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At this day it is not so. Opinions arc f: • - in
I .ily. luq uifitions, Intolerance, and Dcipo’s,
are no more !
“ I invite the learned to assemble, and pro
pose to me their views, their means, or the
assistance they may want, to give new IHe and
cxiftence to the Sciences and Fine Arts. All
those who may be desirous of going to France
(ball be received with diftin&ion by the go
vernment. The people of France feta greater
value on the ai.quifition of a learned inathema
tiran, a painter of reputation, or any dillin
guifhed man, whatever may be hi* profelfion,
than in the poilelfion of the richrft and niott
abundant city.
11 He you then, citizen, the organ of those
fentirnents to all persona in the Milaneafc dif
tinguilhed for their learning.
BuOkapami.”
Buonaparte, Commander in Chief of the Army
of Italy, to the Municipalities of Pavia and
Milan. /
“ I drfire, gentlemen, that the University
of Pavia, celebrated by so many titles, Ihould
fefumc the course of its fludies. Acquaint the
learned profeffors and the numerous scholars
ot that University, that I invite them to repair
forthwith to Pavia, to propose to me luch
measures as they think proper to increase the
a&ivity, and give a more brilliant exigence to
that renowned University.
BuONAPARTt.”
Extra£lof a letter from the Government Com
missioners with the Army of Italy.
Milan, 6 Mefftior, June 24.
You will fee by the minutes we have sent to
you, that we have collected the chef d’neuvres
of the gnateft mailers of the Italian schools,
principally the fchool of Lombardy. The
piincipal pictures are
The Virgin and St. Jerome, by Corregio.
La Madona della Scodella.
St. Cecilia, by Raphael.
The Martyrdom of St. Ag cut, by Domini-
Ijuain.
The Circumcision, by Ouercin.
The Crowning with thorns, by Titian.
Saint Sebastian, by Procacciui.
The I*oft important articles of the Sciences
are, a great number of books, which are edi
tion? arteriorto 1476, and tliofe of which tha
titles had been given by the nation library.
The Manuscripts of Leonardo di Vinci.
A Manuscript on Papyrus.
The Herbal of Haller, in sixty volume*.
Three Works of the (ame learned Author,
with additions and correlations in his own hand.
The collctlion of Volcanic Subilanccs made
by Spallanzani.
The greatest part of these articles are already
at Tortona. The commissioners write thai
they will fpcedily fend the remainder to the
lame place, where they (hall remain till it is
fettled what is tl*e moli easy and lecure way of
conveying them to France.
Conditions of the Arm'flicc Retween the Pope and
the French Republic.
Art. t. Anxious to give a proof of the de
ference of the French government 10 the King
of Spain, the Commander in Chief and the Ci
vil Commiflarie* of the Army of Italy grant a
fufp**nfion of arms to his holiness, to last from
this day until five days after the termination of
the negociation to he opened at Paris, for the
c.onclulion of a definitive peace between the
two countries.
2. The Pope shall fetid a Pl-nipoten'iary to
Paris, as soon as poffihle, in order to obtain a
definitive peace from the direftory, by offering
aneerflary reparation of the intuits and outrages
which the French have inflamed in his territo
ries, and particularly for the murder of Baffe
ville, and the fatisfaftion due to his family.
3. All persons confined in the territories of
the Tope, on account of their political opinions,
(hull immediately beset at liberty, and restor
ed to the pofTeflion of their property
4. All the sea-ports in the Papal territories
shall be flint againftthe enemies of the french
Republic, and open to all French fiiips.
5. The French army shall remain in poftef
fion of Bologna and Ferrara, and flrall alio oc
cupy Faenza.
6. The citadel of Ancona shall be delivered
up, within the space oflix days, to the French
troops, with all the artillery and ammunition
which it contains.
7. The city of Ancona shall remain under
the government of the Pope.
