Icpartcre, lie aifced tbem if they had L ft
nothing?/They aniwered—NutJang; at.u
all was now quiet.
/ Chaumette fajd, {here waS plenty of
game, poultry, and bacon in the Palace
of Equality, which the council ordered
to be carried to the public markets.
GENERAL ORDERS.
»THE armed force (hall watch careful
ly all those who excite to pillage the egg
and butter carts as they come to market.
It is hoped that national justice will pun
. ifh thole who stir tip anarchy and the dif
fulution of society. For a month past,
strange faces have appeared in Paris. It
is the duty as gopd citizens to kerfp a vi
gilan: eye on this new breed. I invite my
Others in arms to live in union and fra
ternity, to serve the public weal, and to
defend our common country again It those
who with to be mafteri of it, tn order to
deliver it to new oppreflors.
HENRIOT, Cornmandart-General.
LONDCiN, March 19.
According to the report of Barrere to
the Convention on the 6(h, and of Amar
on the 9th inflant, some unej.finefs had
pervaded the minds of the peopje, with
' fefpect to provisions, which did not arrive
in ftifficient plenty.—T his fcarCTty having
been attributed to the manoeuvres of difaf
fedted persons, flident in the,palace, sot
. merly called the Palais Royal. Hcnriot,
accompanied by the armed forqe of the
different fe&ionS, went thither in the as
* ternoon of the loth, and blocked up all
the avenues, and made a general search.
The number of dilaffe&ed persons found
there, is said to be above one hundred.
The search not being concluded in the
evening, the citizens of course remained
. under arms, and the avenues of the Palais
were ttill blocked. It such an event de
. fei ve the name of an infnrre6tion, such
infuiTeftions have often taken place with
• out producing any important eifefts. The
Paiais Royal has always been supposed to
be the resort of difaffe<Sed persons, and it
is generally searched once every two
months.
The people of Paris appear to be by no
means disposed to an infurreftion. He
hert, popular as he is, has been foiled in
his endeavors to produce one against Ca
miile Del'moulins, Fabre d' Eglantine,
and other deputies: and'when an address
was publifhea by the adininiftrators of the
police, on the 6th inftaut, requiring the
people to rally rouffd Hie Convention, the
popular societies of fedtion unani
tnoufly relolved to obey the requisition.
FRANCE.
NATIONAL CONVENTION,
16 Ventofe, March 6.
Bafrere rendered an account of the in
famous manoeuvres of conspirators. In
Paris, fays he, tnanulcript papers are cir
culated in the markets, and they haye the
audacity to recommend the choice of a
chief. At Havre we have discovered the
means employed by the merchants and
bankers to debase the National Represent
ation, and depreciate affignats. We know
the fnurces of the fictitious scarcity which
is felt. The guilty are arretted, and are
now on their way to the Revolutionary
Tribunal. At Lille, Maubeuge, andLan
diecis, the cu.prits in correspondence with
the 'ci-devant nobles, with Pitt and with
Cobourg, have likewise been taken up.
In vain does Pitt try to fain ifh us—let us
watch over our generals, and purify the
ltatf. The people will have a Republic
and Democracy ; let them triumph, and
by one general movement crush their ene
mies.—Barrere observed, that the report
on Chabot and others now in prifou, should
be made without loss of time ; and he
proposed the following decree :
1 ie National Convention, after having
hearc. the report of its committee of pub
lie fafety, decrees :
The public accuser of the revolutionary
tribunal is charged with taking immediate
measures against those who are circulating
manuscript pamphlets about the .markets
and streets, which are deftrudive of the
liberties and peace of good citizens, and
the national representation.
' IC r ' u£ hors of these Conspiracies, as
well as those who breathe distrust among
the people who bring provisions to Paris,
lha I be instantly prosecuted.
A report (hall be made in three days,
o. tli j mcafnrcs adopted.
committer of public fafety fliall
iteiv m r.( a report on the means
eii'ug the hands of government,
iving the people from the in
compirators.
t PROCLAMATION,
i 0; Feritaii, General iu Chief Qf the At
my of the Weft." elated Nantes, 2
F Htrfyiofe. > , «
; " Citizens, the time of deceiving is part
I I promiied you the* naked truth ; and i
is as follows :
" The march of the columns orderei
f " to travcifc the Vendee cQuntry has beei
the means of dellioying 6000 rebels whi
were fcaUered about, the re-taking of 1
very important polt in the interior of th
country, and the capture of an immenf
quantity of baggage. The banditti, whi
ha 4 tfie audacity to enter Chollet, b
ftriking terror into the garrison, hare bi
the dust. 1 hey have been flam by a divi
fion detached from the army of the north
commanded by general Cordelier, whorl
I sent inpurfuitof them.
