of«he « rn>"~y For il>»« we are in a great mea{ure indebted 10 i>»e wife <l>re£tioi*s and of Field Mar ilia I tlie F»iuce of Co bourg. •• X* faint .•« flie enemy's troops 111 311 bav4 «rvactJatfi(! iireja & Ger uii.ietibu.gj, i [hall make the necel f-4iy liifjjoliiions lortheir teiiigcoji dtiftrd without obitncle to Lille." LISLE, April 5 Gen. Duinourier having put tin eer arrclt ihe four conitn tllioncrs sent by tlie Convention to feizehim and bring him to the bar, addreded iiis amj in ihe following terms : " Companions, four com million eis, accompanied by ihe uiiiiiiler at w-.r, from the national convention, aic come to arrest me, and conduct me to the bar. i remember what you have proinifed, that you will not fuffer to be carfied away your father, who has several times saved his country, who has led you on in ttie tond to victory, and who atJaft bas llill made ait honorable retreat at your head ; I have put them in a place of fafety to serve as holtages. Jt is lime for our army to rfifchaige its vow, to puige France pfaffaffitis and difturber9, and to rettoi e to our onhappy country, the repose which (lie has loft by the ci imes of her re prefenta.ives. It is time 10 regain a conftituiion to which we swore three years l'ucceffively, which gave tis liberty, and which alonecan pie ferve us from the licentioufaefs and anarchy in wh.ch we are plunged. 1 declare to you companions, that I will set you the example of living aid dying free. We cannot be free bur with good laws, if otherwile, we (hall be the slaves of crimes. " General in chief of the French " DL'MOURIER." army, Near St. Amend, April i, I 793, 1 j o'clock at night. General Mazinflcy, sent by Du mourier, entered the day before yesterday into this town, accompa nied by an hundred h tiffins of his legion ; he was the bearer of a let ter, that he sent to M. Duval, com mandant of the place, to demand the entry of 6000 men of the north ern army, which was refufed. Ma- Zinfky has been arretted, and his followers dil'urnied. PARIS, Apt il 6. The capital is still quiet ; the public opinion is ftiongly enough declared againit seditious and trai terous persons to give ns room to believe, that neither the one nor the other will fee their projecis fuc- Ceed. The reaPollings about Gen. Dumouritr Itill vary ; some fay that he has emigrated, others are posi tive that he is yet at the head of his army ; no citizen has hitherto in curred the penalty of death, in ap proving the condutft and principles of this General, worthy imitator of Monk. Ci:izens Egalite, father and son, are erased from the lift of the foci e:y of J acobi ns. NATIONAL CONVENTION. Apbil 2. The cooimilfioners of (he Conven tion at .Rochelle, announced, that ihe people of Nantes had made a fuccefsful sally again ft the revolters — I'were killed upon the (pot, And as litany made prisoners. The popular fociery of Toulon denounced Gen. Paoli as a support er of despotism, who, in concert with the adininillrators us the de partment, had inflitfted every kind of hai dlhip upon the patriots, at the fame time favoring tlie emigrants and the refia<ftory priests.—They demanded that his head lliould fall under the avenging sword of the law. " When the inhabitants of Cor ika combated for their liberty," (aid Lafource, " General Paoli,who was at their head, appeared to fup pott their cause, thar he might ob tain a rhrone which he had long re garded as his own ; his objeift was 10 he declared king — 1 demand his difmiiiion." The convention decreed, that the Procurer General Syndic of the de partment of Corsica, and General Paoli, should be ordered to the bar, (o give an account of their condui't. The PitfiJcnt announced, that General Miranda Itad written to hi-n that .he waited ihe order ottbecon vent ion to appear at their bar. The aflembly charged the war committee to projiofe io hi in a Se ries of <j'iellious, and decreed that he Ihould be admitted 10-11101 row. Apkh 3. The comniiHioiiers wrote from Lifl:, that they had set off for the camp of Maulde, to arrest Duoiou ri«r ; and thai Bournonville bad ta ken, on hisroo[e,the necetlary mea sures to make a vigorous lefiltance to the enemy A ru i l y. A letter was read From ihe com-' ni/iioneis in ihe department of Lilts. /Ail ihe potts on l lie banks ot ihe Villsine, occupied by i lie fedi tious, had been taken, and die p*i fage re-eftabliflied. Genera] Ber ruyre had taken the nfiott vigorous ineafurcs 10 reduce the seditious conimtines to order, and had fuc ceeded. Than riot had made the motion that all the ftfperior cflic«rs taken prifones thoulj be brought to Pa. is, that they miibt answer with their heads for the lives of the co.mmifli oners, and df the minitter at war, so iufaniouiy put into the hands of the enemy by Duinourier. This motion had been decreed, but on the motion of Mallarme, ir was a gi eed to suspend the execution ui>- lil rhe coiftniiTTPt of national fafety Ihou'td m:.ke their report A letter was read from Gen. Bi ron, flaring, that