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ARMISTICE.

To day, 4th June (23d May), the Plenipotentiaries named by the Belligerent Powers

and all the inhabitants remained in it. out on the 5th, at break of day, to proceed Breslau offers very great resources. ------- -The to Leignitz. It is thought, that whilst the Duke of Vicence, and the Russian and Armistice lasts, his Majesty will spend part Prussian Plenipotentiaries, Count Schou- of his time at Glogau, and the greater part valoff and General Kleist, exchanged their at Dresden, in order to be nearer his states. full powers and neutralized the village of Glogau is provisioned for a year. Peicherwitz; 40 infantry and 20 cavalry furnished by the French army, and the same number of men furnished by the Allied Army, respectively occupy the two entrances of the village.On the 2d in the morning, the Plenipotentiaries had a conference to fix the line, which, during the Armistice should determine the position of the two armies. In the mean time orders have been given from both headquarters that no hostilities should take place. Thus since the 1st June at two in the afternoon, there has been no hostilities committed on either side.

The Duke of Vicence, Grand Ecuyer of France, General of Division, &c. &c. &c. appointed Minister Plenipotentiary by his Majesty the Emperor of the French, &c. &c. &c. furnished with full Powers by his Highness the Prince of Neufchatel, &c. &c.Count Schouvaloff, Lieutenant General and Aid-de-Camp to the Emperor of all the Russias, &c. &c. and Lieutenant General Kleist, in the service of his Majesty the King of Prussia, &c. &c. &c. furnished with full powers by his Excellency the General of Infantry Barclay de Tolly, General in Chief of the Combined Armies.- -After having exchanged their full powers, at Gebersdorff, the 1st June (20th May), and signed a Suspension of Arms for thirty-six hours, at the village of Peicherwitz, neutralized for that purpose, between the advanced posts of the respective armies, to continue the negociations for an Armistice proper to suspend hostilities between all the Belligerent troops, no matter on what point they are, have agreed upon the Articles fol

Paris, June 10.-Her Majesty the Empress and Queen has received the following intelligence respecting the situation of the Armies on the 3d June: The suspension of arms still continues. The respective Plenipotentiaries continue their negociations for the Armistice. General Lauriston has seized upon the Oder more than sixty vessels laden with meal, wine and warlike ammunition destined for the army, which besieged Glogau; all these provisions have been forwarded to that fortress.Our advanced posts are half way to Brieg.General Hogendorf has been named Governor of Breslau. The greatest order reigns in that town. The inhabitants ap-lowing:pear very much discontented, and even indignant at the dispositions made relative to the Landstrum; they attribute these dispositions to General Scharnhorst, who passes for an Anarchial Jacobin. He was wounded at the Battle of Lutzen.-The Prussian Princesses who hastily withdrew from Berlin to take refuge at Breslau, have left the latter town to seek safety still further.

The Duke of Bassano has gone to Dresden, where he will receive Count de Kap, Minister from Denmark.

ART. I.-Hostilities shall cease upon all points, upon the notification of the present Armistice.

II. The Armistice shall last to the 8th (20th) July inclusive. Hostilities not to commence without giving six days' notice.

IM.-Hostilities shall not consequently recommence till six days after the denunciation of the Armistice at the respective head quarters.

IV. The line of demarcation between the Belligerent armies is fixed as follows: The Empress Queen and Regent has re-in Silesia, the line of demarcation of the ceived the following intelligence of the si-combined army, setting out from the frontuation of the Army on the evening of the 4th:

The Armistice was signed on the 4th, at two in the afternoon; the following are the Articles. His Majesty the Emperor set

tiers of Bohemia, shall pass through Dettersbach, Saffendorf, Landshut, follow the Beber to Rudelstadt, pass from thence through Bolkenhayn, Striegau, follow the (To be continued.)

Published by R. BAGSHAW, Brydges-Street, Covent-Garden.
LONDON: Printed by J. M'Creery, Black Horse-Court, Fleet-street.

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