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r i F Intended the reflitotion of commas of which pater fion had been taken in his Majene's Name. In or der, however, to obviate any farther difficulties, in• ftruaions have now been fent to General'Stuart, di. reaing him ta remove the King's troops from Egypt with as little delay as poffible, and information has been given to this diva to General Andre‘Z. " No. 24—Estrad of a Difpatch from Lord St. Helena to Lord Hatrkdbury, dated Petetiburgb, July an, 4 , I have fince renewed my applications to this Government on the bufinefs of Malta, and have Come realms to hope that fome impreffion has been made on the mind of his Imperial Majefly. The French Mininer however has notyet received his infirations; and till they arrive, it will of courfe be impoffible for ant to take the requifite fleps for bringing this affair to any fatisfaaory, or even pofitive iffue." No as—ls an extra& of a difpatch from Lord St. Helen's to Lord Haerkeffiury, dated Peterlburgh, Avon j, 18en, announcing, that he had not been able to make an official demand of the Emperor's guaranty, according to the terms of the Treaty of Amiens, as the French Milliner was Rill without in. firnaions authorizing him to join in the demand. No. t6.—Extra& of a Dlfpsteb from the Honourable A. Paget to Lord Hawkdburp dated Vienna, 18th July, tBo2. 4' On the 15th inflant, M. de Champagny and I =let at a conference at the ViceChancellor's,to whom we prefented our refpe&ive Notes, copies of which I have the honour to enclofe, marked A. and B." (The incloture marked A.) Mascly invites shy Vire.Chaneellor to lay the t jth paragraph of the Article in the Treaty, refpeaing the guarantee of Malta, before his Imperial Majefty. The haeloture marked D. - Is a Note to the fame purpofe from Charnpagny, the French Minifter. No. a7.—Estrad of a Difpatfh boos the Hon. A. Net to Lord Hawiteditit, dated Vienne, snd Aosta iSOn. " I have the honour herewith to tranfmit to your Lordfhip the Emperor's Aft of guarantee and aced: Loa to the toth article of the Treaty of Amiens." (The latiofore rdarad to to Miaboam) The Aa. of Guarantee and Acceffion of the Em peror of Germany is in the ufual form , and is figned FRANCIS Count of Colloiedo. Lewis Count of Cobentzel. No.9l—Erma of a Difpatcb from Mr. Cafamajor to Lord Hawkelbury, dated Bully, Anglia sr, itos. " Having opened the fubjeft of your Lordfhip's Let difpatch, relative to the acceffion of this Court to the arrangement ftipulated in the rods article of the Treaty of Amiens, to Mr. Bignon, this Gentle man undertook very willingly to mention the fame to his Government, and has in fad already pet formed his promife. In feveral copverfations with Mr. Big non, in which I have occafionally remarked that nothing had hitherto been Paid to me here upon the fubjea of Malta, he has conftantly affeeted the great eft indifference, and treated it as a Bufinefs of too little importance to occupy the attention of the French Government." tic so.—Extraet of a Dlfetelt from Mr. Cafmosjor to Lord Hawkelimy, dated &Ob. Aagoftjr, 44 Mr. Bignon received Jan night inuroaions from the French Government, to invite the King of Pruffia, conjointly with me, to accede to the gua rantee of the Independence of the Ifland of Malta, and of the other fiipulations relating to that ifiand, which are contained in the tenth article of the De finitive Treaty of Amiens. Mr. Bignon fent to me immediately, and we propofe to meet tomorrow for the pupae of preparing a Note upon this (alike, of which we lbw each parent a copy to Count anwitz." NO. 3?...2ltriek of a Dimateb from Mr. C3i3lnar to Lod Hawkaury, dated Berlin, October s, t 3. " My Note upon the fubjea of the guaranteee of Malta remains unanfwered." No. 3 t.--Enraet of a Dikatch from Mr. paten to Lord Hawlteibary, dated Berlin, Nov. dos. 4 ‘ At my firß interview with Count Haugwitz, I told him that the only' fubjed in fufpenfe between our two Courts, to which I need call his immediate at tention, was that of the guaranty of Malta, on which an anfwer is Rill due trom him. He adverted to what he had told Mr. Cafamajor of the King his Mager 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 illand ; and that he was countenanced is withholding its guaranty 6y tits exassfrk of Sprits He however added that the Report in queßion had been made to the King. and that he only waited his Ma jeßy's commands to confer with me farther upon the fu bjeet. 