et Goze foient dans un Etat de Neutralite, nous vous prions, Monfeigneur, au Nom des nos Commettans et de tout ce qu'il y a de plus cher et facre parmi les Hommes, au Nom de toute Loi divine et humaine, au Nom du Droit des Gens et de la Juftice, de vouloir bien fupplier Sa Majefte Britannique pour qu'elle Se daigne employer fon efficace et pulffante Mediation aupres des autres Puiffances, afin que les Ifles de Make et Goze foient laiffees dans leur Independence fous la Garantie mu- tuelle de la Grande Bretagne et de la France, et non pas confiderees comme un Pays conquls, apres que leurs Habitans ont verfe leur Sang, et depenfe leurs Subftances. Vous fentez bien, Monfeigneur, qu'en Quallte de Deputes, nous ne pouvons pas nous difpenfer de mettre fous les Yeux de votre Excellence les Vceux et les Intentions de notre Nation. En citant une Partie des Crimes de I'Ordre de St. Jean de Jeru falem, nous n'avons pas pretendu epancher feule ment nos Cceurs, mais juftifier, en Face de tout I'Univers, notre eter nelle Oppofition et vlgou- reufe Refiftance, s'il ofera jamais reparoitre dans nos Foyers encore baignes du Sang qu'il a fait couler. Daignez, Monfeigneur, employer votre Credit aupres de Sa Majefte Britannique en faveur de la Juftice, de la Verltc, de I'Humanite, et d'une Na tion digne d'un autre Sort ; et agreez, sf II vous plait, I'Hommage ( 3^8 ) rPIommage d'un Devouement le plus refpedueux avec lequel nous avons I'Honneur d'etre, Monfeigneur, Vos tres humbles Et tres obeiffans Servlteurs, (Si'gne) LE MARQUIS MARIUS TESTAFERllATA. L'ABBE EMMANUEL RICAUD. L'ABBE PIERRE MALLIA. PH. CASTAGNA, Lieut, des ViUes, &c. ANTOINE MALLIA. Jurat du Goze. MICHEL CACHIA, Reprefentant. Ce i"Mar8, i8o3. No. 7, Upper Berkeley Street. Tranflation of a Letter frora the Maltefe Deputies to Lord Flobart, dated March i, 1802. The Deputies fent on the Part of the Extraor- , dinary Congreffes held at Malta and Gozo, confifting of the Heads of Battalions and Reprefentatlves of the feveral Villages, have the Honour to lay before Lord Hobart, Mi nifter of His Britannick Majefty for the De- parment of War, the following Memoir, conformably to the Inftrudions which they received from their Conftituents the 9th November 1801. My Lord, TT is with the moft lively Grief and the utmoft Surprife, that the Maltefe People have been in formed of the fevere and unmerited Fate which awaits ( 3^9 ) awaits them, in the Return of the Order of St. John of St. Jerufalem to the Iflands of Malta and Gozo. The Defedlon and Treachery of which that Order became guilty, wfil form an ..Sra in the Annals of the World, as ftriking as that which now replaces us under its defpotic Dominion, not withftanding that It betrayed us to an Army un faithful to Its Promifes and Engagements. The Judgement which Pofterlty will pronounce upon this Tranfadion, will be no Panegyric on the Age in which we live ; and we anticipate the Com plaints and the Reproaches which our lateft De- fcendants will dired againft us, If a bafe Timidity ffiould Induce us to be filent before the juft dnd magnanimous Tribunal, at which we have the Be nefit of appealing. We refrain from alledging the Motives, which would juftify our Refentraent towards the Order of St. John of Jerufalem. The Blood that has been ffied ; the Deaths of Twenty thoufand of our Fellow Citizens, in confequence of the greateft Diftreffes ; the Expences incurred during the Firft Months of the Revolution, for the Support of our Battalions, and the Lofs of Six Mllfions of Crowns, fufficlently refute the atrocious Calumnies with which the Author of the Anfwer to the Manifejio of the Priory ofRuJfta has endeavoured to load us. The Falfehood confutes itfelf; fince It was noto rious to every one, that the Plan of the Invafion of Malta was prpjeded at Paris, and that it was en- 4 trufted ( 320 ) trufted to the Firft Knights of the Order refident at Malta. They continually received Letters written in Cypher, without exciting any Alarm either in the late Grand Mafter de Rohan, or in the Grand Mafter Hompefch. After thefe Irrefragable Fads, judge. My Lord, whether the Maltefe People will fee, without Afto- niffiraent, and with Iridifference, the Authors of their Misfortunes returning Into their Country, to difpofe of their Interefts ? If we ourfelves were wil fing to keep Silence, the Affies, ftill warm, of thofe who died to free and conquer their native Land, would cry out to us more effeduafiy to defend our Rights and the Caufe of Truth, Yes, My Lord, we dare to affirm, that the Knights of St. John of Jerufalem cannot be re-'eftabliffied in Malta, without invading the juft Rights of the au guft Defcendants of Charles the Fifth, and the Rights of the Maltefe, and expofing the latter to new Convulfions. The Maltefe People, diftin guiffied of old for their Fidefity by their ancient Sovereigns, have been equally diftinguiffied in thefe late Times by their Energy and their Love for Juf tice. They eafily facrifice their Refentments, but they require that their Sacrifices ffiould be ackriow- ledged. In Proof of which. My Lord, permit us to recal to you the quiet Submiffion which the Maltefe difplayed in the Capitulation made by the Englifli General with Monfieur Vauboi,''. Our Blood, our Labours, our Rights, and all our In terefts, C 321 ) terefts, were either forgotten or defplfed. We be held, with an exemplary Calmnefs, commaiiding Refped In thofe who witneffed it, the French lay down their Arms upon the Glacis, only to load themfelves with the Remainder of our Spoil ; fo that the faithful and virtuous Maltefe was reduced to a Condition to envy the Lot of the guilty and rebellious. Would we could withhold from our Defcendants the Knowledge of a Capitulation, which wounded our Rights and rendered us un happy ! It is true, that the Prefence and the Wif- dom of Captain. Ball, to whom we then preferred our Complaints, contributed much to the Allevia tion of our Diftreffes ; but as fubfequent Events have neither fecorided our Expedations or our Wants, we cannot conceal from you, my Lord, the unfavourable Impreffions which the Preliminaries of Peace have given us, of a Government, to which we have always been defirous to prove our Attach- pient, our Fidelity, and our Preference. ¦ We know, my Lord, that it Is not for us to In fluence political Tranfadions. Nature has deftined Malta to be determined by Relation to its Pofition and its Strength, and not to decide on its own Ar rangements. But it is, neverthelefs, for Policy to confider its numerous Population. Ruffia, France, and all the other Powers of Europe, are too juft and too enlightened to condemn the Condud of the Maltefe, in their Oppofition to the Re-eftabfiffi- ment of an Order, which, by its Tyranny, Treach- Y ery. ( 322 ) ery, and Corruption, Is for ever incapable of in- fpiring Confidence, or of concifiating the Minds' of the People. If therefore, my Lord, the People of Malta are doomed, by inevitable and iraperious Circumftances, to endure the Pain and Afflidion of being feparated from the Empire of His Britannic Majefty, and if the Tranquilfity of Europe demands that the Iflands of Malta and Gozo ffiould be placed In a Condition of Neutrality, we entreat you, my Lord, in the Name of our Conftituents, and of every Thing moft dear and facred among Men, in the Name pf the Rights of Nations and of Juftice, to befeech His Britannic Majefty to vouchfafe to employ His effi cacious and powerful Mediation with the other Powers, in order that the Iflands of Malta and Gozo may be left In the Enjoyment of their Inde pendence, under the mutual Guarantee of Great Britaiii and France, and not to be treated as a con quered Country after that their Inhabitants have fpilt their Blood and exhaufted their Subftance in its Defence. You muft be fenfible, my Lord, that, in our Qnality of Deputies, we could not avoid fubmit ting to your ExceUency the Wiffies and the Inten tions of our Nation, In citing a Part of the Crimes of the Order of St. John of Jerufalem, we have not merely fought to give Vent to our Feefings, but to juftify, in the Face of the whole Univerfe, our eter nal Oppofition and vigorous Refiftance to it, ffiould it ( 3^3 / it ever dare to appear again amidft onr Hearths, ftill wee with the Blood which it hai caufed to flow. Deign, my Lord, to employ ypur Credit with His Britannic Majefty, in favour of Juftice, of Truth, of Humanity, and of a Natipn worthy of a different Fate ; and accept, if you pleafe, the Homage of the moft refpedful Devotion, with w^ich we have the Honour to be, My Lord, Your moft humbb a^d moft obediept Servants, LE MARQUIS TESTAF^RRATA. L'ABBE EMANUEL RICAUD. L'ABBE PIERRE MALLIA. . PH. CASTAGNA, Lieut, des Villei. &c. ANTOINE MALLIA, Jurat du Gqzc. MilQHEI^ CACHIA, p,«prefcntant. ift Mar(;h 1802. Upper Berkeley Street, lifo. 7, No. 2. Copy of a Letter from the Maltefe Deputies to Lord Hobart, dated April 2, 1802. Monfeigiie.i^r, T ES Deputes des Ifles de Make et Goze ont I'Hon- . neur de reprefenter a vptre J^cdlence, les plus fenfibles Remercimens pour ^out ce qu'elle a daigne faire en faveur de leur Nation, ; Nous n'igriorpn§ pas, Monfeigneur, les Obftacles qu'il vous a fallu y 2 furmonter ( 3«4 ) furmonter pour faire affurer la Tranquillite et le Bon- heur de notre Pays. La Defenfe que vous avez bien voulu en prendre eft digne de la Loyaute et Magnanimlte de votre Nation. N'ayant pu avoir I'Honneur diftingue de faire Part de I'Empire de Sa Majefte Britannique, par une fidde Soumlffion, nous aurons celui d'en etre toujours unis par une affedueufe Reconnoiffance. En tranfmettant a nos derniers Neveux I'Hiftoire de notre Revolution, nous leur racconterons que fans Secours de la Grande Bretagne notre Perte eut ete inevitable, et la Date de notre Bonheur fera la Date de la Protedion dont votre Excellence nous a honore. Nous vous prions, Monfeigneur, de nous per- mettre, dans un Tems favourable, de mettre fous vos Yeux ce qui pourra achever la Felicite de la Natipn Maltolfe; et d'agreez, s'il vous plait, I'Hom mage de la plus vive Reconnoiffance, et refpedueux Devouement avec lequel nous avons I'Honneur d'etre. Monfeigneur, Vptre tres humbles, et tres obeiffans Servlteurs, (Signe; LE MARQUIS TESTAFERRATA. L'ABBE MALLIA, Depute. - L'ABBE RICAUD, Depute. ANTOINE MALLIA, Depute. PH. CASTAGNA, Lieut, et Depate, MICHEL CACHIA, Depute. A. S. E. Milord Hobart, . Miniftre de S. M. B. Londres, 2 Avril 1802. Tranflation, C 3^5 ) Tranflation of a Letter from the Maltefe De puties to Lord Hobart, dated April 2, 1802. My Lord, 'T'HE Deputes ofthe Iflands of Malta and Gozo, have the Honoiir of prefenting to your Excel-, lency, the warmeft Thanks for all that you have deigned to do in favour of their Nation. We are not ignorant, my Lord, of all that you muft have had to overcome, In order to infure the Tranquilfity and the Happinefs of our Country. The Defence of it, which you have been pleafed to ilndertake, is worthy the Loyalty and Magnanimity of your Nation. Being unable to h^ve the Honour of form ing a Part of the Empire of His Britannic Ma jefty, by a faithful Submiffion, we ffiall have that of being always united to it by an affedlonate Gra titude. In tranfmltting to our lateft Defcendants the Story of our Revolution, we ffiall tell them, that without the Affiftance of Creat Britain, our Ruin muft have been inevitable; and the Date of our Happinefs will be the Date of the Protedion with which your Excellency has honoured us. We entreat you, my Lord, to permit us, at a feafonable Opportunity, to lay before you thatj which would complete the Felicity of the Mal tefe Nation ; and to accept, if you pleafe, the Homage of the lively Grratitude and refpedful Y 3 Devotion, Devotiori, With , which we have the Honour to be. My Lord, Your moft humble, and moft obedient Servants, (Signed) LE MARQUIS TEStAFERRATA. L'ABBE MALtlA, Depute. L'ABBE RICAUD, Depute. ANTOINE MALLIA, Depute. PH. CASTAGNA, Lieut. & Depute. MICHEL CACHIA, Depute. ToH. E. Lord Hobart, Minifter of H. B. M. London, 2d April i8o3. No. 3. Minute of the Meafures taken refpeding M. Chepy. r^N the 14th of November 1802, a Letter was written by Sir George Shee, under Lord Pel ham's Diredion, to General Gordon, command ing at Guernfey ; which ftated, that His Majefty had refufed to allow any of the Perfons ftifing themfelves " Comraiffarles of Coramercial Rela tions," to exercife any of the Fundions appertain ing to that Office within His Majefty's Dominions. On the 5th February 1803, General Gordon was inftruded tb reprefent to Mr. Chepy, that as none of the Commiffaries of Commercial Relations had been ( 3^7 ) been permitted to proceed to the Places of their Deftination, and that fome of them had adually returned to France, it would be advifeable for him alfo to repair to that Country. — -On the 9th of March following, General Gordon was direded to order Mr. Chepy to quit Guernfey without Delay, If he had not already taken his Departure from it. "i^ig^^ Y4 ( 329 ) APPENDIX, No. I. Report made to the French Conful by Colonel Se-" baftiani, extrafted from the Moniteur of the 30th of January 1803. ^^N the 1 6th of September I embarked at Toulon on board the Cornelie ; and on the 30th I arrived at Tri poli. I immediately wrote to Baron Cederftrom, the Swedifh Rear-Admiral, as well as to the Minifler of the Pacha, to offer them my Mediation to terminate the Dif ferences exifting between the Swedifh Court and the Re gency. My Mediation was accepted : the Minifter and the Rear-Admiral repaired to the Commiffarial Houfe of France, and we entered on the Negotiation. The Two Parties were far afunder ; the Pacha demanded 3 confi derable Sum, and an Augmentation of the annual Tribute. He urged a Treaty made Two Years ago by an Envoy of the King of Sweden, which affured the Payment of 245,000 heavy Piaftres, and of an Annuity of 30,000 ; he added, that Two Years of War had fubjefled him to extraordinary Expences, and that he ufed great Moderation in conforming ¦ himfelf to theTreaty in Queftion. M. de Cederftrom only offered in the Name of his Court, 100,000 Piaftres for the Redemption of the Swedilh Slaves, who were to the Num ber ( 33° ) ber of a Hundred and fifty, and an Annuity of 5000 Piaf tres. After much Debate, I fucceeded in making them fign aTreaty which fixed the Payment ofthe Ranfom at 150,000 Piaftres, and the Annuity at 8000. — On the ift of Oftober I was prefented with much Pomp to the Pacha, who re ceived me in the moft diftinguiOied Manner. The Ex change ofthe Ratification of the Treaty of Peace took place, and the Italian Republic was. lormalJy acknowledged. I caufed its Flag to be hoifted on the CommifTarial Houfe of France, and it was faluted by the Frigate and the Place with 31 Guns. — It was riot witliout Difficulty that the Pacha confented to acknowledge ihat Republic. He feared that ail Italy, was comprized in this new Republic, and that, in confequence, he would be obliged to refpeH indif- criminately all the Ships of Commerce of that Part of Eu rope : — this would deftroy 'hi« Marine. I gave him the ne ceffary Explanations, and particularly thofe which related to the Objeft of his Apprehenfions, and he replied to me, ' Certainly i wifh to be at Peace with the Italian Repub lic, without too much injuring my Intereft ; but if it were ftill mare difBcult, I would do it, fince the gTCat Bonaparte defires it.' — The Pacha of Tripoli is a brave and enter- prizing Man, the Friend lof France. Tbe Englifli have far- nilhed Succours to his Brother, who is at prefent at De- rue, without Means or Credit. His Plan is toiaife tbe Country againft th« Bey. The Political and Admi-niftra- tive Affairs of the Regency are condafiled by Sei^Mu- hammed-el-Deghais, Minifter of the Pacha. This Man is full of Sagacity, and has even fbme Notions of European Politics. He has been in France, and preferves for our Country a predominant Sentiment of Affeflion. On the 3d of Oflober I fet out from Tripoli, and on the 16th ar rived at Alexandria -. the fame Day I waited upon General Stuart, Con:imandant of the Englifh Forces by Land and Sea. ( 33^ ) ^ea. I commutiicated to him the Order of the Minilier for Foreign Affaii's, which enjoined me to proceed to Alexan dria, and if the Englifh ftill occupied that Place, to demand a fpeedy Evacuation, and the Execution of the Treaty of Amiens. General Stuart then told me, that the Evacua tion of the Place would fhortly be tff&B.ed ; but feeing that I infifted, and that I defired an Anfwer lefs vague, he de clared to me, that he had no Orders from his Court to quit Alexandria, and that he even believed he fhould pafs the Winter there. General Stuart is a Man of midiocre Talents : he has for his Aid-de-Camp a French Emigtant, Called the Chevalier de Sacks, a Man of Talent, and an Ene my of France, who has much Influence over the General. I went the fame Day to fee Khourchid-Ahmid, the Pacha of Alexandria and the Capitan Bey, Commander of the Forces of the Ottoman Porte. After the cuftomary Com pliments, and fome Language agreeable to the Sublime Porte, I announced to them, that the Agents of French Commerce would afTemble in Egypt. This Communica tion gave them the greateft Pleafure, and they did not con ceal that they faw with Grief the Stay of the Englifh in the Country. I told them, that their Stay could not be much longer, and that the general Peace left no Doubt of their approaching Departure. On the lyth I vifited the Cheik El MefTiry. The fame Day I alfo vifited the Cheik Ibrahim Mufti. On the i Sth I vifited the Coupure du Khaliclj, which has formed the Lake Mareotis. The Ciir- rent of the Waters of the Lake Madie is ftill very ftrong, and if the Porte does not make hafte to re-eftablifh this important Canal, the Overflows which take place on the litde Tongue of Land that feparates the two Lakes, will render the Opening fo confiderable, that it will be impoffi- ,ble to travel. I do not think that the Swedifh Engineer fent by the Porte to direfl: thefe Labours, has the neceffary Tdlents. C 332 ) Talents. The Formation of the Lake Mareotis appears to have contributed to the Salubrity of the Air. The City has no other Water than what it draws from the Wells of Marabouf. This little Fort I found guarded by an Englifh and Turkifh Garrifon, in order to protcft the Inhabitants who came to draw Water. I employed the Day of (Lt 19th in perambulating the Town, and receiving different Individuals who came to vifit me. On the 20th, I fet out for Cairo, efcorted by Two Turkifh Officers, ahd Six French Soldiers, whom I had taken on board the Frigate, but contrary Winds obliged me to return to the Port. The next Day I was at Aboukir, where I pafTed the Night. I profited by this Opportunity to vifit the Fort, which is in a very ruined State. On the 22d I arrived at Rofetta, after having vifited the Fort Julien ; I faw the fame Day Ofman, Aga, and Duvanny of the Town, as well as all the Chriftians who refide tliere. The 33d I was at Faonc, where I vifited the Commandant of the Place, the Cadi, and the Cheiks ; I received from the latter, and from all thofe whom I entertained, Proteftations of Attachment to the Firft Conful. I pafTed the next Day at Raliraanie, where I vifited the Cheik Muhammed Abou-Aly ; the Fort of the Town is almoft entirely deftroyed. I vifited on the 25th, at Menouf, the Cheik Abdin, whom the Firft Con ful had appointed Cadi. The other Cheiks of that Town who came to vifit me, held the fame Language as thofe of Faone. I faid to them, • The Firft Conful loves your Country much, he fpeaks of it often ; he interefts himfelf in your Happinefs; he' did not forget you, and recom mended you to the Porte. He has made Peace with Eu rope, and this Country will feel the Intereft which he takes, and the Recolleflion which he has preferved of the poor Cheiks of Egypt.' — Muhammed Kachef-Zourba Matzel- 1cm, who commanded at Menouf on my Journey through that ( 333 ) that Town, has been beheaded in confequence of lieing'ac- cufed of Communications with the Mamelouks. The' two Forts of Menouf are deftroyed. I arrived the fame Day at Boulak. I fent immediately Citizen Joubert to iliform the Pacha of Cairo of my Arrival. The next Morning, the 26th, the Pacha fent 30© Cavalry and 200 Infantry, commanded by the principal Officers of his Houfehold, to accompany me to him, amidft a great many Difcharges of Artillery. Having arrived at the Pacha's, ' I faid,, to him, • Peace has been concluded between the French Republic and the Sublime Porte ; the ancient Relations of Amity and Commerce have been re-eftablifhed, and I am charged by the Great Conful Bonaparte, to affure you of his Ber nevolence, and to announce to you the Arrival of Com miffaries ofthe French Commerce in Egypt.' The Pacha ianfwered me, ' The Benevolence- with which the Firft Conful has honoured me, penetrates me with Gratitude, and his Commercial Agents fhall meet here the moft friendly Reception.' I proceeded then to the Houfe which the Pacha had prepared for me. 1 received the fame Day the Vifits of all the principal Men of the Country, and of the Copt Intendants. On the 37th I again repaired to the Pacha, with whom I had a long Conference. I fpoke to him in thefe Words : ' The Firft Conful takes in you, and the Country which jou govern, a very lively Intereft, and defires to contribute to your Happinefs ; he has charged m? therefore to offer you his Mediation, in order to make Peace between you and the Beys.' The Pacha thanked me warmly and fincerely for the Jntereft which the Firft Conful took in his Behalf, but he protefted to me, that he had the moft pofitive Orders from his Court, to make a War of Extermination upon the Beys, and not to enter into any Arrangement with jhem. I obferved, that the unfortunate Circumftances which C 334 ) which. had, happened to the Ottoman Tropps (they had been, bpaten jPjye Tirnes fucceflively by th? Mamelouks), rendej:e,d fhgir Pqfition very, critical, and that Obftinacy ex.. poi"ed,theiji,to fhe Lofs o^ ,the Province. He then com- mut^igaf^ to me the Order (^ the Porte, and I faw beyond a Doubt th^t it was not poffible for him to enter into any Accomraod^iion. I informed him that I intended to vifit the differer»t,Cbeiks of Cairo, arjd alfo Madarne Murad Bey, and to infpefl: the Environs an.d Fortifications of the City. He ordered immediately that the Guard which he had fent ffiould accompany me wherever I wifhed to go, informing me, that he would ufe every Means in his Power to render my Stay at Cairo agreeable.