Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-07-19

~ the p5etentions Of his Court ; he fuf-
pended his departure, and received the
Note ad referendum.
AT the fame time the Ambaiiador OF
the Republic, at London, being apprized
Of the demand, which his Exceilency
Lord Whitwor,b, had made at Paris for
his pafports to return to England, receiv-
ed orders to hold himlclf in readirels TO
depart. He accordingly demanded his
pai1poEts, which were infantly granted.
The meSze0 termiuo, proPoied by the
French Government, was a deviation
from the Letter Of the Treaty of Amiens !;
but il had the double advantage to aaini-
lase, TO the greatsH degree poaible, with
its l1i.f, that is TO fay, TO place Malta
in the independence of the two nations,
and 20 offer this guarantee 70 much infi!ted
upon, and which the Bri,ilh Nliniitry
pretended conititnted the lole Object OF its
alarms.
The Brisiih Governmen. comprehend
ed the force of theie reafons, and the un-
happy fatality which induced it to war,
offered 70 it no other reply, than talie
allegations. The 2Ia ofthis month Lord
Whitworlh tranlmitted note, in which
he declared, thar Rudia had rsfs/sd I'd
accede TO what was reqaired of her.
The guaranteeing Powers being three
in number, if Rufla had given retufal,
fill there remained the Emperor OF Ger
many and the King Of Prufla. But how
was it poaible for RuGia TO make known
It's lentin,enrs on the fubjea Of new propo
fitions, and which had been made only
few days9 1t was in The knowledge OF
England that Ruaia and Pr.fIla had pro-
pofed to guarantee the independence of
Malta, with fome flight notifications,
and that the French government had will
lingly accepted of the fald guarantee and
that, Judging Of the genius, the confaen-
cy, and the fidelity to his engagements,
which chsraaerile the Emperor Alexan-
der, there was not the fmallef doubt, that
he would accept Of the propofislon which
had been made TO him; bur Providence,
which takes pleafsre in confounding bad
faith, caufed, at the fame heur, nay, even
at the lame infant IN which Lord Whit,
worth tranfmifted his note, Ruiiian
courier TO arrive addrelIed TO the plenipo
tentiaries OF this power, as well at Paris
IS at London, by virtue Of which his
Majeify the Emperor OF Rudia, manifee
ed with a moi marked and peculiar energy
The pain he experienced on learning the
rsfolution Of his Britannia MajsGy 10 re-
tain the iAand of Malta be renewed the
aIurance Of his guarantee, and made it
known, that he would accept the demand
of his mediation, which had been made
by the Firft Conful, if the two powers had
recourfe 10 it. The undersigned haitensd
on the 22d, 10 apprize Lord Whi,woTt5,
By note, Of the error into which his
his court had been led, not doubling, that
as this was the only objeetion which it
had made TO the project prelensed, the
moment that it was acquainted with the
reiterated and poGtive declaration Of Rui-
fla, it would ule all poAible diligence to
adhere TO the delivering of Malta into the
hands Of one Of the three powerful guaran-
tees. What II en- mutt have been the al.
continent of the undersigned, when Lord
Whi,worth, withou, entering into any ex-
pianation, or feeking TO contradict or diff
cuffs the declarations made to hin by the
undersigned, made known by note writ
zen on the fame day, that by his inSruc.
lions, he had received orders to depart
within thirty fix hours after the delivery
of his laft note, and repeated lis demands
tor his passports. The undersigned Wa,
obliged, in confequence, TO cauie them to
be delivered TO him Immediately.
Would the Engli!h ambagador have
conducted himfelt in different manner, if
the French government had been beGeged