Duke to difarm the levy en maffe; but that the latter having refufed to do fo, Lieutenant-general Dupont entered Florence the 15th of October, and the General of Brigade, Clement, Leghorn the 16th.

Above 25,000

All Tufcany is occupied by the French army. men of the rifing en maffe have been difperfed, difarmed, and fent back to their feveral homes. The French troops required nothing more than their reputation to conquer them. General Sommariva and the corps of Auftrians who were in Tuscany, have retired to Ancona. All the English merchandifes found in Tufcany, and particularly at Leghorn, have been confifcated for the benefit of the republic.

The difarming of thefe brigands has not been attended with any lofs on our fide. Our troops have obferved the strictest difcipline.

Dupont, Lieutenant general, to the General in Chief, Brune.

Head-quarters at Florence, Oct. 15.

I HASTEN to give you an account, Citizen General, that I have entered Florence. The army of Tufcan infurgents, about 25,000 ftrong, according to the acknowledgment of the Auftrians themselves, is diffolved. I have now only to purfue the scattered corps which have taken refuge in feveral quarters in the narrow defiles of the Appenine, and to chaftife the brigands of Arezzo. They are the moft audacious, and the fame who dared to infult the army of Naples in the laft campaign. It was in that city that the famous miracle of the Holy Virgin was fabricated, which gave the fignal of infurrection by the firing of a gun, which Mr. Windham, one of the principal artifts in that ridiculous miracle, made her discharge upon the French. Thefe impoftures fhould not be fuffered to arm this multitude of peasants and increase their force.

The head-quarters of the infurgents, commanded by General Spanocci, were at Barberino, from whence they were chafed yesterday. As they were menaced on three points, they were obliged to divide themfelves, and from fear of being furrounded they abandoned the works, where they had begun to place their artillery, and the most advantageous pofitions. General Sommariva has apprized me of his departure from Florence, by a letter, of which a copy is fubjoined. He is retiring to An

cona.

General Monnier will advance to-morrow against Arezzo, with the brigade of General St. Cyr. General Pino will march. against Prato and Pistoja; and General Malher against Leghorn. I do not know whether General Clement has entered that place. VOL. X. I hope

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I hope that in confequence of thefe difpofitions the difarming will be fpeedily effected in all Tuscany.

The regency established on its departure a provifional governGeneral Sommariva emptied the state chefts.

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DUPONT.

(Signed)

The General in Chief, BRUNE.

Dupont, Lieutenant-general, commanding in Tuscany.

Head-quarters at Florence, 15th October, 9th Year of the Republic.

DECREE.

ART. 1. All the public functionaries now in office fhall continue their functions provifionally, until it fhall be otherwise ordained.

2. All perfons now confined on account of their political opinions thall be immediately fet at liberty, and the fequeftration put on their properties fhall be taken off. The public functionaries, whom this order concerns, are refponfible for its execution.

3. The prefent imposts shall be continued until a new order. 4. The magiftrato fupremo is charged with the posting, publishing, and execution of the prefent decree, which fhall be printed in both languages.

DUPONT.

Clement, General of Brigade, commanding the French Troops in the Republic of Lucca and the City of Leghorn, to the Tufcan People..

Head-quarters at Leghorn, 16th October, 9th Year of the French Republic, one and indivifible. IN conformity with the orders which I have received, I come to Leghorn with the column which I command.

Acknowledging only the laws of honour and justice, the refpect due to property, to worship, ufages, political and religious opinions, I come the expounder of thefe fentiments, as a friend and as a general, jealous of good order and difcipline.

The harmony which prevails between the French troops and thofe of his Imperial Majefty fhall be maintained. I fhall punish with feverity whoever fhall attempt to difturb it, or raise any obftacle in its way.

Tufcan people, remain peaceable at your firefides. Let not the arrival of the French infpire any dread. Let fuch perfons as

have withdrawn themfelves from fear at our approach, return. I promise them, on my honour, fupport and protection.

The city of Leghorn fhall enjoy tranquillity and repofe. I have taken the means to fecure them. The order, the union, and the discipline which I fhall maintain among the troops which I command, make me hope that its inhabitants, not having any cause of complaint, will fee with pleasure the French in their bofom.

The Tufcan troops of the line fhall remain under the protection of the troops of his Majefty the Emperor.

The refugees returned in confequence of the arrival of the French column, who shall offer the flightest infult whatever, towards any perfon whatever, fhall be immediately arrefted, carried before a military tribunal, and punished as difturbers of the public peace.

CLEMENT,

Report of Lieutenant-general Dupont to the General in Chief Brune. Head-quarters, Florence, October 17, 9th Year.

