CONTINUATION OF
Foreign Intelligence,
BY 1 Hi: HRU IsH p-.li Aa.
National Convention of France,
iMat '50. " v *
RIOTS *H TH£ Ce#tt?ro*.
1i" ft *rrtfc?v*rtTvn tfrVr fcceffi fy of fat
iVA. he (aid,
'il« f .lUmt ohti tbifftf
tttrmuriki ; and inncl»at* was itl'ed-i" order
to .m<7e<pt<JTaljte citizens out of
thrill. •
A tumult now ensued in the gatlerie*; but
the-CoMvenrion having at length decreed,that
•she delinquents ibouid be tent to prifoit, a
momentary culm was vectored.
>1. Vcrgriiauil observed that it was impof-
fibie the republic could .Hand without a con-
A 1 tut ion- paving moved to punifli t!»e men
and women w:u*hits from the galleries, a vi
olent uproar took place, in the eouHe of
tte last Speaker was sccufcd by M Du
lieni of be ug one ot Dninourier's accomplice?,,
and by M. Davd of being an aftuftin.
Oo this the Convention paflcd a decree re-
JJrfijiandfng tV.e Tatter as a calumniator.
2 (l TI'C royal tygers leafttitd
and Pitt, Cobourg -and Du
rtioot ter, v.'illit<l for nothing better than that
fheffe foft t>f debates Ihau'dbrpennitftri. It is
* wjfli trt perfyet .iat? our anarchy # and
their vifto' ie< more Those ri-
atons men are the affafltot employed by to-
reigfl' powers, the agents of Pitt and Cobourg,
the a<rc":iijrf ces of D'Jtnourier ; they will nor
•Aider u9 to forrri onr fcnnftitution, or repair
our finances for the flip port of the war.
These men prevent us every day fnun dif
cetffbg a f*jngJe queltion. £ IVturmurs, and a
cry fi»r th? nrd?r "of The dayj Citizen-, you
hive foMnidal/le enemies to overcome ; De r
po-tifm attack* t! e Republic from without,
arid Anarchy within We cannot ourfrlves
contend with the fir'fl—our have battalion 1 ;
are employed in that charge; but we will
combat with the last, body to body. It is pur
duty, Our battalions (h-d their blood in
fighting tyrants—let uc Hied out sin vanquiiii
iug anarchy.
*' I move that an extraordinary. convoca
tion of the feftions be fumtnoncd for to-moi
row night, and that this day's proceedings be
font to thein ; that an additional guard Jhcjuld
» be demanded of them for tfce regu
lar ty ar.d defending the members of the Lon
veution.
Referred to the committee ofiegiflation.
May 13.
Plots *gataft the Convention
Deputies from the fedtion of Fraternity aj*-
peured at the bar, in order to denounce certain
plots formed again ft the liberty and the liyes of
their 1 eprefentativi s.
They began by reading the following extract
from their register
The commiflioners charged by the general
assembly of the fc & ion to examine fnto the proofs
plots formed against the public fu'ety, report
that the revolutionary committee of their fe&i
vn have declared to them that in the aflembly
held on Sunday and Monday Lift, at the mayor's
house, it had been agitated to make another
10th of August bufmefs, which should be sol«
lowed by another like the 3d of September: that
011 the day appointed 22 members of the Con
vention fliould have their throats cut, and be
afterwards thrown into the Seine, and it fhou'd
be Reported that they had emigrated. The ma
yor had opposed these measures; and fa id, if
iuch queftionswere agitaftd, he would adjourn
• che fitting.
" Legifl.itors (adcls the deputation) ! in the
name of France, and out of refpe& to yourselves,
do not fuffsr such conspiracies to pass any long-
•er unpunished. Rely 011 the energy of gOod ci
• tizens. If your measures are timid, the fadti
oiis will grow more bold. You yourselves will
be destroyed.
* " We will talce no new oath, but we will be
ikafwerabte to you, our t« prefentatives." [Ap
plauded ]
Several members moved that the mayor of
>P»d«be brdered to the bar.
-Marat accused Dtifiiche Valaze of a plot; but
the other produced fomc papers alluded to, by
-which it appeared, that Marat's suspicions were
founded-on circular letters, requiring a full at
tendance of the members ef the Convention.
May 24.
Measures of General Safety,
In consequence of the report from the extra
ordinary committee of twelve; the Convention
decreed as follows:
Art. 1. The National Convention places the
public property, the reprefenratives of the nati
on, and the city of Paris, under the prote&ion
of nil good citizens.
