The Sun. — London, England, 1803-04-25 00:00:00

4{ IL PARIs, A? n. ze. MALTA.--Cp his arrival, M. La DAILLI:' Ruzi, Minister Plenipotentiary and Lieutenant . of the GRAND MASTER, presented his Letters of Credence, to tnr English Commandant, Mr. and , demanded. of - him the possession. of the, Island s of Malta, Cox°, &c. 'Mr. BALL -ans4ered Verbally, that he had no orders from his Court- au. • thorizing him to evacuate those Islands. • M. Buz' then wrote to the Ettgli.h Commandant, and remarked, that the verbal communication did not appear to him to be sufficient ; . he, therefore,' begged of him to explain himself in:writing. Accordingly Mr. BALL made a written conununi. cation to M. Iluzr, dated March 2, and of which the Mowing is an extrati. • " You will h<<ve the goodness to observe, that it 141 certain • the Powers invited, conformably to the itipulations of the loth Article of the Treaty of Amiens, to guarantee the rndependence of Malta, have not agreed to that Measure ; and that I have no . authority to put an end to the Government of His 13aITANNIC MAJESTY in this Island,without special: orders from my Court. "'Your Excellency will also observe, that it is I thy wish to dissuade the Grand Master from coming to reside here. In this view I beg you will 'recoiled that I have already spoken to him. " With resped to your observation, that thi Grand Master hoped to. have-immediate possession of. the Palace in Valetta, I have apprised you,- that in the present circumstances, I am:unable to cafitply with the wish of his Eminence, because it is indis. pensably necessary that his Extellency, Gen. 1711,.. 1-P.TTP., and myself, should continue to occupy that Ilnuie, on account of the Official Duties of our te. spettive Departments. I must, however, observe' to your Excellency, 'that, at the same time,' made.. a tender of the Palace Du Boquet, which appeared to me a suitable Residence, until he could enter up. on the fun lions of his Government : but as the Pa.. lace D, Bnquet is at' present unfurnished, I took' • the liberty to suggest, that it would be preferable,' and much more cpnvenient to the Grand Master, to remain some time longer in his present residence + in Sicily ; and especially, as it is no more than ft day's sail from hence. " Finally, his Eminence may be assured, that the moment I shall be authorised to resign the Go. , vernme nt , I shill communicate the circumstance to • " I have the Honour ' to be, &c." M. Buz:, seeing that the English Commandant persisted in refusing to give up Malta to him, ap. plied ro the French Minister for his good.offices on the_ occasion. . . M. Bo rt , by a Letter dated the :sit of March, represented Anew to the English Commandant, the inconveniences which May result from his condutt ; and, at the same time, informed him of his appli cation to tht French Minister in order to obtain his interference. . To this letter, the E ng li s h CommandanitetUrned an answer, of which one phrase, as follows, is of essential importance. " 1 have the honour to assure" you that I shall be always' ready to co.operata with .. his Excellency the French Minister, with reaper to i the tenor of the Article in question (the tenth of the Treaty of Amiens). The French Minister in answer to the' requisition '. of his interference, immediately wrote. to M..13u zr, i i and assisted him that a j ust an d f a i thful interpreta tion of the Treaty left no doubt respeaing theeva r citation. of . Malta, by the English, and the right of 1 its possession by the Order. 1 The French Minister has transmitted. to the Grand Master a copy of what he wrote on, the occasion' to the English Minister, which was to the . following effect: " The Mini ster Plenipotentiary of the French Republic at Malta ' has received t h e N ote w hi c h his ExCellency the, Minister Plenipotentiary of His. tritannit Majesty did him the honour to address to him, 'the 4th of March, in answer to that which the Undersi gne d trans m itted to him,on the zti day of that . month. ' " Before he specially replies to this Note, the French Minister thinks it proper to State to his Ex&lleney the Minister of Entand; that the Ambasisador Extriodinary and Plenipthentiary of the Prand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusa. le has requited by a formal application' to the Frch Republic, the int e rf ere n ce of its Minister at Mho, in order to induce the English Minister to forego his opposition to the immediate execution of the loth Article of the Treaty of Amiens, and to concur in its accomplishment. " The Undersigned in considering the Note Which he'has received from. the, Minister Plenipo; tentiaiy of England,. and also that which his Ex cellency has 'addressed to M. Bum, perceives that both these Notes contain a' similar •reruial to accede to theltrinlediate execution of the article in Tiestiun, and that in both this refusal is grounded