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enemy got poffeffion of Tome of out ontpoßs, and
began to eftablifh batteries. They had thrown a
bridge of boats over to the villages of Chaubrat,
and a (mall corps belonging to their army defcend-
ed from Upper Egypt.
On the 22d there was a furpenfion of arms, and
on the 23d a conference took place betwixt three
French officers and three officers belonging to the
combined army. On the 24. th we rpecified the
conditions of furrender ; on the 27th they were ac-
cepted and ratified on the 28th. Our lines of cir-
cumvallation, from their hnmenfe extent, and the
weaknefs of leveral points, could not be defended
againft en attack by form. We had scarcely rso
(hot for each piece of artillery ; in our rear was
the _whole population of Cairo, who, receiving no
more fupplies of provifion from the country, would
doubtlefs have (econded the attack of the befiegers ;
our lines being once carried, the different corps
might 'have with difficulty retired into the citadel
with the lots of our cavalry and artillery horfes,
and all means of tranfporting our ammunition.
We could not helve then ntada a longer refiftance
than 25 days, from the fate of our provifions,
and after that there would have been no hope of
entering into a negociation. We mull have been
at the mercy of our enemies, and fubfervient to
their command. What fort of a capitulation had
we to cape& from two Turkifh armies, who were
matters of Egypt and of Cairo ? Could the Eng-
lifh have checked them ? This line of cencluft,
however, we fhould have adopted, General, had
we Rill remaining any point of contaft with France,
or any hope of relief. We could not have held
out in expeaarion of fuch relief beyond the 14th
of July at the lateft. The Convention was con-
cluded on the 28th of June. But, General, you
have known of Ahraczostst's Expedition for
eight months. You have stone for the brave Army
of Egypt, which you regskded as your family, all
that could be done. Geer HIALIMIS was difpatched
with Soon men : had he arrived in time, our fitu-
ation would have been very different—he could
not make good his pairage—all your efforts were
ineffeftual. Four months have we defended Egypt,
contefling every foot of ground. You know our
fituation, and molt affuredly you did every thing
to ameliorate it. No fuccours arrived : what had
we to look tot •• • • The Englifh, jnspy opi-
nion, would not-have _been at the gatei-ef Cairo,
if they had dreaded a numerous fquadron in the
Mediterranean. I (ball fay nothing in praife of
the general officers, the fubalterns, and the foldiers.
Thefe heroes covered with wounds, under your
orders, have beaten five Aufrian armies in Italy,
and conquered Egypt. They have ftruggled for
three years agaisot wants of every kind, againft
the plague, and the efforts of Europe and Aria.
You know them, they have not ceafed to render
themfelves worthy of you. You will find fubjoin-
ed the plan of the environs of Cairo. No man
is better acquainted with it than you are. Call an
eye on the fituation of the troops, the (fate of our
provifions, and our military chef ; examine the
reports of the principal Engineer, and the Com-
mander of the Artillery. It will be fufficient to
give an idea of our refources, our means, and our
pofition. I annex alto a lift of the unhappy fuf-
ferers by the epidemic diftemper which did us fo
much injury. I bring with me the auxiliary troops,
both horfe and foot; numbers of the inhabitants
with their families follow us. I elf° embark a
number of horfes and mares, which (ball be deli-
vered to Government, if agreeable, on condition
that they are replaced by French horfes. HAUT-
rot/ LT., Chief of Brigade of Engineers, General,
and the Direftor-General of Powder and Saltpetre,
will tranfmit to you the Convention I made with
the three Generals of the combined armies. The
Commiffary Itsostellt is going to France, in or-
der to explain the wants of our army. I recom•
mend them all three to you, General ; they enjoy
great confederation with the army, and are chem.
ed by the-General in Chief.—Health, rerpeft,
(Signed). BILLIARD.
[Here follows the Convention_ for theevacuation
of Cairo, which was publifhed in the London Ga-
zette. The following Note, agreed to after the
Convention, has not before been publithed :]
ADDITIONAL MOTE, ZIPIALTIATOIT Or Tlx CONVINTION 07

TII-117TE 01 WWI, 1:01,

1. It is underltood, that the.artilicry which the carps of
French and Auxiliary troops, under the command of General
BeLLIARD to take with them in their retreat from Cairo,
in order to be tranfported with them to France, &inns of two
6cld-pieces of from twelve to two pounders for each Wasik*,
and one piece for each lquadron, together with the ammo!.
tion-waggons belonging to them.

