Foreign Intelligence. r R A n c E. NATIONAL CONVENTION. Peru.ancnt Silling— April 16. ioiiowing letters »eie lead, A bring ft - lit vo the ConvetititHi by Couiu.iliario in the at in v. Letter from the citizens Lequinio, Cochott & iJelleg' ade,to the I* leld Mai (lial, Prince de Cobourg. " Moufuur, " Dunioiirier lias betrayed the Frencli nation to which he owed his elevation : You cumiwt esteem a Traitor. Good faith prohibits you from giving him an asylum, and you flight not to ha** received the oiefiv ber» of the Convention whom he d?- j up' to you, The .French * would ed an)' one ofyour nation, who Tiad. committed fticti bafewefs ; and would ba*e tellored to you tbofVboftages, which the law of Ratioit* pnrel'Oded theiy lroni re ceiving iflt'ueb rales. " We no* tratifmit yon a few co pies of the- <lecrees passed by the toHvtf'ffiori-on this occasion i and we also inclose »l»e proclamation whicb wt the ar my. A brave general who loves ho nor, oughr to follow the conduct which jttflice commands ; and we now frankly allure you, that the whole French natiou will eithenpe- l illi or remain free. (Signed) Lcqnhtio, Cochin, BellegmJf," Letter from Prince Cobourg, Com nittnder'W.C'liief the Imperial nties. Head Quarters, Boufl'u, April 9. " Gentlemen, I did not look upon Gen. Dumo"- rier as a traitor ! He talked of no- thing when he was with us, but of the happiness of his country : lie relied his undertaking upon this re fpetftable basis ; it was upon this ground 1 entered into Conversation with liiin, and upon this ground yoo ought to judge him.' You dif fer in opinion with hiui, this is his only crime. • " His principles recalled him to that coiitliiuiion, which was once your idol ; he saw in it the happi uels of France, and the peace of Europe ; for these principles he does not deserve to be delivei ed up to ignominy and the death ot a trai tor." He had never any private in telligence with us, and we fought in fui h a manner, as to prove that we were no friends. In your pro clamation jou accuse him of having intended to deliver up hiscountiy ; he never deviated from his firlt so lemri declaration, and that of the other generals at our approach to wards fiance, that they ihould r.e \er fuffer any foreign power to in- terfere with the interior organiza tion of your government, or that a ii* pails of fiance fhoukl be alien a;ed. As to tlie four conimiffioners from tJie Convention, their fn;e is hands. 1 appeal for all o^Tt^»-v. and . f< . ,r ,he len '-> ly ran nicj^3^SncT V'uV"i'> V i"-* of Come of the members yi'yoiir qi fentbty, to thole membei'i who liave really tbfc love of their country at heart. May they find means to make the convulsions cease, which tear France to pieces, and lhake to its foundation the reft of Europe ; this is my wiih as well as yours. (Signed) Prince Cobourg. i Letter from Citizens Dubois, Du bais, and Briez, Representatives of the French people at Valenci ennes, 'April 10, i 79?, to General I'rince de Saxs Cobourg, Com- Blander in Chief of the Imperial Ai my. General, The citizen deputies, to whom you addrelled your yesterday's let ter, ate no longer at Valenciennes ; we fopp'y 'heir place's, and w<? pj-ofefs the Time principles with them. We have the fame duties to fulfil, the fame oaths to keep, and we are polleli'ed of the fame powers, delegated from the National Re presentation of the Republic. General, we agrea with you, that to differ in opinion is no crime ; for a crime, according to the law, is at tached only to action* ; and it is only for actions which ate criminal and traiteroos ill th,e eyes of all na l-iof.s, and even in yours, that Du nioiirier hat rendered himlelt inta mousaiid aiiaitor; whilst he might have covered himfelf with glory in i i»£e£ui.