The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-04 00:00:00

Governor of the fortress of Corunna

• " Art. 1. The garrison of Corunna shall pass entire under
command of his Excellency the Conde de Carthagena, Captain-
General and Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish army in 03-
licia, under the same conditions argecd to in Lugo between

Generals Bourck and Alorillo.
" Art. 2. The Governor of Corunna will immediately send
two Spanish officers, accompanied by two French officers, to
the Conde de Carthagena, to make known the submission, and
to receive his orders.
" Art. 3. The Conde de Carthagena shall stipulate with
Lieutenant-General Count Bourck for the interests of the corps
and individuals who compose the garrison and population of

Corunna.
" Art. 4. Until the return of the above-mentioned officers,
and from the date of the present convention, hostilities shall
cease by land and by sea, between the army and the French
squadron, and between the French squadron and the garrison

of Contnna.
" Art. S. For the reciprocal guaranteekof the above stipule
dons, there shall be exchanged on each side two officers of the
rank of Captain, to be held as hostages.
46 This Convention, concluded between the
French and Spanish Commissioners empowered
for that purpose, is signed by them respectively,
in duplicate, subject to the ratification of the two
Generals-in-Chief. _
" Head-quarters, Menelos, Aug. 13.
(Signed)
" AUGUSTIN RODRIGUEZ Y 1~ Eft
" Intendant, ad interim, of the 4th Army, charged with
powers by Don Francisco Novella.
" BARON DE ALMIGAN,
"Camp-Marshal, charged with powers by Lieutenant-Ge-
neral Bourck.
" ANTONIO VAN-lIALEN,
" Chief of the Staff, charged with powers by the General,
in-Chief of this Army.
" THE COLONEL OF THE STAFF,
" Charged with powers by Lieut.-Geo. Count Bourck.
" I ratify this convention in Corunna, Aug. 13.
" FRANCISCO NOVELLA, General-in-Chief,
and Governor of this fortress.
" I ratify this convention is the early before Corunna,
August 13.
" J. BOURCK,. Lieutenant-General.
The following Capitulation was afterwards
concluded between General Bourck and the
Conde de Carthagena :-
4C The first article of the convention concluded
between Lieutenant-General Count Bourck and
General Novella places the garrison of Comma
under the orders of the Conde de Carthugena ;
and article three provides that the said Conde
shall stipulate for the interests of the garrison
and population of Corunna with Count Bourek."
" In pursuance whereof, the Conde do Cartha-
gena, having heard the Commissioners for the
garrison of Corunna, proposes to General Bourck
he following articles :

" 1. The city of Corunna and the garrison of that fortress re-
cognize the authority of the Regency of Spain and the Indies,
installed in Madrid during the absence of the King.
" 2. No householder or present inhabitant of Corunna shall
be molested or prosecuted for the opinions he may have held,
or the political conduct which he may have hitherto observed.
Persons and property shall be scrupulously respected.
" 3. Corunna shall be garrisoned by such French troops a►
Count' Bourck may think proper, and there shall also he in the
same fortress such troops as the Conde de Carthagena may
destine for it.
" 4. The National Militia, who do not belong to Corunna,
shall have passports for their homes, or other plaes convenient
for them, the necessary assistance being afforded them ; and in
no manner shall they be molested or prosecuted for the opinions
which they have manifested, nor for the political conduct which
they have observed either as individuals or as National Militia.
The National Militia of Corunna are included in Article 3,
anti in such part of the present Article as may be applicable to
them.

" h. The garrison of Corunna, which has been for a time
detatched from the army, will be again incorporated with it,
and shall be held in the same consideration as the rest of the
troops which compose it. The Generals, Chiefs, and Officers,
who may not wish to be incorporated in the army, shall be
furnished With passports, or shall remain prisoners of war, ac-
cording as they may think proper.
(Signed) " El Conde De CARTIIAGENA.
" Head-quarters, Vigo, Aug. 17.
" The Lieutenant-General commanding the
troops of his Majesty the King of France, before
the fortress of Corunna, accedes to.all the above
expressed conditions.
(Signed)
" Camp before Corunna, Aug. N."
In virtue of the above capitulation the Conde
de Carthagena tool: possession of the important
fortress of Corunna, at nine in the morning of
the 21st; and at ten o'clock on the same day it
was entered by the French troops.

" Count BOURCK.