i
mitted imnlec'.'ately to that of the North
by means of the Telegraphe.
Ruvere moved that the commission
directed to examine the papers of Ro
bespierre cause to be printed his cfte-
Duquefnoy denounced an abilfe that ~f aux
Do •S"'— thC f " le ° f Natlo ' ll Bc.tabolle enlarged the motion, to
JiTAe'iatriaof Bethune, annate hid ! include »* ttle P a F e " relative to the
fold for 3 ;,ooc livre i. ; eontpiracy. — Decreed. |
having proved\o him tnatth< f r e wis I September 2J. I
obtain' • - i - d on- j Lequinto communicated the follow- j
nulled v.iC f. u. a. | T anecdote. 4< The had
fortnight aAe. tote — , Q the | loll f c of Citizen Lefluch, a
rh-rr .«■•• ' jj maker of wooden (hoes, in the wood of
xIMT-ttrc C , - r Uid • c \r
] reient tl>e pi hich rrediun a few leagues trom Vamies,
the ..poor : -liabieu to t • the \ Wiibing to know whether their com- j
bleffmgs produced by iht -Revolution, j vades had taken pofieflion of the town
v iich at present were entirety monopoliz- jaf Maletroit, distant three leagues, they
ed by the rich. • ' entrusted the errand to the wife of the
Fay,n w.fhed that such ofee* »| were , fl „ jenl;;k e her one of thcir horses
not owners©* lands, and iueh tuar bad but , . • * i « • r
Imall portions, riiig'.it be enabled to o"b- a enjoined on hei to bung an an w
tain certain aU<it.h<iits, for Y*(ltich tkty hours ; thev kept as holtagtfshei
should account at the end of twenty years. . husband and a fucking baby. The
\V hen the national domains wei c put to ; woman fetsofE; but deaf to every voice
public ftle, be said they were inevitably but that of her countiy, inlfead of pro
fcccamc the properly of the monied pu»t ceediug to Maletroit, (he turns towards
ol t.ic o village at a (hort distance and infoims
Earrere nraifetl the mod intentions of the h . . r , , n-•
Speaker who preceded h-m, and lupported a goo- patuot of the wlO e a lair,
the fame fide of the question. Forces arc alTcrabiCd, the brigands aie
Hi pivipoftd th.tt the Committee of put to flight, and the city of Malijuoit
Public Succour fhonld point out a: new i 6 preserved from their tury. But tvVo
clafa of citizens, worthy of iharing the j™ after they return to the (hotmakcr's
favors of the Republic viz. married men b iea>; his furniture and reduce that
defhtute of fortune, from to 50 year, a grta(cft
He deprecated the idea of beholding mifcry." Referred to the committee
CommiiFaries and Contractors tretfintr of Public S '.ccuHra. <
:rt!ofial fortunes, out of the Which Delma# ih the name of the Coffimit*
hey had stolen from the public, nd wish- tee of Public Safety, gave a reading of
■d that the Committee of Domains would dispatches from the Alpine army, which
Mcrim or rwuai, in ine namci>r uie
three committees united, presented the
following articles in addition to the de
cree against ft rangers 1
Art. ii Those who not residing in
Paris on the firft Meffidor have arrived
ifter th« publicr.tion of the law of the
third Sans-Culotide, (hall leave the city
within three days o: the publication of
the present decree.
Art. i. Ail thofc who (hall in future
irrive in Paris mull leave the city three
iays after tlieir arrival, until otherwiie
jrdertd.
Art. 3. Are exempted from the
operation of tlie foregoing aitich.s, all !
[bofe excepted in the laws of the third '
anj fourth o! the Sans Culotides. j
Art. 4. The committee of general :
security is authorized to give permiflions j
to remain in Paris, to those who come '■
for purpofesof utility or jultice well afcer
taincd, though those be not included in
the aforementioned exceptions.
Art. 5. The insertion of this decree
in the bulletin of corrcfpondence is to
do infttad of publishing.
September 27.
Citizen Schmidt offers to the con
vention, 1. a hydratllic machine by
means of which it is potitble to descend
in the water to whatever depth is re
quired, and there work for half a day
without inconvenience, and converse
with those above water; —2. a plough
which requires but half the power ap
plied to those commonly used ; —3. a
ladder on fucli a conftruftion as to be of
great ute in fires. Honourable menti
on was decreed, and tire whole referred
to the committee of agriculture and the
arts.
Foreign Intelligence.
