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is dated to have carried off seven or eight
/hips of. the line, among which are, Le
Commerce de Marseilles, La Pompee,
Le Conquerant, and a great nurtiber of
smaller vefiels.
SITTING of the JACOBINS.
At the Jacobins, said thit for
a long time past, Camille Defmoulins had
grazed the guillotine; and he denounced
him, for having; in one of his papers,
with a criminal intention, furnilhed arms
to the aristocrats. Collot d'Herbois and
Hebert vindicated the characters of Ron
fin and Vineent, arrested by order of the
committee 6f fjiiblic tafety. Hebert ac
cused Fahre d'Eglantine, of having ne
ver atchieved any civic a&ion, but com
posed many counter-revolutionary publica
tions. He denounced Defmoulins, who
since he had married a rich lady, had be
come the friend of aristocrats ; despised
tht true Jacobins, and ridiculed the minis
ter Botichatte. He' attacked Bourdon
de l'Oife for having calumniated Ronfin,
deposed Roflignol, and insulted the best
patriots.
The fame charges were repeated against
the fame persons at the Cordeliers. Ca
mille Dcf-noulins, who had proposed to
purchase back from the Englifli, the town
of Toulon for three millions, and of course
for one million more than they had given
for it, was struck off the lift. The im
mense fortune of Fabre d'Eglantine was
again mentioned ; it was asserted, that in
Augnitj 1792, he had 110 (hoes, and was
indebted to ail old cloaths-rtien. His sen
tence was adjourned till the next fitting
of the Jacgbins. '
A letter from Tours, dated the 17th
instant, states, that the Royalists have
fci2cd all the vessels, they fotind on the
rivets Isle and Vilaine ; put them on wag
gons, carts, &e. and taken them for the
purpose of making use of tliem to re-pass
tiie .Loire ; and that the rebel general
n Charnttr, was in light of Mortagne,
with a:: army of 12,000 men.
On the 14th inftar.t, the town of Ren
nes was declared to be in a state of siege,
which inclines us to fear, that the royal- ;
ifts •vt'hti were said to have been drowned
in the Loire, are approaching that town
in confideraHe force. 'Thfc measure has :
perhaps, been occasioned by their march
to Morbihan, which was announced to
the convention in the fittifig of the 22d.
In the vrry fame fitting were read, letters
from the vommiflloners' at Alenton, an
nouncing feme dispositions made by them,
which proves that ifi that quarter, there'
exitt* another army of toyalifts. We fee,
c'lerefore, one column of them directing
its march towards the eoafts of Britanny,
by the way of' L'Orierit, whilst another
is marching towards the coAst of Lower
Normandy, and bears down upon Cher
bourg. AU this iifcredits those reports,
which rcprefents the insurgents of La
Vendee to beat their last gasp.
Citizen Durand, adjutant-general of
•the avmv in Italy, lias been appointed
temporary commandant of Marseilles.
December 23.
Read a lettrr from general Ronfin,
whertin he refuted the charges against
him, contained in Phr'Hppeaux's report
to the convention.
Fouche, representative of the people at
Lyons, announced the death of Gaillard,
who, thinking himfelf abandonad by the
Jacobins, haddeftroyed himfelf. Gaillard
was the best friend of Chalier. On the
lothof August he was the firft whomount
ed to the affauk against the tyrant of the
Thuilleries, and he was there severely
wounded.
Collot d'Herbois, after Fouche's letter
had been read, caused all the members of
the society to take an oath never to survive
one of their brethren who (hould be at
tacked, and then proceeded in the follow
ing terms :
" I came here with the fame hopes I
entered the Convention. But the Con
vention 1 found futrcunded by its enemies
—a,nd you I found debating whether you i
ought to approve the mcafiircs we had ta- ,
ken. You ceased for a moment to be
strong, and the death of Gaillard was the 1
result of your weakness- ,
" 111-difpofcd people endeavor to alie
nate your minds from the Convention 1
you have countenanced libels, which have 1
disunited you, and armed you against one ;
another, and have accused the committee
of publie fafety of having filed the blood i
of Patriots. Old histories have been c
f-arch<'d in order to establish a contrast be- t
twee 11 times " loig'pSft," and that where- f
n we live. They endeavor to mitigate :
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*
w.
tue .revolutionary movements. Wlio can
direct a thunder storm ?—AVell, such is ,
iiie revcriiioa. It' b flights mull pot ije
pr.eckjc, Far be it fjorp us to have an
idea L/f rnodeiit.i, Let ua remain Ja
cobins, let fas rem?.!n mountaineers, and,
save liberty." (Loud applaules.)
