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powers, have consonteil ^iih rpe rnti 

 to what follows : — Art. I. His ma- 

 jesty the king of the two Sicilies 

 j)roinises to remain neutral during 

 the course of the present war be- 

 tween France on the one part, and 

 I'liigland, Austria, Russia, and all 

 the Belligerent powers on the other 

 part, lie engages to repiiii^e, by 

 force, and by the emjiloynieiit of all 

 his means, every attempt made upon 

 the riglits and duties of neutrality. 

 II. In conscijiience of that cnj^ago- 

 ment, bis majesty the king of the 

 t'\o Sicilies will not permit any bo- 

 dy of troops belonijihg to anv Belli- 

 gerent power to land or penetrate 

 upon any part of his territory, a!\d 

 engages to observe, both by sea and 

 land, ami in the police of his ports, 

 the principles and la'.xs of the strict- 

 est neutrality. III. Moreover, his 

 majesty engages not to confide tiic 

 command of his armies and places 

 to any Russian officer, Austrian, or 

 other belotiging to other Belligerent 

 jjowers. — The French emigrants arc 

 included in the same exclusion. IV. 

 I lis majesly the king of the two Si- 

 cilies- engages not to permit any 

 squadron belonging to the Bellige- 

 rent jiowers to enter his ports. V^. 

 His majesty the emperor of the 

 French, confiding in the engage- 

 ments and promises herein expressed, 

 consents to order the evacuation of 

 the kingdom of Naples by his 

 troops. This evacuation shall be 

 entirely completed within a month 

 after the ratifications shall have been 

 exchanged ; at the sauie tiuie the 

 military places and posts shall be 

 delivered up to the officers of his 

 majesty the king of the two Sicilies 

 in the state in which they were found, 

 and it is agreed, that, in the month 

 occupied by these operations, the 

 French army bhall be luaHitiiined 



and treated as it had been previous, 

 ly.— His majesty tlie emperor of the 

 French further engages to recognize 

 the neutrality of the kingdom of the 

 two Sicilies, a,s well by land as by 

 sea, during the existence of the pre- 

 sent war. — 'J'he ratifications of the 

 present treaty shall be exchanged at 

 speedily as possible. Made at Paris, 

 21 St Sept. 1805, 



(Signed) the Marquis de Gallo. 

 Ch. Mau. Talleyrand. 



Ratified at Portici, the Sth Oct. 

 1805. 



(Signed) Ferdinand. 



Tounnaso Ferras. 



Proclamation of the Emperor Napo- 

 leon to the French Army^ after the 

 Battle of Austerlttz. 



Soldiers, — I am satisfied with yon. 

 In the battle of Austerlitz, you have 

 jnstified what I expected from your 

 intrcpidify. Vou have covered your- 

 selves v/ith eternal glory. An army 

 of 100,000 men, which was com- 

 manded l>y the emperors of Russia 

 and Austria, has been, in less than 

 four hours, either cut off or dis- 

 persed. What escaped your sw ords 

 have thrown themselves into the 

 lakes. — Forty stand of colours, tJie 

 standards of the Russian imperial 

 guard, 1*20 pieces of cannon, twenty- 

 generals, and above 30,000 prison- 

 ers, are the fruits of this ever-mc- 

 morabie battle. — That infantry, srt 

 celebrated, and superior to you in 

 numb:;rs, has jjroved unable to resist 

 your charge, and, henceforth, you 

 have no rivals to fear. — Thus, in 

 less tlian two months, the third co- 

 alition is conquered and dissolved. 

 Peace cannot beat a great distance; 

 but as I promised to my people, be- 

 fore crosiing the Rhine. 1 will con- 

 clude 



