Several members called tapoiyhim to speak plainly, and M. Lecointre Pyraveau i a id, 4 Robertfpierre, do not tell us what you did in the comtitueut alTemblv, but fay plainly, whether you have aspired to a deflatorfhip, or a triumvirate !" In anofher part of his speech, three mem ber-, M. M. Cambon, Babey, and Lalle, re peated tie lame demand. M. Robertfpierre continued hji equivocal defence to a great length. Marat was also accused of writings tend ing to excite the people to aflaflination. It was with difficulty that he was permitted to speak ; and when he observed, 44 that he had many personal enemies in the convention," the whole body role up amidst (houts of dis approbation, and declared their hatred to him. Being at length permitted to proceed, he spoke of his attachment to cause of liberty ; his comtant and open enmity to a corrupt court; his long iinprifonmeut; and, above all, his predictions relative to La Fayette, whole treason he had anticipated, and whose guilty Juccefs lie had been lucky enough to prevent. M. Boileau, who futceeded him in the tri bune, pulled out one of the afliches, or adver tifeinents, circulated by him, in which he told the people, 44 that if in the eight firft feiiions of the convention, the basis of the was not laid and adjusted, a new infant;<Jtion, and a subsequent di&a* ture would be absolutely neceiTary." There is no manner of doubt hut the af feinbly would have launched a decreeof accu farion against him, if he had not declared his repentance in regard to this proceeding, and produced a journal polterior to the date of tiie above, in which he evinced more modera tion, and recommended far different princi ples to the people. In the course of his defence Marat said, lt If you enquire concerning my heart, I can answer with t(udi that it is pure, but as to my thoughts, tney are my own ; no power under Heaven has a right, to demand an ac count of them. I declare, that if the decree is carried against me, 1 lhall here biow my brains out." —The fight of the weapon, and of the exprellive gestures of M. Marat, agi tated the convention considerably, and a loug debate followed, until the call for the order us the day. Mar Dial Luekner sent a letter to the con vention, j ullifying himlelf from the asper sions thrown out againlt him in the fitting of the 27th ult. to the charge made against him of having left the incendiary Jarry unpunifti ed, he replied, that the court martial of the army of'the north Was not organized ; that there was neither a coinmiflai y of stores, nor a commiiTary of accounts ; and that he had requested the itiinifter at war, but in vain, to appoint such officers. " When 1 let out for the Belgian Nether lands," added he, " I was alfured that I should be joined by 30 or 43,030 men ; but 1 remained there 14 days without feeing one of them. I however continued at Courtray, from which 1 wrote to the minister, entreat ing him to fend me a reinforcement, that 1 might either maintain my post, or March against Ghent, which 1 could not do without more troops, because the enemy, who were on my flank at Tournay, would infallibly have cut off my retreat." He concluded by observing, that his papers were among his baggage, which would arrive next week, and t: at he would then lay before tbe commissioners the different letters he had received from the ministers. DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS, The following is a copy of the memorial de livered in last nigluby the miuifterof foreign affairs, concerning the situation of the prin cipal European Powers, as far as refpcCts trance. RuJjU—" It has been announced, that a Ruflian fleet is to piri's the Dardanelles, and enter the Mediterranean ; but this fleet is not as yet equipped. 4t It has a]lo been told us, that 20,000 Ruffians have left Poland, and are now on their march tosVa vd \ out frontiers ; but 22,033 more are still wanting, hi order to subjugate that country. Denmark—" I-> too poor and too wife not to remain neutral. Sxu.den—" His been enlightened by a great doineitic example, which has evinced the dangers with w.iich despots and ufuipers are conltantly surrounded; and its Regent polfeffes too many virtues, not to re!pe£t a people de termined to the laws only, which are Co many written virtues. md Aujtnu.—" At Berlin, the greut elt fermentation reigns among the people of a king who wiflus to attack our rights. They adore that liberty which he blasphemes and combats, but cannot overturn. The I'uairn oj Brandrniurg—Auftria, which can never be united but by means of criminal passions, are nearly divided by those very passions; and the King of Pruflia is actually defirou , of making peace with France. ou t to declare war against us; lhe wants money, notwithfhinding her mines ; and men, notwithstanding her pof ieilions in the two worlds. Gr eJ t.J),,ia, n .-*"ln England the king detests us, but the people efteein us; and although the constitution permits the king ta declare war he dare not do it without the consent of ins luojeCts. Smucrbnd.