Foreign Affairs. PARIS, August r?. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. permanent sitting. Prrjidcnt —M. Merlin. | rpHli Allenrbly itiued articles of 1 impeachment against M. D'A bancourt, Secreiary at War, for not having, agreeably to a decree, feut the Swift Guards from the capital. The deliberations were interrupt ed several hours —many of the meu> ber* left the hail, in order to take a little reft. Adgust II The Houfc refwned the debates. On M. Breard's motion, the Afiem bly decreed, that the new municipa lity fliould inform the legislative bo dy, of the fiate of the capital, every hour. The municipal officers were authorized to adopt what nveafures they might think most expedient for vectoring peace and good order. A national guard came to the bar : he declared, it was urged to fend troops to the Thuilleries, in order to put a ftopto the depredations com mitted in every apartment of the Pa lace. He added, that several persons had been taken in the ail of pi I lag ing, and the people had punilhed them with death ! Another petitioner (hewed the ne ceffiry of carrying away the dead bo dies fcauered over the Palace-garden. A moment after, a commiflary in formed the Houl'e that there were several carts at the Palace-gate ro car ry away the dead. . The redtor of Natuerre, a munici pal officer of that dillricl,announced, that several Swiss had been taken in to custody, they were disguised.— They said, they were day laborers, but their foreign dialedt betrayed them. A crowd soon gathered round the guard room ; their heads were called for : the municipal officers, he added, were exerting their belt en deavors to Sppeafe the people's rage ; bui that their efforts were directed in vain. Several citizens came to the bar and laid down a great number of va luable articles saved from the wreck -grm>w»u juii ap: plaiife on their honesty, wiihooc be tjig «t all surprized at it. The co mmi (Tat ies of the commons of Paris were invited to the har ; _ they gave the following account ol the IVate ofthccapital : The ferment is less violent, though ftiil terrible ; — 1 he members of t lie commons have superseded all the justices of the peace in the different fet'tiotis : the general aflembl; of the fertions are now itmtted with that authority. No body can go out of Paris— The commander in chief of the national guards and the commiflkries have taken the proper steps to iinprifon the Swiss, who are now confined in the different guard rooms. A national guard came to the bar, followed by a great number of citi zens : he declared, that theSwirs sol diers who were in the guard room of the Frtiillants were not guiltv ; he said, that they had not, nor would not fire on the people, and that they had dilcharged their niufkets in the an-, as a proof of tbeir good and .mentions : ,he petitioner added.that 3000 persons had been witnelles to what he advanced The people in the galleries did not •think the owifs innocent ; they cx claimedCda eft faux !" The petitioner answered, that seve ral members of the afTembly, could and would vouch for the veracity of Jus ailertions. J 1 he aflembJy commended the ee nerof.ty of the volunteer, who resum ed the fnbject. He laid, he would go and endeavor to calm the people, b) proving the innocence of Ihe few ,1, the " confinement. He ask ed the people in the galleries to ac company hnn ; a vast number com plied A few m , nates after they re urned and brought about 20 Swift to the bar. _ 1 he spokesman protelled 1«7 ,nnocent > a "d that they liad nothing more at heart, than to bind tbemfelves, in the mod fo)einil ®Jnner t to the brave far, cu/ott J_ (Those were the expressions, which were much applauded.) The Swiss ptomifed they wotili at all times behave like worthy chizerrs. M. Chabot knew that all the Svifc were not gnilty. He moved that theyfhonldbecommitted to theAbbiye prison, until judgment were pafled on them. ,M.-Chabot thought it lie. celfary to inform the alfembly, jliar those Swiss had impeached the con duel of iheir flafF officer*. The legislative body decreed,,that they should Jbe committed to prison, and that some members oFtfoe aflein bly should accompany then). The Swiss were leaving the 1 when M. the enmno ■ J', in chief of the National Gnards ap peared at the bar. He gave iheaf i'embly notice ofhis promotion ; and | communicated the measures he had adopted for insuring the public tran quility. He said, he had summoned the citizens to their refpeelive guard rooms ; that he had established seve ral patroles through the town. jvi. Santerre's generous condutfl received merited applause. A great noise was heard about the Aflemblv-Hall. M. Duhem thought it won id belie ceflaiy to detain the Swiss a little longer. The motion was seconded by M. Mailli. He was of opinion that the people would not fuffer them to pass unmolested. The nlfembly decreed that the Swiss ffionld remain in the hall. M. La Croix moved, that a court martial should be appointed in the tourf'e of the day to judge tlie Swiss officers and soldiers.