—- The fame Day I com menced my Vifits, beginning with the Cheik Abdallah-elT Chefcanoi, of the Great Mofque. As I was expefted by him, he had affembled a confiderable'Number of Cheiks. The Converfation turned upon the Intereft which the Firft Conful took in Egypt, on his Power, his Glory, and on his Efteem and Benevolence for the learned Cheiks of Cairo. Their Anfwers expreffed their Attachment to his Perfon. He muft have been a Wituefs like myfelf to the Enthufiafm excited at the View of the Portrait of the Firfl: Conful, to form an Idea of the Exaltation of their Senti ments. I have given it to all the principal Cheiks of Cairo, and of the Towns where I have travelled. — On the 28 th I invited the Cheik Omar El-Berky, Prince of the Shirifs : he was ill, and I faw only his Son. — The Cheik Suleiman El-Fargoumy received me with much Friendfliip, and af fured me of his boundlgfe Admiration for the Firft Coiiful. —The Citizen Joubert and Beyp have certified t6 me tha_t the Inhahitants of Cairo never , teftified lo much Attach ment to France as on my Arrival. — When we pafs along the Streets, every. Body falutes us. Their Aftrologcrs make Prediajons every Day as to what concerns the iirSt Conful, ( 335 ) Confal.-^On the a9th, 1 went to vifit Madame Murad Bey : ber Intendamt bad already prayed of me that I wotild grant her an Interview. I informed her, that the Fiift Conful had charged me to interpofe my Mediation, in order to make their Peace vwith the Sublime Porte ; but tbat the Pacha had ordered that no Negociation fhould be entered into. — I employed tbat Day and the following in vifiting the Citadel, the Ifle of Ro da Gize, Boulak, and all the other little Forts which funound the City. The Turkifh Soldiers piurmured to fee me vifit their Forts, but I;feigned not to beef): them, and continued my Couirfe and my Obfer vations.-— On the 29th, in returning to Fort Dupuy, a Sot- diei- menaced me with his Attagan ; but as the Inhabitants of the City teftified highly their Indignation againft him, I did not ftop at his Menaces, and continued my Route. A Moment afterwards Muftapha Oukil, one of the Chiefs of the City, paffed before rae on Horfeback. * In "paffing, he reproached my Guides with marching before a Cbriftian, and above all, before a Frenchman, and menaced them with the Baftinado after my Departure. I could not be fileftt under fuch an Infult ; and upon my Return I fent Citizen Joubert to the Pacha, to make my Complaint, and demand a prompt Redrefs. I declared to him that I expelled this Man would come publicly to me to afk my Pardon, place himfelf at my Difpofal, and implore my Pity. He found that Muftapha was greatly proleScd by the Pacha, and wanted to arrange it otherwife ; but I perfifted by declaring formally to the Pacha, that if this Reparation was not made in the Manner in which I demanded it, I fhould inftantiy depart, and immediately write to Paris and Conftantinc^e to ftate my Complaint. This Declaration produced all the Effefl which I expefted ; and Muftapha, alarmed, came on the following Day to me, condufted by Roletti, and he publicly affced my Pardon, and put himfelf at my Difpofal, I told ( 336 ) I told him that my firft Intention had been to cut off his head, and that I only gave him his Life at the Solicita tions of the Pacha and M. Rofettr ; but if in future ^he fliould ever infult the French, or thofe in their Suite, his Deftruflion would be inevitable. This Affair, which was inftantiy fpread throughout the whole City, produced the beft Effeft. — The fame Day an Attempt was made to excite th& Albanefe againft me. Two Letters from Rofetta, writ ten by Englifh- Protegees, affured that there had been feen upon the Coafts of Narolia a French Fleet of 300 Sail ; that we were marching "againft Conftantinople, atid that my Vifit to Egypt had no other Objeft but to deceive them, and blind them' to their Dangers. I_made the Merchant come to rae who had received the Letter : I made him give , it me— I inftantiy fent it to the Pacha himfelf, telling him that this abfurd News was fpread to occafion Diforders, and , to endeavouE to alter the good Underftanding which exifted between France and the Subl.ime Porte ; and I guaranteed the Falfehood of it with my Head. The Pacha had difco- , vered the Snare, and did not fall into it. He even com- . municated to me a Letter from General Stuart, which he . had juft received, and to which was joined an Order of the Day, of the Firft Conful, when he commanded the Army of Egypt. This Order of the Day was dated in Au guft i2.99> and recalled to the Recolledlion of the Egyp tians, that Conftantinople was tributary to Arabia, and that the Time was now come to reftore Cairo to its Siipremacy, and to deftroy the EafternEmpire of the Ottomans. Ge neral Stuart begged the Pacha to confider the Spirit of that Order, and to judge from it of our Attachment, and of our Peace with the Turks. I was indignant to find that a Sol- : flier of one of the moft polite Nations of Europe fhould de grade himfelf fo far as to inftigate Affaffination, by Means of, fucb" an Infiriuation-rthe Pacha' treated" me with tRe greateft ( 337 ) greateft Politenefs, and the Englifh at Cairo were Wit- neffes of the Attachment of that City to the French. I re- fceived a Deputation from the Monks of Mount Sinai, whom I recommended to the Pacha : I wrote to their Su perior, to affure them ofthe Friendfhip and Proteflion ot the Firft Conful. The Monks of the Propaganda at Cairo, whom I placed under the national Proteftion which they enjoyed before the War, celebrated a Te Deum for the Profperity of the Firft Conful. 1 affifted at this Cere raony, at which all the Chriftians of Cairo were prefent. The Evening before my Departure (the id of November) I had another Interview with the Pacha, and recommended all the Chriftians of Cairo to his Proteftion, as well as the Turks, who during the Refidence of the French in Egypt, were connefled with them. He not only pro mifed to refpefl them, but even to treat them with Boun ty. On the 3d, I fet out in a Conveyance of the Pacha's, in order to repair to Damietta. The Pacha ordered me to be efcorted to Boulak, with the fame Honours that I re ceived on the Day of my Arrival. I had written to Cap tain Gourdin, to repair to Damietta with the Frigate, in order to convey me to Syria. On the 5th I flopped a fliort Time at Simenoud, and afterwards at Manfoura, where I faw the Commandant of the City and the Cheik EITeid-'Muhammed-El-Chenaoni, who came to fee me, as well as^ all the other Cheiks. I fpoke to them in the fame Manner as the other Cheiks of Egypt, and received the fame Promifes of Attachment. The Tower of Manfoura is de ftroyed. The fame Day I arrived at Damietta. The next Day I went to Ahmed-Pacha-Behil, a Creature of the Grand Vizier's ; he .returned my Vifit the fame Day. He conduced himfelf perfeflly well to me during my Stay in tifiag City. — On the ytht went to vifit the Fort of z ''¦ Lefte ( 33^ )¦ Lcfbe and the Towers of Bogaz. ' iThey have not cdntr- nued the Works of that Fort, which is in abad State: Thofe of iBdgaz are in a good Cbndition. There is a Gar- fifon of 200 Men in tbe Fort and in the Towers. On t'he Sth I received the Vifit of Haffan Tbubar ; EHs InHuen<:e over the Inhabitants of Menfale is ftill the fame. On the ^th I went to Senenfe, where I faw the Cheik Ibrahiwi- El-Behtout, he who behaved fo well to the French undfef the Ordefrs of General Vial, when they were taken and impr'rfoned. The Firft Conful had exempted his Village from all Contributions. I faw all the Chieks at Damietta, particularly AH Khafaki, whom the Firft Conful had in- ¦(refted with a PelifTe : He is poffefTed of great Credit, and is much attached to the French. There-are at Damietta Two Chriftians, who are Men of Merit, and may be very ufeful tous : They are M. Bazile and Don Bazile. They are poffeffed of good Information; have vety confiderable 'Fortunes, and are very highly refpeded. In Egypt, Chiefs, •Merchants^ People, all like to talk of the Firft Conful — •all offer up Prayers for his Happinefs. All the News ¦which concerns him fpread from Alexandria or Damietta to the Pyramids and the Grand Gatara'ds with aftonifliing .Rapidity. On the 14th the Frigate arrived at Bogaz.from i>amietta : I immediately let out for Acre, at which Place •1 arrived on the i(>th. Tbe a'dth of November, in the Morning, I difpatched •Citizens Joubert and Legrange to Dgezzar- Pacha, with-^a -Letter, in which I flated to him, that Peace being ton- -cliided between France and the Porte, the Relations of Commerce fhould be xe-eftabliSied on the Footing they •flood before the War, -and -that I was charged by the •Eii'fl Conful to con"fe*'with him on thefe ObjeiSs. I begged-6f bim to anfwer'rae in Wl^ring, •if -lie Was inclined to treat with ( -359 ) whh me. In fome Hours the Meffengers returned': Dgezzar had received them coldly. He expreffed his Defire to fee me perfonally, but was unwiliiftgto write* Every Body advlfed me not to fee him, withqut an AfTur- ance written by himfelf; but this he appeared unwilling to do i But notwithftanding this cautionary Advice, and his obftinate Refufal to write, I determined to repair fny- Telf immediately to Acre. — I repaired to the Houfe of the CommilTary of the Seven Ifles. Very foon after, the Drogoman of the Pacha, informed of my Arrival, came to condufl me to the Pacha, who received me in an Apart ment where he was unattended, and which was without any other Furniture than a Carpet. He had on One Side of him a Piflol with Four Barrels, a fmall ATx-g»n,z Sa bre, and a Hatchet. After inquiring as to my Health, he aflted me, whethelr J was not perfuaded that our End is pre-ordained in Heaven, and that nothing could changeouT Deftiny. I anfwered that I believed, as he did, in Pre- deflination. He continued to fpeak for fome Time on that Subjeft. I perceived, however, that he affefted- a Degree ai Simplicity, but that, at the fame Time,' he wilhed to pafs for a Man of Wit, as wdl as for a juffl Man. He repeated feveral Times, « It is faid, that Dgez- ifar is barbarous : this is falfe ; he is but juft and fevere. Requeft ofthe Firft Conful, not to fend me, as Commif* fary of Commercial Relations, a lame or a blind Man ; becaufe fuch a Perfon would be fure to fay, that Dgezzar had made him fo'. Soon after he feid, • I defire that the Commiffary you may fend fhall refide at Seide, as that is the mofi commercial Port in my Dominions: Befides, it i« not neceffary he fhould refide here, where I fliall be my felf the French Coiiimiffary, and fliall take Care that yout Count jymeii< be well received. I highly ^eem the French. z 2 In C 340 ) In Stature Bonaparte is fmall, but he is neverthelefs the greateft of Mankind., 1 know that be is greatly regretted at Cairo, where they wifh to fee him again.' I made a few Obfervations on the Peace between France and the Porte ; to which he anfwered ' Do you know why I have thus received, and feel fo much Pleafure at feeing you I It is becaufe you come unauihorized hy a Finnan, and without any Orders from the Divan. I have the greateft Contempt for its blind Vizier. They fay that Dgezzar is a Bofnian, a Man of Straw, and cruel to Excefs ; but ne verthelefs, I can ftand the Ordeal. I was ence poor. My Father had nothing to bequeath me but Courage, I. have achieved my own Elevation by Dint of Exertion. This, however, does not make me proud, and Dgezzar, perhaps, will foon finifh his Career; not that he is old, as his Ene mies report, (he then performed fome of the Manoeuvres of the Mamelukes, in their Mode of rifing their Arms, &c. which he really executed with furprifing Adroitnefs and Agili'ty) , but becaufe, moft likely, God will have it fo. The King of France, once fo powerful, has perifhed. Nebuchadnezzar, the greateft of all, Kings, was, when his Time was come, killed by a Fly, &c.' He made feveral other Obfervations in this Strain, and afterwards fpoke of the Motives which induced him to make War upon the Erench Artny : From the Whole of his Demeanour it could eafily be feen, that he wiffied to be on good Terms with the Firft Conful, and that he ftifled his Refentments. The following is the Apologue, which he ufed to demonftrate the Caufes of his Refiftance. ' A black Slave,' he faid, ? after a long Journey, in which he had fufi^ered the greateft Privatioiis, arrived at a little Field of Sugar Canes : He flopped therein, and induVged himfelf in partaking of the delicious Liquor they afforded ; and at Length was deter mined ( .34^ ) mined to remain on the Spot. Very, foon aftei-. Two Travellers, who had followed him, came up. The Firft faid to him, Salamallee (the Mode of wifhing Heahh). The Devil take it, anfwered the Black- The Second Traveller then approached, and inquired why he had an fwered in fuch a Way to fo good a Wifh. I had very good Reafon for.it, replied he ; if I had anfwered in a friendlj' Manner, the Man would have entered into Converfation with me, and afterwards fat down befide me ; he would have partaken of my Refrefliments, and finding them, de firable, would have endeavoured to obtain exclufive Pof feffion.' I recommended to the favourable Attention of Dgezzar the Chriftians and tbe Convents at Nazareth and Jerufalem : He affured me that he would treat them with much Regard. I did not forget the Mutuales, and re ceived the fame Affurance in their Behalf. Dgezzar fre quently obferved to me, that his Word was, with him, more facred than Treaties. Our Converfation was inter rupted for fome Moments , by a Kind of military Mufic, v/hich he performed in a very agreeable Style- The Pa lace of Dgezzar is built with much Tafle and Elegance ; but, in order to arrive at the Apartments, a Number of Turnings are neceffary. At the Foot of the Staircafe, iiowever, is fifuated a Prifon, the Gate of which is allowed. to be open from Noon till Evening., I faw a Number of (he unfortunate Inhabitants. In the Courts I obferved Twelve Field-Pieces well mounted, and in admirable Orr der. Never did I encounter a Sight rnore hideous or re-? pulfive than that of the Minifter of Dgezzar, whom I met in going out. The Pacha had caufed Ope of his Eyes to te put out, and his Npfe, and Ears to be cut off. I faw in the Town more than a, Hundred Individuals in th^ famp ^lat;?. On beholding the Doineftics of Dgezzar, and evep z 3 tlifl (343 ) the Inhabitants of Acre, One would imaigine himfelf in th* Refortsof Brigands ready to affaflinate. This Monfter has imprinted the Mark of his atrocious Ch^V9.&ev upon every Thing within the Limits of his Power. I had an Opportunity qf feeing, while at Acre, the Procurateur of the Propaganda, as. well as that of the Hcily Land. |Ofthe former, and of the Commiffary of the Seven Ifles, I col lected fome Information concerning the prefent State of. Syria, and the Forlifieations of Acre, of which 1 had feei) but a Part : I was not fuffered to vifit thera. The Procu rateur of the Holy Land is grateful to tbe Firfl Conful for the Proteftion he had afforded the Monks. He affured me that my liecommendation to Dgezzar would be very ufefpl. He hinted to me Dgezzar's earneft Wifhes to be on good Terms with the Firft Conful. It is certain that the former behaved very well to the Crew of a French Veffel which put into Acre fliortly before my Arrival. Dgezzar occupies all Paleftine, with the Exception of Jaffa, where Aboijmarak Pacha has been befieged nearly I"ive ^4onths, by a Force of 9000 Men. This Operation prevents Dgezzar from carrying on Hoftilities with the defired Vigour againf| the Emir of the Drufe§, who, for the Space of a Year, had paid him no Tribute. Tripoli is tranquil at prefent : It is diflferent at Al^pp, whence the Pacha has been driven. Damafcus is in open Rebel-; lion againft the Porte : — Not only has the Pacha of the Divan been expelled^' but the Aga, who commanded the Citadel for the Turks, has been deli'v'ered up by the Sol diers to the Infurgents, who have decapitated him. Tripoli is now under a rebellious Pacha, who is a Creature of Dgezzar ; who has lately ordered him to protect tbe Pil- grirps from Mecca. In a Word, all Syria is with Dgez zar, and the Ottomans are as mu;;h detefted here as in Egypt. ( 343 ) Sgypt. The Mutuales live peaceably in tkeir Villages ; they have, however, been obliged to retire ffom tbe Bor ders of, the Sea. Aboumarak is now at the laft Extrer^ mity: This Man is equally inconfiderate and cruel, and is furpaffed only by Dgezzar. The Chriftians are even more in Dread of him, and tremble for their future Situation. The Monks of the'Convent of Jaffa have withdrawn to Jerufalem. The 21ft November I quitted Acre. As the Winds were unfavourable to a Voyage to Jaffa, I fet fail for Zante, where I arrived the 4th December. I landed the fame Day, but the Ship's Cornpany were put untlet Quarantine. I repaired to the Houfe of the French Com miffary, efcorted by the Officers of Health. I foon learned that the Ifle and the Republic were fplit into different Par ties, and that even the Tranquillity ofthe Place was thr^t.>- encd. I affembled the Members of the Conftituted Autho rities, and the principal Perfons of the Town, atthe Houfe of the Governor M. de Califhipode. After having repre fented to'them the Intereft which the Firft Conful took in, their Welfare, I induced them to lay afide that Spirit of Party which diftra£led them, and tovvait without Paf fion, and in Silence, the new Conflitution. Thefe few Words were received with Enthufiafm, and all of them exclaipied, * France for ever! Bonaparte for ever!' Thefe Cries were reiterated on my going out by more than 4000 Men, who followed me to the Door. The Gover nor and the Ruffian Commandant were alarmed at it ; and I learned by the French Coinmiflary, on the following Day, that Two of the leading Men were fent to Prifon, but that, on his Solicitations, and fearful of ray Re proaches, they were fet at Liberty in the Courfe of the Night. I went to the Conciergerie, and had the Gover nor brought there. I fpoke to him ftrongly on the Irre- ' 24' gularity C 344 ) gularity of his Condu£i : He was alarmed, and promifed that he woiild look upon thofe who cried out, ' Live the Firft Conful !' as good Citizens, and fliould in future treat them as fuch. As he fent, in the Courfe of fhe Night, a Courier to his Governmenrr, and I had Reafon to believe he had made a wrong Report, I immediately wrote to the Charge d'Affaires ofthe Republic at Corfu, to in form him what had paffed, and that I was felting off for Meffina. 1 do not ftray from the Truth in affuring you, that the Iflands of the Ionian Sea will declare themfelves French as foon as an Opportunity fhall offer itfelf. • Englifh Army in Egypt.— That Army, commanded by General Stuart, confifts of 4430 Men. They wholly and exclufively occupy Alexandria and the neighbouring Forts. The Turks, who formed the Garrifon of fbme of thefe Forts, have been reraoved. Lately the Englifh General has occupied Demanhoiir with 100 Infantry and 100 Horfe, under the Pretext of curbing the Arabs. The Englifh have made no neceffary Works for the Mainte nance of the Forts ; the Palifades are almoft entirelyde- ftroyed, and the Branches occafioned by the Rains have very much damaged all tlie new Fortifications. They oc cupy none of the Works which are beyond the Line of the Arabs, and all tbe Redoubts which exifted at the Depar ture of the French Army are deftroyed. The Pacha of Cairo furnifhes to the Englifh Army Corn, Rice, Wood, and Provifions, without any Payment. The Confumptioh is Treble what it fhould be : They commit great Wafte. A great Mifunderftanding reigns between General Stuart and the Pacha STATE ( 3A:5 ) STjATE of THE ARMY. Dillon's Regimfent — Emigrants - - 450 Britifh Chaffeurs — Ditto - _ - 5^0 Role's Regiment — Swiss - - - - - 600 Wetteville's Regiment — Ditto - - 680 l"he loth Regiment of Infantry — Englifh - 600 The 61 ft Regiment Infantry — Ditto - 650 The 88th Regiment Infantry — Ditto - 400 Dragoons of the 36th Light — 'Ditto - - 350 Artillery — Ditto _ - - . 