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. • . yvtt • 1 •?- \ , ••• \of rlittob ;13rzlo; . ). itt . 9l jet !t • ..TT OR, LITE R 4 Br .4 D V .E DI $P R. MORNING t: ' NUMBER 1101 LIST OF PAPERS IttLATIVE TO TIIE DISCUSSIONS arTWEEN THIS COUNTRY )0 4 ZD FRANCE. presented, by his Maiesty% Command, to both noises of ?aliment, the 18th of 2144 y, 1503. No. 1.-.—TRANSI.ATION. MI Lord. London, May 23, 1802. The 10th .*tick of the T:', , uty of Amiens, which fix,y the new organization of the 1/eler of Malta, having prescribed xiarvms measures, to the execiition nil *Must it is necessary that toe two principal contracting powariS should concur, the First Consul has narntxl General Vlll Mivii.ter Pieniput-toitlary to thr: tbrder and island of Malta, for the purpiew of concerting troth the person oh his Britannic Maje.ty shall appoint for dot purpose, respecting the execution of the arrangements aimed wpon in the late treaty. Gcnrral Vial will set rii.t on dettimitinu as loon your Excellency shall have inforine.l at of Lit Majesty's intentions, and of the choice hi• may male. 1 Mee the bestow to be, &c. OTTO. No. 11. Sit, Downing-Stress., Mar t 4, 1802. fri answer to your letter of yesterday, in which soli coin. Illtunlcate to inc the nomination by the Vir4 Consul, of Gelieral Via/ to be Niko . ..ter flunipotelitiary of the ['teach Itepublir, in the On! • r of Saint John of Jerusalem; 1 hare the honour to When toil that the king has been plara,.ll to appoint Sir Alexander to be his Mait , ty's Min:ster to the Oitlei. Sir .Abtaander Rah will shortly I tweed zi Malta, and wig be in it.:us-tad to concert with General Vial the neces , try measure , ' for timing OW .fdrt the airAngegoente relatiie to that island, whirls are stipulated in the 10th article of the Definitive Treaty of 1 hare the. honour to tr.', .tc. 34. Otto, &e. &c. 41AW1:MISURT. No. 111. Extract of a Dispatch from LrydSt. Ilelen's to Lord Hawke*. burr, d.st.st St. Petersourgh, April ea, I hope very wort to be enabled to re-r iciech your Lord ship's tart nisssenger with the arswer of this (:overa.neut to the commurricat.uns winch I have nialle to mein, in olicrlicnce his M.leary's commends, respecteic; the 10th article of tin! Treaty of Amiens. In the Inean tin.. 1 mu.t n x vine-oat fro.:: your Lordship, that there is arca , naeun LA fear that Its Im perial Majesty will decline tatting part in the propused ju ..t guaranty of the posecenuirs 414 sew cutotauttatt of the Order 04 Made. No. IV. ilitract of a Dispatch from Lord St. Helen's to Lord I•Tawkes bury, &red ketersbur;h, May 7, I have reaoya to Lope Ih4 the first imp -scab*. thei hed been puduced here by certain ',arts of the arrangement relative to Malta, have been 'removed ; and thst his Imperial Majesty ow , rota to ulemateiN induct() to guaraitt the s, lid.: of that frft-gement imervl-r1 that the steps e Wt . & Wye been taken tisii-ras the elecoon or': new Fraud Master, according to the Mode rougaicaust by this court, be cousi4tned w frilfilltrg what is required JII that heed by the latter part or the paragraph of the 10thatitecle of the Treaty of Ammo ; end consequently that to new election Fa that r 11:e is to take plate in the manner &Dialog out by the outer put of the suns: supra iattou No. V. Sir, Downiiirstreet, June b, 1802. 1 informed Trio in my sispatcit, No. 10, that M. Otto had facie an osinaal co...amine:lmm to mr, that General A'ial leas appointed bit the First Consul Minister renipatentiary to the Onkel id tit. "taw or Jerusalem. Sir Alexander hall hat bees In consequence sinveiited with the ant.: character by hii. 'testy. He volt proceed immediately to Malta, and he will r 4. cave instrucieroos to concert with °massif Vial tat bat means at ea:Tying into complete effect the stipulations cora:awed in the lath article of the °armoire Treaty. By the paragraph marked No. 1, in that article, it is stipulated : " The knights of the (triter, langems shall continue to 'Midst atter the excha gc art the ratificattoots of the prey it treaty, are mimed to return to Malta as osoon as that ex. chatig: shall have taken place t they shall there form a gene -141 chapter, aid shall itocced to the election of 4 Giatiil Matter, to be chosen twin arnougst the natives of these ni non, which preserve tangoes, if nu •uch eloortkoi shall have D oen al:cady mark: since the exchange ot the ratincatious Ut the preliminary attacks