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London, England, 1803-05-20 00:00:00

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INSTALLATION of KNIGHTS of the BATH

YESTERDAY being the day appointed- by the
Sovereign, twenty, two Knights of this most ho
nourable Order were installed in Westminster
Abbey. It will he recollected 1w most of our
Readers, . that 'this Order of Knighthood Wl5
founded by KING IfrNRY IV. ; that it was
established by KING Gsozoe I. as a Military
Order in 1725 ; and that:it is our. Order of Meth.'
There was a covered platform, with the flooring
matted, of an elegant appearance, from the House
of Lords across Old Palace.yard, to communicilte
with the Abbey, ar Poet's Coiner.. 00 this
Procession passed from the Prince's Chamber in 1110
House of Lords, to the Abbey, about .r o'clock,
drums and trumpets playing the march in Isaias,
Matta/ie.:is. It was near 12 before they reachru
the further end of the Great Aisle, where the QtrzErit
re bior.
PR/NC/Ina WAL e 3, and the P&1 NC 85529,
ed in a gallery t ted up for that putdobe bYI,/,):Srea'l'
His Royal Highness the Dtma of' Y"*lg'i ' t 1
Master, walked last of the Order, I
ball oast
bearers and Attendants following. About , vtincr.
Twelve they were all in the Chapel of King'
HENRY VII. the gates of wliich were itzlieu"'Y
the
closed. The Knights were then' installed with Cll7
ceremony we have described on a furore day.
At the part of the ceremony, when the Du?
.0 ,
YoRR Was about to make his Offering, it v"ssdl6:
it, and the Gold Dish belonging covered there was no Didt for the Dean to rece'v"
g to
sent for. 'n
It 1
The Procession .returned about three 0'c10c...1
the same (rider as it went in, with this differew.:.
that the Knights Elett were coveted.
the Church Wits

CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 20.

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ipg scarce any fresh. Corn come to hand ; Wi`'.4
readily obtains our terms last quoted ; as 410 Milet
arenaddl\ilalt with but little of either; Beans and revisc
attC4
have aits 'in middling quantity, and rather titiV
nig; novefirytietguoatoidonp'riinceFst;ouirl:pe.
Wheat sos a igs a 431 od Tick:Beans - Si 2 aa- .0
ditto - 641 a 65s od Oats, - ~ iv a al
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Batley . 241 a 2as 03 1 !tape Seed,. - - 341i',',4
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,iy nttC Pease 31S :4' 45S•cd SeCOnd dO ~i 40$
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The ROYAL lk.nMrLY Went to Windioethis daYs
antlisrt.ayptlliTeTre.ut.iellniTounesdlaitientidexayt.
:to
J30)(1.'11004,
where he .remains, we believe, till Monday morning',
We yesterday stated the arrival of Lord Wiirright. 11e i"
e‘iii7aßlTDßoiin'er Londonbout townelV;Yeedor'ineisidl
eayi,frei
10
.His, Lordship was treated on his departure ,11
•Calais.wi;li every demonstration of respat
People, as Well as by the Municipal Officers, 3'r
the Military, He was saluted by a discharge e*
guns, and all parties seemed to regret th; ocessi"
his departure. On his arrival at Dover,
aim
found General ANDittossY, Who had received
lar honours, his Lordship sent a 'Message 1° the
French Atnbassader, importing a desire to hav!.s
interview, with his [Excellency before he left -
Country, and requesting that the latter would P°11:.
out the mode fur the accomplishment of that
pose. General ANnitgossY returned an, answer 4.9c*
presbive of high respect and acquiescehce, but
jt
ing the arrangement to Lord WHlTwoa.Til•
was: then determined that neither bllolll}l 'lna° v
other at their respective Hotels, and an. incervie'
was held at a third. place. What passed atrhsitii;
terview, we 'du pot- pretend to ,;,titie: two •
001 '
iiieeting, each of thevia.ted the
at -their Hotels, and both expressed their strong
sense of the (real:neat. whit;ll they had reeeit
heir anxious hol
their respective Cnuntriis, and ( r
_
that all causes of National differences would suot
liib pv_ci
Ier""d• General ANi/ItRoSsY then toOk.
weigehttla
every testn w
imOneLcotvdi:i thltilei4annidospraitialtete"l
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••P':A.•PI-k.:S