2. It iibefides underftood, that the french troops embarked
on board edits of war mail, from the moment of their going as
board, have their arms and ammunition depofited in places ap-
pointed for that purpofe, whia (hall be under the infpeftica of
the commander of the veld; which arms and ammunition map
be re Cored to them on auk landing in France, agreeably to the
Convention; and that thefe troops who Mali be embarked in
veffels dot armed, Mall, while they remain on board, keep pof-
fiffion of their arms and ammunitiso, and be under the contrail
of their oicen.

3. Women, children, aides-dn-eamp, and all aces belong-
big to General Mewou, shall be tranfported from Calm to
Alexandria In 'cella, furnithed for that purpoli by the Allied
Powers.

4. The wives of Officers, Soldiers, and other Frenchmen,
belonging to the garrifon of Alexandria, and who arc now in
Csiro, Stall have liberty to go to Alexandria, and for this pus
pole they (hall be furnillied with all the neceflary. means c
being fent thither; and in cafe of their not being received at
Alexandria, they null be conveyed to France with the troops
under the command of General B. LLIA Ito, or as lona as pof-
Able, and (hall enjoy all the advantages attic raid Convention.
3. French women, as well thole belonging to the troops, as
to Frenchmen in their employ, (hall be embarked with their
hultbands, and enjoy rations of provrifions, and other advantages
ftipulated in the Convention, according to the maritime regu-
lations of England.
_ .

6. image and effeets belonging to thefe troops, u well u
to individuals, who arc in the prelim, of Alexandria, if found
in Cairo, Wall be kin to Rofetta, and embarked if poffible.
y. The Direttlor-General and the Accountant of the Public
Revenues, dull have power to go to Alexandria, or to fend a
perks' employed by him thither, and for that purpok every
poffille facility Chaff be afforded him.
8. If among the hoftages exchanged ►etween the refpedtive
C..mminders, there &mid be Land °Seen, the Generals and
Adte i, rats of the three Powers Wall be at liberty to replace them
by Naval Officers of t►e Lune rank, at the moment of their
embark a:tun.

9. the Antics and carnets which the corps under the com-
mand of Gcnrral BELLIA ID thail have left in Fgypt, than, at
the moment of the ernbarkatiooi be feet back to Cocamtliarkol
&pros:fled hi the Allied Powers for receiving them.
10. It it undrrltood that the fartifiembna (hail be given up
ot
withou out being damsel; oittl tho mien pototal out to Wan

Done aa the 57th of Jane, 510t...9 and 16 Sir--:zl6.
(Signed) Does tsar, General of Brigade,
MORAUD, General of Brigade,
T , Chief of Brigade,
lone Hors, Bricadier-Gmerg,
OSMAN Bre, and ISAAC BIT.
Agreed to, (Signed)
Odd. J. HILT HITCRINIOH, Gem ni (a
Agreed to, OD the pert of Lord KILTS,
(Signed) Janes 8T 11011, Captain In the Royal
Nary.
Agreed to, (Signed) HEADY" Yee sov r ZIA, Vizier.
Agreed to, (Signed) Horny , Para Capoutan-diryi.
&Mar MADE BY THE MINISTIR AT WAR TO TIM
CONSULS, ON THE 12Th, SEPT.
" Citizen RLONIRR, Commiffary to the Army
of the EaR, informs me from Toulon, where he
is performing quarantine, that conformably to
the [4th Article of the Convention with the Bri-
tills and Turks by General BILLIARD, he had come
to France with the Chief of Brigade of Engineers,
H•UTPOULT, to announce to the French Govern..
ment the fpeedy arrival of the troops under the
command of General BILLIARD. The number of
thefe troops is about za,sor), comprifing Greeks,
Copts, and Syrians, who determined to follow the
Army. The Ick are about zOOO. Annexed to
this Report, is a Ratement of the condition of the
troops who muft fpeedily attire in France.
(Signed) " BER.THIER."
Officers of the Staff and of every dekripdon 943
lion-eorensisaa Mass ark Soldier*, - - io,t
of whams 665 are is the Hofpitals.
Perform, enrioyed in Civil Departments, eacept the
Treater? -37 S
12,185
Note—The =Rabat of Syrian, Greek, and Copt Trucia
amounts only to Spy.