of peace.' The usject of tan. paragraph was, that in the event 01441 election having taken place sausequeht to the exiiiiiige ot the ranikatious of the :mi. timuary attielca of peace, a.ai anteccaleut to the couclualun of the d.itinitive treat), that election klumitt be cons.deril as valet ; and hough uo mention is made in the article of the prueastiation of the Emperor of au Ana soon aftr.r accuntioti to the throne, by win, ii the Knights of tbeOider Isere uotte4 to 4S3 , :lstAt', a. ti to :.roceed to the electioa of a Gracod :cf,tter, the stipu..nr.ii in quest,ou evidently reierr:d to the contingency of an election takttlg place tin tile Continent, sy e•infequence ref kat prociainatiolt. You will Mahon the trench Gurerninent, that his Majesty is ready to consider the election which has taken place at St. Y.:teisburgh, ander the auspices at the Emperor of limit.; to 'be valid, 'l.v:• nto' to the stipulation in the 10th article. Hie Majesty ha- no other ol4ect In the whole of this trans action, than that the 10th article of the Treaty luny be fairly srxecuted; and that the arratigenicht may tie carried into com plete execution with as little diftircaty as possible. As the Ictht paragraph in the 10th article stipitlakis thxt the . Obvernments of Austria, Russia, and Prassia, should be in vited to asetide krthe arcangensertrU respecting Malta, it is des sirable that the French Governineut thould instruct, Without delay, their Aitt...iissadors or Ministers at Vicuna, Petiirsourgli, and Berlin, to make, conjuintl) with. Ilia Majesty's Minirteis at thou: courts, an official conununnation, dehriug the access ion of those possess to the arnthgetnents relative to Malta in the Definitive Tristy ; hj which it ta provided, that bite inde pendence of the islood and the other stipu.at uns; >Lall be atartei the gnarautee of those putier, in cinnutiction with his Majesty, me French Government, and the IC:mg of Spain. I have the hi/lit:UT to be, Sc. (Signed) ,11AWEIr,SBUSY. Anthony Merry, Esq. dx.ke. Nu. VI —Extiact of a Dispatch from Anthony Merry, Esq. to Lord Hawletsbury, dated Paris, Juno 17, lba.. I have now the honour to transmit to your Lordship, in timed, copy of an answer which reached me last kthough dated eight days back), front the French Minot r, to the note Terbale which I delivered to him, containing his :vlaje-sy's pro positions respecting the exactition or some points if the sr mageatents relative to Malta, colitatred in the loth article of the Dehniuve Treaty of Peace. lan with find the entire ars quir:crice of this Govcrnment to those propositioas, expressed yl a very satisiactury (limlosuro referred's) in No 6.) His Britannic Maieety's M salutes Plenipotentiary has the ho nour to transmit herewith to Citiseri 'I alleyianil, Minister tar the Foreign Affairs of the Foincli Republic, the " Note verbale" of the eourninnication he has beta ordered.res notice U. him by 411$ (,inveruinent, who at., desirous tbat the pro,saats it colt- W. all way be acceptable to the French riostromeot ; and they Nil be woofed, that the British Government, in nialciug these propsals, lave no other °hied view than to facilitate, the easiest mauler, the esecution of the Treaty of Animas, and to ad in this respect in perfect harmony with the French Govern silent. Mr Merry has the honour to renew, on this occasion, the asatarrttctc of his high consideration Air %I. Talleyralid 'Signed) ANTHONY MERRY. Paris, Bth Julie, 1802. Si.e Citizen MMisttr for Foreign /Miss will !sad inclosed a bat of suffrages obtained :tutu stretal prinks of that /Idyl . of St. J oho of Jerusalem, tor the election of a and Mer, which Ilia been received from St Netersbmgli bi the &w ast ell Govern - isms; with the IIO.IA that Cane promo hart agreed arnoigst Ihethrlelves, that his Whites' the Pope shall .eiect (pro hoc vire), from animigsr the candidates thirvin ' e scorted, the per ton who is to till the pst of fined Mi tr. BJti ante MAyorty, es Us pang m waiing to consiila au -• T - 11 - U 11 - 16 AY, MAY lg. 1803. election so matt: a.; valid, according to the stipulations of the 10th article of the Treaty of Amiens. Ilia:Majesty therefore is omily to acknowledge, in Of Grand'Master, the whom the Piip‘.! :hail think prortr to fix upon, from ammo, the names contained in that Mss Majesty has no other voil in view than this than to see the 10di article of the Treaty .knitens duly 1, and (he arrangement it contains eiecuted with as little difficulty as It is stipulated by the filth paragraph of the ante article, that the Austrian, Rus:iais, and Prussian Governments, shall be solicited to accede to the raid ammgemont. The British Ciiovertinieni is of opinion, goat it might be pio. per for ti at of France to sstid without debts os.t;i,cti n t. ) r is Minister: at Vienna, Perenbiugh, and 'halm, to inak , l, " jointly with his Britannic Majesty's Ministers, a commuti.,:a tioli to those rowers, in which they should be invited to accede to the arrangement re.spActilig Malta, by ur4icli the deuce of the island, Mid tbc. other •ti ; nslatioas risLitiveNt. reto, are placed under the protection and guar:toter ot *lose P:ove. , , conjoint!. with their Britannii. and Catholic Majesties, call tii• French Republic. TRANSI.S.TIUN. The undersigned lttinitter for For...ign Agora )134 the Inik, nour t tram:ink to M. hleny, his Wit - le Ni iiesity's Mi nister Plenipoteritinr )' his answer to the .r.le've:tiate which lie ablre•ssed to him on the !k (trite, hot Olt Al pee in ihi aliso‘:r new Kilo: of the constant dispositems , of th Fitt (;,nt-11 t 4 4.111113 to an Agivement with the English Government, tOr the securing taxi facirtating the veer-micro of the respective •.:laosse of the Treaty which has re-established pe tce.hetvreen the two states. 'I he undersigned has tile !,ntutur to renew to M. 71rferry the assurance of his high consid-rat.mi. (Signed) CU/I. MAU TALLEIN AND. Paris, 20th TrAiitil, Year W. [The Nltnister for Fort' vu A lairs of the Frew+ Republic has received the corn tounicat i mwt ch has heels made to him be het Brit:utie hiajesty's M Mite. Plentrnewtarv, of the list of the camlidios notirmit d by the mt..* ot the difErent Priories to the Grand Mate sit , el the Order of Nlalta ; and he La• sob nonzil to the Fint Consul the proposai concerted between the Priories of tOtt Uffizi', and approved by Ilse Britaittlic Majesti, of submittine pi owe vice) to his klidineto, the choice ammig the pio;ussed The First C Las no otter obtect, in whatever relates to the Order of Alan., than to a the lUth article of the it tenty of Austen% d•tly rrteen..(l, 4to remove all the olistee.et whiCir inlet!. ?coder that e-neilioni tardy or difficult. lie more over Iletitsh e. i oally with his Britannic Majesty, that Fran .e and Fait god should aet in cuueert, in order the better to scur the Independeoze and the organization of the Order of Mana. 11. therefore consents that the choice of its Grand Alastei, from ti-C candidates proposed hv the votes of the Ptiorks, should f this time !tit s..innitted to hil-loliitess. As t. the I.th I ..ageapis a the sam a to le, respocting the access, 41 of the pcwora, the First Cultsui tbinks with his Bri taircoc MagrAy, that t•lo powers Show d Lr invited to g:ve their Ut to the attangealearts agreed upon; and tete Freat:ll Mt..:clets at the eou:ts of Austria, Russia, aiod Prutet'a shall consequently ree..ise (inlets to take, cotajoiiitly with nit Majesty's Mitoist,rs, the iiecesaitry steps for obtmiuing the accesses!' provi•!tel • y the 10th article of the Treaty 61A:ilk:us.' lOtlx Prairsal, Year TO. . Va. My Lord, Pars, Stine 4, 1002. I had occarion to see M. Ta leyrand yeiterit” sham ion, for the • urp- oe of introeueing to him, by nepoir,tment, some English Gentlemen, previously to tbeir presentation to-day to the First Consul. Harm; gone Ant alone t r io the Minister's eabities, be-said, that he hni here directed bell,neral Bonaparte, sit represent to me several eirctinistaticee which stand very iiiitsli in the way of that per is:et reculiciiaston and good iindorstan iitig between the two countries' and their gayer :runner, which it was the First Consul% oneere wish to sat re estahlahiel, in order that such obst!c!es might be removed before the arrival u, London of the French Ambassador ; because althnugn the circum stances in Ties:tit - it had already produeed a very disagreeable effete whilst only M. Otos, As Nl.stisser. had to striu:cits them, t oiv would :require a event addition of force if they should still xist when the Ambu sh should be present ; arut since the First emstri had given *ohm for General Andr.rossy to proceed thotinateni with as little dzlay as possible, he wished t.nrt I should take en early opporurrity to give an account to eour Lenbhip, r 4 the obsercatents which he was charged