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Conditions of the Sufpenfion of Arms concluded between the French Army and the Duke of Parma.

Art. I. There fhall be a fufpenfion of arms between the Army of the French Republic and the Duke of Parma, till a Peace can be concluded between the two States. The Duke of Parma fhall fend Plenipotentiaries to Paris, to the Executive Directory,

Art. II. The Duke of Parma fhall pay a military contribution of two millions of livres of French money; to be paid either in bills of exchange on Genoa, or ready money. Five hundred thousand livres fhall be paid in five days, and the remainder in the following decade.

Art. III. Twelve hundred draught hories, harneffed, with their collars, fhall be fent; alfo four hundred for dragoons, harneffed, and 100 faddle horfes for fuperior officers.

Art, IV. There fhall alfo be fent 20 pictures, to be chofen by the Commander in Chief, from among thofe now in the Duchy.

Art. V. Ten thousand quintals of wheat, and soco of oats, fhall also be fent to the magazines of the army at Tortona, within fifteen days; and within the fame time there fhall also be fent -2000 bullocks, for the fervice of the army.

Art. VI. Provided the above contributions are made, the dominions of the Duke of Parma fhall be treated like Neu-tral States, till the conclufion of the negociations about to be entered into at Paris. (Signed)

Head-Quarters, Piacenza, 20th Floreal.

Another Defeat of the Auftrians.

Beaulieu, ftill wishing to try the chance of battle, has been again completely defeated at Lodi, on 11th of May. Driven from Lodi, Beaulieu paffed the river Adda, and there entrenched himself with 10,000 men, Infantry and Cavalry. Buonaparte marched on in perion, through a fhower of grape fhpt, at the head of a column of four thousand Grenadiers, to the attack of a bridge, which he carried at the point of the bayonet.

Buonaparte has killed, or taken prifoners, three thousand men of Beaulieu's army. He has taken twenty pieces of cannon and 400 horfes. The night alone faved the wreck of the Auftrians,

At the moment that we write, the French are no doubt within fight of the Metropolis of Ancient Gaul. Milan receives the three coloured flag!

"Allez, enfans de la Patrie." Louvet's Sentinelle, May 18.

Letter from General Hoche to the Minifter

of War (Petier,) dated May 14. "Citizen Minifter, I haften to an nounce to you, that Scepeaux, and the Chouans under his command, in the departments of Mayenne, Mayenne and Loire, and the Lower Loire, have acknowledged the Republic, and laid down their arms. This Army was beyond dif pute the principal one of the Chouans, and the rest will unqueftionably follow. "Health and Fraternity,

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May 18. The Council approved a refolution, which places at the difpofal of the Minifier of Finances the fum of 12 millions fixed value, to reimburse the price of fuch moveable property as cannot be restored to the heirs of condemAntonio Pallavicini. ned citizens, to perfons erased from the Filipo Dalia Rofa. lift of Emigrants, and other citizens,

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IV. The King of Sardinia fhall not entertain any other emigrants than thofe from Mont Blanc (Savoy.)

V. He shall renounce all claims and reftitutions on the part of France.

VI. There shall be concluded between the two powers; a treaty of commerce; and he shall grant us the fame commercial privileges that the most favoured nations enjoy.

VII. The King of Sardinia fhall grant an amnefty to all the Sardinians, as far as regards their revolutionary conduct or opinions, and fhall reftore to them whatever property may have been taken from them.

VIII. The prifoners on each fide fhall be exchanged.

IX. Coni, Tortona, Chateau-Dauphin, and Valence, fhall remain in the hands of France till the conclufion of a general peace, and the ratification of the treaty of commerce.

X. The countries conquered by France fhall remain under the civil adminiftration of his Sardinian Majefty, but they hall remain liable to be called upon to fupply the French armies with provifions, &c.

XI. Suza and other ftrong places, fhall be demolished at the expence of his Sardinian Majefty.

XII. His Sardinian Majefty fhall not repair any of the fortrelles on the fron

t'ers.

XIII. All ammunition ftores found in the conquered countries fhail belong to the Republic.

XIV. His Majefty fhall grant a free paffage to the armies of the Republic, now on their march into Italy.

XV. France fhall interpofe its mediation between his Sardinian Majefty and Genoa.

XVI. He fhall recognize the Batavian Republic, and grant to them the fame privileges that are granted to us.

XVII. His Sardinian Majefty fhall fend to Paris an Ambaffador, to disavow the violation of the rights of nations, in the perfon of our Ambalador Sémonville.

