■ fh* 6~, hateji News from France. Fro<n ih- Aurora'. PARIS, December is. The following is an exact lift Hie French Grand fleet, lvirt£ in the road of Breit, ready to set Fail at the firlt iignal, i i the beginning Ot De cember ; v/Ken the following lilt was t'•tnfinitted to the Committee of Ma rine by the Naval Department of Brest. Ships of the Line. l.e Majeflneux 118 Le Temeraire 7 4 I 1 Montague do Jean-Bart do Ls Revolutionaire do I-.' 7.r.1e 'do Laßepuhlirue 110 Le Pelletier do LaTcrriM; do La Convention do I.- Scipion 84 Le Tyrannicide do Le 9 Thermidor* do Mucins Scoevola do I.'lni'.omntaMe do Le Snj-erbe do 1,--i Revolution do Trajan do I.c 74 Eole do Le $1 Mai do Neptune do lis ]?rr.mape do Alexandre do I.'Aquilon flo Neltor do Le Patriot® do Le Tijre do do Marat* do GafperaiA do Le RcdoutaMe* do L'Audacicux do Droitsdtl'Homm;*do 1 dui vilic do Frigates. 44 La Surveillante do L'Embufcade do La Bayonnaiie* do La Kaillcuie do La Prccienfe i-a Triburie La Fraternite La CharcnU •La Vcrtii* L'lnl'urgentc La Repub. Fran caifc I,a Nereide do Thames Corvettes Iff Brigant'ines. La Bergere* 42 Trois Couleurs* Le Bert can* do La Mon agne* Le Bcrnetßouge* do Las Caffas Le Tigre* 18 L'lmpatient L'Athjlante* do LePapillon L'Eipion do v.is»>f ? \ . 1 * ' Recapitulation. EhipsW tbe Line ~ Frigates" ' Corvettes Ships of War 59 The whole fleet i 9 divided into eleven divisions, including two called light di visions. Wattigny* and Dix Aout,* of 84 guns each, with some new 74 gun. ships, are daily expected from Roch fort, as also the diviiion of Cain-ale ; and in less than a fortnight the Bred fleet will confill of at lead 45 (hips of t lie line, not including numbers of ships which arc now refitting or lately taken in commission. Besides this, a diviiion of 10 ships of the line and frigates has already set fail on a secret expedition, and 140 frigates and corvettes are fla- loffitS liiy or Biscay, iri order (• in tercept the commercial veflcls of our enemies. N. B. Th« {hips marked thus ire among the number of thole which have been launched and fitted since Ju ly, i 794- December 24. The rumours of a general peace are picvalent ; but they are rumors only Tiit Friends of humanity hope that a period will soon be put to the effufion of human blood ; but we fear that our wishes are in this infta.ice mistaken for hopes. A majority, however, of the Ger manic empire, i» buficd in endeavoring to obtain a peace for their fubjefts.— Prtiflia and Austria fee their treasures milting away ; their population dimi nishing, their fields abandoned, and their thrones shaken, notwithstanding flieir success in Poland. Spain ruined knows not what pray ers to offer up to God add to all their faints to be relieved from her present critical GtUation. Holland fees her frontiers invaded, her gold carried to a people a rival in tojrtnerce, and fears, with reason, her speedy annihilation as a political pow er. Even France, irt the mhjft of her vic tories, tottering on the unliable bafia of a government hot yet in ailivity, toin, afiafiinjtted ihternally by the vio lence of faction, need* reft, needs a peace ; (he '■needs it to reestablish her commercial system, to recall the faienc es and arts, of which (he was once the center. A finale power, insulated, corroded by ambition,, wifljes toieap advantages from tlie misfoitunes of all Europe, wh», by the intrigues of that power, have. been diiped into rhe Viar. Tbe Lite conduct of this haughty power, (hould di&atr the future conduct of Euu>pe towards her. We learn, that the Spanish govern ment are about convoking their States General. From what they have seen as the ifTue of tliat measure in France, they mull be in desperate circumftanccs indeed, to have rccoutfe to it. The city of Grave is in 0111" hands. This place surrendered 011 the 24th November : the garrison obtained a molt honourable capitulation. Thus the Fren'ch are mailers of the Meufe, from its lource to Fort St. Andrew It is said in London, that the Ame rican minister, Mr. Jay, is about com ing to Paris, on an errand interesting to England and Europe in general. The General Eutiace, whom the government of Holland had caufcd to be arretted, has been liberated. December 25. The ahtnetty Iled out to the madmen of Vertdee, continues to produce the happiell efFeftc. All the Chouans, and others, on the two shores of the Loire, are anxious of it. T'le filter of Charette, who has