to male In me. After a preface to this effect, M. Tallerrand proceeded to state to nie, that t h e accounts which M. Otto had transmitted of the 4 8%Itile 1 and inconvenience which he could not but feel and experience at stieetieg feequently at his Majesty's Court, and at other plans, the French l'riticis, and some French per sons still decorated with the insignia of French Orders which no !sneer existed; and at seeing the countetrance and support which continued to be given in England, to what he termed the ei-dtwant French Bishops, as well as to other iwrsons ( he here mentioned Georges) inimical to thepresent Government of France, had atfeeled so strongly the First (nnistil, and were in fact ao calculated to prevent bat system of cordiality which he was anxious to see established, that it was incumbent upon him to express Isis wieh, that his Mnjesty's Goyeniment might !,e disposed to remove out of the British dontininns, all the French Pinto- % tins! their iirtherents, together with the French Bisheips aiA other . French individuals-whine political principles and coodnet tritr4 necessarily oc:asion great jealousy to the French Government. lit enutinuesl to observe, that the pro- taction and fiver which all era persons in question eoutinued to meet with, in a country so close a neighbour to France, .must stone be al ways considered as an encouragement to the disal reeled here, even without those persons theme:lves beiug guilty of any acts tending to foment fresh disturbances in this county ; but that the Government here poseeisad proofs of the abuse which-they were now making of the protection which they en joyed its England, Ind of the advantage they were taking of the vicinity of the; situation to France, b:!:11e. ejllY guilty of snelsacts, since s.iveral sainted papers had - lately been tetti cepted, which it was known they bad scut, and tamed to be circulated in Fiance, awl which bad for object, to create ail op ro,itinn to the Government. I cannot, my lord, do better this refer you to what you will have read in the French official paper of the day brihie yesterday, under the article of Paris, for tile exact text of M. Tilleyrasidb discoorse upon this subject ; which he concluded by saying, that lie thougin the resiitcoce of Louis XVIII. was now the proper place fur that of the rest of the family, and that I might add this sugg..stain us my report to your Lordship. I answered the French Minister, that without any reference to you, I could assure that:the pract i ces of the.Fremat ins siding in Leg Lind, of which lie complained, had not been en couraged, nor would he gmustenaisced by his Govern mmit ; w hied: was as sinterely dispo 4d to t:titivate • harmony and a good understanding between the two coentrits, as he ball represented the First Consul to be; ibut that I Oath% by no means say how ear they. would be' dispersed to adopt the mea sures which he hid intimated it to he General Bonaparte's wish that they sheu'al pursue, in order to remove so elf:greatly, every thing which might not perhaps be considered %Nitwit/by them, as givingieat cause of offence or jealousy to. France. M. Talleyraiid did not rejsiin upon the Matter; butalrked anc when I 'Tiptoed welting. Upon my replying I should lose no time, het:aid, that if I should write as to-day, he. would avail himself of -the opportuitity to convey a letter to M. Otto. I have the honour to be, &c, The Right Hon. Lord (Sitined) A. MERRY. Hawkesbery, &e. No. VIII. Sir. Downing-street, June 10, 180 g. Your dispatchers of the 4th instant wove received on Monday night, anit hare beenlaid before the limg. - The le-count given in that dispatch of the conversation which lass on the tikt instant, betweets you and M. Talleyrand, re spectiog the Fressitls Priacte. and their adherents, would have atfiiided here c /Widerable surptiei if his Majesty's t/overii nreat had not in some degree been prepared fur It by informa , non which had been previously receivedt from the manner, however, iu which this subject has bees uscatiousd to you, it is i.tyort wt thet - ou should take a payer opportunity to.ex pin, cai.dioly and fairly, to the French Government, the line of eiondliet which his Majesty feed; it to be h 6 duty to pursue in this very delicate tiusiliew. His Majesty would cert.Oly consilor it , consistent with both the letter and Spirit of the Treaty of Peace, betwem him and the French Reothile, to enxeleige or ce.sirtenance any I.rojocti that might h. hostile to the . ; ires- tit Go,:riiiialit of Fr itiCti. lie 6 ante. rely des that the palate which has beet) concludld may be permanent, a• 131 nay Iv td So the establishment of a system of good under ,' Aiding mid harmony between the two conntr el. With these sztitim !Atli he 6 di/sous...A foruploy all t h e ',lean.