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be quartered in that part of the city destined 
to that purpose, 
‘* The vast number of persons belonging 
to each army, who flocked to both banks of 
she river to view this scene, rendered it more 
interesting, as the spectators were brave men, 
whocame from the extremities of the world.” 
- Armistice between France and Russia, 
As his Majesty the Emperor of the French 
and his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, are 
agxious to put an end to the war which ‘has 
so long divided the two nations; and have in 
the mean time resolved to conclude an armis- 
tice ; their majesties have named and empow- 
ered the following plenipotentiaries, viz: on 
the one part the Prince of Neufchatel, umar- 
shal of the empire, major-general in the grand 
army; and, on the other part, Lieutenant 
_ General Prince Labanoff Von Rostro, knight 
of the order of St. Anne, grand cross; who 
have agreed upon the following prelimina- 
ries :— 
Art. 1 —An armistice shall take - place be- 
tween the French and: Russian armies, in or- 
der that, in the mean time, a peace may be 
negociated, concluded and signed, in order to 
put an end to that bloodshed which is so con- 
trary to humanity. 
Art. 2.—If either of the two contracting 
parties shall incline to break this armistice, 
which God forbid! the party so inclining shall 
be bound to sign’fy tris at the head quarters 
ofthe other army, and hostilities shall not 
again commence until one month after the 
above notification. 
Art. 5.—The French and Prussian armies 
shall conclude a separate armistice, and 
eflicers shall be appointed for that purpose. 
During the four or five days requisite for the 
conclusion of this armistice, tne French army 
shai] undertake no hostilities against the 
Prussians. 
Art 4,—-The limits of the French and Rus- 
sian armies, during the armistice, shall be from 
the Curisch Haff, the Thalweg of tne Nie- 
men, and up the.let bank of that. river to 
the mouth ofthe Arama at Stakbin, and pur- 
suing the course of that river to the mouth of 
the Bobra, following this rivulet through Ro- 
zano, Lipsk, Habin, Dolitawo, Gromadz, and 
Wyna; up to the mouth of the Bobra in the 
Narew, and from thence ascending the left 
bank of the Narew by. Ty!voczyni, Surasx, 
Narew, to the ‘rontiers of Prussia and Russia. 
On the Curizch Nehrung the limits shall be 
at Nidden. 
Art. 5.—-lis Majesty the Emperor of the 
French and his Wajesty the emperor of Russia, 
shall name plenipotentiaries within the short- 
est time possible, who are tobe provided with 
the necessary power for negociating, con- 
cluding, and signing a definitive peace be- 
tween these two great and powerful nations. 
rt. 6 —-Commiissarses shall be named on 
both sides, in order to proceed immediately to 
the exchange of prisoners, which exchange 
shall take place by rank for rank, and man for 
“man, 
art, 7.—The exchange of the ratifications 
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of the present armistice, shall take place wirke 
in forty eight hours, or sooner, if possible, at 
the head- quarters of the Russian army.—-Dape 
at Tilsit, this 21st of June, 1807. 
Peace has since been concluded and 
ratified between France and Russia and 
Prussia, 
TURKEY. 
The latter end of May was vroductive 
of important events to the Turkish ems= 
pire. In March and April, the spirit of 
insurrection had shewn itself among the 
Janizaries belonging to the garrison of 
the Dardanelles, and in the camp of the 
Grand Vizier. In the afternoon of the 
25th of May, the garrisons of the castles 
of the Dardanelles were in a state of tu- 
mult, on account of the European uni- 
form, the new tactics, &c. Hali Aga, 
the Commandant of Madschiaburna, on 
the Asiatic shore, was murdered. Inds- 
che Bey, Commandant of the entrance 
of the Black Sea, only escaped the same 
fate, by flight.. The Reis Effendi hap» 
pening to come to inspect that port just 
at the saine time, the mulitary immedi- 
ately rose upon him as one of the in- 
troducers of the Nizam Geded. He en- 
deavoured to save himself ina bark, by 
passing over to Bujyukdere, buta hundred 
pistol shots laid him and his attendants 
dead. It seems that the rage of the Ja= 
nizaries had been embittcred against 
him by the recollection of a promise he 
made, to raise their pay, upon condition 
they would adopt the new discipline, and 
which promise he never performed. 
Another Gircumstaace increased the 
spirit of opposition; tbe Sultan bad 
given notice that the ‘Janizaries were no 
longer to attend him as ysual to a 
mosques, but that this duty was to develve 
upon the troops disciplined after the 
Juropean manner. ‘Thousands of Jani- 
zaries were now marching to Constan- 
tinople, and arrived in the suburb of 
Pera on the evening of the 28th. They 
swore to each other to conduct the re- 
volution with the best order. Any per- 
son who should, in the least, injure either 
uropean or og ank, was to suffer death. 
One individual Janizary only met with 
his fate, for taking bread from a Greek 
(a baker) Wishout paying for it.. Behind 
the Janizaries’ barracks, on the well 
known place called the sores eciee the 
Janizaries aides their colours, and took 
with them ther camp kettles, an infalli- 
ble signal of insurrectton. For a time, 
the Sultan thought of defending himself, 
and troops, powder, and cannon, were. 
brought to the Seraglio. Soon after, the 
Mufti, the Seimen Baschi, the Kaimi- 
akan, ‘and the two Kazcaskers of Romelia 
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