ami by joining their party, I ffiould have become to tlieina cliiel of gi cat importance to be gained over ; but aj 1 -wa» perfectly certain that their prafofal would not be recon cileable 10 my conscience, 1 had re filled even to fee iheui. In this fi tuaiion 1 could-do noth-ing ejfe ihun quit ■ France, as. .my dealb .would have beer, no fetviee to it. It is from the ipita of August that 1 date my egira. 1 repaired to Bouillon, with iMeaubonrg, Bureau de Puzy, and feme oi ber officers. We ferouc under pretence of i ecorlnoitering, leaving my escort of Huflars on tbe road,l lent back all my Qrdonances, (soldiers on duty, whose business it is to carry the General's written or ders) to make those divisions of the army retire who were in danger, and to inform LUckner, my own General, and the Municipality of Sedan, of my departure. _ in a word, inliead of tarrying off with me as I might, my officers and troops. 1 dis}. not w Mt> 'bat the moll scrupulous delicacy Ihoold have any thing to reproach itfelf with. Having arrived near Rochfort, in tbe country of Liege, from which we expected to proceed to Holland and England, w-e were informed that there was there an Austrian post which we could easily avoid, bui.which we had no reason either to leek for, or ro fly from. With a view <wsly of avoiding all mifiake and aM -initutiiifira, D tire an de Puzy quitted us to rfiake to the command ing officer a declaration similar to that which I now fend you. We were invited to approach, and you will be as much surprized as I was, when you learn that we were there treated as prisoners of war. Being conducted to Namur, and after wards to this place, we are so clofe ]y confined, that 1 have a ceminel at the door of iny apartment, and 1 • am not allowed to walk in a final I garden which is at the bottom of the stair-case, we walk only in the court. This conduct towards ns is as nnjuft as impolitic. Yoq will . readily perceive that it tends to ali enate the Conventional party, that is to fay, the grand majority of the nation, from all confidence in the for having defended royaly, at the fame time as liberty. In (hort, •Whatever may happen tome, I (hall always remain iuch as you have known me ; but if justice and poli cy prevail over personal malice, I ; expecft to repair soon to England, where I (hall be happy to fee you. (Signed) "LA FAYETTE." Second litter of M. De La Fayette. Arlon, Sepit. 3. I am sensible how mach your attention is engaged with my fitua tioti—l am well, this is all the fa tt*fait ion I can at present give to my friends. " 1 -wrote to you since the epoch —when the crimes of the ioih of Augwft, the violence offered to all. the constituted powers, the little support 1 found in the bold step of nrrefting the Commiflioners of the Aflembly, and lastly, the inutility of my death to the public cause, were so many fuccelfive reasons for determining'nie to quit France. " Had the King been able to de termine to quit Paris, as 1 propnfed to him,.after having taken measures for conducting him to Compeigne, he would have avoided great dan gers and great misfortunes. But it is useless to recur to the past. " I informed you how 1 resolved to quit France, in which I could no longer serve the cause of liberty, and in which 1 could lieither-com promise with guilt, nor bend under the despotism of the Jacebins. " 1 informed you also how I reach ed-' Rocheforr, where there was a poll of Aullriatis whom I and wiy companions neither fought for nor avoided. Yon must read in the pa pers a declaration made by Us, as well as a lift of the companions of nyjourney: the manner in which we announced ourselves, left us in no doubt refpetling the right we had to pass freely. We were how ever conducted to Nivelle, and our confinement became closer every day. A part of the officers who had accompanied me, have at length been released ■, the reft ought to havp been so. Since Meanbaarg, Alexander Lameth, Bureau de Puzy, and myfelf, were put into a carri age, under the escort of a major and three officers of infautry, with a detachment of hullars. At every place where we arrived, two cemi nels were polled at the door of our apartment, two at the bottom of the ttaircafe, and two at the street door, besides those ported at th<? ftabks and under the windows, so that we