though tire (now was a foot oeep on the ground, the enemy had attacked the ramp of Braons on the aSt&of March. They were vigorously repulsed, and rheir loss mu(t have been 'considerable, if he might judge from rhe qnanriry of bipod, of bats, and of fuzils left on the field. In the evening fitting the plan of a decree *tas read, for railing an ar in'y of 20,000 men for the defence of Paris, one part of which ftaced.that no ci-devant nobleman flioohl be admitted to any command in this .ai uvy.. . Danton prepofed, the aefence of all the great cities there -Ihnuld he a guard, to be paid by the Republic : that the < prlc#i;of bread {hould bealways tion to workmen's wages, and that in time of fcarciiy the excess (hould be paid by a tax on persons of larger: fortuues. Ad'Rl L 7. Marat moved, tfyat the >ires and children of the emigrants ibonld be piit into,fafe custody, and aufwer with their lives for the lives of Bonr nonville and the four cominiilioners. He added, that as there werie no proofs against Philip Egalite and billery, their eharadier of depujies (liould be refpetfted, & they requeued to put themselves in a state of to convince the people of their in- nocence Decreed, on the motion of Fon frede, iliac all the members of the Bourbon family, without: (lilli*Mfci on, be kept as hostages for the fafe- ty of Bournoiivilie and the commiC (loners, and ordered that the com million of public fafety point out tile pi <ce where these hotlages fliall be kept, except , the .priioneis in ;he 1 einple, who are not to be removed from Paris. Laclos, Bonnccarre, and Gouay Darcy, were ordered to be ..'taken into custody en acconm of thtfir con nection with th* Orleans .family. Silvery is a prifonir at large'. The members of the new commit tee of public fafety were declared to be Barrere, Delmas, Br«aid,Cam bun, Jean de Brie, Dknton, Guitton, Morveau, Treilbard.Lici oix of £ure and Loire. Philip Egalite sent a letter, desir ing lo know, if it was oiejint to. in clude him n FepVefemaffve people, in the decree aga(*ift ; tie Bourbons : " Yes, yes," was ed from Aery part of the hail, t The National Convention, on the fiift accounts of Dumomier's con duct, proposed the following ad dress to the Belgic Army : " Dnmouiier lias betrayed his country —that conspirator fjr whom your valour has heretofore obtained triumphs, the g'ory of which he at tributed to himfelf, now only fecks 426 to wake yon fuffer defeats ol which be \Vill lei (he ihame light on you. He attempts to tuin agamll liberty the arms that you took up only again)! lyraur.y. W hat, you,h rench men, to threaten yourcountry ! on, to march againlt your friends, your brothers, your wives, and your chil dren 1 No—you are not capable ot that most atrocious of crimes ; the champions of liberty cannot all at once have become the wretched fa teliites of an ambitious villain. Is it not at the voice of your country in danger, that you marched and conquered? Is it not she thar Hill demands your strength and your arots ? her sacred voice shall vibrate to the bottom of your hearts ; yon will recollect your triumphs, and burn to gather frefh laurels. So judge of you the repielentatives of the nation, whole confidence and elteem you possess. I hey know you better than the perfidious chiel who deceives you, in order to de base and dell toy you. His audaci ous hand has violated the sovereign ty of the people, in seizing thole its repi elentatives whom the National Convention had sent to you. His crime is known ; he wants to gK'e us a King ; his name is devoted to infamy—his head to the fcaffold ; avenge your glory and your coun try ; give up the traitor ; a civic crown is t he reward that awaits yon. French f.ildiers, if there could be among you men who did not re main faithful by the hnrrorof trea son, let them at least learn to be faithful by the fear of punishment. You are only the advanced guard of the nation ; flie is whole and entire behind you, re:idy to protect with her power tliofe who know how to serve her, and to crush with her thunder those who dare to be rebel lious. ?<* " The traitor Dumonrier has ca lumniated Paris to enrngeyou agunll that city which has been the ci a< 1 ie, and ought to be the fnpport of free dom. Paris is tranquil, and watches, for the fecnrity of the representa tives of the people, refpeOts the laws, is ready to inarch her repub lican bauds. He has reprefenred the National Convention as divided into two factions ; he has taken ad vantage of fotne debates, which the ardent love of liberty, always jea lous, especially in times of revolu tion, natura'ly excites among men charged with the interests of a great people. Republican foldiei s—it is an act of petfidy on his pait, to make you the blind instruments both of the annihilation of the Con vention, and of the re eftablifliinent of Royalty : The National Conven tion is one as well as the Nation ; ir will maintain the intlivifibility of the Republic ; it rallies round the standard of liberty, and will carry it, if need be, into your ranks ; it ufi an into oily takes an oath to die with you. or to exterminate conspi rators, tyrants and their followers." April o. The committee of public fafety reported, that the members of the Bourbon family ftould be detained as hostages at Varennes till the close of the civil war, which now agitated fevera! of the ■ departments. After some difcuiiion, Marseilles was a dopted as the place of their impri fonmeui.. It was announced that feriouscom motions Hill fublifted at Nantz, and that on the left bank of the Loire the iiifurgeiits were very formida ble. At Machecourt, they had toi leted pirovifions, ammunition, and a formidable train of artillery.