A member applauded these proportions
and again attacked Defmoulins
for having been moved to pity by the fate
ot the Cxirondilts ; he demanded the
judgment of every one who lhould pity
the fate of conspirators.
LevafTeur accuftd Phillippc *tix of hav
ing caused two deputies to vote for the ap
peal to the people, and,having treated du
ring a dinner, general* konhn and KofTg
nol like criminals, and the Jacobins'like
rogues.
Philippeaux maintained the truth of
a'l the facts contained in his report against
Ronfin. He declared, that he always vo
ted like a good mountaineer. He accus
ed the generals in La Vendee of having
filed the blood of 30,000 Republicans, &
of having lavished the public money.
Ronfin and RofTigno], he laid were con
stantly plunged in pleasures, and never at
the head of their armies, except on the
18th, when the former discovered the fe- .
cret of ckufing an army of 43,000 to be
cut to pieces by 3000 banditti, by placing
his army, artillery and baggage in a valley ;
inftcad of making himfelf mailer of the
heights, from which the rebels launched
the thunderbolts which destroyed our.
troops. He attributed to their stupidity,
that the banditti had passed the Loire,
for which purpose they had given them
two whole days. He denied the insolent
speech against the Jacobins with which
LevafTeur reproached him.
Hebert, called upon by LevafTeur, as
serted the truth of this reproach. The
fitting became stormy. Danton demanded .
the profoundeft calm> to hear this import- :
ant difcufiion.
Roberfpievre spoke to the fa (he purport.
He excused the intentions of Philippeaux,
but he Would have him prove his aiTertion,
that the committee of public fafety, th'ro'
mere obstinacy, had caused the deltruftion
of 30,000. ' Citizens,' he added,' whence
originate the commotions which agitate
you within a few days ? You are surround
ed here by the foreign powers. They
have placed you between the Moderantifm
which is borne down, and tht PctTlirem
treachery of those men, who set all in con
fufion. Phe taflics of our enemies contiit
in endeavoring to divide 11s, and to make
us destroy each other by our own hands."
Roberfpierre then declared, that all the
arrests complained of, had been decreed
alter a long difculfion in the committees.
He demanded, that the society should re
ly on the Convention and the Mountain,
and hear Philippeaux.
Philippeaux said, that on his return
from La Vendee, he had perceived in the
committee of public fafety a repelling kind
of .orms 5 that having not been able to
get a hearing, he had published his com
plaint in a pamphlet, of which he had no
more copies printed tliau were neceflary
for his colleagues.
" Tbou lieft," exclaimed LevafTeur
" thou haft even sent some copies to Samur
and Angers." (Murmurs.)
Philippeaux. " I will explain to you
the reafbn of Levaffeur's wrath against
me : I have caused a decree to be report
ed against the principles of an accumula
tion of farm-contra&s. This oepration
has caused to him the loss of an income of
500 livres a year. (Violent murmurs.)
Danton quoted the example of the Ro
mans, who forgot their private quarrels
when the enemy were at their gates :
The enemy are also at our gates, and we
are persecuting each other. Do all our
altercations kill one single Pruflian ? (Loud
applaufcs)—He demanded the efiablifh
ment of a committee to terminate the
quarreL
Bouthon asked Philippeaux, whether,
in his fbirl and confcienca, he really be
lieved that there had been any treafbn
committed in La Vendee I do," aii
fwered Philippeaux. « Then I demand
also a committee." This was decreed un
der the loudest acclamations of applaufc.
Collot.d' Herbois appeared at the bar,
to undergo the purificatory scrutiny.
He was received with the loudest buift <»f
applause.
Hebert moved, that while Collot was
upon the Tribune, he should give an ac
count of his operations at ,Lyous, and of
the inftru&ions he might have in his pcf
feffion refpefting General Ronfin.
