The Sun.
London, England, 1803-04-25 00:00:00

PARIs, A? n. ze.

MALTA.--Cp his arrival, M. La DAILLI:'
Ruzi, Minister Plenipotentiary and Lieutenant.
of the GRAND MASTER, presented his Letters
of Credence, to tnr English Commandant, Mr.
and,demanded. of -him the possession. of the,
Islands of Malta, Cox°, &c. 'Mr. BALL -ans4ered
Verbally, that he had no orders from his Court- au.
• thorizing him to evacuate those Islands. •
M. Buz' then wrote to the Ettgli.h Commandant,
and remarked, that the verbal communication did
not appear to him to be sufficient ; . he, therefore,'
begged of him to explain himself in:writing.
Accordingly Mr. BALL made a written conununi.
cation to M. Iluzr, dated March 2, and of which
the Mowing is an extrati.
• " You will h<<ve the goodness to observe, that it
141 certain • the Powers invited, conformably to the
itipulations of the loth Article of the Treaty of
Amiens, to guarantee the rndependence of Malta,
have not agreed to that Measure ; and that I have no.
authority to put an end to the Government of His
13aITANNIC MAJESTY in this Island,without special:
orders from my Court.
"'Your Excellency will also observe, that it is I
thy wish to dissuade the Grand Master from
coming to reside here. In this view I beg you will
'recoiled that I have already spoken to him.
" With resped to your observation, that thi
Grand Master hoped to. have-immediate possession
of. the Palace in Valetta, I have apprised you,- that
in the present circumstances, I am:unable to cafitply
with the wish of his Eminence, because it is indis.
pensably necessary that his Extellency, Gen. 1711,..
1-P.TTP., and myself, should continue to occupy that
Ilnuie, on account of the Official Duties of our te.
spettive Departments. I must, however, observe'
to your Excellency, 'that, at the same time,' made..
a tender of the Palace Du Boquet, which appeared
to me a suitable Residence, until he could enter up.
on the fun lions of his Government : but as the Pa..
lace D, Bnquet is at' present unfurnished, I took'
• the liberty to suggest, that it would be preferable,'
and much more cpnvenient to the Grand Master,
to remain some time longer in his present residence +
in Sicily ; and especially, as it is no more than
ft day's sail from hence.
" Finally, his Eminence may be assured, that
the moment I shall be authorised to resign the Go.,
vernment, I shill communicate the circumstance to •

" I have the Honour' to be, &c."

M. Buz:, seeing that the English Commandant
persisted in refusing to give up Malta to him, ap.
plied ro the French Minister for his good.offices on
the_ occasion.

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M. Bort, by a Letter dated the :sit of March,
represented Anew to the English Commandant, the
inconveniences which May result from his condutt ;
and, at the same time, informed him of his appli-
cation to tht French Minister in order to obtain his
interference. .

To this letter, the English CommandanitetUrned
an answer, of which one phrase, as follows, is of
essential importance. " 1 have the honour to assure"
you that I shall be always' ready to co.operata with ..
his Excellency the French Minister, with reaper to i
the tenor of the Article in question (the tenth of
the Treaty of Amiens).
The French Minister in answer to the' requisition '.
of his interference, immediately wrote. to M..13u zr, ii
and assisted him that a just and faithful interpreta-
tion of the Treaty left no doubt respeaing theevar
citation. of. Malta, by the English, and the right of 1
its possession by the Order. 1
The French Minister has transmitted. to the
Grand Master a copy of what he wrote on, the
occasion' to the English Minister, which was to the .
following effect:
" The Minister Plenipotentiary of the French
Republic at Malta' has received the Note which
his ExCellency the, Minister Plenipotentiary of His.
tritannit Majesty did him the honour to address to
him, 'the 4th of March, in answer to that which the
Undersigned transmitted to him,on the zti day of
that . month. '