8. The Pope shall deliver to the French Re
public, too Pi&ur-s, Vafe* and Statues, to be
cholen by commiflarie*, who shall he sent to
Rome ; among which shall be the Bulls of Ju
nius Brutus, in bronze, and of Marcus Brutus,
m marble—both placed in the capitol. The
Pope shall, moreover, deliver to the said com
•miifaries five Manuscripts, to be chosen by
fhemfelvcs.
9. The Pope shall pay the French Republic
*t millions French money, of which 15 mil
lions and a half shall be in specie or Ingots,
and the remainder in goods, merchandise, hov
fes, &c.
so. The 15 millions and a half fir all be paid
by three inttalments, viz, 5 millions within a
fortnight, 5 millions in the course of the ensu
ing month, and the remainder within the space
of three months.
11. The 5 million* and a half in goods, See.
flrall be delivered in the ports of Genoa and
Leghorn, and at such other places as shall be
appointed, in poffelfion of the French troops,
Leghorn, 13 th Meffiior, July 1.
The commiflaries of ihe French government
with the army of Italy, and of the Alps, to
the Executive Dire&ory.
“ Citizens Dtreßors,
To announce the capture of the citadel of
Milan, is to tell you, that the army will loon
be niiflrefs of Mantua.
” Notwithstanding the mofl obflinate resist
ance on the part of the garrison, the courage
and patience of our troops have prevailed ; the
cital was obliged to capitulate on the 1 tth infl.
(June 29) We inclole a copy of the letter
written to us by general Defpmoy, and the
terms of capitulation.
Let those atrocious men then, who with to
annihilate the republic, and its government,
ceale to amuse themfclvcs with the hopes of
giving us Cui chains again Our triumphs,
nhifth may be counted by the uumbe* of ac
Columbian stufeum, £&♦
tions we have fought, ought at length to con
vince them of the impotence of their efforts.
‘ ! Salicetti, and Garrau.”
Copy of general Defpinoy’s letters to citizens
Sajicctti and Gamut, &c.
“ Head Quarters at Milan, June 25.
li Citizens Commissaries,
“ I have to inform you, that after the trench
es had been opened for 1* days, the citadel or
Milan surrendered to the republic at live this
morning. Wehavetaken *,Boo prisoners, 150
pieces of cannon, and 00,0Oolhs. of powder.
“ Annexed are the terms of capitulation
which I pronofed, and which the commandant
of the fortrefs accepted, without any restric
tions.
“ Creating and refpefl.
“ Despinoy.”
Capitulation,
Granted by general Defpinoy, governor of
Lombardy, for the French Republic, to M.
Lancy, the Austrian commandant of the cita
del of Milan.
Head Quarters at Milan, June *g.
at three in ihe morning.
The citadel of Milan shall b a given up to the
troops of the French republic, with its artille
ry, ammunition, provihons, magazines of all
kinds, military chefU, and other effects, pre
cifrly at five in the morning.
Immediately after the figningof the present
capitulation, four companies of French grena
diers (lull take poffeflion of the gat- of Milan,
and the bastions of Velafco, Dorn Pietro, and
Danigna.
French guards shall be placed at all the ma
gazines, which shall be verified by commissaries
to be appointed by cither party.
The garrison of the ci adel shall instantly
march out at the gate of *>Jilan, and defile along
the glacis of Vcrulines,belore the French troops,
with the honors of war, arms and baggage on
ly.—As soon as they shall arrive at the bridge
of the Navigliu, they shall lay down their arms,
and become prisoners of war.
The emigrants and deserters shall be given
unto the French general.
The lick and wounded shall be treated with
all poffihle care, and in that generous manner
by which the French nation has been ever dis
tinguished.
The garrison shall be furnifhed with the ne
cefTary means of transporting themtelves and
baggage to the place of destination that shall be
pointed out to them.
If any disputes fiiould arise about the con
ftruCtion of the above articles, they shall be
conllrucd to the advantage of the French troops.
