ten that they were 110 longer able
to do any good, and that they began
to despair.
The convention decreed, that 3
commiUioners from their own num
ber (hotild be fcnt with full powers
to atft as ciriumftances might re
quire, and ordered the executive
power to difpaich an armed force
futficient to rettore tranquility.
Alarming ft ate of h'arts.
He said there existed a great fer
ment among the people, and that
they were assembling in a tumult
ous manner in very large bodies,on
account of i he Icarcity of provisions.
He moved, therefore, and the con
vention decreed, that the municipa
lity of Pari9 fliould be authorized to
pursue such measures as they might
think necessary for reftoi ing order ;
even to cause the drum to beat to
arms if neceflary ; and that they
(hould every day give to the con
vention an account of the (late of
Paris.
February 16,
The affair of Lyons again occupi
ed the attention of the convention,
and several farther particulars, re
fpe<fting the disorders in that city,-
were stated : among others/ that
the counter-revolutionists openly
shouted out Long Vt.ve Louis XV-lf.'—
D n to the Municipality : Jtwti
wit A it. Two battalions, hpwever,
arriving there, a number of the
ring leaders quitted that place.
March 6.
Letter from the commiffiuners sent
to Belgium.
Liege, March 3, ,1793
Citizens our colleagues,
" As you will have laid before
you the letter which we have ad
d'refled to the national convention,
we fliall hot here repeat the con
tents of it. But we mud add, that
every thing is in a tnoft alarming
fltuation ; that the army which re
tired from Aix-la-Chapelle, and the
environs, is almost entirely dilband
ed ; that the enemy will perhaps
to-morrow, or perhaps this evening,
be in Liege—-in Liege, where all
our provisions are colledted, and
which contains inimenfe treasures !
We give this account from the in
formation of General Valence, at
whose house wc now write. He as
sures us, that if Dumourier him (elf
does not arrive, he canndt answer
for the conferences.
" We are endeavoring to rally
the fugitives, and are using oilr ut
most endeavors with the provisional
administration and the citizens,that
the people of Liege may second us,
and supply the wants of'our army.
The dangers resulting from this
want are so much the greater, as
the enemy are very strong in caval
ry, while we have scarcely any at all.
(Signed) Delacroix, Coujfin,
and Merlin de Dottay.".
When this letter was read several
members moved, that Bournonville,
the minister at war, should be called
to the bar.—Bournonville accord
ingly appeared and said ; 1 receiv
ed yesterday from Gen. Valence dis
patches, which simply dated, that
the polls on the Roer had been forc
ed ; that a column of Prussians were
advancing towards Ruremonde.and
that another body of 10,000 were
marching against him. It is aston
ishing that the com'miflioners should
have been so imprudent as to give
fttch details. Were they real, the
generals would certainly have com
municated them to me. I have re>
ceived difpatclies also from Dumou
rier, who gives me only a very flight
account, of that affair. Yesterday
morning I dispatched a courier,with
orders to Valence and Miranda to
unite, and form a body of 40,000
men ; for should the enemy appear
before Liege, it would not be afto
nHhing to hear of its being taken
next day, as it is not fortified. I
hfive besides given orders to Du
mburier to lay siege to Maeftricht
in form, in fliort,. news coming
from fugitives is not entitled to cre
dit*; and it is impossible that the
commissioners could be properly in
formed of the derails of that affair
by men who fled."
Paris, Match 11. We are aflured
that the fitting of last night was ve
ry intfrefting to the committees of
the Convention. More than 80 per
sons prcfent—Oanton and
Genfonnet set out this morning for
Belgium.
The dispatches from Gen.Dumou
rier are of the utmost importance.
A very serious atftion took place be
tween Bruflels snd Louvain, the de
tails of which will probably be laid
before the Convention to morrow.
LEYDEN, March 11.