Collot d'Herbois—" I congratulate my-
fclf, Citizens, that you have enabled me
ro.unbofoui myfeif with franknefs in the
toiJft of yob ! After two moQthsVbltncc
from "aris, for the piirpofe of fulfilling
th<' tailc with which yt. U: had charged ir.e,
, Ido not find again the public opinion :
Even my condudt'has appeared fulpicious.
i Several of my letters have met with.-dis
approbation : Obliged to explain myfeif
refuting rry million to LyOns before
the National Convention—l tonfefs, citi
zens, that 1 hesitate about the choice of
j my expressions, and that it was merely
J thro' the orical twills and circumlocutions
j that I durit face the queition. Sent by
j you to Lyons, to display the measures of
j terfor which the Nation had made the Or
j dcr of the Day against the traitors, I
| have not been foft in my operations.—
J 1 he evil was at a pitch when I arWved in
I that city ; even now it is not less high at
I Lyons, and in all the Southern Depart-
I merits.
I " Attempts have been made to draw
your pity upon the fate of the rebels, and
I those ideas of moderatifm fec?m to have
ftruclc many. We find it alledged agsiihft
I us a cume, .to have mace the Lyontle
J traitors perilh in a military manner; it
I was a matter of complaint, that they did
J not fall by the fidt discharge but is not
that punifhoient ttiil sweeter than the guil
lotine >. When 20 people are guillotined,
the lait who periflies, does he not fufFer
a twenty-fold death before he really does i
j The rebels do not die at the firft discharge:
But Charlier did he not die at the firft
stroke ? Would the National Aflerably,
outlawed by the rebellious Lyonefe, have
I died at tlif firft blow ? Always urider the
daggers of traitors, and exposed to perish
on pur million, would we have fallen at
One stroke ? The fenaticized Lyonefe wo
men have Charlotte Corde for their sole
patroness.
I Paris is the rendezvous of a great num-
J ber of Lycnefe. In concert with the re-
I latives of the traitors, they seek so often
| the Convention. I have been aflced here
to explain myfeif with regard to Ronfui;
here ought 1 to present to you, reflections
J that coincide well with the fecfret tricks
I which the federalifts excvcife in the midst
jof you. A quarter of an hour before
I Ronfin fetout from Lyons, it wasreport-
I that he had bten lunimon£d to appear
j at the bar ; and no fooiicr did he arrive '
j thaw he woa put under nrrett. -
I ail these facts collated be accounted for ? .
Ronfin lias well perfonned his duty; he
was in the full latitude of the Revolution,
I and the ariftocratscaufed him to bearreft
j ed. The Lyonefe alone beheld him with
terror; and for this he incurred their ha
tred.
I " The Lyoaefe ladies made use of all
J pofiible means to corrupt the Soldiers
Adultery, the prostitution of their charms,
I amorous philtres—nothing in fa£t, has
been spared to corrupt the Defenders of
the People; but they shewed themulves
Republicans, by fcoming their chai
I The chief could not be corrupted ; other
j means were used to get rid of him. A con
spiracy exitts, which ought to be deft ray
ed, if you wilh to save the Republic."
I (To be continued.)
LONDON, January 6.
j A great number of (hips freighted for
Genoa are daily puting intoLeghornas the
Bntifh (hips of war stationed off that fort
will not fufFer them to enter it. The Ge
noese merchants lave already refufed to
purchase any Briti/h linens, and the Senate
is hourly expeacd to take forne more im
portant resolutions.
I Letters from Alencon and Caen, of the
19th and 20th, tlate, that the royalists
were Ihewingthemfelves in great strength
in the adjoining diftriftfc A part of them
I were defeated by the tepublicaris on the
I 22d, but they (till remain in great strength.
I January 11. "jjf
The vicinity of Ls liogoe is judged by
those who know that country well, to be
the best place for the debarkation of the
Britilh forces. The harbor of La Hogue
j is a very fate one at ali seasons of the year,
iaad Cherbourg, and the whole peninfula|
would immediately fall, upon the landing
of a refpe&able force. '
Sir James Wallace, it is reported, will
hoist his flag on board the Sherncfs, of 44
guns, and command the- naval department
of Earl Moira's expedition to the coast of
France, 111 the place of Admiral Macbride;
who is to command a squadron going to
the coast of America, 011 which occasion
he will 'hist fife Sag to the Minotaur, of ■
■74 ST»ns.