during the troubles remained in Nantes as a seamstress, since the humane decree of the Convention has made Iterfelf known, and been «f lingular use in carrying the tidings of peace to the rebels. ENCAMPMENT or MOEURS. December 25 The changes that we announced have taken place. Half the army remains 011 the borders of the Rhine, and the remainder is to fall back into winter quarters. All the heavy cavalry of Du bois's division has just set off for the banks of the Meufe ; it will then be easier to transport the forage wanted on that river. The right wing of the Northern army has besieged Grave, and we learn, that that place, so important to us, is in our hands. 36 do do do do do 3 a '< NATIONAL CONVENTION. December 18. The Reptefentatives of the People Defrues and Villers write, that they had given notice to the Committee of Public Safety that a vail quantity of provifionj and merchandize had been sent from the Port of the Weft to Paris and the interior parts of France : They remarked besides that the merchandize of the Ealt India company had been fold ore third cheaper as the wife laws of the Convention on" commerce had been publifhcd, and that the fame will take place with the goods of the Weft- Indies. Lecointre (of Versailles.) The re volutionary tribunal sentenced to death on the 16th initant three individuals un happily too celebrated in the annals of the Republic. [The deputy Carrier and the members of the revolutionary committee of Nantes, Grandmaifon and Pinard.] But the fame tribunal acquit ted 26 individuals of Nantes, who were convicted of having executed the molt mailacrfd men, women and child cold blood ; of having committed extor*, tions and dilapidations of all kinds. The question whethertheyhad vexed, plundered and aflaiTmated -their fellow citizens with a counter revolutionary intention hat fared those 26 mon- Iters I (hall not remind the Convention that those tigers set free exult over the public calamity, sneer unpunished at the distress of the relations of those they have murdered. I believe that the mem bers of the tribunal have done their du ty but I demand vengeance in the name of outraged humanity ; I demand in the name of the families they covered with mourning, and reduced to despair in the the blood of so many vl&ims, I demand that the committee of legislation be charged to examine the question, whether those morifters cover ed with the blood of thousands ought not to be sent before the criminal tribu nal of their department I demand besides that the committee of general security take proper measures in order to prevent thefecannibals from fteppingover the barrieisof Paris and escaping the hand of Jtiftice. [Ap plauded. J A Member. This is not enough ; tliofe monsters must be muzzled, they ought to be arretted immediately. A % Member maintains that a citizen cannot be arraigned a second time for a crime he has once been cleared of, by a legal tribunal. Some membets of the moderate party answer, that the revolutionary tribunal is only eltablilhcd to judg# the crimes of the Republic. Breatd. It is ftifficient to refer the whole to the committee of general fecu nty. If the 26 individuals seemed in nocent in the eyesiof the revolutionary tribunal, they are in the eyes of the whole nation guilty of robbery, murder and afiafliiiaiion. I am not in the least acquainted with (he quibbles of the law, but I have a heart that partakes the feelings of the diftrefled, and abhors crime. I ima gine that it is neceflary in this cafe to have tccourfe to a measure of general ■ V police. It rtv.ift, it cannot be permited thst the victims of the horrible attroci tic3committed by the revolutionary com mittee of Nantes be exposed to meet a gain theliangmen of their fathers, Mo thers and children, of all that was dear to them in this world. The Convention decreed that the members of the revolutionary commit tOe of Nantes lliall be again put in prison. ' Ructle Repvcltrttative of the People at Nantes informs the Convention in a letter dated Dec. 12 that the decree of amnelty in favor of the Vendean rebels and Chouans wus received in the cityof Nantes with tranfpoit*. He had a great many copies of that decree prin ted and, a(Tnres that by meass of the mealures he has taken, the difpolitions ot that wife decree are aheaily known in all parts of the infui gent country. This measure.has already produced the mod happy efle£ oif both banks of the