Dbspinoy and Lancy.
Extrad of a Letter.
” Roverbclla, isth Meffidor, July 1.
” Our army flies from victory to victory.
Nothing flop* its progress. It traverses as it
were pail an immense country, which it nib
due's by its armies.
“ Whilfl general Buonaparte advances, and
Serrurier superintends the blockade of Man
tau ; Mair-na, with his clivifion ot hero-s, has
utterly defeat-d the Auftfians entrenched with
frefh and unexhaull-d troops in the pail sos
Tyrol. He has carried their formidable batte
ries, and taken a great number of prisoners
“ This new success will convince theempe
ror of the impotence of his means long to luf
tain a war, inwhichhe has experienced fornuch
di falter.
“ We emoloy also our means with ihe mofl
diflinguifhed (uC:-fs. Every thing favours us.
The Lake ot Garda beholds a French squadron
floating upon its placed waves, which perfectly
seconds the operations of MatTena. It is com
peted of tlirre gallirs, and they have already ta
ken from he enemy several veffcls loaded with
provitions.’*
We can now mention without danger and
with .pride, that when Buonaparte entered Ita
ly, th- whole of theicavalry did not exceed
800 wretched horses ; and that there were on
ly eighteen belonging to the artillery, who
dragged two pieces of cannon. But at this
time he has a formidable corps of cavalry, a
mounting to at leatl 15,000.
LONDON, July 15.
CAPTURE OF COLUMBO WITH
IMMENSE TREASURES.
Letters from Madrafs dated the ezil of Fe
bruary, received over land at the India house,
confirm the intelligence wc gave a few days ago
of the capture oi Columbo, which with all
other dependencies belonging to the Dutch on
the island of Ceylon, surrendered on the 15th
of February to his majcfly’s forces undtr the
command of general Stuart.—The property
found there is immense ; that of individuals
is secured to them; but three Dutch Eafl-In
diamen, richly laden, and all other public prop
erty, will be shared by the captors.
We are allured, that the French troops now
in Italy, amount to 66,000 men ; and* that
Buonaparte has demanded a paflage for his ar
my to Vienna, through the Venetian Bates,
which is a shorter and fafer route than through
the Tryxsl.- Buonaparte is accompanied by all
the prodigies of enthufialin and audacity pecu
liar to an army so often vi&orious. They are
fearful only for aftate of inaClion, and the rage
of the Dog-Star.
Those who have btrn accuflomed to d-ny
the pofTibility of every occurrence, which has
happened during the last four years, will laugh
at this daring project; but fiiould the emperor
continue to reliil peace, they will,perhaps, fee
Buonaparte’s promises completely fulfilled It
. will not be the lirll time that Vienna has been
menaced by a formidable enemy.
The Inquisition, it is said, is to be banished
from Spain. From the well known hospitality
ot tins country, it is probable, that, with other
emigrants, it may find fhclter here.
Dedaratian of the Lint rtfs of RufLt.
M de Struve, charge d’affaires from Russia
to the Imperial diet, has made verbally the de
claration following :
” Her majesty, empress of all the Ruflias,
has surveyed with the greatdl attention, the fad
events of a war, so decisive of the fate of Ger
many. In applauding the unrclaxed zeal and
patriotism displayed by several Hates of the
empire, in defence of the common cause, she
cannot concsal the. pain flic fccli irstn the lan-
guor cf many others, and the want of unity
every where manifelled.
“ Being bound, and recently by new engage
ments, mod intimately with the head of the
empire, flie thinks lierfelf railed upon, hy vir
tue of these relations, to summon the princes
and Hates of the empire, to unite with their
chief, and not U> abandon a coalition, which
can alone secure by an honorable peace the pre
servation of the Germanic conHitution, the
insintainance of which will always be an object
of the molt lively solicitude to her majclly.”