2 , 10+31. Emmet of a dllptch from Mr. Garlike to Iced Hawke& bury. dated Peterahulk Serf 17, sloe. a The French Minillcr has, at length, been di raged by his Government to make, conjointly with his Majeity's Minißer here, a formal invitation to the Emperor of Ruffia for his Imperial Majeßy's guaranty of the Ripulations of the treaty of Amiens. kin, 33. " Emmet of a difpateb from Sir Jobe Bartok Warren to Lord Hawkettrary, dated stt Petalburea, Nov. 4, s Sol. 4 ' On the 3d inßant I waited upon the Chancellor mut. Oenctol Hcdonville, when the Note of invita tion for his Imperial Majeßy's guaranty of the loth article of the treaty of Amiens, was prefented by each of us. _ _ _ _ Dio.3+ " Ertradt of a Wretch from Sir J. D. Warren to Lord Hawketbory, dated Pcteriburgb. asth Nor. dm o The Chancellor appointed yellerday evening for delivering to me, and to the French Miniller, the anfwer of the Ruffian Government to his Majefty's invitation for his-Imperial Majefly's accerron to the tenth article of the treaty of Amiens. (tociorare referred to in No..34.)—Tranflatios. Contiitio;ts upon vslakit Hi. Imporial - M e eltp of all the Roam is willing to accede to the itipulatkos the gab article of the Treaty of Amiens I. " The acknowledgerneot of the Sovereigaty of the Cider of St. John of Jerrieles over the land of Aloha and its dependencies; the acknowledgement of she dread Manor, and of the Civil Government of the Order. according to its antient indiestion, with the odrnifron into it of native Maleele. Upon this point, as well as upon every other that may relate to in isterior organization, the legal Government of the Order dull bare the power to coca and referibe tech regulation as it. May judge bee as to promote dig foam iselfare and paapetity of the Order. 11. 0 The rights of Oa King of the two SiciSes, as /Ascribe of the Idaad, lhall rennin no the fame footing as they were previous to the war Which is Dow termina ted* the ?testy of Maim. 111. The jodcructlimee sod neutrality of the Llama *1 Malts, its port: sad dependencies, shall be famed sand goarenteedby :he tefpedive inettaltiog poem" who dui actually enga,;e to ackrawkdgc sad ionisins chat • neutrality in ali tares of war ; whether between each other, or between any of them and any other power, not excepting His Sicili.n Majefly, whole rights of Suzerainty (ball not extend to as to enable him to cattle depaituie from the neutrality of the Mend, as guano tied by the prefent Aft. IV. " Until the order 11141 be in a fituatiun to 'pro vide. by its own refources, for the maintenance of its independence sod neutrality, as limited by the preceding Articles, as well as for the defence of their plinc,pal refidence. the different forts (ball be occupied by tits Sicilian ?of...jelly's troops, who (ball fend a tufficieot force for the defence of the amid mid its dependencies. the n u mber of which mall be agreed upon by his (aid Ma jay and the two Costraftiog Powers, who flail take upon themfelves conjointly, the expence of maintaining the whole of she laid troops, fo long as the defence of tub ifland thrill continue to be iotrufted to them, during which period the laid troops fish be under the . authority of the Grand Matter and his Government. V. " The relent additional Aft (hall be confideted as forming ao integral part of the Treaty of Amiens, the fame as it it had been tsferted therein, word for word, and hull be executed in like manner. VI. Their Mrjefties the Emperor of all the Ruffin, the Emperor of the Romans, the King of Spain, the Kiog of the Two Stehle', and the King of Pruffia, Iball I I be invited to accede to this aft as guarantees." (Signed) COMTI ALSX•IiDaI Da WOIODZOW. No. 35.—Paris, January 27, 1 8 03 . "My Lord—l have to report to your I ordfitip the purport of a coorerfation I had OD Tuefday laft by appointment with M. Talleyrand. He had invited me Tome *days ago for this purpofe. The communication he had tit make to me related to two points, both equally important, as be Paid, to the maintenance of good har mony between the two Countries; with this difference however, that the one originated with hinsfelf, and' was dictated by his anxiety to do away every thing which might feed the mutual irritation of the two Coun tries : and the other by the exprefs Otder of the Firft Coaful. That which came from himfelf related to the Englills Newfpapers, agaioft which he pronounced a molt bitter philippic, altering me that the Fir lt Conful was extremely hurt to find that his endeavours