The Sun.
London, England, 1803-04-11 00:00:00

APRIL 7.

By virtue of an agreement made between the
Powers interested in the fate of the Order of Malta,
and consented to by Hts BAITANNIC MAjIaTY on
the sal of June, 1802, the nomination of the Grand
Master of the Order was referred this time to the
Holy See, upon the representations of the Priors of
the Order. The Pope and the Priors acceeded to this
arrangement. In consequence of which, His Holi.
nest named, on the gth of January 1803, the,
Ds TaomA,si as ‘Grand Master of the Order, who
accepted his nomination. The new Grand Master
thought it necessary to send to Malta M. DE Bus-
SY) his Lieutenant, furnished with full powers.—
He arrived on the Island on the 28th of February.
The following Letters will skew what has hitherto
been the result of his mission.

UTTER FROM M. DE BUM TO THE ENOLISH MT-

NISTRIR AT MALTA.

" MONS. THI ZNOLISII

" i had the Honour this morning of stating to your Ex-
cellency, the object of the mission with which I am charged;
to which you replied, that you had no orders to evacuate
Malta, and that gave me to understand that the Grand Mas-
ter had better not repair thither. After having rattled up.
on this answer, which was not so satisfaaory as His High-
ness ex peaed, it seemed to me that it required further
explanation. As your Excellency's Answer appeared
to contain a refusal to restore Malta to the Order of
Saint john of Jerusalem, conformably to the Tenth
Article of the Treaty of 'Amiens, and as such a viola-
tion of the Treaty might lead to the most important
consequences, and..even the most fatal to the repose of Eu•
rope; I cannot remain satisfied with the verbal answer you
have given me, and I therefore request you to state in a
public and authentic manner, the motives of this unexper t.
ed refusal.

" 1 have the honour to recall to the recolleCtion of your
Excellency, that conformably to the 4th l'aragraph of the
loth. Article of the Treaty of Amiens, the Forces of llis
Bit TAN lc NIA) istir were to Evacuate that Island
and its Dependencies in three months after the Ratifies-
tion of the Treaty, or sooner if possible. That period
has expired some time. The Treaty adds, that " The
Island is to be restored in its present state, provided the
Grand Master, or his Commissaries fully authorized acc.iad.

to take possession of it, _ant! provided the Troops 'Which His
Ste LI Al 4 M4O t sty is to furnish shaft have atriVecl.".
Those Troops have arrived a long time, and the only.
Condition reinaining to be fulfilled, Was thd arrival of the
Grand Master, or his Commissaries; to Ulm possession,
„I
This Condition is now accomplished by my arrival:--
The Grand Alastzr has deigned to appoint and his Ambas-
sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, " to treat, con-
clude, accomplish, and concert with the English and French
Ministers Plenipotentiary, and with tho actual 'English
Government in the Island, upon all the Articles rela-
tive to the restoration of Religion to..thgAsland of Malta;
as well as upon the restoration of the placeal Such are
the terms of the full powers'with which I am vested,
and of whiCh I have seat you 'a Copy. According to
the tenor of these full powers, and the different sti-
pulations of the Treaty of Amiens, being accomplished
for the restoration of the Island of Alalta id the Order
of St. John of Jerusalem, I demand formally, the execution of
the loth Article, paragraph 4, of the said Treaty, and I beg
that I may receive a categorical answer.
" Accept the assurance of my high consideration.
(Signed) " EUSSY."

THE ANSWER OE M. Tilt ENGLIcH MINISTER TO
M. THE COMMANDER HUSSY.
" Malta, March; 11103.

" stR,

" I have received the letter which your Excellency did me
the Honour to write to me, in which some dissatisfaction is
expressed at my verbal communication respecting the ()Wed
of your Mission ; and in which it is demanded that I should'
detail in writing my reasons for refusing to deliver up the
Government of these Isles, on the arrival of His Eminence
the Grand Master of the Order of St. john of Jerusalem.
" In reply, I beg leave to observe, that as some Of the
Powers invited by the terms of the loth Article of the Treaty
of Amiens to guarantee the Independenee of Malta, have
not yet acceded to that measure, I do. not think myself au-
thorized to put an end to the Governinent of His BRITAN-
NIC MAJ&STY here, until I receive special Instruftions from
my Court.

