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to excite the people of France againft the au- 
thority of that Government, whether civil 
or ecclefiaftical. 
Onthe third complaint, which refpeés 
the removal of Georges, and thofe perfons 
fuppofed to be defcribed as bis adherents, M. 
“Otto muft have miftaken me in what he fup- 
pofes me to have faid on the fubje&. His 
Majefty is however very defirous to obviate 
any caufe of complaint or uneafinefs with re- 
fpe& to thefe perfons 3 and meafures are in 
contemplation, and will be taken, for the 
purpofe of removing them out of his Ma- 
jefty’s European dominions. 
On the fourth complaint, refpecting the 
Princes of the Houfe of Bourbon, I can only 
refer you to my former anfwer. His Ma- 
jefty has no defire that they fhould continue 
‘to refide in this country, if they are 
difpofed, or can be induced to quit it; but 
he feels it to be inconfiftent with his honour 
and his fenfe of juftice to withdraw from 
them the rights of hofpitality, as long as 
they condu& themfelves peaceably and quiet- 
ly 3 and unlefs fome charge can be fubftan- 
tiated of their attempting to difturb the peace 
which fubfifts between the two Govern- 
ments. 
With refpect to the fifth complaint, which 
relates to the French emigrants wearing in 
this country the orders of their ancient Go- 
vernment; there are few, if any, perfons of 
that defcription in this country who wear 
fuch orders. It might be more proper if they 
all abftained from it ; but the French Go- 
vernment could not perfift in expeéting, that 
even if it were confitent with law, his Ma- 
jefty could be induced to commit fo harfh an 
act of authority as to fend them out of the 
country on fuch an account. 
I have thus ftated to you his Majefty’s 
fentiments on the feveral points contained in 
‘M.Otto’s note. You will take an early op- 
portunity of communicating thefe fentiments 
to the French Government, and of accom- 
panying them with the arguments and ex- 
planations above ftated. And if it fhould be 
defired, and you fhould be of opinion, that 
it was likely to produce any good effect, there 
is no objection to your putting the fubftance 
of what you fhall have ftated in writing, and 
ef delivering it to the Minifer for Foreign 
Affairs, as a Memorandum of your convertfa- 
tion. 
Upon the general tone and ftyie of M. Ot- 
to’s note, it is important to obferve, that it 
is far from concillating ; and that the prac- 
tice of prefenting notes of this defcription, 
On any motive or fuggeftion of perfonal irri- 
tation, cannot fail to have the effect of indif- 
pofing the two Governments towards each 
other, inftead of confolidating and ftrength- 
‘ening the peace which happily fubfifts be- 
tween them. That after a war, in which 
the paflions cf men have been roufed beyond 
zli former examples, it is’natural to fuppofe 
that the diftruft, jealoufy, and other hoftile 
Corre[pondence between Great Britain and France. 
{June 1, 
feelings of individuals fhould not immediate- 
ly fubfide ; and under thefe circumftances it 
appears to We both the intereft and the duty ~ 
of the two Governments, by a mild and tem- 
perate conduét, gradually toallay thefe feel- 
ings, and not on the contrary to provoke and 
augment them by untimely irritation on 
their part, and by afcribing proceedings like 
thofe above-noticed, to caufes to which they 
have no reference. His Majefly has thus 
fully and frankly explained his fentiments; 
and the ground of his conduét. He is fin- 
cerely difpofed to adopt every meafure for 
the prefervation of peace, which is confiftent 
with the honour and independence of the 
country, and with the feeurity of its laws 
and conftitution. But the Freneh Govern- 
ment muft have formed a moft erroneous 
judgment of the difpofition of the Britifh 
nation, and of the charaéter of its Govern- 
ment, if they have been taught to expeét 
that any reprefentation of a foreign power 
will ever induce them to confent to a viola- 
tion of thofe rights on which the liberties of 
the people of this country are founded. 
Anthony Merry, Efg. HAWKESBURY. 
No. 14 confifts of a note from M. Otto; 
ftating that the Firft Conful would have been 
defirous that the two thoufand Neapolitans 
who are ready to depart, could have been 
tranfported at an early period to the ifland of 
Malta, to be in readinefs whenever the evas _ 
cuation of Malta fhall be on the point ef be- 
ing efte€&ted ; but that Mr. Drummond, the 
Englifh Minifter at Naples, has not been au- 
thorifed by his Government to facilitate this 
tranfport ; and, that the motive alleged by 
that Minifter was, that the ftipulations which 
ought to precede the evacuation not being ful-+ 
filled, that evacuation could not yet take place. 
No. 15 ftates, in reply, that when the 
Neapolitan Government notified to Mr. Drum- 
mond, the King’s Minifter at Naples, that the 
2000 troops which his Sicilian Majefty had 
feleéted to ferve in Malta, were ready to 
preceed to their deftination, that gentlemam 
declined taking any ftep to facilitate their 
embarkation, till he fhould receive intelli- 
gence of the arrival of Sir Alexander Ball in 
that ifland, and till he fhould be informec. 
that the Commander in Chief of the Britifh 
forces had made fuitable preparations for their — 
reception. He added, that His Majefty is 
moft fincerely defirous to fee all the ftipula- 
tions of the tenth article of the Definitive 
Treaty carried into efie& with the utmét 
punctuality, and with the leaft poffible de- 
lay. With this view he obferved to M. Ot- 
to, that by the very laft difpatches from the 
.Englith Ambaffador, at St. Peterfburgh, the 
French Minifter at that Court had not even 
then received any inftruétions from his Go- 
vernment relative to the fteps to be taken in 
concert with Lord St. Helens, for inviting 
the Emperor to become a guarantee of the 
provifions and ftipulations of the article in 
queftion. 