to coo ciliate had hitherto produced oo cleft than to encreafe the abufe with which the Papers in England continually loaded him. He expatiated much upon this topic, and endeavoured to eftablith a fad, which I offered bins a reference to any one Newfpaper in Paris would iOla oily refute, that during four months not a word of provoca tion had appeared in any French Journal, which could jellify a retort from thofe publiftte.l In England. For the reft he advanced nothing but what has bees Paid on more than one maim) to Mr. Merry, and reported by him to your Lorellhip. I was however riven to under (land, that the FeßConfol was in ha highly inceofed, and the more fo, he was pleated to fay, as it came from a Country of whore good opinion he Iris fo very ambi tious. _ _ " lo my reply, I could bat go over the old ground, and endeavour to make M. Talleytand enderfland=4,ll, That whatever was laid io the &sea Papers might be mastered but as a national rraliation for what was publithed io the French Papers. Secondly, That what was ?pally piblithed here was by so means fo is England—and thirdly, That although the Governors , poirefied a cootroul over the peels in France, the Englin; Government neither had ear could have, tilers they purchafed it at the fame price, any whatever is England. Upon this he eedeavoared to prove to me, that there were papers in England attached to different parties, and went over their names and fuppored conneftioss with great reel- Goa ; and that confequently his Majelly's Manillas might fo far cootrout thole at kali which depended upon them, is to prevent their ioferting that abufe which mutt be conGdered as having their fanflioo. I esdeavoured to explain to him what the inieence was, which he fuppofed ?dimities to petefs in England ; that it amounted to nothing more than a preference which your Lordtbip for Inflame might give to one paper rather than to another, by fending to it any articles of news which it might be wilted to make p ubic ; but that your Lordthip's influence sea. so iambi ; and that if the Editor of Inch a paper esoceived it more for his handl to continue to write she, his own fancy and honor treated, than to be the Poblifher of fuck occafronal articles, is that cafe all initiate wag at to end. I told him, that if be bad remaaked any 'Wye article in any paper of Inch a defaipties, it was askant and fair to conclude that it did sot depend upon Government to previa it. He renal in his spoon, that his Ma. ms's Millers eight keep certain papers id order, as 1 - 1 did in aforiog bide, that until the Fill woeful could fo far mailer his feelings as to be as indifferent to the kurrility of the Englith pieta, as the Engliat Guars , meet was to that which daily appeared in the French, this flute of irritation was irremediable. I told him, however, that I meld report the fobiance of this cue musication to your Lordlhip, although I could allure him that your Lordlhip could add nothing to the exile emu which had been eine, and is tack detail, by Mr.. Merry from your Lordiiip. 04 U. Tailwind, with great Otiosity, required of me to inform him, and this by theiepefs order of the MA Cook), wh at were his hisjefire intentions with regard to the evacuation of Malta ? He again oe this acetifies made great percales of his Incere defies to let able every titles which mild isternapt the good on essltaading between the two Governments; adding, 'that it was abfulutely eneffery, that the French Go vernment Auld know what ts was meant to do, when that claufe I. the treaty of Amiss, which Ripulates die cefion of Malta, Rudd be fully accomplid. He laid that another Grand Make would now very fools be ekaed ; that all the powers of Estope invited fo to do, with the exception of ReSe, whole difficulties it was eafy to remove, and without whom the gu a ra n ty l ty would be equally complete, were reedy to come and that coolequently the term would very feu anive, when Gout Britain could have no pretext for keeping. looser potties. I informed him that I would report his coaverfaties to pour Lord&ip, and would have the house of cosesseascating to him year Lord/rip's am- Iva a foie as I cold fteli“ it. " I have the knew to be, ate. WiIiTWOITNe " • Nita Haseurabk Lard Havitetbary, Om. Ice.." Ns. 36. Dowebreareat, February 9. Idol " My Lord—ln rawer to your Excellency's dif patch of January 27, relative to the enquiry made of you, by the French Government, on the fubjeft of Malta, I can have no difficulty in affuring