— General Labourdonna>e waited for a reinforcement to attack them. A letter from ihe comtnilTioners at Valenciennes, dated ihe 7th in itant, dated, that the whole of the northern army had defer ted tie ltandard of Dumourier, and liad ranged tbemfelves under that- of Ihe Republic at the camp near Valenci ennes, at Lisle. Douay, &:c. 1 hole «hocontinued with Dumourier con fitted of the greaser part of the hus sars of Berchiny, and the' dragoons of the ?d regiment. A dispatch from Gen. Dam pierre announced, that he had lent a trum pet to General the Prime of axe Cobourg, to allure him that the kind April io. of trnce now exifling, w ou]«} no! be vii/taicJ l«y him wituoui piffim4 noiice. He had requested on the part of tbe Aaftriancoirittandertlie fame precaution. The coa»"i>il3iorter* Qationcd k Valenciennes, i» a leirer dated tUe Bth in it. apprjfed the Contention that they had arretted the officer employed by Dor.iourier for their appreheiiGun.— lh«* bad alio in their hamli one of Dumooriei'i spies. Thty i hat iHeAatti »- an generals directed thfir wards Lille and tbe latter of which fiom whence they wroie, were counter te\olutioniftt. . A letter fioui the department of Bouches-du Rhone ; the content} of wliictt could t:ot be t:iadc pnblit, was referred to the committee of public fnfety. L O N D O i*i, April 15. By yelterday's higi] we Je;ji;{. that 11 fail of tnglifh ir.ei chaniuitnhave been captured in the Mediterranean ; rhey were principally catried n»t\> Marseilles. The town anfl ciiade) nf Conde, in French Huittault, is eniii-ely fur ronnded by the Anllrian troops. Cuftine'* army itiil continues to be hard preHed by the Fioili.Mis.— Advices received from Offend this morning (late, that he is reifeatu'ig as fall as poiiible into France wia» his army. From rhefe advices, ht>we*er, ft vtouid appear, that the imelligence brought by the lall mail, ol Vicutr having fui rendered, was unfound ed. Such an event, huiiocr, may be fooit looked for. M. fcgaiite, prior to the Deciee for fending the Men.beis u! the Bourbon family to Maife.'lles, w. s Confined for security in the piifuu la Conciei gei ie. The underwj iters at Lloyd's Cof fee House v.ere all ntatie exceeding cheeiful on Satuiday lalt, by the news being received oft he arrival of the Necker, and three othei French East- F;idiameu in the ports ofFi aticc, which had been inltired in i hiscouit try, lo the amount of 350,0001. ilei ling. The government of ihe Nether lands, it is said, will undergo a to tal renovation in which the various suggestions of the patriots will be candidly cauvatled, and as far an may be confident with due fuboidi nation, adopted. Aprh. 17- It was yef!erd;iy reported, on what authority we have not that the 3 generals that wter* under arrcit at Haris, had been condemn* eil by the revolutionary- tribunal, and executed. These generals W£re Miranda, Wimpfeo, aod Klazien Iky. By a veflel j ift arrived from Of rend, we learn that the A uliriaii troops were witliin a few hours march of Dunkirk when fiie failed, and that it was reported the .French troops had j>revioufly xjfce place—it w as of course expeifted to he taken pofleffion of without blootl fhed. It is a curiouscircamftaoce, which has not hitherto been noticed, the' it may be depended on, that a» fin back as the middle of January~|att, 50 0001. ftoik was pmtf&led '|or General ))nt..ouiier in the fcnglift funds: How the General came to be potf'efied of such a fani in £ng» land, or should that period chuife such a fecority, is not readily ac counted f>>r. It is not polfible that any of the secret service money tur 1793 could form past of tbia sum. . April iB. Exlrafl of a letter J rum Egaitie, lb his tathir, dated Tour nay, iWertb 4. " 1 fee 1 hat Libert} is no more. I fee that (lie National CtJiiveniioti have loft France by a renunciation of principle. 1 fee every w here a civil war. 1 fee every power lea gued agair.il lis, and nothing to op p< fe them ; our troops of the line arc almcft annihilated, and the vo lunteers have deserted.— Can the National Convention fupptfe that with fnch an army they can conti nue (he war ? If they do they will very Ihortlv be undeceived. What evils ha*e ihev nor heaped 011 un fortunate Fiance."
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