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• TO HIS PARLIAMENT, MAY iSth,
1803; AND REFERRED TO IN THE
DECLARATION INSERTED IN OUR
LAST,
N— j—
O. I.—sea Letter from M. Otto
to Lord Hawkefbury, May 23, 1802,
notifying the appointment of General
Vial, as Minister Plenipotentiary to the
Order and Bland of Maha.
No. 2—ls a Letter from Lord
Hawkefbury to M. Otto,dated May 24,
1802, lignifying the appointment of Sir
Alex. Ball, as His Maj Iley's Minister to
the Order.
No. 3 —ls an Extra& from a Dis
patch from Lord St. Helens to Lord
Hawkefbury, dated Peterlburgh, April
23, 1802, which dates, that there was
reason to fear that His Imperial Majes
ty would decline taking part in the
proposed guarantee of Malta.
No. 4 —An Eatra& of another Difi
patch from Lord St. Helens, dated Pe
terfburgh, May 7, 1802, which Rates,
that there was reason to hope that His
Irr peral Majesty might be ultimately
induced to join in the guarantee.
N 0.5.— Is a letter from Lord Hawke
fbury to Mr. Merry,'Rating that His
Majesty was ready to confider the E
ledion of a Grand Master of Malta, at
^ererfburgh, to be void, and that it was
desirable that the French Government
Should inftru& without delay, their
Ministers at Peter ffiurgh, Vienna, and
Berlin, to invite those Powers to accede
to the guarantee.
No. 6.—ls a Dispatch from Mr. Mer
ry, dated June 17, 1802, which states,
that Mr. Merry, had made the requisite
communication to the French Govern
ment, and that the French Ministers at
the Courts of Au(lria,Ruffia, and Pruf-
La, Ihouid receive instructions to invite
those Powers to accede to the guaran
tee oi Malta.
/ No. VII.
PARIS, JUN 2 4, T&Q
£iy LORD,
I bad occasion to fee M. Talleyrand
yefkrday afternoon, for the purpose of
introducing to him, by appointment,
some English gentlemen, previously to
their presentation to-day to the First
Consul.
Having gone firft alone into the
Minister's Cabinet, he said, that he had
been directed by General Bonparte, to
^eprefent to me Several circumdances
which flood very much in the way of
that perfed reconciliation and good un
derstanding between the two Countries
and their Governments which it was the
firft Cupful's Sincere wish to fee reef-I
tablifhed, in order that such obstacles
might be removed before the arrival in
London of the French Arrbaffador ;
Secaufe although the circumstances it
question, had already produced a very
disagreeable effed, whihl only M. Otto,
as Minister, had to witness them, they
would acquire a great additional force,
if they (till exist-when the Arcbaffadcr
thould be present ; and since the Firit
Cupful had given orders for General
Andreoffi to proceed to bis destination
with a; little delay as possible, he wifh
fd that I thould take an early opportu
pity to give an account to your Lord
(hip of the observations which he was
charged to make to me.