PRESENTEIJ,'
of Pl' HIS MAJESTY'; COMMAND)

TO
BHUTkI HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
= • 18TH MAY, 1803.

r.
vi .....___ .
yesterday gave All the JTIOSt important Popers in -the
Voluminous Correspondence laid before Parliament. We
now 3resent What want of tooth oblii;ed us yesterday to
Omit. • ,

- • No. at. ',Note from General 'Andreossy to Lord Hawkes.
bury, dated March to, tSo3 • • • •
• The undersigned• Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary
of the French Republic to His Britannic Majesty, had re-
ceived from.the • First Consul,- express orders to require from
the British Government some explanation respecting the
protracted occupation of the Island of Malta by the English
troops. He had hoped that verbal 'communications would
have. been sufficient to have produced satisfailory.'exposi..
Botts, by preparing tilt way for the . mutual, conciliation of
minds and interests, a conduet which has been prescribed
I°him.by his ardent zeal for the maintenance of harmony be..
• tween the two Countries, and of the Peace of .Europe, olijeas
ofthesolicitudeot the French Government : • But the under-
-• 'signed thinks he can no longer delay complying:with the in-
struelions he had received, and he has therefore the Honeur of
addressing the following observations to his Excellency Lord
Hawkesbury,. which recall to recolle6tion the spirit and the
leading features of the verbal Communications- which.he had
Previously .made to him. •
By the Conditions of the fourth. paragraph of the loth
Article of the Treaty of Amiens, the English Troops were
to evacuate the Island of Malta and its dependencies, three
Months after the exchange of the RatificationS. . •
Ten niOnths have elapsed since the Ratifications have been
txchanged, and the English Troops are still at 'Malta. • .
The French Troops on the contrary, who Were to evacuate
'the Neapolitan and Papal States,' have not waitedthe expira-
tion of the three months which were granted them to.with.
draw, and have quitted Tarentum, the Fortifications of which
they had re-established, and where they had colleaed too
Nieces of cannon.
What can be alledged in justification of the delay in eva- •
cuatiog Malta? Has not the tenth Article of the Treaty of •
Amiens provided fur every thing ? And the Neapolitan troops
• - • being arrived, under what pretext do those of England still
• • remain there
Is It because all the Powers enumerated, in the sixth pa-
ragraph have not yet accepted the guarantee. which is • de-
. volved upon them ? But Laois is not a condition that relates
to the evacuation of the island ; and besides, Austria, has
• already sent its ad of guarantee • . ROSsia .itself has nude "
only a sin,ele difficulty which is done away by the accession
of the First Consul ro the Modifications proposed, unless
Indeed, England itself throws obstacles in the way, by re-
itiaing to accede to the proposals of .Russiat which after all
could net of eet the engagements of his Britannic Majesty,
who-. aecbrding to the express conditions of the Treaty, is
to evacuate the Island of Malta within three mouths,
Platting it under the guard of the Neapolitans, • who are to
garrison-it, until the Definitive Arrangements of the Otaler
-are settled.
It should therefore seem impossible, and it. would. be with.
4?„,,at,eXattiple in the history of nations, -were llis Britannic
Majesty to ref use to execute a fundamental article of the pa-
-1 • c-cilJeation, of the've.ry one, which, in the drawing up ofthe
k • Prditniiiaries, was considered as the first, and as requiring
• 10 be settled previously to every other point.
Indeed, the First Consul, who cordially relies on the in.
teations'of His Britannic Nlajesty„ and cannot • suppose them ,
to bt: less open and generous than those with which he is
.
-•-• arunited, has hitherto been unwilling to 'attribute the delay
of the evacuation of the Island of Malta, to any oilier than
to Maritime: circuinstames.
• ' The undersigned is, therefbre,. charged to require lapin.
hatioas on this point, and he is persuaded that the British.
Irlinistry will be the more anxious to furnish such as will he
• satisfactory,' as they must be sensible how necessary they .pre
r the mannenance.of liarmony,.and how important they are
tor the honour of the two Nations..
The'. Undersigned avails himself of. this, opportimity to re-
new to Lord ilawkesbury the assurances of his high consi-
deration. • • . .
(Signed)• F. ANDREOSSY.
• Portland-place, loth March,

