VI. The French troops and their allies, leaving Rome for Civita Vecchia, fhall be provided with the neceffary conveyances for their baggage, as allo with a fufficient number of boats for the removal of the fick, who may be judged by the medical people to be in a condition to be fent to the laft-mentioned place. The like means of conveyance for the feveral public accomptants, whether of the troops or civil adminiftrations, fuch as civil commiffion, national treafury, civil and military appointments, &c. fhall be alfo provided by the officer commanding the English troops, and their allies, who hall have entered the city of Rome in conformity to the third article of their convention; and he, the faid commanding officer, will have regard to the requifitions which fhall be made to him by the commiflary of war entrusted with the chief management of this fervice relating to the divifion of the French army. Anfwer. General Bourcard will furnith carts, boats, &c. for the accommodation of the French garrifon of St. Angelo and its dependencies, and the baggage that may belong to it. Efpecial care fhall be taken to convey fuch fick and wounded foldiers as may be in a flate to be removed, to Civita Vecchia. In cafe waggons, &c. cannot be procured immediately, they fhall be fent by the firft opportunity to France. VII. The French troops and their allies fhall proceed to Civita Vecchia in the courfe of two days, according to stated marches: they hall fet out on the first day for Monteroni, and on the fecond proceed to their deftination; they thall be fupplied, from the ftorehouses at Rome, with the fupplies neceflary for their fubfiftence during their march and the officer commanding the English troops, and their allies, fhall provide the means of conveying thofe fupplies. Anfwer, Anfwered before. VIII All private property, whe ther moveable or otherwife, belong ing to the French or their allies in the Roman territory, thall be refpected, and remain at the difpofal of themfelves or their agents. Anfwet. Private property never molefted. IX. All defcription of property as well as objects of art; belonging to the French republic, throughout the whole extent of the Roman republic, fhall be alfo refpected; and the French nation have liberty to leave one or more perfons at Rome, for the purpofe of arranging and preferving the feveral articles, until the French government fhall take fuch measures relative to this matter as may appear moft confiftent with the national interests. Anfwet. Public property was never before demanded in the long, courfe of fervice I have feen, of courfe, wholly inadmiffible.---Public property must be given up. X. The cavalry corps belonging to the French and their allies fhall be allowed to return to France by land, taking their horfes with them, as alfo their arms and baggage: they fhall be escorted by detachment of 50 mounted Auftrian troops, or their allies, as far as the advanced pofts of the nearest French army. All French officers, or the officers of the allies of France, who shall be defirous of following the abovementioned cavalry corps, with their horfes, fervants, carriages, and baggage, fhall be at liberty to do fh, K 2 and and the neceffary lodgings, provifons, and forage for this little column, during its journey, be provided by means of the interpofition and good offices of commodore Trowbridge, with the perfons in authority belonging to thofe governments through whofe territories the troops may país. Anfwer. Cavalry-horfes, being public property, muft be delivered up. The remainder of the article inadmiffible. XI. An officer of artillery fhall be appointed by each party to draw up a report of the ordnance and other military ftores and ammunition remaining in the garrifons of the caftle of St. Angelo, Civita Vecchia, Corneto, and the furrounding towers; and an officer of experience fhall also be appointed on each fide to make a report as to the actual ftate of the above fortreffes, with a view to their furrender, and likewife that of the plans and charts in their dependency. Anfwer. Agreed. XII. Such citizens of Rome and other perfons as fhall now form, or may have heretofore formed a part of the conftituted authorities of the Roman republic; and thofe alfo who fhall have ferved the republican caufe, by their patriotic works, or taken up arms for that purpofe, fhall be at liberty to depart with the French troops and on the fame terms as they do, or remain in the Roman territory, free from all kind of moleftation, on account of their political opinions or avocations, during the time they fhall have exercifed either their civil or military functions. Anfwer. As long as the Romans conduct themselves with propriety, and are obedient to the