Excerpt from Lives of the British Admirals, Vol. 8 of 8: Containing Also a New and Accurate Naval History, From the Earliest Periods
The peace of Amiens was condemned as impolitic and unnecessary by a large part of the British nation, and regarded as not likely to be of long duration by a still larger part; and it soon appeared that the latter at least were correct in their opinion. For shortly after this peace was ratified, difficulties occurred respecting Malta. The French evidently wished either to get it into their own possession, or to have it placed under the protection of a power that would in effect permit them to consider and use it as their own. This Britain wished to prevent. By the treaty the independence of this important island was to be guaranteed by Great Britain, France, Austria, Russia, and Spain.
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