trouve réglé par rapport à l'Indépendance des Ifles de Malthe, de Gozo, et de Comino. En Foi de quoi, nous Plenipotentiaires de Sa Majesté Imperiale et Royale Apostolique, avons figné le préfent Acte d'Acceffion et de Garantie ; y avons fait appofer le Cachet de nos Armes, et l'avons échangé contre les Actes d'Acceptation dé livrés au Nom de Sa Majesté le Roi de la Grande Bretagne, et du Premier Conful de la Republique Françoife. Lefquels Actes d'Acceffion, de Garantie, et d'Acceptation feront ratifiés dans l'Efpace de Quatre Semaines, ou plutôt, fi faire fe peut. Fait à Vienne, le 20 Août 1802. (L.S.) FRANCOIS COMTE DE COLLOREDO. (L.S.) LOUIS COMTE DE COBENZEL. Tranflation. THE Emperor and King having been invited by His Britannic Majefty and the First Conful of the French Republic, to accede to the Stipulations contained in the Tenth Article of the Treaty concluded and figned at Amiens on the 29th of March 1802 (4th Germinal, Year 10), respecting the Order of St. John of Jerufalem; and alfo to take un der his Protection and Guarantee, conjointly with the other Powers cited in the Sixth Paragraph of the faid Article, whatever was therein especially ft:pulated G pulated on the Subject of the Island of Malta: And His Imperial and Royal Apoftolick Majefty having been at the fame Time informed that the Two above-mentioned Powers adopted on their Part the Concert which had been entered into by the Two Imperial Courts, previous to the Exchange of the Ratifications of the above-mentioned Treaty of Amiens, to leave to the Pope the Selection of a Grand Master from amongst the Candidates nominated for that Purpose by the Priories of the Order. His Majefty the Emperor and King, defirous on the prefent Occafion of exhibiting a fresh Proof of his fincere Friendship for His Majesty the King of Great Britain, and for the First Conful of the French Republic, has empowered and inftructed His Grand Chamberlain and Cabinet Minister Count Francis of Colloredo, and His Vice Chancellor of Court and State Count Louis of Cobenzel, to proceed in His Name to the Acceffion and Guarantee of the Stipulations of the Tenth Article of the aforementioned Treaty; who, in virtue thereof, declare that His Majefty accedes, by the present Act, to the Stipulations contained in this Article, with the Clause herein-before referred to, respecting the Mode of the next Election of the Grand Master of the Order; and His Majefty fpecifically guarantees whatfoever is therein regulated, with regard to the Independance of the Islands of Malta, Gozo, and Comino. In Witness whereof we, the Plenipotentiaries of His Imperial, Royal and Apoftolick Majefty, have figned the prefent Act of Acceffion and of Gua rantee; have thereunto affixed the Seal of our Arms, and have exchanged it against the Acts of Acceptation, delivered in the Name of His Majesty the King of Great Britain, and of the First Conful of the French Republic. Which Acts of Acceffion, of Guarantee, and of Acceptation, fhall be ratified in the Space of Four Weeks, or fooner, if it can be done. Done at Vienna, the 20th of August 1802. (L.S.) (L.S.) FRANCIS COUNT OF COLLOREDO. No. 28. Extract of a Difpatch from Mr. Casamajor to Lord Hawkesbury, dated Berlin, Auguft 21, 1802. HAVING opened the Subject of your Lordship's laft Difpatch, relative to the Acceffion of this Court to the Arrangement ftipulated in the 19th Article of the Treaty of Amiens, to Mr. Bignon, this Gentleman ündertook very willingly to mention the fame to his Government, and has in Fact already performed his Promife. In feveral Converfations with Mr. Bignon, in which I have occafionally remarked that nothing had hitherto been said to me here upon the Subject of Malta, he has constantly affected G 2 affected the greatest Indifference, and treated it as a Bufinefs of too little Importance to occupy the Attention of the French Government. No. 29. Extract of a Dispatch from Mr. Casamajor to Lord Hawkesbury, dated Berlin, August 31, 1802. MR. BIGNON received last Night Instructions from the French Government, to invite the King of Pruffia, conjointly with me, to accede to the Guarantee of the Independence of the Ifland of Malta, and of the other Stipulations relating to that Island, which are contained in the roth Article of the Definitive Treaty of Amiens. Mr. Bignon fent to me immediately, and we propose to meet Tomorrow for the Purpose of preparing a Note upon this Subject, of which we shall each present a Copy to Count Haugwitz. No. 30. Extract of a Difpatch from Mr. Cafamajor to 2, 1802. MY Note upon the Subject of the Guarantee of Malta remains unanswered. No. 31. No. 31. Extract of a Difpatch from Mr. Jackson to Lord Hawkesbury, dated Berlin, Novem ber 25, 1802. AT my First Interview with Count Haugwitz, I told him that the only Subject in Sufpence between our Two Courts, to which I need call his immediate Attention, was that of the Guaranty of Malta, on which an Answer is still due from him. He adverted to what he had told Mr. Cafamajor of the King his Mafter having ordered a Report to be made to him, on the State of the Commanderies in Silefia, hinting, that this Country took a very flight Intereft in the Fate of the Island; and that he was countenanced in withholding its Guaranty by the Example of Spain. He however added that the Report in queftion had been made to the King, and that he only waited His Majefty's Commands to confer with me farther upon the Subject. No. 32. Extract of a Dispatch from Mr. Garlike to Lord Hawkesbury, dated Petersburgh, September 17, 1802. THE French Minister has at length been directed by his Government to make, conjointly with His Majefty's Minister here, a formal Invitation to the Emperor of Ruffia for His Imperial Majesty's Guaranty G 3 |