on the same pretexts. His Excellency alledgei that the Powers invited under the Article to guarantee the stipulated arrangements, not having acceded to the measure, he does not think himself authorised to fulfil tbe Article, and further that he has received no special instruffions frOm his Court . , for resigning the GO. Ntrnment of these 'lslands. to the Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. "' With resped to these two points the Under. signed has the honour to represent to his Excellency the Minister of England ' 4- First, that the independence of these Isles, and the arrangements inr question being put by the 6th paragraph of the lolls Article Of the Treaty of Amicns, under the protedion and guarantee of the six leading Powers of Europe ; Fiance and Great Britain, the, two ContraEting Parties, and those who called upon the-other Powers to guaran.. tee a clause in their Treaty of Pface, isurely cannot, Without the greatest . scandal and reproach, be•the first to refuse to execute those arrangements, to assert that independence, and to grant that protec 7 tion , and guarantee. Secondly, That the invitation proposed by the • 1 3th paragraph of the said Article, to the other Powers, to accede to its stipulations, is nothing but a respeft ful and honorary proceeding, and onsequelit )y those Powers . *are at full liberty to refuse.t-- Bur it it otherwise wish reslAett to France and Great . . Britain, Who hare siiptilaierl for their proielAion, and accepted the guarantee, inasmuch as they have signed the Treaty which provides for these cdnii derations, and which virtually places them at the head of, those Powers to whon't the invitation is addressed. It Thirdly, That the Non.contrading Powers are frce to refuse their guarantee, foi the additional reason of its being set forth, that they have The op tion to decline the charge: hut it would be absurd to imagine that such a refusal shauld involve the nullity of the Treaty of Peace, and disengage,from their obligations, the Contrading Parties.' Fourthly,—That to ground on so trivolonv pretext, and such an evident sophism, a refusal to execute that to Which it has solemnly agreed, would be a breach of faith unworthy of a great Power, and with which England cannot wish to sully its charader. "Fifthly,—That this 'delay in accepting an honourable charge (supposing it to exist) on the part of the Non-contrading Powers, certainly ought not to operate to the prejudic r e of a third Power, which has been solemnly recognized and established by the Contraeling Parties, unless these last be in. dined to viplate their own engagements, the faith of Treaties, and the law of Nations. Sixthly,—That Russia, Austria, and Prussia, if, in faCt,they have not yet acceded, as alledged by the English Minister, are, doubtless, far from thinking, that by such delay they suspend the re establishment of the Order of Malta, , the fulfil ment of the Treaty of Amiens-, and risque the trim quillity of Europe. The undersigned begs his Ex-' cellency • to consider what the feelings. of these Powers must be, when they shall he apprized, that they have served as a pretext for the violation of a Treaty of Peace so solemnly concluded. 44 With mite& to the declaration made by the English Miniiter, that he has no special instruc tions from his Court o restore the government of those Isles to the Grand Master of Malta,' the un dersigned has . , the honour to observe to his Excel lency, that, in quality of Minister Plenipotentiary of His Britannic Majesty, the paramount and im mutable.rUle of his conduel is specified in the Treaty itself; and such has been so clearly the sense and intention otitis Court, that, in the full powers - tvith which it invested him, and of which be cominuni. cared a copy to the undersigned, it is expressly . . stated, J 6 You shall, .on arriving at Malta, invu t ...' diately inform, General V; AL, that His Ma irsijr big thsiroms to execute with the greatest fidelity the stipulations which have been entered into h . ). the De. .finitive Treaty of Peace; ylu are ordered to take, in concert (with 10n, the neeessaty steps for carging into lea the stipulations of the loth Article of the Treaty." His . Excellency, perhaps, is invested with another office in this Isle ; bur, in the capacity of a Public Minister, these contradiCtory qualifica tions, these opposing duties, are, not acknowledged by the 'French Republic ; and the undersigned re cognizes here, in the person of his Excellency, no, other than the Minister •Plenipotentiary of His ,Britannic Majesty, charged by. him with the exe cution and the maintenance of .Treaties. it Without doubt, the English Ministe r• has pro. foundly refliaid on the probble ionsequenees of Atoaapposition which certainlyimust astonish all Eq. rope. fie ought, however,. to perceive, that this refusal is a_maniiest_ violation of the Treaty of