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the Jacobins, and put 300 of them to the 
fword. Thofe who efcaped, retreated into 
the caftle. 
Soon after this affair, the Cardinal feized 
upon 6 or 7o0-0f thefe unhappy wretches 
in different parts of the town, and fhut 
them up in the public granary. The Ca- 
labrians being anxious to make an auto 
de. fz, could hardly be reftrained from 
fetting fire tothe prifon } The moft horribie 
excefies and murders were committed by 
thefe favages in every quarter of the city. 
About this time the Britith fleet in 
Palermo bay failed to co-operate with the 
Royalifts, having on board the Hereditary - 
Prince, and a few Sicilian regiments. On 
their pafflage a difpateh overtook them 
from Lord Keith, with the:news of the 
French fquadron having again put to 
fea; the Bagiith fleet was therefore ob- 
liged to return to Palermo, to. difem- 
bark the troops. In confequeuce of this 
difappointment, the patriots in Naples be- 
gan toraife their hopes; and Ruffo, having 
Jearned that he had no aid to expect from 
the Englifh, was induced to treat. with the 
patriots in the caftles ; and it was accord- 
ingly ftipulated between them, that the 
latter fhould furrender their pofts upon con- 
dition that a general amnefty fhould be 
granted, and that they fhould march out 
with the honours of war withtheir effects. 
This treaty was figned by Ruffo, and gua- 
ranteed by Captain Foote, of the Sea-horfe, 
on the part of the Englifh. 
In purfuance of thefe ftipulations, the 
patriots, tothe amount of 5 or Goo, de- 
tired to be embarked for Toulon, under 
convoy of an Englith man of war, and tranf- 
ports were provided for their conveyance ; 
when Lord Nelfon, having learned that 
Lord Keith had been reinforced, arrived in 
the Bay of Naples. His Lordfhip immedi- 
ately annulled the flag of truce, and refufed 
to ratify the treaty ened by Ruffo, till the 
King’s pleafure fhould be known. But 
on the following day, to prevent the con- 
fufion which. muft have taken place had 
the treaty been totally fet afide, he gave 
orders to his officers to fuperintend the « em- 
 barkation of the Jacobins, who were. in 
the mean time difarmed, and eighteen of 
the moft obnoxious of the party ~ detained 
oa board the Englifh fleet, and confined i in 
1FONS. 
Nothing now oppofed the re-eftablith- 
ment of the kine on his throne, but the ex- 
pulfion of the ~Prench. from St. Elmo. 
An attack upon that place was therefore 
ordered immediately, and the fire from the 
batteries, erected. for that purpofe, foon : 
compelied the garrifon to fusrender; and 
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on the s2th of July they marched out. 
The arrangements for the replacing of the 
king upon ~ the throne immediately took 
place ; his firft a&t was that of iffuing alpro- 
clamation, in which, among other things, 
he acceded to the treaty figned by Cardi- 
nal “Ruffo, as far as it related to the 
French; but asa fovereign, he could not 
enter into capitulation with his own fub« 
jects. The rebels have therefore nothing 
but the royal mercy to truft to! 
Thefe events were fucceeded by the fur- 
render'of the important fortreffes of Man- 
tua and Aleflandria to the allied powers. 
The batteries againft Mantua were: 
finifhed on the 23d of July, and on the 
following day a moft tremendous fire was. 
opened upon that place from one hundred 
and eleven pieces of artillery. 
Gn the 27th the horn-work was taken ; 
on the 28th the town was fummoned; on 
the 29th the capitulation was figned ; and 
onthe 3oththe town and citadel were taken 
pofleflion of by the Imperial troops. Tt 
was flipulated that the garrifon fhould-be 
prifoners of war; that the privates fhould 
have the liberty of returning 'to France, 
upon the exprefs condition that they fhould 
not ferve againft the Emperor, or his 
allies, till they are exchanged againft an 
equal number of Auftrians. The exchange 
it was ftipulated fhould take place imme 
diately, and the officers are to be kept in 
Italy for three months as hoftages for the 
exact fulfillment of this ftipulation. ‘Fhe 
trenches had been opened againft this place 
only fourteen days ; the garrifon amounted 
to near 13,000 men;, the fick, including 
the non-combatants, were about soo. 
The Auftrians ftated their lofs at only 
200 men, 
The following are the cplineees re- 
lative to the furrender of Aleffandria. An 
approach was. made from the fecond pa-+ 
rallel on the night between the 1gth and 
2oth of July, and by this means thirty: 
paces were gained from the glacis towards. 
the covered way. When the batteries 
from this parallel were finifhed, the fire 
from them compelled the French to aban- 
don the covered way, and they retired 
within the works. On. the 21f a demi- 
fap. was puthed forward to within twenty 
paces of the angle of the baftion Amadeo-; 
during thefe approaches, the French an- 
fwered the fire of the befiegers. very brifkly.. 
At three o’clock on that day, General 
Gardanne, commander of the citadel], fent a 
letter to General Rellegarde, importing, for — 
the fake of humanity he was induced to. 
accept of terms worthy of Frenchmen. 
After fone time {pent in parley, the frire 
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