1606.] Stats ef Public Afairs in December^ IS05. 



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Two Sicilie5 promifes to remain neutral dur- 

 ing the courfc of the prefent war between 

 France on the one part, and England, Auf- 

 tria, Ruflia, and all the belligerent powers 

 on the other part. — He engages to repulfe 

 by force, and by the employment of all his 

 means, every attempt made upon the rights 

 and duties of neiitrality. 



" II. In confequence of that engagernent, 

 his Majefty the King of the Two -Sicilies 

 will not permit any body of troops belong, 

 iug to any belligerent power to land or pene- 

 trate upon any part of his territory, arid en- 

 gages to cbferve both by fea and land, and 

 in the police of his ports, the principle? and 

 laws of the ftrifleft neutrality. 



*' III. Moreover, his Majefty engages not 

 to confide the command of liis armies and 

 places to any Ruffian officer, Auftrian, or 

 other belonging to other belligerent powers. 

 The French emigrants are included in the 

 fameexclufion. 



f« IV. His Majefty the King of the Two 

 Sicilies engages not to permit any fquadron 

 belonging 10 the belligerent powers to enter 

 his ports. 



" y. His Maje{*'/ the Emperor of the 

 French, conliriing in the engage.Tients and 

 promifes herein exprefled, confents to order 

 the evacuaji^ of the kingdom of Naples by 

 h.is troops. This evacuation (hall be entirely 

 completed within a month after the ratifica- 

 tions fhal! have been exchanged ; at the fame 

 time the military places and ports Ihall be de- 

 livered up to the ofScers of hi; Majefty the 

 King of the Two Sicilies in the ftate in 

 ■which they v/ere found ; and it is ag'eed that 

 in the month occupied by thefe operations the 

 French army ftiall be maintained and trsated 

 as it had been previoufly. 



•' His Majefty the Emperor of the French 

 further engages to recognize the neutrality of 

 the kingdom of the Two Sicilies as well by 

 land as by fea, during the exiilence of the 

 prtfent war. 



" The r.itifications of the prefent treaty 

 fjiall be exchangedas fpeedily as poftiblc. 



'» Done at Paris, the 2i(i Sept. 1805. 

 (Signed) The Marquis de Ga LLo. 



Ch. Maur. Talleyhao, 



" Ratified at Portici, the ?th Oft. 1S05. 

 (Signrd) Ff.r bin AND. 

 (And lowcr^ Tommasso Ferras." 



We turn now to the war carried on in 

 Italy. In our laft we notice tiie lurri-nder 

 of Montebello to the French arms ; from 

 this place, affer a few hours rtft only, 

 they proceeded to Viceiiza, which, after 

 fome refiftance, fell alio into their hand.s, 

 with 1500 prifoiiers, the greater part of 

 whom had been previoufly wounded. The 

 Auftrians retreated by the rond of Bafl'ji.o 

 and Trevilo. At the village of St. 

 Pierre, in Gu, another aOion was fought, 

 i.n which (he Auftrians were again de- 

 feated j and fioin thence ihe vigors 



marched towards the Brenta. Since then 

 it was evidently the intention of the Auf- 

 trians to evacuate the country ; apd the 

 French bulletins from the army of Italy 

 Ihew that MafTena has gained little or no 

 advanta^over the Archduke. His head 

 quarters, according to ths feventh bule- 

 tin, were at Gortz on the 17th of No-. 

 vember, and on the 26th he had not moved 

 them. MalFena was evidently afraid of 

 advancing while the corps in the Tyrol 

 were in his rear, and with thefe alone hjs 

 he been engaged during that time: and 

 although Jie has at length got the better 

 of them, the Archduke rnufl have been 

 enabled to profecute his retreat unmoleftcd, 

 or at leaft feebly oppofed by Marmont. 

 Having effefted his junftipn v/ith Ney and 

 Marmont, MaiTena will advance into the 

 Auftrian ftates, on the road to Vienna. 

 He has left General St. Cyr to oblerve 

 Venice, while a part of the army has 

 occupied Triefte. The Ruflians, therefor, 

 cannot now land, with any prolpeft of 

 making a fuccefsful diverfion. 



In addition to what we gave in the laft 

 number refpefting the aftion on t,iie i](t 

 of 03ober, we infert the following from 

 the Extraordinary Gazette of November 

 17, 1805 J which, while it proves the vic- 

 tory on the part cf the Britifh the mod 

 complete, exhibits the charafter of Ad- 

 roira! Lord CcUingwood in a moft pleafingL 

 point of view. 



Admiralty Off.ce, Nov. 27, 1805. 

 Copy of a letter received laft night by the 

 Hob. Captain Blackwood, from Vice Ad- 

 miral Lord Collingwood, Commander in 

 Chief of his Majefty's fhips and veflcls in 

 the Mediterranean, to William Marfden, 

 Efq. dated on board his Majefty's fhip the 

 gueen, off Cape Trafalgar, November 4, 



Sir, 



On the 28th ult. I informed you of the 

 pri^-S4*aings of the fquadron to that time. 

 The weather continuing very bad, the wind 

 blowing from the S. W. the fquadron not in 

 a fituation of lafety, and feeing little prof- 

 pedt of getting the captured fliips of}' the 

 land, anil great rifk of fome of them getting 

 into port, I determined no longer to delay 

 the deftroying them, and to get the fquadron 

 out of the deep bay. 



The extraordinary exertions of Captain 

 Capel, however, faved the French .Swiitfure ; 

 and his (hip the Phoebe, together with the 

 Donegal, Capt. Malcolm, afurwards brought 

 cut the Bahama. Indeed, nothing can ex- 

 ceed the peifcverance of all the officers em- 

 ployed in this fcrvice. Captain Hope rigged, 

 and .''ucceedcd in bringing out the lldefonlo, 

 all of which I hope have arrived (i(e at 

 Cibialtar. For the leftj Sir, I indofe you a 



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