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it fhould be wanting in all tie regard do.
to the other contracting powers, by de-.
|aroying, without their content, the ar,
ticle which, with refpett to themlelye,
was diicui1ed longer than any other at the
period Of she conferences; that il would
be equally wanting in tie regasd due TO
the guaranteeing Powers, in conientiop
that an iiland, which they wihed to be
independent, thould rema Cor ten yea,s
under the Bsitilh Crown; that it took
away from the order Of Malta the Soys.
rcignty of the fate which had been rector.
ed to it, and that this Sovereignty Be
transferred to the inhabitants; that by
this fpoIialion it woald give offence to all
the powers, which had lanetioned the re.
efablilhment Of this order, which had
guaranteed it, and which, in the arrange.
mems Of Germany, had affured to it it,
IDENTITIES for the loiIes it had experienced.
Such is the BATS of this Ultimatam.
which preients ferries of preteniions a.
ways increaGng in the fame proportior,
as the government of the Republic d.
plays its moderation. AT the irf, Eng.
land gave It's content to the prelervatioa
Of The order of Malta, but wanted TO fub.
ieA this order and It's Gates to the Bgitiih
authority.
AT prelcnt, and for the fame time, the
abolition Of the fame osdsr ia demanded,
aud that il fhould be confented to in the
ipace Of thirty fix hours.
But were the detinitive conditions pro.
posed equally as eonformable to the treaty
of Amiens, and to the interests of France,
as they are contrary to them, the simple
form Of these demands, the period of thIr.
ty six hours, prescribed for giving the an.
swcr, cannot leave any doubt, as to the
determinations of the French government.
No, never will France recognize any go
vernment the right Of annulllng by sim
| gle act Of its pleasure, the stipulatlons Of
a reciprocal engagement. lfshe has per-
mitred that under appearances which ans
| nounced direct menaces, a verbal Ultima.
TIM, of seven days, should be presented to
her, an Climatam Of thirty SIX hours, and
| treaties concluded, without being negoci-
| ated, she could have no other motive, than
| to recall the British Government by the
example of her moderation but she can.
rot consent to any thing, which compro.
lnises The Interests Of her dignity, and hss
| power.
The undersigned is therefore charged to
| declare to his ExcelleDcy, Lord What.
worth, that any communication, the sense
| aud the forms Of which do not accord with
! the usages observed among the great pow.
ers, AID with the principle Of the n'nst
perfect equality between the one STATE
and the other, can no more be admitted IL
| France.
That nothing could obFge the French
government to dispose OF Countries, which
do not in the least appearvaln TO her, and
| that it never will recognize the right OF
England to violate in any point whatever
the treaties into which thai power has Ell.
tered with France.
Finally, the undersigned repeats the
proposition of placing Malta under the
guarantee Of che of the three powers, and
as to every other Object, foreign to the
treaty Of Amiens, he renews the drcla-
ration, that the French government IS
ready to open negotiation on these
points.
II the English government gives the
signal Of war, nothing will remain to the
Republican Government, but to conhde in
rhc justice of her cause, and IN the Goa
of Armies.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs.
(SiSned)
Gu. M. TALLEYRAND.