ami by joining their party, I ffiould
have become to tlieina cliiel of
gi cat importance to be gained over ;
but aj 1 -wa» perfectly certain that
their prafofal would not be recon
cileable 10 my conscience, 1 had re
filled even to fee iheui. In this fi
tuaiion 1 could-do noth-ing ejfe ihun
quit ■ France, as. .my dealb .would
have beer, no fetviee to it. It is
from the ipita of August that 1 date
my egira. 1 repaired to Bouillon,
with iMeaubonrg, Bureau de Puzy,
and feme oi ber officers. We ferouc
under pretence of i ecorlnoitering,
leaving my escort of Huflars on tbe
road,l lent back all my Qrdonances,
(soldiers on duty, whose business it
is to carry the General's written or
ders) to make those divisions of the
army retire who were in danger,
and to inform LUckner, my own
General, and the Municipality of
Sedan, of my departure. _
in a word, inliead of tarrying off
with me as I might, my officers and
troops. 1 dis}. not w Mt> 'bat the moll
scrupulous delicacy Ihoold have any
thing to reproach itfelf with.
Having arrived near Rochfort,
in tbe country of Liege, from which
we expected to proceed to Holland
and England, w-e were informed
that there was there an Austrian
post which we could easily avoid,
bui.which we had no reason either
to leek for, or ro fly from. With a
view <wsly of avoiding all mifiake
and aM -initutiiifira, D tire an de Puzy
quitted us to rfiake to the command
ing officer a declaration similar to
that which I now fend you. We
were invited to approach, and you
will be as much surprized as I was,
when you learn that we were there
treated as prisoners of war. Being
conducted to Namur, and after
wards to this place, we are so clofe
]y confined, that 1 have a ceminel
at the door of iny apartment, and 1
• am not allowed to walk in a final I
garden which is at the bottom of
the stair-case, we walk only in the
court. This conduct towards ns is
as nnjuft as impolitic. Yoq will
. readily perceive that it tends to ali
enate the Conventional party, that
is to fay, the grand majority of the
nation, from all confidence in the
for having defended royaly, at the
fame time as liberty. In (hort,
•Whatever may happen tome, I (hall
always remain iuch as you have
known me ; but if justice and poli
cy prevail over personal malice, I
; expecft to repair soon to England,
where I (hall be happy to fee you.
(Signed)
"LA FAYETTE."
Second litter of M. De La Fayette.
Arlon, Sepit. 3.
I am sensible how mach your
attention is engaged with my fitua
tioti—l am well, this is all the fa
tt*fait ion I can at present give to
my friends.
" 1 -wrote to you since the epoch
—when the crimes of the ioih of
Augwft, the violence offered to all.
the constituted powers, the little
support 1 found in the bold step of
nrrefting the Commiflioners of the
Aflembly, and lastly, the inutility
of my death to the public cause,
were so many fuccelfive reasons for
determining'nie to quit France.
" Had the King been able to de
termine to quit Paris, as 1 propnfed
to him,.after having taken measures
for conducting him to Compeigne,
he would have avoided great dan
gers and great misfortunes. But it
is useless to recur to the past.
" I informed you how 1 resolved
to quit France, in which I could no
longer serve the cause of liberty,
and in which 1 could lieither-com
promise with guilt, nor bend under
the despotism of the Jacebins.
" 1 informed you also how I reach
ed-' Rocheforr, where there was a
poll of Aullriatis whom I and wiy
companions neither fought for nor
avoided. Yon must read in the pa
pers a declaration made by Us, as
well as a lift of the companions of
nyjourney: the manner in which
we announced ourselves, left us in
no doubt refpetling the right we
had to pass freely. We were how
ever conducted to Nivelle, and our
confinement became closer every
day. A part of the officers who had
accompanied me, have at length
been released ■, the reft ought to
havp been so. Since Meanbaarg,
Alexander Lameth, Bureau de Puzy,
and myfelf, were put into a carri
age, under the escort of a major
and three officers of infautry, with
a detachment of hullars. At every
place where we arrived, two cemi
nels were polled at the door of our
apartment, two at the bottom of the
ttaircafe, and two at the street door,
besides those ported at th<? ftabks
and under the windows, so that we
were in every refpeft
prisoners of war, which was sMbfd",
but as stare prisoners, which is ex
plained by the conftiuitio-n of kiayo
nets. We shall arrive to-morrtfwat
Luxembourg—this is all I know?.