you , that his fajta, ha* eacataised a Ina fancere *fire that the Treaty of Amiens might be executed in a full and complete manner ; but it has not been poi& ble for him to confider this Treaty as having been founded on principles different horn thole which have been invariably applied to every other antecedent Treaty or Convention, namely, that they wete ne• gotiated with reference to the afloat Rate of poffellion of the different parties, and of the treaties or public engagements by which they were bound at the time of its conclufion ; and that if that Rate of poffefEon, and of engagements, was fo materially altered by the ad of either of the parties as to affect the nature of the compad itfelf, the other party has a right, ac cording to die law of nations, to interfere for the purpofe of obtaining fatisfadion or compenfation for any effential difference which fuch ads may have fuhfequently made in their relative fituation; 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 dueled on a hafts not merely propifed by his Majef ty, but fpecially agreed to in an official Note by the French Government, viz. that his Majefty fhould keep a compenfation out of his conquefts for the im portant acquifitions of territory made by France upon the Continent. This is a fufficient proof that the compad was underßood to have been concluded with reference to the then exiling Rate of things; for the meafure of his Majetly's compenfation was to be calculated with reference to the acquit . ' tions of France at that time ; and if the interference of the French Government in the general affairs of Europe, fince that period ; if their interpofi tion with refped to Switzerland and Holland, whol independence was guaranteed by them at the time of the conclufion of the treaty of peace ; if the annexations which have been male to France in va rious quarters, but particularly thole initaly, have extended the territory and increafed the power of the French Government,his Majefty would be warranted, confißently with the fpirit of the treaty of peace, in claiming equivalents for thefe acquifitions, as a coun terpoife to the augmentation of the power of France. His Majelly, however anxious to prevent all ground of mifundedtanding, and defirous of confolidating the general peace of Europe, as far as might be in his power, was willing to have waived the pretcnfions he might have a right to advance of this nature k and as the other articles of the definitive treaty have been in a courfe of execution on his past, fo he would have been ready to have carried into ef feet the true intent and fpirit of the it:lth Article, the execution of which, according to its terms, had been rendered impradicable by circumilanees which it was not in his Majelly's power to controul. A commu nication to your Lordihip would accordingly have been prepared conformably to this difpofition, if the attention of his Majeay's Government had not been attraaed by the very extraordinary publication o the report of Colonel Sebaftiani to the Firth Conful. It is nnpoffible 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 fubjef of pub lications in the Moniteur, the article in queftion, as it purports to be the report to the Firth 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, mull be confidered authorized by the French Govern. menu. This Report contains the molt unjultifiable infinuations and charges againft the Officer who commanded his Forces in Egypt, and againft the Britt fh army in that quarter, inlinuations and charges wholly deftitute of foundation, and fuch as would warrant his Majefty in demanding that fatisfaaion, which on occafions of this nature, independent Powers in a State of amity have a right to mica from each other. It difclofes, moreover, views in the higheft degree injurious to ;he interefts of his Ma jelly's Dominions, and directly repugnant to, and utterly inconfiftent with, the Spirit and Letter of the Treaty of Peace concluded between his Majefty and the French Government; and his Majefty would feel that he was wanting in a proper regard to the honour of his Crown, and to the Interells of his Dominions, if he could fee with indifference Each a fyftem deve • loped and avowed. His Way cannot. therefore, regard the conduit of the French Government on various occafions fince the conclufion of the definitive Treaty, the infinuations and Charges contained in the report of Colonel Sebaftiani, and the views which that report difclofes without