680 
weeks, or sooner, if it can be 
done. 
Done at Vienna, the 20th of 
August, 1802. 
(1. S.) Francis count of Colloredo. 
(L. §.) Lewis count of Cobenzel. 
No- 28. 
Extraét of a Dispatch from Mr. Cas- 
amajoy to Lord Hawkesbury, dat- 
ed Berlin, August 21, 1802. 
Having opened the subject of 
your lordship’s last dispatch, rela- 
tive to the accession of this court to 
the arrongement stipulated in the 
tenth article of the treaty of Ami- 
ens, to Mr, Bignon, this gentleman 
undertook, very willingly, to men- 
tion the same to his government, 
and has, in fact, already performed 
his promise. In several conversa- 
tions with Mr. Bignon, in which I 
have occasionally remarked, — that 
nothing had hitherto been said to 
me here upon the subjeét of Malta, 
he has constantly affected the great- 
est indifference, and treated it as a 
business of too little importance to 
occupy the attention of the French 
government, 
No. 29. 
Extraét of a Dispatch from Mr. Casa- 
major to Lord Hawkesbury, dated 
Berlin, August 31, 1802. 
Mr. Bignon received, last night, 
instructions from the French go- 
vernment,. to invite the king of 
Prussia, conjointly with me, to ac- 
cede to the guarantee of the inde- 
pendence of .the island of Malta, 
and of the other stipulations relat- 
ing to that island, which are con- 
tained in the tenth article of the de- 
finitive treaty of Amiens. Mr. Big- 
non sent to me immediately, and we 
propose to meet to-morrow, for the 
purpose of preparing a note upon 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1803. 
this subject, of which we shall each 
present a copy to count Haugwitz. 
No. 30. 
Extraét of a Dispatch from Mr. Cas- 
amajor to Lord Hawkesbury, dated 
Berlin, Oét. 2, 1802. 
My note upon the subject of the 
guarantee of Malta remains unan- 
swered. 
No. 31. 
Extraét of « Dispatch from Mr. 
Jackson to Lord Hawkesbury, 
dated Berlin, Nov. 25, 1802. 
At my first interview with count 
Haugwitz, I told him, that the only 
subject in suspense between our two 
courts, to which I need call his im- 
mediate attention, was that of the 
guarantee of Malta, on which an 
answer is still due from him. He 
adverted to what he had told Mr. 
Casamajor, of the king his master 
having ordered a report to be made 
to him on the state of the comman-- 
ders in Silesia, hinting, that this 
country took a very slight interest 
in the fate of the island: and that 
he was countenanced in withholding 
its guarantee by the example of 
Spain. He, however, added, that, 
the report in question had been 
made to the king, and that he only 
waited his majesty’s commands to 
confer with me further upon the 
subject. 
Maat: 
Extract of a Dispatch from Mr. 
Garlike to Lord Hawkesbury, dated 
St. Petersburgh, Sept. 17, 1802. 
The French minister has, at 
length, been directed by his go- 
vernment to make, conjointly with 
his majesty’s minister here, a formal 
invitation to the emperor of Russia 
for his imperial majesty’s guarantee 
of the stipulations of the treaty of 
Amiens, which provide for the in- 
dependence 