The following is said to be a cor
rect statement of the forces of the
combined powers,now adting againll
France on the banks of the Rhine,
viz. under the command of Prince
de Saxe Cob»urg and Gen.Clairfa^t r
38,000 infantry,and 12,000 $avalry ;
—Prince Hohenlohe, 35,000 troops *
—Count Colleredo, near Manheiin,
26,000 ;—Gen. Beanlieu, 1 4,000 ;
General Wurmfer, 111 the Brifgjau,
3J,000 ; —befides 30,000 Croats, now
marchjng through Germany to the
fame deitination —making in the
whole, 180*500 troops ; which num
ber the addition of the Prulfian ar
mies, and the army of the Empire,
make above 300,000 tffFetftive men.
It is also said that Cuftine's army is
reduced to the last extremity by
sickness and want.
LIEGE, March 8.
The Auflrians made themselves
mailers of this place on the evening
of the sth. Anarch of t lie great
bridge having been broken down
by the French, the Duke "ftf W3r»l
temberg was not able to make his
way thither sooner.
The Prince de Saxe Cobourg has
demanded from this city 600,000 flo
rins by way of present to his army,
and all the towns which were so im
prudent as to receive the French
will undergo the fame fate. Re
tnonftrances have been made to the
Prince on this fubje<S, but he repli
ed that he could not depart from
his demand.
The Hulans have seized feveraj.
waggons loaded with silver plate,,
and 4J ounces of gold plate, taken
from the cathedral, hare been in
part seized near St. Tron. Th«
olate of the chapter of St. Pete;
vas luckily forgotten.
. j -- . 0 - . . - , . t; .
Last Sunday three French prjeft%
/even emigrants and three citiren*,
were by the patriot*.
VIENNA, March 2.
A arrived here yelterday
at four o'clock in the afternoon,
from Peterlburgh, with the official
account, that the Empress of Russia
had acceded to the coalition of the
powers of Europe, and that a fleet
of ten ships of the line are soon to
quit the port of her majesty, in or
der to join the Spanish squadron,
and to a<s in concert with the Spa
niards against France.
His Imperial Majesty has just ac
knowledged in form Monsieur, the
eldest brother of the late Louis XVI.
as Regent of France.
COLOGNE, March 4.
Yesterday 83 waggons with French wound
ed, and a strong detachment of prisoners,
rived here; which were taken by the Irape
rialifts in the a&ion on the Roer the day be
fore yesterday.
Thisdav 24 waggons with wounded French
men, among whom are feverai officers, enter
ed this place, with some carts full of final!
arms, and 11 pieces of cannon.
It is reported that the French had 6333
men killed and wounded, and loft 45 pieces of
cannon ; the Imperialists had 3JO killed, and
263 wounded.
This evening 23 more waggons of woouded
Frenchmen are come in. We have just re
ceived accounts of a warm action between
the Auftrians under Gen. Beaulieu and the
French, td the advantage of the former, who
killed a vast number of the French, took se
veral pieces of cannon, and drove the enemy
from Stablo and Malmedy.
ROTTERDAM, March 8.
A letter from Utrecht, 7th March, fays—
" I havejuft time to tell you, that I left the
Duke of Brunfwick's head quarters at BFiig
gen, yesterday at noon, and you have in aii
probability heard of the French having eva
cuated Liege, Mazyk, Roermonde, and Fort
St. Michael, and also of their having railed
the siege of Maeftricht."
HAGUE, March 11.
Lift night ai 'ived here, and was put under
confinement, J. H. Bedaulx, Lieutenant Ge
neral, who had the command of Gertruydeu
burg, &c.
- FRANKFORT, March 9.
_ The fortrefs of Konigftsiu l las at length
oeen reduced by the allied armies. The
French garnfon who were obliged to surren
der at difcretioii, were brought hither to-dav.
386-
Tbij eveniitg w> exf»A t'w fi'ft f«ln «f
Imperial litavy artillery, that of the PruJHans
has aireadyneacbed the place of K*
tion. It is said, tha't the expenee of tr»nf-<
porting thii firift train of Aafrrtwr artillery, '
and that of the second, which' is lofcn to-fol
low, will not be lek .400,000 Sarins.
