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he should know, that if both parties wanted the same thiag, he could not satisfy them ; but if they coveted different chines, he could give one,thing to the firsi, anchthe . oil, • os the second person, nod so _ send both away satiafieda So was it with the French anti British Govertnnents; with resped to the point in question. There were other propositions upon ' which the Governments differed, such as the al !edged 'Libels, alai the Propaaal' to scud 'away - the French Princes, certain T]migrants, and the Bishops.—He meant no offence to the Reverend Bench. With resped to the former proposition, be had read the Papers, but could not ve.C, what in his Mind appeared insolent'on the part of the. French Government—did that appear--did they manifest any inclination to limit the 'liberty of the British Press ? He would not agree to confer a moment on the p o int whether Malta should be kept ten years or in perpetuity—but he would; were he Minister, instantly recall the Ambassador, and roar his•can. nob the very next day. The liberty Of - the Press, with a reference to the domestic concerns of the Country, and witleresped to Foreign Powers, were undoubtedly distiod considerations, hut there were instances of persons being punished here for libels on the Queen of France, the Emperor P.ml,. &c. The laws - ef the Country in those points drew the line cf distinction between right and wrong. The cast . dour with which the Noble Secretary had expressed himself on those points Merited praise ; but in his view cf what appeared in the Papers, what the French Government meant, was no more than that the alledged Libellers shoad be punished. by legal meana used in England; It was unforttinate, he ob. serve, that two nations should be led to destroy each other in consequence of misconceptions • these differences were never suflitiently explained ; dis. cusSion 'on that head was postponed, and Malta was the sole object of Negotiation. He : 11101%ln the coniiud of Ministers reprehensible on 'this . head, they should have demanded the punishment of Libellers on the other side of the water, ttml co - have punished them here instead of suffering both 'parties to go on. After commenting upon somefutther parts of the Documents, his Lordship ' referred to the complaints or the French Govetn: went, with resped to triniadions' alledged to have taken place at Guernsey and Jersey. Those when comgartal to the great objeft of Negotiation, would resemble' the circumstance of any two of their Lord. 'ships having two great estates, and two small fields, ihout which they were contending—their anxiety with reaped to the latter must be comparatively little. In that view it might be proper td have given up those island's, anti 10 have kept Malta as the eon4ideratinti. It was the duty of the House, its the' present issue, seriously to consider the cif. I cumstancea of the Country, a Debt of goo Millions already contended, 'the prosped of increased Taxi.. t ion, and a ditninution . of the Comforts of theaPoor ; all these considerations they should serfoualy'bear: in •mirid before they 'finally decided us to the im. pcirtant subjed before them. *Me DUKE 41' CLARENCE expressed 'his wish to trouble their Lordships with a few observationson the present (*lotion. 'With reaped to the Prelimi. nary Treaty, however far he may disapprove of some of the stipulations, seeing that, upon: the whole, die 'measure was approved by the Country, be voted for it. He regretted the' stipulations about assthey went to leave the English wi t h o u t a Port in the Mediterranean—;aHe likewise regretted • what took place with regard to our respedable Ally the King of Sadinia : with the exception of these points, the Peace, upon the whole, had his support. He was mete of the et rcumstancett which intervened between Odober iSot , and - the conclusion of the• Definitive Treaty--the acquisitions of France, the state of Eutope, and these considerations had due weight" on his mind. He was aware'of the relative.: situation of this Country and France, which he should ever consider her natural enemy. His Royal Highness then adverted to the factious, or isailier infamousl Report of a person who appear. ell to be an atactedited Agent of the French Govern. merit, and whose Report was published in their Of. ficial Paper, he Meant Colonel Sebastiani. It was not necessary to enter at any length into this Res port, to chew the hostile spirit which it breathed, the falsehoods which it contained, or the gross sultsaipon the' British Aritsy and the British Cha. rader, with ,which it was fi lled. Bait it was not to Egypt alone that the Mission of Colonel Sebastiani. 