Loire. The rebels who inf'efted those cantons, initeadof continuingtheir infamous inve&ives and horrible attroci ties againll the Patriots now wilh to fraternize and offer to submit to the laws of the Republic. Since two days the cry of vive le roy does no lon'ger fill the air ; the cry of-Vive la Republique pre cedes the troops of deluded Frenchmen who come daily to rejoin the llandard of liberty. Gloomy despair and terror is every where replaced by joy and con fidence. Every thing forbodes at lad that those unhappy districts coloured with the blood of so many victims of fanaticifm, so cruelly deluded by the in fiduous agents of tyranny will be soon entirely restored to the Republic. [Lively applauses.] Clauzel, speaking to the order of the day followed the example of Lecoin tre, and denounced ( the principal accom, plices of the fa&ion of Robespierre. He attacked in particular Collot d'Her bois and Voulland for having defended Vincent, Ronfin, Pache, Bouchotte and other conspirators. He mentioned that Elie La Cofte had once declared in the committee of public fafety, that Robespierre had proposed to i'ufpendthe fittings of the Convention. He aiked whetnef all his colleagues were not intimately convinced of the con spiracy denounced by Le Cointre. He accused them of having opposed the traduction of Pache and Bouchotte be fore the revolutionary tribunal, because they feared the light. He concluded with remarking that they calumniated a certain Fabricius because he was in possession of pieces which proved their guilt and that he intended to propose the abolition of the revolutionary tribunal. Clauzel demanded ill. that the re voutionary tribunal lhould hf jmmfd'- Tainvitle, Pache and Bouchotte before the revolutionary tribunal. Clayzel maintainedthat testimonies of a good conduct had spoke in favor of all the representatives, 9 members excepted. Raumpe, tho' I have not the honor of being reckoned arrong the members pro scribed by blood thirlly intriguers who itil-e themfelvej the friends of justice and humanity, I fee plain that it is now better to be a Charette, a chief of the rebels, a murderer of thousands of Patriots than to be a deputy, one of those men who have saved by th eir wisdom the republic from the brink of ruin. The cries to the Ab bay Abuay, did not permit Raumpe to con tinue. The denunciation of Clauzel was refer red to the three eommittees already char ged to make a report on that fubjeft. Dec. 24. Noel Pointe delivered a long discourse, in which he declares that aristocracy anc fanaticifm are raifmg their heads again ; — that in all parts of the republic the belt citizens, the patriotsof 1789 are persecut ed ; he declaims against the class of mer chants and men of letters, whom he de claresfoldrfo ourenemies. He concluded by alking the revival of the decree of the 17 th September. Thispropofal was received with afto nilhment from a man, acknowledged as a sincere friend of the republic ; it excited much applause from the Jacobins ; but the majority of the Convention remained silent. The printing of Pointe's discourse was called for by the former. Baraillon opposed with warmth the mo tion. " What* said he " at a time when you are endeavoring to reflore the repub lic, too long torn by fadtion to its state of splendour, is commerce to be debased in your fight.* Is it forgotten, that in pur suing such a system, the infamous law of the maximum was engendered, that the manufafturiug towns have been ruined, that all these men, who by their talents and industry had rendered France the most fieuriftiing country in Europe have been imprisoned, butchered, drowned, (hot, and tortured in a thousand various ways. He concluded by calling for the previous queftioa. Murmurs interrupted Baraillon ; upon which Legendre exclaimed—" Let him be heard—it will be easy to demonltrate that with good intentions it is possible to b* duped by a few rascals [alluding to Bar rere, Billaud and Collot.J Exclamations of anger escape from that fide, Gallon attempts to fiy at ,Legendre but is held. December 20. ivtier >e bro't « I aft to be heard" said I.egendre : — that none of my colleagues jnay miilake Iby meaning, and I believe what I said was tfiredted them, f *ill be expli cit, 1 declare, that I oply alluded to those three rascals [pointing Hill to the iame three membersj and I denounce them to my country as the butchers of my fellow citizens. " I declare