|» serving his country, and dy ■ iiij> in its defence, if iieselljry. It was <ei t3iniy a great crime to pretend to oppofc his own will to that of the nation, and to propffft to ihem any government whatever. The w ill of a general of an army, in oppi fitinn to legal authorities, even if good, can be nothing hot r> violation of all principles, and a great crime against national sove reignty. But what did Gen. Lu mourier vrjlh for ? The fame that our moll inveterate enemies no* vvifh for, viz. To seduce our troops, to direct rhem against their country, (ogive us a new Tyrant, and to league theinfelves wiih our enemies, in order to accomplish these de signs. What more could Dumou rier have done ? Has guilty La lay ette, whom he himfelf condemned to infamy, done any thing else ? Has not he himfelf sworn fidelity to tbe Republic*, and for this oa'h obtained the confidence of the French ? You, general, reap the advantages of'his perfidy, bur you do nor pardon hi til for the fanijf". The coiiftimtion, wheh, you fay, was once our idol, fell into ruins by the endeavors of '.hose who wif; for it now and did not willi for it at that time. The nati on had tnade a trial, and in the ex periment they were difgnfted with it forever. The nation, and they had a right to do I'o, infilled upon a Republican government, and swore to support it, or bury theinfelves in its ruins. We know of no divifioii amongst the members of the Convention. That altenibly is one and indivifibke —We know of no other members amongst them but what are guided by the love of their country. 11 there are sometimes difpu'es, if their fittings are sometimes tempes tuous, 110 pei son has a right to 114* terfere. We always agree in ihe main object of general inter eft, and we are all determined to live and to die Republicans. Our four colleagues are under the fafeguard of the sovereign jnftice and loyalty of our enemies. Their faie gives its 110 uneasiness. Besides, we have already «**> <*nl wer to your addrels to tlie French of the 9th iuft,— we fend it to you, and beg you to read it with attention ; yon will find in it true principles, upon which nations ought to con duct tbemfelves towards one ano ther. April 18. A letter from the commissioners at Valenciennes, was read. It flat ed, that Conde was dill blockaded ; that the enemy had fummened tbe town of Maubege, the garrison tif which was resolved to defend it, : and that an action had taken placa . the evening before, in eneiiiy were ZepjiiCgsW—'The .coin -«rtftfinwrrystf'&ed, that they expett ed-an imponant aclioh the day fol lowing. . "The commifßonei s at Nantz in formed the Convention by a letter, dated the 15th, that the patriots weie continuing to repress the 'in fur gents, arid that their efforts"Were attended with great success. The commillioners in the depart ment of Levenciee and des Deux Sev res, informed the convention by a letter dated tlie 13th, that Cholet, Chenille, and Sr. Fioren, were in the hands of the patriots ; and that the rebels in the battle of the r'lth, loft 800 men. Deputies from La Gironde appear ed at the bar, and ft.ited that the committee of fafety of Bourdear.x had arretted a coifier with large packets of papers, addrefled to fume popular societies, and containing exhortations to them to proceed to Paris and niaflacre the greater part of the convention. These paoers were read bv Fon frede, and ap'peared to be some ot Marat's productions, containing the deauuci.uions of Ccllot. agaiuit Ro- 446 the Jacobus of i7r£»Wi £M«lv*i o: bcrpa^ra. «»eW *etufon: '-S<»nre I«rw4 m were also read', in whitb it was f-uu, .jifiM «feptiani»tg«beGir»M»<lM»»»tbaj Mai leillefe wer« in full. inmrcu to Pari*, U tuakt tht ruyatijiiMfi- the tujie of;br<oL/). .[At tbele words loud appfaiifrt from the g a * leiies.^ Tli.- greater put of 'be conven tion, however, exclaimed aguinrt i'ne galleries, and on motion by Douclet, it was decreed, that u»ei> lion lliould be made in of the applauses given by the galle ries, to the proposal for mm deling the members ot the convention. APRIL 20. Several denunciations vscre made to the convention. These denunciations gave riff." to fevfral motions, fame demanding, that a difenffion fliould be opened an the petition of Paris ; and others, that the aJI of accnfation against Marat, fliould be presented. After a violent coin mnt ion, Gen fonnet said, " I am accused of am bition, 1 who caused a decree to be pnffed, that deputies cannot hold any office until fix years af'er their j being meiikberg of the legiflituie ; | 1 in tny turn accuse my accufeis of Jiaving; filled every office with their relations, friends, or confidents ; I move thatlfflmitiiffioners be appoint ed to verify this (aft."