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Appendix XIII. 739 lighted, having at their head two four pounders, with their carriages, artillerymen to serve them, and a waggon for the infantry. The civil and military officers of the navy, together with everything belonging to that department, shall be conducted to the port of Toulon. Answer. The garrison shall receive the above-requested honours of war, but subject to the following arrangement in case it be found impossible to embark the whole of the troops immediately. As soon as the capitulation shall be signed, the two forts of Ricasoli and Tigné shall be delivered up to the troops of his Britannic Majesty, and the vessels allowed to enter the port. The national gate shall have a guard composed of an equal number of French and English, till the transports shall be ready to take on board the first embarkation of troops, when the whole of the garrison shall file off with all the honours of war as far as the seashore, where they shall ground their arms. Those who cannot embark in the first transports shall remain in the isle and fort Manuel, with an armed guard to prevent any one going into the interior of the island. The garrison shall be regarded as prisoners f war, and cannot serve against his Britannic Majesty till the exchange shall have taken place, and the respective officers shall give their parole to this purpose. AU the artillery, ammunition, and public stores of every description shall be delivered up to officers appointed for that purpose, together with inventories and public papers. Art. 2. The general of brigade Chanez, commandant of the city and forts; the general of brigade d’Haunedel, commandant of the artillery and engineers; the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers; the officers, troops, crews, and all others employed in the navy; 41$ izen Pierre Alphonss Guys, general commissary of trade for the French republic in Syria and Palestine; those employed in civil and military capacities; the commissioners of the army and navy; the civil administrators and members of whatsoever description of the constituent authority, shall take with them their arms, their personals, and all their property. Answer. Granted, excepting the soldiers grounding their arms as mentioned in the first article. The non-commissioned officers shall keep their sabres. Art. 3. All those who bore arms in the service of the republic during the siege, of whatsoever nation they may happen to be, shall be regarded as making part of the garrison. Answer. Granted. Art. 4. The division shall be embarked at the expense of his Britannic Majesty, each person receiving during his passage the pay of his rank, according to the French regulation. The officers and members of the civil administration, with their families, shall also receive a salary in proportion to the pay of the military, and according to the dignity of their office. Answer. Granted, conformably to the custom of the British navy, which allows the same pay to every individual of whatsoever degree and condition. Art. 5. A proper number of waggons and shallops shall be provided for transporting and shipping the personal baggage of the generals, their