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Capture Of Malta, And Subversion Of Its Government.
sent no decision could properly have been taken . But they were very sure that those brave Knights would have rejefted with horror the dishonourable treaty which they were anxious to ' conclude , and it was found more expedient to give them up than to consult them . 'Equally inaccessible to the unjust prejudice which sees crimes every where , and to the culpable indulgence that tolerates them , we have been guided m researches into the events at Maltabthose rinciles onlwhich honour
our , y p p y avows , and . which equity prescribes . We have not advanced a fact without the proof before our eyes . Throughout the whole , truth has demonstrated to us that Ferdinand Hompesch is attainted and convifted of improvidence , cowardice , and perfidy , upon which considerations— anel otners & t
' We , the Knights of the Grand Priory ot Russia , present at . Petersburg !! , regard Ferdinand Hompesch , as deposed from the rank to which we elevated him , and by virtue of our own laws , we hold ourselves absolved from the obedience which we should owe him as our Chief , and we invite our brothers of the other Grand Priories to unite with tis in a proceeding which honour has rendered indispensable , and from which we could not abstain without participating in the opprobrium which Ferdinand and others have deserved
Hompesch , Ransinjeat , St . Tropes , so justly . 'We throw ourselves into the arms of our August and Sovereign Protector , Paul I . Emperor of all the Russias , with that confidence which his justice , his sentiments , and his benevolence inspire : we humbly supplicate his Imperial Majesty to make known to us his supreme will , to which we promise to conform , ' without restriction ; and to extend his generous protection to all the members . of our Order , who , in these unfortunate circumstances ,-have remained faithfully attached . to the invariable bases of our institution—Religion and Honour . ' Done at St . Petersburg !! , Thursday , the 26 th of August , 179 8 . '
'We Paul the First , by the Grace of God , Emperor and Autocrator of all the Russias , & c . & c . declare , that , having attentively examined the aits presented to us by the Baillies , Knights of the Grand Cross , the Commanders and Knig hts of the Grand Priory , of Russia , as well as the other Knights of the illustrious Order of St . John , of Jerusalem , assembled in the palace of the said Priory in our capital , aits , which contain , First , A protestation against the prejudicial conduit of the ci-devant Grand Master of and othersKnihtswho violated
the Order , Ferdinand Hompesch , , g , haye _ their engagements in surrendering , without any defence , their principal city , and their whole state , and made a dishonourable capitulation with the Chief of the French who attacked the island of Malta , stipulating only for the personal advantage of the Grand Master and his adherents . 2 d ! y , The confidence of the Members of" the Order in us , as its protector , marked by the desire that we should attend to its preservation , and an expression of readiwhich miht think to make
ness to submit to any arrangements we g necessary for its benefit—we confirm the said aits in their full force , and testifying our acknowiedgenieiits for the zeal of the Members of the illustrious Order of St . John ,-of Jerusalem , we take all the well-disposed of the corps under our supreme direction . We promise , tipon our imperial word , not only to maintain it in all its institutions , privileges , and honours , but also to employ ail in for its re-establishment in the respectable state which
means our power it held , and in which'it contributed to the advantage of Christianity in ge . neral , and of every well governed state in particular . We have also ordered all our Ministers in foreign courts to give , in our name , the most formal assurances , that , in . caking the illustrious Order of St . John , of Jerusalem-,
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Capture Of Malta, And Subversion Of Its Government.
sent no decision could properly have been taken . But they were very sure that those brave Knights would have rejefted with horror the dishonourable treaty which they were anxious to ' conclude , and it was found more expedient to give them up than to consult them . 'Equally inaccessible to the unjust prejudice which sees crimes every where , and to the culpable indulgence that tolerates them , we have been guided m researches into the events at Maltabthose rinciles onlwhich honour
our , y p p y avows , and . which equity prescribes . We have not advanced a fact without the proof before our eyes . Throughout the whole , truth has demonstrated to us that Ferdinand Hompesch is attainted and convifted of improvidence , cowardice , and perfidy , upon which considerations— anel otners & t
' We , the Knights of the Grand Priory ot Russia , present at . Petersburg !! , regard Ferdinand Hompesch , as deposed from the rank to which we elevated him , and by virtue of our own laws , we hold ourselves absolved from the obedience which we should owe him as our Chief , and we invite our brothers of the other Grand Priories to unite with tis in a proceeding which honour has rendered indispensable , and from which we could not abstain without participating in the opprobrium which Ferdinand and others have deserved
Hompesch , Ransinjeat , St . Tropes , so justly . 'We throw ourselves into the arms of our August and Sovereign Protector , Paul I . Emperor of all the Russias , with that confidence which his justice , his sentiments , and his benevolence inspire : we humbly supplicate his Imperial Majesty to make known to us his supreme will , to which we promise to conform , ' without restriction ; and to extend his generous protection to all the members . of our Order , who , in these unfortunate circumstances ,-have remained faithfully attached . to the invariable bases of our institution—Religion and Honour . ' Done at St . Petersburg !! , Thursday , the 26 th of August , 179 8 . '
'We Paul the First , by the Grace of God , Emperor and Autocrator of all the Russias , & c . & c . declare , that , having attentively examined the aits presented to us by the Baillies , Knights of the Grand Cross , the Commanders and Knig hts of the Grand Priory , of Russia , as well as the other Knights of the illustrious Order of St . John , of Jerusalem , assembled in the palace of the said Priory in our capital , aits , which contain , First , A protestation against the prejudicial conduit of the ci-devant Grand Master of and othersKnihtswho violated
the Order , Ferdinand Hompesch , , g , haye _ their engagements in surrendering , without any defence , their principal city , and their whole state , and made a dishonourable capitulation with the Chief of the French who attacked the island of Malta , stipulating only for the personal advantage of the Grand Master and his adherents . 2 d ! y , The confidence of the Members of" the Order in us , as its protector , marked by the desire that we should attend to its preservation , and an expression of readiwhich miht think to make
ness to submit to any arrangements we g necessary for its benefit—we confirm the said aits in their full force , and testifying our acknowiedgenieiits for the zeal of the Members of the illustrious Order of St . John ,-of Jerusalem , we take all the well-disposed of the corps under our supreme direction . We promise , tipon our imperial word , not only to maintain it in all its institutions , privileges , and honours , but also to employ ail in for its re-establishment in the respectable state which
means our power it held , and in which'it contributed to the advantage of Christianity in ge . neral , and of every well governed state in particular . We have also ordered all our Ministers in foreign courts to give , in our name , the most formal assurances , that , in . caking the illustrious Order of St . John , of Jerusalem-,
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