" Before he specially replies to this Note,
the French Minister thinks it proper to State
to his Ex&lleney the Minister of Entand; that the
Ambasisador Extriodinary and Plenipthentiary of the
Prand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusa.
le has requited by a formal application' to the
Frch Republic, the interference of its Minister at
Mho, in order to induce the English Minister to
forego his opposition to the immediate execution of
the loth Article of the Treaty of Amiens, and to
concur in its accomplishment.
" The Undersigned in considering the Note
Which he'has received from. the, Minister Plenipo;
tentiaiy of England,. and also that which his Ex-
cellency has 'addressed to M. Bum, perceives that
both these Notes contain a' similar •reruial to accede
to theltrinlediate execution of the article in Tiestiun,
and that in both this refusal is grounded on the same
pretexts. His Excellency alledgei that the Powers
invited under the Article to guarantee the stipulated
arrangements, not having acceded to the measure,
he does not think himself authorised to fulfil tbe
Article, and further that he has received no special
instruffions frOm his Court., for resigning the GO.
Ntrnment of these 'lslands. to the Grand Master of
the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
"' With resped to these two points the Under.
signed has the honour to represent to his Excellency
the Minister of England
'4- First, that the independence of these Isles,
and the arrangements inr question being put by
the 6th paragraph of the lolls Article Of the Treaty
of Amicns, under the protedion and guarantee of
the six leading Powers of Europe ; Fiance and
Great Britain, the, two ContraEting Parties, and
those who called upon the-other Powers to guaran..
tee a clause in their Treaty of Pface, isurely cannot,
Without the greatest. scandal and reproach, be•the
first to refuse to execute those arrangements, to
assert that independence, and to grant that protec7
tion ,and guarantee.
Secondly, That the invitation proposed by the
• 13th paragraph of the said Article, to the other
Powers, to accede to its stipulations, is nothing but a
respeft ful and honorary proceeding, and onsequelit-
)y those Powers . *are at full liberty to refuse.t-- Bur
it it otherwise wish reslAett to France and Great

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Britain, Who hare siiptilaierl for their proielAion,
and accepted the guarantee, inasmuch as they have
signed the Treaty which provides for these cdnii-
derations, and which virtually places them at the
head of, those Powers to whon't the invitation is
addressed.

It Thirdly, That the Non.contrading Powers
are frce to refuse their guarantee, foi the additional
reason of its being set forth, that they have The op-
tion to decline the charge: hut it would be absurd
to imagine that such a refusal shauld involve the
nullity of the Treaty of Peace, and disengage,from
their obligations, the Contrading Parties.'
Fourthly,—That to ground on so trivolonv
pretext, and such an evident sophism, a refusal to
execute that to Which it has solemnly agreed, would
be a breach of faith unworthy of a great Power,
and with which England cannot wish to sully its
charader.

"Fifthly,—That this 'delay in accepting an
honourable charge (supposing it to exist) on the
part of the Non-contrading Powers, certainly ought
not to operate to the prejudicre of a third Power,
which has been solemnly recognized and established
by the Contraeling Parties, unless these last be in.
dined to viplate their own engagements, the faith
of Treaties, and the law of Nations.

Sixthly,—That Russia, Austria, and Prussia,
if, in faCt,they have not yet acceded, as alledged by
the English Minister, are, doubtless, far from
thinking, that by such delay they suspend the re-
establishment of the Order of Malta,, the fulfil-
ment of the Treaty of Amiens-, and risque the trim-
quillity of Europe. The undersigned begs his Ex-'
cellency • to consider what the feelings. of these
Powers must be, when they shall he apprized, that
they have served as a pretext for the violation of a
Treaty of Peace so solemnly concluded.
44 With mite& to the declaration made by the
English Miniiter, that he has no special instruc-
tions from his Court o restore the government of
those Isles to the Grand Master of Malta,' the un-
dersigned has., the honour to observe to his Excel-
lency, that, in quality of Minister Plenipotentiary
of His Britannic Majesty, the paramount and im-
mutable.rUle of his conduel is specified in the Treaty
itself; and such has been so clearly the sense and
intention otitis Court, that, in the full powers -tvith
which it invested him, and of which be cominuni.
cared a copy to the undersigned, it is expressly.
. stated, J 6 You shall, .on arriving at Malta, invut...'
diately inform, General V; AL, that His Ma irsijr
big thsiroms to execute with the greatest fidelity the
stipulations which have been entered into h.). the De.
.finitive Treaty of Peace; ylu are ordered to take, in
concert (with 10n, the neeessaty steps for carging
into lea the stipulations of the loth Article of the
Treaty." His. Excellency, perhaps, is invested with
another office in this Isle ; bur, in the capacity of
a Public Minister, these contradiCtory qualifica-
tions, these opposing duties, are, not acknowledged
by the 'French Republic ; and the undersigned re-
cognizes here, in the person of his Excellency, no,
other than the Minister •Plenipotentiary of His
,Britannic Majesty, charged by. him with the exe-
cution and the maintenance of .Treaties.

it Without doubt, the English Minister• has pro.
foundly refliaid on the probble ionsequenees of
Atoaapposition which certainlyimust astonish all Eq.
rope. fie ought, however,. to perceive, that this
refusal is a_maniiest_ violation of the Treaty of
Te'ace,- and that the British Government, in order '
toiustifyits'intentions, •and 'to give a striking 'in-
stance of its good faith, should openly disavow a
proceeding so inconsistent with its honour, and
throw • all the -odium of it on the -.Minister who
,should sanetion it without positive orders, • For, if, 1
contrary to all appearance, this violation of a Treaty'
which has restored Peace to the.world, be not dis.
approved by -His•Biitannic Majesty, the First Con.
sul.of the French Republic would deem it.. inctun.
bent on him to appeal to the tribunal of Europe, 'on
which occasion he.. would indubitably find as many.
Allies therein as there are Powers friendly to Peace,
and jealous of their dignity, their• independence,
of the rights of Sovereigns, 'and the due mainte,
:lance of the faith of • Treatis.