'was—it extended ao the Republic of the Seven Isles, the Independe n ce of which was stipulated for in the Treaty of Peace. ' ' Here the sacred nameaof Religion' was called in to answer the purposes of the French Government, and the First Consul was graciously pleased' to 'take under his protection the Church of this 'lndependant Republic. After, this Report of ae Official Agent of the French Govern. men,, published in an official manner, could any rational man entertairl any doubt as to the hostile views of Fraace opon Egypt but even if' it was., possible, after the perusal of that Document, to en. Certain any doubt upon the . subject, 'it would be only. necessary to refer to the Conversation which passed 6ttween Bonaparte and, Lord - Whitworth. This Conversation, certainty was one of the most Strange that ever was recorded itt - Dipiornatie History; an,, the only way it could be accounted for, on the part of flue First. Consul, was, that it waSatfter'Dinner.--a To this conversation, however, the First Consul by no means disguised his sentiments' about Egypt, and tieclared,Ahat he might have taken it it he had chosen to send '25,000 men there instead of scolding diem . 16 Sr.- Domingo---Was this a proof of a dis. position tO. Peace, or was it art inducement to the British Mioister to give Op that possession which was" so 'well ,calculated to operateas a cheek upon designs against Egypt P—His Royal 'Highness then prueeeded :to-comment with great ability 'upon stiff, rent parts of :that dispatch "of Lord Whit. relative to the conversation, which,' he said, he considered as one of the most important Papers that ever called for the attention :of the Proish Parliament.---With regard to the annexation of a peat part of Italy to the French Republic, end the attack and subjugation of Switzerlend, - these were subjeds strongly' calculated 'to excite the 'Pjiprehensions and the'jealousy of Europe, -but these tha. Firtit Consul of France treated as mere ' • lingaleari, Ha seemed to consider that these vioh;rioos :of the rights of nations and of the faith of Treaties, by him were to go unnoticed and un-. punished, and that . this Country had no:ttght to, stop hi:n in his career. This was the conduit ot France, while Great Btitein, sincerely anxious for the maintenance of Peace, was, with that good . ltith which she always had, and he hoped always would; display, taking the. most•eTedual steps for carry.: ing the Treaty of Amiens into execution. But, it might be urged, that Great Britain had not eve. cored Malta. Upon—this—subjedi: His Royal Highness observed, that although by the Treaty of Amiens, it was stipulated, that Malta should be evacuated by His ntjesty's Forces,. yet the terms and cenditioes uponavhich that : evacuation was to take place were alsodistindly- stated in that Treaty. These terms were , not complied with, the, other . Powers of Europe hed not consented to undertake the guarantee of the dependence of that Island, and .consequently Great Britain was guilty of no infradion of the Treaty by not evacuating Malta; on the. con. trail, she was ailing both according to its letter -andspirit, and as a still further proof of her good 'faith, she had ,repeatedly and earnestly required the guarantee of those Powers, whoseguarantee. elope could have secured the Independence of Malta.— Hit Royal. Highness said, he was present when the Secretary of State _delivered His Majesty's Mes. ..sagi to that ilousein March last, and althuegh no ,man. could be more sensible than hewas of the .hles. sings of Peace, or'.was•more anxious to maintain them, yet ender the circumstances of the case,. he confessed he really heard that IVl4sage with plea. sure. .it was reqaested by His Melesty'e Mini. seers, that the House would suspend tiseir judgment .‘ upon the Merits of the. Negotiation, until all the fails were laid before them, and they could at once determine upon the whole case :—lle had examined the whole of , these Papers with all the attention in his power, and .he was . decidedly of opinion that from that period that Ministers had done their _duty, and supported the dignity and real interests of this Country., If they had ailed otherwise, if, under all the circumstances, they had 'not recalled the .King's Ambassador,. from Paris, they would ..have disgraced both the King and the Country. He looked forward with the most sanguine expede. Lion, that the greatest advantages would result, not Only to this Country, -but to Europe, frbm the line of conduct which they had adopted ; and he trusted he spoke on this occasion the unanimous _sense .of, the House and the Country. But what disposition had beensetiouslysliewn on the part of France to avoid ; the calamities of War ? When His Majesty's Mini. seer hail been in a most gross and unparalleled map, nee insulted in Paris, when application for an ex. ' planation'of 'such extraordinary coraleft was made, WAS it ever given ? No, not to the present hour.