| enate the island of Malta until after 
_ the expiration of ten years. 
Article LV. V. and Vi. may he 
entirely omitted, or must all be in- 
! peserted. 4 
Third Inclosure referred éo in No.70. 
fa. Sir, Paris, May 10, 1803. 
«In order not to lose an instant of 
$0 precious a time, | have the ho- 
nour to convey to you the project 
' which I have received from my 
‘court, with the note which accom- 
panies it, I shali have the honour 
of calling on your excellency at any 
_ hour you may appoint, in conse- 
quence of the request I made yes- 
terday. But, in the mean while, you 
_ will be in possession of the contents 
of my instructions. I hope to God 
_ that they may be of a nature to in- 
_ gure the tranquillity of both coun- 
tries and ef Europe. 
—f avail myselfof this opportunity 
_ 4o renew to your exeellency the as- 
surance of my high consideration. 
(Signed) Whitworth, 
“To His Excellency xy M. de Talleyrand. 
Ge. FC. FC. 
Fourth Inclosure referred to in 
4 No. 70. 
Ry Sir, Paris, May 10, 1803. 
Having yesterday morning receiy- 
ed some important instructions to 
“communicate to you, I wrote to 
_ you that evening to ask your excel- 
uy at what hour I could have the 
ur to acquit myself of this duty. 
Gane letter has not been answered. 
At two o’clock this afternoon I sent 
Mr. Mandeville, attached to the 
-etnbassy, to the ofiice for foreign 
ailairs, in order to deliver to your 
ellency, or in your absence to 
your first secretary, a sealed packet, 
suymunicate te you, andl added a 
Sf Adib Pk/P"E, RS. 
# ontaining the papers which I had to’ 
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second letter te your excellency. M. 
Mandeville delivered this packet into 
the hands of M. Durand,who assur- 
ed him that it should be communicat- 
ed to you withoutdelay. At half past 
four, not having received any an- 
swer to my letters, I went to.the 
foreign office, and [ there learnt 
that you were in the country, and 
that it was not known when you 
would return to town. 
Half an hour afterwards, having 
returned home, the papers which 
my secretary had taken and deliver- 
ed to M. Durand, were brought to 
me, with a message that I must send 
them to the minister ia the coun- 
try. ’ 
In this state of things, since your 
excellency does not give me an op- 
portunity of making you this com- 
munication, 1 haye no other alter- 
native than to give it in charge to 
Mr. Talbot, secretary to the em- 
bassy. He will have the honour to 
deliver to you the project of a cons 
vention, which, I hope, will serve 
as the basis to an amicable arrange- 
ment between our two governments, 
Ihave only to Aid, that the term 
of my stay in Paris is limited, and I 
must set out on my journey for 
England on Thursday morning, if 
the negotiation is not favourably ter- 
minated before that time. 
I request you, sir, to accept the 
assurance of my high consideration. 
(Signed) Whitworth. 
Lifth Inclosure referred to in No. 70. 
It being impossible for the under- 
signed todelay any longer executing 
the orders of his court, he finds him- 
self obliged to request the minister 
for foreign aflairs to have the good- 
ness to expedite the necessary pass- 
ports for his return to England. 
lie requests his excellency to ac- 
cept 
