The Sun.
London, England, 1803-05-20 00:00:00

(First Inciositr'e,re'rerrect to in No. s;

The umlersighed; His hritannic Majesty't AnThassadet
Extraordinary has received the orders of his • Court to nlßticci
the following communication to the French Government. '
Hip Majesty has. perceivexl, With great regret: that the
French Government continue to withhold_ all satisfetiion
atiii platla lion on the, points oh which lie has eatnplained,
anti that at ihe time when they evade all dischi,L.icii oti tht,
Of his representations, they persist in theirrsquist,
tion that Island ofMalta should be fotthwith evacuata
by t,is toices. Ills Majeilty can never so far forge! whet.
'due to )111.0silt, and to his people; as to acquiesce in, such
e coars of prr,cee4o 'lg. lie has therefore commanded the ha-
dersigncd to ascertain thstintily from thy French Govefn-
rnent, whether they are determined to per.4evere in with..
holding ail. satisfaCtiou and 'et planation upon the p-c,ito (.4
which fits . Majesty has, compi4illo, or whether tile; art
tiftiposed, with,:ut delay, to give such sa tisfaalort ante tL!;,
nation upon the pre,,zent state at afriirs, as thay lead to gri
arrangenienti 'Mitch May be cali;titated to adjust the
ditli:realces, at present subsisting betweatt the tyVo f,ovctn.
talents.. •

It is His Majesty's amrious desiie that by adoptin3this
mode tat pmceeding, all CIA may lie pit to tllat btatc 01 suA.,,
pence unit uncertainty vinich nmst Lc 4o injurious to the -
tertsty of both 'Countries ; and that the two Governments,
netuated by trie same principles of justice and moder,ition,
may be led to concur in such measures ai at most liclYtd
conduce to their permanent tranquillity.
Signed) WHIT WO

(Seem' Inclosure referred to in No. so). .
Heads of an arrangement to he concludi.‘l by Treaty or
Convention between Majesty and the Frefich'Co.
itemment.

Malta to rernain in 'perpetuity in the possessinnarllrri
jesty. The Knights of nu: shiter to be
nett by Ilis Nlajesty tor any loises of proven,' wtilOir y
'may. ust,lin r;onseiluence of Ittcli an artringernent.
tio:boti anti Siva-zed:out to. he evaCtlMCil, by the rreneit
Troops.
The Island Of Elba 10 he eontirnied by His P.,lajeLty td.
and the King of I,:tturia to bd.:tallow" le4ged.
The 1 and Ligurian Revubfict to be acktiow li.dgcr(),
His Ntajo:ic y, provided :in :Irreirgernent is tuade in Bitty h.
tin: King of Sardinia, which be satiitittiory to hirri..
No. s.t, is 4n F.xtraet, i)fa Di.ipincli from Lord WititysoriN
-dated April 7, 1803, annotinciity, receipt of Lord.llatviier.-
Bury's Dispatches; ;tut the !.robiibility conimunic.a.lis
therato.M.•Tatleyratki in tiro t:Ottrie or that

