The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-01 00:00:00

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, FEW. 18.—The head-quarters of Pricce
JosEPH-are at Ferentino. On the Bth of February
his advaticed guard passed the Garigliano at Ciprano.
The Army is on the march for Naples; the, right is
commanded by Gen. REGNIER, the centre by Mar-
shal MassENA, and the left by Gp. LECCIII, Com-
mandant of the Italian Troops.
The Prince has addressed the following Proclama-
tion to the Soldiers and People of Naples :

JOSEPH NAPOLEON, French Prince, Grand Eledor of' the
Empire, Lieutenant to the Emperor, Commandant in
Chief of the Army of Naples, Governor of the Kingdom
of Naples and Sicily.
People of the Kingdom of Naples ! The Em-
peror of the French, and King of Italy, wishing
'to save you from,the calamities of War, had signe4
a Treaty or Neutrality with your Court. He be-
lieved he could assure you tranquillity in the
midst of that. vast flame by which Europe was
threatened by the third 'Coalition. But the Cant of
Naples was cordially engaged 'with our Enemies, and
opened its territories to the Russians and the Eng-
lish. The Emperor of the French, whose justice is
equal to his'power, wishes to make a grand exam-
ple, which is demanded by the honour of his crown,'
the interests of his people,
.and the necessity for
establishing in Europe the reSpeet due to public
faith.

" The Army I command marches to punish that
perfidy'; but you, people, 'you have pothing 'to fear ;
it is not against you these arms are' dire&ed. Thd
altars, the Ministers of your Worship, your laws, your
property, shall be respe6ted.- l'he French soldiers
will be your brothers. But if, contrary to these be.;
nevolent intentions of his Majesty, you take. up
arms, the Court that excites you will sacrifice you
to its fury. The French Army is such, that all the
force promised to your Prince, were they upon your,
territory, would be unable to defend you.
" People, be tranquil : this War shall be for you
the epoch of a solid Peace and permanent prosperity:
" At the Head-quarters at Ferentino, Feb. 9, 1806."

ARMY OF NAPLES.

" Head-quarters at Ferentino, Feb. 9, I?c6.
011. DER OF THE AAY.)
" Soldiers ! the. Emperor .of the French and King
of Italy, our august Sovereign and Brother, in
calling me to the honour of commanding you, has
given me the most valuable pledge of his esteem.
We, will combat the English and Russians, if
they present themselves ;we shall punish the Court ,
that has brought" them forward, , in -contempt of the
most sacred stipulations; but we -will respea tho.
people.
. _

" You are enjoined to pay all that respe& which
is due to the rank and condition of the Ministers .of
Altars, and peaceable'Citizens. We will take them
under our special protetion.
" If the Troops of the Coalition withdraw ; if the
Neapolitans shew themselves , indifferent in the
cause of a Court which, for ten years past, has pot
ceased to betray their dearest interests, nothing will
remain to us but the glory of an exa& discipline.
" The Lieutenant of the Empire, Commandant
in Chief of the Army of Naples,
(Signed) " JOSEPH NAPOLEON."
Letters from Rome say, Prince JOSEPH'S Head-
quarters have been transferred from Albano to
Anagui, upuu the extremity of the Ecclesiastical
Frontier. The Army, it was thought, would move
forward on the 3oth of January. It is added, that
the Queen of NAPLES complained bitterly of be.
ing betrayed and abandoned by the English and
the Russians, and that those dangerous Mies,
while re-embarking, had committed every kind of
devastation ; that the levy en masse, ordered to
oppose the entry of the French, had met with
unsurmountable obstacles in dr nature of things,
and from the spirit of the peOple ; in fine, that
the Court, withoutaew notplan, whatv.•ith resolutionoutsuurto,
and without hope, knew
pursue, though the Queen and her Son appeared
deterthined not to quit Naples, but in t e last ex,-
tremity. Two Frigates were waiting for them in
the Gulph of Baia, and were in readiness to sail
At the first signal. The King has taken with hir4
the Chevalier SERRA:II, Minister of the Marine, tht#
Cornthandani Rossi, and the Prince of TriAgta, with.
a small Corps of choice Troops.
GE A, FEB. B.—The Head-quarters of the French
Army of Naples continued at Albano on the Ist lust,
According to intelligence received from Naples, tho.
Hereditary Prince was making preparations to set gut
for the Frontiers, in the hope of obtaining an inter,
view with Prince JOSEPH : but he will not succeed.

