England, interchanged the notifica- 
tion of the respective appointments 
of general Vial and sir Alexander 
Ball, to be their ministers to the 
order of St. John, for the purpose 
of seeing the provisions of the 10th 
article of the treaty of Amiens, car- 
tied into execution; and theirinten- 
tion of dispatching these persons to 
Malta without delay, to fulfil the 
object of their mission. The ap- 
pointment of a grand master, was, 
however, an indispensible requisite 
to the proposed evacuation. The 
first stipulation of the article, re- 
specting Malta, proposes, that the 
knights of the order, whose /gngues 
continue to exist, shall pro- 
ceed to the election of a grand 
master, in Malta, to be chosen from 
among those nations which have pre- 
served the property of the arder.— 
paragraph, not extremely respect~ 
i to the emperor of Russia, as it 
does not mention the proclamation 
issued by Alexander, on his ac- 
cession to that dignity, calling the 
| knights of the order to assemble, 
| and proceed to the election of a 
grand master, at. St. Petersburg. 
Sothatever were the private views of 
... latter’ potentate, on the island 
of Malta, his avowed intention and 
- determination were, to restore the 
_ order in its pure integrity, to which 
_ the introduction of a Maltese langue 
(consequently a democratic one), 
3 was an obstacle, and against which 
~ stipulation, he had constantly ma- 
¥ ig the most marked repug- 
On the 23d of April, one 
ae at St. Pein in a 
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hia to his court, expresses his * 
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belief, that the emperor will decline 
taking any share in the proposed 
guaranty. 
This communication, in all pro- , 
bability, rendered the English go- 
vernment more conciliating in her 
conduct,and procured her formal as- 
sent to the election which had taken 
place in St.Petersburgh,of a number 
of persons of the order,from whence 
a grand master was to be selected 
by the pope. Of this consent, 
the French minjster for foreign af- 
fairs, was duly apprized, on the 
16th of June, and that opportuni- 
ty taken by the English govern- 
ment, of requiring the concert of 
France, in soliciting by the joint 
application of their ambassadors, 
the guaranty of the continental 
powers, named in the treaty. ‘To 
this notification, after a short de- 
lay, M. Talleyrand replied, that 
his court was equally anxious with 
that of England, to remove every 
obstacle to the execution of the 
10th article of the treaty ; in con- 
sequence of which, he announced 
its assent to the election, and the 
pope’s nomination of a grand mas- 
ter; promising also, the desired co- 
operation for the purposes already 
mentioned, of its ambassadors or 
ministers, at Berlin, Petersburg, 
and Vienna*. No farther corre- 
spondence took place upon the sub- 
ject, till the 21st of August follow- 
ing, when M. Otto (four days after 
the angry and insolent representa- 
tion we have already adverted to), 
in an official note to the English 
government, stated, that the time 
allowed for the purpose of eva- 
cuating Malta had expired, and that 
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