Bourgeois, "Manuel de Politique Etrangère," vol. ii., p. 243.
See Castlereagh's "Letters and Despatches," Second Series, vol. i., pp. 75-82, as to the need of conciliating public opinion, even by accepting Corfu as a set-off for Malta, provided a durable peace could thus be secured.
"Lettres inédites de Talleyrand," August 21st, 1803.