1^0 Total - 4430 The Turkifti Army. — rMuhammed, Pacha of Cairo, who has taken, it is not known why, the Title of Vice roy of Egypt, does not comtnand the Troops in Perfon. Muhammed Aly-Serr-Cherfme, who had the Comniand fince my Arrival, was killed before Gaza ; they are now under the Orders of Juffef Kiahia. Tair is Pacha of the Arnaoutes, who compofe the greateft Part of this Army, amounting to abopt 16,000 Men, They froip Time to Time receive .Reinforcements. — Choiirchid- Ahmed, a Pacha of Two Tails, is at Alexatidria with 600 Men, who occupy no fortification. This Pacha is, as One may fay, a Prifoner with the Englifti. The Turkifh Ar my confifts of 7640 Men, and that of the Arnaoutes of 8500, making a Whole of 16140. — It is ufelefs to add, that this is not an Army, they are Men ill arraed, without Difcipline, without Confidence in their Chiefs, and ener vated by exceffive Debauchery. The Chiefs are in every Thing like their Soldiers ; ignorant even of the Firft Prin ciples of the Military Art ; and uniformly aftuated by the J-ove of y/ealtb, they think of nothiiig but of obtaining it. C 34^ ) it, and of finding the Means of carrying it off in Safaty. Six thoufand French woi;ld at prefent he ejiough to con quer Egypt. 4my red of Elements more homogeneous, belter comr bt'ned and more adapted to the Circumftances and Opi- iiiot?s of 'the prefent Age, A French Ambaffador is at Conftantinople, charged with renewing and fortifying the Ties which attach us to ^ Power which feems" to be threatened with Deftruftion, but which if is 6iir Intereft to' fuftain and to fupport the Foundations by which it is upheld. The ]^ritifli Forces are flill in Alexandiria and Malta, The Governraent bad a fair Right of Complaint, but it lias received Intelligence th^t the ^^ef^els which are to eoHvey thettito Europe are already in the Mediterranean,. ~ The Government guarantees to the Nation the Peace of the Continent, arid it is permitted to entertain a Hope of the Continuance of maritime Peace. This Peace is the Want, as vyell as the D.efire of all I^atioiis. For ifs Pre fervation, the Government will do every Thing compatible with national honour, eflentially conneded with the ftrid Execution of the Treaties. But in England, Two Parties ipaintain a Contpft for Power. One of thofe Parties has concluded Peace, and appears defirous of maintaining it. The other has taken an ( 3^3 ) an Oath of eternal Hatred to France. Hence that Fluc tuation . of Opinion and ot Counfels which prevail. — Hence that Attittide, at the fame Time pacific and me nacing. ¦ W'nile this Conteft of Parties continues, Meafures of Precaution are what the Governraent is called upon to adopt. Five hundred thoufand Men ought to be, and fhall 4)6 ready to Undertake its Defence, and avenge its Inju ries. Strange Neeeffity which miferable Paffions inipofe on twp Nations, whom Intereft and Inclination mutually prompt to the Cultivation of Peace. Whatever Succefs Intrigues may experience in London, no other People will be' involved in new Combinations — the Government fays, with con foious Pride, that England ¦alone cannot maintain a Struggle againft Franc'e. ' ' But we have better Hopes, and we believe that in the Britifli Cabinet, nothing will be liftetied to but the Coun fels of Wifdom and the Voice of Humanity. Yes, doubtlefs, the Peace will daily be more confoH- dated'. The Relation of the two Governments will iaf- fume that Charader of Good-will which is fuitable to "their miltuar Interefts. A happy Repofe will bury the RecoUedion of jhe long Calamities of a difaftrpus War, and France andErigland, rendering their Happinefs reci procal, will deferve the Gratitude of the whole World. The Firft Conful (Signed) BONAPARTE. By Order-of the Firft Conful, The Secretary of State, H. B. MARET. Np.3. ( 3^4 ) No. 3. Copie d'une Lettre du Cjtoyen Talleyrand au CU toyen Fauvelet a Dublin. Paris, le z6 Brumaire, An il. (November 17, 1802.) JE vous addreffe, Citoyen, une Serie de Queftions, fur lefquelles je defire avoir vos Refponfes.* Voiis vou- 4rez bien les placer en Face de Queftions fur la mimg Feuille de Papier ployee en dsu¥» comme celle qui j'ai I'Honneur de Vous addrefier. Je vous prie de m'envoyer ce Travail le plutot qu'il fera poffible, fans cependant qu'une trop ,grande Precipitation nuife a I'Exaditude. Si vous hazardez quelque Chofe, vous voudre? bien en faire I'Obfervation. II vous fera fans Doute facile dg confulter .quelques Negocians habiles ou Prepofes aux Douanes que vous croirez pouvoir vous donner des Rc- fultats pofitifs, et vous annonceriez les Sources -dans kf- qnelles vous avez puise ; vous ne regarderez pas ce Tra vail comme faifant Partie de votre Corre^pndence p8i- cielle, il ne faut pas le.numeroter, et vous vous conterere; feulement de mettre en haut, comme da^s le Prpjet ^ujs je vous envoye. Secretariat poKticutter. (Sign^) CH. MAU, TAtJ.SYR'ANXI. Tranflaition. Paris, 26 Brumaire, loth Year, (17th November 1802.) T FORWARD to you, Citizen, a Series of Queflioiis, concerning which I am defirous of having your An fwers. You will have the Goodnefs tP place them oppo- flte ( 36s ) fite the Queftions on the fame Sheet of Paper, doubled in two, fimilar to the one which I have the Honor to fend to you. I fhall be obliged to you to fend me tbis Paper as foon as poffible, without, however, fuffering your too great Hafte to be prejudicial to your Accuracy. If you are doubtful upon any Point, you will have the Goodnefs to mention it. YoU will probably find no Difficulty in confulting with fome well informed Merchants or Clerks in the Cuftom Houfe, who you think may have it in their Power to give you fome pofitive Information, and you will declare the Sources from whence you have drawn that Information. You will not confider this Bufinefs as forming a Part of your official Correfpondence. You muft not number it, but you muft content yourfelf with putting at the Top of it, as in th,e Projet which I enclofe lo you, Private Correfpondence. To Citizen Fauvelet, at Dublin. No. 4. SECRETARIAT PARTICULIER. Demandes. I. /^U EL eft le Nombre des Batimens de Mer entres et ^^..fortis des Ports de votre Arrondiffement dans le Courant de chaque Annee depuis 1792 jufqu' en iSoj inclufivement ? 2. Quel eft leur Tonnage, va leur Contenance en Tonneux dc Mer de 2000 4 V ? 3. Sous quels Pavilions naviguoieat ils ? 4. D'ou font ils venus ? 5. Ou font ils alles ? 6. De ( 3f^6 ) 6. De quelles. Marchandifes etoient ils charges f y. Qu,el,,etoitle Prix du Fret .defortie pour les princi- paux Ports de TButope par Tunneau de Mer de acoo 4P I 8. Quelles, font les Produdions Fraqf «ies les plus re- cherchees/iir le Marche de ia Viile 6ij v«>us refidezv e? des autres Villes confiderables de votre Arrondiffement .' 9. Quelles font, les Marchandifes d'Exportation pour Is France qu'-on peut tirer, plus avantageuferaent des dits Mar ches que de to.ut autre ? ; 10. Qiiels font les Cottes de Change et l^Prix-courans des Marchandifes de Trois en Trois Mois pendant les An nees 1792 a 180 1 f „ - • n. On demande un Plan des Ports de voire Arrondiffe ment, avec I' Indication des Smdes, pour le MouiUage des Ba timens de Mer. 12. S'il n'exifJe pas de Plan des Ports, on iridiquera par quel Air de Vent les Batimens peuvent entrer oujorfir ; et quel efi le plus grand tirant d'Eau des Batimens qui peuvent y entrer a pleine Charge P 13. Quelles font les principales Maifons de Commerce ? Si les Chefs de ces Maifons font Etrangers, on indi- quera de quel Pays il font ; et dans tous les Cas on expli- quera avec quels Pays fonts leurs'principales Relations, et qu 'elles font les principales Branches de leurs Affaires. 14. Qi^iel eft le Taux ordinaires de Lettres de Change ? 15. Y a-t-il une Baiique publique, et qu'elle eft fon Organifation ? 16. Y a-t-il de^Chambres ou CompagnieS'd'Affuran^cei et quels font leurs Ufages oil Reglemens, et les Prix"des Affurances, pour les Voyages d'Europe et delobg Cours,?" 17. S'il exifte quelque autre Etabliffement public qui ait rapport au Commerce, on en fera Mention avec tout - . le ( 367 ) le Detail poffible, fpecialement ert ce qui concerile ks Ma- nu'adures et les Ptch''ries ? i8. On indiquera les Rapports des Poids et Mefures, avec ceux de France, anciens ou nouveaux, lorfqu'on aura des Notions pratiques, d'une Exaditude averee fur ces Points. 19. Ori ajoutefa a tout cela les Renfeignemens gen'- raux ou particiiliers les plus etcndus qu'on pourra fe pro curer de Source, fur tout ce qui a rapport au Commerce, et notamincnt des Comptes fimules d'Achats et de Ventes de diverfes .Marchandifes, afin de faire connoitre les Fraix; Droits, et Ufages Ibcaux, en fait des Ven'es et Achats. io. Y a-t'-il des' Foires dans votre Arrondiffement; quelle eft I'Efpece de Commerce q'li en eft I'Objet; a quelle Valeur moment les Affaires qui s'y font .'' Tranflation. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. Queftions. I . T T r H AT Number of Veffels have entered and cleared out of the Ports within your Diftrid within each Year from 1792 to 1801 inclufive? 2. What is their Tonnage or their Admeafuremcnt in- Sea Tons of 2000 4 P ? 3. Under what Flag do they navigate? ,•4. From wbence they come ? c. Whither bound ? 6. With what Merchandize freighted ? 7. What was the Price of Freight to the principal Ports of Europe, each Sea Ton of 2000 4 P.S. .' 8, What ( 368 ) S. "What French Produdions are moft in Requfft -^iii r the Market of the Town where you refide, as well as of the other confiderable Towns in your Diftrid ? 9. What is the Merchandize which cart be exported to France with greater Advantage from tke faid Markets than from any other ? IQ. What are the Courfe of Exchange, and the cur rent Prices of Merchandize from Three Months to Three Months from the Year 1792 to 1801 ? 1 1. You are required tofurnifh a Plan ofthe Pirts of your DifiriSl, with a Specification of the Ssundings for mooring Veffels.] 12. If no Plan of the Ports can be procured, you are to point out with what fVind Veffels can come in and go out, and what is the .greateft Draught of fVater with which Veffels can enter therein deeply laden ? 13. What are the principal Commercial Houfes ? If the Heads of thefe Houfes are Foreigners, you are to point out of what Country they are ; and in all Cafes you are to ftate with what CoHOtf ies they are f^incipally con neded, and what is their chief \M^e of Commerce. 14. Whjt is the ufual Courfe of Exchange ? I^. Whether there is a public Bank, and what is its Organization \ 16. Whether there are any Infiiraace Companies, pub- Kc or private, and what are their Cuftoms and Rules, and the Prices of Infurance, for European and long Voyages ^ 17. In Cafe there exifts any other pubhc Eftablifliment which relates to Commerce; you are to give evexy pof fible Detail concerning it, efpecially in whatever regards Manufadures and Fifheries. 18. You are to point out the relative Conformity of Weights and Meafures with thofe of France, ancient and modern. ( 3% ) mWefiT, as foon as yon Qiall have obtained^ pradical and ex^d, Information omtljofe Points. . 19. You are to add to all . this the moft extenfive Inform mation, as well,get>eral as particular,; which you may be able to obtain :?rom,^ptl^orit.y, efppcially with regard lio Commerce, and particularly refpeding falfe Accounts of Purchafes and Sales pf d'i,fferent Merchandizes, in order to afcertain the Expences, Rights, and local Cuftoms, in Cafes of Purchafes and Sales. 2o. Whether there are any Fairs in your Diftrid ; what Species of Tn^Lc is carried on there, and to what Amount. No. 5. Bulletin du 15 Mars. ¦pvEPUIS quelques Mois il y avoit entre la France et "^ I'Angleterre une petite Guerre de Journaux et de Li belles. C'etoient comme les dernieres Lueurs d'une In- cendie qui s'eteint, la derniere Confolation d'un Parti de- fefpere, I'Aliment de quelques petites Paffions, et de quelques Ecrivains affames. Le Gouvernement Franfais etoit bien loin d'y attacher quelque Importance, et malgfS quelques Difficultes fur 1 'entiere Execution du Traite d'Amietis, pleinement ralTure fur la Loyaute du Miniftere Britannique etla Stabiliteide la Paix, il ne s'occupoit qu' a relever fes Colonies, et fur la Foi des Traites il difpofott avec Securite les Reftes de fa Marine a la Merci des Flottes Anglaifes, lorfque tout-a-coup un Meffage folemnel, foit du Cabinet de Saint James, eft venu annoncer un Matin a I'Europe que la France foifoit des Preparatifs immenfesdans fes Ports et dans ceux de la Hollande™" on phjpdfoit au Pap- . B B lement ( 37® ) jieraeftt de mettre-i fa Difpofition des Moyens de Deferifes tels ue le requeroient la Surete de I'Empire Britannique et I'Honneur des Trois Couronnes. A I'EmiflSon fubite d'un tel Meffage, on ne fait trop fi c'eft I'Effet de la Trahifon, du Delire, ou de la Foibleffe; en jettant les Yeux d'une Part fur les Ports de France et de Hollande, ou Ton ne voit que des Armerhens partiels, deftines pour diverfes Colonies, confiftant en quelques Vaif- feaux de Ligne et Pen de Frigates, et de I'aiitre fur les Ports d'Anglcterre, remplie d'une Marine formidable, on feroit tente de croire, que le Meffage du Roi d'Anglcterre n'eft qu'une platte Ironic fi cette Farce n'etoit trop in dlgne de la Majefte d'un Gouvefnement. En confiderant I'Influence des Fadions dans un Pajs fi libre, on pourroit fuppofer que le Roi de la Grande Bretagne ne cede qu'a la Foibleffe, fi elle etoit compatible avec la premiere Quallte d'un Roi; il n'y a donc-de Motif raifonnable a alleguer que la mauvaife Foi, que I'lnimitie juree a la Nation Francaife, que le Parjure et I'Envie de violer ouvertement' un Traite folemnel pour ne point fe deffaifir des Avantages qu'on veut g'arder et dont la France et la Foi des Traites exigent le Sacrifice. II femble a la Ledure du MeffagCv qu'on fe reporte aux Traites que les Vandales faifoient avec les Romalns dege- neres, oil la Force tenoit lieu de la Foi publique, oil "l'on fehatoit d'injurier I'Adverfaire qu'on vouloit attaquer. . -' Dans I'Etat aduel de la Civilifation, il eft un Refped qu'un grand Monarque, ou qu'un Peuple police fe doivent a eux memes, c'eft au moins de colorcr une Guerre injufte d'un Pretexte raifonnable. Mais ici tout eft con'.rouve, indetent, illegitime: une Guerre eternelle va fucceder a une Guerre horrible ; plus I'Agreffion eft injufte, pics la Haine eft implacable. : L'Europe ( 37^ ) L'Europe fera fans Doute indignee de cette Nouvelle ; leJ Anglois menie, que I'Orgueil national n'a pas toiit-a- fait aveugles, en ont gemi. Le Times en appellant te Traite d'Amiens une Treve, a fait du Gouvernement qu'il defend la plus fanglante Satire, et la Baiffe precipitee des Fonds publics eft le premier Prefage des Malheurs qui peuvent venger la Violation de touts les Droits fociaux. Les Francais font moins effrayes qu' indignes de cette Menace ; ils n'ont ete ni decourages par leurs Revers, rii amollis par leurs Vidoires ; ils ont vu toute I'Europe conjuree contre eux dans une Guerre qui paroiffoit in terminable ; leur Conftance, leur Courage, et I'Habilite dc leur Gouvernement I'ont termine'e. Celle-ci change'roit d'Objet. La France va difputer la Liberte de I'Europe, et fi le Gouvernement Anglois veut nationalizer la Guerre fa Marine fi puiffante ne peut pas etre feule Arbitre de fa Deftinee et le Garant de fa Vidoire. Les Fran9ais forts de la Juftice de leur Caufe, et de la Confiance qu'ils ont dans leur Gouvernement ne font ef frayes hi des nouveaux Sacrifices ni des nouvelles De penfes, que cette Aggreffion peut neceffiter. Leur Syf teme financier plus fimple et, moins faftueux eft plus affure ; tout eft dans^ leur Sol et dans leur Courage. A la premiere Nouvelle du Meffage Anglois, fous les Yeux fe font portes vers le Cabinet des Thuileries ; les moindres Mouvemens y ont pris un Caradere important, Jes Mots le5 plus vagues y font recueillis avec Avidite. Tout le Monde attendoit avec Impatience rAfTembiee qui fe tient chez Madame Bonaparte Un des Dimanches de chaque Mois pour la Prefentation des Etrangers, chacun devant en tirer des Indudions a fa Maniere. Elle a ete auffi brillante qu'a I'ordinaire r Le Premier Conful qui y vint, dit en entrant a I'Ambaffadeur d' Angleterre, qui fe B B 2 trouvoit ( 37* > trouvoit \ Cote de Monfieur de fifarco^, " Eh bien^ nous nous fommes battus pendans Douze Ans ; il paroit qu'il fe forme un Qrage a Londres, et qu'on veut fe battre encore Douze aiitres Annees. Le Roi d'Anglcterre a dit que la France faifoit des Preparatifs maritimes iminenfes : II a ete ironipe ; il n'y a dans les Ports de la France aucun Arme ment confiderable ; toute la Flotte eft partie pour St. Do- mingue, et une petite Efcadre eft alle prendre Poffeflion de Pondicherry; quant aux Ports de la Hollande compris dans le Melfiige,il n'y a qu' Un Armament commande par le General Vidor, et toute I'Europe fait fa Deftination pour la Louifiane. Le Roi a ajoute qu'il exiftoit des Differends entre les Cabinets de France et de Londres : Je n'en co^ nois aucun : II eft bien vrai que I'Angleterre doit evacuer Malthe, et que Malthe n'eft pas evacue ; et comme Sa Ma- j}eft6 Britannique S'eft engagee par le Traite le plus fo lemnel qui ait jamais ete fait, on ne peut pas douter que 'rEvaenation foit tres prochaine. Eft ce par un Arme ment qu'on voudroit effifayer le Pfeuple Francois ? Oa peut tuer le Peuple Francais mais non I'intimider." Dans It Couri de I'Affemblee le Premier Coiiful s'etant retrpuve plus pres de Monfieur Marcoff, lui a dit a demi Voix, qut le Miniftere Britannique votiloit garder Malthe peitdiint Sept jiksi'qUe eeltt ettit vrdimint derifoirtt et qu'il ne f alloit pas Jigner des Traites quant on he vouloit pas les. executer ; et a. la Fin de I'Affemblee, comme le Miniftre Anglois alloit fe retirer, le Premier Conful lui dit encore en fortant, '? Ma* dame la Dticheffe de Dorfet a paff8 ia mauvaife Saifon ^ Paris ; je fais des Vpeux bien finceres pour qu'elle y paffe la bpntie, mais s'il dtoit vrai que nous duflions faire la Guerre, la Refpofifabilite Cn fera toute entiere fur ceiix qui nient leur Signature ct refiifttlt d'exeuter Ifes Traites qu'ils ont fails." Ces C 373 ) Ges Paroles du Premier Conful n'ont pas b^foin de Comi* mentaire ; elles expliquent fuffifamment fon Opinion pre- fente, fa Conduite paffee, et fes Refolutions pour I'avcnir; il fuflSt de les comparer avec les Lenteurs, la Dupltcite, les Manoeuvres, et le Meffage du Gouvernement Anglois, pour decider la Juftice de la Querelle. (Tranflation.) From the Hamburgh Cori-efpondenten of March 30, 1803. The following Article is inferted by Defire. Paris, March 15. •rpOR fome Months a War of Newfpapers and of the Prefs has been kept up between France and England. This feemed merely the dying Embers of an extinguifhed Con flagration ; the laft Confolation of a defperate Party ; the Food of fome low Paffions and a few hungry Scribblers. The French Government was far from attaching Impor tance to fuch Matters. Notwithftanding fome Difficul ties in the complete Execution of the Treaty of Amiens, they ftill believed they niight rely on the good Faith of the Britifh Governraent, and direded their Attention folely to the Re-eftablifhment of the Colonies. Relying upon the Sacrednefs of Treaties, they fecurely difperfed the Re mains of the French naval Force, which had been given a Prey to the Englifh Fleet. In this Situation, fuddenly ap- peared a folemn Meffage from the Cabinet of St. James's, and informed all Europe that France was making confide rable Preparations in the Ports of Holland and France ; an Addrefs was voted by Parliament, promifing to the King pf England fuch extraordinary Means of Defence as the B B 3 Security *. 