Te'ace, - and that the British Government, in order ' toiustifyits'intentions, •and 'to give a striking 'in stance of its good faith, should openly disavow a proceeding so inconsistent with its honour, and throw • all the - odium of it on the -.Minister who ,should sanetion it without positive orders, • For, if, 1 contrary to all appearance, this violation of a Treaty' which has restored Peace to the.world, be not dis. approved by - His•Biitannic Majesty, the First Con. sul.of the French Republic would deem it.. inctun. bent on him to appeal to the tribunal of Europe, 'on which occasion he.. would indubitably find as many . Allies therein as there are Powers friendly to Peace, and jealous of their dignity, their• independence, of the rights of Sovereigns, 'and the due mainte, :lance of the faith of • Treatis. " The undersigned, therefore, in the mo•it'ex. plieit and formsl 'manner, seconds the requisitioWi made of the English 'Minister, in the name of the Grand Master of Malta, by his Ambassador Exura ordinary, and Plenipotentiary, M. BUM, and, in ainiepience claims the most speedy and entire exc.. oftion of the 4th Stdion of,titt Loth Article in the Treaty of Amiens." The French and English Ministers have each sent complimentary letters to the Grand Master.' The English Minister has given him to under. stand, that he believes•it would be more expedient the Grand Master should remain at Messina until the decision the Cabinet of London be known, Which he promises to communicate as soon as ,he shall learn-it himself. Li the' mean time, he offeri the Grand Master .1-country.hothe, du,uld he be strongly inclined to repair to Malta. Th:. Grand Master has answered the English Minister, that having fulfilled, through the medium of his Lieutenant, the provisions tat the Treaty of *idols, as fir as they resPeet the Grand Master, ,he shall remain at` Messina until the evacuation of the Island takes place, or the decision of the Courts 'be known. The French Minister invitea the Grand Mas. ter to repair to Malta without dejay :--to which the Grand Master has ,replied, that having perforated his part, &c. he considered any other line of con. duet, in the present moment, as haz,l'irdous ; and that he should wait at Alessino until the deeision of the Powers in question be knOwn. The following Article has appeared in an Eng lish jottrnal (,'list &iturdv, April -v6.. '' ,ThoviAst, the present Grand 1110ter of Malta, haS only, been - aPpointed through the trigues of France ; but his Lieutenant, M. Dr, is at - Wally a Frenchman, and, withoUt doubt,' devoted to the interests of France. Supposing that the guarantee, announced by the Moulteur, to exist in fad, what security could, England have, 'under such a gnarantee, against the possession of, the Ldand by the French, when the Lieutenant of the Grand Master is a Fretirbotott. in,contempt of the stipu . . lations of'the Treaty Of 4:nietts, Which prclndei . any Frenchman ftanz apprlainifig to'llie'Oftli.i of Si. efieratolemil". irteilar assertion„ are made, and with equal 'con. Hefter, in all the Fil;lish paiiers,.whiCh.are written inthe saint spirit, that appeared that day. It is,.howevtr,.grossly fare, that the Commanbr BfriLL t Buzz is a Frenchman. He is of,san ltilian family, which has been fir several centuries reident in a town in the Papal dominions, about fieleagnzs distant from'Rome. M. 13;tri..i.i Butt wp, born in that town.' Certain English Journalists have a wonderful klAck at maiii,ng absurd suppositions ti',be by imputa;iop ;• which are not less absurd. They reison with ~the; same good. faith and logic, as the wolf in the fable. We recognise here the inclins. rims 'and spirit 01 that ferocious beast ; but we do nct see any lamb ready .to let itself be deVoured.— (ifoiliourj Br a Decree of the GoVernment, Foil St. Charles, at Bane Terre, Guceigloupe, is to bear• in future the nitre of Fort Richepawse. We read in Let- Armonefs de Dunkei-que, of the tzth---•"- Yesterday- morning the- wise precaution was taken of laying an embargo upon all our ves sels destined for the cod fishery. This measure will preserve to us,-, in case of hostilities between France and England, several good sailors and good vessels, and .ave us from an immense loss. Not withstanding this ael of prudence, tliaated by the s3licitude and fosesight of Goveinmenr, all the !suers from -Paris are pacific, and it is even isaid that -Peace is little short of certain." HAMBURGH, APRIL g.—All the accounts from Germany agree in announcing that, the Courts of Prientra and Berlin, have resolved to preserve the most exatft Neutrality in the event of a renewal of hostilities. We are assured that Prussia will ceive the Vessels of both... Nations into its P0rt3.... The ,EMPEROR Of GERMANY appears willing' to adopt the same system. Although the decision of Russia is not yet known, there is reason to believe that it will be in favour of Peace. It is asserted, that General Dußoo will make, immediately, a se. cond journey to Berlin. - BEAN?. APR It. IQ.