. .FRANCE. • NATIONAL CQNVtKTION. Frimyv Febtuary i REPORT OF BRISSOI - ON THE CON DUC f of ENGLAND towards F R A N C E. THE Court of England wiflics for War—the ho>>echeri(hed by thole who regard with horror a WW between two free nations is now no more the hottiie views of the Court of London are at lall difcovercd. A perfidious mask of neu trality (till covered them. Your republican lirmneftihas caused that maik to fall off. GEORGE has debauched the opinion of the English nation 5 he has disturbed commerce, he has given orders to parliament; he has menaced the Oiinifters, and upon this coalition, he now •declares war against you, becauK he believes the moment arrived when he may vHth Tafety and impuDity'employ hrt farces against your liber ty ; he has declared war againttyou hy ordering your anibaffador to depart from England within tight days ; he has declared it by publicly tefti iying marks of sorrow for the Tate of the confpi rutor, whom you had jullly condemned to pu niflmient; he has declared: it by demanding from parliament, upon the intelligence of his death, a cenliderable addition of forces by land and sea. To dil'miL ignorainibufly the agent of the republic, and to arm, on the intelligence of the death of the traitor, is it not to fay to Eu rope, to the universe, France lias condemned Louisas a traitor, and I believe him innocent, I lie in France only febeis and Sacrilegious per sons? France no longer wifnes for a king or royalty! and ' wifhto avenge the king and roy alty ?> Rith«r may 'England perilh than behold the eftablifcment of the French republic i Such is the barbarous wilh of the King of Great j ßritain, if he did not immediately and o penly declare war against you, it was because his Mtniftry (iid not second with efficient afti- Vity, his Orders of vengeance, because his forces ■were not-vcr to-deftroy our commerce, to take from ua our colonies, to ravage our country. Undoubtedly if the English people had not allowed themselves to yield to the forcible ampulfe of the Miniflry, they would have con sidered the offences, with which we are re proached, only, as the crimes of individuals; they wouljl have regarded the punishment of Xibuis as a great a& of jiiftice; andj convinced of these truths, would have been of opinion,that to declare war again & us, becauie we do not wilh for a king, would be an a& of injustice, and a violation of the law of nations* and that we might havecontinued to have been brothers, though under a different form of government^- Such, without.doubt, is the sentiment of a great part of the Engliih, and which would have already difplayedr jtfelf, if it had not the terror of bayonets; but the English nation ■once'« enlightened by our exauu>W at <io juflice dnju^^sT oo «* confplrators in pi TTTeurce of the eternal Trial of Haf efhg* will not be renewed, and fcaffolds will once more be of use for the Staffords and Lauds of the government, as well a$ for private ruf- — 1 - Citizens it would not be proper to dissemble from you the dangers of the new war ; we have all the tyrants of Europe to combat by land and sea. All ihe people alone are our al- lies; but thcfe people are nothing to you, for they arc in chains, and those chains must firft be broken. Ail your means then must depend upon yourfeJVei alone. Your foil, your indu ilry, your courage, must supply what nature and circumstances refufe you. The trader, forgetting his commerce, must "become a warrior, those who have capitals must employ their funds to support our affigaats, and supply the want of money, the proprietor of land and labourer, renouncing all fpcculation, must furnifli the means of abundance during the operations of the war, every citizen, like a Roman soldier, must march, not only with his arms, but with provisions for a given time, and thus you will-defeat the calculations of your enemies with relpcdt to the emptiness of your magazines. The great family of Frenchmen muil conipofe only one army, and all France must form only one camp, where nothing b t War is talked'"of—where nothing is pursued but War. Above all, you must expeSi distress, Mid prepare yoUrselves for fuffering every fpeci cs of want ; (hortly indeed, it must be a crime for a citizen to have a change of clothing, if (here is one of our brothers who is destitute of lovering. To declare that France is at war with Eng land is like wife to declare war against the Stad iolder of Holland. The Stadholder, vrho is ra tfler the fubjedfc than the ally of the court of St. lanits's, wh® has been, and still is, a passive in -1 rument in their hands, who, in subservience to til their inclinations, has in the course of the 'evolution favoured the emigrants and the Prufllans, harraffed the French, and treated with nfolcnce the French government. 