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cure by such an arrangement, ha^ 

 in the mean time been made the 

 ground of separate sacrifices re- 

 (juired from his ally. 



With respect to the proposal of 

 opening negociations for a separate 

 peace, his majesty, retaining always 

 the sincere desire which he has uni- 

 formly expressed for the restoration 

 of general tranquillity in Tlurope, 

 must at the same time renew his 

 former declarations of an invariable 

 determination toexecute with punc- 

 tuality and good faith his engage- 

 ments with his allies; and must 

 therefore, steadily decline to enter 

 into any measures tending to sepa- 

 rate his interests from those of the 

 powers who shall continue to mate 

 common cause with him in the 

 prosecution of the war. 



The appendix contains a letter 

 (A) from baron Thugut to M. Tal- 

 leyrand, dated Vienna, August 11, 

 referring to a note from lord Minto, 

 and recommending that some cen- 

 tral place, as Schelstal, Luneville, 

 &c. be appointed for the seat of 

 congress — (B.) Lord Minto's note, 

 dated August 9, stating thathaving 

 communicated to hiscourt the over- 

 tures made by France to his impe- 

 rial majesty, he had been directed 

 to declare, that his Britannic ma- 

 jesty is disposed to concur with 

 Austria in the negociations which 

 may take place by a general pacifi- 

 cation, and to send his plenipoten- 

 tiaries to treat for peace in concert 

 with his imperial majesty, as soon 

 as the intention of the French go- 

 vernment to enter into a negocia- 

 tio!i with his Britannic majesty shall 

 be known to him. — (C.) A letter 

 from general Kleber, commanderof 

 the French army in Fgypt, to the 

 kaimakani of the sublime J*orte, 

 dated t'airo, lOth of April, ISOO, 

 stating, that having concluded nego- 



ciations with the supreme vizier 

 YoussoufFPacha,he was on the point 

 of evacuating Cairo, when he re- 

 ceived a letter from the English 

 commander, lord Keith, rendering 

 the convention of El-Arisch illu- 

 sory : that he had proposed to the 

 vizier to postpone the evacuation 

 of Cairo until this unexpected diffi- 

 culty should be removed ; but his 

 excellency refusing to consent, chose 

 to hazard a battle in which he was 

 defeated. Yet, nevertheless, he 

 (Kleber) was still disposed to re- 

 tire from Egypt on the conditions 

 before stipulated, with the excep- 

 tion of some modifications which 

 existingcircumstances had rendered 

 necessary, and desired that the con- 

 ferences should be resumed. — (D.) 

 A notG from Baudet, first aide-de- 

 camp to general Kleber, to the first 

 interpreter of the sublime Porte, 

 dated camp, at Jaffa, April 15, re- 

 peating the intention of his gene- 

 ral to evacuate Egypt immedi- 

 ately after the arrival of the neces- 

 sary passports from the English 

 government, and of the number 

 of vessels stipulated for the trans- 

 port of the troops. 



Convention for the Evacuation of 

 Egypt, agreed upon by Citizens 

 Dessaix, General of Division, 

 and Poussielgne, Administrator- 

 general of Fi?iances, Plenipoten- 

 tiaries of the Cmnmander-in- 

 Chief Kleber, and their Excel- 

 lencies Moustqfa Raschid Effendi 

 Testerdar, and Moustaja Ras- 

 siche Effendi Riesseul Knitab, 

 Ministers Plenipotentiaries of his 

 Highness the Supreme Vizier. 



THE French army in Egypt, 

 wishing to give a proof of its 

 desire to stop the effusion of blood, 