—The q.zd Demi.btlgade proceeded on the 7111 to Lrieerno. Two Battalions of French Troops have already passed St. qothard. They will be followed by five others. These Troops will proceed to Milan. - •, • CAPE FRANCOIS, MARCH 6.—On the 22J ult. the Divisi,m.of Leghorn, consisting of several 'thousand men, efFeited its diseinbarkation. This augmentation 'of force le-animated the courage of the Colonists. European merchandize hag cousi. derably risen in price. Confidence increases in pro_ portion to the 'measures which have been employed for the rcdustion of the Rebels. ' General ROCHA/41MAX has just transferred his Heact.quarters to Poil.au-Prince, whither the Civil and Military .Admioistrations also proceed. The Rebels have retired two leagues from the copi.. No delay will now take place in the opening of the Campaign :---already some hundreds of Negroes have returned to the habitations .of the Plain. The Epidemic 'has not made any ravages here; and, what is equally fortunate, we appro.►cit twarly the propitious . season. VIENNA; APRIL B.—Citizen CHAMyAc; NY, the French Ambassador, has prescribed, in,colieen with Count IkAsoomousKY, a Note to the First Minister of State, Count Con itriXist., requesting, in the most pressing manner, the linperial Court to giie its ra. titivation to the determination of the liwpire, de creed in the Conclusum or the Diet. These Mihi. sters have had several - Conferences upon the sat jet count COB'E NZ t t. ;et first offered to ratify such - parts of the Conclusion as related to the Indemnities,' re serving some other points fur future Consiticrution, but he - at length gave reason to hope thit.t his Itnpe. riat Nlijesly would accede to'the whole of the Cow- A second Courter has brought dispatches from Count STAIIREMUERG, our Minister 'to Bail rAxvic MAJETY, which state the hope of a recon. ciliation, which is the snore Ibunded, as' two great Powers are td interfere,. in order to strpoth the difficulties Adith still subsist. Letters froin state, that the new PACIii, of i3rtaltAUß 'arrived before that place on the March, accompanied by a numerous corps of Siiabis.. He .was received in the most. friendly mariner by the Chief of the Janissaries, and the Prkc . tiA of SA. riATz, who went to meet him. In the evening the' l'AcitA entered Bdgra:le, amidst salutes of artillery and the acclamations of the Inhabitants. He was received with all the honours due to his He will not inhabit the Palace in which his prede. cessor was assassinated, but that of the former Co. vernors. . Every thing retrains `at present pet - leafy tranquil. FRANKFORT, 'APRIL B.—Great movements are remarked in every part of Italy; which is occupied by French troops,. Great reinforcements are very shuttly expeeted. _ General MtritAT has expedited several Couriers to konse and ./Yap/es, and we are assured that he deraaYids . a passage' for a body of 30,000 men, which; if war brc.iks out, will proceed to Sicily, to area from thence an expedition against Malta. —Every body disapproves highly of the conduit of the English, who, under vain pretences, obsti. :lately refuse to evacuate that island, which the Government, however, promised in the most solemn mariner, to place in the hands of the Grand Master., The latter (M.' DE THQMASI) has attempted in vain to obtain the consent of OK English Govern. men! to deliver up 'Mahe, and to take possession of it in the name of the Oder. The Neapolitan Barr son. which is now in that:island, mu)' be calla prisoners of War to the English, who occupy all tie fortresses: gni! who du not suffer a single Neamlitan soldier .to enter the town of Palette; Theartillery of the Neapolitans is in the power of the ,English. 'Their Chief alone resides in the capitd of the island with his Etat Major, but he is in a itate of sarveillapice. • "De Engli s h officers announce, in a high tone, thtt l.cir Government has made arrangements for the le , 7 iling of Malta, and that it will send thither conslierable reinforcement s, They expett the, Eniilsti garrison' from Alexandria, which ill an insuledional 'movement, forced General ST VAR T, the .nglish Commander in Egypt,: to sign an en gagrient, by which he promiled to depart with . . theni . frOni lipt, in ihe course of the ninth of March. `chiLs is spoken of in different hele' Cert.' th't t he - ylays ; ,tt appears nevert s. , te port which Was spread, off' zi battle between the English -RUA. the .Turks, is void Offoundation. The y most authentic ads ices inform tic, that the ravages . of the-plague, and , the disagreements to which the English were daily eipPsed 'ori the, parr of the Turks, who did not wish to suffer any longer the stay of those whom they. called in fi dels, induced the English . in fin-Cc their General to quit