[Footnote 229:  See, inter alia, the “Moniteur” of August 8th, October 9th, November 6th, 1802; of January 1st and 9th, February 19th, 1803.]

[Footnote 230:  Lord Whitworth’s despatches of February 28th and March 3rd, 1803, in Browning’s “England and Napoleon.”]

[Footnote 231:  Secret instructions to Lord Whitworth, November 14th, 1802.]

[Footnote 232:  “Foreign Office Records,” Russia, No. 50.]

[Footnote 233:  In his usually accurate “Manuel historique de Politique Etrangere” (vol. ii., p. 238), M. Bourgeois states that in May, 1802, Lord St. Helens succeeded in persuading the Czar not to give his guarantee to the clause respecting Malta.  Every despatch that I have read runs exactly counter to this statement:  the fact is that the Czar took umbrage at the treaty and refused to listen to our repeated requests for his guarantee.  Thiers rightly states that the British Ministry pressed the Czar to give his guarantee, but that France long neglected to send her application.  Why this neglect if she wished to settle matters?]

[Footnote 234:  Castlereagh’s “Letters and Despatches,” Second Series, vol. i., pp. 56 and 69; Dumas’ “Evenements,” ix. 91.]

[Footnote 235:  Memoire of Francis II. to Cobenzl (March 31st, 1801), in Beer, “Die Orientalische Politik Oesterreichs,” Appendix.]

[Footnote 236:  “Memoirs,” vol. i., ch. xiii.]

[Footnote 237:  Ulmann’s “Russisch-Preussische Politik, 1801-1806,” pp. 10-12.]

[Footnote 238:  Warren reported (December 10th, 1802) that Vorontzoff warned him to be very careful as to the giving up of Malta; and, on January 19th, Czartoryski told him that “the Emperor wished the English to keep Malta.”  Bonaparte had put in a claim for the Morea to indemnify the Bourbons and the House of Savoy. ("F.O.,” Russia, No. 51.)]

[Footnote 239:  Browning’s “England and Napoleon,” pp. 88-91.]

[Footnote 240:  “F.O.,” France, No. 72.]

[Footnote 241:  We were undertaking that mediation.  Lord Elgin’s despatch from Constantinople, January 15th, 1803, states that he had induced the Porte to allow the Mamelukes to hold the province of Assouan. (Turkey, No. 38.)]

[Footnote 242:  Papers presented to Parliament on May 18th, 1803.  I pass over the insults to General Stuart, as Sebastiani on February 2nd recanted to Lord Whitworth everything he had said, or had been made to say, on that topic, and mentioned Stuart “in terms of great esteem.”  According to Meneval ("Mems.,” vol i., ch. iii.), Jaubert, who had been with Sebastiani, saw a proof of the report, as printed for the “Moniteur,” and advised the omission of the most irritating passages; but Maret dared not take the responsibility for making such omissions.  Lucien Bonaparte ("Mems.,” vol. ii., ch. ix.) has another version—­less credible, I think—­that Napoleon himself dictated the final draft of the report to Sebastiani; and when the latter showed some hesitation, the First Consul muttered, as the most irritating passages were read out:  “Parbleu, nous verrons si ceci—­si cela—­ne decidera pas John Bull a guerroyer.”  Joseph was much distressed about it, and exclaimed:  “Ah, mon pauvre traite d’Amiens!  Il ne tient plus qu’a un fil.”]