S TA/DE Pid PERS. 
delay complying with the instruc- 
tions he had received ; and he has, 
therefore, the honour of addressing 
the following observations to his ex- 
cellency lord Hawkesbury, which 
recal to recolleétion the spirit and 
the leading features of the,verbal 
communications which he has previ- 
ously made to him. 
By the conditions of the fourth 
paragraph of the tenth article! of the 
treaty of Amiens, the English troops 
were to evacuate the island of Malta 
and its dependencies, , three months 
after the exchange of the ratifica- 
tions. 
Ten months have elapsed since 
the ratifications. have been ex- 
changed, and the English troops are 
still at Malta. 
The French troops, on the con- 
trary, who were to evacuate the 
Neapolitan and Papal states, have 
not waited the expiration of the 
three months which were granted to 
them to withdraw, and have quitted 
Tarentum,. the , fortifications of 
which they had re-established, and 
where they had colleéted 100 pieces 
of cannon. 
What can be alledged in, justifi- 
cation of the delay in evacuating 
Malta? Has not the 10th article of 
the treaty of Amiens proyided for 
every thing? -and the Neapolitan 
troops being arrived, under what 
pretext do those of England still re- 
main there? 
Is it because all the powers enu- 
merated in the 6th paragraph, have 
not yet accepted the gnarantee 
which is devolved upon them? But 
this is not a condition that relates 
to the evacuation of the island ; apd 
besides, Austria has already sent its 
act of guarantee: Russia, itself, 
has made only a single difficulty, 
which is done away by the -acces- 
sion of the first consul to the modi- 
695 
fications proposed, unless, indeed, 
Sngland itself throws obstacles in 
the, way, by refusing to accede to 
the proposals of Russia, which, ‘af- 
ter all, could not affect the engage- 
ments of his Britannic majesty, who, 
according, to, the express conditions 
of, the; treaty, sis. to evacuate the 
island of Malta within three months, 
placing it under the guard of the 
Neapolitans, who are to garrison 
it until the, definitive arrangements 
of the order are settled. ' 
lt should, therefore, seem im- 
possible, and it would be without 
example in the history of nations, 
were his Britannic majesty to re- 
fuse to execute a fundamental arti- 
cle of the pacification, of the very 
one, which, in the drawing up of 
the preliminaries, was considered as 
the first, and as requiring to be set- 
tled previously to every other point. 
Indeed, the first consul, who cor- 
dially relies on the intentions of his 
Britannic majesty, and cannot sup- 
pose them to be less open and ge- 
nerous than those with which he is 
animated, has hitherto been un- 
willing to attribute the delay of 
the evacuation of the island of Mal- 
ta to any other than to maritime 
circumstances. 
The undersigned is, therefore, 
charged to require explanations on 
this point, and he is persuaded that 
the British ministry will be the more 
anxious to furnish such as will be 
satisfactory, as they must be sensi- 
ble how necessary they are for the 
maintenance of harmony, and how 
important they are for the honour 
of the two nations. 
The undersigned avails himself of 
this opportunity to renew to lord- 
Hawkesbury the assurances of his 
high consideration. 
(Signed) F. Andreossy, 
Portland Place, March 10, 1802. 
Yy4 No. 42. 
