STATE PAPERS. 
the department of war at the Hague 
(which has been charged with the 
support of these corps), that the 
first consul has been pleased to ap- 
point a new commander in chief 
(General Montrichard), and a new 
Staff, for the auxiliary troops in 
this country; and the notice was 
given that government might pro- 
vide for the pay of the officers in 
question.. 
The administration appear re- 
solved to oppose all the resistance 
in their power to this unexpected 
and oppressive extortion, An ex- 
press has been sent off to the Dutch 
ambassador at Paris, charging him 
to claim, in the most urgent terms, 
the accomplishment of the treaties 
subsisting between the two repub- 
lies, and the fulfilment of the re- 
peated and recent promises made by 
the French government upon this 
subject. And in case of the failure 
of this application, they talk of ad- 
dressing themselves to the princi- 
pal powers of Europe, who had 
any share or influence in the con- 
clusion of the peace, to entreat 
their intervention and good oflices, 
with a view to the maintenance of 
the independence of the republic. 
I have the honour to be, &c. 
Robert Liston. 
Right Honourable Lord Hawksbury, 
&e. §e, 
No. 23. 
Extract of « Dispatch from Lord 
Hawkesbury to Lord Whitworth, 
dated November 30, 1802. 
His majesty’s government have 
learnt, with some surprise, from the 
communications from general Stuart, 
_ that that officer had signified to co- 
Jonel Sebastiani his inability to eva- 
cuate Egypt, until he should re- 
¢eive specific orders for that pur- 
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pose. It is certainly true that no 
warrant has been transmitted to ge- 
neral Stuart, or to his predecessor 
the earl of Cavan, for the evacuation 
of Egypt: neither was it considered 
to be necessary, jnasmuch as his 
majesty’s government had already 
expressed their intention to general 
Stuart, in his instructions, that, ex- 
cept in a case of absolute necessity, 
the king’s troops should remain in 
Egypt no longer than the month of 
July last. In all the instances of 
places which had been conquered by 
the king’s forces, and of which pos- 
session had been taken in his ma- 
jesty’s name, it has been usual, when 
they have been restored to the 
French republic, or its allies, that 
the commanding officer should be 
furnished with a regular warrant 
under the king’s sign manual, au- 
thorising him to make such resto. 
ration. But the case of Egypt is 
different, as that country had never 
been taken possession of in his ma- 
jesty’s name, as it had actually been 
restored to the Ottoman Porte, and 
as certain stations in it were con- 
tinued to be occupied merely as 
military posts, until the means of 
removing the troops should be pro- 
vided. 
It is probable that, in the pre- 
sent instance, general Stuart may 
have been misled by a doubt as to 
the extent of his own power, and 
by the opinion that he required a 
warrant to evacuate Ugypt, similar 
to that which had been granted te 
officers who superintended the res- 
titation of conquests of which pos- 
session had been taken in his ma- 
jesty’s name. In order, however, 
to obviate any farther difficulties, 
instructions have now been sent to ~ 
general Stuart directing him to re- 
move the king’s troops from Egypt 
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