1 here allude o the circumstances of releasing the persons ruilty of forging aflignats, arretted in Holland. l"he Stadholder arms in the mean time to fup >ort the war of the Court of joins his sups to the Englith fleec, favours our enemies >y putting obstacles in the way of our exporta - Alter aU these confiilerations, your commit tee of general defence has chargcd trie to pre sent to you the plan of the following decree. DECREE. " The National Convention, after having heard the report of their Committee of Cieiie ral Dcfence, in the c> ndu<3 «f the Engliih go vernment. " Conlldcrinp thst the king of Eiiglaudhas perfiftcd, especially since the revolution of the iothof Aug. 179 a, to give proofsof his being evil difpofcd toward* the French nation, and of hit attachment to the coalition of crowned heads. " That at the period aforefaid. he ordered his amhaflavor at Paris to withdraw, bccaufe he would not acknowledge the proyiGonal e*eci»- tive council, created by the afl'eiubly. " That the Cabinet of S(L James's hadceal'ed, since the fame period, to coriefpond with the French ambassador at London, on pretext of the suspension of the heretofore king of the French. " That since the opening of the National Convention, it has it.fufcd to resume the usual correfpondcnce between the two states, and lo acknowledge the powers of this convention. " That it has refufed to acktio jvledge the am bassador of the French republic, altho' provided with letters of credit in its name. " I'hat it has endeavoured to impede the dif ferent purchasers of corn, arms and other com modities ordered in England, either by French citizens or the agents of tile republic. "That it has caused to be (topped several boats and ihips loaded with grain f«r France, contrary to the treaty of 1786, whils exporta tion to other foreign countries was free. ~. "That in order still more effectually to.ob ftru& the commercial operation of the republic in England.it obtained an a&of parli»ment,pro hibitingthe circulation of affiguats. '• That in violation of the 4th article of the treaty of 1789, it obtained another a<St, ir. the month of January last, which fubje<Sts all Flench citizens reltding in or coming into Englani, to forms tlie most inquisitorial, vexatious and dan gerous. " That at the fame time, and contraiy to~rie lft article of the peace of 1783, it granted pn te&ion and pecuniary aid not only to the emi grants, but even to the chiefs of the rebels, win have already fought against France ; that it hjs maintained with them a daily correfpondcnu, directed against the French Revolution; th* it has also received the chiefs of the rebels of the French Well-India Colonies; " That in the fame spirit, without any pro * vocation, and when all the maratime powersare at peace with England, the Cabinet of St. James has otjdered a confidenible naval armament, and an augmentation of the land forces. " That this argument was ordered at a mo ment when the British Minister was bittarly pcrfccuting those who supported the principles of the French Revolution iaEnglaud, and has employing ail poflible means, both in Parlia ment and outof it, to cover the French Repub lic with ignomy, and to draw upon it the exe cration of the Engliih nation, and of all Europe. «* That the übjeft of this armament, intend ed again# France, was not even disguised in the Engliih Parliament. " That although the Provilional Executive Council of France has employed every measure for preserving peace and fraternity with the Englifli nation,and has replied to calumnies and violation of treaties, only by remonflrances founded on the principles of justice, and expref fcd with the dignity of free men, the Englifli Minifler has persevered in his system of male volence and hostility, continued the armaments, and sent a squadron to the Scheldt, to disturb the operations of the French in Belgium. " That, on the news of the execution of Lou . is, he carried his outrage* to fh«!F*fench Repuh? lie to such a length, as to order the Ambaflador of France to quit the Britilh territory within eight days. " That the King of England has manifefted his attachment to the cause of that traitor, and hisdefign of supporting U by different resoluti ons adopted at the moment of his death, both by nominating generals of his land army, and by applying to parliament for a considerable ad dition of land and sea forces, and putting Ihips of war in commiflion. " That his secret coalition with the