—Decreed. Genfonnet refunifd his Ipeech, but was interrupted hy (ome mem bers, who demanded, that his ci>r refpondence with Dumourierfliould be printed T will produce it, Paid Genfonnet ; and ill a little time I will do more than confound my calumniators. I will attack thtm in front. I previ ously declare, that 1 am the accnfer of Roberfpierre. One of us two de fer* es to !ofe his head. Genfonnet then recurred to the petition, and after fame nbfervations on i'» tical confeqtiences, concluded by moving, with Lafonrce, rhat the ] primary aflemblies Should l>e con voked. After a long debate, the conven tion declared the petition signed hy 35 fe«TiioiiS and adopted by the coun cil general of ihe commune of a ris, to be calumnious, and ordered copies of this decree to be n a^lmu ted to the departments. The decree of accnfation drawn up by the committee of legrflation against Marat, was ad pted. The conaiiflioners sent toLaven dee, announced a new defeat of the rebels, who ha-»e loft above a thou sand men killed, amongw.hrm «ere a La Rochefoucauh and his son. A letter of Gen. Lamorliere was received from the commiflioners at Lille, mentioning the return and good disposition of the troops si om Breda and Gertruydenburg. The commiflioners reported, ft *.m the information 61 9 KnTtfian toUfier, that Duaioarier' was>gnaided in . -tight, with irons 011 his legs and hands. The commune of Paris, fai l Du peret, lias jlift declared itfelf in a itare of iniurrectioii againlt the con vention. M A D R I D, March 31 SIXTEEN (hips of war are failed from Fer rol, to cruize in the Mediterranean against tfie French ; ia,ooo volunteers have been raifcd on the frontiers. The Declaration of War agiiitft France was made known yesterday in the different squares and the pablic parts ofthis capital. BRUGES, April 19. The Guards, who were expe&ed to have made fonie stay in this city, received orders latl night to match this day for Courtray, a town about eight leagues from this place, near the French frontiers. The 37th regiment marched yesterday to Otbnd The 14' ii and 53d are still here. The reason aflignedfor this precipi tate march of the Guards, is to assist the Hn.iTl ans in surrounding a considerable body of French troops, who are now near Courtray. on their marcK through the Imperial territories from Breda and Gertruydcnberg, and to oblige tiiem to lay down their arms. These troops, it may be recolled.ed, were allowed to march from thole garrisons, with their arms, cannon, military itores, baggage, and all the honours of war; which capu.ihiiou the Prince de S.ixe Cobourg has declared will he no longer adhered to, in coirfequcoce of the French garrifoii of Conde having molt inhumanly martacred one of his i o£ccrs, who was sent with a trumpeter to the mrrifon. Before intrAJjieing ICh town. *er bound kiK c7«uml thtfl «•'<= l! n •> niccts. In confequeoct of t ' l " »# ,<,ou " " tioii <if'thnr.-feKi*, iU A«ftri»h tr «ea (t«p •« the basfllge yry-ftorei w»«cHw£»e following tbem. BRUSSELS, April ?i. On ihe 17th, Qcueral Clairfait refolrwf ro V? tick the wood of Rttifmes, where the '.-.nth hid ported thcmiclvcs, for which (Hirpofc U sent a battalion of Hungarian infantry, one cf the regiment of L'gne, Mother < - free corps of Mithaelotfitz, with l'otnc light iv.rli and chafleurs. The Cornell was long and eblli nate and latled (even hoi«r6, Slit at tail the French, u] «n ;he point of being fuiT-undtd, af ter a 1p.15 and iX ikW refinance, retreated in to lerable order to Lille. By ali account*, theiols of the eitniy niaft. have becu very ct.ni:.lcra -le. W: had but three hundred killed and wouni'ed. The gamft.li of L'ilc una a vigorous Lily to dtliudge our advanced |>ofts, which were within a Ih.irt distance of that city, after our troopshad talten poll at Lanno;', Roubaix, and Twcoin. On this occ .lion an aition took place, in which f' tlie were killed cm both