The Order of the Day issued at Albano, on the
27th ult. prohibits Officers of all ranks from quite
ting their several Corps to go to Rome, without
written permission from the Chief of the Staff. Al.,
the Officers in that City were 'ordered to quit it in
twenty-four hours and join their Regiments;
General JUNOT, Commandant of the States of
Parma and Piacenza, bv, a Decree of the 27th ult.
has ordered that all the'Distriets which tools. part is
the late Insureeaion should be disarmed.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUY..

SIR,

I request you will have the goodness contrada
an account which appeared in your Paper of Tuesday
last, stating that I had died of a wound received on
board the Chesterfield Packet : that I was severely
Wounded is correct, and I have furthermore to add, that
having had the advice of that eminent Surgeon, Mr,
ASHLEY COOPER, he considers any attempt to
extra& the ball from my body as highly improper ;
yet God 'has preserved me for further services,
which will be cheerfully giVeu whenever circuni
,
stances shall demand,

Respe&ing Capt. BLIGHT, I beg leave to say that
he behaved in the most brave and meritorious man.:
per, using every effort to save the Ship, and at the
close of the contest, which lasted seven boiirs,
ceived a severe wound from a langrige shot, in, the
thick part Of, the thigh, which, by contracting the
sinews, has made him a cripple for life.
Three of his fearless Crew are also badly wound-
ed, all of whom, I believe, have large families ;
hope and trust that the Gentlemen at LLOYD'S,
with that liberality that has ever distinguished their
proceedings, will not suffer such brave and valuable
fellows to pass unnoticed.

am, Sir,
Your most 9bedienl and humble Servant,
ftfl74q7 38i 129 l TII01)1AE JACruSON'k

THE ' •
LOAD 011- G,.1 7EI TE EXTRAOADLiVARY.

FRIDAY, FEB. 28.

Downing-street; February 28.

Dispatches, .of Which the following are a Copy
and Extraet,.addresed to Lord Viscount Castlereagh,
were received yesterday evening, at she Office of
the Right Honourable William Windham, one of
His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, from
Major-General Sir David Baird
MY LORD; Cape Town, Jan. 12, 1806.

I have the honour to announce to your Lordship,
the Capitulation of the Town and GarrisOn of the
Cape of Good Hope to His Maje Sty's arms.,
In- my Dispatches of the 24th of November last,
from St. Salvadoi., I had the honour to apprize your
Lordship of the Measures, adopted to refresh the
force under, my command and having, with mdch
difficulty, procured abontsixty or seventy horses for
the cavalry, and the
.sick being recruited, the Ex-
pedition sailed on the 26th of that month ; and we
had the good fortune to 'reach Table Bay on the 4th
instant.,

It had been intended to disembark the army im-
mediately, and, with a view of coveting our design;
before entering the Bay; the 24th regiment, coin-''
manded by tha Hon. Lieutenant Colonel WDonald,
was detaChed,‘Under the charge of the Leda frigate,
to make a demOnstratiOn of landing iriCampo Bay;
but the wind having failed, ' the et:did not airtve
at itsranclio-racre until, the day was too far advanced
to attempt a landing.
On the Morning of the sth, the first brigade, un-
(ler the orders-of Brigadier-General Beresford, was
embarked in bOats;, and ptoceeded towards the only
accessNe pail of the shOre, in a small bay, sixteen
miles to the'northward of Cape4lown, where it ap-
peared pra&icable to died. a disembarkation ; but
the surf had increased so considerably, that, com-
bined with the local difficulties of 'the spot, it was
Ibtind necessary to abandon the attempt.
The rest of the day was devoted . to a careful exa-
thinatitin 'of the whole shore, from Lospard's Bay
to within gun-shot of the Batteries at Cape-Town,
but which .prodOced only the distressing conclusion,
that the Chance of effe6ting a landing depended upon
'contingencies very-unlikely to be realiZed but in a
perfecalm.
In consequence of this inference, in order to ob-
viate tile disadvantages of delay, in the adoption of
a resolution which I. apprehended would at last be-
;necessarily imposed ''on me, I direEted Brigadier-
General Beresford to ptoceed with the 38th Regi-
Ment and the Roth 'Lig-lit-Dragoons, escorted .by
1-lis Majesty's Ship Diomede, to • Salclanha Bay,
wiiere the disembarkation could be accomplished-
with facility, and a prospeta was afforded us ofpro-
curing horses and.cattle ; and I purposed following
wits the main body of the Army, in the event of the
beath, being ita.pradicable the ensuing morning.
Tire surf, along the share of Lospard's Bay having
i..^.oi**ably abated the ensuing morning, I deter-
tniced with the concurrence of Commodore Sir
Popham, to make an effort to get the Troops
on 'slthre, and. accordingly the Highland Brigade,
composed of 'the 7 Ist, 72d, and gad Regiments,
effected that,,Objeo4 under the command of Briga-
ftiza'Son. .