374 0 ..Security of the Britifli Empire and the Honour of the Three Crowds might require. From the fudden Appearance of this Meffage, People doubted whether it. was the Effed of Treachery, of Lu nacy, or of Weaknefs. Let any one eaft his Eye over the Ports of France and Holland, where he will find only de tached navdl Preparations deftined for the Colonies, and ponfifting only of One or Two Line of Battle Ships and a few Frigates. On the other Hand, let him look at the Ports of England, filled w,!th a formidable naval Force ; on fuch a Review one could be tempted to believe that the Meffage of the King of England was mere Irony, if fuch a Farce were not unworthy the Majefty of a Government. If one coiifiders the Influence of Tadions in fo free a Country, one raight fuppofe that the King of England hj(d only had the Weaknefs to yield, if Weaknefs were com patible with the Firft Qiiality of a King. In fhort, np rational Motives remain to which it can be afcribed, ex cept bad Faith — except a fworn Enmity to the French Na tion — except Perfidy, and the Defire of openly breaking a folemn Treaty, for the Sake of Advantages which will be maintained, and the Sacrifice of which the Honour of France and the Faith of Treaties forbid. When a Man reads this Meffage he thinks himfelf tranf- ported to'the Times of thofe Treaties which the Vandals made with the degenerate Romans, when Force ufurped the Place of Right, and when, with a hafty Appeal to Arms, they in.fulted the Antagonift they meant to attack. In the prefent State of Civibzation there is a Refped which a great Monarch, which a polifhed People owe to themfelves, were that Refped no more than to feek a plaufible Pretext for an unjuft War. But in this Inftance every Thing is precipitate, and repugnant to Decency and to Juftice. An eternal ( 375 ) eternal War would fucceed a dreadful Conteft ; and the more unjuft the Attack^the more irreconcileable would be iti! Animofity. Such a Novelty will doubtlefs excire the Difapprobation of Europe. While even the Englifli, whofe national Pride had not entirely blinded them, fighed at this Profped, did the Times call the Peace of Amiens an Armiftice, and in' doing fo, paffed the fevereft Satire on the Government it defended ; and the rapid Fall of the National Funds is the firft Prelu Je to the Misfortunes which may follow as the Revenge due for the Wound given to all focial Rights. The French are^ lefs intimidated than irritated by the Threats of England. They have neither been difpirited by their Reverfes, nor elated by their Vidories ; in a War to which there appeared no Termination, they faw all Eu rope confederated againft them. Their Conftancy, their Courage, and the promjit Adivity of their Government, brougbt it to a Conclufion. This War would have a dif ferent Objed. France vvould contend for the Liberty of the States of Europe, and the Sacrednefs of their Treaties ; and if the Englifh Government be determined to make it a national War, perhaps her boafted formidable naval Strength wpuld not be fufficient tp decide the Refult, and to fecure the Vidory. The French, ftrong ih the Juftipe of their Caufe, and in the Confidence they repofe in their Government, do not dread the new Expences and new Sacrifices which fuch a War might render neceffary. Their Syftem of Finance is more fimple and lefs artificial than that of London, and fo much the more folid. It all lies in their Soil and in their Courage. On the firft News of the Englifli Meffage, all Eyes were turned to the Cabinet of the Thuilleries. As moft trifling B B 4 Motions ( 376 ) Motions received a Charader of Importance, its moft un premeditated Words were eagerly caught up. Every one impatiendy expeded the Affembly 'for the Prefentation of Foreigners, which Madame. Bonaparte holds once a Mpntb. Every one was prepared to draw fome Inferences from it. Ji was as fplendid as ufual. The Firft Conful made his Appearance, and faid, on his Entrance, to tbe Englifh Amlsaffador, who was ftanding befide M. Markoff, " We bave been at War for Twelve Years. The King of England fays that France is, making immenfe naval Prepa rations. He has been led into an Error. In the French Ports there are no Preparations of any Magnitude. The whole Fleet is gone to St. Domingo and the Colonies. With regard to the Ports of Holland, to which tbe Mef fage likewife alludes, there are only the Preparations for the Expedition under General Vidor, and all Europe knows its Deftination is for Louifiana. The King fays farther, that between the Cabinets of Paris and London Differences continue. I know of none. It is true that England ought to have evacuated Malta, and Malta is not evacuated ; and as His Britannic Majefty has hound himfelf by the moft folenfin Treaty ever entered into, it is impoffible to doubt of the fpeedy Evacuation of that Ifland ; and," added the Firft Conful, " thofe who would attempt to frighten the French People fhould know, that it is pofliUe to kill, but not to intimidate them." During the Courfe of the Evening, when the Firft Con ful happened to be near M. Markoff, he faid to him, half aloud, " that the Britifli Miniftry wiflied to keep Malta for Five Years more. Such a Propofal was infulting, and no Treaties fhould be entered into which it was not refolved to obferve." At the Conclufion of the Affembly, when the Englifli Ambaffador was about to retire, the Firft Con ful ( 377 ) ful faid to him, » Madame the Duchefsof Dorfet has fp^rt the uHpleafant Part of the Year at Paris. It is my fincere Wifh that fhe may alfo fpend the agreeable Seafon. But if it fliould happen that we really muft go to War, the Refponfibility is exclufively with thofe who deny the Va lidity of their own Contrads, fince they refufe to obfervei Treaties which they had concluded." Thefe Words of the Firft Conful require no Comment. They explain completely bis prefent Opinions, his paft Condud, and his Refolution for the future. It is fuffi cient to corapare them with the Tergiverfations, the Du plicity, the Evafions, and the l^effagc, of the Englifh Go vernment, in order to be enabled to decide on the Juf tice of the Difpute. Nq. 6. My Lord, Corfu, Dec. lo, i802. 'TpHE laft Letters from my Agent at Zante furnifli me with the Information, that the Cornelia French Fri gate, having on board Horatio Sebaftiani, Chief of Bri gade^ and charged with a public Miffion on the Part of the Firft Conful of the French Republic, came to Anchor there on the 3d Inftant. The Envoy finding that a Veffel coming from Alexandria was fubjed to a long Quaran tine, and could not be permitted to communicate freely with the Shore, applied to the Delegate pf that Ifland for Permiffion to land, which being granted him, he was con duded to the Delegate's Apartments. He then requeftc^ that a Meeting of the Three Orders might be called, which yva» alfo complied with, and Twelve j^erfons, Four of each (¦ 378^ ) .¦> each Order, met in the Delegate's Houfe. The Envoy Sebaftiani then harangued them nearly in the Terms of the Addrefs, wbich I have herewith the Honor of inclofing.to your Lordfliip. His Speech,' however, contained fome ad ditional Obfervations, importing, tbat Bonaparte had heen ihe firfl to break the Chains of the Iflanders. When he had done fpeaking a tumultuous Cry was uttered, of Viva la Likertal Viva I'Uguaglianza 1 Before his Departure, however, he caufed to be for warded to the Delegate of Cephalonia, and to the Senate of Corfu, Copies of the inclofed Addrefs, expreffing a Wifli that it might be, gaierally circulated among the People of each Ifland. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) SPIRIDION FORESTL Right Hon. Lord Hawkeflaury, &c. &c. &c. No. 7. My Lord, Corfu, January 2, 1 803. tN my Letter of the loth Ultimo, your Lordfliip will per- ceive that I inferted the Arrival of the Cornelia French Frigate at Zante, and that Horatio Sebaftiani harangued the People of that Ifland. At that Time I was not in Poffeffion of his exad Oration, but fince ,then the Dele gate of Zante tranfmitted his Speech to the Senate of Cor fu ; a Copy of which I beg Leave to fubmit to youf Lordfhip's Attention. Monfieur Romieu, the French Minifter here, communi cated to the Prince of the Senate, that the Firft Conful of the ( 379 ) the French Republic had 'taken under his Protedion the Catholic, Apoftolic, and Roman Churches of this Repub lic ; and on the ipth December wrote to the Vicar Ge neral of Corfu to inform him of the fame ; aCopy ofwhich permit me to inclofe for your Perufal. From the Proceedings of the French Commiffary here, and thofe of the other Iflands, together with the Dilpofi- tion of the Natives, I am afraid that this Republic will be a conftant Theatre of French Intrigue. The aforefaid Commiffaries occafion Count Mocenigo and this Govern ment an infinite deal of Trouble. I have the Honor to be, &c. (Signed) SPIRIDION FORESTI. Right Honorable Lord Hawkefljury, &c. &c. &c. (Firft Inclofure referred to in No. y.) Tranflation. Horace Sebaftiani, Chief of Brigade of a Regiment of Dragoons, and Envoy of the Firft Conful ia the Levant. To His Excellency the Delegate of Zante. 'Sir, 'TpHE Firft Conful Bonaparte has charged me to vifit thefe Iflands which compofe your Republic, and to affure the Inhabitants that be takes a lively Intereft in their Profperity, ' I know that the Difference ef political Opinions divides' thi^ rifing Republic into various Parties, and that vyithouC the ( ?8o ) the wife Meafvares t»k«o by your Government, itsTt^nr; quillity will be deflrayed. I could wifti you to make knoWn to your Adminiftrators and Fellow Citizens how much the Fisift. Conful wifl»es to fee a Stop put to thofe inteftine. Di? vifions which afflid thefe Iflands. Your poUtical Independency has been guaranteed by Prance, Ruffia, and the Sublime Porte- Thefe powerful Nations, united together by the Bonds of the trueft Friend fliip, are occupied, in Concert with your moft enlightened and maft virtuous Fellow Citizens, to give you a Form of Government fuitable to your Situation and the Genius pf your Inhabitants. Wait with Confidence and Moderation tbs Refuk of theCe important Operations, and be affured that you will fee the End of your Ills and the Beginning of your Profperity. All Exaggerations of political Opi nions are inimical to the general Profperity : Abfolute Democracy, always tempeftuous, faerifices to vain Chi meras the Security, the Property, Civil Liberty, and, in fliort, all that conftitutes the Happinefs of a State : Arif- tocracy which is not moderated is alwaj^s tyrannical, and the Elevation of a fmall Number of Families, is preferred ta Talents and to Virtue. In order that ^ Government ipay be profperpus, it i§ neceflary that it Jhould have in its Fornnation a happy Combination of the Advantages of different Forms of Gpvernment ; the Power and Promp titude of Monarchy, the Vigilance and Intelligeiice of Ariftocracy, and the Vigour and Elevation of Demo cracy ; that the Citizens m«iy find the Security epjoyed under the Firft, the Tranquillity pf the Second, and the Equality of Rights fixed by the J-AVf9 which are found in tbe Third. Recoiled that the Man wbo fortns a Pkrt of Society only preferves the Liberty of doing that which is not pre judicial ( 38x ) judicial to Ibe Rights of others ; and that fe«}u4lily enfy confifts in the exad Execution of the Laws, and in tke Protedion which they aflford to every Member of the po litical Body. As the Quarantine prevents CbfiHtititn'Caiidii, I beg yoii will communicate this my Letter to all the Au thorities, and alfo to the principal Inhabitants. I avail atyfelf of this Opportunity to affure you of the Sentiments of Efteem and Confideration which' Icentertain for your Perfon. (Second Inclofure referred to in No. 7.) Tranflation. Liberty. Equality. Corfu, 29th Frimaire, nth Year of the French Republic. The Adjutant Commandant Romieu, Commiffary General of Commercial Relations, and Charge d'Affaires to the Republic of the Seven Iflands, to the Vicar General of the Catholic, Apoftolic, and Roman Churches at Corfu. Mr. Vicar General, T HASTEN to inform you, with the greateft Joy, that I have juft received the exprefs Orders of my Govern ment to pl^ce the Church of the Roman Religion in the Republic of the Seven Iflands, under its fpecial Protedion. 1 make this Communication to the Prince of the Senate. This Proof of the Good-will of tbe French towards this Church, will be a powerful Motive, Mr. Vicar General, for addreffing, through the Faithful in your Coi^munion, the (382 ) the moft ardetit Vows to Heaven for the Profperity of the French Republic, and the Prefervation of the Lives of its , Confuls, in the fame Way as the Roman Churches prac- tife in the French Republic. With the moft diftinguifhed Confideration, Mr. Vicar General, I have the Hotior to falute you. (Signed) A. ROMlEUX. A true Copy, Spiridion Foreftf. C 383 ) Prefented 2Qih May 1,803. (Referred to in Mr. Forefti's Letter to Lord Hawkefbury of Jan. 2, 1803.) A FRENCH Frigate, commanded by an OfBcer of that Nation, whofe Name is not known, arrived this Day in our Roads. On board this Veffel was embarked Citi zen Horace Sebaftiani, calling himfelf Envoy from the Firft Conful to thefe Parts. On the fame Afternoon he attempted to land with the Officers, but as they had ar rived from Egypt, Four Guards of- Health were placed over them. He demanded a Conference with the Go vernment, affuring our Delegate Regent, that he was com- miffioned by the Firft Conful Bonaparte, to communicate to all Orders of Perfons in the Seven Iflands, the. At tachment and Refped of the Firft Conful, his Defire of feeing all the People happy and contented, whom he would endeavour to infpire with Veneration for thei Laws, Refped for the exifting Government, and Obedience to its Commands. In this defigning Manner he. extorted a Confent from the Delegate, that- a few Merchants' and Noblemen fliould be invited to the Palace; which, being done, it appearing that Mr. Antonio Martinengo was ab- fent, hewas fent for by Vice Commiffary Renaud . from the Houfe of his Friend Strapodi, and, immediately on his Arrival at the Palace was prefented to the French Envoy Seibaftiani, and recommended as opulent,- pofleflSng In fluence, ( 384 /) fluence, a good Man, and the Friend of the People. Se baftiani ipade him a fhort Compliment, and then began his Difcourfe by faying, " That ihi Pirfl Conful had begun til give a political Exiftence to thefe Iflands; that the Viciffi tudes -of War and the Diftance sf Reinforcements were pre paring for them another Deftiny; that he feels the warmeft Intereft for their Inhabitants, who would be rendered happy, if they would adopt fuch a Syjetn as would be moft antilogous to thai of France; thait internal Diffentions, and falfe Print ciples, had for a Moment taken from them the Liberty of giving their oWn Opinion about their Conftitution ; but that, by a different Condud, they might in future poffefs that Liberty ; that the NobUity might afpire to the Offices of Govefrnment op, the G.rojjnd of Property, fince it pro cured them a fuperior Ediication, but that they ought not to pretend to eftabHfli on a Plea of Birth, thofe Privileges which fhoujd refult from Ediication," Virtue, and Property; thaat the People ought 'not to exclude the Ndbility merely becaufe they were born in that Sphere ; that a Spirit of general Concord ought to recal Tranquillity athong the Three Cfaffes of the Noble?, the Plebeans, and tlie Mer cantile Clafs -which is the beft ; that they ought to avail thearfelves of the favourable Situation 'of the Country which gives the Means of procuring, by Commerce, Wealth, and future Opulence ; that fo fedudive an Objed expofed tp the View of Continental Greece, might roufe up that ancient Ardour apd national Enthufiafin. for Li berty, by which the Republic of ths- Seven Iflands will become a Power fuperior even to its own Expedations; that States have the fame Stages as the Life pf Man, and therefore that, it 'is not wonderful if, during their Infancy, .the Errors of Childhood fhould prevail in.thetn; that if they are averfe to th^ Care of thcFrench Nation to main tain C 3^5 ) tain the -Happinefs of thofe Iflands even by her owflFotceSj (not fubjed to the Outrages of Fortune), the Firft Confut, in Concert with the Emperor of Ruflia, will know how to eftablifh by Force an Appropriate Conftitution for the Seven Iflands; that laftly, he recommends to thetn to iliake known to the People thefe friendly Sentiments of Bohaparte, di redly communicated to them by him' his immediale' Ori gan." He faid fomething refpeding the Emperor of Riif- fia, but very coolly, and added alfo, *^That until the Change of the prefent Government, it will be ncceflai'y tb obey the Laws, however defedive they may be, to refped its Minifters and obey their Orders." When this Speech was ended, Peta, the Ex-fuperintendant of the Cemides, cried out «« Long live the Firft Conful Bonaparte." The Ruffian Commandant, who was pfefent, remained filent at thefe Proceedings, and feeling himfelf thus betrayed, he- teftifieJ his Difapprobation by his Silence. The French Envoy, as he left the Palace, in croffing the Square, was huzza'd and applauded by the moft ill difpofed of the People, led away by the bad Example of all the former and prefent Officers of the Republic. He went into Mr. Re- naud's Houfe, and then returned on board his own Ship. He inquired for an Exprefs for Cephalonia, where he wifhed to fend Advices of his intended Deftination. The Delegate could not deny him Permiffion to land, becaufe he would have affumed the Right of doing fo of his own Authority, and he thought, if in this Cafe he had had Re courfe to the Ruffian Force, he might have difturbed the Peace which exifts between the Emperor of Ruffia and the French Government. He wiflied to have oppofed fuch a fludied Harangue, but had he done fo, the French Envoy would have thought himfelf authorized to have gone out and have made it in the Middle of the public Square, and c c on ( 386 ) pn a Holiday, when the People were intoxicated with "Wine, and the Remains of a Spirit of Democracy now reviving, by which a difaftrous Scene might have followed. Thefe are the Reafons which induced the Delegate to chufe the leffer Eyil, raore particularly fo becaufe he had not any Inftrudions for his Guidance in fuch unexpeded Occur- xences. The Ruffiaii Commandant regards this Affair as an Outrage againft his Sovereign, and he would have been forry to have witneffed fucb a Slene, had he not been pbliged to do fo^ C P? PRELIMINARY ARTICLES of PEACE, b^^ tween His Britannic Majefty and the French Republic. Signed at London, the Firft of Odo ber 1801; the Ninth Vendemiaire, Year 10 gf the French Repifelic. j^IS Majefty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Firft Con-^ ful of the French Republic, in the Name of the French People, being animated with an equal De fire of putting an End to the Calan?ities of a de- ftruftive War, and of re-eftablifhing Union and good Underftanding between the Two Countries, have naraed for this Purpofe ; namely, His Britaft- nic Majefty, the Right Honourable Robert Banks Jenkinfon commonly called Lord Hawkeftjury, Oft$ of His Britannic 'Majefty's moft Honourable Privy Council, and His Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; and the Firft Conful of the French Republic, in the Name of the French People> Ci- tisren Lewis William Otto, CommilTary for the Exchange of French Prifoners in England ; who, after having duly communicated to each other their ^11 Powers, in good Form, have agreed on the fol* lowing PreliminM-y Articles : c c 2 Article ( 39« ) Article I. As foon as the Preliminaries fliall be figned and ratified, fincere Friendfliip fliallbe re-cftablifljea between His Britannick Majefty and the French Republic, by Sea and hy Land, in all Parts of the jV'orld ; and in order that alt Hoftilities may ceafe immediately between the Two Ppwers, and between them and their Allies refpeflivety, the neceflary In ftruftions fliall be fent with the utmoft Difpatch to the Commanders of the Sea and Land Forces of ihe refpedive States, and each of the contracting Parties engages- to" grant Paflports", and every Faci- ity requifite to accelerate the Arrival, and enfure die Executign of thefe Orders. — It is farther agreed, that all Conquefts which may have been made by either of. tbe contrading Parties from the other, or from their refpedive Allies, fubfequently to the Ra- ti^ciition. of the prefent Preliminaries, fliall be con- fidered as of no EfFed, and fhall be faithfully com prehended in the Reftitutions to be made after the Ratification of the Definitive Treaty, Article II. His Britannic Majefty fhall reftore to the French Republic and her Allies ; namely, to His Catho lic Majefty, and to the Batavjan Republic, all the PofTeirions and Colonies occupied or conquered by the •Englifli ForcteS in the,.Cbui:fe .of the. prefent War, with the Exception of thl'iflaild of Trinidad, and C 38? ) and the Dutch PolTeflions in die Ifland of Ceylon, of which Ifland and PoflTeffions His Britannic Ma jefty referves to himfelf the full and entire Sove* reignty. Article III. The Port of the Cape of Good Hope fhall be open to the Commerce and Navigation of the Two contrading Parties, whd fhall enjoy therein the fame Advantages. Article IV. The Ifland of Malta, with its dependencies, fhall be evacuated by the Troops of His Britannic Ma^ jefty, and reftored to the Order of St. John of Je» ruialem. For the Purpofe of rendering this Ifland completely independent of either of the Two conr trading Parties, it fhall be placed under the Gua* rantee and Protedion of a Third Power, to be agreed upon in the Definitive Treaty. , Article V. Egypt'fhall be reftored to the Sublime Porte, whofe Territories and Poffeflions fhall be preferved f ntire, fuch as they exifted previoufly to the pre fent War, Article VI. • The Tehitories and Pofleflions of Her Mofb iFsdthful Majefty fhall likewife be preferved entire. c c 3 Article c 390 ) Article VIL The French Forces