This note is the result of th* solicitations of
tfie court of Vienna, to which'her maiefty re
plied :
“ That her troops werej in fa£l, ready to
march, buther majesty thought she fiiould ren
der a more elieotial fcrvice by making a decla
ration.”
. . > ] y i 9”
1 rus morning, between one and two o’clock,
we received by exprefs,thc Parisjournals down
to me 17 tli infl. aad they contain intelligence of
the highest importance, intelligence liloH fatal
to the cause cf the allies.
On the 6th inllant, general Moreau obtained
avifcloryoverthe Archduke, as splendid as any
that has been gained during the war. It may
well be compared with the battles of Jemap
pe, Fleurus, or the bridge of Lody, and per
haps excclls them all, either in brilliancy, or
in the tonfequences it mull produce. It was a
general engagement between the Grand Ger
man and French armies,drawn up in battle ar
ray oppoiite each Other. Hoflilities commenc
ed at live o'clock in the morning, and night
alone put a period to them. The Germans
were defeated in every quarter, and obliged to
abandon a very llrong position after a long and
sanguinary conflitl.
A part of ;he French army again attacked
them on the B.h, and obtained new advantages.
Ihe Germans are retreating in every diretlion.
Moreau's army'hus pulh?d their advanced polls
to the banks ot the Neckar ; and Jourdan, af
ter lucceifive victories on the Lower Rhine, on
the sth, 6th, and 7th of July, has eroded the
Lahn, is marching t Franckfort, and to sur
round Mentz.
Ihe armies of Moreau and Jourdan have
probably by this time, formed a junction be
tween Mein and the Neckar, by that means
excluding the Imperial army from the neigh-’
bourhood of Maiilieim, Mentz, Frankfort, &c.
and compelling them 10 retire to the heart of
Germany, while Kellerrnan is penetrating
through the country to the Grtfons, fcto make
himlcll the link which (Kail unite Buonaparte’s
army with the right wing of Moreau’s, and
thus Germany will be as c'ompieatly at the
mercy of France ns Italy is.
July S3.
It is with infinite pleasure we again notice
the decided superiority of Britith valour and
Ik ill at sea.
Ye Herd ay morning a Poft-Office exprefij
reached the Admiralty from Yarmonth, with a
letter from Admiral Macbridge, who is lying
with his squadron in Yarmouth Roads, enclo
sing another Irom Capt. Trollope, of his Ma
jesty's snip Glatton, ot 54 guns, which is arriv
ed them in a very disabled Hate,
On Friday the 15th irilt. as Capt. Trollope
was cruifmg about four leagues from the Island
of Goree, on the Coast of Holland, he fell in
with lix large Ihips, one of which he thinks
was of 50 guns, the rest llout frigates, befidesa
brig of 18, and a cutter cf 12 guns. Captain
Trollope made direftly for the Commodore’s
ship, and on coming close gave a broadlidc at
her hull, which was returned. Soon after the
aftion commenced, the two large!! frigates came
along-bde the Glutton, which for a confiderablc
time fought those three snips, which lay on
each fide of her, the other on the Glatton’s
Hern. The aftion laHed altogether one hour
and a quarter, when the whole of the enemy’s
squadron Ulcered ofFtowards Flufiling. Capt.
Trollope’s ship was in fu.h a disabled Hite,
that it was impollible to follow them, as his
malls and rigging were shot to pieces.
A Brussels paper of the 15th, Hates a report,
that the prince ot Cobourg is to put hiinfelf at
the head of an army of 30,000 Ruffians, who
are on their march to the frontiers of Gallicia ;
one half of which are to cover the province, and
the other to terminate the differences which
Hill exill between the Pruflian and Austrian
provinces, relative to the boundaries in that
quarser.
It is said the French intend to feparatc the
Bolognefe and the Duel. / of Ferrara from the
eccHiaftical cllates, and ereft them into a re
public.
Fire at Peltrfhurgh.
