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|R „ The garrison fhal! march out from jP* g' t he 6th day after the fignarure of ■ jilation, by the gate ofTournay, ■ n ‘ jr t 0 such part of the republic as Gen. (hall judge prefer, with arms and ms horses, drums beating, matches ■Ol at both ends, colours flying, and all Jaaaon they can carry away. ■a ? The garrison shall inarch out on the ■of Aogufh * n l^e manner stipulated by article-- -and as they shall be prison- M o s war, the route to return into France Bijh? communicated to them 24 hours pre ■,,.;v to their departure, in order to re ■' their parole of honor and the officers, as K as to arrange other matters refpeding S (bldiery, who shall engage not to serve Bjj n<T t he whole course of the present war, m in 4 t he armies of his majesty the Empe ■ and of his allies, without having been ■4an~ed conformably to the cartels, under |M|n of°military punishment. ■Ap, The other pieces of artillery shall Hjlow in eight days after the depasture of ■tgarrifon, as well as the ammunition and fßjury effeds. ■ Ans. Refufed, as to what relates to the BiUerv, and, in general, to all the warlike Brfsand proviflons, and other military ar- Icies, but granted, as to what relates to the Blbnal 1 ro; erty of the officers and foldier3 ■the garrison. ■ Art. 5. The neceflary carriages and hor- H for transporting the baggage, and for ■canting the officers, shall be paid for as Hay be agreed upon. ■ Ans. The neceflary carriages and horses, Rr the transport of the baggage, shall be Hided for the garrison, on being paid H; and the commiflaries at war, who shall ■atheir part remain in the place, shall be Rifonally responsible for the return of tire Rid carriages and horses. I Art. 6. Twelve covered waggons shall be Irovided, which are not to be l’earched. ■ Ans. Refufed. I Art. 7. The convalescent soldiers, in a |tuation of being removed, shall be carried Iway, and the neceflary carriages for their re moval shall also be provided by the besiegers. Ans. Granted, under the stipulations of ie sth article. Art. 8. As to the sick who are unable to ear removal, they shall remain in the hofpi als where they now are, being taken care if by the officers of health appointed for that mrpofe, at the expence of the republic, un !er the infpeditm of a commiflary at war— ind whenever these fickperfons shall be fit for removal, they shall in like manner be foufhed with carriages. Ans. Granted—provided that the commif fkries remaining for the administration of the hospitals shall be fubjed to the military po lice, as well as those mentioned in the Vth ttticle—and the convalescent soldiers shall he prisoners, as -stipulated in the Illi arti de. Art. 9. The Teprefentatives of the people, and all persons attached to the republic, of whatever description they may be< shall par ticipate in the capitulation of the army, and stall enjoy the fame conditions. Ans. AM persons, not military, being considered as citizens, shall enjoy the treat ment granted to this class of persons. Art; 10. The deserters shall remain re ciprocally in the corps in which they are, without being molelted. With regard to the prisoners, they may be exchanged. Ans. Refufed. The deserters shall be icrupuloufly delivered up before the garrison jtaves the place ; and the neceflary researches ffiall be made to discover those who may be concealed. The Austrian prisoners, and those of the allied powers, shall be faithfully re itored. Art. i.t. Commiflaries shall be appointed fin both sides, to fix upon the objeds which Mbe adjudged to the republic—as well as 'he papers relative to the artillery, the forti fications and'military registers, as well those of this town as of eve fy other place belong !ng to the republic. The fame shall be ob feryed with refped to all the papers of the *ivil aivd military administrations. Ans, Commiflaries from all the military and civil departments shall be appointed, to deceive tha papers, effeds, and military gildings, artillery, cafl iron, arsenals, war *ke stores and proviflons, military and civil ehefts. In a word, all the other objeds be longing to the government, of whatever de fsription. These commiflaries shall be In troduced into the town immediately after the exchange ofhoftages. The chiefs of the different corps shall be personally refponfibre for the frauds which may be committed in the delivery of the papers, cheffs, artillery, and other objeds above mentioned. Art. 12. The inhabitants of both sexes at present in this town, or those who have ta ken refuge in it, the public fundionaries, and all the other agents of the French repub lic, shall be proteded in their honors, their lives, and their properties, with permiffiou to retire wherever they please. Ans. The good order and difeipline of the allied armies will preserve the inhabitants from every kind of inful? in their persons and properties. Art. 13. For the maintenance of order in the police, the fafety of persons and preser vation of property, the Constituted authori ties and the. tribunals shall remain in the dis charge oftheir fundionsuntil it may be other wise provided. The decisions of the tribu nals shall be refpeded, and no constituted authority shall be called to account for the legal proceedings of its administration, or of its jurifdidion. Ans. Refufed—But the administrative and judicial corps shall be refpeded, until it shall have been otherwise provided by his imperial majesty. Art. 14. No petfon shall be molested for his opinions, whatever they may have been, nor for what he shall have lawfully said or done before or during the siege. Ans. The intention of his majesty the emperor and king is, that the peaceable in habitants shall in no wife be disturbed. Art. 15. The inhabitants shall not be fubjeded to the quartering of troops. Aria. Granted—as far as the number and accommodation of the military buildings will allow. Art. 16. The