After a preface to this effe& AT. Tal
brand proceeded to fate to me, that
the accounts which 3f. 0/to, bad trans
mitted of the disgust and inconvenience
which he could not but feel and ege
pence at meeting frequently at his Ma
jefiy's Court and at other places, the
French Princes, and some French Rer
for.s dill decorated with the insignia of
French Orders which no longer exited;
and of feeing the countenance and Sup
port ulrch continued to be given in
England, to what he termed the, ci- le
vant French Bishops, as well as toother
persons (he here mentioned Georges)
inimical to the present Government of
France,had affected so flropglflhe First |
Consul, and were in fad so calculated|
to prevent that system of Cordiality
which he was anxious to fee established
that it was incumbent upon him to ex-i
press his wiffi, that His Majesty's Gov
ernment might be disposed to remove
out of the British dominions, all die
French Princes & their adherents,toge
her with the French Bishops and other
French individuals whole political prin-
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ciples and condud must necessarily oc
casion great jealousy to the French Gov
ernment. He continued to observe,
that the protection and favour which all
the persons in question continued to
meet with,in a country so close a neigh
bourhood to France, must alone be al
ways considered as an encouragement
to the difaifeaed here, even without
those persons themselves being guilty
of any ads tending to foment fiefh dis
turbances in this country ; but that the
Government here pofTeffed proofs of the
ahufe which they were now making of
the protection which they enjoyed in
England, and of the advantage they
were taking of the vicinity of their fit
nation to France, by being really guil
ty of luch ads since several priniedpa
pers had lately been intercepted, which
it was known they had sent, and caufed
to be circulated in France, and which
had for object to create an opposition
to the Government. I cannot, my
Lord, do better than refer you towhat
you will have read in the French Offi
cial Paper of the day before yeflerday,
under the article of Paris, for the ex
act text of M. Talleyrand's discourse up
on this Subject ; which he concluded by
faying, that he thought the residence
of Louis XVIII was now the proper
place for that of the rest of the family,
and that I might add this suggestion
in my report to your Lordship.
I answered the French Minifter,that
without any reference to you, I could
assure him, that- the practices of the
French lending in England, of which
he complained, had not been encourag-1
ed,nor would be countenanced by His }
Majesty's Government ; which was as|
sincerely disposed to cultivate harmony|
and a good under Handing between thel
two Countries, as he had represented
the First Consul to be; but that I could
by ns means fay how far they would
be disposed to adopt the measures which
he had intimated it to be General Bona
parte's with that they fhouid pursue, in
order to remove so effectually, every
thing which might not perhaps be con
sidered equally by them, as giving just
cause of offence ofjealoufy to Fiance.
M. ‘Talleyrand did* not rejoin upon
the matter ; but asked me when I pro
poled writing. Upon ray replying I
ibould lose no time he said, that if I
Ihould write as to-day, he would avail
himfelt of the opportuni^ to convey a
Letter to M. Otto.
I have the honor to be, &e.
(Signed) A. MERRY.
Tie Right Hen. LrJHAWKESBU&Y^c.^c.^fc.
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No. VIII.
SIR, Detuning Jbzc:, ^une 10, lßcz.
Your dispatches of the 4th instant
were received on Monday right, and
have been laid before the King.
The account given in that Dispatch
efthe conversation which passed on the
3d infant, between you and M. Talley
rand, refpe&ing the French Princes and
their adherents, would have afforded
here considerable furptize if his Majes
ty's Government had not in feme de
gree been prepared for it by informa,
tion which had been previously receiv
ed :— From the manner, however ; in
which this Subject has been mentioned
to you, it is important that you thould
take a proper opportunity to explain
candidly and fairly,to the French Gov
ernment, the line of conduct which bisx^
^Majeily fyty ^l,O be his duty to pur- *'
sue in this very delicate business. His
Majesty would certainly consider it in
confident with both the letter and Spiritl
of rtie Treaty of Peace, between him &
s%he French Republic,, to encourage orl
coui^cnaiice anrtfrety^ta
, holLie to the present Gov^pment of 1
Trance. He iswraq|fyg^
:he llatwh^h has ^enraTcludeq
L^„tygfernqpent, and@mv lead toll
the ed^linin^cnt' pfta £Hem of good
lu^erltanding and barony between
the two Countries. With these fenti-
Lmeats he is disposed to employ all the
jppeans in iiis power to guard agaiiift
■my circumstance which can have the
fined of difturOTrig the tranquility that
Ihas been so happily restored ; and he
.certainly expects that all foreigners who
Imay reside within his diminions, thould
Inot only holda conduct conformably to
the Laws of the Country, but Should
abstain from all acts which may be hos
tile to .the Government of any Country
with which His Majesty may be at
Peace. As long however, as they con
dud themselves according to the prin-
ciples. His Majesty world fee! it incon
fident with his Dignity with his honor,
and with the common aws c.~ hofpita
lity,)deprive them df that proteaion
which individualsrefident in his domin
ions can only forfeit ^ their own mif
condud. The greater part es the per
fone to whom afafioß has been made
in M. Talleyrand's conversation with
you, are living in retirement, and his
Majesty has no reason whatever to fttp
pofe that since die conclusion of Peace
they have availed themselves of their
residence in this Country to promote
any designs injurious to the Govern,
meat of France.
