Foreign Intelligence. From Hamburgh paperi. Translated for the Phil. Gaz. TURIN, Augufl. 0~. Letters from the frontiers mention -uninterrupted alterations taking place among the French troops, the -general augmenting fbme in number, and dt taching from others. Notwithstanding these stratagems, it is pretty well known, that diforderi make a great havock amongst them tho' they endea vour to conceal their real numbers, rhey reckon from X 5 to 18 thousand sick with the Italian army in the county of Nizza and in the neighbourhood of the Genoese territory. The army at the Alps stationed behind the mountains of Savoy, and thi upper Dauphine, is coiifiderably dimlnifhed without receiv ing reinforetrrfeui s. These disorders prove so fatal, that frqm 30 to 60 men expire daily in the hospital at Nizza. MENTZ, Aug. 18. The Pruflian hospital is (till in the Elector's palace. The clergy are to fend their fuperfliious silver vases to the mint, that the country may t>e suppor ted in the preparations for war. The military here confiding of 4 -.0 men, is to be augmented to 60.0. Aug. 30. According to advices from South Prus sia some troubles have arisen there, but it is expedled they will be quelled by the PrufTian_rni!itary advancing thither from all quarters. On the jjd inft. Lieut. Kot tulinfky of the huzzars of Czfetriz at tacked a body of 300 peafantsand soldiers armed with pitchforks, clubs And fire ar'ns, ported at MurchoV, near Liffa, dispersed them entirely, took 31 prisoners and rich booty. The peasants hastened to their homes, 5 were killed and many wounded. On the 26th the Pruflian troops entered Rawitfcli, which place had been alarmed or. the 25th by a tn op of armefi Poles, taking poffefßon of the town, determined to carry of :hp public and the flc.ir ft ore, bu they e variated the place, when their spies in formed them of the approach of the mi litary. Nlmejcwfty. Qi'and General of the in surgents, marched a body to Zzrym wlurv he felzed the royal stores an'd (arried then! off. Other divinons took poffefiion of Gene-lon, Wracfawic andfundry places in south Pruflia. Pruflian account of the affair of the 16th , of August. BERLIN, Sept. 2.. Early in the mom,ng of the 26th of lift month, a body of Polish insurgents, belong ing to their grand"array, commanded by Prince Poniatowfky, was attacked by the Pruflian tcvops under. Major General de Goetze, w!th> such vigor, th it they car ried fixbatteries beyond the village of O palin and took fix; cannons. Our army at prefect occupiestneHank of Kofciulko's en trenchments, our advanced polls extend ing as far as MarimoiU. Our loss confills of 2 officers killed, j wounded and about locs soldiers killed and wounded. WILNA, Aug. 23. After the defeat of the van of the Po lifll army and General Wielohudky, the Uuffian ariW having in.creased to 15,000 men, the Ruflian Generals Von Knoring and Subow attacked ihe main body of the Lithuanian army on the I2th inft. routed them and took poffelEon of Wilna. There was a dreadful maflacre made amongst the Polifti troops, but none of the inhabitants injured, as calumny reported ; even the armed peasants were spared. Three Po lifti reigimcnts were entirely cut to pieces ; the reft retreated to Ypnic. Wilna has not been plundered. On the 13th the prieftsdigged jip the grave of Koffakowlky, who had been handed by the insurgents, and bore the body in proceflion to a mag nificent funeral. Brigadier Wowrzevlky is commander of the insurgents in Samogitia; aiid the Ruffian General Derfeld is at Slonin, at the head of 11,000 men, to keep in awe the Polilh General Sieracow stationed there with 15,000 men. COBLENTZ, Aug. 19. Hope lifts her anchor again. Field MaHhal Bender made, with the affift anje of the garrison of Luxemburg}), an unexpefled attack by fnrprize on the French at Qrewnmachern, defeated them and dtove them back, as far as Euxen near Treves, on the road to Luxemburg!). The French left IJOO dead and wounded on the field. The consequence of this success was, a hasty retreat of the French corps defined to aft against the small army of general Blanketfftein, towards Treves. The liead qunrtcre of this general are ftill-at- Kaiferfe(h ; but Luierath, Witlich and Hetztfrath are now evacuated by the French. To-morrow two Austrian re giments of infantrv, detached from the grand army are to arrive to reinforce the corps it Blankenßeiii, who is to advance ugainft Treves. They were before this, in want of pro vi lions ;'but now I A 'fK fK* <1 \ i■» * 1 I thee into the nalares the ci- i«vnrt I '° ,n " tl """ "° . That modern patirotifm is diverted of the lukewarmnefs which marked the polities of former days, is perhaps, prin cipally to be attributed to Mr. l'aine, and the Democratic Societies. It is true that in the age of Roman virtue a Jinitus flew a Ctefar, thus lacrificl::*; one v'vSiui at the (hrine of Liberty ; and there