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REGISTER, 1800. 



tvveen ihe cases of the German 

 fortresses and the French garrisons 

 at Malta, and in Egypt, observing 

 in particular, on the demand to give 

 protection to six frigates loaded 

 with men. &c. from Toulon to 

 Alexandria, instead of evacuating 

 that country in consequence of the 

 treaty of El-Aris-h, ratified by the 

 French general Kleber, duly au- 

 thorised by his government, by the 

 allies of England, and by his ma- 

 jesty as soon as he knew it had been 

 concluded. 



No. XXXIX. Mr. Hammond, in 

 a letter to lord Grenville, Septem- 

 ber 25, relates a conversation which 

 he that day had with M. Otto. — 

 Mr. Hammond says, on the subject 

 of that part of the fourth article of 

 the French projet, which requires 

 that six frigates should he allowed 

 to sail from Toulon for Egypt, and 

 be exempted from seai'ch, M. Otto 

 read to me part of a dispatch from 

 M. Talleyrand, expressive of the 

 interest which the whole French 

 nation takes in that part of the ar- 

 my now in Egypt, and assigning the 

 desire of contributinii to the com- 

 fort and security of that army.asthe 

 principal inducement to the conclu- 

 sion of the armistice on the part of 

 the French government. M. Otto 

 added, that lie would not conceal 

 from me, that the reinforcement 

 which France intended to send to 

 Egypt amounted to 1 200 men, and 

 that the supply of military-stores 

 consisted chiefly of 10,000 muskets. 

 The language of M. Otto, in this 

 part of our conversation, and of 

 M. Talleyrand's letter, appeared to 

 me so decisive and peremptory, that 

 I was induced to inquire of him 

 distinctly, whether 1 was to under- 

 stand that this stipulation was a 

 point from which the French go- 



vernment would not recede } M. 

 Otto replied, that in his opinion, 

 the French government would not 

 recede from it. 



No. XL. M. Otto, in a letter to 

 Mr. Hammond, September 26, re- 

 fers to an inclosed note. 



No. XLI. In which M. Otto 

 contends for the propriety of the se- 

 veral demands which he had been 

 the organ of making on the part of 

 is government. 



No. XLII. Contains Mr. Ham- 

 mond's acknowledgement of the re- 

 ceipt of the above, and the regret 

 of his majesty's servants, that M. 

 Otto was not furnished with more 

 ample powers, &c. 



No. XLI 1 1. Contains M. Otto's 

 acknowledgement of the receipt of 

 the foregoing note ; and 



No. XLIV. dated October 6, are- 

 quest from him to see Mr. Hammond. 



No. XLV. The latter gentleman 

 requests, October 8, a note of the 

 conversation which they had had 

 on the preceding day. 



No. XLVI. Is a letter from M. 

 Otto to Mr. Hammond, same date, 

 in which he says, the first consul is 

 invariably disposed to receive any 

 overtures relative to a separate ne- 

 gociation between France and Great 

 Britain, and that the mode of such 

 overture entirely depends upon the 

 option of his majestv. 



No. XLVI I. A letter from Mr. 

 Hammond to M. Otto, October J). 

 I have the honour to acknowledge 

 the receipt of your letter of yester- 

 day's date ; and I am directed in 

 return to acquaint you, that his ma- 

 jesty's government entirely agrees 

 in the opinion there expressed, that 

 all farther discussion of the terms of 

 a naval armistice would be super- 

 Huous, as the only object which it 

 was proposed to his majesty to se- 