•n • •,
• The shore hau 'bee preliatisly very Glosely in-
tpe6ted-by the Brigadier, and by his spirited exer-
tions.and example, our efforts were crowned with
:success ; although a confined and intricate channel
to the shore, which had been. accurately pointed out
by beacons laid down by the diligence and
,aaivity of
the Boats of His Majesty's Ship Diadem, and a tre.
inenclous surf, opposed the passage of the Troops.
The Enemy had scattered a party of Sharp-shoOt-
ets over the contiguons heights, and commanded the
landing; but the casualties of this service arose prin.
cipally- from natural difficulties ; and it is with the
deepest concern -I have the honour to inform your
Lordship, that we lost thirty-five rank and file of
the 93d Regiment, by 'theoversetting of one of the
boats, notwithstanding every possible effort to xes,
cue those unfortunate men.

.•
The remainder of the Troops could only be brought
on shore on the succeeding day, when the extraordi-
.nary obstacles to all intercourse with the Fleet, which
nothing but the courage and perseverance of British
Seamen could surmount; barely enabled us to obtain
the indispensible supplies of water and provisions for
immediate subsistence.

On the-morning of the Bth, flit; Army, consisting
of the 24th, 59th, 71st, 72d, 83d, and 93d Regi-
rnents, about 400 d was formed into two bri-
gades,-with two howitzers and six light field pieces,
and moved off towards the road which leads to Cape-
Town and having ascended the summit of the
Blaw-Berg, or Blue Mountains, and dislodged the
Enemy's °Light Troops; I discovered their main
body, drawn up in two lines, prepared to receive us, •
and even in Motion to anticipate our approach.
TheEnemytwforce, apparently,-consisted of about
five thousand men, the greater proportion of which
was Cavalry, and twenty-three pieces of cannon,
yoked to horses,-the‘ disposition of which; and the
nature of the ground occupied by the Enemy's
Troops, made it evident that they intended to refuse
.their right wing, and with their left attempt to turn
our right flatik; but, to frnstrate . their design, I
formed the Army into two columns, the second Bri-
gade under Brigadier-General Ferguson, keeping
the road, whilst the first struck to the right, and took
the defileof the mountains. Having accomplished
it-fly purpose, our line was formed with equal cele-
rity and order; and the left wing, composed of the
liighland Brigade, was thrown forward, and ad-
vanced with /the steadiest step, under a, very heavy.
fire of round shot, grape, and musketry. Nothing
,could 'surpass or resist the determined bravery of
the Troops, headed by their gallant Leader, Briga-
dier-General Ferguson, and the number of the Ene—
my,, who svt armed the plain, served only to augment
their' ardour, and confirm their discipline. The
Enemy received our fire„find maintained his posi-
tion obstinately, but in :he moment of charging, the
valour of British Troops bore down all opposition,
and forced him to a precipitate retreat.-
The First Brigade,- composed of the 24th, -59th,
and 83d Regiments, and commanded, in the absence
of Brigadier-General .Beresiord, by Lieut.-Colonel
'Baird, was unavoidably precluded, by their tituation,
from any considerable participation in the triumph
of the,British arms; though The flank companies of
24t4 had however ai opportunity Qf distiAgui4l-,