XVIII. He shall not grant a paffage through his territories to any other troops than thofe of the French Republic.

Armistice with the Duke of Modena. Conditions of the Armistice concluded between the Commander in Chief of the Army in Italy, and M. Frederick, Plenipotentiary of the Duke of Modena.

The Commander in Chief of the Army of Italy, grants to the Duke of Mo dena an armillice, for the the purpose of giving him time to fend to Paris to ob tain from the Executive Directory, a definitive peace; on the conditions herein after-mentioned, which M. Frederick, Plenipotentiary of the Duke of Modena, promifes to fulfil.

I. The Duke of Modena fhall pay to the French Republic the sum of seven mile lions five hundred thousand livres, French money; of which three millions shall be immediately fent to the army cheft; two millions more fhall be paid in fifteen days, into the hands of M. Balbi, banker for the Republic of Genoa; and the remaining two milllons five hundred thoufand livres into the hands of the fame banker, within a month,

II. The Duke of Modena fhall befides furnish to the value of 2,500,000 livres in commodities, fuch as powder, and other articles of ammunition of war, which the Commander in Chief fhall defcribe, together with the periods at which thefe payments fhall be made.

III. The Duke of Modena fhall be bound to deliver twenty pictures, to be taken from his gallery, or within his dominions, at the option of the citizens who fhall be fent to chufe them.

Provided the above conditions are fulfilled, the troops of the Republic, paffing through the ftates of the Duke of Modena, fhall make no requifitions. The provifions of which they may ftand in. need fhall be furnifhed and paid for as may be agreed on.

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(Signed) Frederick.
·Buonaparte.

Council of Five Hundred.

Jane 8, A mellenger from the Directo

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ry entered the hall, whofe meffage was read by the Secretary nearly as follows: "After our fucceffes in Italy, the Emperor, inftead of turning his thoughts to peace, has broken the armiftice, which the Directory held facred for the caule of fuffering humanity.

No fooner was the truce at an end, than the enemies of public order propagated falle rumours of untoward events. The armies of the Sambre and the Meufe reply to them, by acquainting you of a double advantage at the opening of the campaign. On the tft inftant, a body of our troops in the environs of the Hundfruck, under the orders of Generals Marceau and Championet, drove the enemy from all the pofts they occupied. In vain did they attempt to retake them, the Republicans forced them to fly. On the fame day another corps of our ar my, under General Kleber, marched towords the Sieg, and completely beat the Auftrians, who abandoned all their po fitions, leaving 2400 dead or prifoners. All their Staff are among the latter. The enemy were obliged to quit all their po fitions on the river, and retreat to AltenKirchen, whither they are pursued.

(Signed) Carnot." Council of Elders. June 10. A meffage from the Directory informed the Council, that the number of prifoners made in the battle of the ift of June, by the army of General Kleber, which at first had been ftated at 1200 men, exceeds 2000.

On the 4th of June, the fame army attacked the enemy in their formidable pofition at Altenkirchen, drove them from it, took 12 pieces of cannon, aquantity of artillery carts, a great number of baggage waggons, four ftand of colours, 3000 prifoners, with considerable magazines of provifions and forage. Never, fays General Kleber, was an engagement more brifk, or fooner decided. The infantry never attacked with more order, nor did the cavalry ever more completely defeat the enemy.

On the other fide, the army of Italy has followed up its victories. It was feparated from the army of Beaulieu only by the Mincio. Measures concerted with kill, and executed with precifion, concealed from him the real object of at tack. Fearing that the paffage of this river would be as brilliant as that of the bridge of Lodi, Beaulieu caufed the bridge over the Mincio to be deftroyed. While it was rebuilding under the fire of the enemy's batteries, the French gre

nadiers, with their muskets over their heads, threw themselves into the river, and paffed it, wading up to their chins in the water. The difmayed enemy took flight, and our troops took poffeffion of Beaulieu's head-quarters.

The whole army afterwards paffed the Mincio, and made themselves mafters of the fortrefs of Pozzia, where 400 prisoners were taken. Among thefe are the Princes of Ulto and Colonne, in the fervice of the King of Naples.

The troops of the Republic are at Ve rona. ENGLAND...

London Gazettes.
From the London Gazette, May 21.
(Continued from our laft.)
Admiralty-Office, May 21.

Extract of a letter from Capt. Caley, of bis Majesty's fhip Invincible, to Mr Nepean, Secretary to the Admiralty, dated at fea the 4th of April 1796, lat. 35. 28. long. 18 16. W.

