22 Απριλίου 1801, (σ. 107-) επιστολή προς τον Grenville του Φορέστη με αναφορά στα γεγονότα της Ζακύνθου, και στις απόψεις και του βρετανού πρεσβευτή Elgin στην Πόλη. Επίσης ο Φορέστης αναφέρεται και στην μεγάλη σημασία που έχουν πια τα νησιά για τους Βρετανούς. Όχι όμως τόσο την εμπορική όσο την πολιτική: Having some time ago written to the Earl of Elgin stating my anxious desire to go back to my residence at Zante and requesting His Excellency’s opinion upon the subject until I might receive orders from Your Lordship, I am now informed by His Excellency that Corfu appears to be the preferable situation for me. His Excellency observes, that, in the present moment, the politics are certainly more important than our commercial connections with these Islands, and that my position here must be more useful for another reason – that of the French being at Ancona, and in relation with Ragusa.