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clament des Biens personnels sous Pr6texte qu’ils sont Etrangers et& l’Abri de l’Emigration. Brochure, en quarto, de 32 pages,sign£e de plusieurs Chevaliers, les mfemes en grande Partie queceux de la Brochure ci-dessus.

Rapport et Projet de D6cret sur l’Ordre de Malthe, au Nom des Comitesdiplomatiques et des Domaines, par T. C. Vincent, Depute duD^partement du Gard. Le 8e Septembre, 1792, en quarto, del’lmpr. Nation. 22 pages.

In which are the following passages :

First, The knights who enjoy benefices belonging to Malta cannot,without great injustice, be entirely deprived of a revenue acquired atmuch expence, and by the most essential services rendered to theFrench nation, as their history proves most unequivocally.

Second, A declaration was made by the order, on the 13th ofDecember, 1789, before Gibi and Mortineau, notaries at Paris, of theamount of its possessions in France.

The order enjoyed in France a clear revenue of 4,284,6.51 Frenchlivres, after having deducted one tenth of the original value, for theexpences of administration. One ninth must therefore be added tothe neat produce, to make up the whole of the revenue, which amount-ed to 4,7 60,753 French livres.

On the other side, the produce of the possessions of the Antonines is315,126 French livres. The whole of the acknowledged revenues is5,075,879 ditto.

The responsions paid by the French possessors of benefices amountedto 962,686 French livres. For pensions to the Antonines, 276,880ditto. In all, 1,747,158 French livres. That is to say, a round sumof one-third of the revenue.

Third, The port of Malta and the hospital are, doubtless, very ad-vantageous to France, but they are equally open to all other powers.

When Henry tho Eighth in England, and the protectant princes,in Germany, disposed of the possessions of the order, did Malta