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must be admitted to be most ethlAiraSsitt
while, at the same tithe, it is Well•known, how dif.
ficult, upon many occasions, it is to obtain an
matam. We have reason to believe, however; that
Ministers are determined to bring the matter to a
Point, and we shall have to announce to Oaf Ittadets,
Ter) shortly, the result of the lalegotiation.
In the Correspondence between Sir At.ExAmatit
BALL and M. De Busy (or, as the French will
have it, Signor Buz!), the only reason stated for
refusing to deliver up the Island of Malta is, be.
cause certain Powers, who had been invited by the
Toth Ankle of the Treaty of Ant;ens to guarantee
the Independence of the Island, had not agreed to
that measure. We had occasion before to remark
on this subjed. It is not alone the refusal,of cer.
tain Powers to guarantee that Independence, nor the
abolition of certain Languts since the Signature of
the Treaty of Amiens, but the views and projells
of the FIRST CONSUL, demonstrated since that pe-
riod, which render its retention necessary on the
part of the British Empire. That degree of Inde.
pendence which, with a pacific spirit in the FIRST
CONSUL, would have been complete security, and
all that the Treaty of Amiigs aimed at, is no secu.
tity at all with the hostile projeds which have been
but too plainly manifested ; and the question is,
Shall we give up Malta with less security than we
stipulated for when BONAPARTE promised us Peace,
now that he threatens us with War ?—and with
War, to the success of which, on his part, the pos.
'elision of this Island would most essentially contri.
butt From the moment we read SEBASTI ANI'S Re..
tort on Egypt, we were convinced that His MAJ Es.
TVs Ministers could nor give up Malta without
receiving some ample Security in lieu of that posses.
stop. We have made these animadversions, because,
though we do not affed to state the whole case of
Ministers upon titis subject, we do not like to see
this important point narrowed to the mere question
Or Guarantees. Of one thing however, we are cer.
tain, that the point in dispute has been carried to that
length, that nothing but the dist ind acknowledgment
of our right to keep Malta, will, under all the cir.
eurestances, satisfy his MAJESTY'S Ministers, as we
are convinced nothing short of such a .concession
will satisfy the Public.
Whatever may be the issue of the present Nego.
tiation with France, A STRONG AbMtNisirtAriorr
will be necessary for our security. Upon this point
we are unwilling again to advert to a transadion,
the result of which has filled us, as it has every
friend to the interests of the Country, with regret.
What we have already stated upon it may be relied
upon. Mr. AuDlNGrorr, we believe, wished for
the accession of Mr. PITT and some of his Friends
to the Government, and would willingly have re-
linquished his office to the att. inmenrof so great an
objeft. When Mr. PITT was applied to by Mr.
ADDINGTON upon this point, the former replied
Os might be expeded) that he could entertain no
proposition upon the subjeEt, unless His MAJarry's
wishes were distindly signified to him. He added
also, that in such a case he should feel it necessary
to propose anAdministration upon a large and extend-
ed plan. Here the whole transadion ended. Whether
in the course of it, any disinclination was expressed
"T.' the part of the present MiniSters to at with Lord
GR ENV I ',L e, or any of his Party, or whether that
Party expressed a similar disinclination to ad with
the present Ministers, we have not been accurately
informed, nor indeed does it appear necessary to in.
gnire,ln whatever way the present Negotiation with
France ends, the Country will naturally look to a
strong Administration, because experience has taught
us that we have only Difficulty to exped. It is hard.
ly necessary for us to say, that among the present
Isilinisters there are some whom we must highly re.
speft—in whose talents and whose charaaers we
have great confidence : hut these arc times in which
every department should be filled with the ablest
men in the Country. We have already expressed
oar disappointment and regret, in observing the
-undo& of the Naval Department, and when we
1-tok round, much as we respen some of His Ma.

i!ity's Ministers, we nvi;c own, that unless some
changes take plAce, cur best coniolation test vs
the faint bole of secure Peace.

Tills morning arrived a :quit from 1411 and, and
tilt from //ailit,u,...b.
The Letters from various parts of the Continent
are filled with speculations upon the subjed of the
present difretences between this Country and
France, anti display gre4t avAiety as to the pro-
bable result.

A tityy VJrCIAa, the new Arabian Prop!le:, is
"alcd to have b•en totally ('.l:!..ttetl, }le is slid to
Lave been 11. eloie alli n,ce ivtth tilt Heys of Egypt.