(NV.52)
P:tris; April 7, tP•el.
Sincel‘Y l
‘i°
t:rir.td; ity, the preceding Dispatch, I Pave
Talleyrand, comtnettic:rted to hint the inclosed N-.:.•;
trust,your, Lordship will find as cloSe a '44ritislatHqi
as pOssible, of that which I received ti on: your
Ile read it over with much att.-talon, :ti' tvlten he hod Act
he appeared to be i,i c,:Xpedatioil of Sol:1C other commtutioa •
tion. Upon desiring he would txplain• s.ild tiwt
he was in hopes I. should have furnished: him with tI! helots
olthose points, on \vial' it was alliroted ;tit ?hit
the Frt.-nett Government had so rcpcate,:l..; !
jllanation And satisfaction. I told hirtt, • • •i; t hr,vi
been entirely useless to repeat what
in vain • that rte could ta.,t but to
required, fCli:rred to the (...t ~.•:. •
and, the sytitein of iliAt LI r ‘4. I I t
pursued SOIL,: the condo r. I
TreatY of A Illient4 tottnel,:ti as At totlispin.;.
state of possesSion at the two Couto tie,s :ft ; ; .;, : .t
with regard; to the satisfaction, it ev4tc:k.,. I
tinjutitiahle insinuations and charges : '. • . :
tyre Goventhlenti pnwitiat the t)tlieer c,„ •
Forces in Egypt, and againSt the flri!: .!. .
quarter, contained in the official Rep,.ur , , • .
aril. Ile was by ii. 111C.111SAUZI)OL L
of thegi: casts Could justify tne
Government li.ivin; retuned eXpl.inatiuo t el.r ,;.,
the ground, that no notice kid been tali ' ... • .
tinas but Itt a very etie,ory maim .1 . : •••,
ViT.r been reittlirOti-as to :AIX pat rh...t.tar t!
Italy Of ei,ir.VOiCte, mid ii• 1„(i. „I.! ,
been riven ; and that the l,ttigitai.,e, or. t. • ; .
to be put in any compaiison )vith tit ;: rd.:Jor
son, in his Account of ot Egypt. I tit gNi.tlai
tlitlZtrenee of a coinniim publication 'bit to Which fact,
lulled, arata Report to the First gonsel published by. hiN• it'
MS Official PArer. l)it this oucasion, N. de I'affeyrat tv,:g
disposed to ea I in question the authenticity of 'lire
tem.. In short, the most uti3rounded Wetit
stititted lea a rgliments : and amongst .these, I cannot but ptzl,.l/4.:
that so often repeated, of the First Cop:Allis having entirely
given up till idea 'whatever or Egypt, consequently we couid
have no pretext for

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1k assured me tbr the rest, that he Would co:Mt-Mr:it:ate it ,
this eVvning to 'the rust Consill, and that IL.IIIOIIOW lict•
should in all problbilityhavc a 'Lommunication to tinike

return.

•
I basic tl4 Honour to be, ke.

Iv~ !1I T~Y(9 ttT i

Right Hcn. Lord Havusbury, &c.

CN0.51,)
Lord, Paris; April .
In my con vers;tion, yesterday. with M. de rt t. I
fotivti hurt, after he had 4it.'n the First Consul, more a.,:pcy.ott
to contest the substances. 4 the Note which / had presenter/
the day, betine, than to itlbrd any ftarher, explanation. Ile
said, 'that. in order to proceed r....giriarly, it .would b# rtr!.gcs;:or
that the t I,;l4:4l,Goveritintan should be informed prucisely
What were the objects • which, had created such uneastness,
and on whiell it was alledged all explanation had been refused.
That, ski-rough this had, perhaps, been touched upon in
rat conversininu, yet no specitre charge had been adduced r.;
suCh:a itunrier as donsnd a forrnal explanation. I told .
"Minna;' that if the object of the Frottolt Government vets to
prcol rad the present ,state of suspertee and uncertainty, that
objeettitiglit'be ansWereti to the extent indeed of a very haw
days, by forcing me to such a reletence' but 1 inUi t At the
same'ri:iae declare to hints that it t47111(.1 produffive of nu
advantage.:, and would serve Only to pnavrike such a reeapitu.,
lation of tn.! system and condutt witch rrance had pursitert
since the :Treaty of Amiens, as would haVti all the appearance
of a Manifesto, every item of which wOuld ciarrY conVi4iOn -
,to every individual in Europe that it appc4red theretote •
more likely to answer the end which both part:.:.'s propo,-44
'that of hastening the conetusion'of an rralb:,,..:frufrit,!
to take ttp the hnsir.ass. oil the basis which
:and by which they would admit ne more
.controvenible, namely, that it' the yr ..
exereised a riy;lit of extending, its infhleri..:.
violation (lithe stiirit of the rreaty
had,' if sive-chose to twilit' hrieif of it (wi , .
she would not do further than was neets, . • 1
security), an undoubted right to seek a 0.. ,
not seem inclined to dispute this position, hoi
tliat.suth a right did uktNt, odd might he c1ann....4 mu i.,.
quence of.tha actprisition which had been •
On the pointot satistaiition I found hnti 411,,r• obA t
rate. I=ie anti that the Firsts Consul was lain ,:cr
stern (iatisfaelion't to which he, kaye
n never uderstood eloriged to it, as ;Inp),lngsnperryrit). ;
that it the British Govermuent requirrA satiAietion of Cho
French, it arrogated o itself a' superiot ity. i tOld hint, whiz
certainly must be understood by tip%a'erttyy
hail bticuer,tiotlitileAddeletniati;tt
Initolo3anthrt jetlrth..ll:l4attnia°oltirniit:tl,loProlijoredsrei'llariai!sl4tiar Oct itfil toU
ti ri tillett, 1\1,147 4.tti
lair p4tietriiSoithrioat
demand it ;• but in the, ease tit questiriii there. was inert;;e.A
equality, and cnuscquentiy Was was no ()auto to bi found

