Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-07-28
Nsgoesatscn 10th France.
CONTINUED.


iervations. BY the 10th article OF lhe
treaty Of Amiens, the ;nand OF Malta was
70 be reaorcd by his msjeRy TO the order
OF ST. John, upon certain conditions. The
evacuation of the iland, at aipecitied pc
Rod, formed part OF thefe conditions
and if the other tipuiations had been IN
due confie of execution, his majeffy would
have been bound, by the terms OF the
treaty, 10 have ordered his forces TO eva
cnatc the iilapd but thefe conditions mutt
be con6dered as being all of equal effect ;
and if aoy material parts Of them ihould
have been found incapable of execution,
or if the execution of them lhould from
auy circumstances have been retarded, his
majeIfy would be warranted in delaying
the evacuation Of the i1and until iuch time
as the other conditions of the article could
be effected; or until fome new arrangement
could be concluded which ihauld be Judg-
ed satisfactory by the contracting PARTIES
The refufal Of Rudia to accede TO The az
raugemens, except on condition that the
Malteie iangue ihould be ahoiiihed tfle
flence Of the court of Berlin, with refPcet
to the invitation that has been made to
il, in conisquence of the treaty, TO become
a guaranteeing power; the abolition o.
the Spapiih priories, in defiance OF the
treaty 10 which the king Of Spain ives q
patty the declaration OF the Portuguese
government, OF their intention to iequei-
trste The property of the Portugoefc prio-i
ry, asforming part OF the Spsniih langus
unlrls the property OF the Spaniin PFiorles
was reGored 20 them thsfe clrcumtanees
would have been Efficient, without any
other ipecial grounds, TO have warranted
his majcity in iofpendipg the evacuation OF
the iGand. The evacuation OF Tarentun
and Brunduiium is il no reipsd connetsed
with that of Malta. The French govern
mens were bound 10 eyacuate the king
dom of Naples, by their treaty of peace
with the king of Naples, at period a.
tecedent 10 that at which this tipulation
was carried into effect.
The French government were bourd
likewise, by engagements with the empe-
ror of Russia, torespea the independence
of the kingdom of Naples but even ad
hitting thar the departure Of the French
troops from Tarentum depended solely on
the article OF the treaty of Amiens, their
departure is, by the terms of the treaty, 10
tkc place at the same period as the other
evacuations IN Europe namely, one
mon.h afeer the ratification of the dehnl.
tive treaty at which period both Porto
Ferraio and Minorca were evacuated by
his maiesty's forces whereas the troops
of his majesty were in no case bound to
evacuate the island of Malta antecedent
to the period OF three months after the
ratification of the dehnitive treaty; even
in that event, it must be considered as
depending upon the other parts Of the ar
rangement beng in course of execution.
With respect to the assertion in the note,
that the Neapolitan troops were to form
the garrison Of Malta, unnl the period
when the arrangements relative TO the or
Ger could be carried into effect, It @ill ap-
pear, by reference to the articles, that by
The preliminary parag aph, tie island was
70 be restored to the order upon-the con
diyion Of the succeeding stipulations, and
thatit was only from the period when the
restitution to the order bad actually taken
place, that by the 18th paragraph the
Neapoltan troops were to form a part of
the garrison.
The undersigned has thus stated, with
all the frankness which the Importance OF
the subject appears to require, the senti-
ments of his majesty on the note deliver
ed to him by General Andreossi, and on
the points in discussion between the two
countries.
His majesty is willing to indulge the
hope, that the conduct of the French go
vernment on this occasion may be indu-
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