44 Your Excellency will observe, that I wish to dissuade,
the Grand Master from coming to reside here. Your Excel-,
lency may recoiled that I spoke to you on that subjefl, to the
following purport
" On your observations, that_ the Grand Master reckoned
on having immediate pOssession of the Palace of GoVernment,
and the Fort of • %Janette, I informed yoL4 that under
the present eireumstaucers, I could not accede to the
desire of His. Eminence, ,it being absolutely necessary that
His Excellency General Nil LLITTE and myself should con-
tinue the Palace for the official business of our respective
departments.
44 I request, however, to recall to your Excellency's re-
membnuice, that .1 altered at the Wile time the Palace of
Boschetta for the residence of the Grand Master, a situation
which I conceived to be in every respell suitable to His
Eminence, until the period when he might take upon him
the direction of the Government.

" But as the Palace of lioschetta is not at present furnish-
ea,. I took the lib*rty to suggest that it would be more suit-
able to remain some ;Wm in: Sicily, and so much the more so,
a►s the then residence of his Eminence would be but a day's
voyage from this Island,

" M to any thins further, His Eminence may
.be as.
sired that the moment I think myself authorized to deliver
up theCevernment, 1 wilt intrrrt him of it.

."
I have the Honour to bc, with the highescresped,
" six,
Your. Excellency's very humble
" and obedient Servant,
(Signed) " ALEXANDER J. L"

The EMPEROR, of GER ztIANY and the EMPEROR
of Russt A-, have for a long time guaranteed .the. In-
dependence of the Island and Order of Malta. The
only Power which had not given a decided answer
to the request that was made upon that subjetl, was
the KING of PRUSSIA. But His PRUSSIAN NIA.
jEsTy has thought it proper, under the present dr.
cumAances, to hasten to guarantee the Independence
of the Island and Order of Malta.—(Moniteur.)
General DVROC.arrived on Monday evening at
the. Palace of the Thuilleries from his Mission at
.Berlin. He fet ofF immediately for Malmaison,
to meet the First Consul.

~Ve.are assured that the „Government of Spain
have sent orders to re-establish the relations of its
American Colonies with the United States, on the
footing on which-they were before the Nace,

According to Letters from Ratishon, of the 3oth
ult. they expected in the course of eight days the
Imperial Ratification of the definitive Conc/usum of
the Diet of the Empire.

Saturday morning was interred in a vault at St.
James's Church, the body of the lute Col. MONT.
COMIERY. The funeral was attended by General
Lorrus, Mr. BYNG, and Mr. BEREspoRD. repre.
Settling the three families with whom he was must
nearly emanated.

Saturday morning the parties who are acquainted
with the circumstances of the late unfortunate
Duel, attended before Sir RICHARD' FoRD at the
Public Office, Bow-street, aid their Depnbitions.
were taken in writing. The Exatninations were
private. It was the intention of Sir RICHARD
FORD to have committed Captain MAC NANIX lA' to
prison, but Mr. HEAVISIDE stating that his re.
moval would endanger his life, he was permitted to
remain at the Hotel.

Sir E. PELL Elm, Bart. has generously offered by
public advertisement, sol. per annum, to any quali-
fied schoolmaster, who will take charge of the young
Gentlemen of the quarter.deck of the Towiant, .
84 guns, fitting for sea, in addition to the salary of
Nl. per ann. and other allowances of the Royal
avy.

On Wednesday last Miss 'WEGO, and another
Lady, returning to town Irons Mon in heir car.
riage, the horses tdok fright, and ran away. The
earriaze was overturned, :Ira the coachnun killed
on the spot. The Ladi.4 es,:qed with 4 rov blight
bruises.

'gfirttc tify last thedfmavar rripte has, e‘i
from Pottsmatith, and with here ChpNlin ITiotYui
Aid.de.Camp to His Royal Highness the Gove:oor.
The ttir after his arrival it was given orders,
that every Regiment now in Garrison, to the ex.
ception of the s+th, and the Royal Artillery, shnoici
hold themselves in readinvis to embark ter Unglitiri4
At the same time His Royal Highness ann,uo,
his intention of returning to Britain immediately,
and th! cabins of the Amax." are now fitting up for
his accommodation.

A Brigantine of War came early yesterday rrorii
the Alediterranean ; she brought intelligence 'hat
the 13th Regiment was on its passage fiom M,lta
for this Qarnson ; and at the moment I write, I sec
His Majesty's Ships Alligator and Esieriment frotti
any, window :
,they have just come to anchor in this
Bay, with the Regitrient alluded to on board.