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Art. 4th. Malta, and the mari- 

 time towns and ports of Egypt, shall 

 be placed on the same footing as 

 those places which, though com- 

 prised within the demarcation of the 

 French army in Germany, are oc- 

 cupied by the Austrian troops; con- 

 sequently nothing shall be admitted 

 by sea which can give additional 

 means of defence; and provi.sions 

 only for fourteen days at a time, in 

 proportion to the consumption, as 

 it shall be ascertained by commissa- 

 ries to be named for the purpose, 

 who shall have power to establish 

 the necessary regulations for giving 

 effect to this stipulation, conforma- 

 bly to the principles of the fourth 

 article of the convention concluded 

 between the Austrian and French 

 generals in Germany. 



Art. 5th. The blockade of Brest, 

 Toulon, and any other of the ports 

 of France by his majesty's fleets, 

 shall be discontinued : and all Bri- 

 tish ships shall be instructed not to 

 interrupt or obstruct the trade' or 

 navigation of any ships sailing to or 

 Irom the coasts of France, except 

 in the articles of naval and military 

 stores, which are not to be brought 

 thitlicr by sea during the present 

 armistice. None of the ships of 

 war now stationed in the said ports 

 respectively shall, before the re- 

 newal of hostilities, be removed to 

 any other station. 



Art. ()th. The allies of the two 

 parties shall severally be at liberty to 

 accede to this armistice, if they so 

 think fit ; provided tliat they also 

 engage to observe a like armistice, 

 on conditions similar to those here 

 specified, towards such of the allies 

 on the otherside as shall also accede 

 to it. The naval ports and arsenals 

 of the allies of France are, during 



such armistice, to be placed on the 

 same footing with those of France ; 

 and the notices which are to pre- 

 cede the renewal of hostilities, as 

 well as all other matters relating to 

 such armistice, are to be regulated 

 according to the terms of this con- 

 vention. 



Art. 7th. This convention shall 

 be ratified, and the ratifications shall 

 be exchanged within the term of 

 ten days, or sooner, if the same be 

 practicable. 



No. XXVI. A note from M. 

 Otto, September 8, to lord Gren- 

 ville, observing, that as the object 

 of France was to compensate, by a 

 British armistice, the inconveni- 

 ence which might result to the re- 

 public from the eventual prolonga- 

 tion of the German armistice, and 

 that the counter-prnjet so far de- 

 feated his purpose, he deemed it ne- 

 cessary to submit it to his govern- 

 ment, and to wait for farther in- 

 structions. 



No. XXVII. A note from M. 

 Otto to lord Grenville, > September 

 l6, stating that the first consul, still 

 hoping to approximate the interests 

 of the two governments, and their 

 wishes for a speedy and solid peace, 

 had dispatched orders for deferring, 

 for some days, the attack which the 

 Frencli army had been directed to 

 make upon the whole line. It like- 

 wise enclosed 



No. XXVIU. A reply to lord 

 Grenville's letter of the 7th Sep- 

 tember, and the counler-projet 

 which accompanied it. In this, 

 M. Otto observes, that as the sti- 

 pulations proposed by his lordship, 

 offered no compensation to France 

 for the continental truce, it could 

 only be admitted as the prelimina- 

 ries of a particular arrangement 



