J vner. i t can be this subject, of which we shall each a from Mr. CasZuzkesbury, dat1991, 1802. Led the subject of past dispatch, relave accession of this court to gripent stipulated in the et the treaty of AmiJ ir. gnon, this gentleman masculum, very willingly, to menIt are to his government, act, already performed la several conversa2. Eignon, in which I on y remarked, that herto been said to on the subject of Malta, ly affected the greatbronce, and treated it as a a too little importance to the attention of the French No. 29. Fa Di patch from Mr. Casa- non received, last night, istaccdas from the French gowoonmont to invite the king of Ps, cemointly with me, to acee to the guarantee of the indeposconce of the island of Malta, of the other stipulations relat ing to that island, which are contained in the tenth article of the definitive treaty of Amiens. Mr. Bignon sent to me immediately, and we propose to meet to-morrow, for the of preparing a note upon purpose present a copy to count Haugwitz. No. 30. Extract of a Dispatch from Mr. Casamajor to Lord Hawkesbury, dated Berlin, Oct. 2, 1802. My note upon the subject of the guarantee of Malta remains unanswered. No. 31. Extract of a Dispatch from Mr. Jackson to Lord Hawkesbury, dated Berlin, Nov. 25, 1802. At my first interview with count Haugwitz, I told him, that the only subject in suspense between our two courts, to which I need call his immediate attention, was that of the guarantee of Malta, on which an answer is still due from him. He adverted to what he had told Mr. Casamajor, of the king his master having ordered a report to be made to him on the state of the commanders in Silesia, hinting, that this country took a very slight interest in the fate of the island; and that he was countenanced in withholding its guarantee by the example of Spain. He, however, added, that the report in question had been made to the king, and that he only waited his majesty's commands to confer with me further upon the subject. dependence of the islands of Malta, Gozo, and Comino, and of the other arrangements of that article. No. 33. Extract of a Dispatch from Sir John Borlase Warren to Lord Hawkesbury, dated St. Petersburgh, Nov. 18, 1802. On the 3d instant, I waited upon the chancellor with general Hedouville, when the note of invitation for his imperial majesty's guarantee of the tenth article of the treaty of Amiens was presented by each of us. General de Hedouville entered into various reasons to induce the Russian government to grant the guarantee; the principal of which was to prove, that, without the guarantee of Russia, either of the two powers, upon the first difference between them, would look upon themselves at liberty to seize upon the island, which was only important in a military point of view; and the only alteration he should make in his invitation was, that the island might be delivered up to the Neapolitan troops.-He added, that the act of guarantee would not be considered as affecting the arrangement of any particular power with the order, or of any alteration that power might wish to make in the baillages, or that part belonging to itself, as Spain had already done. No. 34. Extract of a Dispatch from Sir John Borlase Warren to Lord Hawkesbury, dated St. Petersburgh, Nov. 25, 1802. his majesty's invitation for his imperial majesty's accession to the tenth article of the treaty of Amiens. Inclosure referred to in No. 34. Conditions upon which his imperial majesty of all the Russias is willing to accede to the stipulations of the 10th article of the treaty of Amiens. I. The acknowledgment of the sovereignty of the order of St. John of Jerusalemover the island of Malta and its dependencies; the acknowledgment of the grand master, and of the civil government of the order, according to its ancient institutions, with the admission into it of native Maltese. Upon this point, as well as 'upon every other that may relate to its interior organization, the legal government of the order shall have the power to enact and prescribe such regulations as it may judge best calculated to promote the future welfare and prosperity of the order. II. The rights of the king of the Two Sicilies, as suzerain of the island, shall remain upon the same footing as they were previous to the war which is now terminated by the treaty of Amiens. III. The independence and neutrality of the island of Malta, its ports and dependencies, shall be secured and guaranteed by the respective contracting powers, who shall mutually engage to acknow, ledge and maintain that neutrality in all cases of war; whether between each other, or between any of them, and any other power, not excepting his Sicilian majesty, whose right of suzerainty shall not extend so as to enable him to cause a de The chancellor appointed yesterlay evening for delivering to me, nd to the French minister, the anwer of the Russian government to parture from the neutrality of the island, island, as guaranteed by the present vited me, some days ago, for this act. IV. Until the order shall be in a situation to provide, by its own resources, for the maintenance of its independence and neutrality, as secured by the preceding article, as well as for the defence of their principal residence, the different forts shall be occupied by his Sicilian majesty's troops, who shall send a sufficient force for the defence of the island and its dependencies, the number of which shall be agreed upon by his said majesty and the two contracting powers, who shall take upon themselves, conjointly, the expence of maintaining the whole of the said troops, so long as the defence of the island shall continue to be entrusted to them, during which period, the said troops shall be under the authority of the grand master of his government. V. The present additional act shall be considered as forming an integral part of the treaty of Amiens, the same as if it had been inserted therein, word for word, and shall be executed in