fides. Api il 26. This day the cavalry of the beau tiful legion of Normandy, which the Emperor has taken into his pay, puffed through our city. April 17. Recruiting is carried on through bat all the country with the greatest success.and our Waloon regiments are to be maUe up to their full compliment. R A T I S B O N, April 3. In the Conclufum of the Empire of the 22d ult. when the war against France was declared, and the circulation of French a.Vignats prohi bited, it was further rcfolved, " That a'l treaties of peucc hitherto conclud ed between the Germanic Empire and Frarire are to be declared nidi, yet without prejudicing the fights of every third. 44 All written correspondence is to be nar rowly examined, but the commercial connec tions with France a r » to be preKrved till in fringed by France herfelf. " All the States and V .fials of the Em pire are to renounce their Neutrality with France, w All FreocUmcn who cannot obtain a pcr mifiion of n lidtnee from the niagiftraies of an* part of the empire, are to be buiifiicd from all its dependencies." FRANKFORT, April 10. General Kalkreuth, who directs the invest ment of Mcuiz, has summoned the city to sur render; but General Poire, who commands there while General Mealier has the command of CalTel, replied, that he would defend it to ire nrrmmranicht or o v ,. . . U)r? y town was therefore begun yeflerday. 1 hpfte-, ficgers having in vaid attempted to the French from the village of Weiffenau, which is nece£fery lor them to carry on the operations o£ the siege, they at length set fire to it. AH the environs are likely to be fubje&ed in tbefuUeft extent to all the horrors and dcxafratious wf. laitr HEIDELBERG, April l 3 .Genera! Cuftine {till keeps retiring, I.aivlaH is furroiinded by twelve thoufanil Auilrians, but the formal of that place will not begin till die arrival of sortie more heavy artillery. The rorps of the Prince ot Conde, which is, quartered from Spiers to ICreutfnach increases daily, and already amounts to 10,000 men. GHENT, April 19. It is this morning reported that the iVfarqui* de la Fayette on the 12th instant, in the the Old Prison in manner of hi* death is variously related- One ~-«aort is, that the vi&ory of the Auftmns over tlieFfem*- , r Louvai being extravagantly exaggerated to liim, was the cause of his fatil ttlnefs. 1 orher is, that the jailor, on discovering Pen, Ink and Paper in Tus apartment, took t.ie liberty of confining the dutfpjeon. Whf?em the ii»v If-*- iiS account is n.it confirmed. ( JERSEY, April it. Yesterday came a boat From St. MaloeS, with twelve emigrants, who escaped in the night.— We learn from them that a fleet of 17 ve(Tel» was conveyiug {lores to Havre and Cherbourg, under tonvoy of three frigates and a {loop of war. They afro report, that the Counter Re volutio.iifts in Brittany have earned considerable advantage over the National Troop* ; that supposed Nantz to be in the poffeflion of the former; that there were about 1000 Sans Cu lottes at St. Maloes, th*t they are much afraid of ade fee lit from the Engl and that the peo ple wait at St. Malpes but for to be- 1 cornc Royal ills. L O N D O N, Apri) 2 > L'flc tswcli orrp.-'ed to sustain a in if- ; 45* pieces o» cnnnort arc innu.i i'd on the ramparts , the $ainfo«-has Uffccipiil ftoreg ol a. i munition and proviGotts ; and all the approaches to it U»A unrie* w*ci. The wai i-fins to be frtfitiefvy bloody m the laliy of th Frew h from £altr!» two batta lions of H< fiia r '• were out to ?he b voiuict, and go»o French cti* down by the P Lillian cavalry* wijthoui the ieall apparent advantage to eilhct fide. May f. T'.e T«-.-nrh conftamiy afcrine the fabrication of ;hc t6ig''d affitrnau ibcv ma.cfe tbcmfclves, to th* if fX'eifMl enciives. rnafs of t*hc reniiv fupjtbie this to be the cafe, whtlft 14 wcil known ;•■» a!l Europe beiidcs, «Hc*e one fawj'ul is made in frioce, tea a*"* Jurg.ri oy rhe l.i£lion.s wneb fwayih* mi(Huod*, so» iHeir own private porp »tcs, O-ie oi ] ;rns. cari«*it jarttvlc : '* -Tlrt-Aw u«j:i G .itiai, CUiifayt, aunojace*in <* rroclf
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