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to hold respecting the charge which 
has been advanced against his ma- 
jesty’s government, of their unwil- 
lingness to fulfil the treaty of 
Amiens. The treaty of Amiens has 
been im a course of execution, on 
the part of his majesty, in every ar- 
ticle in which, according to the 
spirit of that treaty, it has been 
found capable of execution. There 
¢eannot be the least doubt that 
Egypt is at this time completely eva- 
cuated. ‘The delay which had arisen 
in the evacuation of Alexandria, 
was owmg to accidental circum. 
stances, the particulars of which 
were explained to you in my dis- 
patch of the 30th November last : 
and I had every reason to believe, 
from the communication I had with 
general Andreossy on the sitbject, 
that the French government were 
periectly satisfied with the explana- 
tion which he was authorized, at 
the time, to give them respecting 
it. 
* With regard to that article of the 
treaty which relates to Malta, the 
stipulations contained in. it (owing 
to circumstances which it was not 
in the power of his majesty to con- 
trol) have not been found capable 
of execution. The refusal of Russia 
to accede to the arrangement, cx- 
cept on condition that the Maltese 
Jangue should be abolished ;—the 
silence of the court of Berlin, with 
respeet to the invitation that has 
deen made to it, in consequence of 
the treaty, to become a guarantee- 
ing power ;—the abolition of the 
Spanish priories, in defiance of the 
treaty to which the king of Spain 
was a party;—the declaration of 
the Portuguese government, of their 
intention to sequestrate the proper- 
ty of the Portuguese priory, as 
forming a part of the Spanish langue, 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1803. 
unless the property of the Spanish 
priories is restored to them ;—the 
non-election of a grand master :— 
These circumstances would have 
been sufficient, without any other 
special grounds, to have warranted 
his Majesty in suspending the eva- 
cuation of the island, until some 
new arrangement could be adjusted 
fer its security and independence. 
But when it is considered how 
greatly the dominion, power, and 
influence of France have of late 
been extended, his majesty must feel 
that he has an incontestible right, 
conformably to the principles on 
which the treaty of peace was nego- 
ciated and concluded, to demand ad. 
ditional securities in any new ar- 
rangement which it might be neces- 
sary to make, with a view of effect- 
ing the real objeéts of that treaty. 
And these considerations, sufficient 
as they might be in themselves, to 
justify the line of conduét which his 
majesty had determined to adopt, 
have received additional force from 
the views which have been recently 
and unreservedly manifested by the 
French government, respecting the 
Turkish dominions, and the islands 
in the Adriatic (and which have been 
in a great degree admitted by the 
Jirst consul, in his interview with 
your excellency )—views which are 
directly repugnant, not only to the — 
spirit, but ta the letter of the treaty 
of Amiens. y 
From the postscript in your ex- 
cellency’s letter, it appears that a 
projeét was in contemplation, by 
which, according to the declaration 
of M. 'Talleyrand, the integrity of 
the ‘Turkish territory would be s¢- 
cured so as to do away every cause 
of doubt or uneasiness, either with 
regard to Egypt, or to any other 
part of the Turkish ek ae 
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