not to the Convention not to the People of Paris but to the whole French people in inafs, that no power an earth shall deprive me of my energy and prevent me from attacking those three vil lains, -who are straining every nerve to excite disturbances. They have preached at the Jacobins, rebellion openly. Do you think you have done enough by fhuttiag up the cavern ? No you should b.y your bands upon those who preach up sedition. What have we done ? We have imprison ed subaltern intriguers ; but citizens, as long you asfuffer this halltobedil'gracedby their presence, so long will they blow the coals of discord. I demapd the order of the day on the motion for print ing. [Applaufes.J Collot d'Herbois advances towards the tribune. The Convention palfes to the order of the day, the fubjedl of the law of the maximum. Some tumult disgraced the further pro ceedings of,the convention ; but finally or der wasre-eftablilhedand several articles on the fubje<ft of the maximum were decreed. Dec. 25. Upon*a report of the committee ®f pub lic fafety, the convention pass a decree to encojiragethe watch manutailory eftabhlh ed at Benfac aHd other manufactories of the fame kind in the department of Doubs. They also decree that the' goods sequestra ted as intended for Lyons, at the time of the misfortune of that city lhall be reltor ed to the proprietors, if they exist yet, or that the price of them shall be paid if they have been fold. Petitions presented. One from the sec tion of praying the ptinilh ment of the authors of the maflacres of the 2d. and 3d. September. The administrators of the diftrifls of Avignon and Treafcon write, that from each commune two or three individuals known as bad citizens set off for Paris, and fay that they march to the afliftance oi the Jacobins. " Ilately left that part of the repub lic," fays Aguis, " and I can allure the convention that they oUght not to' be at their eaie an N the scOre of the disposition of the inhabitants, nor to trust the appar ent calm, and much less the pompous ad drefles which they tranfmiti " Watch then narrowly and do not fuf fer yourselves to be seduced by outward demonstrations of refpeft and attachment. Know the character of the Marfeillefe. — When they had a king they lifted a re public. Now they wilh for a separate go - vernment. This is a has too long been concealed from you, and which ought to be disclosed. " There is another not less interesting for you to know, it is that the plotters here have relations in Marseilles. In their pof fee houses they drink to the next month. The next month> yjlain* no" longer exilt." "7" He concluded by afTuring, that the de partments du Rhone and Vauclufe were well supplied with provisions. Several members speak of the necessity of expelling th«remainder of the creatures of Robespierre from office. Coutorier complains of the ina<ftionof the commit tees, and demands, that to-morrow, with out further delay, they shall report on the denunciation of Lecointre, and present the report on the reorganization of the Revolutionary Tribunal. He concluded his remarks by faying, " Strike the vil lains; take every measure to baffle the conspirators,. or fear the speedy diilolutiou of the Convention." An aid du camp of the commander in chief of the Wefiern Pyrenees presents seven standards of the enemy. The Presi dent gives the bearer the fraternal kiss. Richard announces a new advantage gained by a detachment of Basques and a detachment of Cher. A strong poll has been carried on the left of Tolofa. The enemy loft a great number of men, and a mon» the dead a Caftillian Colonel was found. Honorable mention decrded. Army of the Eajlern Pyrenees. December 10. Our troops display the greatest a£ti vity in pulhing the liege of Roses. Our commander in chief has lately given orders not to answer the fire of the be sieged till further orders tho* 50 Spa nilh gun-boats, whicl/lay in*the road, keep up an inceflant fire. J Be/ides 8 and 1 2 pounders 60 pieces of heavy artillery will be placed round the fort and the harbour, viz. 30 twen ty four pounders 10 sixteen pounders, ten howitzers and ten mortals of 12 inches in diameter. We are forced to open a road of two miles across a steep mountain, two thousand men were day and night at work and within five days the passage and our project will be prac ticable. The Spanish made lately a vigorous sortie, and advanced close to our batteries, but our grape-shot cooled soon the ardor of the Caftilian slaves, who retreated in eonfulion towards the fort. Miquel-Fefrier Adjutant General & Commander of the flying artillery re ceived orders to set out for Perpignan and to get all the fire-w<?rks and com buftiblej he can find in the arsenals and magazine#, tanifportcd to ?alau—Sous- Rose. The plaii wiiit-Ii we me to <?