" Another divilion, under General Du
quefnoyj has put to flight the main bod)
of Charette's army, in the thicket, anc
killed Bor 900 of them. On the 26th
Pliiviofe, General Cordelier put 15 01
1600 banditti to the bayonet near Beau,
prean, which has very* much weaked La
Roche Jaquelin's army. Three hundred
of the rebels have just been shot in the so
rest of Pince; and many other advanta
ges have been gained by General Haxo.
" The trifling ill fucceffcs we have expe
rienced and which have been so much exag
gerated,' do not deserve notice. There are
flill some numerous parties in the Vendee,
who are so much more dangerous, as they
alone occupy the right banks of the Loire.
My predeceflors has allowed them too long
a time to repose. We mtrft yet make very
strong efforts to terminate this war; but if
the i'oldiers will only fight courageously, and
the principal officers fe<;ond my orders; if all
the conilituted authorities will join me, and
I if the Patriots are not milled. I swear that
all shall be well."
March 7.
In consequence of some fditious move
ments which have lately appeared in this
capital, the administration of Police have is
sued the following
PROCLAMATION:
" Citizens i Some new plots are at
work. The enemies of Liberty are eve
ry where uniting. Wicked men do not
content themselves alone to monopolize
and create a fictitious scarcity, but they
attempt to take advantage of their crimes,
by exciting the people to infurreftion.
Anonimous letters ai-e in general circula
tion, in which it is recommended to dis
arm the citizens to dissolve the Conven
tion and the Constituted Authorities, and
to demand a Chief. Judge what must be
the tendency of such writings and expref
(ions ?
" Citizens ! It is time for you to rally,
with more strength than ever, around the
Convention—give confidence to your Ma
gistrates j let every man watch, and soon
will your enemies be forced to hide them
selves in their lurking places!"
(Signed)
The Admimjlration of Police.
Several Sections have, by proclamation,
invited all the Citizens to carry to their
refpeftivc committees the different copper
utensils that they do not use, in order
that cannon may be made of them.
No person who held a pcnfion under
the ancient government is to have a cer
tificate of civifm hereafter, unless he can
.prove that he has done some good ast in
favor of the Revolution.
The fame scarcity of meat still conti
nues. A capon has been fold for 4.7 livres,
at the palace of Egah'te, and a calf's
pluck for 20 livres.
From Toulon we learn that the Le He
reux and Bonnet Rogeu are at sea. The
Sans Culotte, the Genereux and Langue.
doc, three more (hips of the line, are fit
ting out; and a great number of other
lhips of war are upon repair there. A
great number of transports are also fitting
out there; hut it is not known whether
they are destined for Corsica or Genoa.
At Brest, the fleet had a signal to be
ready to fail on'the 23d nit. and a convoy
of upwards of 100 velTels arrived there
without any accident, from Bourdeaux. '
BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS,
March 17.
LA F A T E TT £.
C™ A <- Fi "p' t,ick •»'<* that the motion
V-» whi<h he had m propofo 10 ihr Houle for
i' co, "Me»atio» might possibly call for an a
pology d,d not the extraordinary circumftan
ctsot the.timrs call for cxiaaordmary procec
; hut he truftod, (twu it he could convince
ornnnTf' " ,eafure w h.ch he should
propole for their adoption, wa» not merely a
fir. sure ol humanity, br.t also of wisdom and
policy, they would h*ve no hefiution in con
curring with him. What had died him for
ward }>atticul»i| y with the prefcm motion was
.1 long friendfliip w ; ih one of the unfortunate
r _ objects of it, Monficur La Fayette, a friendfhip
q - which he has never yet had any reason to- re
s bent having formed, This unfortunate gentle
man, with three others, were kept tn close con
finement by the king of fruffia, and to endea
t vourJto[procure their release,' was the objefl of
the present motipn. There wis one fail with
which the generality oT the gentlemen in that
d House were not acquainted, which was that
n when the king of Pruflia had been applied to lor
the release of these gentlemen, he had answered,
that they were not his pnfoners alone, but the
® prisoners of the Confederated Powers, without
e whnfe consent he could not release them. Upon
this head we had the declaration of a right hon.