—" Thcle brave mountaineers are irmated aga.r.ft it ; but they will never be luch parru-.de, as u, run, their arms a gainst a people w!l0 wi.O, to be the brothers of all the nations nprvi earth.'' t0 b - P-''"*-''', and tranf- Dlitti'd tj the 83 departments. tae inotion of Vi. Canibjii, who fta< . e .| plat they (h.>uld liare ».> French Princes in a republic, and tjat tl.c nation paid an annuity of three millions, as the appanage oJ the gen tlemen. 44 The National Convention no onger ac knowledging French Princes, fuppnfl.es their salaries of appanage." M. Leonard Bourbon observed, that the Lsgiilative Alfembly had fixed the salary of tjhe ci-devant King at five hundred thousand livres, he obierved that no prifonerhad ever such a salary ; and therefore propo/ed that it be fuppreired, and tne Municipality of Paris charged to supply the wants of the prisoners. After a few observations from M. Tallier, it was referred to the Committee ot Fi.iqce, and the Convention rose at five o'clock. Paris, Sept. 29. 44 The two leading factions jfl-rm ai.mi 4 which (hall be the firft to betray ach e'er, by delivering up the King and Roy. 1 Family to the Duke of Brunfwick, should tl vbe able to eleape being maiTacred in this conflict of super-eminent wickedness and treachery. <4 The Chiefs of the Jacobin faction in Pa ris are perfectly well allured among them selves, that their armies cannot face the Duke of Brunfwick. They therefore mean to put the best face on a bad cause, in order to prcferve a little popularity with the peo ple at large, and retire with an army, such as it is, composed of the' hordes of banditti who are very numerous, to Bourdeaux, fVom whence it will be an easy matter for the chiefs to embark for some part of America. Most of the leading men of the fa&ion have plenty of money, for they have been pillaging the public coffers for the last two years, par ticularly Duinourier. Condorcet's wife is already gone off with the most valuable of her husband's etfe&s, and he always carries his own paflport about about him, that he may be able to escape on the firft moment of dan ger. Bourdeaux is evidently their place of refuge. Whether in the event of the king's not b«°ing delivered up, he is to be forced to go with seems a matter Undetermined. But probably he will be taken with fhem. " 1 have reason to expect, that Gkneral MOll tefquiou,who commands tTieFr'encl forc es in the South, has made an irruption into Savoy for no other purpofc than to capitulate with the enemy. " The city of Lyons is particularly favor able to the aristocratic party, and the Sardi nian trnops will be welcomed whenever they come there with great joy by the inhabitants at large, if we except about joo of the ban ditti, who compose the Jacobin Club of that city. The Sardinian troops would have been there already, had 10,000 of the Auftrisns from Milan joined themfooner. " Although the King of Spain has not feem cd much disposed to interfere, yet he proba bly will now,the fame as the Swiss have done, rhe latter would have declared war long since, had not many of their regiments been divided in several parts of France, which made them apprehensive of their troops fall ing-victims to such a proceeding. " The troubles in the Department of Fi nifterre are not yet terminated. Foartien parishes have revolted, refufing to pay the taxes, under the pretext that without a King there can be 110 nation, and consequently nei ther government nor authority capable of ex acting contributions from the people. The volunteers, provided with artillery, have marched to crush this rebellion, but it is tho't this expedition will not terminate so fuccefT tully as the former one. The unfortunate peasants have been condemned to pay 2j,000 livres to defray the expenses of the patriots, incurred at the time of the firft infurreftion. " It is generally known, that there is some very bad news in town from our armies, but what it is, I have not been able to learn. Every thing that turns out unfortunate is so cautiously concealed, that we know very lit tle of what goes forward till two or three days after the news arrives, and then" it is pre r ented in so mangled a (late, that it is dif ficult to discover the truth." " P. S. We havejuft learnt the news of Chalons and Rheims being taken by the com bined armie*. This news niuft have been known by some for many day» pad, but all the Gazettes are silent on the fubjeft." It appears that the Canton of Berne is dis posed to give up the paPs of Portentrui to the Emperor, and to a<st hoftilely against France. A letter from Bienne toM. Carra, which no ticed this inclination, was referred to the ex ecutive power. Lucknei is at Paris. He came to concert th nof a campaign with the temporary ve Power. He demands an audience ot the National Convention, who appointed him an hour to-morrow. He is to give his observations in writing in the German lan guage. The execution of the Thieve* who stole the Crown Jewels, is respited. The Marine Mmifter has prepared a most fatisiaftory account of the French Navy, for the purpose of laying it before the National Convention. From this llatement it will ao peli' , tha ' the .