"It isftiange enough to fee La
Rochefoucauld and Bariiave under
the rod of the Jacobins— : J and Jny
companions in the chains ps J&e
Auftrians. The friends of liberty
are pr.ofcribed on both fiiei » I am
not therefore in my place, but in a
prison ; and I had rather firffef-iii
the name of despotism, which I have
combated, than in the name of the
people, whose cause is dear to tpjr
heari, .and wliofe name is at prefen'
prfifaned by villains. f; __
- » *t\ - I ■ a——*— 1 -
" I wtfhthat the Duke of'Brwnl
A'ltlc may march Paris
in order that honeit jn.sn efcaj>_{
rhe dagger of aflalfins, aiiA
France jh fafeiy. B«t law ftlittl
with indignation at -the cowardice
with which both towns, and troops
surrender.
" I know well that the crimes of
the iothof August contribute great -
ly to this, but it is necellaty that
the French nation ftiould have at
the fame time energy fuffirifenr to
pnnifli them, and ro defetid itfelf
from fuffering enemies —my coun
trymen Jiave had neither the one
nor the other.
" In fhorr, though my present
(it-nation is disagreeable,. it is not
difgraceful for a friend of liberty,
and it is not what it would have
been at the head of an army, under
the monstrous government which
the Jacobins hate fubftituted'fpf the
conititution.
You will perhaps aik, what are
-jney going to do wltn youatlTiix
embourg ? I really do not'Kifiow
but they will not make ine'a man
inconfiftenr in principles, nor plia
ble by the situation in which 1 now
am. (Signed)
"LAFAYETTE."
PARIS, April 2,
Dumourier in one of his letters to
Bournonville, fays, he designs "one
part of his army for the deliverance
of the found part of the Convention."
M. BrilTot, who is not only a* found
but a moderate patriot, and who
does not wifli to fee the republic
fall before Brunfwick nor Dumou'
tier, thus apostrophises, " deliver
the found part of the Aflembly !
Pray who charged you with this du
ty, Dumourier ? and suppose the
Aflembly was not free,-vrhere is the
republican who would owe liis deli
verance to a Rebel ? Where is the,
republican who is not perfnaded
that if any one man could " deliver"
the Convention to-day, heco\ild not
also enslave it to-.morrow ? Take;
care, Dumourier, if you march
against the Mountain, the whole re-'
public will become Mountain—and j
I, who have braved the daggers of
our little Cromwells, am ready to j
present my bread to the bayonets of!
Monk. Do you really believe; Du
mourier, that we are so reduced as
to choose between our tyrants?"
It would be difficult to paint the
indignation which seized on every
mind, at the reading of Dumourier's
trairerous letters in the Convention :
It was thus Casfar wrote when he
marched against Rome ; he also pre
tended to re-eftablilh peace, and de--
ftroy ty. anny ; he afFetfted net »o
aspire to the Supreme Authority.
" Dumourier! Dumourier!" ciied
Briflot, " I have compared thee to
Ctefar—it is enough to fay, Brutus
waits for thee."
On the 2jth of March, the patriots
e, 'g«g«d a body of counter-revolu
tioniflg near Vannes, routed and
killed 400 of them, who appeared
by their dress 10 be peasants; hue
upon a closer examination they were
found to be men of very delicate
shapes, white skin, and loft hands.
This failt proves what we have luf
petSed, that a large n.uniber of emi
grant nobles have entered the coun
try in dil'guife, and are the only
counter revolutioinifts we have to
fear ill the interior parts.
April j. A whole Department
has denounced Marat, and declaied
that his bead mull fall, or thq pub
lic tranquility cannot be restored.
LONDON, April 19.
The Duke of York ha* caused a
Monwnetit to be ereifled at Don.,
to the memory of Lieutenant Wef-
WfHy : who so gallantly periftied in
the defence of Williamftadt.
Large bodies of emigrants are
daily embarking for Ollend, to fci ve
in the army of the Prince deConde,
as we'll as in that of the Prince de
Saxe Cebourg. j
It is expected that Dunkirk will
be attacked on the 20th inft. Ihe
Gnards were to march to Nieuport
and Fumes this day or to marrow.
It is said there are only 60 regular
troops in Dunkirk.
The French are so completely
blocked np at Dunkirk by ourcrui
zers, that not a privateer or gun
boat has made its appearance in the
channel for many days part.