fhall evacuate the Kingdbrii of Naples and the Roinan Territory. The Englifli Forces fhall in like Manner evacuate Porto Fer* rajo, and generally all the Ports and Iflands which they iriay occupy in the Mediterranean, or in the ^driatie. Article Vm. The Republic of the Seven Iflands fhall be ac' knowledged by the French Republic. Article IX. The Evacuations, Cefllioiia, aniJ Reflitutions, fti pulated for ¦ by the prefent preliminary Articles, fhall take place iii Europe within One Month; in the Continent and Seas of America and of Africa, within Three Months ; and in the Continent and Seas of Afia, within Six Months after the Ratifica* tion of the Definitive Treaty* " Article X. The Prifoners made refpedively fhall, imme. diately after the Exchange of fhe Ratifications oF the .Definitive; Treaty, afl be^ reftored-, amd ^without Ranfom, on paying reciprocally the Debts which they may have individually contraded. Difcuflions. having arifen refpeding the Payment for the Main tenance of Prifoners of War, the contrading Powei» referve C 39 ^ ) referve this Queftion to be fettled by the Definitive Treaty according to the Law of Nations, and in Conformity to eftablifhed Ufage. Article XI. In order ^o prevent all Caufes of Complaint and Difpute which may arife on Account of PrizeS- which may be made at Sea after the Signature of the Preliminary Articles, it is reciprocally agreed that the VeCTels and Effeds which- may be taken in the Britifli Channel and in the North Seas, after the Space of Twelve Days, to be eomputed from the Exchange of the Ratifications of the prefent Preli minary Articles, fhall be reftored on eacJh Side; that the Term fhail be One Month frpm the Bri tifh Channel and lhe North Seas as far as the Ca nary Iflands inclufively, whether in the Ocean, or in the Mediterranean ; Two Months from the faid Canary Iflands as far as the Equator ; and laftly. Five Months in all other Parts of the World, with out any Exception, or any more particular Defcrip tion of Time or Place. Article XIL All Sequeftrations impolfed by either of the Par ties on the funded Property, Revenues, or Debts, of any Defcription, belonging to either of the con trading Powers, or to their Subjeds or Citizens, fhall be taken* off immediately after thei Signature c c 4 of ( 392 ) of the Definitive Treaty. The Decifion of air Claims brought forward by Individuals of the One Country againft Individuals ofthe other for private' Rights, Debts, Property, or Effeds whatfoevei', which, according to 'received Ufages and the Law of Nations, ought to 'revive at the Period of Peace, fhall be heard and decided before the cpmpetettf Tribunals ; and in all Cafes prompt and ample Juf^ tice fhall be adminiftered in " the Countries where the Claims are made. It is agreed, moreover, that this Article, immediately after the Ratification bf the Definitive Treaty, fhall apply to the Allies of the contrading Parties, and to the Individuals of the refpedive Nations npon the Condition of a juft Reciprocity, Article XIIL With refped to the Fifheries on the Coafts of the Ifland of Newfoundland, and of the Iflands adja cent, and in the Gulph of Saint Lawrence, the Two Parties have agreed to reftore them to the fame Footing on which they were before the pre-*. fent War, referving to themfelves the Power of making, in the Definitive Treaty, fuch Arrange ments as fhall appear juft and reciprocally ufeful, in order to place the Fifhing of the Two Nations on the moft proper Footing for the Maintenance of Peace. Arti<;le ( m ) Article XIV. Ih all the Cafes of ^eflitution agreed upon .by the prefent Treaty, the Fortifications fhall be deli vered up in the State in which they may be at the Time of the Signature of the prefent Treaty, and all the Works which fhall. have been- conftruded fince the Occupation fhall remain uiitouched. ,: ^ It is farther agreed, that in,all,^the Cafes of Cef fion ftipulated in the prefent Treaty, there ihj,ll be allowed to the Inhabitants, , of whatever JQqg.ditipn pr Nation they may be,, a Term of Three Years, to be computed from the Notification of,, the D,efi- nitive Treaty of Peace, for the Purpofe of difpofing of their Properties, acquired and poflfefTedV either before or during the prefent War ; in the Which Term of Three Years they may have the free Ex ercife of their Religion and Enjoyment o£ their, Pro perty. The fame Privilege fhall be granted in the Coun tries reftored, to all thofe who fhall have made therein any Eftablifhments whatfoever during thg Time when thofe Countries were in the Poffeffion of Great Britain. With refped to the other Inhabitants of the Countries, reftored pr ceded, it is agreed that none of them fhall be profecuted,, difturbed, or molefted in their "Perfons or Properties under any Pretext, on account of their Condud or political Opinions, or of their Attachment to either of the Two Powers, nor ( 394 ) nor on any other Account except that of Debts con« traded to Individuals, or on account of Ads pof- tcrior to the Definitive Treaty. Article XV. The prefent Preliminary Articles fhall be ratified, and the Ratifications exchanged in London, in the Space of Fifteen Days for all Delay ; and imme diately after their Ratification, Plenipotentiaries fhall be named, on each Side, who fhall repair to Amiens for the Purpofe of concluding a Definitive Treaty of Peace in concert with the Allies of the contrad ing Parties. In Witnefs whereof, we, the underfigned Pleni potentiaries of His Britannic Majefty, and of the Firft Conful of the French Republic, by virtue of our refpedtive full Powers, have figned the prefent Preliminary Articles, and have caufed our Seals to be put thereto. Done at London the Firft Day of Odober One thoufand eight hundred and one, the Ninth Vende miaire, Year Ten of the French Republic. HAWKESBURY. OTTO. (L.S.) (L.S.) ( 395 ) The DEFINITIVE TREATY of PEACE, be tween His Britannic Majefty, and the French Republic, His Catholic Majefty, the Batavian Repybtic. Signed at Amiens, the 27th Day of March 1802. TjIS Majefty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and, the Firft Con ful of M:he Frenph Republic, in the Name ofthe French People, being: animated with an equal De fire to put an End to the Calamities of War, have laid the Foundation of Peace in the Preliminary Articles figned at London the Firft of Odober One thoufand eight hundred and one (Ninth Vende miaire, Year Ten). And as by the Fifteenth Article of the faid Pre liminaries, , it has been ftipulated that Plenipoten tiaries fhould be named on each Side, who fhould proceed to Amiens for the Purpofe of concluding a Definitive Treaty, in Concert with the AUies of the contrading Powers ; His Majefty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland has named for His Pleni., potentiary the Marquis Cornwallis, Knight of the moft lUuftrions Order of the Garter, Prity Coun^ fellor ( 396 ) fellor to His Majefty, General of His Armies, &c. the Firft Conful of the French Republic, in the Name of the French People, . the Citizeh Jofeph. Bonaparte, Counfellor of State ; His Majefty the King of Spain and of thfe Indies, and the Govern ment of the Batavian Republicj have named for their Plenipotentiariesj •videlieef. His Catholic Ma jefty Don Jofeph Nicolas de Azara,.His Counfellor of State, Knight, Great Crofs of the Order of Charles III. His faid Majefty's Ambaffador Ex traordinary to the French Republic, &c., and the Government of the Batavian Republic Roger John Schimmelpenninck, their Ambaffador Ex traordinary to the French Republic; who, aft^r having duly communicated to each other their full Powers, which are tranfcribed at the End of the prefent Treaty, have agreed upon- the foUowing^ Articles; Article I. . There fhall be Peace, Friendfhip, and good Un-. derftahding between His Majefty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, His Heirs and SuccefTorS, on the One Part; and the French Republic, His Majefty the King of Spain, His Heirs and Succeffors, and the Batavian Repub lic, on the other Part. The contrading Parties fhall give the greateft Attention to maintain between themfelves and their States a perfed Harmony, and without allowing, on either Side, any Kind of Hof. tilities. ( 397 ) tidies, ^ySea or by Land, to be committed fpjr any Caufe or under any Pretence whatfoever. .They fhall carefully .avoid every Thing which might hereafter affed the Union happily re-efta blifhed, and they .fhall not afford any Afliftance or Protedion, diredly or indiredly, to thofe who .fhould caufe Prejudice to-any of them. Article II. All the Prifoners taken on either Side, as well by Land as by Sea, and the Hoftages carried away or given . during the War, and to this Day, fhall he reftored, without . Ranfom, in Six Weeks at lateft, to be computed from the Day of the Ex change of the Ratifications of the prefent Treaty^ and on paying the Debts which they have con traded during their Captivity. Each contrading Party fhall refpedively difcharge the Advances which have been made by any of the contrading Parties for the Subfiftance and "Maintenance of the Pri foners in the Country where they have been de tained. For this Purpofe a Commiffion fhall be ap pointed Hy Agreement, which fhall be fpecially charged to afcertain and regulate the Compenfation which may be due to either of the contrading Powers. The Time and Place where the Commif- fioners, who fhall be charged with the Execution of .this Article, fhall affemble, fhall alfo be fixed upon by Agreement; and the faid Commiflioners fhall take ( 398 ) take into Account the Expences occafioned not only by the Prifoners of the refpedive Nations, but alfo by the Foreign Troops who, before they were made Prifoners, were in the Pay or at the Difpofal of any of the contrading Parties. Article III. His Britannic Majefty reftores to the French Republic, and her Allies ; namely, His Catholic Majefty and the Batavian Republic, all the Poffef fions and Colonies which belonged to them refpec- tively, and which had been occupied or conquered by the Britifh Forces in the Courfe of the War, with the Exception of the Ifland of Trinidad, and the Dutch Poffeffions in the Ifland of Ceylon. Article IV. His Catholic Majefty cedes and guarantees in full Right and Sovereignty to His Britannic Majefty the Ifland of Trinidad. Article V. The Batavian Republic cedes and guarantees in full Right and Sovereignty to His Britannic Ma jefty all the Poffeffions and Eftablifhments in the Ifland of Ceylon, which belonged, before the War, to the Republic of the United Provinces, or to their Eaft India Company. Article C 399 ) Article VL ' The Cape of Good Uope remains in full So vereignty to the Batavian Republic, as it was be fore the War. The Ships of every Defcription belonging to the other contrading Parties fhall have the Right to put in there, and to purchafe fuch Supplies as they may ftand in Need of, as heretofore, without pay ing any other Duties than thofe to which the Ships of the Batavian Republic are fubjeded. Article VII. The Territories and Poffeffions of Her mpft FaithfuL Majefty are maintained in their Integrity, fuch as they were previous to the Commencement of the War. Neverthelefs, the Limits of French and Portu guefe Guiana fliall be determined by the River Arawari, which falls into the Ocean below the North Cape, near the Ifle Neuve, and the Ifland of Peni tence, about a Degree and One Third of North Latitude. Thefe Limits fhall follow the Courfe of the River Arawari, from that of its Mouths, which is at the greateft Diftance from the North Cape to its Source, and thence in a dired Line from its Source to the River Branco, towards the Weft. The Northern Bank cf the River Arawari, from its Mouth to its Source, and the Lands Which are fituated to the North of the Line of the Limits above ( 400 ) above fixed, fhall eonfequently belong in full ^So vereignty to the French Republic. The Southem Bank of the faid River from its Source, and all the Lands to the Southward of the faid Line of De- markation, fhall belong to Her moft Faithful Ma jefty. The Navigation of the River Arawari fhall be common to both Nations. The Arrangements which have taken place be tween the Courts of Madrid and of Lifbon, for the Settleinent of their Frontiers in Europe, fhall, how ever, be executed conformably to the Treaty of Badajoz. ' Article VIIL The Territories, Poffeflions, and Rights pf the Ottoman Porte, are hereby maintained in their In tegrity, fuch as. they were previous to the War. - Article IX. .' The Republic of the Seven Iflands is hereby ac knowledged. Article X. The Iflands of Malta, Gozo, and Comino, fliall be reftored to the Order of Saint John of Jerufa lem, and fhall be held by it upon the fame Condi tions on which the Order held them previouis to the War, and. under the following Stipulations : I. The Knights of the Order, whofe Langues fliall continue to fubfift after the Exchange of the : Ratifications ( 401 ) Ratificatioils ef the prefent Treaty, are invited to return to Malta as foon as that -Exchange fhall have taken place. . They fhall there form a general' Chapter, and fhall proceed to the Eledion of" a Grand Mafter, to be chofen from amongft the Na tives of thofe Nations which preferve Langues, if no fuch Eledion fhall have^ been already made. fince the Exchange of the Ratifications of thfe Pre liminary Articles of Peace.*'" It is undfefftood that an Eledion which "ihall have been made fubfequent! to that Period,- fliall alone be confidered as valid,^ to the Exclufion of every other which fhall have' taken place at any Time , previous to the faid Period., •¦ > c . ..-. r . '¦ 2. The Governments of Great Britain and of the French Republic, being defirous of placing' the Or4er of Saint John, and the Ifland of Malta, in a State of entire Independence on each of thofe Powers, do. agree;. that there isfliall.be^benceforlh no Englifli nor French Langues ; and that no Indi- , vidual belonging to either of the faid Powers, fhall be admiffible into the Order. 3. A Maltefe Langue fhall be eftablifhed, to be fupported outiof the Land Revenues and commer cial Duties of the Ifland. - , There fhal;l be Dignities, with Appointments, and an -Auberge appropriated to. this Langue ; no Piijofs , of Nobility fhall be ne ceffary for the AdraifCon of Knights into the faid D D Langue ; C 402 ) Langue; they fhall be competent to hold every Office, and to enjoy every Privilege in the like Manner as the Knights of the other Langues. The Miinicipal, Revenue, Civil, Judicial, and other Of fices under the Government of the Ifland, fhall be filled, at leaft in the Proportion of One Half, by native Inhabitants- of Malta, Gozo, and Comino. 4. The Forces of His Britannic Majefty fhall evacuate the Ifland and its Dependencies withip Three Months after the Exchange of the Ratifica tions, or fooner if it can be done : At that Period the Ifland fhall be delivered up to the Order in the State in which it now is — provided that the Grand Mafter, or Commiffioners, fully empowered accord ing to the Statutes of the Order, be upon the Ifland to receive Poffeffion ; and that the Force to be fur nifhed by His Sicilian Majefty, as hereafter ftipu lated, be arrived there. 5. The Garrifon of the Ifland fhall, at all Times, confift at leaft One Half of Native Maltefe ; and the Order fhall have the Liberty of recruiting for the Remainder of the Garrifon from the Natives of thofe Countries only that fhall continue to poffefs Langues. The Native Maltefe Troops fhall be of ficered by Maltefe, and the fupreme Command of the Garrifon, as well as the Appointment of the . Officers, fhall be vefted in the Grand Mafter of the Order ; and he fhall not be at Liberty to diveft himfelf of it, even for a Time, except in Favour^ ^ ' of ( 403 ) of a Knight of the Order, and in confequence of the Opinion of the Council of the Order. 6. The Independence of the Iflands of Malta, Gozo, and Comino, as weU as the prefent Arrange ment, fhall be under the Protedion and Guarantee of Great Britain, France, Auftria, Ruffia, Spain, and Pruffia* 7. The perpetual Neutrality of the Order and of the Ifland of Malta, and its Dependencies, is hereby declared. 8. The Ports of Malta fliall be open to the Com merce and Navigation of all Nations, who fhall pay equal and moderate Duties. Thefe Duties fhall be applied to the Support of the Maltefe Langue, in the Manner fpecified in Paragraph 3, to that ofthe Civil and Military Eftabliftiments of the Ifland, and to that of a Lazaretto, open to all Flags. 9. The Barbary States are excepted from the Provifions of the Two preceding Paragraphs, until by Means of an Arrangement to be made by the contrading Parties, the Syftem of Hoftillty, which fubfifts between the faid Barbary States, the Order of St. John, and the Powers poffeffing Langues, or taking Part in the Formation of them, fhall be terminated. 1 10. The Order fliall be governed, both in Spi ritual and Temporal Matters, by the fame Statutes that were in Force at the Time when the Knights D D 2 quitted ^ ( 404 •) quitted tile Ifland, fo far as the fame- fhall hot be derogated from by the prefent Treaty. ' It. The Stipulations contained in Paragraphs 3? 5? 75^j and 10, fhall be converted into Laws and perpetual Statutes of the Order, in the cuf tomary Manner. And the Grand Mafter i'or if he fhould not be in the Ifland at the Time of its Ref titution to the' Order, his. Reprefentative), as well as; his. SucceiJbrs,_ fhall be bound, to make Oath to obferve them pundually. , 12. His ^Sicilian Majefty fhaU be invited to fur nifli Two, thoufand , Men, Natives of His Domi-. nions, to ferve as a Garrifon for the feveral For treffes upon the Ifland. This Force . fhall remain there for One Year from the Period of the Refti- turion of the Ifland to the Kniglits. ; after the Ex piration of. which Term, if. the Order of St. John fhall not, in the Opinion of the guarantying Powers, have raifed a fufficient Force to garrifon the Ifland and its Dependencies, in the Manner propofed in Paragraph 5, the Neapolitan Troops fhall remain, until they fhall be relieved by another Force, judged to be fufficient by the faid Powers. - 1 3. The feveral Powers fpecified in Paragraph 6, videlicet. Great Britain, France, Auftria, Ruffia, Spain, and Pruflia, fhall be invited to accede to the prefent Arrangement. Article ( 4?5 ) Article XI. The French Forces fhall evacuate the'Kirigdom of Naples and the Roman- Territory ; the Englifh Forces fhall in like Manner evacuate Porto Ferrajo, and generally all the Ports and Iflands which they may occupy in the Mediterranean or in the Adria- tiek. Article Xll. The Evacuations, Ceffions, and Reftitutions, fti pulated for bythe prefent Treaty, except where otherwife exprefsly provided for, fhall take place in Europe within One Month ; in the Continent arid Seas of America, and of Africa, within Thrfe Months ; and in the Continent and Seas of Afia, within Six Months after the Ratification of the pre fent Definitive Treaty. Article XIII. In all the Cafes of Reftitution agreed upon by the prefent Treaty, the Fortifications fliall be deli vered up in the State in which they may have been at the Time of the Signature of the Preliminary , Treaty ; and all the Works which fliall have been . conftruded fince the Occupation, fhall remain uii touched. ' .' . It is farther agreed, that, in all the Cafes of Cef- : fion ftipulated, there fhall be allowed to the Inha- . bitants, of whatever Condition pr Nation they may o » 3 be. ( Ao6 ) be, a Term of Three Yfears, to be computed from the Notification qf this prefent Treaty, fpr the Pur pofe of difpofing of their Property acquired and poffeffed either before or during the War, in which Term of Three Years they may have the free Ex ercife of their Religion and Enjoyment of their Property. The fame Privilege is granted in the Countries reftored to all thofe, whether Inhabitants or others, who fhall have made therein any Eftablifhments whatfoever during the Time when thofe Countries were in the Poffeffion of Great Britain. With refped to \he Inhabitants of the Countries reftored or cededj it is agreed that none of them fhall be profecuted, difturbed, or molefted in their Perfons qr Properties under any Pretext, op Ac count of their Gqndud or political Opinions, or of their Attachment tp any of the contrading Powers, nor on any pther Account, except that of Debts contraded to Individuals, or on Account pf Ads pofterior to the prefent Treaty. Article XIV. All Sequeftrations impofed by any of the Parties on the funded Property, Revenues, or Debts, of whatever Defcription, belonging to any of the con trading Powers, or to their Subjeds or Citizens, fhall be taken off immediately after the Signature pf this Definitive Treaty. The Decifion of all Claims ( 40? ) Claims brought forward by Individuals, the Sub jeds or Citizens of any of the contrading Powers refpedively, againft Individuals, Subjeds or Citi zens of any of the others, for Rights, Debts, Pro perty, or Effeds whatfoever, which, according to received Ufages and the Law of Nations, ought