feeling it neceffary for him diainaly to declare, that it will be ' poflible 4Fr for Mm to enter into any further difeu dative to Malta. unlefs he receives fatisfaaory ex lanation on the fubjed of this communication. " Your Excellency is defired to take at early op portunity of fully explaining his Majefty's fastiments as above ftated to the French Government. I am &c. 4.1 MAIWKLIIIVIY." Hit Ezedkocy LodWltitwortb, IL B. &e. Ike. he. Its, sio.P.serret of a Mosta from Lord Whitworth to Lad Hawhelbory, dated Paris, February 17, do 3. " I have the honour to acquaint your Lordfhip, that 1 taw M. de Talleyrand on Tuefday lath, for.. the purple of carrying into effect your Lordthip's itiftrultions of the 9th inf. I began by telling him that I had nothing new to communicate to him ; bat merely to confirm officially that which I had I already from myfelf premifed. I did not however pats over with the fame indifference, the arguments with which your Lordihip has furnifhed me. I re capitulated them all;—the principle on which the Treaty of Amiens was founded ; and the right which naturally arofe from that principle, of interfer ewe on our part for the purpofe of obtaining fads• faaion or compenfation, for any effential difference s which may have arifen in the relative fituation of the 1 two countries. I infianced the cafes, beginning with Italy and concluding with Switzerland, in which the territory or inflo ence of France had been extended fubfequent to the Treaty of Amiens. " I reprefented to him that this principle of cots. potation had been folly and formally admitted by the French Government, in the courfe of the Nego- 1 elation at Amiens. I then told him that notwith- Rending the indifputable right which his Majefty might have derived of claiming fume counterpolfe for i foch acquifitioas, ;nitrations would have been given me. by which I fhould have been empowered to de dare his Majefiy's readinefs to tarry into effect the fall intent of the tenth Article of the Treaty, if the `attention of his Majefty's Government bad not been roofed by the official publitation of Colonel &hal dui's report to the Firit Coital. II was steles to recapitulate the particulars 6f this very eithordinary report; but I appealed to him whether itostas not of A nature, exclufive of the perfonal alltdions it con tained, to excite the mninft jealoufy in the Minds of his Majefty's Minilters, and to demand on their part every .mealbte of precaution. 1 concluded with the dilline declaration, that it was ifnpollible for his Majelly to enter into any further diktiflion relative to Malta, unlefs he receives fatisfaftory explanations on the fubjea of the Fir(' Conful's views. M. de Talleyrand in his eepiy, did not attempt to difpute the drift of my argument. He admitted, with an affe4led tone of candour, that the jealoaly we felt on the fcore of Egypt, with a view to our pot: i feffions in India, was natural. But he could lint admit that any thing had appeared in the condo& of the French Government in jullification of the alarm we expreffed. After repeating what he had laid to me in a former converfation on the futsjea of Seb.tfliani's miflion, which he aliened to befirialy Commercial, he expatiated at great length on the fincere defire of the Firft Conful to maintuan inviolable the peace which had been fo lately concluded ; adding, that the fituati m of the French Finances was fuch, that were not this defire of peace in the Firft eonft7l an effea of fyllem, it would be molt imperioufly diaated to him by the total impoffibility in which this country found itlelf of carrying on that extenfive Rate of warfare, which even a partial rupture would naturally lead to. He expreffed great furprir.e therefore, that any fufpicion fhoulft attach, when the means of difturbing the public tranquillity were, as molt be well known in England, fo com pletely wanting ; and clerked to know what was the nature and degree of fatisfailion which his Majelly would require. On this I told him, that I could not pretend to fay by what means thofe appreheo. finns, which the conduit of this Government hae raifed in England, were to be allayed ; but I could affure him, dizt in the difcuffion of them, we fhould be animated Caleb , by a fincere de fi re to be convine. ed of the truth of his affertions, fince on that depend. ed the peace and happinefs of Europe. I took this opportunity of affuring him, that although, accord. in to his hatement of the flotation of France, we might pails