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forces, and those of the grand vizier. On the 22d of that month, the 

 ■garrison of Cairo sent a flag of truce to the English general, and after 

 a negotiation of several days, a convention was agreed to, by which the 

 French army at Cairo and its dependencies, were to be conveyed in 

 ships of the allied powers, and at their expence, together with their 

 baggage, arms, ammunition, and effects, to the nearest French ports 

 in the Mediterranean. The complete conquest of Egypt soon fol- 

 lowed, by general Menou accepting the conditions of the convention 

 of Cairo, for himself and the rest of the army under his command. 



After the evacuation of Egypt by the French, the English endea- 

 voured to effect a reconciliation between the Mamalukes and the 

 Turks, to restore the former government of the country ; but the 

 Turks treacherously assassinating a number of the beys the remainder 

 fled into Upper Egypt, and the Porte being unable to subdue them, at 

 length concluded a treaty with them, by which they yielded to them 

 possession of that part of the country. In consequence, however, of 

 mutinies and intestine contentions among the Turkish troops, the 

 Mamalukes have again returned into Lower Egypt, and the country 

 ia at present a scene of confusion and anarchy, alternately ravaged by 

 the different contending parties, 



