Imágenes de páginas
PDF
EPUB

Art. VII. The French and auxiliary troops shall be subsisted from the period of their departure from Gizeh to the time of their embarkation, conformably to the regulations of the French army; and from the day of their embarkation to that of their landing in France, agreeably to the naval regulations of England.

Art. VIII. The Military and Naval Commanders of the British and Turkish forces shall provide vesssls for conveying to the French ports of the Mediterranean the French and auxiliary troops, as well as all French and other persons employed in the service of the army. Every thing relative to this point, as well as in regard to subsistence, shall be regulated by Commissaries named for this purpose by the general of division Belliard, and by the naval and military commanders in chief of the allied forces, as soon as the present convention shall be ratified. These commissaries shall proceed to Rosetta or to Aboukir, in order to make every necessary preparation for the embarkation.

Art. IX. The Allied powers shall provide four vessels (or more if possible), fitted for the conveyance of horses, water casks, and forage sufficient for the voyage.

Art. X. The French and auxiliary troops will be provided by the Allied powers with a sufficient convoy for their safe return to France. After the embarkation of the French troops, the Allied powers pledge themselves, that to the period of their arrival on the continent of the French Republic, they shall not be in the least molested; and on his part, the general of division Belliard, and the troops under his command, engage that no act of hostility shall be by them committed, during the said period, against the fleet or territories of his Britannic Majesty, of the Sublime Porte, or of their Allies. The vessels employed in conveying and escorting the said troops or other French subjects, shall not touch at any other than a French port, except in cases of absolute necessity, The commanders of the British, Ottoman, and French troops enter reciprocally into the like engagements, during the period that the French troops remain in Egypt, from the ratification of the present convention to the moment of their embarkation. The general of division Belliard, commanding the French and auxiliary troops, on the part of his government, engages that the vessels employed for their conveyance and protection shall not be detained in the French ports after the disembarkation of the troops; and that their commanders shall be at liberty to purchase, at their own expence, the provisions which may be necessary for enabling them to return. General Belliard also engages, on the part of his government, that the said vessels shall not be molested on their return to the ports of the allied powers, provided they do not attempt, or are made subservient to, military operation.

Art. XI. All the administations, the members of the commission of arts and sciences, and in short every person attached to the French army, shall enjoy the same advantages as the military. All the members of the said administration, and of the commission of

arts

arts and sciences, shall also carry with them not only all the papers relative to their mission, but also their private papers, as well as all other articles which have reference thereto.

Art. XII. All inhabitants of Egypt, of whatever nation they may be, who wish to follow the French troops, shall be at liberty so to do; nor shall their families, after their departure, be molested, or their goods confiscated.

Art. XIII. No inhabitant of Egypt, of whatever religion, who may wish to follow the French troops, shall suffer either in person or property, on account of the connection he may have entered into with the French during their continuance in Egypt, provided he conforms to the laws of the country.

Art. XIV. The sick, who cannot bear removal, shall be placed in an hospital, and attended by French medical and other attendants, until their recovery, when they shall be sent to France on the same conditions as the troops. The commanders of the allied armies engage to provide all the articles that may appear really necessary for this hospital; the advances to be made on this account shall be repaid by the French government.

Art. XV. At the period when the towns and forts mentioned in the present convention shall be delivered up, commissaries shall be named for receiving the ordnance, ammunition, magazines, papers, archives, plans, and other public effects, which the French shall leave in possession of the allied powers.

Art. XVI. A vessel shall be provided as soon as possible by the naval commanders of the allied powers, in order to convey to Toulon an officer and a commissioner, charged with the conveyance of the present convention to the French government.

Art. XVII. Every difficulty or dispute that may arise respecting the execution of the present convention shall be determined in an amicable manner by commissioners named on each part.

Art. XVIII. Immediately after the ratification of the present convention, all the English or Ottoman prisoners at Cairo shall be set at liberty, and the commanders in chief of the allied powers shall in like manner release the prisoners in their respective camps. Art. XIX. Officers of rank from the English army, from his Highness the Supreme Vizier, and from his Highness the Capitan Pacha, shall be exchanged for a like number of French officers of equal rank, to serve as hostages for the execution of the present treaty. As soon as the French troops shall be landed in the ports of France, the hostages shall be reciprocally released.

Art. XX. The present convention shall be carried and communicated by a French officer to Gen. Menou at Alexandria, and he shall be at liberty to accept of it for the French and auxiliary forces (both naval and military) which may be with him at the abovementioned place, provided his acceptance of it shall be notified to the general commanding the English troops before Alexandria within ten days from the date of the communication being made

to him.