% in his power to quirt' zigeilist my ciletinistanee which ram have the effect of di-ti, Wig the tra Api I iity that Lai been >0 happily reirowd ; and he certainly expect: that all foleigners who may risible ' within h 6 do 'moons, shotiht not orb; y hold a conduct ctmlisrati li...nt• to the law °idle. immure, but should :ilwatio from all acts which may he hostile to the i:ov.viiinelit of any country with which his Map ;..tfi may be at oe.ice. As faux, however; as .-iii.'y voila ma theinse.v es iseetsalmto thole priuciplers, It's Ma : .1.r ) ,, woAli feel it locoasistent with his dignity, with his hA r. isoi:r, a id with the on limb's laws of huspithLity, to deprive film of that prtitect,o:i which Indixivials resident in his dare ulons can only forfeit by their own mist-oviduct. The '4 1 4.10,,ter part of this ...ersoo4 to whom allusion has Veen made 1. M. Tale. rands e'invsouttim I with )ou, are living in re tirement, and his Maj&ty h3s no reason whatever to suppose, that iliac.: the ep 'elusion of •price tiny Ji.ave availed them selves of their reel hence in this e.iantry ta pra.note any d...- eigils iniariOes so tlt.i Government of Franey. 1 have the honour to be, Re. (Signed) RAWKESBiJRY. Anthony Merry, E.M. 3.c. &c. • . No. IV- My Lord, Paris, June 17, 1802. I have tee honour to acquaint your Lord , hip, that 1 have executor' the instructions given yuitr secret and coun t, idea! dispatch (N i t. 14), in conserpieryc of the communica tion from M. Taileyrami, which 1 tranentued in my Number la, las:pectin the residence of the Freiieli Princes, and other French persois iii his Majesty's dominions. In delivering my answer on this business to the French Mini ster, 1 toot care to express, in the strongest manor r, the assur ances which your Lordship hasauthoriz..d mato give of his Nita jetty's sinceterlire that the peace which hat haiipilv been con ciederishould be permanent, end that it ihotilldleact:otil cest of a system of harmony and good understanding between the two countries; and that, as his Majesty'ssunduirt would, in every respea, be guided by those seutnii.eitts, he of eourie nof tolenite, much less encourage, any proceiirlines on the Raft of persons' %Aidai his dUlllilllollll, which might be bottle to the present GoyernmeAS of France ; which assurances Right, I triisteo, be sidficient to tranqiiillize and satisfy the Pina Consul, without recurring to the measures which had been intimated to me, and which con d sot but be considered es inconsistent with his Majesty's dlgnit) and honour, as well as with the commoii laws of hospllality, which he could not brit onserec towa.ds foreiktiers within bi; dominions, until they should have forfeited that protection by their misconduct. M. Talley mid expressed to we in reply, that the F.rst Con sul had solicited no more thou the British Government itself had, at toe time, demanded of France, when the Pretender .as in this country, and then had been praLtised between other Governments under suni.ar circumstances: that he could Hot sec any humiliation in the nitiaurc which he had intimated to toe; that lie could assure me it had not been suggested with soy such idea; and that he Could only reiteat, that the adoition of it would be in the highest degree agroeatl4e and satisfactory to the First Consul, and be consi.tered In him as the most con - %Mein proof of his Majests*s dispositiikll w see a cordial good '.4.lol4.lglding 0111 a isilwd between the two countries; conclud e* his answer with a request that 1 would report it to your I rejoined upon the subject, by observing to the French Mi nister, that evert without adverting to the serious consideration of the King's dignity and linatUatr, the feelings of the people of England were to be taken into account ms the occasion ; that lie must be sensible the relative situation, hitherto, of the two cointries, especially in regard to trade, afforded his Majesty's subjects Ito room to (Ca . ) those advantages which were com mon to, And which were alwava es:low:tett from a state of peace; and that it therefore ap - deati.4.l to me that the First Consul wouaSeqitally give a proof of hit; to liar:nutty and a friendly intercourse,re-eitiattlisbed between the two nations, by not repeating his wish upon a matter which would it i ietate et the strongest manner aoinst such an approxiiination and recon ciliation of sentiments, were it eveu only to come to the know ledge of his Majesty's subjects. 