gentleman, (Mr. Pitt) as a member of the Privy
council, but this was not quite fufficient ; he
y wilhed for something more lor the public fatis
[t faction. In order to shew the good policy of
endeavoring to piocure the liberation of Mon
sieur La Fayette he must trespass on the pa ience
' of the House, while he related the tenor of that
n gentleman's condufk from the commencement
of the French Revolution to the day of his con.
finement, in which it would clearly appear, that
he had never departed from the 'straight line of
f honour and virtue. To the particular obferva
-1 tion of his condnfl he hao been led by that
! friendfliip which had so long subsisted between ,
r them, and which had induced him to watch it
with an anxious eye. Any pcifon who had
considered the affairs of France, must fee there '
1 were four clafTes of men in that country ; the (
[ fit-ft grand division was into Royalists and St. ,
Publicans, the Royalists were again Tub-divided ,
'"to those who were advocates for the ancient
despotism. and those who were the advocaies of 1
a limited monarchy ; the Republicans again ]
were divided into those who wiflied for a po- j
pular form of government by » representative
a (Terribly, and those who profefTitig democratic ]
principles, had established the present tyranny J
which exists in that country. No man would v
hesitate to declare which of these governments
(hould be preferred, that no member of that '
house would hefirate to declare his abhorrence
of a despotism of whatever kind, whether ol an
individual or body of men ; and to give praise
to a limited monarchy, under which we had
enjoyed To many and continued bleflings; from
the conduct of La Fayette it was brft to be seen
which of these parties he espoused. MonTieur
LaFayeite, he eoolcfled, had been greatly in
strumental in bringing about the revolution of
trance, and he believed that there were v-rv
few in this country, who did not approve o> it
in the fiift stage ; beyond a doubt they had in
view the government and couftitution of thi,
country, when they formed theirs anew, but
from a vain hope of excelling that which' had
flood the test of time, and procured general
happmefs to those who liven under ii, they
went too far, and laid in the foundation ot their
constitution the feeds of its difTolution. He Ha
ted that the mafTacres of the sth and 6ih Ofto
1-erhad been objected against La Favette *-s a
crime ; what had been his condu£l ? he was at
that time commander of the National Guards;
he did every thing in the powerof man, to pre
vent the horrid scene which took place ; he had
been up sixty houri, fifteen of which he had
been on horseback , nature, worn out with fa
tigue, required foroe repose ; he ventured to lie
down for an hour, in the mterim th« tumult re
commenced, atiti the mifchief was done. It
has been alledged by his eiumies, thsi he reti
red to give an opportunity for the cotnmifTton
of.their Violence, bui this he denied could be
the oafe. What had been his conduct when the
Jacobin Club had attempted to get an al'cenden
cy ovrr the Nanonal Affcmbly, and had aflu
ally proceeded to violence at the Champ Jt Mars ?
h«' repreffi-d the rjotersat the he?d ot ihe Guards.
After this when he found that the Jacobin par
ty was getting fact into power, and that many
of the Guards were favorable to that Taflion he
resigned his command ; but he afterwards re'-af-
Ttirr-eH .t, at the express felicitation of all the well
dtlp l: d peopu <.t l arrs, md ol the Royal Fa
mily themfe.'ves.
It had been obje&ed again ft him alfo>
that he sent an officer after the Jtirtg and
Queen, when they attempted to., make
their escape. This he was by his fitutrti
°n in a manner compelled to do ; but his
subsequent conduit showed how much he
was the friend of Lewis, for when after
his capture, it was proposed to try -him
and bring him to execution, he boldly de
clared in the aflembly, that if the)- took
such a step, that at the head of the Nati
onal Guard he would the next day pro
claim Louis the XVII. this bold :yid
firm declaration, for that time put a flop
to their proceedings. The Jacobin part y
had done every thing in their power to
render this man friendly to their dtligns,
but in vain._ The last public ast of which
he took notice, was his conduct previous
to the loth of August. The King,
when he found his power almost reduced
to nothing, and that all was in the most
dangerous and critical fituatiop, dispatch
ed on the sth of August, a to
i-.a r ayette, who was then at the head of
the army, as to the only friend upon
whom he could rely, and as his last re
lource. The mefTenger did not roach the
camp till the Bth, which was too late,
for on the 10th the kingly power w^ s
completely annihilated. Commissioners
trom the Convention came to La FavcU
offering him any terms, and every honor
which might flatter his ambition, if he
would loin their party, but he refuted.