my Lo`rd, Paris, April so, tgo3,
I had hoped, that the. first Extraordinary Messenger I
41iould Wye had occa:aon to send, would have been to att_
noitucc to your Lordship, that the dill4ences b,:tweeii the
tw, tiovernnipnts wqzikujutted QII One Of the Mottitic4tion3
Oitt tO niq by my laitinstruetions front your Lordship.
In tilia,pipedation I ant deceived saw Joseph Bonapaite
Oi44t 14000 `lr, hutort: I Kid scaled up my Dispatches
ut iliaenirii; to your Lfidship: but as :tit he said, tended
only to.j:Gfity.the hope I had given your Lordship in those

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(No. dz.)
My Lord, . ' Paris, April 25, 'lgo].
The conversation 1 bad on Saturdayinoruing with, M. Tait
ley rand, has produced nothing front which I can draw a more
vottrable..ct.Me tision' as to the resui °tithe:Negotiation, than
when I last addressed 'your:Lordship. He told itte,thatal
though he had seen the First Coostd- the night hcfore,,he had
nothing to add tO•witit he had communicated to ing on. Fri-,
day ; that the First Consul was determined:not to give his
consent to our retaining Malta, either in perpetuity or, for a
term,'alt hough of the two he would prefer 1110,torOler tenure
as the less repugnant to his I.:clings ; that he was therefore
ordered to repeat the proposal lie hat lately: made nie, of at-
ceding -to qur demand of Lantpcdosa or any of the
pre iblibotcr-
ing Islands ; and that as our objet} was to obtain a settle-
ment hi the Niediterranean, lie imagined that .which we had
ourselves pointed .otit would answerevery purpose we might,
have in view. But at all events, _the First, Consul neither
could tier would relinquish lfis claim to the full execution
of the Treaty of Amiens. To this• 1.. could only repeat
what I had already said to him on the inadequacy of such a
proposal, and of the impossibility in which I.teund myself
to transmit it to your Lordship. I lamerimi the course which.
the Negotiation was taking, and that the First. Consul should
have so little regard to the dreadful consequences whiCii•nnat
ensue, as to sutler them to he outweighed by -a mistaken no-
tion of dignity. And 1 ad‘led, -that -notwithstanding the ac-
quiescence which he might have met with from others, the
plea of its being incompatible with the,dignity of the: French
C'civernment to give satisfaction or security, when both might
with justice be demanded, could never be admitted by Great
IMMO: •