were in every refpeft prisoners of war, which was sMbfd", but as stare prisoners, which is ex plained by the conftiuitio-n of kiayo nets. We shall arrive to-morrtfwat Luxembourg—this is all I know?. "It isftiange enough to fee La Rochefoucauld and Bariiave under the rod of the Jacobins— : J and Jny companions in the chains ps J&e Auftrians. The friends of liberty are pr.ofcribed on both fiiei » I am not therefore in my place, but in a prison ; and I had rather firffef-iii the name of despotism, which I have combated, than in the name of the people, whose cause is dear to tpjr heari, .and wliofe name is at prefen' prfifaned by villains. f; __ - » *t\ - I ■ a——*— 1 - " I wtfhthat the Duke of'Brwnl A'ltlc may march Paris in order that honeit jn.sn efcaj>_{ rhe dagger of aflalfins, aiiA France jh fafeiy. B«t law ftlittl with indignation at -the cowardice with which both towns, and troops surrender. " I know well that the crimes of the iothof August contribute great - ly to this, but it is necellaty that the French nation ftiould have at the fame time energy fuffirifenr to pnnifli them, and ro defetid itfelf from fuffering enemies —my coun trymen Jiave had neither the one nor the other. " In fhorr, though my present (it-nation is disagreeable,. it is not difgraceful for a friend of liberty, and it is not what it would have been at the head of an army, under the monstrous government which the Jacobins hate fubftituted'fpf the conititution. You will perhaps aik, what are -jney going to do wltn youatlTiix embourg ? I really do not'Kifiow but they will not make ine'a man inconfiftenr in principles, nor plia ble by the situation in which 1 now am. (Signed) "LAFAYETTE." PARIS, April 2, Dumourier in one of his letters to Bournonville, fays, he designs "one part of his army for the deliverance of the found part of the Convention." M. BrilTot, who is not only a* found but a moderate patriot, and who does not wifli to fee the republic fall before Brunfwick nor Dumou' tier, thus apostrophises, " deliver the found part of the Aflembly ! Pray who charged you with this du ty, Dumourier ? and suppose the Aflembly was not free,-vrhere is the republican who would owe liis deli verance to a Rebel ? Where is the, republican who is not perfnaded that if any one man could " deliver" the Convention to-day, heco\ild not also enslave it to-.morrow ? Take; care, Dumourier, if you march against the Mountain, the whole re-' public will become Mountain—and j I, who have braved the daggers of our little Cromwells, am ready to j present my bread to the bayonets of! Monk. Do you really believe; Du mourier, that we are so reduced as to choose between our tyrants?" It would be difficult to paint the indignation which seized on every mind, at the reading of Dumourier's trairerous letters in the Convention : It was thus Casfar wrote when he marched against Rome ; he also pre tended to re-eftablilh peace, and de-- ftroy ty. anny ; he afFetfted net »o aspire to the Supreme Authority. " Dumourier! Dumourier!" ciied Briflot, " I have compared thee to Ctefar—it is enough to fay, Brutus waits for thee." On the 2jth of March, the patriots e, 'g«g«d a body of counter-revolu tioniflg near Vannes, routed and killed 400 of them, who appeared by their dress 10 be peasants; hue upon a closer examination they were found to be men of very delicate shapes, white skin, and loft hands. This failt proves what we have luf petSed, that a large n.uniber of emi grant nobles have entered the coun try in dil'guife, and are the only counter revolutioinifts we have to fear ill the interior parts. April j. A whole Department has denounced Marat, and declaied that his bead mull fall, or thq pub lic tranquility cannot be restored. LONDON, April 19. The Duke of York ha* caused a Monwnetit to be ereifled at Don., to the memory of Lieutenant Wef- WfHy : who so gallantly periftied in the defence of Williamftadt. Large bodies of emigrants are daily embarking for Ollend, to fci ve in the army of the Prince deConde, as we'll as in that of the Prince de Saxe Cebourg. j It is expected that Dunkirk will be attacked on the 20th inft. Ihe Gnards were to march to Nieuport and Fumes this day or to marrow. It is said there are only 60 regular troops in Dunkirk. The French are so completely blocked np at Dunkirk