ing themselves in dislodging .a number 'of-hor`se•and
riflemen from the heights on our rig lt• f atik. This
brilliaufachievement, however, was. clouded:by tlit
lOSs‘ of 6ipt:-FOrster,- of t 1.% GrenAdi.ers,„ iflioe'k-al-
lantry is best recOrded in the boOnis of liii'broth'err
Soldiers, and the universal regret:of the Army.
It is utterly impossible to convey to your bird-
Ship an adequate idea of the obstacles which opposed
the advance, and retarded the success of our Army;
but it is my duty to inform your Lordship, that the
nature of the country--a deep, heavy, and arid
, 'land, • Covered with Shrub's, scarcely 'pervious to
light bodies of Infanfry; and, above all, the total
privation of water, under. the eifeets' of a burning
sun, had 'nearly exhausted our gallant fellows in the
Moment. of victory, and '.with the utmost difficulty
were we able to reach the Reit Valley, where we
took our position for the night. A considerable nor
-
lion of the provisions and necessaries with which we
started had been lest during theaCtion, 'and xte oc-
cuPied our ground under an apprehension that even
the great exertions of Sir Home Popham and the
Navy could not relieve us from starvation.
My. Lord, on every occasion where it has been
found ,necessary to call for the co-operation of British-
seamen in land enterprizes, their valour has been so
conspicuous, and their spirit of labour and perse7
r verance so unconquerable, that no tribute of my ap-
plause can add a lustre to their charaCter; but I dis-
charge a most Agreeable portion of my duty, in "as=
suring your Lardship, that on the recent employment
of their services, they have maintained their reputa-
t ion and in
.this place it behhoves, me to itiform•yoliy
Lordship, that the uniform good condu& .of those
gallant fellows, 'and the zeal of Captain Geo. Eying
who commanded them, together with ,that of every
subordinate Officer, have merited my fullest appro-
bation.

The loss of the Enemy, in this engawment, is re-
ported to exceed seven himdred then in killed and
wounded; and it is with the most sensible gratified-
tion. that I contrast it with the inclosed return of
our casualties. :Your Lordship perceive the
name of Lieutenant-Colohel Grant among the
wounded, but the heroic spirit of this Officer' was
not subdued by his misfortune,' and he continued!to
lead his men to glory, as long as an Enemy was op.;
posed to His Majesty's 72d Regitnent. I have the
Cordial satisfataion to add, that, his Wound, though
very severe, is not pronounced dangerous and I
Indulge the hope and expe6tation of his early re-
covery and resumption of command.
.On the naoPning of the 6tii, recruited by such
supplies as the unwearied diligence and' effbrts
of the Navy.could throw on shore, the 59th Regi-
ment, however, being almost completely destitute
of food, we prosecuted our march to Cape Town,
and took up a position south
.9f Salt River, which we
trusted might preServe a free communication with
the Squadron ; for 'our battering train, as well as
every other necessary, except water, ,was -to pass to,
us from his Majesty's Ships. • In' this situation, a
flag of truce was sent to me by the Commandant
of the Garrison of Cape-ToWn (the
,Governor
General Jansen having retired .after the Adion of
the Bth, into the country, moving by HottentotS
Holland Kloof), requesting a suspension of hostili-
tie% for forty-eight hours, n order to negotiate a.
Capitulation.' In answer -to this overture, I dis-
patched Brigadier',General Ferguson, -accompanied
.h.v-Lientenant-Colief44-itriggr-4•S-,stiirahnti-as-
tije condition' of my acquiescence, the surrender of
the 'outworks of the town within six hours, allowing
thirty-six hours. for arranging the Articles of Capitu-

Myproposition being assented to, the 59th Regi-
ment marched into Fort' Knokke ; , and the next
day, in conjunelion with Sir Home Popham, the
'Terms- were agreed upon, and His Majesty's Forces
were put in possession of the several defences of
the town. Of the modified Capitulation, as ratified
by us, I have the honour to inclose a copy.
The cordial, able, and zealous co-operation of Com-
modore Sir Home Popham, emulated by all the Offi-
cers under his command, merits my warmest ac-
knowledgments and commendation ; and I have
the satisfa6tion to add, that no united service was
ever performed with more true harmony than • has.
uniformly been manifested by both branches of His
Majesty's Forces. Such of, His Majesty's Ships as
could be spared from the service of Lospard's Bay
constantly coasted the Enemy's shore, throwing
shot among his troops and people, and contributing
to keep -them ignorant of the i actual place of our
disembarkation ; and a very spirited effort-was made
by the Marines of the Fleet,' and a party of Seamen
from the Diadem, under the CommodOre's imme-
diate command, to occupy a position in Reit Valley,
and co-operate with the Army. ,
The Marines and the Honourable COmpany's Re-
cruits, as well as their Cadets, headed by Lieutenant-
Colonel Willett, of the Bengal Establishment, have
been usefully employed in. different branches of the
.service but I have to regret the depriVation of the ser-
vices or the 20th Dragoons and 3ttth Regi ment,undet?
a convi&ion that they could not have failed to dis-
charge their duty in the Sarno exemplary 'manner
as the rest of His Majesty's Troops engaged in the
Mtion:

Public as well as personal considerations induce Me
to lament the absence of Brigadier-General Beres-
ford, -from whose talents and experience I shoeild
have derived the most essential assistance in our dis-
puted and difficult 'progress from Lospard's Bay.