to revive at the Period of Peace, fliall be heard and decided before competent Tribunals; and in all Cafes prompt and ample Juftice fhall be adminif tered in the Countries where the Claims are made. Article XV. The Fiflieries on the Coaft of Newfoundland, and of the adjacent Iflands, and of the Gulph of St. Lawrence, are replaced on the fame Footing on which they were previous to the War ; the French Fiftiermen and the Inhabitants of Saint Pierre and Miquelon fhall have the Privilege of cutting fuch Wood as they may ftand in Need of in the Bays of Fortune and Defpair, for the Space of One Year from the Date of the Notification of the prefent Treaty. Article XVI, In order to prevent all Caufes of Complaint and Difpute which may arife on Account of Prizes which may have been made at Sea, after the Sig nature of the Preliminary Articles, it is recipro* cally agreed, that the Veffels and Effeds which may have been taken in the Britifli Channel, and in the North Sea, after the Space of Twelve Days, J? D 4 to ( 4o8 ;' to be computed from the Exchange of the Ratifi cations of the faid Preliminary Articles, fliall be re ftored on each Side ; that the Term fliall be One Month from the Britifli Channel and the North Seas, as far as the* Canary Iflands inclufively, whe ther in the Ocean or in the Mediterranean ; Two Months from the faid Canary Iflands as far as the Equator ; and laftly. Five Months in all other Parts of the World, without any Exception, or any more particular Defcription of Time or Place. Article XVII. The Ambaffadors, Minifters, and other Agents of the contrading Powers, fhall enjoy refpedively in the States of the faid Powers, the fame Rank; Privileges, Prerogative^, and Immunities, which pub lic Agents of the fame Clafs enjoyed previous to the War, Article XVIIL The Branch of the Houfe of Naffau, which was eftablifhed in the Republic formerly called the Repubhc of the United Provinces, and now 'the Batavian Republic, having fuffered Loffes there, as well in private Property, as in confequence of the Change of Conftitution adopted in that Coun try, an adequate Compenfation fhall be procured for the faid Branch of the Houfe of Naffau for the faid Loffes. Article (' 409 ) Article XIX. The prefent Definitive Treaty of Peace is de clared common to the Subhme Ottoman Porte, the Ally of His Brivannia Majefty; and the Sublime Porte fhall be invited to tranfmit its Ad of Accef fion thereto, in the fliorteft Delay poffible. Article XX. It is agreed that the contrading Parties fhall, on Requifitions made by them refpedively, or by their Minifters or Officers duly authorized to make the fame,' deliver up to Juftice, Perfons accufed of Crimes of Murder, Forgery, or fraudulent Bank ruptcy, committed within the Jurifdidion of the requiring Party ; provided that this fhall be done only when the Evidence of the Criminality fhall be fo authenticated as that the Laws -of the Country where the Perfon fo accufed fhall be found, would juftify his Apprehenfion and Commitment for Trial, if the Offence had been there committed. The Expences of fuch Apprehenfion and Deli- .very fliall be borne and defrayed by thofe who make the Requifition. It is underftood that this Article does not regard in any Manner Crimes of Murder, Forgery, or fraudulent Bankruptcy, committed an tecedently to the Conclufion of this Definitive Treaty. Article C 410 ) Article XXI. The contrading Parties promife to obferve fin- cerely and bond fide all the Articles contained in the prefent Treaty ; and they will not fuffer the fame to be infringed, diredly or indiredly, by their refpedive. Subjeds or Citizens; and the faid con trading Parties generally and reciprocally guaranty to each other all the Stipulations of the prefent Treaty. Article XXII. The prefent Treaty fliall be ratified by the con- i trading Pkrties in Thirty Days, or fooner if pof fible, and the Ratifications fhall be exchanged in due Form at Paris, In Witnefs whereof, we, the underwritten Ple nipotentiaries, have figned, with our Hands, and in virtue of our refpedive full Powers, the prefent Definitive Treaty, and have caufed our refpedive Seals to be affixed thereto, • Done at Amiens, the Twenty-fcventh Day of March One thoufand eight hundred and two ; the Sixth Germinal, Year Ten of the French Republic. (L.S.)- CORNWALLIS. (L.S.) JOSEPH BONAPARTE. (L.S.) J. NICOLAS DE AZARA. (L.S.) R. L SCHIMMELPENNINCK. SEPARATE ( 4i» ) SEPARATE ARTICLE. It is agreed that the Omiffian of fome Titles which may have taken place in the prefent Treaty fhall not be prejudicial to the Powers or to the Per fons concerned. It is furthe^,agreed that the Englifli and Frendh Languages made ufe of in all the Copies of the pre fent Treaty fliall not form an Example, which may ^e alledged or quoted as a Precedent, or in any Manner prejudice the contrading Powers whofe Languages have not been ufed ; and that for the future what has been obferved, and ought to be obferved, with regard to, and on the Part of. Powers who are in the Pradice and Poffeffion of giving and receiving Copies of like Treaties in any other Language, fhall be conformed with ; the pre fent Treaty havjng neverthelefs the fame Force and Virtue as if the aforefaid Pradice had been therein obferved. In Witnefs whereof, we, the underwritten Pleni potentiaries of His Britannic Majefty, of the French Republic, of His Catholic Majefty, and of the Ba tavian Republic, have figned the prefent feparate Article, and have caufed our refpedive Seals to be afHxed thereto. Done ( 41? ) Done at Amiens, the Twenty-feventh Day of March One thoufand eight hundred and two ; the Sixth Germinal, Year Ten of the French Republic. (L. S.) CORNWALLIS. .(L.S.) JOSEPH BONAPARTE. ., (L.S.) J. NICOLAS DE AZARA. ( L. S. ) R.J. SCHIMMELPENNINCK ( 4^3 ) DECLARATION. "tJIS MAJESTY'S earneft Endeavours for the Pre fervation of Peace having'' failed of Succefs, He entertains the fciUeft Confidence that He fliall receive the fame Support from- His Parliament, and that the fame Zeal and Spirit will be manifefted by His People, which He has experiencied on every Occafion when the Honour of His Crown has been attacked, or the effential Interefts of His Dominions have been endangered. During the whole Courfe of the Negotiations which led to the Preliminary and Definitive Trea ties of Peace between- His Majefty and the French Republick, it was His Majefty's fincereOefire, not only to put an End to the Hoftilities which fubfifted between the Two ' Countries,- but to adopt fuch Meafures, and to concur in fuch Propofitions,' as might moft effedually contribute to confolidate the general Tranquillity of Europe. The fame Motives by -which His Majefty was aduated during the Ne gotiations for Peace, have fince invariably governed His Condud. As foon as the Treaty oiAmiens was concluded. ( 414 ) concluded, His Majefty's Courts Were opeh tP the People of Frlince for every Purpofe of legal Re drefs ; all Sequeftrations were taken off their Pro perty ; all Prohibitions on their Trade which had been impofed during the War were removed, and they were placed, in every Refped, on the fame Footing with regard to Commerce and Intercourfe, as the Inhabitants of any other State in Amity with His Majefty, with which there exifted no Treaty of Commerce. To a Syftem of Condud thus open, Hberal, and friendly, the Proceedings of the French Govern ment afford the moft ftriking Contraft. The Pro hibitions which had been placed on the Commerce of His Majefty's Subjeds duripg the War have been «iforced with increafed Stridnefs and Severity ; Violence has been offered in feveral Inftances to their Veffels and their Property ; and, in no Cafe, has Juftice been afforded to thofe who may have been aggrieved in confequence of fuch Ads, nor has any fatisfadory Anfwer been given to the re* peated Reprefentations made by His Majefty's Mi nifters or Ambaffador at Paris. Under fuch Cir cumftances, when His Majefty's Subjeds were not fuffered to enjoy the common Advantages of Peace within the Territories of the French Repubhc, and the Countries dependent upon it, the French Go vemment had Recourfe to the extraordinary Mea fure of fending over to this Country a Number of Perfons for the profeffed Purpofe of refiding in the moft ( 4'5 ) mofteonfidierable Sea-Port Towns of Great Britain and Ireland, in the Charader of Commercial Agents or Confuls. Thefe Perfons could have no Preten fions to be acknowledged in that Charader, as the Right of being fo acknowledged, as well as all the Privileges attached to fuch a Situation, could only be derived from a Commei-cial Treaty ; and as no Treaty of that Defcription was in Exiftence between His Majefty and the French Republic. There was eonfequently too much Reafon to fup pofe, that the real Objed of their Miffion was by no Means of a Commercial Nature, and this Sufpi cion was confirmed, not only by the Circumftance that fome of them were Military Men, but by the adual Difcovery that feveral of them were furnifhed with Inftrudions to obtain the Soundings of the Harbours, and to procure Military Surveys of the Places where it was intended they fhould refide. His Majefty felt it to be His Duty to prevent their Departure to their refpedive Places of Deftination, and reprefented to the French Government the Ne eeffity of withdrawing them ; and it cannot be de nied that the Circumftances under which they were fent, and the Inftrudions which were given to them, ought to be confidered as decifive Indications of the Difpofitions and Intentions of the Government by whom they were employed. The Condud of the French Government, with refped to the Commercial Intercourfe between the Two Countries, muft therefore be confidered as ill fuited ( 416 ) fuited to a State of Peace, and their Proceeding^ in their more general Political Relations, as well as in thofe which immediately concern His Majefty's Do minions, appear to have been altogether inconfiftent with every Principle of Good-faith ^ Moderation, and Juftice. His Majefty had entertained Hopes, in confequence of the repeated Affurances and Profef- fions of the French Government, that they might have been induced to adopt a Syftem of Policy which, if it had not infpired other Powers with Con fidence, might at leaft have allayed their Jealoufies. If the French Government had really appeared to be aduated by a due Attention to fuch a Syftem ; if their Difpofitions had proved to be effentially paci fic, Allowances would have been made for the Si tuation in which a new Government muft be placed after fo dreadful and extenfive a Convulfion as that which has been produced by the French Revolution. But His Majefty has unfortunately had too much Reafon to obferve and to lament that the Syftem of Violence, Aggreffion,. and Aggrandizement which charaderized the Proceedings of the different Go vernments oi France during the War, has been con tinued with as little Difguife fince its Termination. They have continued to keep a French Army in Holland againft the Will, and in Defiance of the Remonftrances of the Batavian Government, and in Repugnance to the Letter of Three Solemn Treaties. They have, in a Period of Peace, in vaded the Territory, and violated the Independence of ( 417 ) of the Sw'fs Nation, in Defiance of the Treaty of Luneville, which had ftipulated the Independence of their Territory, and the Right of the Inhabitants to chufe their own Form of Government. They have annexed to the Dominions of France, Piedmont, Parma, and Placentia, and the Ifland of Elba, with out allotting any Provifion to the King of Sardinia, whom they have defpoiled of the moft valuable Part ©f his Territory, though they were bound, by a folemn Engagement to the Emperor of RuJ- Jia, to attend to his Interefts and to provide for his Eftablifhinent. It may, indeed, with Truth be af ferted, that the Period which has elapfed fince the Conclufioi;i of the Definitive Treaty, has been maijked with one continued Series of Aggreffion, Violence, and Infult on the Part of the French Go vernment. In the Month of OElober iaft. His Majefty was in duced, in confequep,ce pf the earneft Sohcitation of the Swijs Nation, to make an ^Iffprt, by a Repre fentation to the French Gpvernment, to avert the Evils which were then impending pver that Country. This Reprefenta^on was couched in the moft tem perate Teymg ; and IVIeafures were taken by His Ma jefty for afcertaining, under the Circumftances which then exifted, the real Situation and Wiflies of the Sw'ifs Cantons, as well as the Sentiments of the other Cabinets of Europe. His Majefty learned, however, with the utHipil Jlegret, that jao Difpofition to coun- EE terad ( 4i8 ) terad thefe repeated Infradions of Treaties and Ads of Violence was manifefted by any of the Powers moft immediately interefted in prevent ing them; and His .v^.ajefty therefore felt that, with refped to thefe Objeds, His fingle Efforts could not be expeded to produce any confiderable Advantage to thofe in whofe Favour they might be exerted. It was about this Time that the French Govern ment firft diftindly advanced the Principle, that His Majefty had no Right to complain of the Condud, or to interfere with, the Proceedings, of France, on any Point which did not form a Part of the Stipu lations of the Treaty of Amiens. That Treaty was unqueftionably founded upon the fame Principle as every other antecedent Treaty or Convention, on the Affumption of the State of Poffeffion and of En gagements fubfifting at the Time of its Conclufion ; and if that State of Poffeffion and of Engagements is materially affeded by the voluntary Ad of any of the Parties^ fo as to prejudice the Condition on which the other Party has entered into the Con- trad, the Change, fo made, may be confidered as operating virtually as a Breach of the Treaty itfelf, and as giving the Party aggrieved a Right to demand Satisfadion or Compenfation for any fubftantial Dif ference which fuch Ads may have effeded in their relative Situations ; but whatever may be the Prin ciple on which the Treaty is to be confidered as founded. ( 419 ) founded, there is indifputably a General Law of Na tions, which, though liable to be limited, explained, or reftained by Conventional Law, is antecedent to it, and is that Law or Rule of Condud to which all Sovereigns and States have been accuftomed to appeal, where Conventional Law is admitted to have been filent. The Treaty of Amiens, and every other Treaty, in providing for the Objeds to which it is particularly direded, does not therefore affume or imply an Indifference to- all other Objeds which are not fpecified in its Stipulations, much lefs dOes it adjudge them to be of a Nature to be left to the Will and Caprice of the 'Violent and the Powerful. The Juftice of the Caufe is alone a fufficient Ground to warrant the Interpofition of any of the Powers of Europe in the Differences which may arife between Pther States, and the Application and Extent of that juft Interpofition is to be determined folely by Con fiderations of Prudence. Thefe Principles can ad mit of no Difpute ; but if the new and extraordi nary Pretenfion advanced by the French Govern ment, to exclude His Majefty from any Right to interfere with refped to the Concerns of other Powers, unlefs they made a fpecifick Part of the Stipulations of the Treaty of Amiens, was that which it was poffible to maintain, thofe Powers would have a Right, at leaft, to claim the Benefit of this Prin ciple, in every Cafe of Difference between the Two Countries. The IndignatiPn of all Europe Muft E E a furely ( 420 ; furely then be excited by the Declarations of the French Government, that, in the Event of Hoftili ties, thefe very Powers who were no Parties to the Treaty of Amiens, and who were not allowed to derive any Advantage from the Remonftrances of His Majefty in their Behalf, are neverthelefs to be made the Vidims of a War which is alleged to arife out of the fame Treaty, and are to be facrificed in a Conteft which they not only have not occafioned, but which they have had no Means whatever of preventing. His Majefty judged it moft expedient, under the Circumftances which then affeded Europe, to ab ftain from a Recurrence to Hoftilities on Account of the Views of Ambition and Ads of Aggreffion manifefted by France on the Continent ; yet an Ex perience of the Charader and Difpofitions of the French Government could not fail to imprefs His Majefty with a Senfe of the Neeeffity of increafed Vigilance in guarding the Rights and Dignity of His CrowUi and in proteding the Interefts of His People. Whilft His Majefty was aduated by thefe Sentir ments. He was called upon by the French Govem ment to evacuate the Ifland of Malta. His Ma jefty had manifefted, from the Moment of the Sig nature of the Definitive Treaty, an anxious Difpa^ fition to carry into full Effed the Stipulations pf the Treaty of Amiens relative to that Ifland. As foon C 421 ) foon as He was informed that an Eledion of a Grand Mafter had taken place, under the Aufpices of the Eriaperor of Rujfia, and that it had been agreed by the different Priories affembled at St. Pe- terjhurgh to acknowledge the Perfon whom the Court of Rome fliould feled out of thofe who had been named by them to be Grand Mafter of th^ Order of St. John, His Majefty propofed to the French Government, for the Purpofe of avoiding any Difficulties which might arife in the Execution of the Arrangement, to acknowledge that Eledion to be valid : And when, in the Month of Auguji, the French Government applied to His Majefty to permit the Neapolitan Troops to be fent to the Ifland of Malta, as a preliminary Meafure for preventing any unneceffary Delay, His Majefty confented with out Hefitation to this Propofal, and gave Diredions for the Admiffion of the Neapolitan Troops into the Ifland. His Majefty had thus fhewn His Difpofi tion not only to throw no Obftacle in the Way of the Execution of the Treaty, but, on the contrary, to facilitate the Execution of it by every Means in His Power. His Majefty cannot, however, admit, that at any Period fince the Conclufion ofthe Treaty oi Amiens the ir^wr^ Government have had a Right to call upon Him, in Conformity to the Stipulations of that Treaty, to withdraw His Forces from the Ifland of Malta. At the Time when this Demand was made by the French Government, feveral of the E E 3 moft ( 422 ) moft important Stipulations of the Arrangement re fpeding Malta remained unexecuted : The Eledion of a Grand Mafter had not been carried into Effed. The Tenth Article had ftipulated that the Indcr pendence of the Ifland fhould be placed under the Guarantee and Protedion of Great Britain, France, Auftria, Rtiffta, Spain, and Pruffia. The Emperor of Germany had acceded to the Guarantee, but only on Condition of a like Acceffion on the Part of th^ other Powers fpecified in the Article. The Empe ror oi Ruffia hz.d refufed his Acceffion, except on the Condition that the Malteje Langue fhould be abrogated ; and the King of Prtiffla had given no Anfwer whatever to the Application which had been made to him to accede to the Arrangement. But the fundamental Principle, upon the Exiftence of which depended the Execution of the other Parts of the Article, had been defeated by the Changes which had taken place in the Conftitution of the Order fince the Conclufion of the Treaty of Peace. It was to the Order of St. John of Jerujalem that His Majefty was, by the Firft Stipulation of the Tenth Article, bound to reftore the Ifland of Malta. The Order is defined to confift of thofe Langues which were in Exiftence at the Time of the Conclu fion of the Treaty ; The Three French Langues having been abolifhed, and a Malteje Langue added to the Inftitutlon. The Order confifted, therefore, at that Time of the following Langues, viz. the Langues ( 423 ) Langues oi Arragon, Cafiile, Germany, Bavaria, and Ruffia. Since the Conclufion of the Definitive Treaty, the Langues of Arragon and Cafiile have been feparated from the Order by Spain, a Part of the Italian Langue has been aboliffied by the An nexation of Piedmont and Parma to France. There is ftrong Reafon to believe that it has been in •Con templation to fequeftrate the Property of the Ba varian Langue, and the Intention has been avowed of keeping the Ruffian Langues within the Domi- nions of the Emperor. Under thefe Circumftances the Order of St. John cannot now be confidered as that Body to which, according to the Stipulations of the Treaty, the Ifland was to be reftored ; and the Funds indlfpen fably neceffary for its Support, and for the Mainte nance of the Independance of the Ifland, have been nearly, if not wholly, fequeftered. Even if this had arifen from Circumftances which it was not in the Power of any of the Contrading Parties to the Treaty to controul. His Majefty would neverthelefs have had a Right to defer the Evacuation of the Ifland by His Forces, until fuch Time as an equiva lent Arrangement had been concluded for the Pre fervation ofthe Independance of the Order and of the Ifland. But if thefe Changes have taken place. in confequence of