Star.
London, England, 1803-04-15 00:00:00

" 3.11 y, The Maltese may hope to carafe the
French, as they did before, but will not the French
lay up timely a Rote .rproviiions tohold out a ',mg
liege, and a blockade in winter is almnft impoffible.
Will they not ealily tlifittm the inhabitants, or turn
them out of their fortreifes, and, in general, take
meafures to prevent their being again furprited ?
4thly, Will the Maltefe, after being abandoned
and licrificed by the English, troll on their protec-
tion a fecond time? From being our ardent friends,
they will become our molt inveterate enemies.
" stilly, If it is therefore determined to with.
draw the Britifh troops from Malta, they intre.,t
that they may be left to themfelves to fettle with
the Order. They are determined not' to fubmit to
I any foreign Power but Great Britain ; and to pe.
rilb tinder the ruins of their cities,or maintain their
liberty and independence. After having received
us as friends and liberators, after having fo
eor-
dially united with us, they have reafon to hope that
we will not unite with their enemies in alEiling to
fubdue them, and deliver them over as (laves to
other mailers. As yet they cannot full e t us of
fuch conduit. They complain heavily of their
being facrificed to the capitulations of the French,
and they were, by the tyranny and infu is they ex-
perienced lately under a military command,f« pro-
voked, that they were on the point of riling, when
the giving them a Civil Government perfealy re-
conciled them: from all dais, the more enlightened
Maltese infilt, that the anger of the body of the
people will fit awaken, at being abandoned by as
now, that it will be ever out of our power. on any
future occafion, to re-pails ourselves niche Wand.
6thly, They feel the great political impur.
lance of Malta, whoever mtg. hold it. They know
L ; that, in the hands of the French, they may at all
times reconquer Egypt, and proceed to India with
' more experience and force than before.
They know that Ruffle is at this moment ea.
ger bp fee the Order, or what is equivalent, France
' hold Malta (the intercepted letters prove this) ;
that Ruffle, however her projects againil Turkey
may lie dormant during one reign. will ever be
revived; and that whoever has Malta has a fare
means of uniting with ROIL% ; and that if France
will give up the Turks, the' may rely on the co-
operation of Ruffle to oppofe the Bridal having'
any power in the Mediterranean.
ig They know that Raffia united with France,
may exclufively enjoy aU the commerce of the Le- .
, vant ; that France may be (applied with naval
firers from the Black Sea in all security ; that a
! Ruffian artfiy may march in a feat days from their
fettlements on the (oath alike Ca4oisa• to the do-
minions of Zeman Sha, and pat key stet die
threats of the late Emprefs Cabatime,"s• drive as
out of India.
" In Wort, as long es they are palisaded that
t Malta is the key of India, and the link that will
I unite Raba and France, that will Attu us oat of
the Mediterranean, and prevent us for ever front
ortunteraßing the influence of France in Italy, that
.1. will create a naval power, which may one day ap-
, pear, and bid us defiance in the Atlantic.
" As long as Great Britain porgies Malta,
though every furroending nation be her enemies.
We will be dards of the Mediterranean.

"
With rdped to England, they are not igno.
rant of the importance of this Wand, ;ma place of
, commerce; that this would be the great market
for &kith manufafture, and Italian. Turkith, and
Ruffian pioduas ; that in this arfenal every con-
venience for building. fitting out. or laying up a
fleet is to be found; that this might be the granary
' of Europe; that corn to any meant might be
collated here and ttored op, from the Black Sea,
from Egypt, and from every port where it was •
i cheap. to fupply every country where it may be
wanted, and Great Bo itain itfelf in time of fcarcity.
" With retpeß to the Knights, perfoaally. they
affirm they cannot be neutral, wanting internal
power and the protation of neighbouring States.
The only Power that can make up their saute is
the Power which has in view to difpotfefi them.
G. They have violated their folenin vow at the
altar. foaled with the facrament. in deliiering op
their illand, or contenting in betraying their Grand
Matter, and their own religious and military Ugh-
tutions; they have violated every tie of honour, as
gentlemen as fuldiers. Can fuck be dulled—A
great number entered the regicide fervice, and
went to Egypt. The whole of them with fiercely
any exception, behaved in a manner incompatible
with their obligations.
“ Thole only could plead guilders who were ab-
fent from the Wand; but they behaved in a man-
ner not leis reprehenfible ; not one of them came,
as their oath obliged them, to Malta, to kelp to re-
cover the ancient feat of the Order ; the road to
honour was open to them ; an army of native*
*ere in the field, and there was the powerful co-
operation of allies. In fine, there is not one tingle
Knight who is not, according to the (lattices of
the Order, degraded. and has lull all pretence to
be of the body ; he is thereby excluded and ditho-

noursd.
" The Order therefore does not esift. It is an.
nihilated according to its own Statutes.
~The few dtrfpicable mendicants took refuge in
kufGa, where they were more fah from dangerthan
in the camp before Valetta, and created. few a piece
of bread, a fenifm in their Order; which was as
much a violation of all their obligatbms.though not
fn fcandalous a prostitution of honour, as was the
part the more infamous took in opening their gate.
to the French. There are our [catimests, until wt
can have time tomake a formal reprefestatios,mid
read a rational reprefentatios to England."