An ixtenfe heat which continued far seve
ral days, was succeeded by a moll tremendous
storm, accompanied with thunder and light
ning. A'bout nine o’clook in the evening of
the 7th June, a ball of fire struck and perfora
ted the Jroof of a turpentine ware-house near
the Ga'ley-Harbour, at the extremity of the
town. In an inilaat the whole building was
inflames, md when it had burnt to the founda
tion, the fire fublided, and being to appearance
totally extinguished, the people who a (lifted
went away. In two hours after the fire burtl
out with the utmost fury from a Hone building,
which wasufed as a magazine for naval ftorea
of all kinds, and chiefly for those of a combus
tible nature. Th; fire confumcd the contents
of the house, and left nothing Handing but the
wall*. Hence the fiamc was communicated to
the fhip* in the harbour, of which between
ninety and,a hundred were ddlroyed. Not
even a boat or barge escaped the fury of the
£.imcs ; and what is more to be deplored, a
number of sailors were burnt, fome in their
beds, and others in attempting to make their
efespr.
Thelofs, which has not yet been afeertained,
is supposed to amount to several millions of
roublrd.
The intense ht Hill continued. A house
was next day struck by lightning, and was in
conlequcnce burnt to the ground.
July
A council was held after the levee, at which
all the cabinet ministers were present, who fat
near an hour.
Mr. P iisc knit, the American envoy, had a
closet audience, and took leava of the king on
hisrecaland return to America ; and immedi
ately after, his successor, Mr. Kiicc, had an au
dience to deliver his credentials, as the new en
voy, to which they were fever*lly introduced
by lore) Grenville.
From the LONDON GAZETTE, j u!y lg .
1796. ‘
Admiralty- Office, Tulv 16
Fxfr.tßofa letter from Sir John Jervis’ Vj
Admiral of the n Slut, and commanL in ckuft
hisLajeJlv s kips and tefjels in the Mediterra
nean, to Mr. Nepean, dated Vidors, vs Toulon
Jane 10, 1796. JJ
I acquaint you for the information of the lor<H
commissioners of the Admiralty, that laftevn
mg, having observed a French cruizer workinr
up to Hieres-Bay, within the islands, I calk!
captain Macnamara, of his majefty’ifoip South
ampton, on board the Viftory, pointed th#
fliip out, and airefted him to make a dafii
her, through the grand pass, which
cd with admirable spirit and alacrity • ari d ,
beg leave torefer their lordffiipito hisftatemJt
mclofed, for the detail of this gallant aftion.
g Southampton, off Toulon, June 10, 1796.
In obedience to the orders I received f ro ™
you on the Viftory’s quart“r deck last cvrnm
I pulhect through the grand pass, and hauled ud
under the batteries on the north east eud of
Porquerol, with an easy fail, in liopes I ffioulft
be taken for a French or neutarl frigate, which
1 have great reason to believe succeeded, for I
got within pistol fiiot of the enemy’s ship before
I was d.Hovered, and cautioned the‘captain
througn a trumpet not to make a fruitlrfs resist.
ance, when he immediately snapped his pistol
at me, and fired his broadside. At this period
being very near the heavy battery of fort Brel
ganfon, I laid him instantly on board, andli u
tenant Lydiard, at the h-ad of the boarders’
with an intrepidity no words can deferibe, en
tered and carried her in about ten minutes, al
though we met with a spirited refinance from
the captain (who fell) and an hundred men un
der arms to receive him. In tins Ihortconflia
the behaviour of all the officers and fiiips com-*
pany oi the Southampton had iny full approba
tion, and I do not mean to take from their mer
it by Hating to you that the conduft of lieut.