The.duties of the Quarter-Master-General's de-
partment was very ably and judiciously discharged' by
Lieutenant-Colonel Brownrigg ' and although :the
Army had the greatest cause to lament the absence,
from severe illness, of Major lAicket Deputy Ad-
jutant-General, yet the zeal and a&ivity manifested
by Major Trotter, of the 83d Regiment, and the
'Assistant Adjutant-General Capt. Munro,
,happily
precluded all: deficiency in that department. The
'absence of Capt. Smyth, of the Royal Engitaeers;•
with the Saldanha Detachment, was also a matter
of great regret to me, for,his knowledge of the CoUn-
try would h relieved me from much embarrass-
ment.

to the several Officers commanding Corps I am
under considerable obligations for their gallant,
spirited, zealous, and judicious conthia and example,
iti leading' their men up to the Enemy. British
Troops, headed by such men, must ever, under Pro-
vidence, commend success ; and every man in this
Army 'has, .I trust it will be considered,.preserved the
chara6ter of the British Soldier, and faithfully dis-
charged hii duty to his King and Country.
This dispatch will be delivered to your Lordship by

(Lic:ut.,-Wonel Baird, and) to whom Ibe lev,e to
..•
• ,
refer for anv *1064%U information your Diniship
may wish to otiL.Cul T-C:speaiDg our proceibi..ings; and
I beg leave to recornmend this; zealouS and
... , . •
meri-
torious Officer to ythir Lonisbip. s protection. s
'I take' he liberty of mentioning to your Lordship,
. that tiOt havipa been joined by thsl NarciSsus Frigate
i, prior to our di..a.mbai katioa and subsequent opera-
tiOns in the field, I was unfortunately deprived' of
~ ~ . ~the SerVite's of Captain Soren, A.ssi±tant' Adjutant-
General, - whO,was,clrcred withfromiay diSpatches fro
• ..
1 Madeira -to Goveltor Patton, and with the exeeu
tied of my wishes to procure intelligence relative to
•
the strength and condition of this Colony ; i'.nd from
.
whose extensive local knowlelge and professional-
talents Lexpe6ted to derive great 'assistance.
Herewith ,I have the honour to inclose for your
Lordship's information, a Return of the Ordnance
found .in the Citadel and other Defences of this Set-
tlement, .
tlement, but it is perhaps inaccurate, /or the reason
assigned by the Commanding Officer of Artillery.
I have the honour to be, &c.
D. BAIRD, Major-General, Commanding in Chief.
To Viscount Castlereagh,.&c. &c. &c. ,
Return of the Killed, Wounded, and Mis Sing of the Forces
under the Command of Major-General Sir David Baird, in
landing at Lospard's Bay; on the 6th of Jan. 1806. •
:Fir:a Brigade.—None. ' -
second, or Highland Brigade.
71st Reg.--1 Rank and tile tidied; 1 Field Officer, 3 rank
ant ti le, 'wounded . .
N. B. I Drummer and 35 rank and file, of the 93(1 Regi-
ment, drewned in landing.
Officers Wounded.
—llfet.qtalarajdi- Weir, Biig,a(te Major, slightly. • - - •
Lieuteliant- Colonel Pack; of the 71st Regiment, slightly.
W. -H. TROTTER, Major 83d Reg.
• ' Ading Deputy Adj. Gene
Return of the Killed, Wounded, and Missing of the Forces
under the Command of Major-General Sir David Baird, in
the Adion of the Etli of January, 18.e6, at Blaw-Berg.
First Brigade. , •
24th Reg. t Captain, 3 rank and file, killed ; 1 drummer,
. 15 rank'and file, \voundeo ; 2 rank and file missing.,
• a9th Reg.-1 Rank and tile, Killed; a Captain, S. rank and
file wounded ; i. rank and file, missing. ,
83d Reg.--2 Serjeants, 2 rank and tile, wounded; 3 rank
and filehfissing. / . -
Second; or Highland Brigade.
71st Reg.-5 Rank and tile killed; 1 Field Officer, 2 Ser-
jcan:s, 64 rank and file wounded - a rank and file missing. '
, -12 ii Reg.--2. Rank and file killed ; 1 Field Officer, a Su- .
baitern, f Serjeanta, i drummer, 33 rank and file,' wounded ;
: rank and tile missing. • . . .
gad Reg.--z Rank and file killed; 1 Field Officdr, 4 Su-
balterns, i Serjcant, 1 Drummer, 51 rank and filer wounded.
Marine Battalion—t Rank and tile killed: ..e.•• -
fotal--1 Captain, 14 rank and file, killed; -3 Field Off-I-. ‘
cers, .1 Captain, 5 Subalterns 7 Serjeants, 3 Druminere., 17e
rank and ti le,'wounded ; 8 rank and file missing. '
: ‘• . -
. Officers Killed: - • • .
' 24th Reg.--Captain Andrew Faister. • • .
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.
Officers Wounded.
, .
59th Reg.—Alexander M'PherSon, badly. '
71st Reg. -Brevet. Lieutenant Colonel Campbell.
72d Rege—Lieut.-Col. Grant, Lieut. Chisholm. '
'93d Reg.--Brevet Lieut.-Col. Hoirsyman. - • • ,
715th Reg.—Lieutenants Scobie aint'Strachan, attached to
. _._.
the 93d Regiment. .- ~ •
86th Reg.—F.nsigns Heddrick anal Craigh... •
w. H. TROTT.E It, Major 83d Reg,
. I ' Aaing Deputy Adj. Geri.
,
ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION
Proposed by Lieut.-Col. ' Hyeronimus Casirnirus Von Fro-
, phaloW, Commandant of the Tpwn. Castle, and circuity.
jaient Fort,fieitions of the Cape of Good Hope, te the
Alajora General •in •the Service of His Britannic Ma- "
- jest', Sir David Baird, K. G. Commander in Chief of
