The National Register. — London, England, 1808-09-19 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER 19. votion, all arrears of contributions, requisitions, or claims o hawser, of the French Government, against subjects of Portu ga l, or an other individnals residing in this country, found 41 .iitt he occupation of Portugal by the French troops in the month o f D o -ember 18th, w hich may not have been paid up, are can celled, and all sequestrations laid upon their property, move able or immoveable. are removed, and the free disposal of the same iv restored to the proper owners. • XVI. All subjects of France, or of Powers in friendship or alliance with France, domiciliated in Portugal, or accidentally in this country shall be protected. Their property of every kind, moveable and immoveable, shall be reverted, and they shall he at liberty either to accompany the French army, or to remain in Portugal. in either case their property is guaranteed to them, ss ith the liberty of retaining or of disposing of it, and pis,ing the produce of the sale thereof into France, or any other country where they may fix their residence, the space of one year being allowed them for that purpose. It fully understood that the shipping is excepted from this arrangement, suly, however, in so far as regards leaving the port, and that none •f the stipulations above-mentioned can be made the pretext of any commercial speculation. XV lI.—No native of Portugal shall be rendered accountable for his political conduct during the period of the occupation of tins country by the French army ; and all those who have con tinued in t he exercise of their employments, or who have ac ceett•d situaloos under the French Government, are placed under the protection of the British Commanders, they shall sns taio no injar • in their persons or property, it not having been at their o e tion to he obedient, or not to the French Government; they are also so liberty to avail themselves of the stipulations of the 'No article. XI t I I.— ► he Spanish troops detained on board ship is the Port of Ls•bon, shall be given up to the Commander in Chief of the liritt,,o Artny, who engages to obtain' of the Spaniards to rer•tore such French subjects, either military or civil, as may have been detained in Spain, without being taken in battle, or ron.equence of military operations, but on occasion of the ocrarrelices of the 4th of last Illay. and the days immediately tolion _ _ _ X i X..- -There shall he an immediate exchange established for r.ll r❑uks m Prisoneri made in Portugal, siuce the commence ment or the precnt X X.--iro,ta i , • es of the rank of Field Officers shall be mntually farni , hed mi the part of the British Army and Navy, and on that of th,. E t,ch Army for the reciprocal guarantee of the present tson ,. etition. The officer of the British Army shall be reitored oe the completion of the Articles which concern the Army ; .wd the Onkel. of the Nave on the disembarkation of the French troops in their own country. The like is to take place on the part of the French Army. XXI.--l% shall be allowed to the General in Chief of the Preach Army. to send an Officer to France with intelligence of the Pre,ctit Convention. A vessel will be furnished by the Admiral to convey him to Bourdeaux or Rochefort. Admiral will be invited to accommodate his Lvcelleory the Commander in Chief and the other principal Officers of the French Army, on board of ships of war. l)une and concluded at Lisbon, this 30th day of August, 1808. (Signed) GEORGE. M ()Wirier- MaSier•Gcneral. KELLKnICANN, General of Division. - The Dnke of Ahrantes, General in Chief of the French Army, have ratified, and do ratify the present Definitive Convention in 4LI its Articles, to he executed according to its form and tenor. Ileau-Quarters, Lisbon, Aug. 30. Dumf ., : or illift4STES. A DIA rlO NAL ARTICLES TO TILE CONVENTION Ol•' THE SO•II OF AUGUST, 1808. ART. I.—The individuals in the civil employment of the 4riny n - 1:13e prisoners, either by the British troops, or by the Portuguese in any part of Portugal, will be restored, as is cuAinary, withotst exchange. IL—The French Army shall be subsisted from it own maga zines up lt) dav; of embarkation ; the garrisons up to the clay of the evaru ti of the fortresses. The reinaiader of the magazines shall be delivered over in the tl-ual form to the British tiovernment, which clia-ges itself oh the subsistence of the men and horses of the army, from ttie above-mentioned periods till their arrival in France, under the condition of their being rftimbursed by the French Ciovern theta for tire excess of tlie ex 1, Te beyond the estimation to be niade by both parties, of the .slue of the magazines delivered up to the British army. Atm y.roviioas i board. the ships of war, in possession of the THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 603 French Army, will be taken on account by the British (iovern went, in like manner with the magazines in the fortresses. 