. , .
. • . . . (No. -Itol
MY 1-iirtt . ' Paris, March re, Ike:
The Messenger' Mason arrived yesterday morning early,
teith your Lotalehip's letter of the
.7th,•inforMing •me, that
..,, lo consetpience of the preparations in the. Ports of France and
Holland,
i' which though avowedly intended liar Colonial
' Service, might, n the event of a rupture, be turned against
Lome part of the Itritish. DoininitesS, llis Majesty had
judged it expedient to send a Message to both Houses of
l'artiainent, recommending in terms void ofoiliince, the adop-
tion of such measures as may be consieteet with the honour
of His Crown, and the security of his Dominions, and at
the sawn: time such as ten! manifest His Illajesty's disposi.
tort for the'preservation of Peace. '' ' •
I beg leave to return your Lordeliip my thanks for having
apprized me of the Circumstance by a speeiel Messenger ;
i 1 Num', however, on going to M. de Talleynnd, at two
o'clock, that he was airady informed of it. He was just
setting out to communicate it to the First Consul, and. ap.
Iteeriat tinder considerable agitation. He returned with me
, - 11: his Cabinet, and theugh he told inc he was ptessed for
aimee he suffered nit to relate the eireumsuince without in-
terruption. I endeavoured to make him sensible that . this
Measure was merely procautionery, end not in the leaet de.
I' glee intended as a menace. I concluded my observations by
reheating that .it vas: merely a measure of self
,security,
toundcd tin the armaments which were carrying on in the
Sorts of France and Holland, remarking at the same time.
were,
had not even those armaments been as notorious as they,
~.
were. the very circumstance of the first 'Consul's deternd•
nation to augment so considerably his Army in time of Peace,
would, have been a full and sufficient Ipotive for such a
Measure of precaution. '
M. de Talleyrand now informed mc thet he was already
acquainted with the business; that :it Messenger had that
morning arrived, who had brought him a copy of the
111es-
sin;e, which he communicated to me, .1 could- draw from,
}lint no reply whatever to my observations. He -Confined
himself strhaly to the assurance whith he has so repeatedly
ot,'ldes tl there was no foundation whatever for the alarm
"Hid, Was felt by His Itlajesty's Ministers; that the First
Consul was pacific ; that he had no thoughts, whatever of
attacking his Majesty's Dominions, unless forced tip do su
i by a commencement of hostilities on our part ; that he
should always consider the refuse' .to evacuate Malta as such
4 commencement of hostilities; and . that as we had hitherto
hesitated to do so, he was justified in adopting the measures
which *night eventually be necessary.. He nisei:dined every
. • idea of the annaments fitting out in the Dutch.. ports having
any other destination than to the Colouies, and concluded
. . that for nhis part; .he could not-- comprehend .the motives
I which heel necessitated a resort to such a measure on the part
of His Majesty's Governineot.
lie then desired leave to go to the First Consul, proinising
titit he would let mc know, the result when we met at din-
ner at the Prussian Ministers, lie did not come there till
near seven o'clock, and when we rove from dinner,' he took
me nide)," anti informed me, that although the First Consul
!lad been highly irritated at the unjust suspicion which His
-Majesty's Government entertained, yet he would not allow
himself to be so tar mastered by his feelines, as to lose sight
Cl the calamities which the present discussion might entail
"Pon humanity. He dwelt much on this topic,. anti ex-
p itinen the measures to which he should be obliged to re-
a'urt ; he said that if England wished to discuss fairly, he
1'14114 the same ; that if. England prepared for War, he
1‘6111(tdo the same ; and that it England should finally de-
termine on hostilities, he, trusted to the support of the
Vreneh Nution in the-cation of honour and of justice. It was
in vein that I repeated that Englund did not wish for War.
That Peace was as neceasery to us as it 'could he to f cocci ;
that all wo desired, end all that we were contending for, was
security, that every thing proved to us that that security was
i thriatenixi by the First Consul's views on Egypt ; and . that
coneequently our refusal to CVat:Uate Malta, was become. as
Muclea necessary measure of. precaution, as the defence of
stlY parrot' His Majesty's Dominions To this kind of rea-
-3,9,11111C , NI, _de 'falleyrand- opposed the moderation of the
First 'Consul, his great self-denial, and his determination
to sacrifice evert the most favourite points to his sincere de-
sire to avoid a rupture.
Me de Talleyrand now told me, that in order to facilitate
1 n'ty.conunteneatien of the First Consul's sentiments, he
would communicate to use a paper, which he had that moo.
Ifling drawn up with him ; that tt was not to be considered as
lulY. thing absolutely ofilcial ; that it was a niemoranduni to
license ule). but such as I might, if I chose, trallStrlit,to your
korderup. 1 now inclosc it.
. I iLVIC the honour to.be. &c.. .
I .
I(Signed) Val I.TW ()Will. Pi.'f,'-`, 14(11, Lord Hawketbuiye
See, 444. ice;.