enemies of France, and particularly with the Emperor and Pruflia, is confirmed by a treaty concluded with the firft in the month of January; that he has drawn into the fame coalition the Stadthold er of Holland; that that Prince, whose servile obsequiousness to the orders of *he courts of St. James and Berlin, is but too well known, has in the course of the French revolution, and not withstanding the neutrality which he profeffed, treated with disdain the agents of France, receiv ed the emigrants, harraffed the French patriots, counteia&ed their operations, released, in oppo fition to cftablifhed usage, and notwithilanding; the demand of the French Miniver* persons who had been guilty of forging aflignats; that in the mean time, with a view to concur in the hos tile defigus of the court of London, he gave or ders for a naval armament, named an Admiral, appointed Dutch ships to join the Englifti fleet, opened a loan to defray the expences of the war, put a stop to exportations to France, while he fa voured fending fupphes of provision tothePrui fian and Austrian magazines." Considering, in fine, that all these circumftai ces no longer leave to the French Republic a*y hope of obtaining, by means of amicable ciation, the redress of their grievances, and fhat all the ads of the Britilh court, and of the Stadt- holder of the United Provinces, are a<sts of hos tility, equivalent to a declaration of war. The National Convention decree as follows : Article I. The National Convention declares in the name of the French nation, that, consi dering the multiplied afis of hostility and ag greflion of the above mentioned nations, THE FRENCH NATION IS AT WAR WITH THE KINO OF ENGLAND AND THE STADTHOLDER OF THE UNITED PRO VINCES. 11. The National Convention charges the Pro visional Executive Council to call forth such for ces as may appear to thera nccefiary for repel ling their aggrcGion, and for maintaining the in dependence, the dignity and the interefh of the French Republic. 111. The National Convention authorises the Provisional. Executive. Council to dispose of the naval forces of the Republic in such a manner as the intcrelU of the Hate may appear to them to require; and it revokes all particular difpofi- tions ordered in this refpejl by preceding de- creeb. 359 '• pArae-EdLANTiME moved that an to the English people might be drawn up to in form them of the tcivl motives which have brought on the war between the two countries; and that the Convention would decree that all £aga{!i and Dutch merchant*, and other indivi duals who maybe travelling in France on busi ness, (Kail have every protection, provided they copform to the laws,of the Republic. Boththofe propoiitions were decreed. Testament of louis xvi. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. Read id the fining of the Commons, Jan. 21ft. Li',trolly translated from a copy received as genuine •j , by flu, Commons, and certijied by a municipal fficer j :\tQ,hfve been collated with the original. y J I' .Jits tjbe name of the Holy Trioitv* tiie Fa- M&h .Son, and the Hol v y Ghost* this day the I 2vU of December, 1792, I, Lou§ the XVI. by <>♦ France, having been tor more than ffkjr monrhs imprisoned with my family uin the Tower of the Temple at Pari?, by those who were my fubj?£U, and deprived ot all com munication whatsoever, ever since theuth inft. wiih m.y own family ; moreover being impli cated in a (rial of which it is impotlible io tore fo. on account of the paiHons of men, | Jor which no pretext or means can be found in any exiftmg law ; having only God for the Witnd.Hof my thoughts, and to whom I can ad- • dtfrfvtijyfeff, I here declare, in his piefence, my last will and fenuments : I leave my foul to God, mv creator, I pray hini to receive it in mercy, and not to judge it according to its deserts, but according 10 those of ou# Lo'id Jesus Christ, wh6 offered himfelf a fflcrifitjr* to God his Father, for us men, however unwoithy, and for me the most unworthy. I die in the union of our mother the Catholic, A poftoUt, and Rom'an Church, who holds her by an uninterrupted fuccefliou fiom St. Peter, Do whom Jesus Christ entrusted the'ro. I firmly acknowledge and believe e very thing con -1 tained in the commandments ol QoJ and the CSftiteh, the sacraments And myftei ies, fuoh as ih# Chtirch teaches, and hath always taught tHfni ; I have never pretended to mike mytelf of the different modes of explaining the ciogioas which divide the Church ot Jesus Christ-, but I have conformed, and will always conform, if God grants me life, to the decisions which Pit high Ecclefuftics of the Holy Catholic