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with as little delay as possible, and 
information has been given to this 
effect to general Andreossy, 
No. 24. 
Extract of a Dispatch from Lord St. 
Helens to Lord Hawkesbury, 
dated St. Petersburgh, July 20, 
1802, et 
I have since renewed my applica- 
tions to this government on the bu- 
siness of Malta, and have some rea- 
son to hope that some impression 
has been made on the mind of his 
imperial majesty. The French mi- 
nister, however, has not yet re- 
ceived his instruétions; and, till 
they arrive, it will, of course, be 
impossible for me to take the re- 
quisite steps for bringing this af- 
fair to any satisfactory, or even po- 
sifive issue. 
No. 25. 
Extract of « Dispatch from Lord St. 
Helens, to Lord Hawkesbury, 
dated St. Petersburgh, dugust 3, 
1802, 
I must not omit to acquaint your 
lordship, that although, in order to 
prevent any further waste of time, 
I have thought it right to endeavour 
to obtain a definitive explanation of 
the intentions of this court, with 
relation to the proposed guarantee, 
1 have not yet been enabled to 
demand it officially, according to 
the terms of the treaty of Amiens, 
as the Freuch minister here is still 
without instrudtions authorising him 
to join with me in that instance. 
No. 26. 
Extreé of « Dispatch from Mr. Pa- 
get to Lord Hawkesbury, dated 
Vienna, July 18, 1802. 
Qn the 15th imstant, M. de 
Champagny and I met at a con- 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1803. 
ference at the vice-chancellor’s, to 
whom we presented our respec- 
tive notes, copies of which I have 
the honour to enclose, marked se 
and B. 
Inclosure marked A. in No. 26. 
The undersigned, his Britannic 
majesty’s envoy extraordinary and 
minister plenipotentiary, has the ho- 
nour to transmit herewith to the 
vice-chancellor of court and state, a 
copy of the tenth article of the 
treaty.of Amiens. He has, at the 
same time, the honour to acquaint 
his excellency that he has received 
orders from his court to invite his 
majesty the emperor and king, con- — 
formable to the 13th paragraph of 
that article, to give his guarantee to 
the arrangements stipulated therein. 
He therefore requests the vice- 
chancellor of court and state to lay 
this communication before his i nnpe- 
rial majesty. 
The undersigned avails himself, 
with pleasure, of this opportunity 
to reiterate to his exeellency the ex- 
pression of his most distinguished 
consideration. 
(Signed) Arthur Paget. 
Vienna, 15th July, 1802. 
Inclosure marked B. in No. 2 
The embassador of the French 
republic, on the invitation which 
has been given him by Mr. Pa- 
get, his Britannic majesty’s mi- 
nister plenipotentiary and envoy 
extraordinary, hastens, in conjunct- 
tion with that minister, to commu- 
nicate to the vice-chancellor of 
court and state, the 10th article of 
the treaty of Amiens, concerning 
the order and island of Malta, the 
sixth paragraph of which article 
places the independency of the island 
of Malta under the guarantee of his 
imperia} 