1 ant happy, tar Lord, to ,ay, that M. T4ll.?yrand showed no warmth, or any very marked eagerness, in iii 4 manner of riTly ing to my communication; and that our einivi.r.alion on this head termioated with the list remarks l nnide to him, when he changed it to another subject. 1 have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) A. MIT.RY. Right Hos. Lord Hawhibury, &c. &c. No. X.—TRANSLATION. My Lord, Portman-square, Jti!y 25, Igo2. transmitted some time alp, to Mr. lialumunil, n toiniber of Peltier, contaiume the most gross calumiiics ae Mist tho French Goveroment, and against the whole nation; and I olverved, that 1 lilltktttli probably receive an order to (1=1..4 punish ment of such art abuse of the press. That seder is actually ar rived, and I cannot conceal from you, my Lord, that the re iterated of a small number of foreigners, akembied ilt London to conspire against the French Government, prcduce the must unfavourable elti:cta on the good rioderstancling be tween the two nations. ffeen though the hot article of the Treaty of 'Amiens had not provided fin the maintenance of that respect which two independent natians owe to each otheri the gem ral maxim; of the law of nations would formally con demn so revolting an abuse of the liberty of the press.. It can out be believed, that the law C 441 give more latitude to a libellist th.ui to ally ;titer individual, who, without declaration 9f war, should permit himself to violate the duties of good neighbour hood The offence in question is so much the more serious, as its abject is evidently to disturb the harmony which subsists between the two GovernMelitS. It is not to Peltier alone, but to the Editor of the " Courier Francois des I.ondres,•• to Gohl:ao, and to other writ,; who re sembie them, that 1 hare to direct the attention ofhis Majesty); Government The perfidious and malevolent publications of these men, are in Of:11 Wiltradiction to the principle 3 of peace; and if it could ewer enter into the mind of the French Uovern• flea to permit retaliation, writeis would doubtless be found in France, willing to avenge their couroryintot, by filling their pages with odious reflections on the most re-pc:table persons, and nn the dearest institutions of Great Britain. The want of positive lases against tiles.: sorts of offences can not palliate the violation of the law of nations, according to which peace should put a stop to Al species of hostilities; and 'd Jubtless those which wound the honour and the reputation of a Govera mem', and which tend to cause a revolt of the people, ioterests are tooihtl,,d to that Government, are the inoNt a:n to lessen the athantagea of 'peace, and to keep up natiotia' - 1 have the honour to be, Sec. (Signed) 0'111). To his Excellency Lord Hawke bury, Sec. it:c. No. XI. Sir, Downing-street, July2B, ISO 2. I have the honour to acknce.vledge the receipt of your letter on the subject of the last number of Pcitier. It is impossible that his Majesty's Government could peruse. the etude in question without the grcate•t displeasure, and without an anxs intli desire, that. the person who published it should suffer the punishment ha so justly cieserces. The calumnies however to which his Majesty's Goveinnirlit, mid many of the hest sub jerts in this country. are frequently xprised in the public prints, must nceecsarily convince all Foreign Governments of the difficulties which exist in. a Constitution like that of Great Britain, in preventing the. abuse whicb is often unavoidably Attendant on the greatest.of all po'itical beat...fits; and though pil'olications of this nature are, as day certainly ought to Iw, by the 1411/ of England, tubject to punishment, it is often ditficult to prose the pat of an ittdisidual so utisfactotily as to - T p - [PRICE SIXPF. CE. obtain the judgment of a Court of Justice; and the inconve nience which arises from prosecution, unless there is a reason able prospect of sue✓.ss; k frequently sefficient to deter It Alt tile Government and itglivtduals front undertalcitik it. In the preNent Cal • I have thought it my duty to rzfer the articl e question to his Majesty' Attorne% General, for his opition whether it is or k not a libel, according to the Corr-true:riot) fit the law of England, and whether it is st«•h a lihel as he would, mto-Nall the circumstances, reiroinntencl for prosecution. As so in at I riteivu his report, I shall have the honour of cuuthtu nicatii:g it to sun. I here the honour to he,..tre. M. Otto, dc. &c. (Signed) 11AWKESBUR1• No. Xfll.