M. de Tal!Wand heard every thing I could say with the
utmost patience, notwithstanding he had nothing satisfaelerY
•to say, awl seemed unwilling to break up the. conference.,
lie constantly brought forward the same inadmissible; propo-
sal, tequesting that I would at least communicate it to your
Lordship:' Tilis I told hint I could not refuse to do, since
every. thing which passed between him and Int:must of course
Make the subject of my. Reports to your Lordship. I de-
dared however; at the same rim?, that should not think
• myself by any -Means authorized to suspend theexecution of
ant' inctructions - miOt ireive, tending to bring .the-Nego- -
tation to 'an issue, •in the expectation of any change which
such a Proposalmight produce. 'All -1 could do, and thaLi
would cert.:it& do, would be to -communicate the-LJitima-
turn,. if l lis?.lajesty•should think proper to furnish sue with
it, confidentially 'WM. de Talleyrand, -before 1 presentcd'it
officially to liimras- Minister tor foreign Affairs. He assured
Use that he idrouldConsider such ;I conduct as' a further proof
-ormy desise' to Conciliate, and Tklt he could not yet fothear
hoping that. the difiCithlee6 might be adjusted._ I repeated
that it his hdpc was tiituided on the expectatton ot
testy's being induced tO recede front- his demand, it would
be deeeiVing himself to cherish it: •
The remainder of the conversation turned on the calamities
which Would follow the failure of our cndealour to avoid a
rupture. He 'insinuated that Holland, Naples' end other
Countries conned-led With Great Britain, would be the first
viaints of the War. l• asked hitt whether he thought-that
such a conduct would add to the glory of the first Consul,
or whether the tailing on the innocent and deicnteless would
not rather tarnish it, and ultimately unite against hint, net
only the honest men in his own Country, but every.Govznt-
mem in Europe ?' That it certainly would excite more de-
testation than terror in England, dr the sante time that it
would serve to impress. upOit-its.l4lli more strongly the ne-
c!Nsity of omitting nu 11W4115 of cireumscrioingQ power se
perniciously exerted I could tun help adding, that although
no act of hostility had a4adlly taken place, yet'the inveteracy
With which our Con.in:rce, our Industry-, antfouterialit had
been attacked in every part to which French influence could
be extended, did in tact almost thesame, sines it
went to prove, lit atti4tion to the general System of the First
Consul, that his objed was to pursue tinder the mask of
Peace,
,tiie same line of conduct inwiticif the preceding Go-
vernments had oiled.

I now trust ehtirely to the elreetof thet/Itirriatuin which
will at least coniiince him that we are in earnest; anti that he
has nothing to expect from -protreclion. I shall hot howtver,
as I said bul'ore, mAke-use or this officially, until 1 have Wed,
itS tared in 'a more conciliatory manner.
Hiave the,tionour to be, Ste. •
(Signed) . WHITWORTH.
The Right )lon.. cord Hawkesbury,
&c.

P. S. Your Lordship's Dispitchcs of the 23d, with their
inclosuteS, were delivaed-tonne by'Shaw this' evening, at
nine o'clock. I shalt see M. de Tatleyvaud tomorrow
morning and I truSt:your Lordship will not disapprove my
fOilowingislie -line of c 'nduct I had-
propolietl, and wh:ch
have'mentioned to your Lordship, of Worming him of the
naturenfiny instruction'a feW hours.. Wm-el tarry them of.
tieially into execution. •:W.

(No. 63.) Extraa of a Dispatch from Lord Whitworth to
Lord Hawkesb4ry, dated Paris; April 27, sSo3.

I avail myself of - the Opportunity of a Messenger pas-
sing through fresh Constantinople and. Vienna, to informyour Lordship of the swe ut the Negotiation at this
moment, 1 emitmunicatecl to M. -De Tolleyrand the
purport. of my• instructions of the 2,34, yesterc:ay at four
o'clock... lie imrnediatily meAt posse-scion of
Malta was still insisted Upon ? l told hits most certain:.
ly it,was ; and I repeated to hint the particulars of the terms
.ort Which it was possible to concitukt the biteitiess. That
these were, the Possesgon of M.iltafer Ten Years, during
which period the A ntlft)rity, 'civil and military, was to re-
main solely in His Majesty, and that at. the expiration of
that terni, tt was ratio given up twthe Inhabitants, and not
to the Order;. provided • also, -that His Sicilian Majesty shall
be induced to cede to His Majesty the Island of Lampedosa ;
that Holland should' be evacuated by the French Troops
within a Month alter the conclusion of a Convention by
which all these Provisions shall he -secured; and that -His
Majesty nookd consent to acknowledge the Nevy• Italian
States, provided Stipulations were made in favour of His,
Sardinian Majesty vat id Swit2eriand.
had no sooner matieknown thee. V • conditions -than M. de
Talleyrand told me it would be perfeelly unnecessary-to de-
lay the. oilicial Communication tor as the posse;ision of
Malta Was still insisted upon, although for a term, the First
Consul would not consent to them: • I accordingly did repeat
them to him in the
,manner ,he desired ; when he told 100
OM. he comprehended perfedly what we required, but that
in similar eases)t was usual to state the demand in writing,
and he desired. I wotild give him a Note upon the subje4L-z-1
told him that I 'would repeat it to him onto: more, eras often
as he pleased; the express terms which I had stated to. him,
and that as my Comniunieation to him- was verbal, I should
of course be content with on Answer in.the same foriu.--:
consented at length to receive at, and to communicate to me-
the First Consul's Answer as. soon as ,possible. .•1 desired
that 1w would recoiled thot.Tuesilay next must be the day.
of my departure.

(No. 64.) Extra a of a Di4witch from Lord Whitworth lto
Lord Hawitctibtary, datcd April 29, JBO3.
.-

My last letter to-your Lordship was Of-yesterday evening.
This morning a person came to Me whom I suspect of
being employed by the First Consul for the purpose of
ascertaining; my sentiments, and told me that 1 should, in
the course of the day, receive a Letter from AI: De Tal-,
leyrand, drawn up under the inspection of the First Con-
suls winch although not, exactly what I might wish, was
however, so ituxlerate :Ai to shard rue a well-grounded
hope, and Might certainly. be Sufficient to induce me
to delay, for a bluart time, my departure, . I told hitt that'
it would be. a 'Matter. or grejtt..satisfAion to me-to per,
ceive a probability of bringing the Negotiation to a favour,
able issne ; and thatl. should be extreately sorrY..tii spoil Ole
buliness by any useless Precipitation, But it must be re-
collected; that V aeled in 'conformity to Instruthons; th.a
those instructions were, positive; that by theca enjoin-
ed to leaYe Paris on Tuesday next, unless in the intermediate.
time tert.iiii ebtirlitions were agreed to. „Having received no
Letter in the course of the day, abont.fouroiclock I
.went to
M. de Talley rani ; anti told-hint that my ,anx.teryto !earn
whether he had any thing favourable_ to tell me,, brought,
tne twhim, and in case he hattnot, to read] to his recollec-
tion that 'cuestlay was the day en w,hicli I most leave l'aus,
and to request that lie would have the ne..ces-;ary 41;,ssporta
pr,:par:',l tor Me i.ttiti uiy Fainqy., [lc aPpe,areticvidetitly em,
barrasscd, awl arta some hesitation observed, that he could
not suPpose I should really go a Wav nut that at all events.
the First Consul never would recall' his 4111txtssg(tor. To
H
• •
is Majesty recalled
this I replied, d the in eruct to put an
end to the Negotiation, on the principle that even actual War
was preferable to the state of sospense in kit hi‘li England,
andindeed E -taupe, hail-been kept for to king a space of
time: , • •

From tile,tenotir of his conversation. I should rAtikr be led
to think 64 he • tlovs not i.,),lsider cs.zse, d,,s. 0.
p,f,‘,._
Irpon -my' leitVing him s4itt j'ai encore de
Sat vrday
P. S. This day. hal, passed •.vit'Acna Any neearggs,:c
"chit Letier in que.itiOn is xpp arrivcd.