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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



be consigned to this guard not to 

 suffer to pass into the city, either 

 any soldiers of the besieging troops, 

 or any inhabitants of the islands, till 

 the French troops shall be embarked, 

 and out of sight of the port. In 

 proportion as the embarkation goes 

 on, the English troops shall occupy 

 the posts by which the places may 

 be entered. The English general 

 will perceive that these precau- 

 tions are indispensable, that no dis- 

 pute may arise on the subject, 

 and that the articles of the ca- 

 pitulation may be religiously ob- 

 served. 



Answ. Granted, conformably to 

 what is provided by the reply to the 

 first article; and all precautions shall 

 be taken to prevent the Maltese 

 troops from approaching the posts 

 occupied by the French troops. 



XII. All alienations or sales of 

 moveables or immoveables by the 

 French government, during the 

 time it has remained in possession of 

 Malta, and all transactions between 

 individuals, shall remain invio- 

 lable. 



Answ. Granted, so far as they 

 shall be just and lawful. 



XIII. The agents of the allied 

 powers, who shall be in Valetta 

 after the surrender of the place, 

 shall not be disturbed in any thing, 

 and their persons and property sh^U 

 be secured by the present capitu- 

 lation. 



Answ. Granted. 



XIV. All ships coming from 

 France, whether of war or of com- 

 merce, which shall enter this port, 

 shall not be considered as prizes, nor 

 the crews made prisoners, for the 

 first twenty days after the date of 

 this capitulation, but they shall be 

 sent back to France. 



Answ. Refused. 



XV. The commander-in-chief, 

 and the other generals, shall be em- 

 barked with their aides-de-camp, 

 and the officers attached to their 

 suite, without being separated. 



Answ. Granted. 



XVI. The prisoners made during 

 the siege, including the crews of the 

 William Tell and the Diana, shall 

 be considered as part of the garri- 

 son ; and the same regulation to 

 extend to the crew of la Justice, 

 if she should be taken before she 

 reaches any of the ports of the re- 

 public. 



Answ. The crew of the William 

 Tell is already exchanged, and that 

 of the Diana will be taken to Mi- 

 norca, in order to be exchanged 

 immediately. 



XVII. All the property which be- 

 longs to the republic shall not be 

 subject to reprisal of any sort, under 

 any pretext whatsoever. 



Answ. Granted. 



XVIII. If any difficulty shall 

 arise upon the conditions of this 

 capitulation, they shall be inter- 

 preted in the most favourable man- 

 ner for the garrison. 



Answ. Granted, according to 

 justice. 



Executed at Malta on the 5th 

 September, 1800. 



(Signed) Vaubois, general of di- 

 vision. 



Rear-admiral Villeneuve. 



Pigot, major-general. 



Captain Martin, com- 

 mander of the ships 

 of his Britannic ma- 

 jesty and those of his 

 allies, before Malta. 