--;:TResNSLATIGNee-NOTE. the midersigtsed Minhiter.Plenipousitiaty of the French Re public !hiving sitbitilited to his Goverilioeut the Let b .er w hich his Excellency Lord Ilawketbury; Millittter Mid Principe, Se cretart of State of his Breennic Majesty, slid lint the honour of writing wider clew of the 27th July, is directed to effer the toque/in" isleervations : the e lleitedi Government tolerates censures elm the act of its Adininietratitin, and akC peecusial abuse of the !e'en re speetebei men, it days nut realer even the slightest attempt vie mist the public tranchellity, the fundamental laws of the E mere, and the supreme authority which arises fro's't them. Every melon is, men ever, at liberty to satrifief. any advantage whattiier set its Mimes, iii °Mee to obtain another to which it attaches a higher value ; bet the Cuvernment Which does not repress the liceiutiousneet 6r the pees:, when it in ty be in juriuu; to the honour ur the intereeta of Foreign Power:, would al turd an epportunity for libeiliste to eneanger the public tran quillity, (gat hest the good under:lending that forms the basis of it ; end whenever seth serious iiijiirites re contented in a ros gular and systematic a:teener, doubts must arise at to its own disenstenns. The perticula'r laws and constitution of Great Britain are subordinate to the general principles et the lave of nations, which ;me:merle the lawe. of. each inilhelual state. If aSc a right iu Englaed,to ai'low the most extensive liberty to the ere ee it is a public right of polished illations, '4l the bounden duty of Ouvenitnente to prevent, repress, and punish; every. ateick which migia, by those 11111;:illt, be mad.: against the rights, the interest", and the holiour of Foreign 1' steers. • This metal inane? of the law of nations has never been mistaken withweepaveig the was for tree p ?ate,/ diviiions, ants hat even femislied itt England a plait:dile pretest so those who have written volumes to prove the necessity of the last war against France. Are these men now desirons of presenting to the Conealiir Government a weapon which they have wielded with so much address? And ce a they Ratter themselves that the authority which has signed the Penee hat not power to to:entails it ? . By the first article of the Treaty of Amiens, the two powers agree to afford ao peuttetion, either directl} or indi rect's', to those whe should cause prejudice to any of them. But the greatest oh all injuries doubtleet is, that whicheends to debet,s. a Foreign Gerenifeent, or to excite within its tern. tory civil and religious eorninetione; and the most decided of all protections, is that Which places under tl:e safeguard of the laws, men who 'seek not only to disturb the political tranquil lity of Europe, but even to dieselve the first bonds of society. The undersigned Minister most moreover rib erve, 'hat this is nut a qdreetion re.spectiii events earagraphs, w his h , throegit the inadvertence of 'an ed.tor, love been accidentally inverted in a public print; but it. is a question of a deep and continued seat ant of defamation, directed rot only ageinst the Chief of the French Republic, but egainio all the comicality(' Authorities of the Republic, against the whote nation, repre sented by their libellers in the most cxliouA and degreding terms. •It hat: erten been reioarkei, tlea't many of these prints contein an appeal to the french people, against the Government and fundamental laws of their eimetry. If these observations apply to the English writers, who, for these three nintalis peel, have deluged the public with the nest perfidious and unbecoming yublications, they are still more ap plicable to a class of foreign calumniators, who appeer to avail themselves of the atyIUITI effered them iu England, only for the purpose of the better gtatifying their hatred against