° His Majesty's Forces,. and Commodore Sir H. Popham,
Commander in Chief of His Britannic Majesty's Naval
Forces in Table Bay.
Aft. I :- TiT:: Capitulation being signed; Hie Cape' TOW!),
Castle, and excurniacent Fortifications shall be immediately
stirreteleredto the Troops of His Britannic Majesty, viz.• the
Fortifications of the King's Block-house,,Craig's 'lower, and,
e all the Batteries wi thin that circuit, and one-on the other
.. _ . .
side of the damp's Bay:
Art. 11. '['he Garrison shall, at the surrender, march out
with all the Honours of War, and shall then lay. down their
' arms, 'and become Prisoners of War; but such Officers as
arc natives of the Colony, or married with natives, or in pos-
session of sufficient landed property to become regularly and
bona tide doinicililited, sholl he at liberty to continue here
so long es they behave, theniselveS as becometh good Subjects
and Citizens, or procled to'Great 13ritain with regular pass-
ports, and ha'ving previously passed their parole not to- serve
until regularly exchanged. .
. .
A rt. tit.. Mt Officers who, according to the previous Ar-
ticle, must go ;o Europe, shall he provided with passages at -
the expellee- of His Britannic Majesty..and
,have leave to
realize their property previous to thei' departure, and receive
the same pa v as,tbey did in their own service till the day of
their embarkatiOn.
Art. IV.- The French subjects who, belonging to the
Stranded Frigate L'Atalante, another stranded Privateer Le
Napoleon, were casually here, and are comprehended in the
present Capitulation, shall be treated on the same' footing as
the Garrison ; but the)," must all.be embarked for Europe, as
well as every other French subjed in the Colbny. .
= Art. V: Th.; inhabitants of the town. Who have' borne
ants, to be considered as belonging to the town, and may
immediately return to their former occupations ; but the dis-
tiAdion between the burghers and other inhabitants is to re-
main the• Same, and subject to the same restrictions as under
' the Dutch Laws.
Art. VI. All bona fide private property, whether belong-
(
i int to the Civil and Military servants of th 6 Government, to
I the burghers and inhabitants, to Churches, orphans, and other
i public institutions of that kind, shall remain free and un-
touched. • ,
I' Art. VII. Public property of every description, phether
consisting of treasure, or Naval or Military stores, buildings,
estates, or metchandtze belonging to the Batavian Republic, •
or the GoCernment of France,. shall be faithfully delivered.
up, and proper inventories given of them as soon as pos-
sible. •
Art. VIII.. The 13targhers and Inhabitants shall preserve
all their rights and privileges which they have hitherto en-
joy"ed. Public Worship, as at preeent in use, shall also b'e
maintained without alteration. '
Art: IX: The Paper Money aElually in circulation shill
continue current as heretofore, until the pleasure (Allis Bri-
tannic Majesty is knoWn.
Art, X. The Lands and'Houses, the property of the Pata-
vian Republic, which must be delivered up, shall rOilain as
a security for that Part of the Paper Money which is not al-
ready secured by mortgages upore the estates of individuals,
by its having been lent to them. This is, howeyere to be ~
without prejudice to the free use to be made of the said
lands and bowies for public purposes.
Art. Xl. Prisoners of War comprehended in the present
Capitulation shall not be pressed into His Britannic, Majee.-
I ty's Service, or engaged against their own free will and con-.
y sent. With reaped to other -Persons, they are provided tor
I- inlArticle V. of this Capitulation.
Art. X I I. The Inhabitants of Cape Town shall be. exempt
from having Troops ewartered art them. .
Art. Xlll. I'vvo Ships having been sunk in Table Bay, to
I the•g-eat detriment of the Roadstead, either after the Bataviao '
I Republic had sent Out a Flag of Ttuce,or whilst it was in curt-
templation so to do, they are to be raised again, and delivered
over in an entire state of repair ; this having
,been done with-
out the sanction-Of the Commandant, ahe raisingbf the Ships
shallte incumbent on those who sunk them.
, Art. XI V., This Capitulation shall be signed at four
o'clock this afternoon, when the Castle of the Cape rowan'
1 and all the adjacent Forts previously mentioned, skull be
surrendered to His Britannic Majesty's 1 roepi.
Given umicrourliands and seals, this loth day of January,
( in the year of our Lord illeb, 'at PapendOrp, near Fort
Knokke'. , , • ,
(Signed)" H,' C. PROPIIA LOW.
D. BA I RD, Major-Gen. Corn- •
. ,
• 'standing in Chief.
. . H. POPHAM. •
= •Executed in tile presence of J. S. 'fruiter, I. Palmer.
Genital Return of Ordnance on' the several Batteries of Cape
i 'town, Cape olf Good Hope, and its Dependencies) lan, 12,
18'46, viz. 'I.
:Bless Guns. —2 twenty-four pounders,' z 2 eighteen-pound-
ers, ii twelve-pounders, 4 eight-pounders, 19 six-potonlita,
l 48 foa'r-pounders, 24 one-pounders. -