11. Every cittzen of Paris lhall immediately
repair to the place of general meeting belonging
to his department.
111. The captains {hall take an account of all
the armed men in their companies, as well as of
aIJ absentees.
" IV. The guard of the National Convention
ftiall be reinforced by two men'from each com
pany—no cirizen can employ a deputy uniefshe
puhljc fun&ionary, employed in the public
department-!, or lick, which must be properly
aythenticated.
V. Every citizen lhall at all times be ready to
a& when called on.
VI. Until some general commandant is nam
ed over the armed force of Paris, the oldest offi
cer fliall do his duty .
VII. The iittiijgs of the fe<slions shall
not he permitted afcer ten o'clock at night.
Vlfl- No it ranger fliall be admitted to the
deliberations of any of she fe&ions to which he
does not belong.
IX. When any of thefeAions wish to confer
with each other, it fliaii ouiy lie doue at it flit vy
ing a proper authority from the president iioi it.
X. The National Convention ci gei the
committee of twelve to oontider ot f n.e fime
diatc pi*n for. the pr«fcrvation of public tran
quility, '
• XI The pre fen c decree (hall be immediately
proclaimed through every fecti^n.
On Moiitiay, May 13, Condorcet obfrrved,
that it wa-in vain to diifemble any logger the
clangers of the republic, the fall of whicb was
threatened by an union of fanaticifm and arif-
The nation had demanded a consti
tution, as the sole remedy of these etib; and
an efficacious one it promised to be. But this
was not all, and he therefore (hould to
Ins colleague , not immediately to name fijeeef
fors, biit to fix an epoch when, provided their
constitutional labours ftiould not be as yet ter
minaced, the nation might proceed to the choice'
of new mandatories, and be fatisfied that the
powers of the prcfent ones were not to be-per
petual.
He ftiould therefore propose, in the form of
a decree,
h Tliat, provided the prinjafy aflenmties
Jhould Hct before that time-lie convoked, to ac
cept cm' refufe the constitution which m to be
prcfented to the people, they are and remain
convoked for the firft of the enftiitig November
tfrrfecl a vew convention. ' '
2, The new convention shall be elected in 'j
the fame forms, and conformably to the regula- j
tions prescribed by the ad: of the legiflitjve bo- .
dy dated iA August 1792J
3, Should a new convention be then necessary
it ihall meet on the ijth of I)ec. next. ' ■ |
) Gen. Sanurre appeared at the bar, and made
this addrufs :
We are ready to set rut for Jji Vendee;
and to-morrow and the enfuimr days, ia or 14
thouland men will set out; We have 80 guns, _
and abundance of, ammunition.-
"To make our fucjeltes more certain I pro
pose ro you to decree,
ifl. " To all the battalions of volunteers |
who ard rot infcnbed, an experienced officer J
shall be annexed. '
idly. u All the - citizen* of Paris wh'> have
«*iufkefs, (ball so those
who 4 are tofetout. mmifte« shall re
coThoenfe them by fufils to be repaired Jot that
piirpofe.
3 Jly. ** Santera is authorised to communi
cate to two member- of the committee of pub
lic fafety ?l th. means he has devjfed for the acti
vity of the for vice of the artillery.
4 r h!y, •• The war minifler (hall have at his
-disposal fix hundred thousand livres f r the re
pair of the fnfils, and five hundred thousand
for the execution of the preceding article."
The general concluded by Juggefling, that.
'* After the ccrunter-revoluiionifts (hall have I
been fubdtied, an hundred thousand men may \
readily make a descent on England, there to
proclaim an appeal to the English People on
the prc sent war."
Referred to the committee of public fafety.
Choudieu, a deputy, in a letter from Angers
dated the nth in ft. stated, that since the tak
ing of Thouars by the insurgents, further
progress had been made by them. Had they
inflantly advanced, the city of Samaur must
have fallen into their hands, for the panic was
general, and had evtn communicated itfelf to
the battalion of Rofental.
Barrtre announced that the executive coun
cil, con f ormable to the wish of the so diers of
the northern army, had appointed over them
General Cuftine. Houchard was to have the
provifidival command of the armies of the
Rhine and Moselle.
May' 25.
A decree was pafied relative to an exchange
of prisoners.
Lcguinis demanded to be heard.—" It is high
time the Convention should purge the Republic
of the remnants of Royalty which reside among
them. Four Representatives of the people are
worth all the Kings in Christendom. I there
fore move, that the prisoners in the Temple be
offered in exchange for the four Convention De
puties. Hostages wiil not give force to our
arms; —it is courage alone which can make us
triumph "
Roux opposed the motion- " It di (honours
the courage of our Colleagues, who would wil
lingly bleed in the service of their country."
