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perhaps, owing to that ease and 

 gaiety of manner that he obtained, 

 in the end, all that he had demand- 

 ed. A degree of misunderstanding 

 had taken place for some time be- 

 tween the English, as individuals, 

 and the Austrians. The former 

 reproached the latter with the great 

 length to which the siege had been 

 protracted. Massena endeavoured 

 to widen and to take advantage of 

 this want of harmony, by flattering 

 the pride of one party at the ex- 

 pense of the self-love of the other. 

 He said to lord Keith, " Do you, 

 my lord, only permit a little grain 

 to be carried into Genoa, and I 

 give you my word that these gen- 

 tlemen (looking at the Austrian 

 generals) shall never set foot there." 

 Toward the end of the conference 

 he again addressed lord Keith, per- 

 sonally : " My lord, if France and 

 England could only understand one 

 another, they would govern the 

 world." * In the whole of this 

 conference, lord Keith treated 

 Massena, as the general often ac- 

 knowledged, in a very civil and 

 handsome manner. His lordship 

 disclaimed all hard conditions. He 

 • always said, " General, the de- 

 fence you have made has been so 

 heroic, that it is impossible to re- 



fuse you any thing that you ask." 

 At length, at seven o'clock at night, 

 Massena signed the treaty for the 

 evacuation of Genoa, and the con- 

 tracting parties mutually gave hos- 

 tages. The substance of the treaty 

 was, that the right wing of the 

 French army, charged with the de- 

 fence of Genoa, and the com- 

 mander-in-chief with hisstafF,should 

 go out of Genoa with their arms 

 and baggage, in order to rejoin the 

 centre of the said army by land.— 

 The same liberty was granted to 

 eight thousand one hundred men, 

 who had permission to enter France 

 by Nice. The rest were trans- 

 ported by sea to Antibes, and were 

 duly provided with provisions. — 

 Due attention was also paid to the 

 hospitals and the prisoners. Pass- 

 ports were granted to the Genoese 

 patriots. The Austrians took pos- 

 session of the gates of the city, and 

 the English of the entrance into 

 the harbour. French commissioners 

 remained at Genoa to see the arti- 

 cles that had been agreed on re- 

 specting the sick, and the hospitals, 

 duly executed. Massena was al- 

 lowed to send a courier, with a 

 passport, to Buonaparte,to announce 

 the evacuation of Genoa. 



• This is a compliment very common in the mouths of ajl Frenchmen to the Eng- 

 lish nation. But it ever liie English should join France, for subduing and governing 

 the world, Ihey must lay their account with either subduing the French, or being 

 themselves, as well as the rest of the world, subdued by them. It would be better 

 for both the French and English nations, if they would let the world alone. 