The Municipality of Dunkirk is
said to have prohibited all further
intsrcotitfe between that port and
"Oftend. In this cafe, it will beconre
.difficult' to procure the French Ga
zettes.
A privateer belonging to Guern-
Tey has taken and Tent into Falmouth
a French ftiip, laden with indigo,
valued at 40,0001.
A Liverpool piivateer, belonging
to Mr. Tarleton of that place, has
taken and sent in a French Weft-
Indianian, valued at 32,000'.
The lrifti finugg'er, called the
Morgan Ratler, which has been in
the finuggling trade since ihe was
launched, is converted into a priva
teer, atmed, victualled, and f urnifh
ed with a conimiffion from the cham
ber, of Vice Admiralty at Brest.
Marquis Cornwallis was expecfted
to leave Bengal in February last.
The French Gendarmerie, who
of R.frta aw arrived at Lisle
with their artillery, arms and bag
gage. The reft of the garrison,
with that of Gertrudenbug, took a
different route r but whethertojoin
Dumourier or not, is not yet known.
Blancheland, late Governor of
St. Domingo, is now under trial be
fore the Revolutionary Tribual.
April 20.
The intelligence which we com
municated on Monday last, refpetft
ing Generals Miranda,Stingen, and
Lanoue, we were hopeful would
have proved unfounded. Subse
quent atlvices, however, put it be
yond doubt, that they had fnffered
ou the fcaffold. The fame advices
state, that Santerre, the Comman
dant General of Paris, had been ap
pointed Commander in Chief of the
French armies.
It. is also confirmed, that Conde
has surrendered to the Auftrians.
Valenciennes is regularly invest
ed.
On the 13th inft. Marac was ar
retted, in confecjueoce of a decree
of the National Convention, and
committed to the prison of the Ab
baye.
Memorial prefcnted ©n the fifth of this monrh,
by the Bntifa and Imperial Miniilers to the
States General.
" a "i Mighty Lords,
,c It is known that towards the end of the
month of September laft'year, his Biitanriic
Majesty and your High Mightiness gave, in
concert, a fo'emn atfnrancc, that in cafe the im
minent danger which then threatened tho lives
of their mo ft Chriftirn Majcfties and their Fa
milies, Ihould he releafcd, his Majelty and your
High MightineiTes would not tail to pursue the
mod efficacious meafu'es to prevent the person
who migllt render themselves guilty of so atro
cious a crime, from finding any afylutri in your
refpe&ive Hates. This event, which w« with
horror forefcen, has tsken place; and the divine
vengeance, teems not to have been tardy. Some
of these dctcftable regicides are now in such a
fltuation, that they can be fuhjetted to the sword
of the law. Tile reft are rttll in the midil of" a
people vvh6m they have plunged into an abyss
of evils, and for whom Famine, Anarchy, and
Civil War, are shout to prepare new calamities.
In ftiort, every thing that we fee happen, indu
ces us to consider as not far d iltant the end of
thefr wretches, whose madness and atrocities
have filled with terror and indignation all thole
who refpeathe principles ol teligion, morality
and humanity*
" Tbt underfilled, ftAlkh-tll . '
enlightened judgment aiVS of your JJ.jj
Mightineflfi, Whether ii Would Mi be prnpe, lo
employ all the meanain yourpowei to prohibit
from entering yoor Staita ia Europe, or your
Colonic*, alt thole Mrmhcri of t|te felfiulrd Ni
tional Convention, or of rtie pretended Exeeu-
tive Council, who have dire&ly or iodirt&ly,
participated in the said crime ; and, if they
fhou'id be discovered and arretted,. to deliver
them up to jufticc, that they may Crrve a» a
(on and example to mankind.
•• Done at the Hague, this £th of Apiil, 179*.
(Signed) 41 Auckland.
" Louis C. Stahainberg.
77/0 fufpenjion of all regular communication with
France has obliged us 10 be more bpef in fame of
the detail* we have laid before the public fine?
.that period thpn we could have wifaed. H'e art
now enabled to give further interejling pattkular<s
rejpeffivg the conduct ofthe convention, on hear*
ing of Dumouricr's attempt to re-ejiablijk Roj*
alty in France.
NATIONAL CONVENTION,
■V fn the fitting of the 4th inli. Lacroix gav€
an accodnt of Dumourier having arrdfted
Bnrurnonville and' the cominiffioners sent to
brinft him to the bar.
