The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-04 00:00:00

TILE SICILIAN MILITARY

CONVENTION.

The Moniteur of yesterday states that a military
convention was signed on the 28th July. The
following is the translation :

July 28, 1860.
Tommaso de Clary, field marshal, and superior in corn
mend of the troops in Messina, and Major-General Gis-
como Medici, animated by sentiments of humanity, and
wishing to avoid the effusion of blood which would have
been caused by the occupation of Messina on one side, and
by the defence of that city and its posts on the other,
in virtue of powers confided to them by their respective
chiefs; have concluded the following convention
Art. I. Tho royal troops will abandon the city of Mes-
sina without being in any way molested, and the city will
be occupied by Sicilian troops, who will not be in any way
interfered with by the royal troops.
Art. 2. The royal troops will evacuate the Gonsaga and
Castellucio forts within two days from the date of the sign-
ing of the present convention. Each of the contracting
parties will nominate two officers and a commissary to take
an inventory of the ordnance of all kinds, the ammunitions
of war, and the provisions ; in a word, everything con •
tained in the said forts at the time of their evacuation. The
Sicilian Government is charged with the duty of transport-
ing the stores of every kind mentioned in the inventory, as
soon as the soldiers shall have effected the evacuation, and
to deposit them as quickly as possible on the neutralised
ground hereafter specified.
Art. 3. The embarkation of the royal troops will ,be
effected without their being molested by the Sicilians.
Art. 4. The royal troops will remain in possession of the
Don. Blasco, Santerna, and San Salvadore forts, on the
condition, however, of under no possible circumstances
damaging the city unless those said forts should be first
attacked, or the attacking works be constructed in the city
itself. These conditions agreed to and maintained, the
citadel will abstain from firing upon the city, until the ces
sation of hostilities.
Art. 5. A strip of ground parallel to the military zone will
be neutralised, and it is understood that this zone itself
should be extended to twenty metres beyond the limits of
that which actually encircles the citadel.
Art. 6. Maritime commerce remains completely free on
both sides, both flags will in consequence be reciprocally
respected.
In the last place, the signataries of the present conven-
tion will be free to enter into arrangements as to the civil
wants and necessaries of life required by the royal troops
at Messina.
Done, read, and concluded at the date above-mentioned,
at the house of Signor Francesco Fiorentino, banker, at the
Four Fountains.

TOMMASO DE CLARY, Fiel3-Marshal.
CAV. G. MEDICI, Major-General.

PROGRESS OF BRITISII K AFFRARIA.—A n interest-
ing return of the population of Kaffraria (inclusive of the
Transkeian territory) up to Dec. 31, 1859, has been pub-
lished by the Chief Commissioner. It shows that the
native population numbers 58,317 ; Germans, 2,659 ; other
Europeans, 3,236; total, 64,212. This is exclusive of her
Majesty's troops. The number of native villages is 242,
and of huts 11,208. The number of cattle possessed by the
settlers,grantee anodf
Europeans is 8,640, and of sheep 76,146 ; while the natives
have 2,440 horses and 25,148 cattle. The principal occu-
piers holding land from the Crown are classed thus :-294
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