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-
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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