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238 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.