— The other parts 'of this Negotiation relined_ prig. cipally to Malta ; upon this point various proposi.: titans were - Made, some that it should be retained in perpetuity, and some that it should be retained, &c. but what was the proposal of the,Government of France at last upon this poira ? Why that - we might retain Malta for-a certain number of years, provided' the French were allowed to occupy Otran. to intl. Tarentum, two important positions belong,. ing to our Ally the King of Naples. Whether this Country could consistently 'with its. honour and good faith have agreed to such a proposition, he would not insult their Lordships with' discussing,. It was' not his intention at present to enter• into a revision of the terms of. the Preliminary Treaty of Pea ce , .or 'to dismiss how far they were ad vantageous or otherwise to.ahis Country, hut per. . haps if -Malta had then been kept, it would have preserved the Country from the: situation in Which it was now placed. But he did not:mean to throw any blame upon Ministers for not having retained, Malta in the Treaty of Peace,: he supposed they had very , good reasons for the stipulations which they made with regard to that Island. When he, saw the stipulations in•the Treaty, however, with regard to Malta, he saw . in it the seeds of a future War. He, however, as he ,before stated, did not blame Ministers, because he supposed. they had very good 'grounds for their conduit. He pettedly agreed 'with the Noble' Secretary of . State that Malta in the hands of England was. not *port of offence hut merely of defence, but Malta in the hands of Vance would, be a port of Offence against Egypt in the first 'instance, and . through • Egypt against our Indian possessions. Situated as Malta was at present, he'did not see how it could remain as an Independent State ; it must, in his opinion, be 'attached to some attest Power. The Order of Malta I.oarbow completely.destrOyed ; its , meinsof'self.preservation weregone, and if it did • notfbelont to Great Britain it. must belong to France.' If Malta was the great objed of the First Consul, If he was so resolutely determinedto obtain it, the interest of Great Britain .to prevent hint from' obtaining it was, proportionably obvious. . Malta was, to be sure,. but a•rock, but its imeor. tame was not therefore the less. Look at the His. • torrof this Country, and particularly during the American War, and it would he found that that War was not - sb much determined by the vidory • obtained by Lord Rodney in the West Indies, on the lath of April,. 1782, as it was by the events that took place on the Rock of Gibraltar. That rock employed the forces, exhausted the resources, and baffled the efforts of the 'United Armies and Navies of France ind Spain. The Princes of the Ab use of Bonr h on, who were stimathned to be wit.. ceases of its Fall, and to. partake in the triumph of its Capture, arrived 'only to'be witnesses of their national defeat and diageace. He therefore nbw . considered 'Malta as equally important, and in some degree as the Salvation of the. Liberties of Europe. If- all the efforts which ihia - Country had made to preserve Peace were ineffeelual, if the boundless • ambition of France forced us _into a War,' we had the advantage of going to War without any division of .opinion'; the People of this C oun . try were unanimous in their opinion t they were attached to the Constitution of:their Country ; 'arid were determined to.defend itsrights, and he trust , ed by their' •conduit upon this occasion, they would open the eyes of Europe -to the dangers with which they were threatened. A NobleTeirl had contended that France was considerably weakened, and that -she bad lost Si. Domingo ; true it :was .had des erve d she had lost it, anti he contended that: 1 1 h er 6on; drat 'she had deserved to lose it. She it by treating with a anttn,• and . afterwards. gross;v violating that Treaty with that man,' who, let his eoinur he svhat it might, had a right. to etpeet that France .vould adhere to an engagement scvsolemnly • mode. But it was to Great Britain alone that it was to be attributed that France was prevented from haying possession of St. Domingo and Louisiana. It was His Majesty's Message to his Parliament, that prevented France from having Louisiana. It was Great Britain that said to France, " you shall not plunder the Possessions of your_Mlicsa. sh4l * . not seize the Colonies of Holland and Spain, you shall not have the Cape, you shalt not have their West India Islands you—shall— have nothing:, bat what Great Britain pleases in the East or in the West, unless you conduA yourself in a very l i different manner."