' LONDON, March \l.
The secrecy, the vigor, the dis
patch, with all the other unremit
ting exertions, used by goverpment
since the French have thought pro
per to declare war against us, eor
refpond with their general charac
ter for wisdom and policy—They
have, since that (hort period, silenc
ed and reftri&ed tl>e daring among
ourselves—they have purged the
land of foreign and insidious emis
saries, and put the kingdom in the
bell general state of defcnce. Equal
ly faithful to their allies, they have
sent effevflual succour to their aid,
and.by acling with a central 1 pirlt,
have given wisdom and vigor to the
councils and armies of Europe.
To such spirited exertions,under
God, we may attribute the late fuc
cefles in Holland, and by persever
ance, we may reasonably hope for
a continuance of them. The late
boast of Gen. Dumourier was, that
he would breakfaft in Amsterdam
the 17th of February last—but that
day is past, and no Dumourier is
arrived !
i The taking of Liege by General
Beaulieu is a mod important con
ijueft The magazines of the
French, and all the treasures of
which they had robbed the Nether
lands, were stored in this place.
Letters receive'd from Breda men
tion, that Dumourier found in that
fortrefs 187 pieces of cannon,—
200,000 pounds of 6,0c0
muskets, and a great quantity of
bombs, cannon balls, &c. Dumou
rier immediately set out upon an
important expedition, carrying off
a great part of the military stores.
Maeftricht is defended by 4,000
German troops, chiefly from the
duchy of Brunfwick, and 1,200
French emigrants, of whom the
greater part are officers. The Brul
fels Gazette, which now publishes
only what the French didtate, ad
mits, that the siege of this place
was found much more difficult than
was expetTted, and that the fire of
the garrison proved the fuperin
tendance of some able engineers.
After the battle of Jemappe, in
which very near 12,000 of the French
were slain, Dumourier informed the
Convention, that the day had cost
him three hundred men.
But how did this cunning Gene
ral afterwards reconcile this infor
mation to his conscience ? Thus—
Upon being alked, when at Paris,
by an English officer who was pre
sent at the battle, how he could
have sent word to the convention
that that day had coll him onl) 300
men ? the General replied, that it
was exa&ly so ; for, added he, be
fore the engagement had been over
an hour, 1 hail near 12,000 recruits
sent to my army ; so that in balanc
ing the account of killed and receiv
ed, I found a deficiency only of 500'
men—which, therefore, was the Joss
of the day.
March 19
Mr. Hope, of Amfterdain, who is
now in London, received a letter by
yesterday's ma'il, which he conli
dered of so much importance as to
transmit to Ministers. It slated that
the Erince de Saxe Cobourg came
up with the French armies between
St. Tron and Louvain ; engaged
them, and gained a complete victo
ry, in which the French loss was
eflimated at 12,000 men. Their
armies were totally routed and dis
persed.
In addition to this, rumours more
vague said, that the Auftrians had
afterwards captured Louvain, and
were marching to Bruflels with the
certainty of taking it.
We state these reports without
giving them as facets. The name of
Mr. Hope gave weight to the story,
but it does not appear that the letter
received by him Hates the fatfi other
wise than as a report in Amfterdain.
The accounts from Paris, down to
Thursday Jail, ftatethat Dumourier
had come to take the command of
the Belgic army, but fays nothing
of this defeat.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, M.rtlm. •
The UiavultoT of the Ejtxbr truer .xftrr l,„ r *, >■
""V "" « ' ■" ofibf,
in rrfpeft to tnt var, Jkteib, LyUi ,'J j '
to be proved for, and ,/« » uys and
as johoil :
TH! SUPPLY
The navy—ordinal irs anid extra
ordinaries
Excels, by war
The arms—guards, gamfonsj and
augmentations of all for s,
Excels, independent ot militia,
Hanovciun troops, (feoiilj the Heufc ~~ "
vot< (hem . «
Miiitu and all cosiio^ciiciei
vote for a rmy
Excefj of the whole
The ordnance total
Excef» ...