laws, they will not be molefted. Such Romans as choose to embark with the garrifons, have my full leave, taking with them their private property. XIII. Commodore Trowbridge, on the part of his Britannic majefty and his allies, engages, on the good faith of the English, that no individuals within the Roman territory fhall be incommoded or perfecuted on account of their opinions; that their perfons and property fhall be alike refpected; and that they fhall moreover be at all times allowed the neceffary palports to enable them to leave the Roman territory, with entire liberty to make fuch transfer or difpofition of their property as they may think fit. Anfwer. Anfwered before. XIV. Any neutral veffels which may be in the port of Civita Vecchia, fhall be allowed to be employed as tranfports for the conveyance of the troops, and be afterwards. permitted to return to their former employments; and veffels belonging to the republics of France and Rome, which may also be at the port abovementioned, fhall be employed in like manner, and not held fubject to confifcation as prizes. Aufwer. Proper tranfports are provided. XV. Two covered veffels (that is, veffels not fubject to examinatron) fhall be allowed, and chofen from amongst thofe above-mentioned, belonging to the French and Roman republics. Answer. Inadmiffible. XVI. The ftorehoules of Civita Vecchia thall remain in the poffeffion of the French, until the troops fhall be on the point of embarking: and the French general allowed to take therefrom the fupplies neceflary for the divifion, paffing his word word that he will not fuffer any waste, nor permit more to be taken away than the army may require. Answer. As long as the garrifon remains, the ftorehoufes may be kept, but no more of any species of provifions to be iffued than the ufual allowance. XVII. The French ambassador to the Roman republic fhall enjoy, in the most ample manner, the privileges attaching to his character, according to the rights of nations, and be at liberty to leave Rome, and return to France either by land or water, taking with him whatever number of carriages he may judge neceflary for his own perfonal accommodation, and the convenience of the perfons attached to the embafly, as well as for the conveyance of their effects and the diplomatic papers. Should the ambaffador prefer a conveyance by fea, he fhall, together with his effects and thofe of the perfons in his fuite, and the archieves of the embaffy, be conveyed on board an English fhip to fome of the ports of Villa Franca, Antibes, or Toulon. . In this article are understood to be comprehended the fecretary of embaffy, the fecretaries and other perfons attached to the embassy, and people compofing the fuite of the ambaffador. The members of the civil commiffion from the French republic, refiding at Rome: their agents, and perfons attached to fuch commiffion, fhall alfo be understood as coming within the description of perfons comprehended in this article; and they (the faid members) fhall be at liberty to take away with them the papers appertaining to their commiffion, together with their own perfonal effects, and thofe of the other perfons belonging to the faid commiffion. Answer. A proper English veffel is ready for the reception of the ambaffador and his fuite, to carry him to France, with the baggage. Public papers, belonging to the Roman ftate, to be delivered to general Bourcard. No public papers to be taken away which in any shape are belonging to the Roman state. The agents to be sent to France, by fea. XVIII. The town of Ancona, being under a feparate command, fhall not be understood as comprehended in the prefent convention. Anfwer. The places to be given up are understood to be thofe under the command of general Garnier; Ancona is excepted. XIX. The articles of the prefent convention fhall not be conftrued as affecting or tending in any refpect to prejudice the fovereign rights or independence of the Ronan republic. Answer. Not understood. XX. In cafe of any difficulty arifing, with refpect to the interpretation of the articles of this convention, fuch articles fhall be explained in favour of the French and their allies. Anfwer. Agreed. respective articles propofed by general Garnier. On board the Culloden, the 5th (Signed) P. Garnieṛ. Additional Articles to the Convention made between General of Divifion Garnier, Commander in the Roman Republic in a State of Siege, and Commodore Trowbridge, Commander of his Britannic Majesty's Forces before Civita Vecchia. Art. I. His Britannic majefty's troops fhall take poffeffion of the fort and town of Civita Vecchia, the 7th Vendemaire (29th September,) in the afternoon. The French troops of the garrifon will remain in the barracks, as