any Ads of the other Parties to the Treaty ; if the French Government ffiall appear to have proceeded upon a Syftem of rendering the E E 4 Order C 424 ) Order whofe Independance they had ftipulated, in capable of maintaining that Independance^ His Ma jefty's Right to continue in the Occupation of the Ifland, under fuch Circumftances, will hardly be contefted. It is indifputable that the Revenues of the Two Spanijh Langues have been withdrawn from the Order by his Catholic Majefiy ; a Part of the Italian Langue has in Fad been abohffied by France, through the unjuft Annexation of Piedmont and Parma, and Placentia, to the French Terri tory. The Eledor of Bavaria has been inftigated by the French Government to fequeftrate the Pro perty of the Order within his Territories ; and it is certain that they have not only fandioned but encouraged the Idea of the Propriety of feparating the Ruffian Langues from the Remainder of the Order. As the Condud pf the Governments of France and Spain have, therefore, in fome Inftances di redly, and in others indiredly, contributed to the Changes which have taken place in the Order, and thus deftroyed its Means of fupporting its Independance, it is to thofe Governments, and not to His Majefty, that the Non-execution of the Tenth Article of the Treaty of Amiens muft be afcribed. Such would be the juft Conclufion if the Tenth Article of that Treaty were confidered as an Ar rangement by itfelf. It muft be obferved, however, that C 425 ) that this Article forms a Part only of a Treaty of Peace, the Whole of which is conneded together, and the Stipulations of which muft, upon a Prin ciple common to all Treaties, be conftrued as having a Reference to each other. His Majefty was Induced by the Treaty of Peace to confent to abandon, and to reftore to the Order of St. John the Ifland of Malta, on Condition of its Independence and Neutrality. But a further Condition which muft neceffarily be fuppofed to have had confiderable Influence with His Majefty in Inducing Him to make fo Important a Concef fion was the Acquiefcence of the French Govern ment In an Arrangement for the Security of the Levant, by the Eighth and Ninth Articles in the Treaty ftipulating the Integrity of the Turkifh Em pire, and the Independence of the Ionian Iflands. His- Majefty has, however, fince learnt, that the French Government have entertained Views hoftile' to both thefe Objeds ; and that they have even fuggefted the Idea of a Partition of the Turkifh Empire. Thefe Views muft now be manifeft to all the World, from the official Publication of the Re port of Colonel Sebaftiani; from the Condud of that Officer, and of the other French Agents in Egypt, Syria, and the Ionian Iflands, and from the difiind Admiffion oJ the Firfi Conjul himjelj, in his Communication with Lord Whitworth. His Majefty was, therefore, warranted in confidering it to be the (, 425 ) the Determination of the French Government to violate thofe Articles of the Treaty of Peace, which . ftipulated for the Integrity and Independence of the Turkifh Empire, and ofthe Ionian Iflands; and eonfequently He would not have been juftified; in evacuating the Ifland of Malta, without re ceiving fome other Security, which might equally provide for thefe important Objeds. His Majef^ ty accordingly feels that He has an inconteftable Claim, in confequence or the Condud of France fince the Treaty of Peace,- and with Reference to the Objeds which made Part of the Stipulations of that Treaty, to refufe, under the prefent Circum ftances, to relinquiffi the Poffeffion ®f the Ifland, of Malta. Yet notwithftanding this Right fo clear and fo unqUeftlonable, the Alternative prefented by the French Government to His Majefty, in Language . the moft peremptory and menacing, was the Eva cuation of Malta, or the Renewal of War. If the Views of Ambition and Aggrandizement, which have thus been manifefted by the French Go vernment fince the Conclufion of the Treaty of Peace, have in fo very particular a Manner at traded the Attention of His Majefty, it has been equally impoffible for Him not to feel, and not to notice, the repeated Indignities which have -been offered by that Government to His Crown, and to His People. Tbe C 427 ) The Report of Colonel Sebaftiani contaias the moft unwarrantable Infinuations and Charges againft His Majefty's Government, againft the Officer who commanded His Forces In Egypt, and againft the Britifh Army In that Quarter, This Paper cannot be confidered as the Publication of a private Indi vidual ; it has been avowed, and indeed bears Evi dence upon the Face of it, that It is the official Report of an accredited Agent, publiffied by the Authority of the Government to which it was ad dreffed, who thereby have given It their exprefs Sandion. This Report had been publiffied a very ffiort Time, when another Indignity was offered to this Country In the Communication of the Firft Conful of France to the Legiflative Body. In this Com munication he prefumes to affirm, in the Charader of Chief Magiftrate of that Country, " That Great Britain cannot ftngly contend againfi the Power of France ;" an Affertion as unfounded as It is Inde cent, difproved by the Events of many Wars, and by none more than by thofe of the War which has been recently concluded. Such an Affertion, ad vanced In the moft folemn official Ad of a Go vernment, and thereby meant to be avowed to all the Powers of Europe, can be confidered In no other light than as a Defiance publickly offered to His Majefty, and to a brave and powerful People j who are both willing and able to defend His juft Rights, ( 428 ) Rights, and thofe of their Country, againft every Infult and Aggreffion. The Condud of the Firft Conful to His Majefty's Ambaffador at his Audience, in Prefence of the Minifters of moft of the Sovereigns and States of Europe, furniffies another Inftance of Provocation on the Part of the French Government which it would be Improper not to notice on the prefent Occafion, and the fubfequent Explanation of this Tranfadion may be confidered as having the Effed of aggravating Inftead of palliating the Affront. At the very Time when His Majefty was de manding Satisfadion and Explanation on fome of the Points above-mentioned, the French Minifter at Hamburgh endeavoured to obtain the Infertion In a Hamburgh Paper of a moft grofs and oppro brious Libel againft His Majefty, and when Dif ficulties were made refpeding the Infertion of It, he availed himfelf of his official Charader of Mi- nifier of the French Republick to require the Pub lication of it by Order of his Government In the Gazette of the Senate of that Town. With this Requifition fo made, the Senate of Hamburgh were induced to comply; and thus has the Indepen dence of that Town been violated, and a free State made the Inftrument, by the Menace of the French Government, of propagating throughout Europe, upon their Authority, the moft offenfive and un founded Calumnies againft His Majefty and His Government. ( 429 ) Government. His Majefty might add to this Lift of Indignities, the Requifition which the French Government have repeatedly urged, that the Laws and Conftitution of His Country ffiould be changed relative to the Liberty of the Prefs. His Majefty might likewife add the Calls which the French Go vernment have on feveral Occafions made upon Him to violate the Laws of Hofpitality with re fped to Perfons who had found an Afylum within His Dominions, and againft whofe Condud no Charge vifhatever has at any Time been fubftan tiated. It is impoffible to refled on thefe different Proceedings, and the Courfe which the French Government have thought proper to adopt refped ing them, without the thorough Convidion that they are not the Effed of Accident ; but that they form a Part of a Syftem which has been adopted for the Purpofe of degrading, vilifying, and infult ing His Majefty and His Government. Under all thefe Infults and Provocations, His Majefty, not without a due Senfe of His Dignity, has proceeded with every Degree, of Temper and Moderation to obtain Satisfadion and Redrefs, while He has negleded no Means confiftent with His Honour and the Safety of His Dominions, to In duce the Government of France to concede to Him, what Is, in His Judgement, abfolutely ne ceffary for the future Tranquillity of Europe. His Efforts in this Refped have proved abortive, and He ( 430 ) He has therefore judged it neceffary to order His Ambaffador to leave Paris. In having Recourfe to this Proceeding, it has been His Majefty's Ob jed to put an End to the fruitlefs Difcuffions which have too long fubfifted between the Two Govern ments, and to clofe a Period of Sufpenfe peculiarly injurious to the Subjeds of His Majefty. But though the Provocations which His Ma jefty has received might entitle Him to larger Claims than thofe which He has advanced, yet anxious to prevent Calamities which might thus be extended to every Part of Europe, He Is ftill willing, as far as Is confiftent with His own Ho nour, and the Interefts of His People, to afford every Facility to any juft and honourable Ar rangement, by which fuch Evils may be averted. He has, therefore, no Difficulty in declaring to all Europe, that notwithftanding all the Changes which have taken place fince the Treaty of Peace, not withftanding the Extenfion of the Power of France^ in Repugnance to that Treaty, and to the Spirit of Peace itfelf, His Majefty will not avail Himfelf of thefe Circumftances, to demand in Compenfation all that He is entitled to require, but will be ready to concur, even now, in an Arrangement by which Satisfadion ffiall be given to Him, for the Indig nities which have been offered to His Crown and to His People, and fubftantial Security afforded againft further Encroachments on the Part of France. His ( 431 ) His Majefty has thus diftindly and unrefervedly ftated the Reafons of thofe Proceedings to which He has found Himfelf compelled to refort. He is aduated by no Difpofition to interfere in the in ternal Concerns of any other State ; by no Pro jeds of Conqueft and Aggrandizement ; but folely by a Senfe of what Is due to the Honour of His Crown, and the Interefts of His People, and by an anxious. Defire to obftrud the further Progrefs of a Syftem, which if not refifted, may prove fatal to every Part of the civilized World. Wefiminjier, May i8, 1803. '*^^%^ Printed by A. Straban, Printors Street, London. IN D E X. A A. BOUMARAK, Pacha of Jaffa, Charaaer of,.343. Befieged _ _ by Dgezzar Pacha, 342. 346. Accession to the Guaranty of Malta, Propriety of in viting Aullria, Pruffia, and Ruffia to the, ftated to M. Talleyrand, 9. The French Government agrees to the Pro pofal, and aflnounces that the neceffary Steps Hiall be taken ,for this Purpofe, 12. Emperor of Germany invited to, 77. Copy of his Aft of, 81. The King of Pruffia delays to fignify his, 84. Reafon affigned for fuch Delay, 85. Acre, prefent State and Fortifications of defcribed, 346. Act ofthe French Government, Copy of, 347. Adriatic Islands, Views of the French Government on, au thorize the Non-evacuation of Malta, 11 3'. Address of Romieu to the Vicar-General of Corfu, 381. ^Of Sebaftiani to the Delegate of Zante, 379. Agents oif Contrafting Parties to the Treaty of Amiens enjoy the Rank they held before the late 'War, 408. Agents Commercial.- See Comme.rcial Agents. Aggrandizement of France, denied to have been fubfe quent to the Treaty of Amiens, 157. i"f« Compensation. Alien Act, Striftures on the Execution of, byM. Otto, 38. Demanded to be put in Force againft the French Emi grants, ibid. " F F . Ambas- INDEX. Ambassadors of Contrading Parties to the Definitive Treaty enjoy the Rank they refpeaively held before the late W^r', 408. America, Treaty between and France concluded, 279. Amiens Treaty.of. 5^i? Definitive Treaty. Andreossy General, inftrufted to demand the Evacuation of Malta, 117. Formal Demand made by, 122. Reply to the Demand of, by Lord Hawkefbury, 135. Meraoir of, concerning the Matters in Difpute, 155. Reply to, by Lord Hawkefbury, 162. Apologue fingular, of Dgezzar Pacha, 340. Army, Englifh ih Egypt, Account of, 344. . Turkifh, Statement of, 345. — — of the Mamelukes, Obfervations on, ,346. Arrangement Plan of, for terminating the Difpute between England and France, 167. Refult of the French Govern ment concerning, 175. A new Projeft offered for, but not anfwered, 226. Copy of the Plan of, 230. Arras and St. Pol de Leon £ifhops of, charged with ralfing Difturbances in France, 35. Exile of from England, for mally demanded, 36. Not to be fent thence without full Proof of their Guilt, 47. 'Vindication of their Condud, no real Caufe of their Removal, ibid. Articles of Peace, Preliminary, Copy pf, 387. Articles Separate, to the Definitive Treaty, Copy of, 41 1. Austria. See Germany. Auxiliaries French, Refidence of, in Holland, occafions great Anxiety there, 71. Continue in that Country, con trary to the repeated Promifes and Engagements of Bona parte, 72. Continuance of flrt^ngly remonftrated againfi by the Batavian Ambaffador, 282. Part of faid to be in tended for Louifiana, 283, BALt, INDEX. B. Ball, Sir Alexanmr, nominated Minifler Plenipotentiary to the Order of Malta, 3. Nomination of, on the Part of His Britannic Majefty, announced to M. Otto by Lord Hawkefbury, ibid. — and to Mr. Merry, at Paris, 4. Ar rival of at Malta, announced, 55. Bankruptcy, Perfons guilty of fraudulent, to be delivered up by the Contrading Parties to the Treaty of Amiens, on certain Conditions, 409. Beys, in Upper Egypt, Account ofthe Army of, 346. Bishops, French, charged with raifing Difcontents in France by their 'Writings, 35. Exile of, from Jerfey, formally required by M. Otto, 36. Depart thence, but not in Com- - pliance to fuch Requefl, 47. Bohaparte, Joseph, Conference between him and Lord Whit worth, refpefting Malta, 183. Another Converfation be tween him and Lord W. on the fame Subjed, 186. — — — Napoleone, arbitrarily interferes in the Affairs of Switzerland, 57. Meffage from, to the Dutch Go vernment, 70. Pretends to have been informed of Confpi- raeies againft it, ihid. Strong Impreffions produced in the Dutch by his Interference with Switzerland, 71. Con* tinues the French auxiliary Troops in Holland in Defiance of his Engagements, 72. Report of a Converfation of, with Lord Whitworth, 102. Expreffes his DLfgufl; at the Abufes of the Englifh Newfpapers, 104. Violent Con verfation and Behaviour of, to Lord Whitworth, 133. Ex preffes his Difpleafure that any Satisfadion fhould be de manded of him, 173. Will liften to no Propofal refped ing the Poffeffion of Malta by England, 189, 199., Ac cident to, occafioas Lord Whitworth's Delay in Paris, 222. Government of Holland difpofed to fubmit to, 285. r F 2 Inftances INDEX Inftances of Attachment to in Egypt and Syria, 332. 334. 336. 338. Obfervations on the Condud of, 428. Bourbon, Exile ofthe Princes of the Houfe of, from England, demanded by the' French Governjpent, 37. Refidence of, in England, not defired by His Britannic Majefiy, 48. Permitted an Afylum only during peaceable Demeanour, ibid. Britannic Majesty, confiders the Eledion of a Grand Maf ter of the Order of Malta, under the Aufpices of the Em peror of Ruflia, as valid, 6. Defirous of preferving a good Underftanding with France, but cannot refufe the French Refugees a Refidence in his Dominions while they condud themfelves with Propriety, 17. Refufes to introduce any Alteration in the Englifh Laws concerning the Liberty of the Prefs, 41. Is not defirous that the Princes ofthe Bourbon Family fhould refide in his Dominions, 48, Grants them an Afylum only during peaceable Behaviour,, ibid. Declines to difmifs the Emigrants in his Dominions for fimply wearing the Infignia of the antient French Orders, 48. Wifhes to. adopt every Meafure for preferving" Peace, 50. Sentiments of, on the Interference of Bonaparte in the Affairs of Switzerland, 63. Surprize of, at the Non-evacuation of Egypt, by General Stuart, 73. Iffues Orde'rs to him to remove the King's Troops with all pof fible Speed, 74. Warranted in claiming forae Compenfa tion for the Aggrandizement of France,' purfuant to the Treaty of Amiens, 95. Was willing to relinquifh fuch Compenfation, but for Sebaftiani's Report, 97. Is au thorized in the Non-evacuation of Malta, by the Views of the French Government on the Tjirkifh Dominions and the Adriatic Iflands, 114. Meffage from, to Parliament, on the Subjed of the Preparations in the French and Dutch Ports, 125. Meffage of, afferted to be deftitute of any Foundation, 155. Claira of, to a Compenfation for the INDEX. the Aggrandizement of Fiance admitted, 172. Poffeffion of Malta by, no real Compenfation, but fimply a Seen- rity, 179.' Willing to waive the Demand for poffeffing Malta in Perpetuity, on certain Conditions, i8o. Can on Account defert the Maltefe, 287. Defirous of fulfilling every Article of the Treaty of Amiens, 288. Accedes to certain Articles of the Emperor of Ruffia's Projed, 289. Willing to contribute a Moiety for the Support of a Gar rifon in Malta, 293. Is under the Neeeffity of poftponing the Recognition of French Commercial Agents, 307. Re. quefted to interpofe his Mediation in Behalf of the Mal' tefe, 322. Copy ofthe Declaration of, 413. Canals in France, Accpunt of the Progrefs and Execution of. 355- Cape of Good Hope, Poffeffion of, orderer! to be retained by Lieutenant-General Dundas, 251. Direded to be re ftored, 254. Port of, to be open to French and Englifh Ships in common, purfuant to the Preliminary Articles of Peace, 389. This Right confirmed by the Definitive Treaty, 399. Reftored by the faine to the Batavian Re public, ibid. Casamajor, Mr. Communications from, refpeding the Ac ceffion of Pruffia to the Guaranty of Malta, 83. Ceylon, Dutch Poffeffions In, to be ceded to the King of England, purfuant to the Preliminaries of Peace, 389. Ceded and guaranteed to him, by the Definitive Treaty, 398. Chepy^, Citlzeni appointed VIce-commiffary of Commercial Relations in the Iflands of Jerfey, Guernfey, and Alder ney, 302. Appointment of announced to Lord Hawkef bury, ibid. Copy, of the Commifiion of, 305. Ordered to quit Jerfey, 312. 326. F F 3 ^ CoBBETT, INDEX. Cobbett, Mr. odious to the French Government on Account of his Writings, 23. Colonies, taken from, France and Holland, to be reftored with certain Exceptions, purfuant i;,to the Preliminary Ar ticles of Peace, 388. Copy of Order of Reftitution of, 249. 254. Copy of Order of Detention of, 252. Commer cial Agents from France, Recognition of, necef farily poftponed, and why, 307. Not permitted to exer cife their Fundions, 312. Compensation, the King of England .warranted to claim, on Account of the Aggrandizement of France fubfequent to the Definitive Treaty, 95. 97. Would have been waived by him, but for Sebafliiani's Report, 97. The King of Eng land's Claim to, admitted by Talleyrand, 172. To be made to the Houfe of Naffau, by virtue of the Treaty of Amiens, 408. Concordat, Execution of, afferted to be obftrufted bythe Writings of Emigrants in England, 35. CoNSUi/ First. Si^a Bonaparte NapolEONE. Conversation of Lord Whitworth 'with Talleyrand, 99. and alfo with Bonaparte, 102. Of Lord Whitworth and Talleyrand, concerning His Britannic Majefty's Meffage, 125, Of Bonaparte and Lord Whitworth on the Prepa rations in the French and Dutch Ports, 133. Between Lord Whitworth and Talleyrand, concerning the Expla nations and Satisfadion required of the French Govern ment, i68. 174. Between Talleyrand and Lord Whit worth, refpefting M. Reinhard's Condud, 181. Between Lord Whitworth and Jofeph Bonaparte, on the Ceflion of Malta, 182. Coquebert Montbret, appointed Commiffary General of Commercial Relations of the French Republic, at Lon don, 296. Appointment of, announced to Lord Hawkef bury, Hid. Copy of Commiflion of, 300. Correspondence between Mr. Merry and Lord Hawkef bury, refpeding the Seizure of Britifh Ships by the French, 256. INDEX. 2^6. 260. 276. Between Mr. Merry and Talleyrand, on the fame Subjed, 262 — 277. Courier de Londres, Remonftrance prefented againft, by M. Otto, 23. », Criminals to be delivered up by the Contrading Parties t® the Treaty of Amiens, on certain Conditions, 409. D. Damascus, City of, rebels againft the Porte, 342. De Rohan, Grand Mafter of the Order of Malta, 320. Declaration, Copy of His Britannic Majefty's, 413. Definitive Treaty of Peace, Copy of, 39^. The ufing of Englifh and French Languages in the Copies of, to be no Precedent, 411. Deputies, Maltefe, Letter from; to Lord Hobart, 318. An other Communication from, 325. Dgezzar, Pacha of Acre, Interview between, and Sebaf tiani, 339. Brief Notice concerning the Palace of, 341. Inftances of Cruelty in, ibid. Befieges Aboumarak in Jaffa, 342. Number of the Forces of, 346. Differences, Plan for terminating, between England and France, 167. Refult of the French Government concern ing, 174. Another Projed prefented, but not anfweredj 226. Copy of the Plan, 230. . ' ' ; between Sweden and the Regency of Tripoli terminated by the Mediation of Sebaftiani, 329. in the Ifland of Zante, compromifed by Se baftiani, 343. Drummond, Mr. charged with having prevented the Depar ture of Two thoufand Neapolitans for Malta, 53. In ftrudions to, announced, 55. ' Druses, Emir of, rebels againfi Dgezzar, 342. 