•chop p uns.-77 3; thtrty-six pounder, -51 fixenty- ourpouxu-
lers, 67 eighten-pounders,”Twelve-pou.ndeis,
ty eighf7pounder, js six-pounders, i 6 four-pounders;l
•
one-pounders.

, •
bras; MortarS.--.7 thirteen inch, 8 twelve
.CohoruMoitars.-2 three and half inch.
Brass Howitzers..-5 twenty-four-pounders; eight 'nth,
I six inch.
Iron 'CarrodideS. 54 thirty-two-pc!tinders, 2 iwelvel
pounders. , •
,Brass S one- pounderS. •
. Iron Swivels.-8 one-sound arida half.—rci one-pounderi.
Total.---15,3bias an 343 iron •piece•s pf
• W. SPICER;
Major commanding Royal Artilleiy.
%V. 1-1. TROTTER; '
• ' • Majdr, Adlidg Deputy Adj. Gen.
11. B: There not being sufflcient,time to send .in a return
of the whole of the-Ordnance, AmmtAniti9n, and Stores, a
correl return, will be sent as soon as possible...

Extract of a. Dispatch, from MajOr-6ch,;rai 'Sir DA v
BAIRD to Lord Viscount C AST riR LAG 4, dated Cape.•
• Town, lan. I-3,- 1806.
General Jansens has retired to Hottentots Hol-
land Kloof, and advices, this instant received -state
him to have sent his forces over the Kll9of, estimat-
ing them at 1 200 men, and 2'B • pieces .of artillery
and 206 waggons. He has discharged . the farmers
from the service, and dismissed 50 waggons, which-
are said to be coming towards the town? arid conse-
quentlg.will be soon in my possession.
This acdount of his force is probably eSaggerated,
And particularly with regard to his artillery.
The General himself is still on this side.the Kloof,
but his intentions seem matter of conjecture, and
probably he
,meditates a movement towards Zwart
Kopts River, . .
' His resoUrces-with-respea to subsistence are of
a kind not very susceptible df interruption, from the'
disposition-9f the farmers, or the means I cars im-
mediately oppose to him, unless helhould experience
a deficiency, of ammunition by our possession of
some- of-his depots. The farmers are by no means
likely to assist him heartily for any leligth of time, •
for thedevastatioty of their property must be the
inevitable consequence of,a prosecution of•the con-•
test in the interior.