it will be mentioned hereafter; they will be allowed at the gate of the barracks a guard of honour of their own na tion. The British troops fhall take poffeffion of Corneto the 8th Vendemaire (30th September) in the morning; the French troops at Corneto will be at Civita Vecchia the fame day, to be placed in the barracks as above. His Sicilian majefty's troops fhall take poffeffion of Rome and of fort St. Angelo the 8th Vendemaire (30th September,) two hours after midnight, in a fufficient number, and fhall be placed according to the difpofitions that may be propofed by general Garnier to general Bourcard, fo as to affure the tranquillity of the town, and protect the evacuation of the French. The French fhall begin to evacuate Rome the 8th Vendemaire (30th September;) a fecond column fhall march out the next day, and the third, which will be the laft, fhall fet out the day after. ** They fhall alfo repair to Monteroni the day after their departure, and the day fucceeding they will arrive at Civita Vecchia.. They will take with them in the route 2 field-pieces and I howitzer, which they will deliver to the British commodore as foon as they arrive at Civita Vecchia. Agreed. II. General Garnier, or for him the French commandant of the city of Rome, agreeably with general Bourcard, fhall continue to give the French and the Romans, in the fuite of the army, public orders to regulate their evacuation, until the departure of the laft French column. Agreed. III. The 9th Vendemaire (or the 1ft of October,) the French troops in the barracks of Civita Vecchia fhall be fo embarked, that their barracks may be occupied by the first column coming from Rome, arriving the fame evening at Civita Vecchia. This column fhall be embarked the next day, to give room in the evening to the fecond column. This hall embark the 11th Vendemaire (4th October,) to make way to the third column, which fhall embark the day after their arrival. The fick fhall be embarked the laft, and the moft commodious veffels fhall be kept for them. Agreed. I have from time to time reported to you, for the information of his royal highnefs, the commanderin-chief, the progrefs which had been made in the embarkation and departure of the British and Ruffian troops which were left under my command, in the province of North Holland; and I am now happy to acquaint you, that the laft of them embarked yesterday morning, when, the wind being fair, the whole of the fhips of war and tranfports remaining in the Texel left that port. Every thing belonging to the army was brought off, excepting a fmall propertion of damaged provifions, a few waggons, and about 300 draught horfes of little value, for which there was no tonnage; of thefe, the latter alone were faleable, but they bore fo fmall a price, that I thought it better to diftribute the whole to the magiftrates of the different villages in and near which the army had been cantoned, to be delivered to any of the inhabitants who might have fuffered from the inevitable confequences of war. Several large Dutch Indiamen and other hips, which it was impoffible gene for us to remove in their prefent state, but which might have been fitted out as fhips of war by the enemy, were completely difabled and rendered ufelefs for any farther purpose, through the exertions of a detachment of feamen, under the direction of captain Bovar. The defire of complying moft ftrictly with the articles of the agreement entered into between his royal highnefs and general Brune, preventedtheir being blown up, which could not have been done without endangering the navigation of the Nieuve Diep. Vice-admiral Dickfon, as well as myfelf, made it our study to comply in this, as in every other inftance, with the articles of agreement, and muft do the French ral the juftice to fay, that he feemed actuated by the fame fpirit. Previous to quitting the Helder, I had, in obedience to his royal highnefs's inftructions, difcharged every juft demand of the inhabitants of the country which had been occupied by the army; and I was happy to find that very few claims were brought forward beyond those which it was in my power to fatisfy. The embarkation of the troops, difficult from the multiplicity of the arrangements required, and fometimes arduous from the state of the weather, was carried on with the utmost zeal and activity by vice-admiral Dickson, and the officers and feamen under his command. I feel particularly indebted to captain Lawford, of his majefty's fhip Romney, who was left on fhore, and had the immediate direction' of the embarkation, for his exertions, and his attention to every branch of his majefty's fervice, and to captain Woodriffe, principal agent of the tranfport-fervice, for his great zeal |