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PRESENTED, EY HIS MAJESTY'S COMMAND, TO EOTM
HOUSES OS FAILLIAMLNT, MA 24, 11:103-.

No. I.

Dispatch from Lord Whitwonh to Lord Hawkestin, dated
Loudro., May Ulf)).
My Lord, London, Mav 20, 1803.
I Have the honour to inclose to your Luril.hip an official
Note which I received (runt Monsieur de Talleyrand un the day
of my det•arture frurn Pan., and my Answer.
i have honour te Se.
(Signed) WHIT WORTH.
iett Hon. Lord Havet...sbury, &e. dre. &e.
No. H.
Note front M. Tolle-Frond to Lord Whitworth, dated Paris,

,
May lirth, 1803. (22 Floreal, An. i t )
The Undersipsed is charged to signify to his Exc.:Benet Lord
Whitworth, lie. Britannic Majesty's Aniliwandor, that the
First Consul haying, in the Note o the 14th of this 'onth,
made a proposal that the Island of Malta should be put into
the powession of either of the three guarantoeing
namely, Re .ia, Austria, or Prussia, it would be insufficient se
evade thi. roprisition by pleading the refund of his Majesty
the Eel ;...1,/t of Kussla to accept the trust, since the intentions
of their Majesties the Emperor of Germany and King Ir. ..Prussia,
in that repel, nett-sin to be ascertained
That Moro- ter, the assertion eentained in his F.teellescy's
Note of the 20th of this month, as expressed in the followiug
terms, "by the refusal of his '-thinly theEmperer of Russia
to listen to it," is direftly criniJar!: to tee guarantee which his
imperial Majesty has formally offetcn, on condition of making
some trill* alterations that the i .rst Ce.• :1 has no difficulty
to adopt, but which he knows that th • n MiuiFtry hare
relined, with the view, without doubt, ci• the tin' of the
strange pretension of keeping Malta.
That moreover this assertion is in absolute contra.' lion to
the assurances whieh the First Consul has received from Peters-
burgh since his Britannic Majesty's Message has been known
there, and which have lately been rosiewed to him by an au-
thentic coniinuoication which Count Marko made yesterday
of the intentions of his Court.

From wbence it resuks' that it is impossitfe to reconcile the
lag communication nude by 1111.4 Excellency Lord Whitworth
with the fresh confirssation which has just been acquired of the
disposition: of his Majesty the Emperor of It essia ; and that
one swipe help believing that his Britannic Pecajesity, when
better inl,rined, will himself hasten to give to his Excellency
instrußio.ss differing from those which he has received and
communicated /rube name of his Government . _

The Unrlcr;igncdseszesthii oppor:.unity to ;anew to hig Ex-
cellency Lotd Whitworth the assurance of his high considers-
non.

(Signed) Cll. M. TALLEYRAND.
Pang, 22d_FInreal. Year 11,
(12th May, 1685 )
No. W.
Nous from Lord Whitworth to M. Talleyrand, dated Paris,

111.ty 12, 1803. -
The Undersigned has she honour/0 acknowledge the reeoirt
of the Note which the Minister for Foreign Affairs sent to him
this dayl and he will not fed to transmit it to hi:, Court.

In the mean while he requests the Minister for foreign Af-
fairs to send him the passports which he required of him.
seize: tilt,. opportunity to renew to his I:xcelle.etoy the
assurance of hi. high considereinn.
(Signed) W 114 T WORTH.
Paris, 1 tL May, liCei.

The third batallion of the Firvt Regent tv"
Guards marched into Chatham on Monday last,
and took up their quarters in the Upper Barracks.
On Friday, 3d, there wasp splendid ball in honour
of his ISLiesty's birth-day, which was most nume-
rously attended by the officers of the garrison, and
by all the lashionables in this neighbourhood ; and
.on this day, 4th, the whole garrison v. :!s under arms
at twelve o'clock, and proceeded to the lines, tindtr
the command of Major General Thurnton, where
they tired afeu de join, in honour of the day. 'rhe
General was highly pleased with the soldier-like ap-
pearance, steadiness, and discipline of the men.
The utmost activity prevails in the Dock-yards. It
is said, an order has just rived to commission
twenty-one sail of different descriptichs of ships of
war immediately.
" There is to be a large encampment formed on the
lines over this town, and ibis expeded that several
regiments will pitch their tents on the 20th of this
month.
OnFriday night acmuggler, known by tke name
of My Uncle, was shot at Rochester, by an officer of
theexcise, whom he resisted in attempting to seize
some contraband goods."
The Minataur, of seventy-four guns, has sent into
Plymouth the brig cornorde, from St. Domingo for
Havre ; the ilearta frigate, two Dutch ships, the one
from Deherara, the other from Cette ; and the Ea-
gle and Speedivek'reventsecuttors, have each detained
an enemy's vessel : tiler: were, besiaes, two Dutch
daggers, "and a French ship sera inn) .an
I Thursday.