NATIONAL CONVENTION
ii; Ibid in small portions, so that it could
not be arq-jired by muflrfodm lords, but
by real Sai.s CnJnm-e— in** o* small £rvr-
tunes! (Loud Plaudits.)
The Piefidpnt announced, that he liad
received a packet by thepoft, which con
tained two small pieces of wood, curi
ously tied with a packthread. The letter
was written in Etiglifh language.
The Covcntion referred it .to the Coifl
wittcc of General Surety.
September 20.
On a report from the committed of
public and genera] fhfety, marine and
colonies, decreed, that these three com
fiiittee* fliall h?.ve power to rcleafe pro
visionally or inueHnhely, the golonilta
now in custody.
On a report from the committee of
publi; fucrour, a sum of money was vo
ted to enable the ninety-four citizens of
Nantes acquitted yeilerday by the revo
lutionary tribunal to return home.
A deputation from Lyor.s piefented
an address, thanking the Convention for
t!ie deftrattiap of factions, and the rer
Iteration of gofed orjer in that city, and
praying attention to the rettoration of
its comVnnce nnd manufactures. Re
ferred lo the committee of commefte.
Rolsert Litwlet, in the name of the
committee, of" public fafety, See. made
a general report 011 the iiate ps the re
public. lie went over, in very elo
que it terms, every circumflancc, exter
nal and internal, afTiiring {he Conven
tion, that in all points they had much to
hope and nothing to fear. The armies
of the enemy were flying before the
troops of the republic. The plots of
the interior were more calculated to
produce alarm than feiious danger.—
The committee* of public and general
fafety were well informed and vigilant,
and could rely on the general spirit of
the people. With refpeA to the war j
in la Vendee, although diftrefllng to the
neighbouring departments, it could ne
ver be dangerous to the republic ; and
effectual means were already concerted
by the committee of public fafety, for
putting an end to it entirely. The
sum of the measures proposed by the
committee was, to rellore to liberty all
citizens who could be ufeful; to place
a stigma upon idleness ; to bring back
itiUitittions to their origin, and powers
to their centre ; to honor labour, en
courage commerce, diffufe knowledge,
and establish frequent communications
between the people and their represen
tatives ; and finally to lay the founda
tions of a general and equal public in
ftruftion. These were the only mea
sures that appeared neCeflary to aecom.
plith the end whith the Convention de
sired to effect, to flip port the glory of
the French nation, and to confirm the
happiuefs of the people.
September 23.
Foilcroi in the name of the commit
tee of Public Safety, read the official
news of the taking of Bellegarde.
The Conveution decreed ; ill. That
the army of the Eastern Pyrennces de
serve well of their country.}-- ad. That
the fort of Bellegarde (hall henceforth
be called Sud-Libre ; 3d. That "the to
t»l evacuation of the territory of the
Republic shall be celebrated by a fefti
»al the next decadi ; 4th. That the
news of the furrendcr of Bellegarde
frail be sent to all the aimrcs and tranf-
J. J. RoufTeau's widow delivered to
tlie convention two manuscripts, which
he had given to her an hour before tiis
death, with an injunction that the seal
be not broken before the year 1801.
Debates took place on th« propriety
of examining the manuscript; several
members opposed it* The convention
decreed that it Ihould be opened and ex
amined. Lakanal declared, that in fail
it was the hand-writing of RoufTeau.
Referred to the committee of public in
draft ion.
Lakanal, iii the name of the com
mittee of public inftru&ion, gave an
account of the manuscript. It is only
a new copy of his confeflions, with some
variations of exprefiions and thought.
The perions who were firft only alluded
to in this work are mentioned at full I
length in this manuscript. It may be
ufeful in a new edition.
THE JACOBIN CLUB.
The Jacobins appeared at the bar
with a long addrefe. After it had been
read, the Convention admitted them to
the fitting.
Thibault, the former birtiop of Can
tal moved, that the Jacobin Club should
be iliut up.
The prefldent reprimanded him by
dating, that the motion Wa» imprudent.
JACOBIN CLUB
September 3.
Tallien and Freron entered into a de
fence of their conduct. They were
answered by Carrier ard Duquefnoy :
awd after.a long debate, the Barnes of
Leeotntre, Tatfen, and Freroll, were
erazed from th< lift, of Members.
SqHember 5-
The Society «le£ed Committed of
'refentation an! Correspondence ;one
fourth of the Members to go out every
month, by rotation. A debate ">*-
lowed, on the unlimited freedom ot i
the press, which the greater part of
speakers were against.