- v have one hundred and two L «T ,OUS r ateS ' P , ' fri^ates ' P^k ets, and flutes at sea, or prepared to fail im mediately ; and fifty-three Ihips of the line £ r 'Ae.g h t frigates, and a proportionate num ber of (mailer veiTels, in ordinary, or repair, ing, witha lufficient quantity of navalftores to put their marine on such a footing at the' (horteft warning, that the minister observes it may defy all the naval powers of Europe. L O N D O N, October 2 P S' lC f Po ' X ' and ar rived in England. He was among the armed force m the rhulllerieson the 13thof Autn,ft : he was taken in a Marechal's uniform, and being left in the room of the committee of j lance, e^ ca P et l by borrowing a coat and waistcoat of the commillioners, and has ever (met oeen secreted by a friend, in Paris ■ 214 but escaped in dlfguife, as he /ays, haying bought a paflport for one hundred thousand livres. The following is the present state of the plan for relieving the unfortunate French Priests. The chief subscription amounted, onThurf day, to four thoufaud pounds. About four hundred and twenty persons have at present applied for relief. The Pa lace at Winchester, which, in the last war, held 1,100 Fr«nch and Dutch prisoners, is now preparing for their reception, and a thousand may probably be accommodated there, in such a manner as to fhfew that our cb irity is nbt iniuitiiigly given. But the no tion that the place is a lort of prifori has, we ui. .erftand, prevented great numbers from applying for admiflion to it. A contractor furnifhes beds, during a cer tain term, for 20001. : each person adopted oy the charity,is to have two guineas a month for the purchase of food ; and the greater part will receive betides, twenty (hillings, the fir ft month, as an allowance for clothes. The great saloon in the Palace will be en tirely filled with beds. In the mean time,fubfcriptions are proceed ingin several of the principal towns in En gland ; and, as this is purely a question of humanity, all political confidei ations are hap pily excluded from it. Should M. Dumouiier have Sfted, as is re ported he has done, from principles of loyalty to his Sovereigu, the worst that his enemies can fay of him, is that he was a good kernel in a bad shell. M. de Calonne reached Dover on Sunday, and went to pay his refpefts to Mr. Pitt at WalmerCaftle. But he was not arrived in London yefttrday afternoon, though hourly expected. M. Duma-., a member of the late national aflembly in France, is arrived in London. He is among those who voted for M. de la Fayette, and of tourfe it was not fafe for him to relide any longer in Paris. It appears by Utters from Fribourg, in Germany, that the Viscount Mirabeau, who arrived at Oflemboutg on the 15th ult. at Jjrft refufed every kind of remedy, dreading that he should bo poisoned. At length he resigned bimfelf into the hands of his physicians,' and became better. In a violentdifpute with one of his officers, he fell into an apoplexy, of which he died, much regretted by the mili tary under bis command. The erouils of foreigners who land,and tra vel to the metropolis on all fides of the stages, render it very difficult to get a palTage from the sea coast in any fort of carriage., All, all, all, from the broad wheel waggou to the fly ing dilly, are occupied. Of the aftonilhiug increase of business in the bank of England, the bcft idea may be formed from considering the. increase of its servants. Between 40 and 50 years ago there were scarcely more than that number of Clerks in employ there; this is still in the re eolleftion of a few of the oldeit servants of the bank ; at present the number employed amounts to more than 400. It has been averted that some merchants have advanced l'ums to a considerable amount to the King of France, (153 millions) nothing can be more falfe. Had this been fact, their houses would have been plundered, and their lives forfeited to the summary vengeance of the many-headed monster, the mob. They have denied the charge, and it has not been supported. The Canton of Berne, in Switzerland, has ordered a public mourning for fifteen days on account of the defeat and slaughter of the Swiss Guards at Paris on the loth of August. During this time all the public fpe&acJes are to be (hut up. Tumult at Toulon. The following is a letter from Toulon, dated September 12. " A plan of a counter Revolution discover ed itfelf here fifteen daysfince. Unfortunate persons confined in prison, forced, with sa bres in their hands, the gaolers; and. those malefactors, who were in number 1536 per sons, spread themselves in bands over the city, and gave rife to well founded fears. The council general of the community allembled immediately, ordered the gates of the town to be (hut, the generate to beat, and seized the galley prisoners, who, upon interrogation, answered, that arms, and the means of ensur ing their liberty, had been promised them. u The authors of this movement were also arrested and iniprifoned. They were inter rogated, and declared guilty of confpiracv ; yefterdav they were hanged. M. Flotte, com mandant of marine, and M. Rochmaure, cap tain of a vefTel, met with the fame fate. There are flill in the prisons many