Atecwgft the lopHfti with the Eail of %
Mojra's army, is Admiral L»e Graft
chief captain in tbc ViUe de Paris' and
the Captain's h"c*h<r, who was taken in
La Nfr.iiph, by Pefc Williams, ]„ tfl .
Flora frigate. This last gentleman h,,
been in thirty-five n£tUw» with the iwalift
army, and is covered with wounds. They
aieboth excellent irrigators, and part ion.
larly well acquainted with the coalt of
Fiance in every part.
The French aunv on the frontier of
Flanders will no doubt imitate the exam
i pie of that of the Rhine, and attempt aa
invasion. This, it would appear, has icme
time been expected by the Ponce of Saxe
Cobourg, who has been patting hit arm/
in a position of proper defence.'
It is a too cbitain truth, that the valottr
and discipline of the allies have not been
able to refill the great superiority of tH»
French upon the Rhine. Though several
viftones wcie gained by the duke of Brun
fwick and General Wurmfer, in which
many thomands of the French were killed,
yet frejh legions have poured in, and at
lci.t have prevailed, fry fu penality o4'»um
bets, over tut wont-out forc<x opposed to
them.' $A rr
Such is the.confidence of the monicd
men in the ability acd integrity of the mi
ni|ter, and &ch their fenfimeuta of the
justice and policy of the war, that any
iums are now ready to be supplied that the
exigencies of government may require.
An Algeiine frigate, of 36 gusts and
300 men, was at Alicant on the 19th of
November. This vi/Tcl was a prefcnt from
the king of Franc? to Sultan iSelim 111.
who afterwards preferred it to the Dey.
1 he Dutih Teftel* then in port felutedthe
Algerufe with nine guns, which was re
turned ; they also made the captain feme
prefcnp, who sent the Dutch consul word,
that the Dey had'given him and all the
cruifrrsftrid ©.drrj cot to moled the
Dutch Flag. _ Xliv Dutch consul has also
received intelligence from Algiers, 0/ the
Dey's sincere with to live in peace with
the Republic.
Letteis :ro.n Nnnfz, dated December
(6, contain, with Jf'j'fft to the fituatiofl
of the rbyalift arinien, accounts widely
different front t«, ; lt3 read in the Na
tional Convention, vVhilll the latter re
pr. lent them as defeated every where, nnd
at tne eve of being totally <-eftroyed, the
furo.»<r>;; ,i™ tl„ mU. —*— 1 0
Mr. Coitwright, of Doncafter, reco
vered three patients, who were in extreme
danger, fro« : * very bad putrid fever, by
only giving thtm common yeast. The
quantity was two tabic fpoonfuls, taken a
bout three times, at the interval of three
lr four hours. Their recovery was incre«
dibly sapid i they infiamly felt themfclves
greatly refrefhed, hiio in a few hour, they
found their strength returning,
| Fhirteeft merchantmen are just arrived in
the river Hi unto from the United States
of America, and upwards of twenty fail
more are now upon their paflage, and their
arrival may be daily exported.
The average price of fugsr computed ■
• rom the returns made in the week ending
the ift of January, 1794, « «h iou. 4 d".
per cwt. exclusive of the duty of cuftems
paid or payable thereon, on'the importa
tion thereof into Great Britain.
DOVER, January 10.
A gentleman who anived last night in
the Carteret packet boat from Oftend,
iays, that the French made a violent at
tack on the Pniflian army fin-rounding
Landau, and forced them to retreat, by
w hjch means the French were enabled to
relieve the fortrefs with troops j but that
the Prussians soon after rallied, and re
pined their former iltuation, in complete.
1} blocking Landau, and that as the gar
nfon were in great want of provisions the
additional number of troops must unavoid
ably increase their diitrefe.
Congress of the United States.
Houje of Reprefentativet
L A pril 4,
The following was corjimwikaMd by tfc«
1 pendent of the United Htdta.
[ThansiaTWH.]
Philadelphia the ?th Qerminol id year of the
i rt/ich Rrpubiic, out and indiv\flble-
Jh. I 1 auch'et, Minifier Ptenfootettfary of
the French Republic,*
To Sir. Randolph Secretary «f State of
the U-ni'cci State*'.
A$ yoy are auout to lay besot tht Pre-
Mm* a flattment of ;be ch'trm rekuvi to