The Paget Papers.

Letter from Lord Keith to the Hon. Arthur Paget (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of the two Sicilies).

Source: Paget, Right Hon. Sir Augustus B. Paget, G.C.B. The Paget Papers, Diplomatic and other Correspondence of the Right Hon Sir A. Paget. G.C.B., 1794-1807, 2 Vols. Longmans, Green and Co. New York 1896. Vol 1.  Page 273.


Gibraltar, Oct 16, 1800.

My Dear Sir,—on the Subject of what passed at Malta* I never heard one word until the return of Sir Ralph Abercromby from that place when he told me the orders he had given and some(time) after he gave me a Coppy of an instruction He had from the Secretary of State but which had not been directed to me, I am glad the public affairs are placed in the Hands of those who are surely more able to Manage them than I can pretend to be, what orders I had given before were in Exact compliance with Lord Grenvilles Letter sent to me by the Admiralty and I beg you to assure the Court of Naples of my highest respect and how impossible it is for me to show any mark of inattention to the Government, the only proof I have in my power to show I have by petitioning His Majesty to include the Neapolitan Ships and troops in any reward His Majesty may be pleased to Bestow on His own Forces, upon the Whole I am content we have it because to get peace the french might have extorted the Island from Naples we I hope will make a better Bargain for it.  I am Dear Sir, &c.

Keith.

* See Mr. Paget's letter, Aug. 12.


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