Lydiard was above all piaffe After lashing
the two (hips together, I found fome difficulty
in getting irom under the battery, which kept
up a very heavy fire, and was not able to return
through the grand pass before half after one
o’clock this morning, with the L’Utile corvette;
oi 24 guns, French fix pounders, commanded
bv citizen Francois Veza, and one hundred and
thirty-fix men, several of whom escaped on
fhorc in the launch. lam happy to inform you
that I only loft one man, William Oirton,
marine, who was killed bv a pistol (hot near
me on the quarterdeck. From the heft infor
mation I can obtain, the enemy had, killed and
wounded, twenty-five. I have the honour to
be, Sir, You-r very obedient, humble servant,
J. MACNAMARA.
Admiralty-office, July 16, 1796,
Copy oj a tetter from Admiral Sir John Jervij,
K. R. commander in chief of his majejly’sflips
and vefels in the Mediterranean, to Mr. Ne
pean, dated Victory, off Toulon, June 8, i7g‘ :
Sir,
I herewith enclose a letter I received tail ev
ening from commodore Nelson, in the gulf of
Genoa, with an account of the important arti
cles taken from the enemy in the expedition
under the commodore’s immediate direction,
the 31st ultimo; also a lift of the killed and
wounded.
Their lordfiiips are so thoroughly acquain*
ted with the vigilance and enterprise Jot com
modore Nelson, that I forbear to repeat his
merits on this occalion.
I am, Scc.
J. JERVIS.
Agamemnon, eff Ontvlia, June 1, 1796.
Sir,
At twop.M. yesterday, feeing fix fail running
along fiiote, which I believed to be
and knowing the great consequence of inter
cepting the cannon and ordnance (lores, which
I had information was expetted from Toulon,
to be landed at St. Piere d’Acena, for the siege
of Mantau, I made the lignal for a general chace,
when the vessels which now hoisted French co
lours, anchored close under a battery. I di
refled Captain Cockburn, ofth’ - Meleager, to
lead me in, which he did in a inoft officer-like
ma tn“r, and at three o’clock the Meleager and
Agamemnon anchored inlels than four fathom*
water, as, soon afterwards, did the Peterelland
Speedy; after a Ihort refinance from the batte
ry and vessels, wc took polDflion-of them.
It is impoflibl; I can do jufticc to the alac
rity and gallantry ever conspicuous in my little
squadron. Our boats boarded the national
ketch (the commodore of th; convoy) in trie
fire of three eighteen pounders, and one eighteen
pounder in a gun-boat.
The Blanche and Diadem being to leeward
the former could not anchor until the veffel’
had struck, but the boa.s of all the shins were
aflive in getting them off the flrore, the enemy
having cut their cables when they furrend *rcd-
A smart firing of the mulketry was kept Irom
the fiiore during the whole of this service.
The Agamemnon’s malls, fdils, and rigging
are a little cut, but of no material consequence.
Much as I feel indebted to every officer in
the squadron, yet I cannot omit to mention
the great support and aififtancc I have ever re
ceived from capt. Cockburn; he has been un
der my command near a year on this nation,
and I fiiould feel myfelf guilty of negledl of
duty was 1 not to represent his zeal, ability,
and courage, which is conspicuous on every
occasion which offers.
F.nclofed I transmit you a lift of the killed
and wounded, and also of the veffel* tak^n.
I have the honor to rema n, Sic.
HORATIO NELSON.
Sir Jokn J ervis, K. B.
A lift of killed and wounded in his majejly's f/utiil*
ron under the command of commodore HoratJ
Nelson, on the %xjl of May, *796-
Agamemuon.. 1 killed ; * wounded.
Blanch. * wounded.
HORATIO NELSON.
A h)7 of vefels of war, and transports L'’ J
the squadron under the command oj he'*’ 1 *
Nelson, on the gi ft of May, 1796*
Vissi ls OF War.
La Genie (Ketchj 3 eighteen-pound -ri, \
swivels, and 60 men. . ,
La Numero Douzel (gun boat) > eign’*-
pouudec, 4 swivels,. aad 60
No. 60.