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I, and of which I ha ~.e. the heeledr to 045
subjoin II v
fil. • e perusal of your Excellency.
for t.., ably to the tenpin- of these full powers, 4113
•Ir•-• .of the different conditions stipulated
e for
.the snrrender of the
the fuhe ltal
Tr iens
aty ..of
~..,i..ns!
by t
island of Malta to the Oricr or nt. ~,,o, of Jertisa-
leni, I formally demand of your Excellenc: '''e
execution of the fourth paragraph of the teuilt :lr-
tic:C. of the said Treaty ; and. I call upon you to
give me, of, :2`-i point, a categorical answer.
" I request yoa !!... accept the assurance of my
high comaderation.
(Signed) o .... ~

ANsWTIt 01 THE LSCLISH MINIGTER TO M. IM'SY.
Slll, Ala March 2, 1803.
" I have just received the letter which your Ex-
cellency did me the honour of writing to me yes-
terday ; in which letter your Excellency expresses
how tar you are from being satisfied with the ver-
bal connnunication respeaml, the objea of your
mission. Your Excellency likewisc calls upon me
to set down, in writing, the reasons which induce
me to refuse surrendering the government of those
islands, on the arrival of hi, Eminence the Grand
Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
In answer, I beg leave to observe, that, as ,
some of the Fowers invited by Article X. of the
Treaty of Amiens, to guarantee the independence
of I,l;ha, have not as yet acceded to that measure,
I do not hold myself authorized to give up the do-
'-minion of his Britannic Majesty over these islands,
until I shall have received from my Court special
instruaions to that dial.
" Your Fr.cAhmicy observes, that I am anxious
ti dissuade the Grand Master from coining to re-
side here: your Excellency may recollea my con-
versation on that subjea was to the following pur-
port :
" On your Excellency having observed that the
Grand Master expecled the immediate possession of
the Goverrunent Palace in Fort Vallette, I replied,
that, under the present circumstances, I could not
cern* w ith the wishes of his Eminence ; for it is
absolutely necessary that his Excellency General
Villette and myself continue to occupy that Palace,
for the dispatch of the official business belonging to
our respeetive Departments.
" I am moreover desirous to recall to your Excel-
lency's recollection, that I at the same time offered
the palace of the Ec.schetta for the residence of the
Grand Master, a situation which, in every respell,
thought suitahle to his Eminence, until the time ar-
rived- for his assuming the direaion ut Government.
"But as the palace of the Boschetta is not at present
furnished, I took the liberty of suggesting that it
might be more convenient for his Eminence to re-
main some time in Sicily, the more so, as his resid-
ing there would keep his Eminence oily a day's
journey distant from this island.
" Fur the rest, his Eminence may be assured that
as won as I shall deem myself authorized to give up
the government, 1 shall give his Eminence imme-
diate information of it.
6' I have the honour to be, with the highest consi-
deration, Sir, your Excellency's most obedient, very
humble servant,
(Signed) Atrx. J. BALL."

Their Majesties the Emperors of Germany and
Russia have long since guaranteed the independence
of the Island and the Order of Malta. Prussia was
the only Power which to this time had given no de-
cided answer to the propositions which had been
made oa this subject. Under the existing circum-
stances, however, his Majesty the King of Prussia
'has thought it hi; duty to lose no time in guaran-
teeing the independence of the Island, and the Order
of Malta.—Aloniterir.
The French Minister at Dresden has required, in
the name of his Government, that the lileetor of
Saxony should forbid the French emigrants to wear
the orders and insignia of the old regime.
General Duroc is arrived at Paris, and imme-
diately on his arrival proceeded to Malmaisun to the
first Consul.
We are assured that the Spanish Government
has sent out orders for re-establishing the relations
between its American Colonies and the United
State., on the same footing on which they stood
before the war.