Mrfceiianeous, for extra unforefcea
articles,
Which was above the estimate of
peace establishment
Deficiency of grants
Deficiency of land and male the
ufuaT sum of
• Additional iflue to the commiflion
ers for theJrcdu&iou of the na
i . . 800i0ao
The total to be provided for to be 11,182,000
wavs and means.
The ways and means to meet this fupplv he
stated as-follows :
Land and malt at the ufnal sum
Surplus in hand on the sth January,
arising from the large produd of
the revenue
To which was to be added the efti.
mate fur plus up to the £th of
April, to which the ways and
means of the year had been cal
culated, which he took at 274,000!.
making a .oufbf . 7#0i009
Of which 435,000!. being the furplui ar.ring
out of the three firft quarters, had been already
voted. 7
Irt taking this future eftimMe of the Mrttt*
nent revenue, after defraying the p«r«fcMM
charges, h# should go on an average of
years, (he total revenue in each of which
excluding land and malt
On the 51 hof Jan. J790
>791
»70»
'793
Total in four years
Which divided by 4. produced the
average of
For which deduct for
charges
For additional future
charges
"i39t«coo '
Making total c!
Which, in round fui
a disposable furp)
ters of upwards o
ADDRESS from the Nation'** jC<*l«iifT.
tiow to the Fizncb Nation.
Ptopofedby and tultptai tyfit'
Jljfcmbly t an the prejatt crijis of iktirj-
iuntton.
is the inevitable lot of rations whi
iave given te themselves kings, that they ne
'er can ihake off their yoke without a It rug
»le with every neighbouring tyrant.
Scarce had you proclaimed your own fover
cignty when the emperor and king of Prussia
took up arms against you, but now that you
have proclaimed your constitution to b'c repub
lican, there is not one despot who has not re*
solved upon your utter ruin. Those who have
not already forced you into open war, are pro
bably temporising, that they may the more
ealily deceive you, and it is but tod true, that'
the proje&ei ftrogglc is between the" enfrsn
chifed France and enslaved Europe.
Be that so, France must eventually triumph
if its will is firm and constant; for nations are
stronger than armies. Those who havo fought'
for independance were ever vuftors. Let Hol
land, Switzerland, and the United States, be
proofs of this afTertion.
Free nations find resources in their utmort
extremities and distress. Rome reduced to she
circumference of the capital, arose from defeat
more formidable than from vi<3ory.
Remember, Franks, your own eiploits,whm
the Pruflians dared to pollute your territory.—
Ever did the enthusiasm of liberty triumph ov
er numbers ; ever did fortune smile on the va
lourous enterprise, and victory on true cot
rage !
Franks,
Heroes of Marathon, Salamis, and Jenimap
pe, we invoke your testimony. Infant repub
lic, such are thy models, fuchare the presages
of thy success. Surely thou waft reserved to
give the universe a display of a scene hithertrt
unknown, hitherto unimaginediu the mindof
man ; for never did such a cause occupy the ft™
of mankind, never was such a cause referred
to the ultimate decision of war. Not the inte
rest or concerns of the day is the theme, poste
rity and ages to come are the fubjefl; not the
liberty of one nation—no, the enfranchifemeot
of human species.
Franks, may the fuhlimity of these ideas
flame thy valour, crufli every tyrant, rathtr
than thyfelf becomc a slave —a slave ! What
{hall then new kings feed on thy gold, on th c
sweat of thy brow, on the profufion of thy
blood ? Shall again unfeeling Parliaments, at
their caprice, dilpofe of thy fortune, of thy
life ?—Shall again a fanatic priesthood decimate
thy industry and thy harvests ? Shall again <■'
faitidious nobility tread thee under the loot c
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