On the rft inftant, in lat. 37. 11. N. and long. 18. 2. W. we captured the Alexander French privateer, of ten guns and fixty-fix men, commanded by Monf. Petre Edite, belonging to Nantz, out ten days; had captured the Signior Montcalm, from Lifbon, bound to the Brazils, which fhip was alfo recaptured. The convoy being fo near Madeira, I thought it proper to fend the Albicore there with the recaptured veffel, with orders to endeavour to join the convoy again as foon as poffible. The privateer I thall carry with me to the Weft Indies. Extract of a letter from Adam Duncan, Efq; Admiral of the Blue, and Commander in Chief of his Majefty's fhips and veffels in the North Sea, to Mr Nepean, Secretary to the Admiralty, dated Venerable, at Sea, 16 May 1796.—At Noon, Texel, S. E. by E. diftance 15 leagues.

Be pleafed to acquaint the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, that, on the rath inftant, at day-light, (the Texel then bearing N. W. by W. diftance about 8 leagues) I difcovered a frigate and brig ftanding into the fleet, making the private fignal to fpeak with me; they proved to be his Majefty's fhip Pegasus and Sylph floop, whom I had ordered to cruize off the Naze of Norway. Captain Donelly came on board, and informed me, that in confequence of the information he had received on the 8th inftant, of the Dutch frigate Argo and three

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National brigs having left, Flickeroe the day before, bound to the Texel, he proceeded off the Jutland coaft, and on the morning of the 9th got fight of them. He kept near them all day, but loft fight of them about ten o'clock that night; and judging it proper to make me acquainted therewith, directed Capt.White of the Sylph, to fteer a different courfe to himself in order to fall in with me, and luckily they both joined. Having confulted with Capt. Donelly, and found they could not be many leagues from us, I immediately difpatched Capt. Halfted in the Phoenix, together with the Leopard, Pegafus, and Sylph, to proceed to the northward of the Texel, and spread the rest of the fquadron. All the hips had just made fail about five o'clock, when the fignal was made for feeing the De.ch frigate and brigs; made the figmal for a general chace, it then blowing ftrong at W. N. W. with very hazy weather. At a little before nine o'clock

little before eleven fhe ftruck to the. Sylph; fhe proves to be the Mercury of 16 guns, (all of which except two fhe threw overboard during the chace,) and manned with 85 men. We then found ourselves far to the eastward with the wind on fhore, which obliged us, to carry a prefs of fail, and in the night it came to blow a very hard gale of wind, which continued the whole of the next day; and the day following, being more. moderate, was rejoined by the Powerful, Phoenix, and Brilliant, together with the Dutch frigate and the Duke of York bye-boat from Yarmouth to Hamburgh, which had been captured by the Argo the day before, and retaken by the Pacenix on the 12th. The frigate is in excellent condition, and in a few days might be got ready for fea and made a compleat cruizer.

SIR,

I am, &c.

Adam Duncan.

May 12. 1796.

the Phoenix got up with the Dutch fri- Pegafus, Texel, S. S. W. diftant 20 leagues, gate Argo, mounting 36 guns, and manned with 237 men, and, after a very fmart action of about half an hour, (during which time the made every effort to ge off) the truck to the Phoenix's fuperior fire; for the particulars of which, muft beg to refer their Lordships to Cap. Haifted's letter herewith inclofed, who, I have the pleafure to fay, has on this, and every other occafion whilft under my command, fhewn himself to be a moft active, zealous, and excellent offi

cer.

We continued to chace the brigs, leav ing the Powerful to affift Captain Halfted in fhifting the prifoners, &c. At ten o'clock we saw the Leander and Pegafus near two of the brigs, (which I have fince found to be the Echo of 18 guns, and the De Gier of 14 guns,) but it was fo hazy, and blowing fo hard, we foon loft fight of them; however, by the inclosed kiter I received from Captain Donnelly, their Lordships will be informed they were both run on fhore near Bafch, about ten leagues to the eastward

of the Texel.

The Leander, I find, ftood as near the fhore as he could do with fafety, and faw one of the brigs around; and from the report of the mafter of the cutters I fent on fhore, after, find one of them was compleatly loft; the other had beat over a fhoal, and got to an anchor, but as it blew a perfect ftorm the next day on fhore, have reafon to believe the is loft.

We flood after the other brig, and a

I have the honour to inform you, that two of the Dutch brigs which we chaced this morning got clofe in with the land about Bofch, on the coaft of Friezeland, and finding by our outfailing them that they had no other means of escape, run on fhore clofe to us; one of them floated off, but the afterwards took the ground, and, having touched it ourselves, we found it neceffary to ftand off, leaving them with fignals of diftrefs in their fore top-maft fhrouds, and firing guns.