Accounts-.from the North of Europe, speak of
(lifferences having ani-n het weer: Rani./ a:l3
dew, itl.,comeciaence of which some Ittisstatt Troops
/144 11*rnartlitlf towards,the Frnnticts of tl,e lat.
'er.Country, and some: Rus,ian Galley; rout itt a
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state or preparation; biiE totildent tiopEs are
piessed or att amicable accOMMotiatiiiri:

Yesterday Abotit half past icvehie o'cloCk fart
MAJ MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES AUGINTA, ELtzA..
BETH, SOPHIA, and AM ELI A, arrived-at St.
_lattices
Palace from Buckingham House; soon after the
PP.I NC ESI CHARLOTTE of WALES, attended by

LadyL &Gm, arrived at the Palace, And continued
with HER MAJESTY and the PitistEsSEs till the
Drawing Room commenced:
About half past one His MAJESTY arrived at the
Palace, and held a Chapter of the Order of the Bath,
which was, attended by his Royal Highness the
DUKE Of YORK, Sir JOSEPH BANKS, Sir WILLIA*
FAwcerT, the Earl of MALMESBURY, Lord rig
BLAQuten E, Lord HENLEY, and several others of

that Noble Order, when General DUNDAS, now Sir
DAVID MINDAs, was invested with the Red Rib-
bon, vacant by the death of the late Sir WI WAN!
HAMILTON. Sir ISAAC HEARD, and the proper

Officers from the Herald's Office, attended the cire-

mony.
About half past two, THEIR MAJESTIES and the
PRINCESSES entered the Drawing-room, which was
attended by the PRINCE of WALES, the DUKE of
YORK, the DUKE of CLARENCE, and the DUKE of
CUMBERLAND ; the Archbishop of CANTERBURY,
Archbishop of DUBLIN, CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER, SECRETARIES of STATE, the LORD

CHIEF BARON, Judge at the Admiralty, the LORD
MAYOR of London, and the Nobility and Gentry
who attended were more numerous than on m:my
Birth. Days. There were present

Duker—Roxburgh, Portland, Leeds, Montrose, and St.

A I ban's.
Thachesses—Devonshire, Montrose, Northumberland, St.
Alban's, and Leeds.
41/.ireia4ea—Circello, Salisbury, Worcester, Ely, and Tho-
mond.
aLtrrhionesres—Circello, Ely, Bath, Salisbury, Headfort, and

Worcester: „
Ea/it—Cardigan, Winchelsea, Dartmouth, Macclesfield,
A ylesford, Harrington, Effingham, Berkely, Mot ton,
Grosvenor, Galloway, Rnslin, fiarrymore, Carnarvon,
Harcourt, Chesterfield, Bridgewater, Derby, Uxbridge,
Mountnorris, Moira, Spencer, Aboyne, Besborough, Nial-
tnesbury, Fortescue, Chatham, Darnley, Breda'bane, Fite,
Ormond, and Craven.
Countesscs—Bruhl, Nlacclestield, Harrington, Effingham,
Grosvenor, Dartmouth' Carnarvun, Cardigan, Hare ,urt,
Aylesbury, Chesterfield, Bridgewater, Derby, Mounmor-
ris, Essex, St. Vincent, Uxbridge, Darnley, StamtUrd,
Cork, liesborough, fientint k, Breadalbane, Liverpool,
Roslin, Chatham, and Eglintoun. #
Mr:lints—Sydney, Wentworth, Howe, Lowther, Castle.
reagh, Hood, Courtenay, Melville, and Falinolitii. '
lii.icounre.ries—Went worth, Lowther, Limerick, and Courte-
nay.
./.11-dr—Amherst (Lord in waiting), Somerville, Willoughby
. de Broke. Selsey, Ha .rkesbury, Sheffield. Hervey, Ho-
ward, 'S alsinghant, Dysart, Kinnaird, Perri:, Stanley,
Bolton, Gostord, 1.. Cower, C. Somerset, Grey, Nlul-
grave, Reticulate, Radstock, Newborough, Curzon,
.So-
titers, Cathcart, Duncannon, Harewood, Ilooarr, Rolle,
Walpole, "I'ecnpletown, Arden, Rout, Hotham. Dc Dun-
surly il le, Chetwvnd, Wodelious..% Moittgoimry, Montague,
Paget, Broine, Porchester, Delaval, I. Thymic, j . Beres-
lord, De Blaquierc, and Henley.
Baron Nolleken.