—lt was, hOwever, far fruto his wish, if it were in our power, that we shduld de stroy Irranee ; he did not wish that this country, whatever her power or her sticeesses mightbe,"Shou'l be insolent or oppressive : bur he wished' chew' France that we could resist her aggressions, that we could chastise her insolence.—When the sword was once drawn, it was not for man to say when it should be:Sheathed, or whit should be the issue of the contest ; &it relying, upon the justice of our cause, we might trust with confidence to Divine Providence far su ccess in the contest into which we had been forced . --Upon theSe grounds he should give his a s sent to the motion. Lord AILILG R AVE said, he 'rose to pay his tribute of aiiplause to those patriotic sentinaents'so properly delivered by two-Princes of the Home of Brunswick. Ife thought the Ministers were entitled to the thanks of the House for their forbearance, fOr their patriotic feelings, and for not mixing any thing with the present question, which could give a colour fur any difference of opinion in the vote of . the House on this,ilay. There could be but one 'sentiment upon qi.is'questiOn, in the heart of every man who lived under, and enjoyed the blessings of, the British,,Constitution. He :should, therefore, abstain from commenting upon any part of the sub. left which related to the cunduft of His Majesty's Ministers., ,Without,. however, entering into that part of the subjeCt, there was abundant matter for the consideration of the House—there was abundant matter for deliberation. He wished to enter into the discussion with all the temper and deliberation Which so important a question deserved. It was .eot for a grave and dignified assembly . like that to . give way to those impression, of anger and indig. , nation which every Engli'sfirrian . must upm the perusal of the Papers which-had been laid before them. was for that House to repress the indig. nation which they must naturally feel,• and to give a cool and dispassionate judgment upon the docu• mer i ts which had be,.n laid before them, and. upon the whole of the conden of the French GoiernMe n t to this Country.—The Noble Lord whO had spoken last hut one had delivered a Speech which he should feel the greatest dif fi culty in answering, because a greater display of • English feeling, and 'French par tiality he never remembered to have heard. If the, Noble Lord., had been a VentritOriuiit, and had taken upon himself to give in his own person a spe. cimen of a Debate in, the House of Lords, he could not have dorie it better. At one thin. his Speech was all English, at another :time. all French. It was with the most profound estonishment, however, . that he heard the Noble Lord', talk :of giving up the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, these Islands which had been so long united to, and were so ain cerelyattached to Great Britain, the advantage' of which we had so often experienced in war, the benefit of which we had so constantly experienced in time of peace those Islands 'Which made a vigo., urns defence ttpoo former occasions against the com mon enemy, and whose exemplary rejection of .every, principle of Jacobinism, ought to endear thein for ever to every Eeglishman. But the Noble Lord wished the Country to forget their services, to forget their attachment, to forget the advaotage, that this Country derived from • them, and to part with them upon the most dis graceful principle that could be conceived---What ever might be his .general feelingsfuoan the ierusal of these fasters, of many grounds of War which the. •conduel of France had given us, he was anxious, that we'should suit*, adhere to the Treaty we had Made,. that the National good faith should be 'inviolate, and that we should' not violateany of the engage. mots which we had entered into With France.