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Which he has advanced, yet, anxious 
to prevent calamities which might 
thus be extended to every part of 
Enrope, he is still willing, as far as 
is consistent with his own honour, 
dnd the interests of his people, to 
afford every facility 1o any just and 
honourable arrangement, by which 
such evils may be av erted. “He has, 
therefore, no difficalty in declaring, 
to’ all Europe, that, notwithstanding 
all’ the changes whith have taken 
place’ since the treaty of peace, not- 
Withstanding the extension of the 
power of France, in repugnance to 
fhat treaty, and to the spirit of 
peace itself, his majesty will not 
avail himself of these circumstances, 
to demand in compensation all that 
he is entitled to require, but will be 
ready to concur, even now, in an 
arrangement,’ by which satisfaétion 
shall be given to him, for the indig- 
nities which have been offered to his 
€rown and to his people, and sub- 
stantial security afforded against fur- 
ther encroachments on the part of 
France. 
His majesty has thus distinéily 
and unreservedly stated the reasons 
_of those proceedings to which he 
has found himself compelled to re- 
sort. He is aéiuated by no dispo- 
sition to interfere in the internal 
concerns of any other state ; by no 
projects of conquest and aggrandize- 
ment; but solely by a sense of 
what is due to the honour of his 
crown, and the interests of his peo- 
-ple, and by an anxious desire to 
obstruét the further progress of a 
system, which, if not resisted, may 
_ prove fatal to every part of the ci- 
wilized world. 
Westminster, May 18, 1803. 
ane a a ee 
Report made to the French Consul 
by Colvired Sebastiant, extracted 
NNUAL REGISTER, 
1803. 
from the Moniteur of the 30th of 
Jan. 1803. 
On the 16th of September I em. 
barked at Toulon, on board the 
Cornélie; and on the 30th I arrived 
at Tripoli. 1 immediately wrote to 
baron Cederstrom, the Swedish rear. 
admiral, as well as to the minister 
of the pacha, to offer them my me- 
diation to terminate the differences 
existing between the Swedish court 
and the regency. My mediation 
was accepted: the minister and the 
rear-admiral repaired to the commis- 
sarial house of France, and we en- 
tered on the negotiation. The two 
parties were far asunder; the pacha 
demanded a considerable sum, and 
an augmentation of the annual tri- 
bute. Tle urged a treaty made two 
years ago by an envoy of the king of 
Sweden, which assured the payment 
of ,245,000 heary piastres, and of 
an annuity of 20,000; he added, 
that two years-of war had subjected 
him to extraordinary expences, and 
that he used great moderation fn 
conforming himself to the treaty in _ 
question. M. de Cederstrom only 
offered, in the name of his court, 
100,000 piastres for the redemption 
of the Swedish slaves, who were to 
the number of one hundred and fif- _ 
ty, and an annuity of 5000 piastres. 
Alter much debate, I succeeded in 
making them sign a treaty, which 
fixed the payment of the ransom at 
150,000 piastres, and the annuity 
at 8000.—On the Ist of Oétober I 
was presented, with much pomp, to 
the pacha, who received me in the 
most distinguished manner. The ex« 
change of the ratification of the trea- 
ty of peace took place, and the Ita- 
lian republic was formally acknow- 
Jedged. I caused its flag to be 
hoisted on the commissarial house — 
of France, and it was saluted by the 
frigate 