Pirtaps—Gloucester, Oxford, St. David's, Durham, Lincoln,
and Norwich. -
Ladies--C. Johnston, Thynne, \Vynyard, Pelham, Finch,
Stowell, Bradford, Rotliurst; Howard, Dowager Latighani,
Curzon, E. Hatton, Sinclair, Grey,
r.innaird,pudic Dudley
and Ward, fames, Mulgrave, A. Cecil, Allen,
Townshend, F. Compton, C. Walpoie, J. Percy, A.
Percy, E. Percy, M. Bentinek, Br inley, H. Finch, C.
Duncombe, Stanley, Locos' Cavan, Petri!, C. Darner,
Hobart, Bayning, Stratford, llawkesburv, Hervey, New.
ark, Manners, C. Leerax, . Viner, E. Nlonkton, A.
Spencer, Euston, Brovdo. Glenberv.e, Grantham, Met-
calfe, M. Duncan- Stopford, Blaney, S. Glynn, C.
Wroughton, Clontnell, Clanbrassil, Wodehouse, Melville,
C. lenkinson, Mornington, A. Clover*, :::arlies, North-
wick, I lume, Carliamptun, Cathcart, C. Rushout, Camp-
bell, Paget, It Sullivan, A. CurnSerland, S. Ryder,
Rot hurst, C. Vernon, Kent, Portarlington, Montgomery,
1.. Spencer, IV innington, 11. Cavendish, and C. Ponsonby.
Ambaniadort —French, Neapolitan, Danish, Bavarian, Swe-
dish, Russian, Imperial, Turkish Charge d' A tEcires, Hano-
verian, and Portuguese.
Sirs--P. Hales, (Groom in Waiting), W. Fawcett, S. Cot-
trell, W Longhorn, G. Osb(?rne, J. Collitigton. l• P. Sin-
clair, IV. James, C. Cotton, C. Kent, Riddell, W.
Scott, H. Strachey, E. Clark, A. Hume, K. Onslow,
C. R. Bolton, G. Russell, J. Banks, and Heard.
Admiral Berkeley.
Grnerals—l larcourt, Dundas, Needham, Fox, Burton, Smith,
Forbes, Stanwick, and Tonyn.
Cawreh—Fane, Ilurris, &mina., Chester, Stoploal, and
Dalrymple.
Catrains—Bcresford, Berkeley, Chester, Pierrcpoint, and
C reenwood.
Reverend Doaors—Vincent (Dean of Westminster) and Beres-
Meerea.—Addington, Calvert, Willowes, Erskine, Casswell,
Champness, 11. Watson, King, Carr, Callow, Lum-
ley, Onslow, Thellusson, Wallace, 0. Harland, Villiers,
Penn, Tierney, A. Phipps, Shaw Lefevre, Smyth,
Laurie, Ward, Churchill, Banks, Agar, Blackest, Wind-
Tomkins, Vansittart, Heneage, Laurel, Bent, Flinch.
chile, North, Dennison, De Hannay, hunter, Currie,
Vansittart, Peachey, and Stuart.
Mistresses —Willowes, Chompliess, Burdett, Drax, Hold-
witch, Crew, Onslow, Cowlie, Nebel!, Lloyd, Logan,
Kent, Randolph, Shaw Lefevre, Laurie, 11. Williams,
Grant, Moore, 'altner, Talbot, Prettyman, Montague,
Simeoe, Price A. Stanhope, Sullivan, Bloc:I:et, Poynti,
Blackwood, Itl. Phillips, Robinson, G wynne,
M. Pitt, Pigo, Haig, Barrington, H. Jodrell, Needham,
M. Sutton, Stuart, Heneage, llinchclill , Chichester,
North, Malcolm, Fordyce, Fane, S. Wortley, Dick, Van-
sittart, Stanhope, Currie, lfeneage, Gambier, Morton,
and Hebb,
Mister—Strachey, Legg, two Lowthers, Lawrence, Longhorn,
two Cooks, twu Walpoles, Logan, three Keuts, Vaughan,
two Limes, two Aliens, three Cuurtenays, Elliker, I).
Hannay, Monson, Craven, Hinclielittr, Wortley, Vansit.
tart, Turner, D dShwoud, Miller, Burdett, Morton,
and
Ingerford.
The following Presentations cook place to Hen
MAJESTY :
Lady Harriet Cavendish, by the Dutchess of Devonshire.
Lady Caroline Ponsonby, by the Coutit.iss of Besbarongh.
Two Miss Lowthers, by Lady Lowther.
Miss Ingcrtord, by Lady Carnarvon.
Miss Strachey, by the Lady in Waiting.
Miss Erskine by the Countess of Roslin.
Lady Nlontgomery, by Lady Eglintoun.
Miss Dashwood, by Lady Cloatnel.
Miss Miller, by Lady Clonmel.
Mrs. Caswell, by Lady 1.. Spencer.
Miss Burdett, by Miss Longhorn.
Mr. Stuart, by Lord than het:b.:try.
The following were likewise presented :
Mr. Pechel, Mica Strachey, Miss Turner, Viscountess Low-
ther, Mr. Caswell, Mrs. Bebb, and Lady F. Morton.
The Earl and Countess of Bridgewater, on their coming to
their Title.
114. and Mrs. Blacket, on their marriage.
Lady Augusta (layering, tar the first time these seven, years.
Mr. Ilentiaw, by Lord t'etre ; Mrs. Ileiteage, by Lady Pelle ;
Mr. Thomas lieneage, by Lord Yarborough ; Iton. 'Mr.
1 hontas I leneage, by Lady Prue.
The following were at Court for the first time
rhis season
C;rey, Lord Comtenay, three Miss Courtenays, Miss
Hannay, Gauthier, Lady Wintington, Lady Morn-
itei ton, and Mrs. Dugdale.
"11!e Drawing Room did not close till past five
o'clock, alter la Melt lii Mat ftsTY had a con.
fetence with Lora lionart-t and Earl HAR RING-
At six o'clock lit E 1 It M A
,J ESTI as and the
Pitts:;er.sts returnctl.to the Queen's House.