— , Upon the most minute and deliberate examination which he h a d been able td give to. these Papers, he was decidedly .of :opinion, that Great. Britain had adhered to the Treaty, that s 1 had, aeted with lib' usiialNational good faith, that she had not vio- . laced : any Of her engagements ,with France—h' was; ready to , ask, and ;o abide by the opiglOn of all Europe, upon these points. Had thrfe not been since the conclusion' of the Treaty of Peace, ads committed, by the Governmeat of. France, tending. to a great increase of her poWer—adit in violation of all the, Rights of Nations, awl manifesting an enormous ambitioo, which was ! checked only by the want of means, to eXeCtIV: it ? Did there now exist, or had there at any time hied, a possibility on the part of this Country, of executing the letter °robe .spirit of the Treaty .of. Amiens, with regard to Malta ? llad they. oat,: in the Papers before them, .prooktif such repeated aas of aggression on the patt.eallsratice, as made it im. poisible for this Country to fulfil the Treaty of Amiens, consistently with its safety and indepeo.: dance ? France. had annexed to herself a large part of ftalyi. yet this was considered by the Etat Con. mil' as a mere Bagittelle,. not. worthy of notice But this was not alt ; in' a very short time after. wards came the,subjugation of,Switzerland, which wasahe only barrier bet ween rrance_ and the accom. : plishment of some of her must ambitious To this was added, . in the last stage of the Negri dation, the conquest:of Holland. In the Treaty. of Peace, the Independence of the Batavia', Re, public '(for that was the name it was now 'to be koown by) was stipulated. for ; but neither the niek,name which France had given her, rl:4 the solemn stipulations of a Treaty, could preserve her Independancee--It had been said, that Ministers had . not interfered by any official representation upon the, sullied, 'but ,thvy. hat intetpoiied in a more effedual maiinee—ohey had ioterpased by keeping the Cape and our usher cnntrests. When he trier,_ tinned the conquest 4,1-I , 4l 9 (ta t ti of Switzerland, pahap * the congeniality' hertween the di-position of an Englishman and a Swiss might induce the people I Of this Cottntry to give . re the preference to the latter; hut ever eince the reign of Qeieeel Elizabeth, the interests of England and of Holland had been, with ' few exceptions, united. He asked whether Be': all these reasons there were not sufficient gr'ottilai to justify • Ministers in leering Malta ? But net.: withstanding all these insults and aggravetiein, the Ministers of this Country declared that they wer TS4cirio . eXcellit_.tite__Treety. with resEa M. th ''' evaeultion of Malta, provided the other s oeuLte ~ tions relating to it could be carrked into I . T . zai :.Here the Noble Lord entered - into some dei 3 i l ""'' chat part of the Treaty w hick re:laced to.. t!'e • Island of Malta : 'he skewed very clearly thet gone of the arrangements' vt•hich oug ht to lee., cede the evacuation of.. Malta lid taken placee and consequently . that. this Country could note riot was bound, upon any principle . . to deliver it V. Sue their obje4 was to hove Malta; as, a meaei ei facilitating their designs upaa Egept e and thi s IA been openly avowed by France with a kind of inc• pudent candour, enel insolent sincerity... 1..1ic, 1 C .4); Lord then adverted to the system cif the First Ceeed • in sending- Military Spies into other Countriese the. name of qornmereiel., Agents. 'Col; Si""east was, he said, one of this description : i'c w '" s '' t to,Egype under the pretence of demanditn; the ere thuimetsiconli. i o n f erxlalemeienttitelogriat,hebustt:tne loa::i.ii2l:lepetta.',:lirit'ci,. I Forte, &c. He, then ; went to , the tueienWeet‘ltee and theee : you find this Commercial Agent,L4l(e_te'lf.4'. to excite discontents, and declarieg that 14; o° l - c r,, ' were reedy, at the first oeportunitye to tbrenv, selves into the hands of,France. ; ;t:situehl he o. o * leeted, that the Independance,of the Republic ,e l l l ' . Seven Wands was positively stipulated Inf., ' O4 t the Government that called up on tr. til this was ; .1. literal execution of a Treaty. Even if they tt tic P ' lay Malta out of their 'consideration, there. were. ample' grounds for .the, cantina which jeliilocis had adopted in the : repeated acts 'of ies,'lt '"lt I ° ' aggression' which France had coMmi tied teeilile. ' this Country,. and which no IntlepereLmt . St' could for a moment ,submit to.: • Wiebisn'ieia-. Short months after the Treaty of PeectClWH e , 14 , 44 . demanded that all the Emigrants ,. 13ishor+ l ' e! ' . who had taken refuge in this C c i o ntrt:,4 l 4" driven out of it. This was treatini; us ;as trier' hide: treated the King, of Naples ; and if tl.ey h , id eeilleel in this, the nem thing they would lave ' l ,l would have been . to . punis`h any persons %rho lee. shewn an attachment to the c;in , c ~, s FrAnce'. NV' per . randy , and O'Connor would . 