Mui ch give and ftiall give, conformably to the j discipline of the Church followed since Jesus Christ I lament with all my heart, our bre tiferi who may be in error, but I pretend not tq jirfge them, and I love them no less in Jesus Cbrift according to what Christian Charity tcichcs us ; I pray God to pardon me all my fm; I have endeavored to know them fcrupu bvtly, to deleft them, and to humble myfelf in his presence. Not being able to avail m'yfelf of tit miniftty of a Catholic Priest, I pray God to rcceive the confeflion which I have made, and abfrve all my profound repentance for having pIA my name (though it was against my willj tofess which may be contrary to the discipline aqp belief of the Catholic Church, to which I hpvc always remained lincerely united in heart ; , Oray God to accept of my firm resolution, if fcjigraot. u*e ltfc, to make uCe as soon as I can qfSjp ministry of a Catholic Priest, to confets all my fins, and to receive the facra nwu of repentance ; I reqaeft all those whom I may have offended through* inadvertence, for I do not recoilL-ft having knowingly offended any or|e, or those to whom I may have given bad example or scandal, to forgive me the evil wKichihey rhfrik I have done them. 4t I entreat all charitable pet-ions to join their payers with mine, to obtain ot God the pardon of my fins. " I forgive, with all my heart, those who j have made themfeltes my enemies without my having given them any cause ; and 1 prav God to forgive them, as well as those who, through a faJfe or mistaken xeal, have done me much evil. " 1 recommeud to God, my wife, my chil dren, my filler, my aunts, my brothers, and all those who are attached to me by the tics of blood, or ininy other manner wbaifocvcr. I pray God particularly to look with the eyes of mercy on my vifc, my children, and my filler, who have loogbeen the partners of my fufferings ; to fuf taih (hem by his grace, if they (hould lose me ; and ;s long as they shall remain in this perilha bjeyvorld. I recommend to him, above all, tc» them good Christians, and honest mem ben of society •, to make them confid r the grandeurs of this world, if they are condemned io !>rov? them., but as things dangerous and pe rishable, and to mm their views towards the on ly and solid glory of eternity. I requcft my lif ter to continue her tenderness to my children, and 10 he a mother to them, if they Ihould have the miifnrruoe to lose their own. " I entreat my wife to forgive me all the evils whjch (he fuffers on my accounr, and the unea siness Which I may have caused her in the cou/fe ot our union ; as she may be a flared, that I re member nothing against her, it Die thinks (he has any thing 10 icproach her fell with. ~u j earncflly recommeud to my children,next to thei< duty to God, whtch they ought to pre fer to cvt ry thing, to maintain mutual union, fubmitlion and obedience to their mother, and •gratitude for all the cares which Ihe incur! for them, and in memory of me. 44 I entreat them to consider my lifter as a second mother. I recommend to my son, if he fhou'd have the misfortune to become King, to think that he owes himfelf entirely to the good of his fellow-otizens j that be ought to forget all hatred and all retentment, and especially whatever relates to the misfor tunes and uneasiness which I experience | tli* he cannot promote the good of the pub lic but by reigning according to the laws; but, at the feme time, that a King cannot make the laws refpefted, and do the good he wither, but in proportion as he has the ne cea'ary authority ; and that, without this, be in; fettered in his operations, and inspiring no refpeft, he is more injurious than nfeful. I recommend to my son to take care of all the persons who were attached to as far las his eircumftances Ihall give him the means; to think that this is a sacred debt which I have contracted to tbe children or relation? of those who have died for me, and Hl*kv., to those who are unfortunate on my } a< count. I know that tlie.e arc many jpeffoosW those who were attached to me, who have not coii durted themselves towards me as they ought, and who have even (hewn me ingratitude; but I forgive them in the moments of trouble and effervefcerrce, a man is not mas* ter of himfelf) ; and I entreat my for, if he should have the opportunity, to rememberoli ly their misfortunes. 