The commit tee of public fafety immediate
ly met. T*bc constituted authorities in ?a <
and the executive council were Cumiuon d tp
the bar, and ordered to preserve the peats 4*
Paris. Sanrerre, the commandant ge»>e;;ij
*ras lent tor, and ordered to concert with the
civil magistrate in all meafuies which ti\fi
circumftauces might require.
Tlie convention decreed, that the execu.
tive council (houid instantly nominate a &ew
neral to succeed Dumourier, whom t de
clared a traitor ; foi bade him to be obeyed,
on pain of death and confifcation ; and of
fered a reward <of three hundred thou (and li«
vres to whoever ffiould bring him deatj or
alive to Paris.
The executive council announced that they
.meafurevior tfi
peace of Paris ; and proposed tfiat the con*
venfion in imitation of the conftiiutienal as„
fhouM take the remsof government
into their hands, and appoint genera!";.
A deputy from Valenciennes announced,
that the best spirit reigned in.that city, oet
withftanding the efforts of Dumourier ; that
there were 10,000 men in the camp at Matir
bege, and 6,000 at Conde.
Roberfpierre inveighed ap.ainft Briifrt,
and moved a decree of accufatlon agairft him
—Briffiu replied, and the convention pafled
to the order of the day.
Monday, April 8.
A letter, dated St. Gaudens, April if,
wa? read, slating that general Sahudet had
entered the valley of Aran, in the Pyrenees,
belonging to Spain, with two columns of
French troop*;, and bad taken polfefiTion of,if.
The letter added, that he had taken 80 pri
soners, with 60 mo/kefs and hooo cartridge',
with the loss of only two chaffcufs r ki)led,aud
four wounded.
Breard mqived, that the aflSftants of the
rmniftcr at n»ar, tbof* of the minrftfr of the
Murine, Dumas, director of'one of the
offices of the sninifter at war, should be kept
in a rtate of at reft.—Decreed.
It was reported to the Convention, ttiat
35,000 pounds weight of gunpowder had teen
removed from CafTel to Lisle. In the camp
qf the traitor Dumourier, who wifbed to re
tain none but such as were attached to his
cause, desertions multiplied daily. The re
port further stated that such of Dumourier's
troops as continued faithful to him were uni
ted to the Imperialists.
Carnot and Lefage announced that theyhad
transmitted to the Convention a trunk be
longing to Dumourier, in whith were found
several papers refpe&ing his treachery, and
various books, such as the lives of illuftriojjs
men, an atlas, &c.
The department of the Meufe denounced
General Chazot, as a traitor to the Republic.
Bentabol moved that a decree of a'ccnfa
tion (ho 11 Id he pafled against Miranda, Stin
gen, Mazienlky, and La 11 one ; that they
should be delivered up to the Revolutionary
Tribunal.
Some members having observed that such a
decree was not nece.Tary, and that it would
be fufficient to read the papers which tended
to criminate, these papers were ordered to
be read to-mor row.
The ci-devant Puchefs of Orleans requeu
ed and obtained permission to be confined in
her apartment.
A member who read a letter from Sables
d'Olonne, dated April 2, announcing that
the rebels had appeared in force before that
post, and, under cover of Jthe night, had be
gun to throw up trenches for batteries, but
that their works had been dellroyed by a hea
vy fire from the town. The rebels fired red
hot ih/>t, but a ball from the town destroyed
their furnace, burnt some of their carriages,
and occasioned ati explosion which killed a
Jiumber The counter revolution
ists then fled, and were pursued by the patri
ots, who killed 3OOQ of them, and took 14
cannons and 11 carriages laden with bread.
It*MANENT SITTING— APRIL IT!
The fitting of this day was entirely occu
pied toy the reading of the dispatches front
theMeparrrnents in a state of revolt.
In the Department of Finiftfcrre, Cotes-du-
Nord, and la Yillaine, the infurjjjents had
been completely subdued ; in the letter, ma
ny of the ringleaders had periflied on the fcaf
fold. The communication between Rennes
and Nantz had been re-eftabliflied, and Ge
neral Berruyer was to attack the Rebels.
Friday, April 12.,
Buzot demanded, that the Appeal
Chould be proceeded on, for the ele&ion ot
four Members to repair to the Depart
ment de I'Orne, there to collect particu
lars refpefting the motives of PhHippe d'Or