AS foon as the Auftrian major fent to Milan had returned to Florence, General Sommariva took every means to excite a general infurrection. He caufed all his troops to march forward, and the tocfin to be founded in Florence and the neighbouring country. Lo! the pledge of the promises which have been made to us, and which evidently had no other object but to gain time. To fupply the want of muskets, pikes were diftributed in the villages. There was a depot of them at Barberino, which I have caufed to be brought to Bologna. The leaft delay in my march would have been attended with great inconveniencies. The prefence of the French in Tuscany has been thought neceffary by feveral partifans of the Grand Duke themfelves, who feel that the fafety and honour of the French army required the measures which you have ordered. I have found this opinion ftrongly accredited here.The extraordinary levies infpired, befides, a very lively fear for the interior of Tuscany, and their pay was an enormous weight which this state could not fupport. I have obferved the highest refpect towards the Auftrian troops. Thofe which were in the Tufcan port which furrendered its arms, and those which had been left at Florence, fet out to-day for Ancona. Nothing has paffed that could in the flighteft degree affect the armiftice, and' all the officers have acknowledged in this procedure that the occupation of Tuscany was a particular meafure which ought not ta diminish the harmony that prevails between the two armies. The city of Florence is tranquil. My proclanation instantly infpired the fulleft confidence.

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I fend you a copy of a decree which I was obliged to ordain on my arrival, to prevent the public adminiftration from falling into diffolution. I was folicited by the provifional government, which the regency of Florence inftituted at its departure. The members of this government request to be difmiffed, as they are already engaged in other employments to which they give a preference. I have not confented to their removal, and await your answer on this point. I have ordered fuch perfons as were confined for matter of opinion to be fet at liberty. The provifional government, though the avowed partifan of Auftria, has itself judged this meafure neceffary. The feverities exercifed by the regency extend to above 20,000 families. It has been real tyranny, and has made us friends. Should I occupy Tufcany for fome time, I think it would be neceffary to confide the feveral branches of adminiftration to men lefs devoted to our enemies. The public tranquillity and the fervice of the troops require it.

(Signed)

DUPONT. A true copy, General in Chief, BRUNE.

Extract of a Letter from the Ifle of Leon; dated October 7, 1800. ON the day before yesterday there appeared off Cadiz an enemy's fleet which had come from the Mediterranean, and

There can be no doubt that it was the dreadful epidemic diforder, which has raged in Cadiz and its vicinity fince the beginning of the month of Auguft, which fuggefted to the humanity of the English the defire of paying us a vifit, on the fuppofition that the veffels in the roads might be eafily carried, and that they could penetrate to the old arfenal, in order to fet it on fire; for it is not probable that fuch preparations fhould have been made merely to bombard Cadiz, and they must have known that they could not obtain poffeffion of it without meeting a number of obstacles.

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General Don Thomas de Morla, lately appointed governor of this place, where he arrived during the moft violent period of the epidemic difeafe, thought it right to fend a note [No. 1] to the. English admiral, ftating to him the fituation of the inhabitants, and the odium which muft, among all nations, attach to the English name, if any attack was made upon that city. General Abercromby and Admiral Keith fent a reply [No. 2] to the governor, in which, without taking any notice of him as governor of Cadiz, but merely as captain general of the army, and vince of Andalufia, and captain general of the department of marine, they propofed to him to deliver up the thips already armed, and thofe which were arming, the crews and officers of which might be fet at liberty; and on complying with this condition they would. withdraw their fleet.

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The governor of Cadiz fent back an anfwer [No. 3], in which he ftated the erroneous conclufion which they had drawn from his letter.

Yesterday the whole of the expedition came to an anchor before Cadiz; but to-day, the wind having.come round to the foutheaft, they dropped, their forefails, and tacked off shore until pretty late in the afternoon; and towards evening they were about fix leagues diftant.

The masters of the fishing-veffels ftopped yesterday by the fquadron, and who have arrived here this evening, declared that it was the intention of the enemy to attempt a defcent this morning between Candon and Regla; but they have been prevented by the fouth wind.

The number of land forces on board is not accurately known. They are estimated at 20,000; a number not improbable, confidering that there are eighty-four tranfports, befides the fhips of the line, frigates, &c.

It must be confeffed that this event could not have taken place in more critical circumftances, as, in confequence of the ravages of the epidemic diftemper, we had fcarcely a force fufficient to defend the harbour. It would appear, however, from the enemy's not hazarding an attack, that they must have thought our numbers more formidable. So far as refpects the land fervice, all the neceffary measures have been taken to defeat their plans. It is not to be imagined that they will abandon them, fhould the wind change from the fouth; and it does not promife a long continuance in that point.

Thefe are all the particulars I can give you in this rapid sketch. It is already late; I have a prefs of bufinefs to attend to, and I am not yet entirely recovered from my late illness.

Annexed are copies of the documents above referred to.

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