111.—The General commanding the British troops will Jake the necessary measures for re-establishing the free circulation of the means of subsistence between the ro n ntry and the capital. Done and concluded at Lisbon, this 30th day of Aug. 1808. (Signed) Gz unua MI RR Ir, Quarier-Masler-General. 'O.:Mk:W.I4NX, General of Oloision. We, Duke of Abranies, General in Chief of the French Army. ha%e ratified and do ratify the Additional Articles of the Con vention, to he executed according to their form and tenor. (A true Copy.) THic Durtz or ilaiLisres. A. J. Dal, ympk, Capt. Military Sec. Admiralty Office, Sept. 16, 1808. Captain Halsted, First Captain to the Squadron, under the Command of Adm. Sir C. Cotton, Bart. Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships at d Vessels on the Coast of Portugal, ar rived yesterday at this Oilice with Dispatches from the Admiral to the lion. William Wellesley Pole, of which the followiug are Copies:— Sin, Hibernia, off the Tagus, Sept. 3, 1809. inclosed herewith, for the information of the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, is a Copy of a Conventions, entered into by Lieutenant-Colonel Murray and General Kellermann, for the evacuation of Portugal by the French army; such Con ventiou having been ratified by Lieutennnt-General Sir Dew Dalrymple, myself, and the French Commander in Chief. British troops, consisting of the 3d and 44d regiments, were on the t2d instant landed, to occupy the forts of Casenis, Si. An tonio, St. Julien, and the Bugio, and no time shall be lost to embark the French troops, agreeably to the said Convention. Captain Halsted, First Captain of this ship, and Captain of the Fleet, who is the bearer of dispatches to their Lordships respecting the Russian squadron in the Ta r ns, is in full possession of my con fi dence, and wia be able to exp lain to their Lordships the motives inducing me to ratify the Convention in questioo, as well as give any further information that may be thought neces sary. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) lion. W. lVellecley Pole, kc. !cc. iSrc. C. COTTON. 1 A copy of the Convention inclosed in the Letter from Sir Hew Dalrytnplc, Stn, Hibernia, off (lie Tagiss, Sepi..lBoB. Herewith L have the honour to enclose to you, for the infor mation Cononi,sinners of the Admiralty, a Copy of a Convention evt.'red. into by me, with Vice-Admiral Scum vin, command;ug fleet in the Tagus, by w hich it will appear to their that such fleet hay been surren dered to me, to be l.ed t v his Majeity as a deposit, until Air months after the c,-7!(.11 - .:-.:n a Peace between ltus,ia and England. _ _ _ . _ . - - I have charp:ed Captaiii ti,tl::ted, First Captain of the Hi bernia, and Captain of the Fleet, nith the delivery of this dispatch to their Lordships; lie ny.sseot by me lo negotiate the Convention nith Vice-Admiral tstniavio, rand n ill be able to explain every particular. To Captain Halsted I feel greatly indchted for his able advice ana ;I—istance upon all points of rervice ; his zeal and diligence have been exemplar), and entitle him to my highest conimenda tioa. Near-Admiral Tyler has becti directed to Ftiperiniond the first division of the Russian Fleet, hich Ipm pose ordering under his protection inltlit , :liatei Spitliemt t to him (since with me) I have been indebted for ever. assis , anee, and to the Captaim, Officers, and ('rews, of those ships, that nave beet* emplocit throughout a tediously rot, acted blodhade, thy whom every exertion has beet, made with a deoee of cheerful ness doing them infinite honour ), I feel extremelv grateful, mid deem it ni duty to Mier every possible testimony of my appro bation in their favour. 1 have the honour to be, ezc. (Signed) _ _ _ lion. W. Tr. Pole, &c. Sic C. Corroy. Articles of a Convention entered into between Vice Admiral Seniavin, Knight of tl n 0 , -der of St. Ale r•,wtrr, and other Ittp.ian Orders, and Admiral Sir ( •hai les Cotton, tlaronet, for the Surrender of the Rustlan Fleet, nov► anchored iu the River roots. Art. I.—The ships of war of the Emperor of Russia, now in the Tagus, as specified in the annexed list, ►hall be•delivered up to Admiral Sir Charles Conon, immediate) y, t. kb all their stores as they now are; to be sent to England, and there held ~, r ~ a rae l.