347. Dt;NBA», Lieutenant-General, ordered to retain Poffeffion of r r 4 the INDEX. the Cape of Good Hope, 251. — afterwards to evacuate it, 254. E. Emigrants, French, Refidence of, in England, obnoxious to France, on Account of their Averfion to the prefent Go vernment, 13. The Expulfion of, reprefented as neceffary in order to preferve a good underftanding between the Two Powers, 14. Not liable to be ordered out of Eng land while" they condud themfelves with Propriety, 17. Exile of, wearing the Infignia of antient Orders in France, demanded by the French Government, 37.— -cannot be dif- miffed for fimply wearing fuch Infignia, 48. Emir or the Druses rebels againft Dgezzar, 342. 347. Egypt, not evacuated by General Stuart, 73. Surprize ex cited at his Condud, ibid. He receives Orders to remove the Britifh Troops from, with the leafl poffible Delay, ibid. Caufe affigned by Bonaparte for not fending an Army tp take Poffeffion of, 104. Acquifition of, a favourite Objeft with Bonaparte, 116. Account of the Englifh Army in, 344. To be reftored' to the Porte, agreeably to the Pre- ' liminaries of Peace, 389. England, Refidence of French Refugees in, odious to France, 13. Emigrants not liable to be expelled from, dwing good Behaviour, 17. Opinion of Bonaparte on the Inva fion of, 105. Plan for terminating the Differences be.^ tween, and France, 167. English Army in Egypt, Account of, by Sebaftiani, 344. Englishmen inadmiffible into the Order of St. John of Je rufalem, 401. English Newspapers, Report from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, refpeding a Converfation with M. Talleyrand, on the Subjed of, 91. Remarks on the Abufe of, by Bonaparte, 106. Evacuation I N , D EX. Evacuation of Malta, Expiration of the Term ftipulated for, announced by M. Otto, 53. Delay in, accounted for by Lord Hawkefburyl ^^. Report of Lord Whitworth's Converfation with M. Talleyrand concerning, 94. Lord Hawkefbury's Anfwer to, 95. Formal Demand of, by General Andreoffy, 122. Now become impradicable, 178. iSif^ Non-evacuation. Evacuations made in purfuance of the Preliminaries of Peace, Time fixed for, 39©. Confirmed by the Definitive Treaty, 405. Exile of the French Emigrants and Princes of the Houfe of Bourbon from Britain, demanded by the French Govern ment, 36. No Precedent to warrant the Application for, 44. Explanation, refufed by the French Government, 164. Officially demanded by Lord Whitworth, ibid. Conver fations on the Subjed of, between Lord Whitviforth and Talleyrand, 168-T-174. Fame The, a Britifh Sloop, feized at Cherbourg, 256. Inef, fedual Efforts to obtain the Releafe of, ibid. Statement of the Cafe of, 268. Fauvelet, Commercial Agent of the French Republic, at Dublin, Copy of Inftrudions and Queries to, 364. 367. Finances, French, Account of, 358. Fisheries in America to be reftored, on certain Conditions, by the Preliniinaries of Peace, 392. Confirmed by the Definitive Treaty, 407. Foresti, Mr. Communications from, relative to the Condud of Sebaftiani at Zante,. 377. 383. For GER Y, Perfons guilty of, to be delivered up, when. required, by the Contrading Parties to the Treaty, of Amiens, on certain Conditions, 409. FORTI- INDEX. Fortifications to be given up in their prefent State, 393. France, Government of, accedes to His Britannic Majefty's - Propofal for inviting Auftria, Pruffia, and Ruffia to gua rantee Malta, 12. Remonftrances of, againft Peltier, Cob bett, the Courier de Londres, and the Abufes of the Bri tifh Prefs, 23. Stridures on 'the Part of, refpeding the Liberty of the Prefs, 32. Demands on the Part of, con cerning the fame Subjed, and the Exile of the Emigrants from England, 36. Requefted to iffue proper Inftrudions to their Minifters concerning the Guaranty of Malta, 5J, Has a Plan rn Contemplation for fecuring the Integrity of the Turkifh Empire, 11 1. Views of the, on Turkey and the Adriatic Iflands, authorize His Britannic Majefty, to the Non-evacuation of Malta, 114. Note Verbale from, refpefting Malta, 131. Not defirous of proceeding to Ex tremities, 144. Refult of, concerning an Arrangement for terminating the Differences between the Two Coun tries, 175. Propofe to cede Malta to Auftria, Pruffia, or Ruffia, 217. Obfervations on tlie Condufl of, 413. French and English Newspapers, Sentiments and Pro pofals of the French Government concerning, ,157, — ,Emigrants, Refidence of, in England, obnoxious to France, 13. Expulfion of, reprefented as effential to the Prefervation of a good Underftanding between the Two Powers, 14. Not liable to be expelled during good Be haviour, 17. . Citizens inadmiffible into the Order of St. John of Jerufalem, 401. ¦i Troops, See Auxiliaries. G. Carlike, Mr. Communication from, refpeding the Acceffion of Ruffia to the Guaranty of Malta, 85. George INDEX. George The, an Englifli Brig, feized by the French, 275. Reprefentation of the Capture of, to Talleyrand, ibid. Attended with no Succefs, 277. Georges, accufed by M. Otto of preventing by his Writings the Execution of the Concordat, 35. Banifhment of, to Canada, folicited by the French Government, 37. Mea fures declared to be taking for that Purpofe, 48. Far ther Refidence of, in England, remonftrated againft by Bonaparte, 103. Germany, Emperor of, invited to accede to the Guaranty of Malta by the Englifh Minifter, 77.— and by the French Envoy, 78. — Aft of Acceffion to, 81. Malta offered to be ceded to, 217, but refufed by His Britannic Majefty, 219. Good Hope, Cape of, Poffeffion of, ordered to be retained by Lieutenant-General Dundas, 251, Ordered to be reftored, 254. Port of, to be alike open to Englifh and French Ships, according to the Preliminary Articles of Peace, 389. Government, French. ^France. , Provifiohal,of Switzerland, a Deputy from, fent to Bonaparte. 56. Objed of his Miffion, 57. Failure of his Application, ibid. Governor of Zante, reprimanded by Sebaftiani, 343. Grand Master of Malta, Eledion of, under the Auf pices of the Emperor of Ruffia, confidered as valid by His Britannic Majefty, 6. Lift of Suffrages for the Elec tion of, tranfmitted by Mr. Merry to M. Talleyrand, 8. Intimation by Mr. Merry of His Britannic Majefty's Wil- lingnefs to regard as valid the Nomination of, by the Pope, ibid. Guaranty of Malta, Apprehenfions entertained that Ruf fia will not interfere in, 3. Lord St. Helens concludes that the Emperor of Ruffia will ultimately accede to it on cer tain Conditions, 4. Delay in fettling, occafioned by the French Government negleding to furnifh their different Minifters with proper Inftruftions, ^^. Hamburgh, INDEX. H. Hamburgh, Libel againft the Britifh Government publiflied in the Gazette of, 176. Sentiments of His Britannic Ma jefty concerning, 176. Extraordinary Meeting of the Se nate of, 237. Hamburgh CoRr.EsPONDENTEN, Copy of Libel againft the Britlth Government, inferted in, 373. Hawkesbury, Lord, announces to M. Otto the Nomina tion of Sir A. Ball, as Minifter Plenipotentiary to the Or der of Malta, on the Part of His Britannic Majefty, 3. — and alfo to Mr. Merry at Paris, 4. Illuftration of No. i. of the Tenth Article of the Treaty of Amiens by, 5. Vindicates the Liberty of the Britifh Prefs againft the Remonftrances of M. Otto, 41. Reply of, to the De mands of the French Government, 44. Anfwer from, to M. Otto, refpefting the Non-evacuation of Malta, 54. Reply of, to Lord Whitworth's Report of his Converfa tion with Talleyrand, concerning Englifh Newfpapers, and the Evacuation of Malta,. 95. Obfervations of, on Se baftiani's Report, 98. Reply of, to Lord Whitworth, on the Subjeft of his Converfation with Bonaparte, na. Anfwer by, to General Andreoffy's Demands, 135. Re ply of, to the French Minifter's Memoir, 1621 Announces to M. Otto that the Recognition of French Commercial, Agents is neceffarily poftponed, and why, 306. Informs General Andreoffy that thofe Agents will not be permitted to exercife their Fundions, 312. Helens, Lord St. apprehenfive that the Emperor of Ruffia will decline to interfere in the Guaranty of Malta, 3. Draws raore favourable Conclufions that he will ultimately accede to it on certain Terms, 4. HoLLAN D, Meffage frora Bonaparte to the Government of, dif- clofingtheDifcovery ofaConfpiracyagainft it,7o. Anxiety therCj INDEX. there, on Account of the French Auxiliaries continuing in, 7 1. — and alfo on Account of Bonaparte's Interference with the Affairs of Switzerland, ibid. Evacuation of, by the French for a limited Number of Years propofed, i86. 189. 330. Great Anxiety in, on Account of the prolonged Refidence ofthe French Troops there, 282. Ambaffador from, ftrongly «remonftrates againfi their Continuance in, 283. Government of, apparently difpofed to fubmit to Bonaparte, 285. Provifion to be made to the late Stadt- holder of, 408. Hompesch, Baron de. Grand Mafter of Malta, 320. Horses, Breed of, encouraged in France, 353. I. Jackson, Mr. Communicatation from, refpefting the Accef fion of Pruffia to the Guaranty of Malta, 85. - Jennies, The, a Britifh Brig, feized in France, 259. Inef- fedual Efforts to obtain the Releafe of, ibid. Jersey, Exile of the French Emigrant Bifhops from, formally demanded, 36. INHABITANTS of the Countries ceded not to be molefted either for their religious or political Principles, 391. To be al lowed Three Years for difpofing of their Property, 391. Instructions to Mr. Moore during his Refidence in Swit zerland, 6^, To Lord Whitworth during his Embaffy, .239. Tg Mr. Merry, refpeiting the Seizure of Britifli Ships by the French, 361. To M. Fauvelet, Commercial Agent at Dublin, 364. 367. Integrity of Turkey, Plan for fecuring, in the Contempla tion of the French Government, 1 1 1. Invasion of England, Sentiments of Bonaparte concerning, 105. Italian Republic acknowledged by the Pacha of Tripoli, , 330, State of, 360. King, INDEX. K. King, Mr. Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, concludes a Treaty with France:, by which New Orleans and Louifiana are ceded in full Sovereignty to the States, 279, King of Great Britain. See Britannic Majesty. Knights of Malta, Offer of His Britannic Majefty to in- veft with the Government of Malta upon certain Terms, 179. 185. Principal charged with betraying Malta to the French, 319. Cannot be re-eftabllfhed in Malta, 320. Copy of Article in the Definitive Treaty refpefting, 400. Property of, fequeftered, 423. LxMfEDotA, Island of, to be ceded by the King of the Two Sicilies, iSo. Propofed by Bonaparte as an Equiva lent for Malta, 192. 195. 230. Langue, Maltese, Ohfervatlons on the Eftablifliment of, 287. Diredions for the Formation of, in the Definitive Treaty, 401. Libel againft foreign Powers, Mode of punlfhing in England fpecified, 41.. Againft the Britifh Govemment inferted in the Hamburgh Gazette, by Order of M. Reinhard, 176. Inftruftions to Lord Whitworth for obtaining Redrefs againft, 177. Againft the Britifli Government, Copy of, 373- Liberty of British Press, Remonftrances againft bythe French Government^ 23. 32. Vindicated by Lord Hawkefbury, 41. LisTON, Mr. Communications from, to Lord Hawkefbury, oa the Affairs of Holland, 70. 282. 385. London Gazette, an official Paper, 41. liOUISIANA INDEX. Louisiana ceded in full Sovereignty to the United States of America, 280. Lyceums, feveral opened in France, 349. M. Madii, Lake, facief Notice concerning, 331, Malta, Guaranty of, Apprehenfions entertained that the Emperor of Ruffia will not interfere in, 3. Lord St. Helens concludes more favourable Difpofitions in that Sovereigns 4. — and that he will, on certain Conditions, ultimately accede to it, ibid. Delay in, occafioned by the French Government neglefting to iffue proper Inftruftions, 55. Emperor of Germany Invited to accede to, by the Englifli and French Minifters, 77. Copy of his Aft of Acceffion to, 8 1. King of Pruffia delays to fignify his Acceffion to, 84. Reafon affigned for fuch Delay, 85. The Emperor of Ruffia delays to accede to, 75. The Caufe of that Delay, ibid. He is invited to fuch Acceffion by the French and Englifli Minifteia, 85. Terms of his Acceflion to, 89. Impatience of Bonaparte at the Non -evacuation of, 103. Poffeffion of in Perpetuity by England propofed, 167. Denied by France, 175. Evacuation of, now impradi cable, 178. Poffeffion of, by His Britannic Majefty no real Compenfation, but a fimple Security, 179. Poffef fion of, in any Shape whatever, abfolutely refufed by Bo» naparte, 196. 199. Is propofed by the French Govern ment to be ceded to Auftria, Pruffia, or Ruffia, 217.— -but refufed by Plis Britannic Majefty, 219. Invafion of, planned at Paris, 319. Exceffes of the French in, 321. To be evacuated by the Britifh Troops, purfuant to the Preliminaries of Peace, and reftored to the Order of St. John of Jerufalem, 389. Copy of Article refpefting, in the Definitive Treaty, 400. See Evacuation, Non- evacuation. Maltese, INDEX. Maltese, valiant Cqpdud of, while the French continued in Poffeffion ot their Ifland, 286. Refufe to permit the Re- eftabllfliment of the Knights of St. John of Jerufalem, 320. Charader of, ibid. Sufferings of, while the French Troops were in Malta, 319. Implore the Mediation of the King of England, 322. Ruin of, inevitable but for the Interference of Britain, 325. Mamelukes, Egyptian, Statement of the Army of, 346. Merry, Mr. tranfmits to M. Talleyrand a Lift of Suffrages for the Eledion of a Grand Mafter ofthe Order of Malta, 8. — and alfo intimates the Willingnefs of His Britannic Ma- | jefty to confider as valid the Nomination of a Grand Maf ter of the Order of Malta, by the Pope, ibid. Commu nications from, to Lord Hawkefkury, relative to the Sei- - zure of Ships by the. Frenchi 356.. 277. Inftrudions to, from Lord Hawkefbury thereon, 261. Correfpondence between and M. Talleyrand, on the fame Subjeft, 262. Message from Napoleone Bonaparte to the Dutch Govern ment, 70. From His Britannic Majefty to Parliament, concerning the Preparations in the French and Dutch Ports, 125. Converlationrefpeetingjbetvo-een Lord Whit- woirth and M.Talleyrand, 125. Note Verbale frora the French Government refpeding, 131. Of His Britannic Majefty, deftitute of Foundation, 155. . Military Schools opened in France, 349. Ministers of Contrading Parties to the Treaty of Amiens enjoy the Rank they refpeftively held before the fete War, 408. Montbret, Citizen, appointed Commiffary of Commercial Relations of the French Republic at London, 296. Ap pointment of, announced to Lord Hawkefbury, ibid. Co py of the Commiffion of, 300. Moore, Mr. appointed Minifter for Switzerland, 65. In- ftrudions to, 65. Notifies to Lord Hawkefbury his 'Ar rival there, 68. And alfo. the Submiffion of the Swifs Diet, 69. Is permitted to return to England, ibid. Muhammed I KT D E X. MuiiAMMED Kachef-Zourba Matzellem beheaded for cortefponding with the Mamelukes, 332. iMtiRDER, Perfons- guilty of, to be dtllvered up by the Con- trafting Parties to the Definitive Treaty, on certain Con ditions, 409. Mcjstapha Oukil infults Sebaftiani, 335. Makes his Sub- ifliffion, and is pardoned, ibid. N. Nancy, The, an Englllh Merchant Ship, feized by the French, 273. Reprefentation of the Capture of, to Tal leyrand j 273. Naples, Kingdom of, to be evacuated by the French Troopl, purfuant to the Preliminaries of Peace, 39b. Confirmed by the Definitive Treaty, 40 j. Nassau, Branch of, Compenfation to be made to, fbr its Loffes in Holland, 408. Neapolitans, Two thoufand, to depart for Malta, in pur- fiiance of the Treaty of Amiens, 53. Delay of their De parture, charged upon Mr. Drummond, ibid. The fend ing of, regarded by the French Government -as a Prelimi nary to the Evacuation of Malta, ibid^ Non-arrival of, accounted for, 54. New Orleans, Town and Territory of, ceded to the United States of America, 280. Non-evacuation of Malta, Reafons affigned for, by Lord tlawkefbury-, 113. Q. OriJer of Malta, Government of Malta' to be conferred on, upon certain Conditions, 179. 185. Property of, fe queftered, 423. Q Q Orange, INDEX. Orange, Compenfation to be m^de to the Prince of, by the Definitive Treaty, 408. ' Otto, M. announces to Lord Hawkefbury the Nomination of General Vial, as Minifter Plenipotentiary to the Ifland and Order of Malta, on the Part ofthe French Republic, 2. Remonftrates againft the Abufes of the Prefs in England, 33. Striftures by, on the LIcentioufnefs of the Britifh Prefs, ' 34. Demands prefented by, on that Subjed, 36. Ob fervations by, on the Aljen Aft, 38. Remonftrance by^ concerning the Non-evacaation of Malta, 52 : Pacha of Tripoli, Interview between, and Sebaftiani, 330. Acknowledges the Italian Republic, ibid. Charafter of, ibid. ' of Cairo, Interviews between, and Sebaftiani, 333. Supplies the Englifh Army in Egypt with Provifion, 344. — ; OF AoRE, Interview between, and Sebaftiam", 339- Paget, Mr. Communications from, refpeding the Acceffion of the Emperor of Germany to the Guaranty pf Malta, 76. Peltier, Punifhment of, for a Libel, required by the French Government, 23. Conduft of, highly difpleafing to His Britannic Majefty, 24. Cafe of, laid before the Attorney General, 25, Pope, Nomination of a Grand Mafter by, acceded to by His Britannic Majefty, 8. Porte, Territories of, maintained in their Integrity by the Definitive Treaty, 400. Invited to accede to the Treaty of Amiens, 409. Ports on the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas, to be eva- .cuated by the Englifli Troops, agreeably to the Preliip}. naries of Peace, 399. Coiifirmed by the Treaty of Amiens, 405- Por,tugal, INDEX. Portugal, Integrity ofthe Territories and Poffeffions ofthe Queen of, maintained by the Definitive Treaty, 399. Preliminary Articles of Peace, Copy of, 387. PkE^ARATio^. Inftrudions for his Conduft in, ibid. Notifies his Arrival, 68. Evacuation of, by the French, for a ftated Period, propofed, 186. 169. 231. Talleyrand, M. receives from Mr. Merry a Lift of the Suf frages for the Eledion of a Grand Mafter of the Order of Malta, 8. Is acquainted with the Willingnefs of His Britannic Majefty to confider as valid the Nomination of a Grand Mafter by the Pope, Hid. Informs Mr. "bAtxry of the Intentions of the Firft Conful refpeding that Matter, 12. — and of the Invitation of Auftria, Pruffia, and Ruffia to accede to the Guaranty of Malta, Hid. Re port of a Converfation of, with Lord Whitworth, 99. Converfation of, with the Britifli Plenipotentiary, on thi Subjed of His Britannic Majefty's Meffage, 125. Expla nation by, of Bonaparte's Conduft and Behaviour to Lord Whitworth, 143. Converfatisns between, and Lard"\^hit- worth. INDEX, .yvorth, on the Subjeft of Explanation and Satisfadion by the French Government, 168. 171. Conference with, and Lord Whitworth, concerning M. Reinhard's Conduft, 181. Converfations with, and Lord Whitworth, refpefting Malta, 189. 195. 198. 200. Is requefted to furnifli Lord Whitworth and Suite with Paffports, 202. Inftruftions from, tp the French Comraercial Agent at Dublin, 3(54. 367- •Thuilleries, Report of Lord Whitworth's Conferenpe with Bonaparte at the, 102. Violent Behaviour and Conver fation of Bonaparte with Lord Whitworth at the, 133. Treaty of Amiens, No. i. of Article X. recited and iHuf- , trated by Lord Hawkefbury, j. Copy of, 395. The ufing of the Englifh and French Languages in the Copies of, to be no Precedent, 411. TRiNiDAD.guaranteed and ceded to His Britannip Majefty, 398- Tripoli,' City of, rebels againft the Porte, 342. Turkish Army in Egypt, Account of, 345. TuRxiSH Empire, Plan for fcrni-Inff tK/> Tnt^g^'ty of, m the Contemplation of the Firft Conful, in. Views of France on, authorize the Non-evacuation of Malta, 114. 'Expla nation of Bonaparte's Projeft refpeding the, 1 17. V. Vial, General, nominated Minifter Plenipotentiary to the Order and Ifland of Malta, on the Part of the French Republic, 2. Nomination of, announced to Lord Hawkef- Ijury, ibid. Departure of, officially fignified, 50. u. Ultimatum ofthe King of England communicated by Lord Whitworth to M. Talleyrand, 199.' Whitworth, INDEX. W. WniTWdRtH, Lord, Report of a Converfatiori of, v^ith Tal leyrand, 99. — and with Bonaparte at the Thuilleries, 102. Reply of Lord Hawkefbury to, 112. Account of a Con verfation between, and Talleyrand, 125. 'Violent Con verfation and Behaviour of the Firft Conful tOj at the Thuilleries, 133. Reprefentation to, on the Subjeft by- Talleyrand, 143. Converfations between, and Talleyrand, concerning the Explanation and Satisfaftion required of the French Government, 168 171. Conference with Ta?- leyrand, on the Conduft of M. Reinhard, i8i. Conver fations with Jofiph Bonaparte, on the Subjed of Malta, 182. 186. Ordered to depart from Paris, in cafe the Ne gotiation fails, 189. Converfations with Talleyrand, 189^. 195. 198. 200. Requefts Talleyrand to furnifh him with the neceffary Paffports, 202. 236. 248. Inftruftions for, during his Embaffy, 239, WTttiTirinj-, Eij«-i-i