by ourcrui zers, that not a privateer or gun boat has made its appearance in the channel for many days part. The Municipality of Dunkirk is said to have prohibited all further intsrcotitfe between that port and "Oftend. In this cafe, it will beconre .difficult' to procure the French Ga zettes. A privateer belonging to Guern- Tey has taken and Tent into Falmouth a French ftiip, laden with indigo, valued at 40,0001. A Liverpool piivateer, belonging to Mr. Tarleton of that place, has taken and sent in a French Weft- Indianian, valued at 32,000'. The lrifti finugg'er, called the Morgan Ratler, which has been in the finuggling trade since ihe was launched, is converted into a priva teer, atmed, victualled, and f urnifh ed with a conimiffion from the cham ber, of Vice Admiralty at Brest. Marquis Cornwallis was expecfted to leave Bengal in February last. The French Gendarmerie, who of R.frta aw arrived at Lisle with their artillery, arms and bag gage. The reft of the garrison, with that of Gertrudenbug, took a different route r but whethertojoin Dumourier or not, is not yet known. Blancheland, late Governor of St. Domingo, is now under trial be fore the Revolutionary Tribual. April 20. The intelligence which we com municated on Monday last, refpetft ing Generals Miranda,Stingen, and Lanoue, we were hopeful would have proved unfounded. Subse quent atlvices, however, put it be yond doubt, that they had fnffered ou the fcaffold. The fame advices state, that Santerre, the Comman dant General of Paris, had been ap pointed Commander in Chief of the French armies. It. is also confirmed, that Conde has surrendered to the Auftrians. Valenciennes is regularly invest ed. On the 13th inft. Marac was ar retted, in confecjueoce of a decree of the National Convention, and committed to the prison of the Ab baye. Memorial prefcnted ©n the fifth of this monrh, by the Bntifa and Imperial Miniilers to the States General. " a "i Mighty Lords, ,c It is known that towards the end of the month of September laft'year, his Biitanriic Majesty and your High Mightiness gave, in concert, a fo'emn atfnrancc, that in cafe the im minent danger which then threatened tho lives of their mo ft Chriftirn Majcfties and their Fa milies, Ihould he releafcd, his Majelty and your High MightineiTes would not tail to pursue the mod efficacious meafu'es to prevent the person who migllt render themselves guilty of so atro cious a crime, from finding any afylutri in your refpe&ive Hates. This event, which w« with horror forefcen, has tsken place; and the divine vengeance, teems not to have been tardy. Some of these dctcftable regicides are now in such a fltuation, that they can be fuhjetted to the sword of the law. Tile reft are rttll in the midil of" a people vvh6m they have plunged into an abyss of evils, and for whom Famine, Anarchy, and Civil War, are shout to prepare new calamities. In ftiort, every thing that we fee happen, indu ces us to consider as not far d iltant the end of thefr wretches, whose madness and atrocities have filled with terror and indignation all thole who refpeathe principles ol teligion, morality and humanity* " Tbt underfilled, ftAlkh-tll . ' enlightened judgment aiVS of your JJ.jj Mightineflfi, Whether ii Would Mi be prnpe, lo employ all the meanain yourpowei to prohibit from entering yoor Staita ia Europe, or your Colonic*, alt thole Mrmhcri of t|te felfiulrd Ni tional Convention, or of rtie pretended Exeeu- tive Council, who have dire&ly or iodirt&ly, participated in the said crime ; and, if they fhou'id be discovered and arretted,. to deliver them up to jufticc, that they may Crrve a» a (on and example to mankind. •• Done at the Hague, this £th of Apiil, 179*. (Signed) 41 Auckland. " Louis C. Stahainberg. 