We thould have endeavoured to get between them and the land, but could not haul fufficiently up without shortening a great deal of fail, which would have been the means of letting them fore-reach upon us fo as to get away. My motive for giving this information is in the event of the fhips a-ftern not having been fufficiently near to have afcertained it.

As it would have taken fome time to work up to you, I judged it prudent to proceed in purfuance of the former orders you gave me, which I hope will meet your approbation.

I am &c.

Rofs Donnelly. P. S. We judge the brigs to have been the Echo and Gier.

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faw five fail on the lee bow in the S. E. quarter, upon a wind on the ftarboard tack, which we made out to be a frigate, three armed brigs, and a cutter. I immediately made fail, and foon difcovered them to be enemies; at the fame time the Pegasus made the fignal for fuch to you. Upon our near approach, the brigs bore up and made fail; the Pegafus and Sylph followed them, who were in chace with me, the frigate apparently undetermined whether to go large or keep by the wind, as fhe often changed her pofition during the chace, but at length kept with the wind a-beam. Quarter paft eight, A. M. being close on her weather quarter, the hoifted Dutch colours, upon which I ordered a fhot to be fired acrofs her; a few minutes after we were clofe alongside her to windward, when a smart action commenced on both fides, which lafted about twenty minutes, when the Dutch frigate Argo, of 36 guns and 237 men, ftruck to his Majefty's fhip Phoenix under my command.

It is with infinite pleasure I affure you of the very steady and cool behaviour of the Officers and fhip's company I have the honour to command, it being fuch as to merit every thing I can fay in their praise.

I beg leave to recommend in the Strongest manner, through you to their Lord hips, Mr Jofeph Wood, firft Lieutenant, who, from long experience and fteady Officer-like conduct, is highly deferving their most particular attention. Our lofs confifts of one man killed, and three wounded; that of the enemy fix killed, and twenty-eight wounded, fome of them dangerously.

. The fails, ftanding and running rigging, received fome damage, as did the enemy's, but not of fo much confequence but was foon put to rights. The frigate and brigs were from Norway, bound to the Texel; the cutter which we retook is the Duke of York packet, from Yarmouth to the Elbe, taken by them the day before.

I have the honour to be, &c.

L.W. Halfted.
From the London Gazette, May 10. 1796.

Admiralty-Office, May 10.
Copy of a Letter from Vice Admiral
Kingsmill, Commander in Chief of his
Majefty's Ships and Veffels at Cork, to
Evan Nepean, Efq. dated L'Engageante,
Cork Harbour, May 5, 1796.

SIR,

for the information of my Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, that a French National cutter, (L'Abeille) of fourteen guns and feventy men, is juft brought in here, captured by his Majefty's fhip Dryad, Captain Pulling, on Monday laft, the Lizard being north half eaft, fixteen or feventeen leagues, Ufhant S. S. W. thirteen leagues; the other fhips of the squadron then in chace of a corvette, which there was every probability of their coming up with.

The Dryad had before taken a large smuggling cutter, laden with fpirits, and fent her to Plymouth.

Mr Fairweather, one of the mates of the Dryad who has command of the cutter L'Abeille, informs me, that she had only been out three days from Breft, and had not taken any thing. She is three years old, coppered, and appears well found, and fhall be sent by the earliest opportunity to Plymouth.

Copy of a Letter from Admiral Sir Peter Parker, Bart. Commander in Chief of his Majefty's Ships and Veffels at Portfmouth and Spithead, to Evan Nepean Efq. dated Royal William, at Spithead, May 7. 1796.

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WEST INDIES.

Horfe-Guards, May 14. 1796.

The following Extract of a Letter from Brigadier-General Nicols, dated PortRoyal, Grenada, March 28. 1796, to Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Aberci omby,K.B. has been tranfmitted by the latter to the Right Honourable Henry Dundas, one of his Majefty's Principal Secretaries of State:

I had the honour of writing to your Excellency on the 24th inflant, that day I got on fhore the detachments of the 8th and 63d regiments, with a part of the 3d or Buffs: I alfo got two fixpounders and a five and half inch howitzer to a ridge fouth of Port Royal, and diftant about 1000 yards; a battery was made in the night, by the great exertions of Brevet Major O'Mara, of the 38th regiment, fo that by day-light it

I have the pleasure to acquaint you, opened upon the enemy's redoubt. We

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