Egypt in spite of the orders of his Court', which had enjoined hidi to remain .there some months !Unger. APRIL 21. The :Commissary of Marine :it liourcleatti has re. , ceiVed the folloWing Letter from Citizen BERTII%I, the • 'coicAnial Prefer at Mar/in/co, dated ; 17th March :- " I am so m u ch o f y our ' op i n i on as to the. means of preserving tranquillity herei that ever since I took possetsion, I have f enforced the' Buick Code With as much rigour as. it was exercised befOre 1789. The Men of Colour, who under the English Government enjlyed a greater degree of moral liberty than.they did-Under our old Govern.; mem, begin to be accustomed to the restriction'' `now placed upon them. I h therefore, this Colony will remain -safe, not wi:hstanding its neigh hood to Guadaloupe. We make every, ship coming thence, undergo a species of quarantine, in order to preserve ourselves , from the spirit of insurreaion, which Unfortunately prevails in that Island. I send 'you some Decrees; which•have been passed respecting the Finances and Commerce. You will,perceive . the nicature*which ' 'I thought necessary to adopt in favour of the Mci. flier Country, 1 hare driven yd some &ilia, Met:" chants who were settled here, whose industry was very injurious to us. Wine is at this time very low in price, but we entertain hopes that the Eng lish will come and purchase some shortly. I en. courage the Spaniards to settle here, and do every thing I can to break off all connexion with the English Colonies, particularly . Trinidad; but you knoW how difficult it is' to conquer etwom." &WS!? 1.4 1 Mail 17.—The English Squadron :Illicit was lately seen off Ostend, consisted of six Frigates and . some Cutters. They cruized along the Coasts of Flanders and Zealand, to the Mouth of the Meuse, where it was supposed they would join another Squadron of three Sail of the Line and • two Frigates, to watch the Expedition which Was to sail to Louisiana ; bUt •as that Expe. dition it now suspended, they will probably still cruize along the-COWS of Holland to observe the military preparations which arc cairying . on. MAORID, A Vlt IL 2.—While England and Ft'uoce are making preparations. for War,' our Government has Ordered all the Shiley of - War which were at Carthagena to be (Hint:in:W. There are in the Magazines at Cuthagena neither Previsions, -nor : Cordage. - . . . PAR ISI F4S4IONg. SINcR the weather has become favourable for walking, the taste of our - women of fashion has been, employed in improvements of their half-dress. A ruff for the neck, which is in the English fashion, cnnsistiolfour or five different pieces, and is puck erect, not plaited, forMs the most remarkable of the new ornaments. A maslin rube, which falls even to the ancle, is worn w ith, the ruff; over it is another robe of the same,, without any , ' train. YelloW atraw . h atg , with tartan, or lilac ribbons, are much in vogue. Hats at lilac crape are. again in fashion, turned up before, and decorated _with a natural, or a fancy flower. . An imitation of the - Russian hats, with a large cockade on the turn up, and distinguished by the 'name' of thripedu.dague, has bet lately worn at : Longehamps—The Pamela straw hats. With broad brims, are the,most common. CORN EXCHANGE, :AralL as. . . . Tuts morning has produced hut little.Whot at Market, and rather lull ni.jlayers, sales in general are 'invade.. tit ' xi. per quarter advance; likewise skirt of. B 4 rl . ey ; but the . late full supplies- cause tile price of this article to be but little dearer ;, we see little alteration In Pease or Beans ; the :supply .Of Oats is alsb smart, with brisk sales at . full is. dearer ;`Flotir remains as ast week. tviip t 455 a jZs :a 53i od Tick. Beans - 24$ a2O pi, iiiie ditto - Sys a 6os 0;1 Oats - . tss a iSs A 21. i Ila . rkry . 2os a ass . or! Pollnd ditto 22S 4 234 6.i Wit, - • 4 1 s. a 451 6d Rape Seed - - p 1 a3O Rye - - •32. s a ris od Fine FlOitt -43 s a .17i (~..t white Pease . 3is_ a- 4is oil Second do - 4os a 4.,r Beans . 2i5 a 3.3 s bd . On Tuesday last, in consequence of an altercation at a public-house in Sheffield, two labouring-men, the One from - Yorkshire, the other from DetilyAidre, agreed to , fight. each other like gentlemen, and pis tols being provided, they met . in the yard. 'they fired without eff.A, and the Seconds interfered,. but , they insisted on continuing the combat. On the se.' cond fire the Yurkshire4nan fell, when his antagonist exultingly exclaimed vietory ! The other, how. et er, rising, and, finding .liiinwlf still a whole man, in,isted (.11 Wood, and proposed firing muzzle to muzzle. In this periloui moment, the- Yorkshire. man*, wife appeared on di,' field of, battle, ard car. tied off, her linsband in her iirms. Thc iffair, ho.v. ever, might .have terinina - ted in a sane.uinary min• ner, but the Seconds had forgotten to load the pis. cola.. wi th ball. t.