1136! beett sent _ over to this Country, and positive, Orders tv,ottla harv" been given -that we _ should not melcst the ta, this was not all, we were called ur n to cliog . c 0 " ( Constitution, to give . up the Palladium of oa l' i. berries, the Liberty , of the Press, and this w"' asked et a moment when the French Gev Was antliOriZing tbC-rnOst licentionS attach ° r i ll thiEiiti,h Govcrnment in her Official. Fapeis, : I '" s compelling . Ileutral States to insert in their ,r4i'c r e. libels. upon Qteatßritain—lei trusted ileit t he ii.ra r : and 4 . 4140 Comliea which , this C oun try 11.4 7:, thn i occitsiiin adopted, wouldst 14 es.iniP ie .) , o f trope, mod he tret;ted 'het we shou)d, by “,-:',, i t severe lesson, reach the 'Fir-st COnsul that " r e Britain 'alone w,s able - 1' ii"'''' l' • nic- ' ~ to resist her aggtessions, and to pueis;i I , cr ll 'ir it ; / * e el • ' Len • AfELPALE said, .he a"." ~0 : ,1,,e eiive, that no Npble Lold heel mkee . ' i n tne e•e . e . ' ' • , se .. . to t eep., who did not criesider Malt'', ' ,, itlt e vi e ' ' 'ivith erentent 28 of essential impOrtanee to this Coun tr Y; t i, i t in respea to ; that Island, the article rel.ili"'e 'tee m ed the Treaty of Amiens hid been renderea bY ~ ~,„l a in:caiAble of execution ;no reliance t` hate or Ix placed On the prOpwed gent-a:flees of ." 1 " . le re . wilutosnsisa'evilemn9gthheh s e l ' ig tl i t i o te ught, 'het Per ba r ! sc'n witlt I fi i c a i n a c i e to mig t h i t s b e e t p , : n ic t e rl d ..s u t po ua n iii l li i n; l l l nt a ,c t c al wo ß l s i "' :' i—„, - . e_ : however, should hear o f the VP" f e tc h' these eoceerlhos placed; of g t e h n e er g a t i l l a Y ran ' t e et o in f g' Fr n a o rec re e?. -A h 6ce ° c-c)::. t j 'e! as, k n 00in g , the guava' therefore left to Great .Britain alonC, CO sv t he Power it - nroperly I;eonged, as I" )ss " s ` n ritY ,greatest maritime steength,, and, e e ereat s ll .l l FOle e e f of Naval power., "He thought, that the best. t i , nsit ' 3 . )r this Country si•ould'be the poisession or 1.1 , 1 , c,i in perpet u i t , . a • we, were fairly c 1 - , to it by ee • - •It supertorlty of maritime EP - trg e , a ; ; tin ,- • b e cause.''Ue possession al it was ot: the ar"•'', ( e, o ur. tee! ea in tie . with. • view to tee' ypt: oi 4- ', - , t 't o f n0 . ' " 19 PosseesiOns: In this respeel ke th: l'cr u ' i e e e tee Papers upon the Table had tei,Xte4 1' 4 1 11 ,, i i c from a considerable weight that oppreqed .i t, ... `, 5 tats show_ sal never forget the man meleachols/lire'eive bad passed since Ate conclusion of I nc p e '',l,,o* Treaty, by 'which .this. Catintry: give nll. t h is 4. session of Malta. The . importance. of that .. o ,iii., was great an,tl material ; that importance. vv 3s te , cietitly proved during. War, whee tht 1;: c. session of it by Bonaparte , enabled hiln toe u „, l' ,i e st tike his well-known adventurousenterPi ii ! t . .; t iti. Egypt; and when the . possessio n icily ,th.i % at try, enabled us afterwards to undertake, o!rcgotte, and socceisini Expedition against the. 6 !'q w „„ tr eel try, each of which Expeditioos Was .I • — s i e rt in e in elicit through the means of the put ~tiff PI , Malta. Whether they considered the 't c 7 i ,e, of v-gYrt, ,and copseqeently *lndia, from .i't i i we. or whether they considered the gene,c, a r ` tot e. terests of this • Ceuntey, the . Article o 4 the , CO" of Amiens which related teethat Island tlio ; ie et no benefit to Greaußritain. , Nothing less 1 t o le' complete British 'Gnatantee coughs VOW t ° ` 4 0 1 rated ; Ist us now por e ess it in perpetui t Y 1 1 ,,a ought not to consent toSicy other arrengernen!' ve, we had now a den to begin where we O t t to Much might be said of the right of this C9l oll ,,, c i t ee retain Malta, and it. would. be lay nu means tliw or , idaoa i t Cu) prove that we had a right to retain tl'en•-•,. • els • i British purposes. He.did not think that the IY ) , l ig r i 0 of Saint John of Jerusalem ever coold or rush y ,t• f be restored to the Governnwnt of Maio, Pa"' is . • o abitat' larly . if a proper regard m „„ s . hewn to t h e t . _ oire of that Island • and it woultlhe reconciled char: 4 of we besieged iitlalta during the lat e War> vi e `of 1,1 Maltese therniclves who' hlocic.ed up the l a s : o fTuo V a lft(e. With this proper regard iin"- 3 [le t !el. for the rights of the Maltese, he did not.thin 1 , t o e t the Knights .of 6:tint John of Jerusalem 04 , ~,,,, be restored to the possession of that ISPn.“,., tile lv OW c ould . thry now be reseored consittem..; I ,„' nl rti) , ought it'y i rules 'tif the Order ; this Country t .: