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alfof the Nation whOSe inieiesta are so irrinicaiatelsr af.
fe6ted by it. His Majesty mosf Sincerely laments-the Con-
iulsions towhich the Swiss Cantons have for some time past
been exposed ; bUt he can consider their late exertions in-no
*tither light than As the lawful elforts of a brave and generous
People to recover their antient I,aws and Government, and
to procure ill:: re-establishment of a system which experience
,has demonstrated, not only to be favourable to the niaioic-
nance of their domestic happiness, but to be perfeetly con-
sistent with the tranquillity and security of other Powers.
.The Cantons of Switzerland unquestionablrpossess, in the
same degree as every other I ixiependant State, the right of re-
gulating their own Internal Concerns ; and this right has,
moreover, in the present instance, been formally and .expli-
quaranteed to the Swiss. Nation by the French Govern-
Them in the may, of Luneville, conjoin t.y with the other.
towers who were panics' to•that engagement. His Majesty
has noothcr desire than that the People of Switzerland, who
!;.;. now appear to be to generally united, should be left at liber-
- •ty to settle their own Internal Government without the in-.
lerposition of any Foreign Powers ; and with whatgver regret
His Majesty may have'perused the late ProclaMation of the.
French Government, he is yet unwilling to believe, that they
will farther attempt to control that I ndependant Nation. in
the exercise, of their undoubted rights. His Majesty thinks
I.l,;imsillealled upon by his regard for the generalinterests of
Lurope, and by his peculiar solicitude fOr the happiness and
welfare of the Swiss-Nation,. to express these hip sentiments
With a frankneSs and sincerity which he feels tobe due to his
tiharadter, and to the good understanding whiCh tie is desirous
44, Preserving with the Government of France, •
Downing-street, October .to, 1802.. . •
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OttU, &c. &C. &c. • '

• Sir, (No. till.
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Downing-street, Pa.-10,
ti al Majesty having deemed it expedient, that a ccinfideri.
pal person should be sent at the present moment to Switzer.
. land, in consequence of the Communication, which he has'te-
. ceiyed from the Swiss Confederacy, through their Represen-
Lait:ave at Paris, I am cominanded to 'inform, you that he has'
e choice of you for that purpose.
I t is of the utmost consequeete, ronsielering 'the nature of
the business with which. you •areeutrusted, that yo•u should
lose no Pine in taking your departure from hence, and that
you should
willtiers_of•
make
every pradiCable exertion to arrive on'the •
Switzetland with as little delay as possible. You
wi,l inforrn yourself there tvhat is the aaual.rOsidence of
11 Government of the Swiss Confederation,
.to which you
will irntncdiately repair, ,Ittving taken the proper mitans to
tam a confidential interview with the persons who may be
entrusted
with the • rtaa' 'of afThirs • you will
principal ton .
"communicate to them a copy of the note verbale
delivered to M. Otto, and width' h here.vith inclosed and
nu will take every opportunity of impressing upon their
;Ns the deep interest whichgajesty takes in the
cess this of their exertions. Yon will state to them, that
Majesty -entertains hopes, that his reprsetitation to
•
the ttench Government mar' have the elledi of inducing-the
rus(;uncut to' abandon his intention of compelling the
swiss Nation by force to renounce that system of -GoVern-
nrltt under which they had so lohg prospered, arid to which
tr Teter to be almost unanimously anxious to return. I
" event His Majesty will te.:l himself bound to abstain
tein enterferenecon his part.; it being his earliest desire
that the Swiss Nation should • be left at liberty to rigulate •
Fieirown internal concerns, without the interposition. of any
• ~°,,reign Power. • If, however', contrary to His AlaiFst).f.S ex-
ions,•re the French Govemmeitt should persist in the
system of coercion, announced iu the ProclamatiOn of the
First (.uncut, inserteCin . the Moititeur of the zst instant,
'you will, in that case, inform: yqurself, by every means in
l"our power, of the dispOsition of the peppleat large of the
iss Contederacy, and particularly of those who have the
diredlion of their affairs, and of those who' possess the
retest share of influence amongst them, to persevere in, the
liefenceoltheir rights, and in theinaiiitenance of the system
lhey have ado:ince. Yeti will likeivisi inquire into the means •
f defence of which they may be possessed, and of the pro.
tability of their being exerted with success. You will on no
account en.:ourage them to persevere in active measures of re-
sistance which they are not themselves desirous to adopt, or
which they inay believe are unlikely to be ultimately dice-
nal. If, however, you should find that the- peop.e of the
I.viss Confederacy are generally determined to persevere in
the mainteininceof their Independence, and of their right
to return to their ancient system of Government ,; and if you
should be of.cipinion• that from the • union that subsists
ItnongSt the people, and from their 'zeal- and• enthusiasm in
• 14 cause in which they are engaged, they are reelly resolved
IN all haunt* to resist the threatened attempt of the French
~p lern mem •to interpose by force of arms, in the settlement
•• their"lttterital-concerns ; you will thew immediately
com-
utunicate, •in confidence,. to the Swiss Government, that
either in the event of a French army having entered the
COttntry, or in the event of your having reason to be con-
Vince(' that a French Army is allually edvancing for that put.
•• Tose, His Majesty has authorised you to accede to their
cation for pectunary-succours.
I have furnished. you with a cypher andtlecypher that you
may have it in your power to correspond with Ilis.Majesty's
M. • inisters at Vienna and Munich, if-you should think it ad.
visable; .and as it is highly probable; that the Armies of the
.Swiss 'Confederacy may•be iinalequately sopplieti with urns,'
•• ammunition, or provisions, and may be desirous of procuring
supplies thereof front the neighbottrine Countries,. you will
use your utmost endeevours to give them
every facility for
this purpose.
• As it is of great impprtance that His Majesty's Govern,
Ment should beregularly informed of the events which may
be passing in Switzerland, and of the dispositions that may
praiail there, you will endeivour to ascertain the moss. sate
and expeditious mode of conveying your letters, which will
avoid their passing through any part of the French Republic,
• As it is poSsible that previous to your arrival in Switzer.
land the present State of affairs may have undergone a de-
tided alteration, either in consequence of the submission of
the Swiss Cantons, .or of 'any. compromise having taken
Place as to their internal concerns, it will be proper that, in
that case,, you. should take up your residence in such a si,
tuation as you may think most convenient in the neighbour-
!teed of Switzerland, of which you will give me the ear:,
'tinst. intelligence, and there wait for His Majesty's further
orders.
I am, with great truth and regard, Sir, , •
Your most obedient humble Servant,
• (Signed) HAWKESBURY.
Francis Moore, Esquire.

Disatc from M. More to Lord llawkes-
hury, dat 19ed Constapnce,h Oet. 3 t,r 111010, announcing his arrival
there on. the 27th, 'and that he had received authentic infur.
of: the submissicin of the Diet of Switzerland.
(No. so.)
Slr,. • Downing.street, Nov. 1802.
I haVe duly received your several -Letters by the Messenger
Shaw. As from the present state of Switzerland von'. 'cowl,
nuance in the vicinity of that CoLintry appears to be no longer
necessaryt .you are at liberty to.rbturn to England as soon as
it may suit your cobvenience.

ant* &c.
(Signed) • HAWKESBURY.
Francis Moore, Esq.

, (No. 21.)-,E4trael of a Dispatch from Mr. Liston to
• Lord liawkesbitry, dated Hague,. Ott. 13, iBO2.
A few-hours after I had sent olrmy. last Dispatch to your
Lordship (on Saturday the gth of this month). the French
Atm,bassador, M. de Semonville, waited upon the President
_
government of State, and. intormed hitn-that :he tad
Jost received, by a Courier.from Paris, 'orders to inform the
Government of this Country, •
!` Que le Premier Consul avoit appris, aver autant de stir-
rtr que d'indignation, que des personnes avidos Rovoltt-
tlens vouloitnt de nouveau troublet le'repos dans la Batavie,
en ahusant Mettle pour cet eft 'et de noms respeaables Vet
(Melt, Consul, -comme 41116 de la Republique, in-
"!°it to Couvernement a prendre routes les mesures neces-
'4ltes pour imintenir Porclre dei chosen etabli par Is Consti-
tution."
were nearly the words read to me by the Secretary
from'a. Note in his own hand.:writing, dietated to
him by NI. de Semonville, with a view to its publication
jand Transi• • - I. inserted in the Dutch
eme: Translation was -tua.ort mg y s
134 Paper o 1 the,H4gue on the t nth) i but they fall very
far short ot the language emploivd.by- the. French Minister for
Foreign Affairs 'hi Disparciits to the Ambassador and in
the Communication" made bY him- to the Dutuh' Charge.
d'Affaires At Paris (who also sent a Messenger to the Hilgue
upon this occasion). In' these M. de Talleyrand entered Into
e_onsiclerabledetail'on the subject of the Plots supposed to be
formed in this Country against the Adininistration, mention-
ed the mines of the Chiefs, 'and ended by inalcing"an ofer, on
the part of the First Consul, to come to the-assistance ofthe
government Wtould circumstances render it necessary) With
alhhis Forces.

(No , i
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My Lord '
,i. . li3gue, Oct. 29, 18 .2.
Tile irecelit Attack made by Eunap4rtc upon tbc liberties
'4"(1 indePen!loWc..9t the S 4 Canton*, ha 4 natutally ade
n strong unpritiSion on the Inhabitants of this Country mand
the public anxiety has been much augmented by certain
sYlliPtoms' in the condttd of the .augmented
Government,

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Which seem to inditale.,art intOrition not tO Witlaratry the
French Troops, Avhivir Itavt;' been kept in the Bataviati Re-T
public for some time palt,,undrr tile title of Auxiliaries, alq.
'paid and maintained at the expellee ot the Dutch Nati9n,
These Troops (amounting to •bet Ween to and me::)
were to temaan' here till the conclonsion of the Detinitii,e,
Treaty with Gfeat Britiiin. It was afterwards formally pro..
- ntised on the part of France, that they should evacuate the
Territories of the Republic at the latest; .on the expiration
of the last French year (the 23d of September). They ac-
cordingly began their march to the Southward a few days be-
fore that period ; and the -Government and the .People re-
joiced at the prosper of being .tinally relieved from a .load
which has .become extremely
..irksome to, thein. But, on pre-
tence that a great proportion of the -:Corpt -were to be ern;
barked at Flushing for L,onisiani, and.tharthere was a.want
of Shipping for thAir accommodation, they took up their
--Quarters on ale- rrontiers of the Country (at linis-le-Due,
Bred; and Bergen-op,Zooni), Wheie they- still remain ; and-
demands have continued to be made.for their pay and main-
' tenance. • . .
Hopes were, hOwever, entertained from day to day, that
their departure- would take Place ; when, to-the astoniliti-
ment oklie'llataviati.Government, official notice was (last
•week) transmitted from France to the Department of %Var at
the l-lague (which has been charged with the support of these
Corps), that the First Consul has.bcen pleased- to a
new-Commander in Chief (General Alontrichard), and a new.
Staff, for the auxiliary Troops in this Countly ; and the no-
tice was given that Government might provide for the pay of
the. Officers in titiestion.

The,Administration appear resolved to oppote all the re-
sistance in their power to this unekpetted and .oppressive
'eictorfion. .An express has been sent oft' to the Dutch Am-
hasSador at Paris, charging him to claim, in the most urgent
terms, the accomplishment of the Treaties • subsisting 4e-
tween the two Republics, and the fulfilment of "the repeated
and recent promises made by the French Government upon
this subject. ' And
‘in case of the failure of this application,
they talkoladdressing themselves to the principal Powers of.
.Europe who had any share or influence in the conclusion of
the Peaee, to entreat their intervention and good offices, with
a view to the maintenance ofthe independence of the Re-
' public.
• 'I have the Honour to he, &c.
ROBERT LISTON.

Right Hon. Lord Hawkesbury,
• s4e. &c.

(No. 23.)—Ext.raa of a Dispatch. from Lord liawkes-

to Lord WhittvortiOlated N0v..36, doz.
His Majesty's Government have learnt with some surprize
from the communications of General. Stuart, _that that Of.
tiger had signified to Colonel Sebastiani his inability to eva-
cuate Egypt, until he should receive specific orders for that
purposz. It is certainly true that no warrant has been trans-
mitted to General Stuart, or to' his predecessor the Earl of
Cavan for the evacuation of Egypt : neither was it considered
to be necessary, inasmuch as His Majesty's Government
had already expressed their intention to _General Stuart, in
his instructions, that except in a case of abSolute necessity,
the King's Troops should_ remain in Egypt no longer than the
month of July fast, In all the instances of places which
had bran conquered by the King's Forces, and of which pos.
session had beentaken in His Majesty's name, it has been
usual %viten the have been restored to the french Republic,
or its Allies, that the Comtnatuling' Officer should be fur-
nishcd with a regular warrant under the King's Sign Manual,
authorising him to make'such restoration. But the case of
.Egypt is diftilent, as that Country had never been taken
possession of in His Majesty's Name, as it had been actually
restored to the Ottoman Porte-, and as certain Stations in it
were continued to be occupied merely as Military •Posts
until the means of removing the -Troops should tie pro?
witted.

It is probable, that in the present instance, Ceneral Stuart
may have been misled by a doubt'as4o the extent of his own
power, and by the opinion that he required a Warrant. to
evacuate Egypt, similar to that which had been granted to
-Officers who superintended the restitution of cOnqueSts of
which possession had been taken in His Alaiesty'snamth. In
Order however, io obviate any farther difficulties. instruc-
tions
liave now been sent to .General Stuart, directing him to
remove the King's Troops from Egypt with as little delay as
possible, and information has • been given to this died to Ge-
neral Andreossy.
(No. 24.)—Extrael of a Dispatch • from Lord St. Helens
to Lord llawkesbury, dated Pctersburgh, July so, iSos.
I have since renewed my Applications to this Govern...
meld on the business of Malta, and have some reason-to •
hope that some impression has been niade on the mind of
His Imperial Majesty. The French Minister however has
not yet received his InstruCtions.; and till they arrive, it
Will Of coarse, be impossible for me to take 'the. requisite
.steps for bringing this Affair to any satisfaelory, or even po-
sitive issue.
. .
,(Nd: 254—Extr`ail .of a Dispatch from Lord St. lie-.
lens to Lord Ilawkesbury. dated Petersburgh, Aug. 1,
.

1 must not omit to acquaintyour Lordship, that although
in order to prevent any further waste-of time, I have thougia
it right to, endeaVour to obtain a definitive explanation of the
intentions of this Court, with relation to the proposed Gua-
ranty,' i hive not yet been enabled to demand it officially,
according to the Terms of the Treaty of Amiens, as
.the
French -Minister hate is still without I nstruetiotis authoriz-
ing hitu to join with me In that instance.
No. ab is an Extract of a DiSpateh froM M. Paget to Lord
Hawkesbury, dated Vienna, July 18, 1802,• announcing the
interchange of the following Notes, between himself and M.
Champagny :
The .Undersigned, His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Ex,.
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, has the honour to
transmit herewith to the Vice ,Cliapcellor of Court and
State, a 'Copy of the loth Article of the Treaty of Amiens.
He has, at' the tame time, the honour to acquaint• His Ex.
celleney, that he has received orders from his Court to invite
His Majesty the. Emperor and_ King, conformable to the
p3th paragraph of that article, to give his guarantee to the
arrangements stipulated therein.
• He therefore requests the Vice Chancellor of Court, and
State, to lay this Communication before His Imperial Ma-
jesty.
The. Undersigned availS himself, with pleasure, of this
opportunity to reiterate to His Excellency the expression of
his most distinguished Consideration.
(Signed) ARTHUR PAC ET.
Vienna, fsth July, iBsa.•
The Ambatsador of the French Republic, on the invita-
tion which has been given him by Mr. Paget, His• Britannic
Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary,
hastens in conjunelion with that Minister, to communicate
to the Vice Chancellor of Court and State, the ic.th Article
of the Treaty of AMiens, concerning the Order and Island of
Malta, the 6th Paragraph of which Article places the lade-
pendency of the island of Matra under the guarantee of His
imperial Majesty, and several other Powers of Europe.
In taking this step, the Ambassador, -who has not yet re-
ceived any orders respedling it, acts front the knowledge he
has of the intention of his Government to execute•all the Sti-
pulations of the Treaties it has concluded. -
The Ambassador seizes, with eagerness, this opportunity
to offer to• his Excellency the assur.uices of his high mist-
deration. •

Vienne, 26 Messidor, Year rm.
(Signed) , CHAMPAGNY.
Count Cobentzel.

No. zy contains the formal Ad of Guarantee by the Ern-
peror of G erinany to the toth Article of the Treaty of Amiens,
respeding Malta.
No. ag is an extract of a Dispatch !rout Kr..Cassamajor,
cv, to Lord llawkesbury, dated Berlin. August 2
which states, that Mr. C. had opened the subjed of hia
Lordship's last dispatch to Mr. llignon,.whobirul undertaken
to mention the same to his GoTernMent. •

No, • 2g is an extrad of another dispatch from the. same
Gentleman, (Wed Berlin. August 3 r. tka, stating that Mr.
ittignon had received insttuitions train the French Govern-.
!tient to invite the King of l'russia to accede to the guaran-
tee of the Order of Malta.
No. 30, dated Berlin, Oa. 2,11802, states that Mr. Casa.
major's Nati remains unanswered. , •
No. 31 is an Extrad of a Dispatch froM • Mr. Jackson',
dated Berlin, Nov: 25, ilea, which states, • that in a confe-
mice with Count Hauge/its, the latter had intimated that
the King of Prussia was. countenanced in with holding its
guaranty by the example of Spain, • • • • •
No. 32 is all Extract of a Dispatch from Mr. Oarlike to
Lord Ilawkesbury, dated Petersburgh, Sepitrnber 17, 1802,
which states that the French Ministerhad been directed by
.his Government to invite the Emperor of Russia to swan.
tee the island and Order of Malta. •

No. 33. Extract of a Dispatch from str Jahn norlase
Warren to Lord Hawkesbury, dated Sr. retersburgh, Nci.7
vsonber t 8„ 1802.

On the third instant 1 waited upon the Chancellor with
General H edouvi l le, when the note of invitation for. Ilk
Aerial TVlaicsty's guarantee of the toth Article of the Treaty
of Amiens, was presented by each
general de Piet ouville entered into various reasons to in.
duce the Russian Oovernment to grant the guarantee ; the
.principal of which was to prove, that without the guaran.
tee of RtlSiia, either. of thi two powers, upon the tirst

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Ilitferinee between then; would „leek iipPrt thenselifes at ,'
libertY to seize upon the Island,. whiCh was only import-
ant in zktuilitdry point of Vies.Y.i and the only. alteration he
ShAdd rtiake in his -invitatiOn.tyas, that.thol stand might be
'delivered up to the NeapolitantrOopS. He added that the ad
otguarant.c..• it o tld not be considered as affeeting the arrange-
'incur uf any partictil4r Power with the Order, or any alte
ration that Pnwa !night wish tb make in_thes Baillages, or
that part belonging to itself, as,Spain.had.already'done.
No. 3'4, refers to .the following .answer of the Russian
Covernment, .
, . ConditiOns- upon Which`His Imperial Majesty of all the
Russias it willing to aced to the Strpnlations of the.
loth Article ofthe, Treaty of Amiens:
t. The acknowleclgrnent of the Sovreiglity of the Order
,f 3t. of Jerusalem over-the Island of Malta, • and its
Dependencies • .the acknowledgment of the Grand Master, •
and of the civil GoVernMent of the Order, according to its
ancient institutions, 'with', the admi.s4ion. into it *of - Native-
Mattese.;-Upon this point, as well as upon every other that
relate-to its interior 'organization,,the logal-Government
of the Order shall have the power to clod _and prescribe
such Regulations as it. may judge best calculated to promote
the future welfare and prosperity of the Order.
2. The Rights of the King.ot the. Two Sicilies, as Suze-
rain of the Island, shall remain upon the same footing as
they were Previous to. the IVar•which is now terminated by
the Treaty of Artiietts. • • .
3. The Independence 'and Neutrality of the Island of
Malta, its Ports and Dependencies, shall be secured and
:guaranteed by the.respedive Contrading Powers, who shall
murually.engage to acknowledge and maintain 'that Neutra-
litY in all cases. of War ; whether between each other, or
between any of them ancl,any.pther Power, not excepting
His Sicilian Majesty, whose Rights of Suzerainty shall not
extend.id as to enable him to cause a departure tioM the
Neutrality of-the Island, as guaranteed by the present:•Ad. •
. Until the Order shall be in a situation to provide, by
its own resources, for the maintenance of its 'independence
and Neutrality, us secured by the preceding Article, as' well
as for the defence Of their principal residence, the di*rent
Forte shall be.occhpied by' His Sicilian Nlajestj"s Troops, .
who shall send a sufficient %tee I'M. the delL,ce'or the 1 stand
and its dependencies, the number of which shall be agreed
.upon by his said Majesty .and :the t.vo Contracting Powers,
who skill take upon themselves CoiljOintly, the ,expence or
maintaining the whole of the said Troops, so long as the de-.
l'ence the Island shall continue to be intrusted to thetri,
(luring which period the said Troops shall be under the autho-
rity of the Grand Master and his Government:
s. The present additional Ad shall be considered as form-
ing an integral part of the Treaty of .-‘rniens, the same as if
it' had been inserted therein, word for word, and shall be tr.-
ecutedin like manner, _
_

6. Their Majesties the ,Emperor of r.lt the Rils,SiaS, the
Enipethr of the Romans, the King of Spain, the King of the
Two Sicilies, and the King of Prussia, shall be inVited to
accede to this Ad at Guar.mtees.

(Signed) CONI'rE ALEXANDR,EDE WORONZOW.

, • (Lao. 35.).
My Lord, Paris, lan. 17, zso3.
I 144\1: to report to your Lordship the purport ofd conver-
sation -I had on Tuesday last by appointment with M. Tal-
leyrand. He had invited me some clays ago for this purpose.,
,The Communicatibn he had to make to me related ice two
points, both equally important, as he said, to the mainte-
nance .of' good harmony between the two Countries ; with
this difFerence, however, that the one originated with him-
self, anti was dittated by his anxiety to do away eery thing
which might feed the mutual irritation of the two Countrieo
and the other by the express order of the First Consul. That
which came from himselt related to the Epglish Newspa-
pers,' against which he pronounced a most bitter Philippic,
assuring me that the First Coosul was extremely hurt to
find that his endeavours to conciliate hail hitherto produced
no other died than to increase the abuse with. which the Pa-
pers in England continually loaded him.. lie expatiated
much upon this topic, and endeavoured to establish a tact,
Which l- assured him a reference to any one Newspaper in Pa-
ris.would instantly refute, that during tbur months not a
word of provocation • had appeared ,in any Preach Journal',
which could justify a retort from those published in England.
For the rest he advanced nothing but what has been said on
more than one occasion to Mr. Merry, and reported by him
to your Lordship. I was however given to understaOd, 'that
the First Consul was iii fact highly. incensed, and the more •
so, he was pleased ,to say, as it came front a Country of
whose good opinion he was so very ambitious.
In'lnr reply, I could but go over the old grOund, and en-
deavour to make M. Talleyrand understar4First, That
whatever was said in the English Papers might be considered
but as a national retaliation for what was publiihed in the
French Papers—Secondly, That what was officially pub-
tished here was by no means so in England—and thirdly,
That although the Government posSessed a control over
the Press in !ranee, the English Government neither hadnor
could haVe, unless they purehased it at the same price, any
whatever its England. Upon -this he endeavoured to .prove-
to me, that there were Papers in England attached to dif-
ferent parties, and went over their names and supposed con-
nettions with great- precision ; 'and that consequently His
Ma.jeaty's • Ministers might so far control those at least •
which depended upon them, as to prevent. their inserting
that abuse which must be considered as having their sandion,
1 endeavoured to explain, to hint what the influence was,
which he supposed • Ministers to possess in England ;
that it amounted to nothing more than a preference
which your Lordship for instance, might, give to one
Paper rather than to another, by sending to it any articlei of
hews which it might be wished to make public; but that
your Lordship's influence went no further and that if the
ditor of such a Paper 'conceived it more tot his interest to
continue to write'atter his own fancy and uncontroled, than
to be the publisher of such occasional articles, in that case
all influence was at an end, 1 told him, that if he had
remarked any abusite article in any Paper of such a de-
-scription, it was natural and fair to conclude that it did
not depend upon Governmeot to. prevent it.. He per-
sisted his opinion, that His Majesty's Milliliters ought
keep certain papers in order, as I did in assuring him,
that until the First Consul could so tar. master his feelings as
to be as indiarent to the scurrility of the English Prints, as
the English/Government was to that which tinily appeared
in the French, the state of irritation was irremediable. 1
told him, however. that I would report the substance of this
ComMunication to your Lordship, although 1 could assure
him, that- your Lordship could add nothing to the expluna..
tam which had been given, and in such detail by Mr. Merry
from yontLordship: .
M 'Talleyrand, with great solemnity,.• rettuireti of me to
inform him, and this 4y the express order ot the First Con-
sul, , what were His Majesty's Intentions with regard to the
evacuation of Malta, 'Fle. again on this occasion made great
profeasions of his sincere desire to set aside every thing which
C 139 Id interrupt the good understanding between the two GO-
yernments ; adding, that it was absolutely necessary that the
French Government should knoW what it was meant to do,
when that Clause in the Treaty of Amiens, which stipulates
the cession of Malta, sleifilirbe fully •accomplished. He
said that -another Grand Master Would now very soon be
elected; that all the Powers of Europe invited so dO, with
the exception of It us,a a, whose diffleul tie* it was'easyto
move, and without whom the guarantee would be equally
complete, were ready to come forward ; and that consequent-
ly the term would very soon arrive, when Great Britain could
have no pretext for keeping longer possession.. I informed
him, that. 1 would report his conversation tip your Lordship,
:out would have the honour of 'cothittunicating to him your
Lordship's unswer as soon AS. I could reetive tt•
1 haie thO.Honotirto bo, tee. •
WHITWOATIL
Right lion.laord 'HaWkeibury,

No. 36, as a Letter from Lord Hawkesbury to Lord Whit-
worth, dared Feb. 9, 1803, in which Lor-i ffawkeshury en-
larges on the • principle on which the Treaty of Amiens is
tounded ; and urges the right at Interference on the part of
Great Britain, in older to obtain satisladtion fbr essential dif-
ferences that may have arisen, on the relative situation of
England and France.
(No. 37. )—Extraft .of a Dispatch from Lord Whitworth to
Lord Hawkesbuty, dated Paris, February 17, 18°3,
I have the Honour to acquaint your Ltirdship, that I saw
M. de Talleyrand on Tuesday last, tbr the purpose of carry=
ing into Oki your Lordship's instruelions of the 9th instant.
I began by telling him that 1 had nothing new to communi.
emu to him; but merely to confirm officially that whieli I
had already from myself prerniseg. I did not however pass
over with the same indifference,' the arguments with which
your Lordship has furnished me. I recapitulated them all ;
the Principle on which the Treaty of Amiens was founded ;
and the Right,which naturally arose from that Principle, of
interference ou our part for thepurpose of obtAning satistk.
Lion sir compensaticm, ter any essential difference which may
have arisen in the relative situation of, the two Cuuntries.
instanced then cases, beginning with Italy and 'concluding
with Switzerland, which the territory or influence of
France hart been extended subsequent to the Treaty of
Aittiens.

l'Presented to him that thi4 Principle Compenolthut
had been fully and formally admitted by the French Govern.
minty itt the vOurse, of the N iiiniatlon. at Amiens. t • Own
toil
.411 114 t ttoiNvithstanding. the ihdisTut Able It i&lit 'whielv

ftis
MajeitY Might ditived
poise for such acqttisitiOns:, instrudiona
given Me; by which I should betit urktito:(ll.l4fo
His Majekty's readiness to birry into ctli:4l-the,
the ietb Article of the Treaty, if the, atitictlKA 1:17011.:
jesty.'s Government had . not been roused by the'o7.,z4vq.;
lication of Colonel Schilstiani' ',,,Dort to the First t;;tar..
it MS useless to recapitulate tl ictilai'h Of this Very ex-
trailrclinarY 'Report.; but .1 apt ► liiin whether it
not of a nature,, exclusive off the,,. I ;Winslow; it eon:
tained, to excite the utmost . jealousy , . the Minds
,ot'
Majesty's hlinisiers, and to demand on their.part every
pure ot precaution. 1 concluded With .the Alistind Decl.ir.i-
tiors, that it wao itnpossible for His Majesty to'enter into ;illy
furjher disc.usslOq relative to Malta, unless he receivi.es
tlielory oxplanations oh the 9ubje4l 'Of .the First Consul's
Views. •

. ,
M. de Talleyrind iri. }iii reply*, did not attempt to dispLte
the drift of my argument. .1-le ,admitted,,,vith.. an alteCt..
ed trine of candour, that -the jealousy we felt: lin the score
of Egypt, with a view to, our Possessions in. India,
natural. 'But he could nut admit that any thflig had *lp:
peared in the cohdua ethic I:reticle Government in.; ustitica:
tuin,Of the alarm we cat pressed. A tier repeating tvilat he hart
said to me in a former' Conversation on the subject of Seba
tiani's Mission, which he.asserted. to be orillets..col?mitrelql. tie
expatiated at great length on the sincere' desire of thc,Firsr
Constil to maintain inviolable the Peace which had, been sti
lately concluded adding, that the
this
of the French
'Finances was such, that were not this desire' of Peace in the
First Consul an elEctot system,it would tie inutir im p..riOusly
dictated to hint by the trtai iniposSibility in which this Coon.
try found itself of caring ott that extensive . state of vvarrate;
which eVen a vartnif, rupture would naturally lead to. Ile
ei pressed 'gr.:at sroos4Vtlieretbre, that any stislncion should
attach, when tln.}itteans of diSturbing the public tranquitlity
were,. as must be ,known in Em;land, so, completely
wanting; and desired to know what was the nature and de
gree of satisfaction which tlis Majesty' would require. On
this l told him, that 1 could not pretend to say by what
means those apprehensions, which the conduct of thiSGovern-
MCM had raised in England,',.Wele to be allayed t' but 1 could
assure hint, that in the di,s..ussion of them,: we should be
'animated solely by a sin4"tit to be convinced of the
troth of his assertions, slat, on that depended the Peace and
Happiness of Europe:. I took this, opportimity of assitrir4
hint, thatalthough,,according to his Statement 44 the situa-
tion of France, ,we might possess .in a greater ilegyte
means of supporting the expellee of a War, Since ijp,jvc
means arose trona sources "which even a state of Warfare did
not dry up, yet such was ViiS-MiljeStVs sincefedeSiro of main-
taining Peace, that nothing but absolute and unavooable
necessity would ever induce him to deprive his SubjeCts ut the
blessings which they begin to enjoy.

'No. 34. •
My Lohl, .Paris, February 2i, *Boa.
My •last Dispatch,, in which I gave sour Lordship cm ac.
count of my, conlisrence with M. de Tilleyrand, was scarcely
gone, when I received a. note from him, informing me that
the First. Consul wishedto converse with me, and desired t
would come to hint at the Thuilieriea at nine o'clock. He
received me in ins .Cabinet, with tolerable cordiality, and,
after talking on different.subjeas .for a.few. minutes, be de-
.sired we to -sit down, as. he himself did on the other side
of the table,. and began. He told xne, that he felt it ncces.
sary,after . what had passed bettveen me and M. de Talley.
rand that he. should,. in the, most clear and authentic flaunters
make known his sentiments tome in order to their beingcorn-
municated to Ilia Majesty ; and he conceived this would he
more eltielually done by himself than through any Medium
whatever. He said, that it was a matter of iniunte disappoint- .
.ment to hint, that the Treaty of .Amiens, instead of being
folliewed by conciliation anti :Friendship, the natural ,efieets
of Peace, had bean produCtive only of continual and increas.
ing jealousy and mistrust ; and that this mistrust was -now
avowed in such a'manner as must bring the point to awiasee..
He now enumerated the several Provocations which he
pretended to have received froM England, lid placed in
the first line our not evacuating Malta and Alexandria as wa
were bound to do by Treaty. In this ,he kaki that no Lmm.
titration on earth should. make him acquiesce ; and of the
two he had rather sed,us in possession of the -Fauxhourg St.
Antoine than Malta. He then adverted to the abuse throwo
.out against hint in the English public Prints • but this he.
said, lie did not ,an ' much regard as that which ared'in
the French Papers publishedin London.. Xitis he considered
as much More mischievoua, wince it was Meant to excite this
Country against hint and his Government. lie complained
of the proteclion given to (:comes and otli.3's of hi* &scrip,.
tion, who instead of. being sent to Canada, as-had been re-
peatedly promised, -were _permitted to remain in England,
handsomely pensioned, and constantly connoittingaihsorts
of Crimea on the Cdests of France, as well .as the Interior.
In confirmation of this, lie told me, that two Men had with.
in these few clays ham apprehended in Normandy,' anti were
now un 'their way to yarns, who were hired Aatatasinsa .and
entOloyed by the. Bishop of Arras, by the Baron, tie Rolle, by
Georges, and. by Plaited, as would be fully proved in a
Court of fusticc and mate known to the world.
He, acknowledged, that the irritation he telt against Eng?
land increased daily, because every wind - make • use 4$
much as I can of his own ideas and expressions) which blew
from England brought nothing but enmity and hunted against
him. • .t•
He now went back to. Egypt, and told me, that if he lint
felt the smallest inclination to take poasesSion of it by
he might have done' it a mouth ago, by ~sending tweiity,fiv,e
thousand men to Aboukir, who would have posseaatai them-
selves of the whole Country, iii defiance of the four, thousand
British in Alexandria. That instead of that Garrison being a
means of proteding Egypt, it was only furnishing him wit it ;
-pretence tar invading it. Tins he should not du, whatever
might be his desire to have it as a Colony, because he did not
think it worth the risk of a war, in which. he might, perr,
haps, be considered as the aggressor, and by which he
should lose more than he could --gain, • since sooner or later
Egypt would belong to trance, either by the falling to
pieces of the Turkish empire, or by some arrangement with
the Porte.

As a proof of his desire to maintain peace, he wished to
know what he had to gain by going to ,tifar. with England.
A descent was the only means of oltence he had, and that he
was determined to attempt, by putting hiroscl fat the head of
the Expedition. 'But how could it he supposed, that after hay.
ine gained the heighten which he stood, lie would rilA his.
lite and reputation in such a hazardous attempt, tin.
less forced to it by necessity, when the chances were
that •he and the greatest part of the Expedition would
go to the bottom of the sea. He .talked touch on
this subjeel, but never atneted to diminish the danger. -i-1
acknowledged that there were one hundred chances to we
against hint but- still he was determined to attempt it, if
• War should be the • consequence of the present Discussion;
and that such was the disposition of the Troops, that Army
after Army would be fonntlfer the enterprise.
lie then expatiated much on the natural forceof the two •
Countries. France with an Army of 4130,00 e men, for to this
Amount, it is, he said, tn be immediately completed, silk
ready for the most desperate enterprises ; and Eitg
a Fleet that made tier bastressofthe Soai, and wLind with
rich he.
,
not think he should he able to equal in less than Ten yit„,..
Two such countries,by a proper underatandinge.might govern
the World, buf by their strifes might overturn it. lie said,
that If he. had not felt the. enmity of the Britiah Govern.. •
ment on every occasion since the 'Treaty of -Amiens,
there would have been nothing that he, would not have
done to prove his desire to conciliate I Participation in ln..-
demnities, as welt as irl Influence on the Continent ;.Treaties
of commerce, in shortt any thing that could have given salts.
titetion„ and have testified his friendship. Nothing, however,'
had been able to conquer the hatred of the British • Govern-
ment, .and therefiire it was now come to the point, whether
we should have Peace or War. • To preserve Peace, the
Treaty of Aniieng must be fulfilled ; the abuse in the pub..
lie Prints, if net totally suppressed,' at least kept within
botuiits, and confined to the is nglish Papers ; and the Pre.
tettion so openly: given to his bitterest Founntes (alluding to
Georges and Persons .of that description) must be with.
drawn. It War, it ..was necessary only to- say so, and
to retnse to. UMW the Treaty. Ho new Mule the
Tour of Europe to prove to rne,- that in hs-preseuf.
state, there was no Power, with which we,COuld eoaleacts
• for die purpose of making War against .France; consequent.
ly it was our interest to- gain time, and it we hall any-point
to gain, renew the War when. circumstances were more fa.
vourable. He said, it was not tieing hiinjustice to suppose,
that he conceived huns4:ll above the opinton• of his Country
or of Etirope. He would .ntit risk uniting Europe against
him by any violent aet of aggression; neither • was he se
powerful to France as to persuade the -Nation to go to
War unless on good grounds. He- said, that he had
not chastised the Algerines, from hia unwillingness to
excite the jealousy of other Powers, but he hoped
that Englanti, Russia, and France would one day tcel
that it was their interest to destroy such a nest of thieves,
and force them to live rather_ by cultivating their land than
by plunder.

In the little I said to him, for he gave me in the course of
two hours but very fewopportunities of saying a word, 1
confined myself strietly to the tenor of your.l.ordship',o in.
struitinns. 1 urged them in the cline manner as Ih4 dune
to M. Tallmand, and dwelt as .strongly k. wutd .on
the sensation which the publication of SehastianYreport had