—Decreed una liimoufly. M. Clavier®, called back to admi nistration, took the oath of office ; he promised to canfe the laws of e quality and liberty to be executed to the bell of his abilities ; and to ex pire, if necessary, at his pott, rather than be a perjured villain. M. Rolaud, Secretary for the Home Department, took the fame oath. M. Page, the Naval-Secretary echoed the fame lemiments of patriotism. M. D.mton, keeper of the seals, conti acted the fame engagement ; and feeing the Swiss under the fafe guard of the National AfJembly, and] in the temple of the law, he promi/ed nnpnwr nrjfToCecT thein from danger, until a court-martial should cotiucnin or acquit them. I he President gave notice to the assembly, ,hat the people thought the wifs were all g)]i l ty , a „ d t f, ar they feared the Jegiflative body would dec I arc them innocent. 1 be national aflembly appointed ommiffioners to harrangue the peo | | e .and read the decree in virtue of which the Swiss were to bejudg ed immediately. The ledtion of Quatre Nation de- 1 puted a com miliary, to inform the houle that a Swift.porter had been murdered in R ue Tarranne. The allembty decreed, that the mu- ' nicipalny of Pans should get on horse back, and proclaim all t |, e recem de ' ciees of the national assembly. ' ro URN A Y, August,*. Tins morning the enemy, wit hout 600 infantry and 4 00 cavalry advanced towards the callle of Mtr in, where one of our advanced nofls commanded by Lieut. Zaboifty, w: .s final? K1 hC Liei,!eria »t with the order"wai f° Cha "' tirs under his order, was, after a most gallant re I T 6 ' , Ced t0 retrear - To wards < ay- leak, the surrounding pickets gathered together, with a g vf ew to char ge ;he enemy, whom they oblir e' t0 evacuate Merlin. J g In their retreat we Ui,led two 0 f «r o fleers, 32 men, and 27 made wmi'SLI Among the latter " ,ere R ,K Caprai " of the Party of Inn • Char °*> and a private be longing , 0 the fame legion, who were ""mediately (hot. "> w *o were I ki»ed or fi ,nffled man ° f ° UrS W " eith «* r rie^^temm 6 Se " era] Dun '°«- er attempted this attack uoon Tour "%> c detached another Column of 50 me . n > lo attack the p o f» of Bitte# '"out.intheKoreft oflLu* 1' s a . rtat 'k 'lie French' were e t::::;"::"";'" 1 ' 166 On the right of our army, the French General had likewise ordered 25omen toadvance. They approach ed Little Tournay wiih a view to plunder and set fire to ic, but were repulsed by our Tyrolean chaffenrs. In their precipitate retreat, t,hey.'fir ed twice on our iroops, but Captain Baron Celli, purfned them sb closely as to kill three of their men on the cause-way of Waterloo. SPIRE, August i r The Auftrians began to bombard Landau on the Bth inft. about four o'clock in the mornihg. , 1 he Marquis Bouille has joined the I Imperial army. MANHEIM; August 4. Last night, about eight o'clock, a detachment of Austrian horse attack ed the Krench cavalry near LfHngen, and drove them back with great loss, under the cannon of Landau. The fldrmiflies between the two ar mies are frequent, and from the su perior discipline of the Imperial and PrulTian troops ; victory generally crowns their arms. Pruflian Head Quarters at Contr, in the environs of Treves, Aug. 6. Yesterday, the jth inft. the army entered the camp. The van-guard, under the command of Prince Hohen lohe, has encamped between Graven math and Tavern. r , The king's»qiiarrers,arc in the-Mo nalfery of ttie Carthufiatis, and those |of the Duke of Bt-unfwick at Cont?. iHoftilities aie immediately to.be com jmenced, but at prefeiu both parties aie nearly inactive. The French patriots at Landau have sent an address to all the Jaco bin clubs in France, in which they declare their refolurion to perish in the ruins of the forcrefs rather than to surrender. Thegarrifon consists now of ten thotif'aud men. LONDON, Augult 28. All the custom-house cutters at Portftnouth were yesterday put under the command of Admiral Lord Hood, and several other dispositions made, Which are never adopted but for the purposes of a general ihiprefs of sea- men. Whether these steps indicate an in tention in our court to takean a<Sive part in the continental difpates, or whether they are merely.precaution ary measures to enable us to atft as circumftar.ce* and found policy may afterwards didtate, a iirtle time will probably determine. It is confefled in Paris that the ad vanced guard of the main army at Fontoy has sustained an attack by the Auftrians, in which 400 men fell on the fide of the French, though the enemy was repulsed. The Duke of Brunfwick was at Lux embourg for a few hours 011 the 14th of this month. On the 1 sth came the King of I'rulGa on horse back, whom the goveroor received at the entrance of the town, and accompanied with great form to all the reuiarkabic parts of the fortrefs. After taking foine 1 efrefhment, he returned on the (ante day to the camp at Montfort. Extratt of a letter brought by the Dutch mail