STATE PAPERS. 



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(No. XVII r.) 



Translation — Projet. 



1st. There shall be a suspension 

 of hostilities between the fleets and 

 armies of the French Republic and 

 those of Great Britain. 



2d. The ships of war and mer- 

 chant vessels of each nation shall 

 enjoy a free navigation without 

 being subject to any search, and 

 shall observe the usages established 

 previous to the war. 



3d. All vessels, of either nation, 



captured after the ofFructidor, 



shall be restored. 



4th. The places of Malta, Alex- 

 andria, Belleisle, shall be assimi- 

 lated to the places of Ulm, Philips- 

 burg, and Ingolstadt; that is to 

 say, all neutral or French vessels 

 shall have permission freely to enter 

 them, in order to furnish them with 

 provisions. 



5th. The several squadrons which 

 bloctade Brest, Cadiz, Toulon, and 

 Flushing,shall return into their own 

 harbours, or at least keep out of 

 sight of the coast. 



6th. Three English officers shall 

 be dispatched, one directly to the 

 admiral commanding in the Medi- 

 terranean, another to the com- 

 mander of the squadron before 

 Malta, the third to the commander 

 of the blockade of Alexandria, . to 

 notify to them the present armistice, 

 atid to convey to them orders to 

 conform themselves thereunto. The 

 said officers shall pass through 

 France, in order the more expe- 

 ditiously to arrive at their desti- 

 nation. 



7th. His catholic majesty and the 

 Batavian republic are included in 

 the present armistice. 



No. XlX.is a note, Sept. .5, from 

 lord Grenville to citizen Otto, ob- 



serving, that the desire to facilitate 

 the conclusion of a general peace 

 could alone lead his court to the 

 discussion of a proposal so disadvan- 

 tageous to the interests of Great 

 Britain; and as the termination of 

 the continental armistice would put 

 an end to all inducements of such a 

 measure on the part of this country, 

 suggestingthe expediency of France 

 prolonging the armistice with Aus- 

 tria, and to allow time for receiving 

 the king's commands on the pro- 

 posal made here. 



No. XX. Note from M. Otto to 

 Mr. Nepean, Sept. 4, enclosing a 

 sketch of the treaty proposed by 

 France. 



No. XXI. Sept. 5, a letter from 

 M. Otto to captain George, ob- 

 serves, that his majesty's choice in 

 the provisional appointment of Mr. 

 Grenville to take part in the even- 

 tual negociations at Luneville, can- 

 not fail to be very agreeable to the 

 French government, and that he 

 should deliver the necessary pass- 

 port, which he had previously ob- 

 tained, as soon as the result of the 

 present communications shall have 

 rendered such journey necessary. 



No. XXII. Sept. 6, A note 

 from M. Otto to lord Grenville, 

 stating, that he had forwarded his 

 lordship's note of the 5th, by an 

 extraordinary messenger, to Paris. 



No. XXill Sept. 7, A note 

 from lord Grenville to M. Otto, 

 enclosing 



No. XXIV. of the same date, a 

 reply to the French official answer of 

 the 4th, stating, that the spirit of that 

 answer was not consonant with the 

 conciliatory disposition which it 

 professed ; that the unauthorized act 

 of an Austrian officer, who had been 

 persuaded to sign articles, was not 

 calculated to terminate the war; 



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