*<•,-jtc is extremely bold but calcuiatei! \ 0 r . sure fucc'efs. The walls of jhf will he crushed before eight dayi we hope bclides to burn the Spanilh fleet, which supports the boats and furuifhes the fort witl visions. LEGHORN, November 2: The latest intelligence from informs us that the Sons of the tive Bashaw of Tripoli* ariivcd a former place. The new Baftiaw o polis has rendered himfelf mailer Island of Cuebry belonging to 7 and threatens to p.ufh his conqucl i farther. This circumftancc oera fome military preparations at Tua the Divan refotved to attack Ti by land and sea. The French frigates contini. make a vast number of rich piij the coalt of Afiica, in the Med nean. RATISBON, December ( The fubjeft of peaec was ycftt r broached in the diet. Bohtmi" Brandenburgh have not yet givei votes in the electoral college College of Piiaces, 56 votes hav c'ollefted, a majority of which a the propofiti#ns from Mayence. to the college of the imj)erial they have only read the propoliti the dire&ory, and the deliberate . been poltponed. LEGHORN, December 8. Two of those four Spanish p;:. t«, which were miffed, have ai last ? in the gulph of Spezzia_ Searttr grants of diftindtion came passe ■..> from Spain. The remaining, two p nk et's mull have fallen into the hands of the Sans Culottes. A Spanifti fleet of 18 ships of the line is at present in the bay of Rjfes ; it is said the Spanish admiral has orders to try if possible to save the important Spanifti port of Roses from being taken by the republicans who are now in great force before that place. The EnglilTi squadron under admiral Hotham has also left the bay of St. Flo rent in Cot-' fica. Some suppose that admiral Ho tham has received orders to t;£.e his flation off the island of Hieres 1 in order to obfetve the French fleet at Toulon which is already composed of 20 {hips of Mhe line ready for sea, bclides three eighty fours and three seventy fours lately launched and now fitting. E r in general it is believed he directed j course towards the (heights of_.G-.--n- -— civrjM a Freat I fion of 10 ships of the line aii'l frigates of fpi cc sent frum B eil i o iii der to reiafoice the fleet of T< :'on. The French do not only design t< pute the fovcreignty of the-jcian with the English, but thpy will have the fu perierity in the Mediterranean. Tie surprising activity which reigns among the merchants in all the French port* in this sea, prove* that the chief aim of the epnvention is to revive or rather to monopolize the commerce in the Le vant, which offered always a balance of many millions in favor of France. It W not expe&ed that the republicans will make great efforts to retake Corsi ca, for this island mud fnbmit as f< on a* the- French fleet has a iuperioiity over that of the English. GENOA, December 4. Our latest accounts from Port Mau rice inform us, that 2800 French-troops have just arrived at the former place and at St. Remo [two Genoeie ports they came from the interior parts of France, and are as well as the oilier Republican troops lately arrived on the territory of Genoa dcftine.d to reinforce the French army of Italy. A proclamation of the deputy Jean Bon St. Andre was yefteiday posted up on the door of the French consul in this city. It contains in substance that the honour to pursue the enemies of liberty by sea being itferved to the na %Y Republic alone, the proprie tors of piivateers had been otdtfred tft remit their letters of marque ; that the by privateers and conduc ed into a neutial port weie put in a state of requisition. The consul is charg ed to fend all the prizes under escort ta Toulon. A French privateer ha« lately cap. tured four ships destined for Leghorn. A great number qf French commi'f fanes are arrived htye, and now occu pied with measuring the distances from one place to another along the coast. Dec. 2j. It is hoped that the arri :al of our commifiioners, who departed the day before yesterday, f„ r PariS( lvi]l foo £ put an end to all hofMities. l^lHl T
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