to the regular troops under marshal

Bourcard.

The French garrifon fhall march out with the honours of war, drums beating, colours flying, in forty-eight hours after the capitulation is figned; but no field-pieces or howitzers allowed; only mutkets, bayonets, fwords, and cartouch-boxes, and not to be confidered as prifoners of

war.

III. Twenty-four hours after the prefent convention fhall have been figned and accepted, a detachment of 400 men fhall land from his Britannic majefty's fhips; 100 of whom to be ftationed at Civita Vecchia, and afterwards to occupy the horn work at the Roman gate, conjointly with a like number of French troops; the remaining 300 to march to Rome, accompanied by a French detachment: and, on their arrival at that city, to be put in poffeffion of the gate of Cavallegiere, and the hofpitals; at which two places an equal number of French troops fhall alfo be stationed, until the complete evacuation of Rome.

Answer. Civita Vecchia and Corneto to be put in poffeffion of the British troops as foon as poffible after the figning thefe articles as a courier can come from Rome; and the garrifon to be embarked and fent to France.

General Bourcard will have directions to give a fufficient guard of regular troops to escort the garrifons of Rome and its dependencies.

IV. The fick, belonging to the French and their allies, not in a condition to be removed, fhall be allowed to remain at Rome and Civita Vecchia, and be confidered as under the immediate protection of his Britannic majefty and his allies, fub

perintendance of a French commiffary, and be treated and taken care of as heretofore, by their ufual medical attendants, &c. who fhall be permitted to continue with them at the two places above-mentioned.

Whatever expenfe may attend the victualling of the faid fick fhall be reimbursed to the proper persons by the French republic; and on the recovery of the fick they fhall be conveyed by fea to the nearest port of France, together with the medical and other persons who may have attended them in the hofpitals, and whofe prefence at Rome or Civita Vecchia may no longer be neceffary, after the whole of the fick fhall be recovered.

Anfwer. The fick belonging to the French garrifons shall be affifted by their own furgeons, at the expenfe of the French republic, and fhall be fent to France when they are well.

V. With a view to the due execution of the preceding article, an affiftant fhall be appointed to the commiflary of war, at Rome, for the purpose of enforcing the French regulations in the different hofpitals, and feeing that the fick are treated according thereto; and he shall correfpond, as far as relates to these particulars, with the commanding officer of the English troops, and their allies, who may happen to be at Rome or Civita Vecchia. The French general fhall nominate an officer to take charge of the depot which may be formed at Civita Vecchia for the convalefcents, according as they fhall be difcharged from the hofpitals.

Anfwer. The general may leave fuch affiftants to the fick as he may think neceflary. VI. The

VI. The French troops and their allies, leaving Rome for Civita Vecchia, fhall be provided with the neceflary conveyances for their bag gage, as alfo 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 last-mentioned place. The like means of conveyance for the feveral public accomptants, whether of the troops of 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 fhall 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.

Answer. General Bourcard will furnish 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 ftate 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 fhall be fupplied, from the ftorehouses at

Rome, with the fupplies necessary 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, belonging to the French or their allies in the Roman territory, fhall be respected, and remain at the difpofal of themfelves or their agents.

Anfwer. 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 re public, shall be also respected; and the French nation have liberty to leave one or more perfons at Rome, for the purpose 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 interefts.

Answer. 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 horses with them, as alfo their arms and baggage: they fhall be escorted by a 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 fhall be defirous of following the abovementioned cavalry corps, with their horfes, fervants, carriages, and bag gage, fhall be at liberty to do fo,

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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 molestation, on account of their political opinions or avocations, during the time they thall have exercifed either their civil or military functions.

Aufwer. As long as the Romans conduct themselves with propriety, and are obedient to the laws, they

will not be molested. 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 majesty 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 respected; and that they fhall moreover be at all times allowed the neceffary paffports 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. Answered before. XIV. Any neutral vessels 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.

Anfwer. Proper tranfports are provided.

XV. Two covered veffels (that is, veffels not fubject to examination) fhall be allowed, and chofen from amongst thofe above-mentioned, belonging to the French and Roman republics.

Anfwer. Inadmiffible.

XVI. The ftorehouses of Civita Vecchia fhall 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 wafte, nor permit more to be taken away than the army may require.

Anfwer. As long as the garrifon remains, the storehouses 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 embafly, 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 defcription 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 vessel 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 fhape are belonging to the Roman ftate.

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 present convention.

Anfwer. The places to be given up are understood to be those under the command of general Garnier; Ancona is excepted.

XIX. The articles of the present convention fhall not be conftrued as affecting or tending in any respect to prejudice the fovereign rights or independence of the Roman republic.

Anfwer. 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.

Answer. Agreed.

respective articles propofed by ge

neral Garnier.

On board the Culloden, the 5th Vendemaire, eighth year of the republic, 20th September,

1799.

(Signed) P. Garnier.
T. Trowbridge.

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 al lowed at the gate of the barracks a guard of honour of their own nation.

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 Ronie the 8th Vendemaire (30th September;) a fecond column fhall march

out the next day, and the third, which will be the last, shall 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 l'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, shall 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 last 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 firft 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 fhall 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 most commodious vessels fhall be kept for them. Agreed.

On board the Culloden, the 5th Vendemaire, (or 27th September, 1799.)