After some debate the Convention pafled to
the Order of the Day.
Pelc denounced the Minister of War.
Genifiieux demanded a more vigorous and
ext. nfive decree on this fubje<sti " All the
Minillers (said ho), except h m for the Home
Department, refufe to obey the orders of the
Convention. I move for the removal of all the
Ministers."
Marat said, that the proposition of G.eniflieux
had no other view than to get himfelf tle&ed to
the Prcfident's Chair. All the misfortunes of
the Republic originate from this cause—that e
very man of abilities is bribed by foreign gold.
He here paid some compliments to his own par
ty. and said, they are all incorruptible men, who
disdained gold—the whole Executive Council
are the accomplices of Dumourier.
The investigation of the eharges against the
Ministry was refered to the Committee of Pub
lic Safety.
A Deputation from the Council General of
the Commons of Paris appeared at the bar. it
declared, that the imminent danger of the coun
try had made the Council consider it to be their
duty to declare itfelf permanent. It demanded,
that the charge of plots against the lives of the
National Deputies should be signed, and deli
vered to the Revolutionary Tribunal, so that
the culpable or calumniators, should be amena
ble to the laws. It was demanded that the sen
tence of Herbert, a Member of the Commons,
now in th« Abbey prison, should be immediate,
so that he mi«jht be quitted.or condemned.
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The Prclident replied, " Justice thall be fpee-
I declare thati/ t c city
I ai (hps Mti igsinft any cum
HAGUE, May 20.
The chief* of tlie counter-revo'u
tioniils keep all the volunteers ami
fend ihe peasants to their homes—
the lauer (wear ro maintain the
Christian religion, afier which they
receive a discharge in t he follow ing
terms :—" I permit —to retire,
iipmi having taken the oath to re
main true to Louis the XVIIth, 10
the French monarchy, and never to
carry arms againit the Chrillian re
ligion."
M O N s, May 27
The head 'quart ers of the Prince
ctf Saxe-Cobourg are at Schnurg and
Jala in. Those of- the Duke of York
are at Famars ; and General Count
de Clairfayt, who has the Prufiiaus
with hitn, has ertablifhed his head
quarters ar Hafnon and Aubry.
Valenciennes is not only . ent irrly
blockaded, but our advanced polls
are nearly on the glacis'of Qiiefhoy.
The preparatory works for the
fiege<of Valenciennes are pursued
with the greaieft activity. The
bombardment will commence about
the clo-fe of the week, and the city
will be reduced to athes, provided
,_the jTH'i'ifoh Ihould not ha«e the
good sense to capitulate sooner.
The wound of Col. Mark is not
dangerous.
she tomb of General Datnpierre
iis.iH the midst of the camji of' Fa-,
mars
li fronts with the sol-
Jowing infcriprions—On the fide of
Mons, M He traitois ; he
loved his country." On the fide of
Vtlenciennes, " Ffis virtues afliire
to- him intnortality and 011 the
fide of Paris, " Soldiers of liberty,
French republicans, he was to you"
a rare example <>f valor and ciwifin."
"I"he suburbs of Valeiciennes are
on fx e ; that of Marli is altogether
confirmed,
COBLENTZ, May 25.
General Bourtionville and his four
fellow prisoners arrived here iaft
night fro,in Maellricht, and were
immediately lodged in the prisons
of the fdrtrefs of Ehrenhrietfiein.
BRUSSELS, May
Our governinenr feeins 110 longer
difpoftii to affoiil an afylurci 10 1 lie
French officers who deserted with
Dumourier ; and it has ordered
Gen. Valence to depart the Low
(Countries immediately. He /null
be by this time in London. He is'
one of those wretched friends to the
Kfen'ch Revolution, who have put
on the nialk of hypoerify in conf'e
qnence of the Austrian • fuccefles.
Creature of the Di'ike of Orleans,
he has abandoned him ; fubje<ft of
Louis XVI, and loaded with his fa-
tie has borne arms for the pro
tection of that unionunate tuo
■flitch's atLiffins, and left them but
when he thought their affairs def
"perare. Dumourier is arrived 10
piirfue the fame Coirrfe. This po
litical Proteus, this unprincipled
an.d immoral man, is without doubt
going with his friend to increase
the parry of the Republico constitu
tional Smith, ci-devant Ferigord,
who makes conllitutityfts in London,
and dill follows his profeffion of
iluck jobbing. Your government
miift needs be very patient thus to
protect thele turbulent and danger-
Otis me,n, who ha-\e ruined their ou n
country for the sole pleasure of
making a noise and filiating their
1 uft of gold.