in a greater degree the means of fup. porting the expence of a war, fince thofe means arofe from fources which even a (late of warfare did not dry up, yet fuch was his Majefty's fincere deiire of maintaining peace, that nothing but abfolute and unavoidable neceffity would ever induce him to de prive his fubjeas of the bleffings which they begin to enjoy. No. 38. A Letter from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Feb. at. [For this important letter, fee the STAR of yefterday.] To the above - letter is added a P. S. informing Lord Hawkefbury that M. Talleyrand had giro Lord Whitworth to underhand, that a project was in contemplation, by which the Integrity cit the Turkifh Empire would be fo effeaually fecured as to do away every carafe of doubt or uneafinefs, either with regard to Egypt or any part of the Turk& dominions. He could not then, he laid, explain hins felf farther. No. 39. " Downing.ftrest. Feb. sB. Et* " My Lord—Your Excellency's difpatch of Feb. sift has been received, and laid before the King. " I have great fatisfadion in communicating to you his Majelly's entire approbation of the able and , judicious manner in which you appear to have exe cuted the inftruftions which I gave to you in any dif. patch of the 9th infant. " The account you have given of your interview with the Firft Conful is, in every refpeft, important. " It is unneceffary for me to remark on the tone and temper in which the fentimenti of Fifa Cop- . ful appear to have been exprefred, or to offer an? obfervations in addition to thole fo properly made by your Excellency at the time, upon feveral of the topics which were brought forward by the Fire Con ful in the courfe of your convertation e I (ball there-. fore content myelf with referring your Excellency to my Difpatch to Mr. Merry of Aaguft 38, tilos, in which the fubjeft of the complaints of the French Government, rerpeding the freedom of the Preis, the Emigrants, he. are particularly difctiffed. I can. not however avoid noticing, that nothing approach. ing to explanation or fatisfeEtion is Rated to have been thrown out by the Firft Conful, in anfwer to the juR reprefentations and complaints of his Majeßy, in confequence of the unwarrantable infinuations and charges contained in Colonel Sebailiani's report againit his Majefty's Government the Officer com manding his forces in Egypt, and his army in that quarter : but that on the other hand, the language of the Firli Conful has tended to ftrengthen and confirm the fufpicions which that publication was peculiarly calculated to excite. " I (hall now proceed to give you tome farther in. ftruilions on the language which it may be proper for you to hold refpe&ing the charge which has been advanced againft his Majefty's Government, of their unwillingnefs to ful fi l the Treaty of Amiens. The Treaty of Amiens has blen•in acoerfe of execution, on the part of his MajFity, in every article io.which, according to the fpirn of that treaty, ig has been found capable of execution. There cainci be'the lealt doubt that Egypt is at this time completely evacuated. The Clay which had arifcn fS tlsf nation of Alexandria, was owing to*.negillental circunnlances, the particulars of which Wire ex plained to you in my difpatch of the yak Nofember laft ; and I had every reafon to believe, Mai the communication I had 'with General Adreofry on the rubjeft, that the French Governaieht were per. rally fatisfied with the explanation which be erasan thorized at the time to give them refpefting k. " With regard tcohat article of the treaty which relates to Malta, the Ripulations contained ilk (ow. jag to circumitances which it was not in tie power or his Majefty to controul), have not been found Ca pable of execution. The refufal of Raffia to accede to the arrangement, except on condition that the Maltefe Langue (hould be abolillied ; the genet of the Court of - Berlin, with refpe& to the invitation that has been made to it, in confequence of the treaty to become a guarantying Power I !be abolition of the Spanifts priories, in defiance of the treaty to which the King of Spain was a party t the anima' thou of the Portuguefe Government of their intuition to reqoefirate the property of the Porters& priori, [Fir Ms ovinaimbr e 160 hiers Ise or Sa f ?Ma DraCa;Wiiiiii sm td a allisabiLivti:lClAT AO co' wenn t )6e the has Orries. Pa E.Cluvrf• Arm hWieied alb et in fires Ognos,Tio Irk' , t f • 1 ili del tha ed tire elm IN, I is* gig Inn On amd sal I latz