1.1.1::.s;lge
riifms. t 4 alai Iyr
of at E x volition or wzdd kiorws that
it vas-destined for America, a,t that it the-pcint
sailing ti)r iti distination, bur cw,..st;iluttn_e..of His Ala-
jesity's Nl,!ssige, the etriharkution and putting to sea are about
to be counterniatulod.. - •
11. II we do not receive satiifaaory. explanation re.weil-
ing these Armaments in Litglaud, and if the) -actually take
place, it is natural that the First Consul shotild•
zo,oco men into Holland, since Holland is mentioned in-the
Mes Sage. . - • .
111. These. ..Troops being once in the Country it is natu-
ral that.an encainpment 'should be farmed on-the:Fmn;iers of
Hanover ; and, moreover, t hat additional hothes should join
those Troops which were alre:itty 'embarked. tiff America, -in
,order- to form new embarkations, and to maintain an often-
sive and defensive Position. -
IV. It is natural that the First Consul should order seve-
ral Campslo be formed at Calais, and on different paints of
the coasts. • •• .

--.7%l7itis likewise in' the. nature of things, • that the First
Consul, who was on the point of evacuating Switzerland,
should be under the necessity of continuing a French Army
in that Country. ,
it is also the natural consequence of all this, that the
First Consul should send a fresh twee into Italy, in order to
occupy, -in case of necessity, the Position .of Tarentitin. •
V 11. 'England arming, and arming with so much publi-
city, will compel France to put her, A rimes on the War Esta-
blishMent, a step so important, its cannot fail to agitate all
Europe.-
The. result of all these movements will be to irritate the
two Countries still more. France will have been compelled
to take all these precautions in consequence of the English
Armaments, and nevertheless every means wily be taken to
excite the english Nation by the assertion. that France me-
ditates an invasion. The NVholeßritish. population will be
obliged to put themselves underarms for .their defence, and
their Export Trade will, even before the War, be in a state
of stagnation throughout the whole el:tent of the Countries
occupied by the French arms.
The experience of Nations, and the course of events prove,
that the distance between such a state of things and actual
hostility, is unfortunately not remote.
As to the differences,. of which mention is •- made in- His
Britannic Mikiesty!s Message, we know nut of any that We
have with England ; for it cannot be imagined that a serious
intention can-have existed in England of evading the execu-
tion at' the Treaty of Amiens, under the protettion of a' Mi.
litany Armament. Europe well knows that it is 'possible to
attempt the dismemberment of France, but not to intimidate
her.,