yejlerday. " The general M. de la Fayette, and 12 officers of rank, whs were making the best of their way to Hol land, were (lopped near Liege, and taken prisoners by die Ltegois legi on ; the general claimed the light of nations, being 011 neutral ground, cut he \v;is given to underrtand that he must fubinit to the right of arms, and he was made priloncr with all his followers. " FRANCE. Tia.iflationofanote tranfniitted from the Critifh court to the provifiona ry Council. " In the absence of Lord Grenrille, Mr. i)unda« declare* that his ttritan Nic Majefly is afflitfted with the deep est grief for the events which have lately taken place at Paris, b »th oil account of the interest which he takes ill every thing, which concerns their in oft Chriftiaii Majetlies, and of his desire to fee the kingdom of France tranquil and happy. As it appears that the exercise of the exe cutive power has been withdrawn from the hands of the king, his Bri tannic Majefly is of opinion that his ah.bafacior ha, no : ftcrafioT. ft* ~ majning any longer , t Paris tkkff be.ng pr6per to m a „if eft on of rtnraming neunM as concerns the internal 00,.r0 0 ,. r 11 c Kranrp u. • K o>er fiment nf rI- m • c « n «"iiffionfd to C v press his Bntannic M*Urt»". rr tude and aiixiety for ,he f f k' 1 " -"ott Christian M.jelH.. tha, their persons «i Ih. pCdt pvrions win be protected from every kmd of *ioleL*; , e conimilfion of which w bul ,| ' ® rope/ * ,ndi *»«-»^oughouK Copy of a letter from M. la Fayette y d August 13. »«•■«(» ■ " Con) miffioners of the National Aflembly are to arrive, to prealhan ( nnconltitutioiial doctrine to the army It is evident to every unprejudiced' man, that on the loih of Augu'l ,|., ' epoch of the king's fufpeniion,' ,| le 1 national aflembly had been violated ■ and the members who have accepted ol fucli a miilion, can be only the chiefs or the instruments of the fac tion, that has thus enllaved the nati. onal a flembly and the king. In the terms of the law relative to the I'care of war, and 011 my f o ! e and personal refponfibiliiy, J ca j| up . on the municipality of Sedan to de tain the persons calling themselves conimiffioners from the national af (embly, and to put them in f a f e cus tody, under the guard of a superior officer, who equally on my sole ami personal responsibility, fli'all execute this order, which he cannot refufe to do, without being immediately bro't to anfwei before a council of war. " I must also call upon the consti tuted authorities of departments, by virtue of the fame laws, to approve of these measures ; and I fliail make the fame requifitioii to the tribunal of ihediflridt of Sedan, and to the different departments in which are stationed the troops committed tome. This letter, deposited at the mu nicipality, will fer*e as a voucher to fliew that neither the community of Sedan, nor the national guard, whom the law puts tinder my command,nor the troops of the army »olunteers,and troops of the line, and particularly M. Sicard, Colonel of the 43d regi ment, whom 1 appoint to this million, nor tj)e adniiniflrative and judicial bodies who may concur in arreting the commiflioners, are fubjecft to any responsibility, and that it is I, Who faithful to my oaths, to the princi ples of the declaration of rights, to [the conftiturion, which the sovereign will of the nation has decreed,-—that it is 1 alone who call for, as I have a right to do, all the measures that may give undeniable proofs of resistance of" oppreifion, the fir It duty of free minds. (Signed) "I.aFAYETTE." Copy of a letter from M. la Fayette to the municipal officers at Sedan dated Bouillon, Augult 19. " Gentlemen, " If the last drop of my blood could serve 1 lie communiry of Sedan, it ha* a right to the facrifice, and this would colt me less tlian that which I now make,but at the moment when 1 fore fee, by reasons that will not escape you,that my presence with you would tend only in a few days to bring you into danger, I ought to fparethe ciry of Sedan the misfortunes of which! should be the cause, and I think the belt means of serving it is by remov* ing from,it a man whom all the ene mies of liberty have prol'cribed, who will never bow to any despotism, ana who, penetrated with grief at being 110 longer able at prefeut to be ufetul to his country, feels confola ion only in the vows he puts up, :hat the sa cred cause of liberty 3iid equality, whose holy name is profaned, if 'hat be pollible, by the crimes ofa' au / on, may not at least be hehl lo»g fubjetftion, and in the oath which ie renews before a conunuuity truly triotic, to be-faithlul tfr the princi pies thru have animated his vtboie (Signed) "La FAYETTE. PARIS, August SJ " You will find by ;i letter froV VI. Se van, that in the nigivtbetween ;he loth and 20th, M. 1" f l ayettewfj over io the enemy. The in^ n " €r . ti'fFei'Ptiflv related. It is /aid that) ,n»de'i)rir..ner while/ecoiin*"* i Ijv u<'ieis ; that he is
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