Uut what was his conduct ? he refoked to
yn° longer at the head of the at my,
nor would ne lead them against his coun!
try. but nevertheless he thought it his
duty to place it in a state of security,
' ; X
which he fcffe&aally did ; insomuch that
gfcner»l GLirfait, thinking the momemdf
retreat would be a good time to attadt
the enemy, foiind them so advantageously
ported, that he thought it best to defifh
If he had delivered up the commiflioners
to the enemies off his Country, or surren
dered his army, his virtues might have
been the fubjedt of a manifefto, or if he
had carried off the money chest of the
army he might have found an asylum;
but having discharged the duty of a good
eitizen and friend to his country, his re
ward has been a dnngeon. ,Hc next ad
verted to the placc where he was ma<}e
prisoner, in a neutral country, the Bift
oprick of Liege: under what circuri
ftances ? Why under a promise from the
Auitrian garrison, to whom he credulously
traded, of protection and support, he
was, however, with those officers to the
amount of forty, who accompanied him
made prisoners, from thence they were
conduced to a port where the Prussians
were then in power, who claimed La Fa
yettee and his companions as the prisoners
of the king their master. These gentle
men were not taken as prifoiiers of war,
but prisoners of state, for all were difmifled
except La Fayette, and three others who
had been members of the constituent As
sembly, and were now actually confined
under the denomination of state prisoners.
He lamented the cruelty with which those
unfortunate men were treattd, confined
in subterraneous dungeons, denied the
pleasure of mutual intercoUrfc ; and till
lately, when they have been, as an extra
ordinary favour, permitted undtJr the fs
vereft reftridtions, to breathe the
for about an hour each day ; refufed to fee
the light of heaven ; and the only crime
these gentlemen had committed, was be
ing the friends of that constitution, we
fay we wish to restore.—He observed,
I that we were bound to use our power to
liberate those men by the declaration of
his Majesty to the people of France, in
which he promises prote&ion to the friends
of the constitution of 1789; and those
men had (hewed,themfelves its mod stre
nuous supporters ; for they had ventured
their fortunes, their lives, and have loft
their liberty for the cause. He contend- ■
' ed that the people of Fiance could noi
poflibly have any reliance upon the pro
! mifes of this country, when they fee the
very great advocates of the conftitiuion
incarcerated and treated in the molt creel
manner by our allies, without any inter
ference whatever on our part. He said,
that our violence had drawn from the cause
of royalty, many of its best friends and
most able supporters, and drove them to
defend the cause of Republican ism. He
was certain the best mode for this country
to (hew the excellence of its constitution
and the attachment of Englifhmen'to the
cpiife of true freedom, wherever it might
exist, would be to interpose in behalf of
those unfortunate men, and convince
mankind in genera!, of the great blefllng
of an humane and benevolent prince.
The best way to convince the atheists
of France of the superiority of Religion,
would be by shewing them the practical
exercise of one of its chiefeft virtues—
Charity to the opprefled. There was one
thing upon which he had not yet touched,
which was the conchidl of General La
Fayette during the war with America,
but 'his he did not think could ooerate
agai.ifl him in the mind of any liberal
man ; there might be found for him a
good apology, he was at the time of en
tering a volunteer in the America* army,
but nineteen, the fabjeft of a kingdom
where military fame was so much prized,
his conduct winked at, if not approved
and encouraged by his mafttr; he was
oertain that if any proposition could have
been made for preserving the iife of that
unfortunate King, no man would have
the cruelty to have objedted to him, Irs
conduit during t'He American war. He
then recapitulated the several arguments
he had used, and concluded bv moving—
" That an humble addfefs be presented
to his Maieftv, representing that the de
tention of Mr, La Fayette, &c. was an
act of great cruelty and injustice; that
their liberation would tend much to the
advancement of the common car.fe ; and
that his Majesty would he pleased to take
1 such wife steps ns Ik- in his Roval Wis
dom might deem fit, to procure their en
largement."
Colonel Tarleton the motiVn.
In doing so, he profefled to decline wa
tering' into she general c'iiri'mftances o
French affairs ; of the c;vf s which led
to the variuu* scenes which took place ia
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