• (No.- 43.)
My Lord, Paris, March 14, 1803.
• The Mei*nger Mason went on Saturday with my Dis-
patches of .that date, and until yesterday, Sunday, 1 saw no
•. one-likely to give me any further intbrmation such as I could
depend upon, as to the elfeel which His Majesty's Message
had prothsced on the First Consul. At the Court -which
Was held at the ThUillerlCS upon that -day, he accosted me
evidently under very considerable agitation. He began by
asking me if I had any news from England. I told him
that I had received Letters from your Lordship two (Ltys ago,
He immediately said, and so you are determined to. go to
War. • No; I replied, we are too sensible of the advantages
of Peace,—Nons evens, said he,. Gil 'tali la Guerre pendant
-quinze ans.—As he seemed to wait 'tor an answer, I observed.
only, C'en. est ciAja trop.—Mais, said he, vous voulez La
faire encore quinzennuees, et vous irt'y ft.ireez.—l told him,
that was very far from His Majesty's intentions. He then
proceeded to Count Nlarcew and the Chevalier Azara, who
were standing toget he :it a little distance from use, and said
to them, Les Angiuisveulent Li Guerra, IndiS s'ils SOntlea
13retnierS. 4 tirer P Epee, je send le derider ala remettre. Its
ne respatent pas les.Arattes. I I rant dor'eitavatit les couvrir
de crepe noir. —lle.then went Isis round ; inafew 'Mottles he
came back to use, and resumed the conversation, it such it
can be called, by something personally civil to me. Ile be.
gan again.—Potuquui des armemei.s ? Contre qui des Me-
snteS Ste. prfcaotwp ? Je n'ai,pas.un seul Vaisseau de Ligne
Hans lei Ports de Pratte,: ; 111515 si VOUS VOttlei arMer,' j'ar.
menu aussi ; si vous.voulez vous battre, le me battrai aussi.
Voes•pourroz.peut-etre titer la France, inais unais Pinti-
midier.—On ne voudroit, said I, ni' I"tin nt l'autrc. On
voudroit vivre en bonne intelligence avec. el faut done
respeeter•les traites, replied he; malhettr a. ceux qui ne re-
speetent pas les traites ; ils en serum responsahle- a foutc.
'Plittrope.—He was too much agitated to make it adviseable
Sir me to. prolong the conversation ; I therefore made no an-
swer, and he retired to his apartment, repeating the last
phrase.
It is to be remarked that al.l this passed loud enough to be
overheard by two. hundred people who were, present, and I
ant persuaded that there was 'not a. singla'person, who did
not feet the 'extreme impropriety of his conduit, and the
total want of dignity as well 5.4 of deeeneyon the oe,.asen.
I • propose. taking the first opportunity of speaking to M.
Talleyrand on the subject .
I have the flonour to ha, &e.
(Sigoed) • I'WORTH.
Right 'Honourable-Lord llaW-Lesbury,- • •
• -ate... See.• tee. '
No. 44 is an Extraa of a Disptch from Lord- Hawke's,
bury to Lord Whitworth, dated M.trch ti, a? 3, referring to
the Answer given to the Note presented to• his Lordship by
General Andreussy, on. the rothof March.

No., 45, is the Answer of. Lord4lawkesbury thus referred
to, which dues little more than VC at the Explanations
which had alreJdy been •ivep by. his Lordship to General
Andreossy, and ay' Lord Whitworth to lq..Talleyrand.