77/0 fufpenjion of all regular communication with France has obliged us 10 be more bpef in fame of the detail* we have laid before the public fine? .that period thpn we could have wifaed. H'e art now enabled to give further interejling pattkular<s rejpeffivg the conduct ofthe convention, on hear* ing of Dumouricr's attempt to re-ejiablijk Roj* alty in France. NATIONAL CONVENTION, ■V fn the fitting of the 4th inli. Lacroix gav€ an accodnt of Dumourier having arrdfted Bnrurnonville and' the cominiffioners sent to brinft him to the bar. The commit tee of public fafety immediate ly met. T*bc constituted authorities in ?a < and the executive council were Cumiuon d tp the bar, and ordered to preserve the peats 4* Paris. Sanrerre, the commandant ge»>e;;ij *ras lent tor, and ordered to concert with the civil magistrate in all meafuies which ti\fi circumftauces might require. Tlie convention decreed, that the execu. tive council (houid instantly nominate a &ew neral to succeed Dumourier, whom t de clared a traitor ; foi bade him to be obeyed, on pain of death and confifcation ; and of fered a reward <of three hundred thou (and li« vres to whoever ffiould bring him deatj or alive to Paris. The executive council announced that they .meafurevior tfi peace of Paris ; and proposed tfiat the con* venfion in imitation of the conftiiutienal as„ fhouM take the remsof government into their hands, and appoint genera!";. A deputy from Valenciennes announced, that the best spirit reigned in.that city, oet withftanding the efforts of Dumourier ; that there were 10,000 men in the camp at Matir bege, and 6,000 at Conde. Roberfpierre inveighed ap.ainft Briifrt, and moved a decree of accufatlon agairft him —Briffiu replied, and the convention pafled to the order of the day. Monday, April 8. A letter, dated St. Gaudens, April if, wa? read, slating that general Sahudet had entered the valley of Aran, in the Pyrenees, belonging to Spain, with two columns of French troop*;, and bad taken polfefiTion of,if. The letter added, that he had taken 80 pri soners, with 60 mo/kefs and hooo cartridge', with the loss of only two chaffcufs r ki)led,aud four wounded. Breard mqived, that the aflSftants of the rmniftcr at n»ar, tbof* of the minrftfr of the Murine, Dumas, director of'one of the offices of the sninifter at war, should be kept in a rtate of at reft.—Decreed. It was reported to the Convention, ttiat 35,000 pounds weight of gunpowder had teen removed from CafTel to Lisle. In the camp qf the traitor Dumourier, who wifbed to re tain none but such as were attached to his cause, desertions multiplied daily. The re port further stated that such of Dumourier's troops as continued faithful to him were uni ted to the Imperialists. Carnot and Lefage announced that theyhad transmitted to the Convention a trunk be longing to Dumourier, in whith were found several papers refpe&ing his treachery, and various books, such as the lives of illuftriojjs men, an atlas, &c. The department of the Meufe denounced General Chazot, as a traitor to the Republic. Bentabol moved that a decree of a'ccnfa tion (ho 11 Id he pafled against Miranda, Stin gen, Mazienlky, and La 11 one ; that they should be delivered up to the Revolutionary Tribunal. Some members having observed that such a decree was not nece.Tary, and that it would be fufficient to read the papers which tended to criminate, these papers were ordered to be read to-mor row. The ci-devant Puchefs of Orleans requeu ed and obtained permission to be confined in her apartment. A member who read a letter from Sables d'Olonne, dated April 2, announcing that the rebels had appeared in force before that post, and, under cover of Jthe night, had be gun to throw up trenches for batteries, but that their works had been dellroyed by a hea vy fire from the town. The rebels fired red hot ih/>t, but a ball from the town destroyed their furnace, burnt some of their carriages, and occasioned ati explosion which killed a Jiumber The counter revolution ists then fled, and were pursued by the patri ots, who killed 3OOQ of them, and took 14 cannons and 11 carriages laden with bread. It*MANENT SITTING— APRIL IT! The fitting of this day was entirely occu pied toy the reading of the dispatches front theMeparrrnents in a state of revolt. In the Department of Finiftfcrre, Cotes-du- Nord, and la Yillaine, the infurjjjents had been completely subdued ; in the letter, ma ny of the ringleaders had periflied on the fcaf fold. The communication between Rennes and Nantz had been re-eftabliflied, and Ge neral Berruyer was to attack the Rebels. Friday, April 12., Buzot demanded, that the Appeal Chould be proceeded on, for the ele&ion ot four Members to repair to the Depart ment de I'Orne, there to collect particu lars refpefting the motives of PhHippe d'Or
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