inhabitants shall not be ob liged to perform any military duty, and those who have done so until the present moment, shall not be considered as military. Ans. The inhabitants shall not be obliged to perform any military service, except in the usual cases, in the provinces of his ma jesty the emperor in the Low Countries—As to those who shall be armed or in uniform, they shall be treated as the other military, according to the jd article. Art. 17. The inhabitants shall also be exempted from military labour. Ans. Referred to article 16. Art. 18. Those persons who shall chufe to reside" elsewhere, lhall have liberty to de part from the town with their families, bag gage, furniture and effeds, and to dispose of their immoveable- property, or what is deemed such, to the profit of whomsoever they may think proper, during the term of fix months. Ans. The inhabitant's fhaiU be permitted to retire with their effeds, within the term of fix months, wherever they please, and pafTpdfts shall be granted to them in conse quence. Art. 19. All those who may wish to return to, or to come and inhabit in this city, shall be received, and shall enjoy the fame advan tage as the other inhabitants. Ans. Granted. Art. 20. The present currency, namely, affignats, shall continue to be received. Ans. Refufed to acknowledge affignats as money until an ulterior arrangement. Art. 21. The national domains, which have been fold in conformity to the existing laws, shall be preserved to the purchaiers. Ans. This article not being of a military nature, shall be referred, as the preceeding one, for future arrangement. Art. 22. The commonalty shall continue to enjoy the properties which they at present poflefs, both moveables and immoveables, especially the corn which they have in ma gazines, for the subsistence of the inhabi tants. Ans. Answered as the preceding article. With regard to the magazines of corn, they shall he disposed of for the benefit of the person to whom they of right belong. Art. 23. The colleges, hospitals and other charitable eftablifhme;%.*, shall continue in the free and peaceable enjoyment of all their pr<r?rtv, more able and immoveable. Aas. Granted for alb legitimate proper ty- Art. 24. All debts contracted before and during the liege by the municipality, the general council of the commonalty, and the other conllituted authorities, whether liqui dated or to be liquidated, lhall be held as lawfully and jultly contracted. Ans. The debts contracted by the garrison, the military citizens, and inhabitants of whatever defcriptiop, lhall be liquidated to the fatisfaCtion of the parties. Art. 25. If any difficulty in the terms and conditions of the capitulation (hould occur, it fhail be understood in the molt favourable sense for the garrison of the place and its inhabitants. Ans. All the answers above mentioned being clearly expressed, this article is with out an objeCt. Given at my head- At Valenciennes, the quarters before 27th of July 1793* Valenciennes, this in the second year 28th July, 1793. of the French re public. (Signed) (Signed) FREDERICK, FERRAND, Duke of York, com- The general of the mander in chief of division com the allied army be manding in the sieging Valencien- place, nes. ADDITIONAL ARTICLES. Art. 1. This day, the 28th of July, at seven o’clock in the morning, the garrison lhall deliver up to the forces of the besieging army the outworks, the half moon, the crown work, the counter garde, and the pate of ' the gate for the fuccour of the citadel, as well as the half moon and the horn work of the gate of Cambray. And for the fake of preserving order until the departure of the garrison, they lhall retain the interior of the gate of the corps de place, of the citadel and of the city, until their departure. Art. 2. Ifananfwer is not returned by Gen, Ferrant before seven o’clock in the evening* it is declared to him, that the fire of the trenches, lhall recommence at nine o’clock* when the truce will be terminated by his silence. Art. 3: The commanders of the different corps, who have papers or effefts, to deliver up, lhall remain in the place, until the de livery and inventories of the papers and ef fects lhall have been made by the imperial commissaries. Art. 4. As fobn as the capitulation lhall be l signed, hostages lhall be sent into the place, namely, a colonel, a major, and a captain, who lhall be exchanged against officers of an equal rank of the garrison ; which hostages lhall be restored immediately after the exe cution of the articles of capitulation. Given at my head-quarters before Va lenciennes, this 28th of July 1793* (Signed) FREDERICK, Duke of York, Com mander in chief of the allied army besieging Valenciennes. Letter from General Ftrrandi commander in chief at Valenciennes, to Frederick Duke of York, commanding the combined armies be sieging that place, dated July 28, 1793* the id year of the republic . * Upon the receipt of your letter, I aflem bled the council of War—and as soon as we became acquainted with the articles it con tains, it appeared very evident to us that the promise you had made to us yesterday was withdrawn, for in the articles you now propole, no mention is made of an honorable capitulation. In consequence, I persist, as well as the other members of the general council of war, in my demand of the firft article being en tirely preserved. We moreover demand, that citizens Cochon and Brie, representa tives of the people, be allowed to accompa ny the garrison. We persist in the fccond article in our demand, that a field piece, either a four or an eight pounder, with its . carriage, be allowed to each battalion. We persist also in the third article, as far as the allowance of three days to the garrison to leave the place. And, lastly, in the lixth article, reducing, however, our demand to fix waggons instead. of twelve; and that nothing lhall be changed in the articles 8, 10, and n.