••••

PAM SWIMMER aj.
NIANUTACTURAII ♦ND THI ♦NTI.

Yefterday the Minifter of the Interior prefented
to the Confuls the Committee chapged with the
examination of the productions of French induftry,
and the Manufadurers and Artifis to whom prizes
have been aligned.
Citizen COSTAS, Prefident of the Committee,
delivered, on this occafion, the following fpeech : •••
" Citizen Cousins—We prefent to you the re.
fults of the examination of the prodations of French
induftry, expofed at the Palace of the Sciences and
Arts, during the Supplementary days of the ninth
year of the Republic. This folemn and memora-
ble exhibition ought to.calm all inquietude refpel.
ing the future condition of our commerce, and
ought to have the effect of impofing filence on
thole men who amufe themfelves by predifting the
ruin of French induftry. Many arts in watch
France knows no rivals, then difplayed their pro-
dudions. The arts which have been fuccefsfully
cultivated by other nations, have been naturalized
among us. On all fides we fee the efforts of in.
duftry crowned with fuecefs. New machines are
invented; the laws of chemiftry, and the proper.
ties of thofe fubftances which our foil produces,
are applied to the production of articles necelfary
in commerce.—The national inflitute has for fome
years pall judged it neceffary to propofk a prize
for the improvement of our potteries; we have the
fatisfadion to inform you that many fpecimens
have been exhibited on the examination executed
in a (Lyle fuperior to the productions of any other
country. Manufactories for fpinning cotton-twig,
and making cotton Ruffs, are ellablifhed in dif-
ferent departments, and are in a profperous way.
Manufactories of hooks, laws, files, and all the
articles which, under the name of hardware,
form_an important branch of commerce, are alfo
eftablifhed in France. In general we have re-
marked a fenfible amelioration in the articles, the
fabrication of which demands precifion, artd in
thole which depend op chemillry, or which fup.
pole a previous knowledge of defign. The de-
partments of the Seine, of the Lower Rhine, of
the Somme, of Eure, oiAube, Marne, Seine, and
*he Mof.dle, are particularly diflinguifhed by the
auty of the produCtions they have exhibited to
the public. The lawns, cambric., gauzes and lace
of the department of Aifne, Du Nord and Dyle,
&c. completely fuflain their reputation. We can
satire you that this precious defcription of induftry
will long be the exclufive property of the French
nation. We have feen beautiful filks fabricated at
Tour's, and it is with infinite regret that we have
to notice that none have been prefented from Ly-
ons. We have, however, feen works of the higheft
value of this defcription exhibited by Citizen Lc.
Tact,. It, merchant at Paris, diftingutfhed by that
fine tafte which he never ceafes to difplay in all his
articles. It is with the fame regret that we can
fay nothing of the induftry of the Departments of
Gard, Herault, Lot, Vauclufe, and other depart-
ments of the South, celebrated for their manufac-
tures, but who on the prefent occaficin have not
attended to the Proclamation of the Milliner of the
Interior. Citizen Confuls, an annual exhibition
of the productions of national induftry, is an initi-
tution of the higheft intereft.. It gives birth to
emulation among artifts ; it augments their know.
ledge; it forms the tape of the confumers by gilt..
ing them a knowledge of what is beautiful, and
bydevprorera ofe arts."elopgingthettreft and molt energetic ceafes
of the
Gold, filver and copper medals have been
grantolto thokmanufadurers and artiftswho have
been judged worthy of them. The Minifter of the
Interior liimfelf bellowed them. Thofe Iwho ob-
tained the gold medals were invited to dine with
the Cats, Conant..

The Cats r Corsut converted with the different
artills on the price of the articles produced by their
workfhops, on the aaual quantity of produetions
now in their poffeifion, on the hopes they enter-
tained of extending their mannfaltories, on the
number of workmen they employed, &c. He told
them that he hoped the exhibition of rii-xt year
would be as fuperior to the prefeat as the prefent
was to the year fix ; that he expelled to tee the
cbefi d'•rvrrr of the manufstaures of Lyons and the
cities of the fond', who had fent none on the pre.
fent occafion, probably becaufe the prelei2 of the
exhibition bad not been loon enough made known
to them. He added,, that it was his intention for
the future, that at the time of the exhibition there
thould be a lair, at which a:Whit:l4 manufalturers
might receive the fruit of their labours, and pur-
chafers find produdions at fupcnot qoality and I
Dior; Iluoderace price,