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on what day a capitulation should be proposed; and after anexact account being taken of the quantity of flour still re.maining in the storehouses, it was found that there was onlysufficient to last till the 22d Fruetidor (8th September). Itwas therefore the general opinion to enter into a parley withthe besiegers on the 17tli Fruetidor, and the terms of capitu-lation were accordingly agreed on. In consequence of thesedeliberations, general Vaubois wrote directly to general Pigotto demand a capitulation; upon which, the latter deputedgeneral Graham, and commodore Martin, who commanded thesea department, to treat on the business. They arrived in thecity Valetta at half past eleven in the morning, and a confer-ence immediately took place between general Vaubois andadmiral Villeneuve on one side, and the above-mentionedofficers on the other. The principal articles demanded by theFrench were complied with in the politest manner, and generalGraham returned to the country to acquaint general Pigotwith those about which they could not agree. He soon re-turned with the answer, and the English generals concludedthe definitive treaty that very evening. The articles of capitu-lation were sent early the following morning to the city Va-letta, and at four in the afternoon the English troops tookpossession of theFloriana, fortTigne, and fort Ricasoli. At thesame time two English frigates, a transport, and two gun-boats, entered the port. The next day the whole squadronanchored in the same place, and made all possible haste to fit

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