" The undersigned, therefore, in the mo•it'ex.
plieit and formsl 'manner, seconds the requisitioWi
made of the English 'Minister, in the name of the
Grand Master of Malta, by his Ambassador Exura-
ordinary, and Plenipotentiary, M. BUM, and, in
ainiepience claims the most speedy and entire exc..
oftion of the 4th Stdion of,titt Loth Article in the
Treaty of Amiens."

The French and English Ministers have each
sent complimentary letters to the Grand Master.'
The English Minister has given him to under.
stand, that he believes•it would be more expedient
the Grand Master should remain at Messina until
the decision the Cabinet of London be known,
Which he promises to communicate as soon as ,he
shall learn-it himself. Li the' mean time, he offeri
the Grand Master .1-country.hothe, du,uld he be
strongly inclined to repair to Malta.
Th:. Grand Master has answered the English
Minister, that having fulfilled, through the medium
of his Lieutenant, the provisions tat the Treaty of
*idols, as fir as they resPeet the Grand Master,
,he shall remain at` Messina until the evacuation of
the Island takes place, or the decision of the Courts
'be known.
The French Minister invitea the Grand Mas.
ter to repair to Malta without dejay :--to which the
Grand Master has
,replied, that having perforated
his part, &c. he considered any other line of con.
duet, in the present moment, as haz,l'irdous ; and
that he should wait at Alessino until the deeision of
the Powers in question be knOwn.
The following Article has appeared in an Eng-
lish jottrnal (,'list&iturdv, April -v6..
'' ,ThoviAst, the present Grand 1110ter
of Malta, haS only, been-aPpointed through the
trigues of France ; but his Lieutenant, M. Dr,
is at-Wally a Frenchman, and, withoUt doubt,'
devoted to the interests of France. Supposing that
the guarantee, announced by the Moulteur, to exist
in fad, what security could, England have, 'under
such a gnarantee, against the possession of, the Ldand
by the French, when the Lieutenant of the Grand
Master is a Fretirbotott. in,contempt of the stipu..
lations of'the Treaty Of 4:nietts, Which prclndei.
any Frenchman ftanz apprlainifig to'llie'Oftli.i of
Si. efieratolemil".

irteilar assertion„ are made, and with equal 'con.
Hefter, in all the Fil;lish paiiers,.whiCh.are written
inthe saint spirit, that appeared that day.
It is,.howevtr,.grossly fare, that the Commanbr
BfriLL t Buzz is a Frenchman. He is of,san
ltilian family, which has been fir several centuries
reident in a town in the Papal dominions, about
fieleagnzs distant from'Rome. M. 13;tri..i.i Butt
wp, born in that town.'

Certain English Journalists have a wonderful
klAck at maiii,ng absurd suppositions ti',be
by imputa;iop;•which are not less absurd. They
reison with ~the; same good. faith and logic, as the
wolf in the fable. We recognise here the inclins.
rims 'and spirit 01 that ferocious beast ; but we do
nct see any lamb ready .to let itself be deVoured.—
(ifoiliourj

Br a Decree of the GoVernment, Foil St. Charles,
at Bane Terre, Guceigloupe, is to bear• in future the
nitre of Fort Richepawse.
We read in Let- Armonefs de Dunkei-que, of the
tzth---•"- Yesterday- morning the- wise precaution
was taken of laying an embargo upon all our ves-
sels destined for the cod fishery. This measure
will preserve to us,-, in case of hostilities between
France and England, several good sailors and good
vessels, and .ave us from an immense loss. Not-
withstanding this ael of prudence, tliaated by the
s3licitude and fosesight of Goveinmenr, all the
!suers from -Paris are pacific, and it is even isaid
that-Peace is little short of certain."

HAMBURGH, APRIL g.—All the accounts from
Germany agree in announcing that, the Courts of
Prientra and Berlin, have resolved to preserve the
most exatft Neutrality in the event of a renewal of
hostilities. We are assured that Prussia will
ceive the Vessels of both... Nations into its P0rt3....
The ,EMPEROR Of GERMANY appears willing' to
adopt the same system. Although the decision of
Russia is not yet known, there is reason to believe
that it will be in favour of Peace. It is asserted,
that General Dußoo will make, immediately, a se.
cond journey to Berlin.
- BEAN?. APR It. IQ.—The q.zd Demi.btlgade
proceeded on the 7111 to Lrieerno. Two Battalions
of French Troops have already passed St. qothard.
They will be followed by five others. These
Troops will proceed to Milan.