VOL. 2. No, 8.

T

Art.

Art. XXI. The present convention shall be ratified by the commanders in chief of the respective armies within twenty-four hours after the signature thereof.

Signed in quadruplicate, at the Place of Conference between
the two armies, the 27th of June, 1801, or of the Siege of
Saffar 1216, or the 8th Messidor, ninth year of the French
Republic.

(Signed) J. HOPE, Brigadier-General.
OSMAN BEY.

ISAAC BEY.

DONZELOT, General de Brigade.
TARAYRE, Chef de Brigade.

Approved and ratified the present Convention at Cairo, the 9th Messidor, ninth year of the French Republic.

(Signed)

BELLIARD, General de Division.

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES, &c.

JULY 29.-The wife of a tradesman, searching into the waistcoat pockets of her husband, preparatory to its being washed, found in one of them a note from a female, appointing a meeting at two o'clock on that day, at a house in Duke's place. Being furnished with particulars, she determined to make one in the amorous dalliance, and at the witching moment flew to the assignation, where she found her husband in the embraces of a butcher's wife. At this sight, female fury gave vent, and caps and handkerchiefs, and pretty faces, in a trice went to wreck and ruin. This gave an opportunity to the husband to huddle on his cloaths, and make his escape, leaving the women to exhaust their fury in combat. From the house they proceeded into the street, making a running fight of it into Whitechapel, followed by a motley gang of Jews and Gentiles.

30.-A pitched battle was fought in a field, at the back of the London Infirmary, Whitechapel, between Enerva, a sawyer, and Johnston, a journeyman wheelwright, for five guineas a side. The contest was put an end to by the arrival of a press gang and several constables, who soon dispersed the mob, secured both the combatants with their seconds, and fifteen stout young men, whom they conveyed on board the tender.

A man of decent appearance hired a wherry at Blackfriars bridge, and in the middle of the river he appeared a little uneasy in his mind, frequently striking his forehead with his hands; he then pulled out a string from his pocket, with which he tied both his hands, and immediately threw himself overboard, and sunk directly; he had on a green coat with white buttons, white waistcoat, grey pantaloons, and boots. 31.-A merchant, well known for his overgrown wealth, and who resides a good deal within one hundred miles of Old Broad-street, returning hoine from Change, dropped his pocket-book, containing notes to the value of 500l. and other papers of more value to him than the above sum; he did not miss it till he got home, when he was heard to "he would not have lost it for one hundred pounds, and that he would give that sum to recover it." In the afternoon of the same day, a poor and ragged man knocked at the door with the pocket-book," which he had found, and by a letter in it had been-enabled to return it

say,

to

to the owner. This liberal merchant of the city of London, commended the man's honesty, and gave him one shilling!!!

Aug. 1.-The Marquis of Abercorn proposed to accompany the Marchioness and Lady H. Hamilton in a phaeton, from the Priory, Stanmore, to Harrow. When mounting the coach-box, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, the Marquis observing to the servant that one of the horses appeared somewhat restive, it was changed for another, and his Lordship proceeded. Scarcely, however, had he advanced 200 yards from the Priory, when the horses unfortunately took fright, and set off with an alarming rapidity. The ladies, apprehensive of the most dangerous consequences, shrieked with such violence, as, for the time, deprived the Marquis of that presence of mind so necessary at such a critical juncture. Endeavouring in vain to stop the horses, and perplexed and agonised for the fate of the Marchioness and his charming daughter, he threw himself from his seat, and, by the desperate expedient, broke both his legs! The one fracture was under, and the other above the knee! The Marchioness and Lady Hamilton still kept their seats, notwithstanding the horses ran with uncommon celerity along the Harrow road. At the turning of a lane, when the horses made a sudden spring forward, the Marchioness and Lady Hamilton were thrown into a hedge, and, happy to relate, experienced little or no personal injury.

The Marquis was with great difficulty carried home; the ablest assistants procured, and his legs set in such a manner as to promise the desired effect.

The gipsies had a grand field-day at Norwood. There was a prodigious assemblage of the different gangs, and their tents formed a sort of street, where a sumptuous feast was cooked. The grass was bespread with a variety of excellent dishes, and they sat around, according to the eastern fashion, cross-legged, enjoying the good things of this world in abundance. The Gipsey King presided with a prodigious long pipe, assuming a sort of sullen dignity, during which time he preferred smoking real Virginia to arguing on the escape Gantheaume or the fall of Omnium. The proprietor of a barrel-organ attended and amused the company with the favourite song of The Grinder; and while the company's hearts swelled with joy, they retired, after an eloquent speech from their prince, and a benediction from their chaplain, having first agreed to celebrate the birth-day of the former on the same place the ensuing summer. The display of beautiful gipsey women on this occasion, and their correct behaviour, attracted the notice and admiration of many elegant and accomplished strangers.