France, and dnilermining the foundations of peace. It is not merely by insulting and seditious writings, evi dandy publiShed with a view to circulation in Franee, but by other incendiary papers distribirred through the maritime partments; in order to excite the evil-disposed or weak tants to resist the exeeution oethe Concordat', that these impla• cable enemies of France continue t 6 exercise hostilities, and to provoke the just inclination of the French Government and people. Not a doubt exits of these wrings having bees teen posed and circulated by Georges, and by the former bishop- 9f France. These eten• can no longer be cottsidered but e. red Ss against both political and religious authority ; and after their reiterated attempt& to disturb the good understanding between the two Governments, their residence in Englaed militates openly against the spirit and letter et the Treaty of Peace. The meetings likewise which l e ase taken place in the island of Jersey, and rite otLous Vet; weieli are there framed, in spite of the repretentatiei is which the undersigned Minister has already taken care to make op this sitbjett, wee demand imme diate measuree to be taiall by a Gorerninent, the neighlmur and frieed of France. Other persons (attached, by recolleflion never to be effaced, and by regrets too het fostered, to an order of things which no longer exists in Trance) fled themselves deity implicated by the plcti of thus:• who preteed to !mere them. A , C:1411 of their own repiestoin will without doubt lead them to avoid a fa ce; Of intrigues, with which they ought net to have the least coneeelion: • Peace happily re-estab:ished, the mutual desire of the two Governuiente to render it solid and letting, arse the general in termits of humanity, releire that all these mese, of desatiseic• lion should be dime away,•and that his Meimity's Ministry should, ley fienk and eneepsie measures, manifest their diseit probation of alt the attempt; made to produce new divisions. The undersigned has in consequence received especial orders to solicit, Ist. That his Majesty's Government will adept the most effectual measures to put a stop td the unbecoming and staid- , ous puOhcatiotut with which the newspapers and other writitigs printeel in England are filled. 21. Thee the individuate mentioned inihe undersigned Ml nister's letter of the e3d of July last, shall be sent out of the island of Jersey. Sd. That the fornier Bishops of Arras and St Pol. de and all those who, like them, under the pretext of religion, seek to raise disturbances in the interior of Frence, shall like wise be sent away. 4th. That Georges and his adherents shall be traiwported to Canada, according to the intention Which the u n dersigned has been directed to trahsiii!t to his Government at the request of Loid ilasekesbury. :Ali. That, in order to deprive the evil-disposed of every pretext fur disturbing the good understanding between the two Governments, it shall he re,:ornitiended to the Princes of the !louse oiC Bourbon, at presetit in G.eat Britain, to repair to Warsaw, the residence of the head of their family. 6th. That 6urh of the Frelich Emigrants as still th'olc proper to wer.r the ool.rns and decorations belonging to the antiet.t Government of France, shall be requited to quit the territory of the British Empire These demands are founded upon the Treaty of Amiens, and upon the irrbal assurances that the undersigned Minister has had the satisfaction to reccise in the course 'id' the tutus. ciations, with regard to a mutual agreement for Maintaining tranquillity and good order•-in the two countries. If any one nn panicylar of these demands does not proceed so imm e diately from the Treaty concluded, it would be easy to 'justify •it br str.king examiles, and tti prove how very attentive the British . Government has been in times of internal• fermentation, is ma've from the territory of a neighboiring power those who might endanger tilt pub tc NVltataver may be the protection Whitt the English Taws afford to native writers and to other subjects of his Majesty, the French Government knows that foreigners do ndt here enjoi the same proteetion ; and that the law, *nowt by ther mic of the Alien Act, gives the Ministry or . his Britannic lalujesty au authority which it has ;Alen exeriived :tr•ivas sb• reigners whn residence was pr-luilicial to the of Grait B.irain. Weird z:t St AL`I ~~