he refttd. Tn latter times, a.noble emanati on of the fpirir of freedom of Great Bri ton, brought the head of a tyrant to the block but then—it spared those of his fami ly and friends. Comprfte these with the coups-de-main which regenerated France exhibits, and tell me if they deserve the ' name of patriotism. In Ihort, the prin ciple of Liberty seems to have been very in differently understood until now. It was well if lhe could extort some small im munities from the grasp of despotism—it was ample if (he could attaiii ta equal pri vilege. But " they order these things better in France." The Convention de crees a requfition of men to go to Flanders to fight for Liberty—the Officer calls on the Citizen to march : Citizen. " What is required of me ? Officer. " To tight for the Republic." Citizen. " My principles are averse to war." Officer. " Here is the decree Monsieur." Citizen. " But for what do we fight ?" Officer. " Liberty and Equality." Citizen. " Suppose I do not profefs re. publicanifm Officer. " There is your snfwer." £Points t* theguillotPHe .J Citi en. " Bftl is thir Liberty ?" Officer. " Liberty ! man dieu! you a d d Arifloerat, *nd talk cf Liberty ! Your very plea ?s a renunciation of it. Seize him, SokHers ! and away to the tribunal." So llrongly fortified is that sacred cause ! I have heard of a' Hoviard who spent hit fortune and bit life in the petty offi- » ' ' ' NOVEMBER ia* By a gentleman -who arrived in this ei tv lalt evening from London, "which he left the j6th Sept. we learn that the Freijch havf? defeated the Britifii and Hanoverians under the Duke of York, who was oblig ed to crof6 the-Maes witb the -loss of about jooo men; that the trench have taken Valenciennes, Conde and Sluys ; the con quest of Breda aud ( Gutreydenberg was momently cxpeiSed ; thit a fleet of 16 fail of the line V. as lying at Brest, ready for sea—and that with refpetfl to tlie ntgo ciatipris of Mr. Jay, it was confidently (aid iii London that the British had agreed to give up their pof.son the frontiers of the United States.' Oyr informant failed from London in the Sanfom," bound to New-York, which vefiel he left at sea a few days ago, ati.l arrived here in a (hip from Copenhagen. THE FOLLOWING Jntcrcjling Intelligence, It from Papers brought by the Sanfom. NATI6NAL CONVENTION, • i* Au^ill' i£. ? ) Lecointre, in purfuSince of the notice given yesterday, mounted the Tribune. The Hall of the Convention was ex tremely crouded, and the people in im mense numbers, waited oh the outside. " I undertake to d<-rtionftrate, by authentic documents, and oral evidence, that Billaud Varesnes, COLLOT d' Hk&BOIS, Barrkre, Vadikr, Amak, Vouland, and David, have been criminal, insomuch as 'ft. They kept the citizens in fftfijtfwion by the means of terror, and by ligning, without fuffi'.'ii'iit caufi-, orders for im prisonment. 2. Bv extending this fydem of op preflion and terror even to the Members of the Convention, and by cicukting a report that 30 deputies were to be thrown into prifbo. ' $. By never propofirig the filling up the vacancies in the Committee of pub fafetv—by endeavouring to perpetuatf their own functions by repressing the authority of the National Convention. Barrere always availed himfelf of the moment of vi&ory to ask, in a com manding tone for the renewal of the powers of the committee. 4. By combining with Robespierre for the purpose of annihilating the ftee dom of opinion and of difcuffton, 5. By procuring the rejreal of the laws by which liberty was protected. 6. By surrounding themselves with agents depraved and corrupt ed,to whom they gave blank orders. 7. By r.eglefting the.complaintsmade by citizens, in conieiquence of the vices and vexations of theft agents, by under taking their defence, by repealing the decrees againil them, and by fuffcring those menders to roam at liberty thro' the Republic—and 8. By filling the prisons of the Re public with above 100,000 citizens, forne infirm, others aged, many fathers of families, or parents of those who are fighting for our liberties. *' Such are the charges which I bring against the members whom 1 have na med. I can prove them, and I defirt that the Convention will permit me to adduce the proof. Gouton—" It is an abominable ac tion thus to attempt the definition of the Convention by these dilhonourable diflentions. You have heard t« day charges againil men who have done essen tial service to the revolution—they may be culpable—l do not enter into the dif cufiion of that queftion—(Murmurs.) But if I had charges against members inverted with the confidence of the Convention, I should . adduce them with tears in my eyes, with anguish in my heart. What a different mode of conduit does Lecointre a dopt! How cooly docs he come to plunge daggers in the breads of men es timable for the important services which they have rendered the common Coun try. " Remember and remark, Citizens and Legiflalorv ibat. the blow which is aimed "againit a part, mull strike the whole body of the Convention. Yes, it ii the whole Convention that is accuf Ed s it is the French people who are put unort their trial, fur it was they who permitted the tyranny of the intamc is Rotiefpietre. What, credit does that wretch Fouquier Tinville deserve ? that mo Her who is Kit ere ft ed the deilriac tion of the members of the Convention, and who can only ward oft the dagger from his own breast, by plunging ft in to the breads of others.