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CAPE FRANCOIS, MARCH 6.—On the 22J ult.
the Divisi,m.of Leghorn, consisting of several
'thousand men, efFeited its diseinbarkation. This
augmentation 'of force le-animated the courage of
the Colonists. European merchandize hag cousi.
derably risen in price. Confidence increases in pro_
portion to the 'measures which have been employed
for the rcdustion of the Rebels.

' General ROCHA/41MAX has just transferred his
Heact.quarters to Poil.au-Prince, whither the Civil
and Military
.Admioistrations also proceed. The
Rebels have retired two leagues from the copi.. No
delay will now take place in the opening of the
Campaign :---already some hundreds of Negroes
have returned to the habitations .of the Plain.

The Epidemic 'has not made any ravages here;
and, what is equally fortunate, we appro.►cit twarly
the propitious. season.

VIENNA; APRIL B.—Citizen CHAMyAc; NY, the
French Ambassador, has prescribed, in,colieen with
Count IkAsoomousKY, a Note to the First Minister
of State, Count Con itriXist., requesting, in the most
pressing manner, the linperial Court to giie its ra.
titivation to the determination of the liwpire, de-
creed in the Conclusum or the Diet. These Mihi.
sters have had several-Conferences upon the sat jet
count COB'E NZ t t. ;et first offered to ratify such-parts
of the Conclusion as related to the Indemnities,' re-
serving some other points fur future Consiticrution,
but he-at length gave reason to hope thit.t his Itnpe.
riat Nlijesly would accede to'the whole of the Cow-

A second Courter has brought dispatches from
Count STAIIREMUERG, our Minister 'to Bail
rAxvic MAJETY, which state the hope of a recon.
ciliation, which is the snore Ibunded, as' two great
Powers are td interfere,. in order to strpoth the
difficulties Adith still subsist.
Letters froin state, that the new PACIii,
of i3rtaltAUß 'arrived before that place on the
March, accompanied by a numerous corps of Siiabis..
He .was received in the most. friendly mariner by
the Chief of the Janissaries, and the Prkc.tiA of SA.
riATz, who went to meet him. In the evening the'
l'AcitA entered Bdgra:le, amidst salutes of artillery
and the acclamations of the Inhabitants. He was
received with all the honours due to his
He will not inhabit the Palace in which his prede.
cessor was assassinated, but that of the former Co.
vernors. . Every thing retrains `at present pet-leafy
tranquil.
FRANKFORT, 'APRIL B.—Great movements are
remarked in every part of Italy; which is occupied
by French troops,. Great reinforcements are very
shuttly expeeted. _

General MtritAT has expedited several Couriers
to konse and ./Yap/es, and we are assured that he
deraaYids. a passage' for a body of 30,000 men,
which; if war brc.iks out, will proceed to Sicily,
to area from thence an expedition against Malta.
—Every body disapproves highly of the conduit of
the English, who, under vain pretences, obsti.
:lately refuse to evacuate that island, which the
Government, however, promised in the most solemn
mariner, to place in the hands of the Grand Master.,
The latter (M.' DE THQMASI) has attempted in
vain to obtain the consent of OK English Govern.
men! to deliver up 'Mahe, and to take possession
of it in the name of the Oder. The Neapolitan
Barr son. which is now in that:island, mu)' be
calla prisoners of War to the English, who occupy
all tie fortresses: gni! who du not suffer a single
Neamlitan soldier .to enter the town of Palette;
Theartillery of the Neapolitans is in the power of
the
,English. 'Their Chief alone resides in the
capitd of the island with his Etat Major, but he is
in a itate of sarveillapice.

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"De English officers announce, in a high tone,
thtt l.cir Government has made arrangements for
the le,7iling of Malta, and that it will send thither
conslierable reinforcements, They expett the,
Eniilsti garrison' from Alexandria, which ill an
insuledional 'movement, forced General ST VAR T,
the .nglish Commander in Egypt,: to sign an en-
gagrient, by which he promiled to depart with

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theni. frOni lipt, in ihe course of the ninth of
March. `chiLs is spoken of in different
hele' Cert.' th't the -
ylays ;
,tt appears nevert s. , te
port which Was spread, off' zi battle between the
English -RUA. the .Turks, is void Offoundation. They
most authentic ads ices inform tic, that the ravages.
of the-plague, and, the disagreements to which the
English were daily eipPsed 'ori the, parr of the
Turks, who did not wish to suffer any longer the
stay of those whom they. called infidels, induced the
English
.in fin-Cc their General to quit Egypt in
spite of the orders of his Court', which had enjoined
hidi to remain .there some months !Unger.