Cornwallis, "Correspondence," vol. iii., despatch of December 3rd, 1801. The feelings of the native Maltese were strongly for annexation to Britain, and against the return of the Order at all. They sent a deputation to London (February, 1802), which was shabbily treated by our Government so as to avoid offending Bonaparte. (See "Correspondence of W.A. Miles," vol. ii., pp. 323-329, who drew up their memorial.)
Cornwallis's despatches of January 10th and 23rd, 1802.
Project of a treaty forwarded by Cornwallis to London on December 27th, 1801, in the Public Record Office, No. 615.