September 7.
Duhrtn proofed that the means of
effecting a fp:edy .exportation of the
sworn enemies ot the Republic, mould
be made tut Order of the Day.
Levafleur moved, That the Society
should declne itSj fefoUition to under
take the defend of all opptefled pa
riots. 3
Both proportions were adopted.
September 9.
After, several violent declamations
.gainil she system of Moderatifm, un
ier pretext of rallying round the Con
vention, to the oppretlion of all true
Patriot*, it was relblved to prcfent an
Addrcfs to the Convention on the
subject.
It was proposed that the Society
should deliver this Add refa' in a body;
but this proposition was over-ruled by
Biilaud Varennes, who oblenved that
fa£ts were every thing, and the Mem
bers that presented them of little confe
qucnce—a Commission was appointed to
draw up the Address.
PARIS, September 30.
p' "•
The new revolutionary committees of
Parltf, which are reduced in number to
twelve, viz. one committee for every
(but fectioua, are jufl organized, and
have entered on the their
appointment.
Ninefy-fou- people of Nantz accused
of conspiring in various ways against
the liberty cf the people, and who
were brought to Paris under the reign
of Robefpierie, after a trial of 7 days,
were acquittei, to the great joy of a
concourse of citizens who attended the
trial.
VtENNA, Sept. 23.
The last offeial advices from Poland,
' received some d&ys ago, Hate, that their
condition 13 alered vastly for the bet
ter. In the different actions lately near
the capital, the Poles always attacked,
and were uniformly vi&orious. On the
night's or the 28th and 29th, 200 men
from the camp, yf, General Zajazezek,
surprised two Prussian batteries, cut the
m«n to pieces, jtncL-eara-M-d o£F their
ayttllarrv c
| The details,of the particular actions,
which preceded tfie retreat of the king
of Prussia, would be uninterelling; but
all the accounts concur in declaring,
that the PrufTians have entirely evacuat
ed the territories of the republic.
The Austrian'i T 'Jtaving continued to
advance, though in an apparent friend
ly manner, were met by some Polilh
battalions, which defeated them, and
took seventy of them prisoners, with
their arms and baggage.
The lnfurgents in Great Poland, on
the 21ft, funk, at Wiocklawek, four
teen vefTels . laden with military (lores
for the siege ef Warsaw.
The Polilh troops took pofieflion of
Palatinates of Sandamir and Cracow;
and Kofciuflca hangs upon the rear of
the Prufiian army. Discontents are
manifefting themselves so strongly in
Silesia, as to-.canfe apprehenlions for
the fafety of that province; and in Li
thuania, the Poles have already pollelfed
themfel/es of the -cities of Minlk and
Niefwick.
CLEVES, 23.
Anions have taken place almost
without interval for seVen days fuccef
flvely, that is from the j6th to the 22d
instant, between the French and the
Auftrians atmies, allthe way from Mae
ftricht to Huy. It appears that the
advantages and the loflca were nearly
balanced on the 15th and 16th. Op
the 17th a strong cannonade was heard
at Maeftricht, op the right of the army
which lasted from five o'clock in the
morning to fix in the afternoon. The
intention of the French was to cut of
the Austrian corps that had eroded the
Meufe. They were on the point of
carrying two batteries, when the caval
ry fell upon then, and put to the sword
1500 men.—On the left wing of the
Auftriin army, the fuceelt did not e
qually correspond with the I>«»ery of
the troops. Twelve bataLons were fur
prired Ofl the 59th and their loss ia esti
mated at between three and four thou
feod men. The Ftcnch palled the ri
ver Ourte by performing prodigies, not
of valour but of fury, so tbat their loss
»s said to amount to from ten to twelve
thousand men.
LONP.QN. Qdoijqr i.
The re«qi*«d on MowUy
from William Gardner, Esq. the Bn
tifh ambaflador at Warsaw, confirm the
retreat of the kirig of Prtiffia. It is al
so said, that his majesty has loft all the
heavy artillery which he had collected
for the siege of that capital.
Kofciufko has animated the Poles to
such a degree of enthusiasm, and his ar
my has been so amply supplied with e
very article neceflary for the continu
ance of hostile operations, th?.t the uni
ted armies of Russia and Pruflia would
be unable to overthrow those brave men;
who are determined either to die, or to
rescue their country from foreign
dage.
