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tion taking place on the continent 
in consequence of that proclama- 
tion. 
You will inform the French go- 
yernment, that his majesty is ready 
to consider the. election which has 
lately taken place at St. Petersburgh, 
under the auspices of the emperor 
of Russia, to be valid, according 
to the stipulation of the loth ar- 
ticle., 
His majesty has no other object 
in the whole of this transaction, 
than that the 10th article of the 
treaty may be fairly executed, and 
that the arrangement may be car- 
ried into complete execution with as 
little difficulty as possible. 
As the 13th paragraph in the 10th 
article stipulates that the govern- 
ments of Austria, Russia, and Prus- 
sia, should be invited to accede to 
the arrangements respecting Malta, 
it is desirable that the French go- 
vernment should instruct, without 
delay, their ambassadors or minis- 
ters at Vienna, Petersburgh, and 
Berlin, to make, conjointly with 
his majesty’s ministers at those 
courts, an official communication, 
desiring the accession of those 
powers to the arrangements relative 
to Malta in the definitive treaty, by 
which it is provided, that the inde- 
pendence of the island and the other 
stipulations shall be under the gua- 
rantee of those powers, in conjunc- 
tion with his majesty, the French 
government, and the king of Spain. 
I have the honour to be, &c. 
(Signed) | Hawkesbury. 
Anthony Merry, Esq. §c. &c. &¢. 
No. 6. 
Extract of a Dispatch frem Mr. 
Merry to Lord Hawkesbury, da- 
ted Paris, June 17, 1802. 
I have now the honour to trans- 
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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1803. 
mit to your lordship, inclosed, copy 
of an answer which reached me last 
night, (though dated eight days 
back) from the French minister, to 
the note verbale which I delivered 
to him, containing his majesty’s 
propositions respecting the execution 
of some points of the arrangements 
relative to Malta, contained in the 
10th article of the definitive treaty 
of peace. You will find the entire 
acquiescence of this government to 
those propositions expressed in a 
very Satisfactory manner. 
Note Verbale from Mr. Merry to M. 
Talleyrand, referred to in No. 6. 
His Britannic majesty’s minister 
plenipotentiary has the honour to 
transmit herewith to citizen ‘Talley- 
rand, minister for the foreign affairs of 
the French republic, the note ver- 
bale of the communication he has 
been ordered to make to him by his 
government, who are desirous that 
the proposals it contains may be ac- 
ceptable to the French government ; 
and they may be assured that the 
British government, in making these 
proposals, have no other object in 
view than to facilitate, in the easiest 
manner, the execution ofthe treaty 
of Amiens, and to act in this respect 
in perfect harmony with the French 
» government. 
Mr. Merry has the honour to re- 
new, on this occasion, the assurances 
of his high consideration for M, Tal- 
- leyrand. 
(Signed) 
Paris, 8th June, 1802. 
The citizen minister for foreign, 
affairs will find inclosed a list of the 
suffrages obtained from several pri- 
ories of the order of St. John of Je- 
rusalem, for the election of a grand 
master, which has been received 
from St. Petersburgh by the British 
government, 
Ant. Merry.. 