(No. 464
My Lord, Paris, March 17, rgo3.
I called yesterday on X. de Talleyrand, to converse with
him on the subjed of what had passed on Sunday last at the
Thuillerics. He had been since that day so fully occupied
With his Expeditions to different Foreign ,Courts,, that I had
no opportunity of seeing him sooner. 1 told hiin, that 1 had
been placed by the' First Consul in a situation which could
neither suit my public nor my private feelings. That I" went
to the Thuillcrirs to pay my resets to the First Consul,
and to present my Countrymen, but not to treat of peihic,
Subjeas • and that unless I had the assonance from him, that
I should be exposed, to a repetition of the samedisagree..
able circumstances, I should be under the necessity of dis-
continuing my visits to the Thuilleries. M. de Tallevrand
assured me, that it was very far from the First ConsUPS
tendon to distress me ; but he had felt himself plisonally in;
suited by the charges which were brought against him by
the English Government ; and that it was incumbent upon
hirn to take the first opportunity of exculpating himself in
the presence of the Ministers of the different Powers of Eu-
rope. He assured me that nothing similar would occur'.
(Signed) WHITWORTH.
The light Hon. Lord FlaWkesbury, •
&c. &c.

(No. 47. „ „
My Lord, Paris, March toi3.
I received your Lordship's pipatell, with its Inclosnes,
this mornit:g early ; and 1 learnt at the same time that a
Messenger had arrived train General Andreossy to Isl. de
Trilleyrand ; siiorily after, M. de Talleyrand sent to desire
I. would call upc.n him, which 1 accordingly did. He told
me that he had not only received your Lordship's Note to the
French Ambassador, but also the' Sentiinents of the First
Consul upon it, -which he was desirous to communicate to
me, . before he , re-dispatched the Messenger. This he did,
and I refer your Lordship to the Commtinicatiorqwhich
neral Andreossy Iwill make, according to his instructions,
without loss of time.
from the tenor of this Note, it appears that this Govern-
ment. is not:desirous to proceed to Extremities; that is to
say, it is not prepared .so to do; and therefore it expresses a
willingness to enter on the discussion of the point, which
appears according to their conception, or rather to the inter-
pretation they .choose to give to it, the ITIOSt material. This
of COUrse is the satiety or Egypt. On this the First Consul
declares in the Now, as M. de Talleyrand did repeatedly to
would me, that he.ould be willing to enter into any Engagement,
by which such a Security as would fully quiet our aPpre-
Itensions,..might be given rihthe part of the French Govern-
ment. on the subjed of Malta, the first Consul maintains
that he cannot listen to any Compromise; with regard to
Egypt he is willing to enter into any Engagement which
may be thought Sufficient.
told him that he had departed from the Letter and the
Sense of your Lordship's Note, by confining the Question
to Malta alone. That Note, had comprehended other mast
important considerations. That the best method of bringing
the discusSion to 4 speedy conclusion, such as Ili& Majesty's
Government appeared to wish, was to take it up on a
broader Seale. But that at the same time His Majesty's- co.
vernment would not refuse to lend itself to any thing tea-
sonabLi which might be suggested. There was howeveri 1
told him, one distinction to be made in the situation of the
two Governments, in the Discus:lon of this Question, By
our Possession of Malta, France Was not threatened,. but the
reverse was the ease, should the access to Egypt be opened
by its Evaewitien,
have the Honor to be_, &St
(Signed" WHITWORTH4
The Right Ilstottrabitt Loettilorkesbuty;

4!1 a Letter rroni 'Lord 14*Wkeiburp, '4l‘ted v.d
;‘,str!scling , Lott 'Whitworth not to :Imurat
at Court, nnlofs. lietereeiwil an nistiranee: that lie
.Woli id notibtev pot!ed to itiStil
No, .fir} is from 1 tliwicestury to Lord Whit-
4,yortb, twed A,jfil 3, refer-ring to the following Note
prez:cnted to hit Lordship by General. Andreossy on the 29th
of March.