I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) HAWKESBURY.
Anthony Merry, hfq. %. iTc. %
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No. IX.
Paris, fans 17, 1803.
My Lord —l have the honor to
acquaint your lordship, that 1 have ex
ecuted the inftrudions given me by
your Secret and confidential dispatch
(No. 14) iaconfequence of the commu
nication from M. Talleyrand, which I
transmitted in my No. 23, refpeding
the residence of the French Princes,
and other French persons in his majes
ty's dominions.
In delivering my answer on this bu
siness to the French minister, I took
care to express in the Urongeft manner,
the a/Turances which your Lordship has
authorized me to give of his Majesty's"
sincere desire that the peace which has
happily been concluded thould be per-
I manent, and that it Iliould lead to the
iestablishment of a system of harmony
land good understanding between the
two countries; and that, as his Majesty's
condud would in every r^fped, be gui-|
ded by those Sentiments, he of course;
would not tolerate, much less encour-|
age any proceeding on rb- part of per-}
ions within his dominions, which might I
be hoitile to the present government
of France ; which afurances might I
trusted be Sufficient to tranquilize andj
Satisfy the First Conful,without recur- I
ring to the measures which had been in
timated to me, and which could not
but be considered as inconsistent with ;
his Majesty's dignity and honour as well ,
as with the common laws of hospitalityl
which he could not but observe towards
foreigners within his cominions, until 1
they Ihotild have forfeited that protec
tion by their mifeondud.
M. Talleyrand expressed to me in re-•
ply, that the Consul had solicited no ;
more than the British Government it-!
Self had at the time demandedef France
when the pretender was in this coun
try,and then had been pra&ifed between
other Governments under similar cir
cumstances ; that he could not fee any
humiliation in the measure which he
had intimated to me ; that he could as
sure me it had not been fuggefled with
any Such idea, and that he could only
repeat,that the adoption of it would be
in the higheil degree agreeable and fatis
fa&ory to the First Consul, and be con
sidered by him as the molt convincing
proof of His Majetty's disposition to ,
fee a cordial good understanding estab
lished between the two Countries ; con
cluding his answer with a request that
I would report it to your Lordlhip.
I rejoined upon the fubjed by obfer
ying 10 j^g French Minister that even
without advancing to the ferrous con
ttdeta^^Bf& King's dignity and
honour the feelings of the people of
England were to be taken into account
' ° n s-be occhiton ; that he must be fea
sible the relative Situation, hitherto, of
'the tw^ountries, especially in regard
to tradeoff Tided His Majesty's Subjects
^^orn to reap those advantages which
wbre common to and whicb&tere al
ikaj^expeae 1 from a ft ate of Peace and
it therefore appeared to me that
the First Consul would equally give a
proof of his disposition to fee harmony
and a friendly intercourse re-erfabliflied
between the nations by not repeating
his with upon a matter which would
operate in the Strongest manner against
Such an approximation & reconciliation
of Sentiments,were it e r gn only to come
to the knowledge of His Majesty's Sub
je&s.
I am happy, my Lord, to fay, that
M. Talleyrand ffiewed no warmth, or
any very marked eagerness, in his man
ner of replying to my communication ;
and that cur conversation on this head
terminated with the last remarks! made
to him when he changed it to another
1 *' ,,1 .—-.~W— ■*■!'*■. ..■■ I. ■ II.M. mi ll l.W—■.j_,^^,
fubjeß. I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) ANTHONY MERRY.