—l move that the difcuiTion be instantly closed. Billaud Varennes — I oppose the mo tion, which is to put an end to cuffion of so serious a nature I—No—lf the ciiaigb be true our heads ought te fill upon the fcaffi kl. But I defy Le cointre to prove his The speeches of Robespierre and St. Just pronounced in this tdfembly, aie a full reply tb the reproaches which have been made against us, for they proscribed the very men who to day are accofed of combining with Robespierre. Had we been the aecpmphces oi Robespierre, we fhouW have supported hts-projefts, ami vvliat wouldave been now the fitu atioh of tKe republic ?—No—we fought Robespierre r' the ena of the Conven tion, in the hall of thf< Jacobins. We were the men who tore from the face ot that tiger, the veil that covered the na five ferocity and hypocrisy of his fea tures Yes—men of the Convention, we are the men who (hewed you this monfterin his native deformity. There are members in this affemblv who can prove that, we had for a long time exprefled a determination to seize the firfr favourable opportunity for o verturnrng the tyrant ; cur accusers ought to know that the circum(lances of the time were so unpropitiouSj so cri tical, that it was not till the gth of Thermidor, that we could put our pro ject in execution. Robespierre had or deted 160 prifuners to.be conveyed be fore the revolutionary tribunal; the lift was made out j Fouquier came to the committee the evening before the day in which their execution was to take pi-ace," vet he made no mention of it. We told him that even if all these men J were really guilty, yet that the people ■ could not but abhor fitch butchery and j such frequent executions- The execu- I tinn was thereupon frayed. | Danton has been mentioned. Who ' does not fie th. tit is attempted to fa crifice the belt patriots upon the tomb of fin's confpfrator ? If the punishment i of Danton be a crime, it is I who am the author of it. It was I that said, if this mati be fuffered to exist, there is an end of liberty ; if he is fuffercd to re m;iin within the walls, he will form the rallying point of all counter-revolution i(ts Danton was '.he accomplice of Robespierre. The evening before Ro bespierre consented to abandon him, they were together at a house in the country, from which they returned in the fame coach. Are these the men whose fate the Convention should de plore ? For myfelf, 1 declare, that if the intriguers and the villains triumph, this day (hall be my lad. | Cambon—l am going to throw some light upon a faf., which has been de nounced to you. The aristocrats said yesterday, "to morrow will be a me morable day." 1 «ill anfwei them now : " undeceive yfcurfelves ; the plot !is unravelled." In la&j is it not qbvi ' Qits that the fame uproaches, the fame j accusations which have been made a gainst some of us apply equally to all. Bourdon de I'Qiie—Yes, and to the whole nation, Cambon—Whether the documents are to be rettd, or the accusation inves tigated, I propose that it be extende'd to ajl the members of the two commit tees (several members exclaimed, to the whole Convention.) I apprize you that this accusation will be fuppotted by all who meditate an attack upon you. But the charge is truly ridiculous. The continuation of the cQtiflitirtpd powers litis been condemned. Who was the cause of this abuse of authority ? Did not the Convention, from time to time, unammoufly decree the continuation of the committees J You mull, therefore, in confeqiieuce, be all "guilty. The aflembly appeared in great agi tation. Vadier mounted the tiibune, and produced a piflol. Several mem bers surrounded him, and obliged him to descend. The greatest clamour and confufion ensued ; the Prcfident dec!;!