like manner. VI. Their majesties the emperor of all the Russias, the emperor of the Romans, the king of Spain, the king of the Two Sicilies, and the king of Prussia, shall be invited to accede to this act as guarantees. (Signed) Comte Alexandre de Woronzow. purpose. The communication he had to make to me related to two points, both equally important, as he said, to the maintenance of good harmony between the two countries; with this difference, however, that the one originated with himself, and was dictated by his anxiety to do away every thing which might feed the mutual irritation of the two countries; and the other, by the express order of the first consul. That which came from himself related to the English newspapers, against which he pronounced a most bitter philippic, assuring me, that the first consul was extremely hurt to find that his endeavours to conciliate, had hitherto produced no other effect, than to increase the abuse with which the papers in England continually loaded him. He expatiated much upon this topic, and endeavoured to establish a fact, which I assured him a reference to any one newspaper in Paris would instantly refute, that, during four months, not a word of provocation had appeared in any French journal, which could justify a retort from those published in England. For the rest, he advanced nothing but what has been said, on more than one occasion to Mr. Merry, and reported by him to your lordship. I was, however, given to understand, that the first consul was, in fact, highly incensed, and the more so, he was pleased to say, as it came from a country of whose good opinion he was so very ambi tious. In my reply, I could but go over the old ground, and endeavour to make M. Talleyrand understandfirst, that whatever was said in the English papers, might be considered but but as a national retaliation for that, until the first consul could so far master his feelings, as to be indifferent to the scurrility of the English prints, as the English government was to that which daily appeared in the French, this state of irritation was irremediable. I told him, however, that I would report the substance of this communication to your lordship, although I could assure him that your lordship could add nothing to the explanation which had been given, and in such detail, by Mr. Merry from your lordship. M. Talleyrand, with great solemnity, required of me to inform him, and this by the express order of the first consul, what were his majesty's intentions with regard to the evacuation of Malta. He again, on this occasion, made great professions of his sincere desire to set aside every thing which could interrupt the good understanding between the two governments; adding, that it was absolutely necessary that the French government should know what it was meant to do, when that clause in the treaty of Amiens, which stipulates the cession of Malta, should be fully accomplished. He said that another grand master would now be very soon elected ; that all the powers of Europe, invited so to do, with the exception of Russia, whose difficulties it was easy to remove, and without whom the guarantee would be equally complete, were ready to come forward; and that, consequently, the term would very soon arrive, when Great Britain could have no pretext for keeping longer possession. I informed him that I would report his conversation to your lordship, and would have the honour of communicating to him your lordship's answer island, as guaranteed by the present act. IV. Until the order shall be in situation to provide, by its own: sources, for the maintenance e independence and neutrality. cured by the preceding arti well as for the defence principal residence, the forts shall be occupied by majesty's troops, who sufficient force for the island and its der number of which upon by his said two contracting take upon the the expence whole of th A e ociation was conducted on a not merely proposed by his y, but specially agreed to in icial note by the French goament, viz. that his majesty ald keep a compensation out of > conquests for the important ac isitions of territory made by France upon the continent. This is a sufficient proof that the compact was understood to have been concluded with reference to the then 'sexisting state of things; for the measure of his majesty's compensation was to be calculated with reference to the acquisitions of France at that in time; and if the interference of the has French government in the general desire affairs of Europe, since that period; might be if their interposition with respect to te man- Switzerland and Holland, whose possible independence was guaranteed by streaty as them at the time of the conclusion rinciples of the treaty of peace; if the an nexations which have been made to France in various quarters, but par. ticularly those in Italy, have ex tended the territory, and increased the power of the French govern ment; his majesty would be war ranted, consistently with the spirit of the treaty of peace, in claiming equivalents for these acquisitions, as a counterpoise to the augmenta tion of the power of France. His majesty, however, anxious to pre vent all ground of misunderstanding, and desirous of consolidating the general peace of Europe, as far as might be in his power, was willing to have waved the pretensions he might have a right to advance of this nature; and as the other articles of the definitive treaty have been in a course of execution on his part, he would have been ready to have carried into effect the true intent Casa have been ery other convention, were negociated racial state of erent parties, ace engagee bound at son and that possession, and of materially alce of the parae nature of the die oder party has to the law of naiocare toz ve purpose ustaction or compental diference may have subsegràcia relative situa i here ever was a case cple might be ap- se ditaŋy of peace; for and spirit of the 10th article, the execution |