Right Hot Lord Hawkesbury, &l. %, We.'
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No. X.
PerMian-Square, July 25, 1802.
MY LORD,
I sanfmitted some time ago-to Mr.
Hammond a number of Peltier, con
taining the molt gross caftrnnies agaioft
the French government, and againtt
the whole nation ; and I observed,
I that I luould probably receive an or-
Ider to demand the punishment of such
an abofe of the prefs.' That order is
actually arrived, and I cannot conceal
from real, my Lord, that the reiterat-.
ed insults of a Small number of foreign
ers, all'embled in London to conspire
against the French government, pro
duce the most unfavourable effeds on
the good understanding between the
two nations. Even though the firft
article of the Treaty of Amiens had not
provided for the maintenance of that
reSpedt which two independent nations
owe to each other, the general maxims
of the laws of nations would formally
condemn so revolting an abuse of the
liberty of the press. It cannot be be
lieved, that the law can give more lati
tude co a libellift than to any other in
dividual, who, without declaration of
war,should permit himfelf to violate the
duties of good neighbourhood. The
I offence in question is so much the more
'! Serious, as its objed is evidently to dis-
Iturb the harmony which subsists between
the two governments.
It is not to Peltier alone, but to t h :
Editor of the “ Curier Francois dr ^cn
dres," to Cobett, and to otho'writers
j who referable them, that I have to
Idirect the attention of T xis Majesty's
I government. The perfidious and ma
lievr^nt pwbKentions cf these men, are I
■in open contradiction to the principles
of peace, and if it could ever enter in
to the mind of the French government
; to permit retaliation, writers would
I doubtless be found in France,' willing
I to avenge their countrymen, by filling
their pages with odious reflections on
the mod respectable persons, and on the
idearell iuliitutions of Great Britain.
The want of positive laws againll these
forts of offence. ,cannot palliate the vio;
lation of the law of nations, according
<to which peace should put a stop to all
I Species of hostilities ; and doubtless
Ithofe1 thofe which wound the honour and the
!reputation of a government, and which
Itend to cause a revolt of the peop.e
whose interests are confided to that
government are the mod apt to IclTen
the advantages of peace, and to keep
1 up national resentments.
I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) OTTO.
% Hit Lx^ncy Lord HaWKESBUrY,% %
No.'Xl.
g. r Damning-Street, July 28, 1802.
I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter on the Subject
of the lalt number of Peltier. It is im
possible that His Majesty's Government
could peruse the article in question
without the greatest difpleafuie, and
without an anxious desire that the per
son who published it ihou d Suffer the
punishment he so judly deferv.es. Ihe
calumnies however to which his Majes
ty's Government, and many of the bed
fubjeds in this country, are frequently
exposed in the public prints, must ne
cessarily convince all torejgn govern
nients of the difficulties whi^exift in
a constitution like that of ffi^^Britam,
in preventing the^bu'e is often
unavoidably attendant cn the greatest
of ail political benefits; and though
publications of this nature ate, as they
c ^gtifllte?^'" "'" by " e ' a " ?'
