234 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



you have been the founder. I can- 

 not send you the names of those who 

 have distinguished themselves. I 

 may say they are the whole army. 

 I shall not enter into these details 

 until the papers of general Kleber 

 are arranged, I shall confine myself 

 to request of j'ou, citizen consul, 

 to confirm the promotions that 

 have been made ; these are the ge- 

 nerals of division, generals of bri- 

 gade, and all the subordinate ranks. 

 Many brave men have been killed 

 and many wounded ; they are aU 

 worthy of your attention. You 

 know my respect and devotion : 

 both the one and the other are un- 

 bounded. 



Abd. J. Menou. 



Convention beltveeen Ms Britaiinic 

 Majesly mid the Emperor of the 

 Romans ; signed at Vienna, 

 June 20, 1800. 



HIS majesty the emperor of the 

 Romans, kingof Hungary and 

 Bohemia, and his majesty the king 

 of Great Britain have judged that 

 it was conformable to the interest 

 of their crowns, and to the good of 

 the common cause, to concert with 

 each other on the best manner of 

 giving effect to the union of their 

 efforts against the common enemy 

 in the present campaign. In con- 

 sequence of which the baron de 

 Thugut, giand cress of the order of 

 St. Stephen, his Imperial majesty's 

 minister of conferences, and com- 

 missary general and minister pleni- 

 potentiary in his provinces of Italy, 

 Istrla, and Dalmatia, &c. and the 

 righthonourable Gilbert lord Minto, 

 peer of Great Britian, one of his 

 Britannic majesty's most honourable 

 privy council, and his envoy extra- 



ordinary and minister plenipoten- 

 tiary to the court of Vienna, being 

 furnished on the part of their afore- 

 said Imperial and Britannic majes- 

 ties, with the powers requisite for 

 discussing and arranging this impor- 

 tant object; the said plenipoten- 

 tiaries, after having respectively ex- 

 changed their full powers, have 

 agreed upon the following articles: 



I. In order to relieve the pressing 

 necessities of the finances of his 

 Imperial majesty under the enor- 

 mous expenses already incurred, and 

 which remain to be incurred, during 

 the present campaign, his Britannic 

 majesty shall advance to his above- 

 mentioned Imperial Majesty by way 

 of loan, the sum of 2,000,000/. ster- 

 ling. This sum shall be divided 

 into three parts, and paid at three 

 different periods, preferably in spe- 

 cie: so that the first third of 

 666,6661. \3s. id. shall be paid in 

 the first days of the month of July ; 

 the second third of the like sum in 

 the first days of September; and 

 the remaining third in the first 

 days of the month of December. 



II. During the whole continu- 

 ance of the war, and during the six 

 months which shall follow the con- 

 clusion of a peace between Austria 

 and France, his Imperial majesty 

 shall not be bound to pay any inter- 

 est upon the sura of two millions 

 advanced, as stipulated in the pre- 

 ceding article. Great Britain con- 

 senting to take this charge upon her 

 own account until the period above 

 mentioned. But on the expiration 

 of the term of six months after the 

 conclusion of peace, his Imperial 

 majesty shall pay for the future to 

 the British government, or to the 

 individuals who shall be pointed out 

 by the British government, an an- 

 nual rent or annual rents, making 



