Jenks's Portland Gazette

Late Foreign News.

By an arrival at Boston on Tuesday last, 35 days from London.

Surrender of Genoa.

Massena, General in Chief, to the Consuls of the French Republic

From the Head-quarters at Genoa, June 7.

CITIZENS CONSULS,

I HAVE the honor to address to you the Convention agreed on for the evacuation of Genoa, by the right wing of the French army.
"From the 5th April, we have not received either from France or Corsica any succours.
"From the 1st of May, the inhabitants of Genoa have had no bread, The army received only six ounces, composed of a mixture half bran and half maize. For the last ten days the maize was replaced by cocoa, and the allowance diminished to three ounces. The greater part of the horses have been consumed.
"On the 25th, the troops of the right wing began their march, with their arms, baggage, and ammunition, to rejoin the centre of the army, which on the 26th was at Alassio.--To-morrow I shall go there myself.
"I shall have the honor of transmitting to you immediately, an account of the events which have taken place from the 5th of April to the 5th of June.
"Health and respect,
MASSENA.

"The account will be brought you, as well as the 8 standards taken from the enemy, by my Aid de camp."

Negotiation for the evacuation of Genoa

Art. 1. The right wing of the French army, charged with the defence of Genoa, the General in Chief, and his Staff, shall depart with their arms and baggage to go to rejoin the centre of the army.--Answer. The right wing, charged with the defence of Genoa, shall depart to the number of about eight thousand one hundred and ten men, and shall take the road by land to go by Nice to France. The remainder shall be transported by sea to Antibes, Admiral Lord Keith engages to furnish these troops with subsistence in biscuits, in the same proportion that they are distributed to English troops. On the other hand, all the Austrian prisoners made on the river of Genoa by the army of Massena in the present year, shall be given up in a body by way of compensation, except those already exchanged up to the present time. In other respects, the first article shall be fully executed.

Art. II. Every thing belonging to the said right wing, as artillery, and ammunition of all sorts, shall be transported by the English fleet to Antibes, or to the Gulf of Jouan --Ans. Granted.

The articles are 21 in number-the residue provide that the sick, &c. shall be well treated, and sent to Antibes;-that none of the Genoese should be molested for their political opinions, and that all officers of all ranks of Massena army, taken prisoners from the commencement of hostilities in the present year, shall return to France on their parole, and not to serve until exchanged on the bridge of Cornegliano, on the 5th June 1800-and are signed by Ott. Lieutenant General, Vice-Admiral Keith, and Massena.

From Gen. Massena to Gen. Bonaparte.

" MY GENERAL,
Genoa, June 7.

" I have the honor to give you an account of the evacuation of Genoa conformable to the annexed convention. I hope you will find it worthy of the obstinate resistance of the brave garrison Shut up there. We had not hitherto lost a single inch of ground: throughout we preserved a constant superiority; and had it not been for want of subsistence, we would have forever held out in Genoa. This day I gave the soldiers the last three ounces of what we call bread, and which is nothing but a wretched mixture of bran of oat chaff, and cocoa nut, without any wheat. We have eaten all our horses.

The mortality occasioned by famine was at its height among the people and the troops.—Hunger, and the bombardment, had excited movements of insurrections always stifled from their birth. It was in the hope of seeing you arrive to our deliverance, that I carried so far the severity of measures which enabled us to wait for your arrival : but our means failed, and it was necessary to think of withdrawing, not to lose all, and to preserve to the Republic the remainder of a body of troops whose firmness could not be changed by hardships, fatigues, or privation hitherto unheard of ; their physical strength had entirely failed, and I had nothing remaining but walking skeletons. The officer who carries my dispatches can tell you in this respect, all that has been suffered to preserve Genoa.

" I go with the garrison to join the centre of the army, and to act there according to the instructions which I request you will send me : it is from thence that you shall hear from me.-
Health and respect.

(Signed)
MASSENA."