15-A countryman went to the shop of Mr. Brooks, draper, in Cambridge, in order to purchase some articles, for the payment of which he tendered a 51. Bank of England note. Mr. Brooks perceiving it to be a counterfeit, very properly had the man secured, who said he had it from a man in the market, who was likewise apprehended. During their examination, the man who offered it had the address to catch the note, which he instantly swallowed; a strong emetic was given him, but without effect.-The men are detained for further examination. Four men, who had been detected in circulating forged Bank of England notes, were last week apprehended at Gosport, and lodged in the Bridewell there. On Sunday night one of them cut his throat so shockingly, as to exclude all hopes of his recovery. The other three, after repeated examinations, are committed for trial.

[blocks in formation]

PROMOTIONS, &c.

July 30.-His Majesty, in Council, was this day pleased to declare his Grace Wm. Hen. Cavendish Duke of Portland Loid President of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and his Grace took his place at the Board accordingly.The Right Hon. Thomas Lord Pelham to be one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, his Lordship was, this day, by his Majesty's command, sworn one of his Majesty's Prin cipal Secretaries of State accordingly.

It is this day ordered by his Majesty in Council, that the Parliament which stands prorogued to Thursday, the 6th of August, be further prorogued to Tuesday the 15th day of September next.

Aug. 4.-The King has been pleased to grant the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great-Britain and Ireland, to the Right Hon. Horatio Vis. Nelson, Knt. of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath, and Vice Admiral of the Blue Squadron of his Majesty's fleet, &c. and to the heirs male of his body, lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Nelson, of the Nile, and of Hilborough in the county of Norfolk; with remainders to Edmund Nelson, Clerk, rector of Burnham Thorpe, in the said county of Norfolk, father of the said H. Vis. Nelson, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten; and to the heirs male lawfully begotten, and to be begotten, severally and successively of Susanna the wife of Tho. Bolton, Esq. and sister of the said H. Vis. Nelson; and in default of such issue, to the heirs male of Catherine the wife of Geo. Matcham, Esq. another sister of the said H. Vis. Nelson.

Aug. 18.-The King has been pleased to grant the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great-Britain and Ireland unto Cha. Morice Pole, Esq. Vice Admiral of the Blue squadron of his Majesty's fleet, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.

BIRTHS.

The Lady who was married at Rome, and at St. George's church, Hanover-sq. to his R. H. Prin. Augustus Frederick, delivered of a daughter, at his R. H.'s house, Grosvenor-sq.-Lady Katherine Forester, of a son and heir, at the Duchess of Rutland's, Sackville-st.-At his house at Mortlake, the Lady of J. Hawkins Whitshed, Esq. Rear Admiral of the Red, of two sons.

MARRIED.

Sir Marcus Somerville, Bart. to Miss Marianne Meredyth, dau. and sole heiress of Sir. R. G. Meredyth. Bart.-The Rt. Hon. Lord Aylmer, to Miss Louisa Call, 2d dau. of the late Sir John Call, Bart.-Brigadier Gen. Dannet, to Miss White, sister to the Rt. Hon. Lord Vis. Bantry. OBITUARY.

At his house near Bath, Vis. Barrington, aged 41.-Major Brown, of the Leicestershire militia.-At the Hot-Wells, Bristol, Lady Horatia, wife of the Rt. Hon. Lord Hugh Seymour.-Francis Drake, of Halifax, aged 102.-At an advanced age, Sir Tho. Parkyns, Bart.-W. Rix, Esq. Town-Clerk of the city of London.

PRICE of GRAIN.—Wh. 50s. to 78s.-Fine Eng. 85s.-Ryc, 38s. to 40s. -Suffolk Barley, 28s. to 45s.-Norfolf Barley, 54s-Malt, 45s. to 76s.— White Pease, 30s. to 56s-Grey ditto, 38s. to 44s.-Short Small Oats, 20s. to 26s. Fine ditto 28s. to 30s.-Polands ditto 33s. to 38s.-Small Beans, 38s. to 42s.-Tick ditto, 30s. to 38s.-Flour, 60s. to 70s.-Second ditto, 60s. to 65s.

Corn Exchange, Aug. 23.

PRICES

« AnteriorContinuar »