LONDON, June 4.
Lord Hood, with the lail division
of 1 lie fleet forihe Mediterranean;
failed From England the latter cud
Admiral Lord Hood having failed
with a large neet to reiui'orce the
(hips already in the Mediterranean,
we are informed a del'cent is to be
attempted on the lilind of Corsica,
where the celebrated Pal'ehal Paoli
is at the head of a body of the in
habitants to co-operate in pieafnres
for securing the ci>nqneli of the
coancrj>'—Should it prove fuccefsful.
General Psoli, h is laid, will be 4j>v
painted Vice Koy.
General Dumourier is-hourly ex
pected in England. Mis friend V*
jence is ai Bai h.
B> ihe capture of Tobago, the
. Marqiiis de Bonnie is reitored to
his large properly in that liland,
and » the- Nki ional Coi'veiiiion
had ived him of'.
The circuinlt.incfS of Genera!
Dajnpien e's death, on rtie Bth ult.
are tlius related to its by an officer
who was on the spot, but is lince
arrived in Jinglind.
Dampiene himfelf wrt.nwin the
engagement with the allied anmes,
when he was killed. "The General
hearing that the British Guards bad
advanced to the a fli fiance «f the
PrufTians, had a defiie to fee how
his troops would ir>6et the Englifii
for the fir ft time ill a general en
gigein*m. He accordingly was
tiding down a hill, accompanied by
some of his officers, when he
was espied l»y some of our troops,
who knew him to be some perfoa
of tank by his retinue. A cannon
ball was aimed at him,which knock
ed liitn off his horse, and be died in
coniequence.
Mr. Pitt was in the chair at the
Dinner given by the Elder Brethren
of the Trinity House 011 Monday.
Amongd the many excellent l oads
drank upon that occasion, the fol
lowing, given by the Chairman,
was received with the nioft heart
felt and reiterated acclamation:
" May we ever keep froin our
Hearts, French Principles & French
Daggers !"
Immediately on the acquittal of
the French General Miranda, the
populace placed on his head a Civic
Crown,and carried him triumphant
ly to his Hotel, in the suburb St.
Germain—a striking proof that the
J tcnbins, lii's acculers and perfect!-
tors, have now little influence left
at Paris.
The combined army is not only
ii) .polleflion of the fti ong camp of
Fainars, fnrronndrd by inimenfe re
doubts, but of several villages round
Valenciennes, of which city and for-.'
ii el's they have a fine view front the.
high,ground which they occupy.
JL-ne 8
It is understood to be the wifli of
vlr. Fox's friends, 10 raif'e a iimi
O'fficieht ro enable them lo purchale
Vr that gentleman an annuity of
;0001. .for life—to discharge his
;lebts, which are foniewhere aliouc
10,0001. — and ro pay him oneyear's
annuity in advance. Mr. Coke,
Mr. Lainbton, and Mr. Wharton
give 30001. each—34,oool. had been
paid on Thtirfday morning, and
there were names for very large
funis to be produced immediately.
NA N rz.—The abfuixl reports and
(fcaieineiits refpetftingj the forrender
ofihis place, and the (laughter made
there by the Royalilts, are contra
diifted by the recent arrival of M-r.
Gflodall, who has brought to the
admiralty intelligence from Nantz
of i'o late a date as the 3/1 inlt. thir
teen days later than the pretended
capture. The city was not then
even inverted, nor was there a Roy
alist armvin the neighborhood. The
island at the. month of the Loire, of
which the Royalists had puffeflion
for four or five weeks has beenri
trken by the troops of the conven
tion, who have also had some other
fuccedes in that neighborhood.
The Dutch mail, arrived this
morning, contains nothing interest
ing ; (heir accounts from Fiance
inform us, ihat the principal body
of the infurgeur army has been com
pletely defeated by the ariny of the
Convention.
Latest Foreign Advices.
By an arrival at f.arlpmutb, (N.H.)
Fngtijh papterj art reseiviri to tht
jo th June — tvio dilys latif thanthofi
by the Packet.
LONDON, June to.
The French force, in their camp
of Famars, confided of' 30,000 men,
, as flrongly entrenched as it is well
' polfiblc to suppose an ariny to be.
Camp, mar yalencienfttSy
June 2.
From, tlie Village of St. Sauveur
wc can approach »iihiu too varcf*