10 P um ' n menr, it is
orerarcult to prove the guilt of an
individual so Satisfactorily as to obtain
the judgment of a Court of Judice;
and the inconvenience which arises
from prosecution, unless there is a rea
sonable profped of success, is frequent
; ly Sufficient to deter both the govern
mentand individuals from undertaking
it.—ln the present case I have thought,
it my duty to refer the article in ques
tion to his Majesty's- Attorney General,
for his opinion whether it is Or not a
libel, according to the conftruClion of
the law of England, and whether it is'
such a libel as he would, under all the
circumdances, recommend for proie
cution. As Soon as I receive his re-
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, No. Xll.— (Tranflation.) — Note,
She underfizned Minister Plenipoten
tiary of the French Republic, having
Submitted to his Government the Let
ter which his Excellency LordHawkef
bury, Minister and Principal Secretary
of State to his Britannic Majesty, did
him the honor of writing under date of
the 27th July, is directed to effer the
following observations:
If the British government tolerates
censures upon the ads of its adminis
tration and the perfonai abuse of the
moll refpe&able men, it doa not Suffer
even the flighted attempt against the
public tranquility, the fundamental
laws of the empire, and the fuoreme
authority which arises from them. Ev
ery nation is moreover, at liberty to
facrifice any advantage whatever in its
interior, in order to obtain another to
which it attaches the higher value ; but
the Government which does not repress
the licentiousness of the press when it
may be injurious to the honor or the in
terests of Foreign Powers, would afford
an opportunity for libelliils to endanger
the public tranquillity, or at lead the
gcod understanding that forms the ba
lls of it, and whenever such Serious in
juries are continued in a regub- and
lyp?ra^ric manner, doubts must a.jfe
as to its own disposition.
She particular laws and conftittition
of Great Britain are Subordinate to the
general principles of the law of rations
which fupercede the laws of each w&J
vidual Bate. If it be a right in England
to allow 'the most extensive libertyto the
press, it is a public right to* policed na
nois, and the bounden defy o t govern
ment to prevent, repress, and purjffi ev
ery attack which might by those nfem.-
be made against the rights, the interests
and the honour ot Foreign Powers.
This general maxim of the law of na
tions has never been mistaken without
paving the way for the greatest divisions,
and has ever furni sh d in England a plan
fible pretext to those who have written
vohnns to prove the necessity of the last
war against France. Are these men now
d-tirous of prefintiug to the Consular
Government a weapon which they have
wielded with so much address? And can
they flatter themselves that the authorities
which have figged the peace have not pow«
er to maintain it ?
By the rirlt article of the Treaty of
Amiens, the two powers agree to afford
no protection, either directly or indirect
ly, to those who should cause prejudices
to any of them.
But the greatest of all injuries doubt
less is, that which tends to debase a For
eign Government, or to excite within its
territory civil and religious commotions ;
and the most decided of all protection, is
that which places under the Safeguard.ot
the laws,men who ferk not only to dittnrb
the political tranquillity cf Europe, but
even to dissolve the firft bonds ot society.
The undersigned Minister must moreo
ver observe, that this is not a question re
fpefting Come paragraphs, which through
the inadvertence of an Editor, might ha&e
been accidentally inserted in a public
print; but it is a question of a deep and
continued fy Item of defamation, directed
not only against the Chief of the French
Republic, bur against all the constituted
authorities of the Republic, against the
whole nation, represented by these libel
lers in the most odious and degrading
terms. It has ever been remarked that
many ufthefe prints contain an appeal to
the French people, against the Govern
ment and fundamental laws of their coun
try-
If these observations apply to the En
glilh writers, who tor there three months
past, have deluged the public with the
most perfidious and unbecoming publica
tions, they are Hill more applicable to a
class of foreign calumniators,who appear
to avail themselves of the us) li:m offered
them in England only for the purpose of
the better gratifying their hatred against
France, and underrating the foundations
of peace.
It is not merely by insulting and fedi-
II tious writings, evidently published with a
view to circulation in France, but by o
ther incendiary papers didricuted thro'
the Maritime Departments, io order to
excite rhe evil disposed or weak inhabit
ants to refill the execution of tfeC^^or
date, that ihefe implacable ene ? ^^ ofs
France continue to exercise hollilitiesfl
:nd To provoke the just indignation o f
the French Government and people. Not
a doubt exists of there writings having
been composed and circulated b) Georges,
and by the former bishops of France.
These men can no longer be considered
but as rebels against both political and
religions authority ; and after their reit
er, led attempts to uiHdru the good un
derflaudirg between thett-.c . tt^nl t-rr