Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-07-18

government did no, fee without iurpiize,
that an indeterminatc demand Of /afi.fae-
tins was adareHed TO It. The aoiaraity
of this demand, ex?reaed without motives
and without objects, leaves netting to De
diainaly perceived, but the inconfaency
Of lis expseilions.
The intention Of violating the Treaty
Of Amiens was manitefed in this Note,
BY refniing 10 -eyaeuate Malta. It fhoald
feem tbe Engiifh government Aattered IT..
felf, that the French people would con-
fent TO give .Jnfiyfaai0n upon two iurpof-
ed acts, on the allegation of which they,
perhaps, had equally the fame right 10
demand fatisfa5tion themlelves.
In waving for the prelent this Office,
Lord WhitwortIl demanded that an ar
rangement fhould be immediatsly made,
upon the BATS which is going to be expol-
ed to view, and at the fame time he gave
it to be underfood, that in cafe of re-
fnlal, he feared he lhould be obliged BY
the orders ofhis government, TO quit Pa
ris infsntly, and to put termination TO
his milton.
What reply could the French govern
ment give to overtures SO abrupt and
strange Nothing but strong ard ardent
desire for peace, could have gained the as.
tendency over indignation.
To confine ones self to a cool and calm
decision, which leaves to reason and to
Justice time to triumph over the passions,
it is necessary to be deeply penetrated with
the idea, that the numberless victims OF
the discords of governments, have nothing
whatever 70 do with the insults which IN
I cense them; that so many mllllons OF
brave citizens who, in the ardor OF their
heroic attachment, to their country, shed
their blood solely for its good, neyer, bar-
Dor the wish to atront neighbourlng and
powerful people that they take no inter-
! est in the measures pursued by pride, and
in the vain professions of supremacy
Not only must this idea be deeply impres.
sed upon the sind it must possess and
| engross it solely without cessation.
His Excellency Lord Whltworth agreed
to write TO his court, that the First Con-
sui could not consent to the violation OF
solemn treaty; but that he wished tor
! peace that, if the English government
was deslrous that convention should be
made, with view TO arrangements foreign
to the treaty of Amiens, he would not
refuse it, and that the motives OF this con-
vention might be drawn from reciprocal
grievances.
These views were just and moderate.
It was impossible TO propose negotiation
upon more liberal basis. 1t wall not be
irrelevant to observe here, that It was SIX
weeks after the message, III which the ex
istence of negotiation of difficult ma
ture, of most serious interest, and OF un-
certain, but near issue, was positively as
serted and announced, that the ministers
of the two governments were not abs to
come even to the opening ofan actual ne
gociation.
Lord Whitworth received new orders
he presented successfully two projects OF a
convention.
BY the first, it was proposed chat Malta
should remain under the sovereignty Of
the King Of England and this clause be-
ing adopted, his Britannia majesty offered
TO recognize all that had taken place in
Europe, since the treaty of AmIens.
His majesty the king OF England fur
Their promised to take measures, III order
that those men who in different parts of
England are Matching plots against France,
should be eHettually suppressed.
The undersigned has the honor TO re-
mark to his Excellency Lord Wbitwortb,
that the first pro]et of the convention was
palpablc violation of the treaty of Ami