At length it was hoped that the definitive treaty had for ever annihilated all disputes, and even all discussions on this subject; but this unfortunately did not occur, for new sources of contention perpetually arose, and the political machinery, which involved the interests of all the courts of Europe, proved by far too complex even for experiment.

It will be seen, however, from the subjoined dispatches, that the English plenipotentiary did every

*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 go vernment to make, conjointly with his Majesty's minister here, a formal invitation to the Emperor of Russia for his Imperial Majesty's guaranty of the stipulations of the treaty of Amiens, which provide for the independence of the islands of Malta, Gozo, and Comino, and of the other arrangements of that article."

Extract of a dispatch from Sir John Borlase Warren to Lord Hawkes bury, dated St. Petersburgh, November 18, 1802.

r "On the 3d instant I waited upon the chancellor with General Hedouville, when the note of invitation for his Imperial Majesty's guaranty of the tenth article of the treaty of Amiens was presented by each of us.

"General de Hedouville entered into various reasons to induce the Russian government to grant the guaranty; the principal of which was to prove, that without the guaranty of Russia, either of the two powers, upon the first difference between them, would look upon themselves at liberty to seize upon the island, which was only important in a military point of view; and the only alteration he should make in his invitation was, that the island might be delivered up to the Neapolitan troops.-He added, that the act of guaranty would not be considered as affecting the arrangement

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thing in his power to obtain the accession of Russia as a guaranteeing power; while the difficulties suggested on the part of that court fully exhibit the precariousness of any peace which depends on the assent or dissent of the head of a neutral and independent nation.

of any particular power with the order, or of any alteration that power might wish to make in the baillages, or that part belonging to itself, as Spain had already done.”

Extract of a dispatch from Sir John Borlase Warren to Lord Hawkesbury, dated Petersburgh, 25th November, 1802.

"The chancellor appointed yesterday evening for delivering to me, and to the French minister, the answer of the Russian government to his Majesty's invitation for his Imperial Majesty's accession to the tenth article of the treaty of Amiens."

Inclosure referred to in this Letter.

Conditions upon which bis Imperial Majesty of all the Russias is willing to accede to the stipulations of the tenth article of the treaty of Amiens.

I. "The acknowledgment of the sovereignty of the order of St. John of Jerusalem over the island of Malta and its dependencies; the acknowledgment of the grand master, and of the civil government of the order, according to its ancient institutions, with the admission into it of native Maltese. Upon this point, as well as upon every other that may relate to its interior organization, the legal government of the order shall have the power to enact and prescribe such regulations as it may judge best calculated to promote the future welfare and prosperity of the order.

II. "The rights of the king of the Two Sicilies, as suzerain of the island, shall remain upon the same footing as they were previous to the war which is now terminated by the treaty of Amiens.

III. "The

A report has been for some time in circulation that Admiral Sir John Warren wishes to return home, in order once more to command a squadron, and thus combat the French in a more direct and effectual manner, with round, grape, and canister, than carrying on a paper war, by means of notifications, memorials, rescripts, and protocols.

III. "The independence and neutrality of the island of Malta, its ports and dependencies, shall be secured and guaranteed by the respective contracting powers, who shall mutually engage to acknowledge and maintain that neutrality in all cases of war; whether between each other, or between any of them, and any other power, not excepting his Sicilian Majesty, whose right of suzerainty shall not extend so as to enable him to cause a departure from the neutrality of the island, as guaranteed by the present act.

IV. "Until the order shall be in a situation to provide, by its own resources, for the maintenance of its independence and neutrality, the different forts shall be occupied by his Sicilian Majesty's troops, at the expence of the contracting parties.

V. "The present additional act shall be considered as forming an integral part of the treaty of Amiens.

VI. "Their Majesties the Emperor of all the Russias, the Emperor of the Romans, the King of Spain, the King of the Two Sicilies, and the King of Prussia, shall be invited to accede to this act as guarantees.

(Signed)

COMTE ALEXANDRE DE WORONZOW."

SIR FRANCIS BARING, BART.

THE family of Baring, if not rendered conspicuous in the history of England by warlike achievements or illustrious titles, is yet well known in the annals of its trade and commerce. In addition to this, it may boast of what but few even of our nobility can aspire to, as it possesses the most indisputable documents of its Saxon origin and early repute. It appears by records still existing, that the orthography of the name was formerly somewhat different from the mode now in use, being then written Beeringe. One of these is a conveyance of lands, on the condition of personal attendance on the four great feasts of the year, and the deed, according to the custom of the times, being more explicit than instruments of the same kind at the present day, enumerates among the other merits of S. Beeringe the grantee, that "his absolute Saxon worthiness, and knightly birth" rendered him no improper attendant of a Norman knight. According to family tradition, which in similar cases is always relied on, both by the biographer and the herald, the genealogy of the subject of these memoirs can be traced up to this source, and it must be allowed by every candid and dispassionate man, that the baronet of the present day, rather reflects back than receives honour from the stock whence he sprung.

From

From this ancestor to the father of Sir Francis, the family of Beeringe or Baring seems to have undergone many vicissitudes, being alternately rich, and of humble circumstances. In an old list of the freeholders of a district of the county of Devon, the name appears under the class of yeomanry.

The grandfather of Sir Francis seems to be the first of the family who attempted to retrieve its former consequence by the efforts of industry. Having sold a small hereditary estate, he embarked the purchasemoney as a capital in trade, and within a few years

became an American merchant of no inconsiderable repute. He also purchased some lands in thé province of New York, which, until the separation of the colonies from the mother country, were held by his descendants.

Sir Francis Baring was born in London about the year 1746. His father was a merchant in the Virginia trade, which he had commenced with a very inconsiderable capital; but his rigid honesty and dexterity in business having recommended him to some great mercantile houses, they adopted his interest, and enabled him by liberal loans to extend the circle of his commerce. With this assistance the house of Baring soon rose to consideration in a city where wealth and talents for business are estimated at their proper value.

The subject of this memoir was one of a numerous family, but he early distinguished himself so as to

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