To augment, or even preserve his aelual, :and,
trust, but temporary superiority in that particular,
it will be nece§sary for General Jansens to inove; in
a northerly diredion, into the distria of StellenboSch :
but as the measure is of a 'most desperate tendency,
and requires that his heart should be steeled tothose
sensations which are said to govern iits aetions, I
indulge a Sanguine expectation that consequences so
dreadful may be averted:
With,this view, and from the posture of our re.
lathe affhirs, I have deemed it both honourable and make
an for His MajestY's Government to
an overture to. ,General Jansens, -a copy of whi-Cli is
inclosed, deprecating the destructive result. of his
'farther opposition to His Majesty's Arms, and treat-
ing him with the generosity and distithion due to'
his charmer.

. .
But in order to give weight to the anxious desire
I entertain of inviting General Jansens to a paCifica-
Lion, I have, at an early hour this day, detachedßri-
gadier-General Beresiord, with the syth and 724
Regiments, two howitzers, and four 6-pounders, to
possess himself of 'the village of Stellenbosch, and
thence to -forward my Letter to the General, accom-
panied by such additional arguments as the Briga-,
dier may consider expedient to subMit to him, and
with full powers to conclude whatever treaty exist--
ing circumstances may

- Cape Town, Jan. ir, 18°6.
SIR—You have discharged your duty to your
Country as became a brave man at the head of a
gallant, though feeble, army. I know how to re-
sped the high qualities of such a man ; and do not
doubt that that humanity which ever chars terizes
an intrepid soldier, will now operate in your breast;
to check the fatal consequences of a fruitless Con-
test.

The Naval and Military Forces of His'Britannie
Majesty, which have possessed 'themselves of the
seat of your recent Government, are of a magnitude
to leave no question respe&iug the issue of further
hostilities ; and therefore a temporary and disastrOus
resistance is all you can possibly oppose to superior
numbers.

Under these circumstances, , nothing can result
but the• deVastation of the country you casually oc-
cupy;. and such a consequence can never be contem-
plated without anguish by a generous mind, or be
gratifying to the man wto feels for the prosperity
and tranquillity, of .the Colciiiy lately subje& to his
Administration. but if, unhappily. your resolution
is. formed to oppose an enemy of such superioz,force,
by protra&ing a contest which must entail misery-
and ruin on the industrious and peaceably disposed
settlers of this Colony, I shall be exonerated from
the reproach of my own cow ,:nenee by this frank
overture ; and, you must , justify to yourself, and to
your Countrymen, the further effusion of blood, and,
,the desolation of the Country.
You are necessarily so well acquainted with the•
extent of the calamities in which the interior of the,
Country may• be involved,' that - I shall not. enlarge
upon your power of causing mischief to be'done
all its inhabitand ; but I persuade myself that con-
siderations of a more laudable nature will influence
your ,decision on cthis occasion, and that. you will
manifest an immediate disposition
.to promote gene
.
ral tranquillity; •
I have, the honour to subscribe, with sentiments
of thehighest respd& and consideration, 'Sir,. yOufs,
B.lc. &c. &c. • (Signed) D.-BAIRD,
Maj. Gen. Commanding in Chief.
To Lietitenant-General Jansens, &c. &c. &c.

Admiralty-Office, Fel'. 27, 1806.

Copy of a Letter received this day; by CaP. Down-
man,.
,from Sir Home Popham, Knt. Captain of ,
His Majesty's Ship Diadem, to William ilfarsd'en,
Esq. dated p.n bOard the said Ship,. in Table-Bay,
the 13th Tanaary, .10;6.
Sin—When'l address you, for the information of
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, on an
occasion of such Public interest and importance as,
the capture of the Cape of Good Hope, which is now
in possession of His Majesty's Troops under that
renowned General Sir David Baird, I consider it
unnecessary to trouble their Lordships with a de-f
tailed 'atcount of the proceedings of the Fleet froth •
St.- Salvador, which, however, will be conveyed in ,
another Dispatch.
.0n the 3d inst. We made Tt.hle Land ; and orb
the 4th, in the evening, we reached our preconcert-
ed anchorage .to the westward of Itobben Island,
though too late to do any thing but lake a superfi-
cial vie of - Blue Berg Bay, ;here it was proposed
to land the mill body of the Army, making; how-
,