- red the fitting to be adjourned. A num ber of members ptotefted against the proceedings. Duhem—The qneftion or death. Goupilleau—The resolution of the Convention does not require further di'fcufiion ; but it is my duty to state a fadl for the information of tlie people. The Commune in a state of infurreftion has piomilcd civic crowns to tbofe who (hall bung the heads of the members now under accusation. Thuviot— It is, in my opinion, the duty of the Convention to conciliate : the affections of the French natron rnd > to make their interest coufonant to' the ; eternal principles of justice. It highly imports die intenefh of the : people, that the charges adduced by . Lecoiotre should be reje&ed with ab , horrence and reprobation. It highly • imported the interest of juttiec, ,) ;3t . suspicion should nc<t hover uver or at, tach upon the members under acctifa: tion. The simple or<k-r of the d : ,. has . produced irritation in the minds . colleagues. Sitch felitimems vvere the f ebullitions of nature, and it w us t ) ie i mind which spoke. Let us decree that . our colleagues who have been denounc ; ed have unfortunately adpd in confor. mtty to their oaths, to the nation, a ß <l 1 to the Convention. Let us add to this proportion, that ■ the Convention fhould'difrr.ifs Lecoin f tra's charges with the moll indignant ■ marks of<!ifr,pprobat ion and abhorrence , by pafling to the order of tlic day! , This proposition was agreed to. AMSTERDAM, Sept. iS. The itfa&ivity of the armies, a« wttt ; those of the allies as those of the ene f 'my, is an impenetrable myfteiy. The last accounts from Breda of the 12(1), . assure that the French are withdrawing , ,their troops from the environs of that place. Letters of the fame date receiv. td this day from Maeltricht, mention that every thing was quiet there, not r wifhftanding the various reports of.dif, ferent actions, supposed to have tukca j>l;ice near the Meufe, in which t!ie i French \vei e said to have been defeated with confideiable loss of men and artil lery. The two Aulhian Generals, F Clairfayt and Alvinz-y, it is affined, have solicited their recall, and it ap pears that the plan for the recovery of the Austrian Netherlands, has bpen changed or lUlpendeJ fince'the fmrert ; der of Conde and Valenciennes. The last letters from Frankfort pofi. tively coiitradidl the accounts we receiv ed laft'week from different parts'of i Germany, • fpefling the evacuation of - Treves: thole accounts were occalii)n- I ed by the immenfc quantities of effeCfs of all kinds the Flench have sent off to Thionville, which gave rife to the ) supposition that they were preparing to abandon that important position. ( Letters ft om Bade, received here this d?y, bring accounts from Paris to the | sth, when nothing of importance had p occurred. The debates of the Convex* t tion continued to be very warm ; othei'- wife every thing was quiet in that cv , pital. It is thought that (honk! the moderate patty prevail, a peace, or at p least a fufpenfiion of hostilities, might be brought about before the close of the winter ! It appears certain that- the French are diredting their main force towards : Venlo. The report of the day is, that they are preparing to make a general . attack 011 all out frontiers in a few days. LONDON, Sept. m The late infurreflions in South Prussia have made a 'confiderahle, and we tnui, a timely diveriion in favor of the Polo. POPULAR INSURRECTION AT BASLE. It was yeftercjay currently reported, that the French' einiflaries had fuccerded in exciting at Bade, inf.irre<slioris fimilat" to those which had lately overthrown the the ai iftocracy 6/ Geneva, and wit nfi r ly equal effect. Under the protection o a body of eight or 10,600 men at Huri. gi-eK, the populace had proceeded to f.Els of'vi olence ; they were intire malttri ui P-ttt! B fie, on the opposite fide of the Rhine from the city ; which it was not doubted they would for n pofiefs themi'e\esx>;. Another infurreflion is repp.re;! to have broken out in Languedoc, which ha> engaged the exertions of the army of the Alps to suppress. This rumour, if de ferring any credit, will account for the in activity of the French in Piedmont, or, in the Words of the Germ 1 papers, their terrors and flight. The court goes into mourning on Sun day next, on account of the death of the Queen's fitter. The conduct of the commandant Or Valenciennes in abanding that fortrcfi without making the slightest efforts for its protedtion, appears to us to have been treachery or cowardice in the-extreme As to the confsquences, we may speak with ? degree of certainty. By its fall the enemy have obtained immense fuppiles of ordinance, ammunition &c. are relieved from what might have been a grievous an noyance M their convoys, &c. during the ■ winter; and the allies are deprived ot the only ohje<ft which could jufttfy their fur ther efforts in this quarter. The county of Cumberland is prepar ing a petition to the throne, praying hii majesty to inflitute an immediate negoti ation with the government of France iit the purpose of effecting a peace. The surrender of Valenclnnes and Comte to the republican forces, has been announc ed in the National Convention. The emigrants at Valenciennes to t ie number of icoo, were. delivered up French. The artillery>coiififted ofupward< of joo pieces of cannon. - lire garrifou of Conde confined v>» '.u >"• it:.'
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