1 Could wife to he able to teftify my gvatitute to thole who have dis played a true and difintereC.ed attachment »o me. On the one hand, if I was (enfibly aff:<Tc ed by the ingratitude and difloyaftv or periods to whom I had never (hewn any thing but fa<- vor to them, their relations, or friends ; on the other, J have had the consolation off lec 'ing the voluntary attachment *».d interest which many persons have, shewn to me. I en treat them to accept of my thanks ; in the ii tuation in which things still are, I should he afraid of bringing them into danger, if I were to speak more explicitly ; but 1 recommend particularly to my son to seek ail occasions of discovering them. 4< I lhould, think that I ca lumniated the sentiments of the nation, did I not openly recommend to my Ton M. M. da Chamilly and Huet,whofe true attachment to me induced them to (hut • themselves up with me in this mournful relidence, and who were near being the unhappy vt&ims of what they did. I also recommend to him Clerl, with whose attention I have had every reason to be fatisfied since he has been with me. As it is he who has remained with me to the last, I request M. M. of tlie Commune, to deliver to him my clothes, my books, mi watch, #\y purse, and the other little etfe&s which Have been deposited at the Council of the Com mons. M I also moil willingly forgive /hose who guarded me, the ill treatment /nd severity which they thought it their dut/ to make me fufFer. IJiave found some fc/ling and com passionate fouls; may they efjoy the tranqui lity of heart, wbich ought fpviug from their manner cf thinking! * 4 I entreat M. M. Tron chet and Defeae, to receive here my tbenks, and the expreifion of ijiy sensibility, sots all thft care and all the pain/which they tOolr'for me. " I conclude by /declaring, befocr God, »t>d ready to appear before him, that I reproach myfelf witli none of the crimes which are al ledged to nie. K Done, in duplicate, at Tower of tlie Temple, December 25, 17^^- (Signed Louis) f) " LOUrS." (A true Copy) > BAUDRAIS, Municipal Officer. Yeftorday arrived here the ftiips George Barclay, Capt. Cotfet and Harmony, Cap'. Ofman from London —also the Adrianna, Capt. Robert pin from Liverpool; the Adrian na left Liverpool the JJth February.—lt was reported there, that Gen. Dumourier had had a battle with the Auftrians and Prussians, and iTacl totally defeated them—in confluence of which army had entered Hol land ; another report is that a body of the Dutch forces had been defeated.—Accounts by the. abovs arrivals state that the Britiih and French cruisers fwarra on the coalls of France and England-r-that various captures had been made by the French and Englifli— and that the American flag was unmolelled. Capt. Collet met with two Britifti frigates on his pafTage —by the Captains of which he was treated with the greatest politeness. We do' not find that the account of the execution of the Queen of France is confirmed by these arrivals—and conclude it is premature.— The George Barclay has brought a large num ber of paiTengerj. Various reports were circulated yesterday,- among others—That the American Minister at the Court of London had given that Court aflurances of a drift neutrality in the present war between Great-Britain and France, on the part of the United States. Another re port is, that a French cruiser had chaced a British velTcl into Norfolk, Virginia. Time will fix the authenticity orfaifeliood of the va rious rumours of the day. The fchooncr Frederickfburg Packct, An. derfon, arrived here on Monday last from Malaga. Capt. Anderfon put into Gibraltar on the 23d Feb. where he received the following ad vices :—That the French Republic had de clared war against Great-Britain and Holland —that the late Queen of France had been , tried and executed at Paris about the 10th of Feb. and that the Algerines had declared war against Holland, Denmark, fend Sweden. Several British ships of war were cruising in the Streights, to protest the English and Dutch ihips from the French and Algerine cruiTeu, and to convoy them into Gibraltar, where 3 Durch (hips had already arrived. Major Nathan Goodall,.of Bellepte, on the Ohio, was lately captured by two Indians. In the Virginia Centinel of (he fiift inft. it published a lift of murders and depredations lately committed by the ravages in Mcro diftrie>, from the 18 h to the 26th January last, elevrrk killed and (even wounded—and a confiderabie number of horses stolen. SHIP NEWS. ARRIVED* the PORT of PHILADELPHIA. Brig A&ivc, M'Keevtr, Sr. Croix Schr. Frederick (burg Packet, Andcrfon, Malaga (*nd Gibraltar Sr. Euftatius Middlciou Aux-Cays Ceorju Slc.-p Sally, Smiih, Sigrwl, Starr, Nancy, Stiles, Oliva >nd Mary, Pelre'e. PRICE~OF STOCKS. 6 per Cer.ti, 17/6 3 per CcntF, 10/ Deferred, ioj6 Full lharcs jßank U. 5. 9 per cent, prcm
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