officers, accused of having refufed to take anns on the day of the tumult." The following decree, proposed by M. Du mas, in the National AlTembl v was adopted in the following words : The National AiTembly confidently the ne cetuty of providing as fpeedilv as possible, for an exchange of prisoners of war, and fjr re leasing luch of our brethren in arms; who, in combat ng for their country, mj»y have fallen into the hands of the enemy. Considering al io, that the basis upon which the Executive power, or the generals of armies, may con clude treaties, conventions, or agreements, ought to be founded on the principles of li berty and equality, pass the following decree refpecHng the exchange of prisoners. i. There ftiall be no pecuniary tarif for the exchange, according to the difference of rank, but in terms relative to the corresponding. ranks in the armies of the enemy. 2. There fliall be 110 tarif of exchange, so that no officer or subaltern can be exchanged aoamft a greater number of individuals of an inferior rank. 3' The fcommon basis oi ail eVch- i winch no modification can alter, fiiall b n " change man Cor man, and ra,,k for rank. Lxtrad tij a letterJiotn Lijle, dated Sept. 27 " We arc absolutely furroundeil bv the <■ nemy, and all the roads arc intercepted The cannonading was kept up all day yeiter.l'.v from both parties.; that of the befie» d well as the besiegers. We hadfive m.n k'iled by one ball. We fee the enemy (Vein tie ra-ti parts carrying off their dead in' waggons. w fet fire yesterday to part of the luourbs. enabled the enemy to approach r.c-.cr tat'« wall." CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Friday y November 23. In committee of the whole. A bill for regulating foreign coins u». aer conlideration, which enacts that the gold coins of Great-Britain and Portugal (hall be a legal tender for payment of all debts, at the rate of one dollar for everv twenty-seven grains of the actual weight thereof, and the gold coins of France and Spain at the rate of one dollar for eveiy twenty-seven and two-fifths of a grain of the weight thereof. Mr. Page said, he wished to be inform ed whether there really was the difference between the French and British coins rtated in the bill—if so, how that differ, ence had been ascertained 'That a few years since he had examined hydroftati cally the different gold coins named in the bill, and a variety of coins of the German empire ; and that although he readily dis covered that the fpecific gravity of the latter was so little as to juftify the low va lue at which they were generally rated he remembered well, that there was by no means such difference between the fpeci fic gravity of the former as could juflify the discrimination made in the bill. He added, that he doubted whether, iftheie leally rtiould appear to be that difference between the coins, it would be proper ta introduce the diftin&ion by a law of the general government, as it might be at tended with some inconvcniencits, and might be construed into a partiality to Bi itifh commerce—he theiefore, to take the lenfe of the committee, moved to amend the claule, so as that the goldcoitu of Great-Britain, Fiance, Spain, and Por tugal (hould be payable at the fame rates. Mr. Tucker seconded Mr. Page, and supported hrs motion with fitnilar argu ments. Mr. Fitzfimons said he should vote a ainft the amendment,becaufe, he believed that the diftin&ion proposed in the bill was really that which did exist in the in trinlic value of the coins alluded to. Several other members opposed the motion, because, said they, we have no doubt that the Senate, who originated the bill, had conlidered the fubjeft fully, and had made the proper ellimate (on full ir foi mation) of the real value of the differ- ent coins. Mr. Page replied, that since he had on ly heard the opinions and suppositions of gentlemen opposed to his opinion, and no latisfadlory proof offered to fnpport the bill againlt his amendment, he (liould per sist in his motion ; for, said he, although I will not be so dogmatical as to assert that 1 am right, and the Senate wrong —• yet, in a matter of this nature, which ad mits of politive proof and\demonfttatiou, and which, as far as my own a&ual expe riments have gone, eftablilh my opinion, I cannot give it up, till I have been con vinced by other arguments than such as I have heard. Had 1 been told that the different coins alluded to had been exa mined hydroftaticaDy, or had been alTay ed by proper persons appointed for that putpofe, I (liould have acquicfced. I might poflibly however have supposed that they were of a different coinage or emis sion from those which I had examined. I think the clause under confideiation is of such importance as to require full and fatijfadtory proof to the world, that it has not been adopted without a thorough w veltigation of the truth and propriety v' the diferimination it establishes between the coins of the nations with which we have such a conTiderable commercial m tercourfe; with that proof, I Ihoiild be fa tisikd, and would defy the invidious lu>-
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