It is said that the bill, about to be pre
sented to the grand jury, contains char
ges of high treason against thirteen per
sons, twelve of whom are—John Home
Tooke, Stewart Kyd, Thomas Hardy,
John Thelwall, John Richter, Augustus
Boney, Jeremiah Joyce, John Lovat,
John Baxter, William Wardel, Richard
Hodglon, Matthew Moore.
The last three are not in custody.
Baxter is in Newgate. The other
eight are confined in the To\£er, toge
ther with Mi. Martin, whose name is
not included in the presentment.
D. Adams, Secretary to the Confti
tutior • 1 Society, comes forward, we un-,
derftand, as principal evidence, He
was brought to town #n Monday last '
from Sahfbury, by a treasury messenger,
preparatory tb this (Jep. j
It was last night rumoured, that or
ders had been iflTu<-'-3 by government, en
forcing all vefleli from the Weft-Indies '
to perform quarantine, pi evioufly to
their entering any of our ports. Ap- I
prized of the deftruQion of the human
species which the Yellow Fever has late
ly made, we highly applaud this pre
caution.
This day an address tohis majesty, on the
present critical exigency of public affairs,,
was to be moved in a court of East India
proprietors, specially convened for the
purpose, in addition to which it was pro
poled to vote 300 infantry in aid of go
vernment, to ferve'during the war, and to
be officered by gentlemen belonging to the
India service, now in Europe.
AddrefTes, declaratory of the varmeft
interest which they feel in suppOrt of the
present proceeding of government, are to
he prifented to his majesty forthwith, from !
several of the great trading banking com
panies, of this country, accompanied with
fultable donations.
The treaty of marriage pending be
ween the Prince of Wales and the prm
cejs of Brunfwick is confidently said to
produce the following coalition in military
2Tr.7ngsa;cntß, viz. That the Duke of
Bruniwick is t«7 take the command of the
Allied army, and that his royal highness
theXJulce of Torrire* Bnn-vti I,f«tb-
faction in serving second in the command
in so illustrious and experienced a general,
A Jquadron of frigates is preparing,
with all poffibls expedition to fail to Hel
voetlluys, in order to bring over the Prin
cess of Brunfwick, the intended" consort
of our heir apparent. Capt. J. Payne is
appointed Commodore of it, and has
therefore ben fuperiieded in the command
of the Rulfel. •' ~
The Princess of Brunfwick tomes tfc-i
England in the course of next month.
I he Duke de Fitz James is, at the par
ticular invitation ot a great personage,
coming over to take the command of the
four Roman battalions about to be raised in
Ireland.
Letters of service were ordered to be if
lued railing fiix more Fencible regiments.
Oiflc.ber 6.
Six fail of the line and three frigates
failed from Brest abput the 13th last month
on a secret expedition ; but it was thought
they were gone to the Well Indies. The
(hips that Were at Brest were full of men,
but few of themfaiiors, being chiefly peo
ple out of the country that had never been
at sea.
A squadron of fix faiJ of tKe line and
three frigates, failed from Brest on, the
i2»h September to intercept the Mediter
ranean convoy ; twenty other frigates are
faidto becruifing in the Bay of Bifc^y.
O£ol ' ' |||
*vi>er 9.
The Captain of a merchant veflel from
Dordrichf, which place he left oh the fe
■ond iAftant, reports, thaf as he was pas
>ng down the Meuie, lie was hailed by
he matter of a bylander who acquainted
lim that the.garrilbn of Bois-le Dilc had
iiddenly opened some of the sluices they
leld in reserve, by which the water had
ifen five feet, had overtaken the whole
'reach aimy employed in the siege, and
lad drowned the greatest part of it, Some
houfands are said to have periflied. With
>ut even calling in question the veracity
)f the Captain of the merchantman, we
ee, that little reliance can be put 011 this
nformation, which only came to him in a
econd manner. It is certainly not altoge
her impoflible, but that is all that can be
aid refpe<£ling it.
The last letters from Fribonrg in the
Brifgaw, mention that all the right fliorc
of the Rhine is covered with batteries and
regular troops from OfTenburg to Basle.—
The generals ztre, Jordis, Vexey, and
from OfTenburg to Stclhofen !
are other troops, wliicb united with
the militia of the country, form a body of 60
battalions, belides three companies of vo
lunteers.
The port of Genoa ij again open, and the
iingliih niinifter is fhortlv cxgi&e'd there.
The W'wm ayvi France,
which have changed their a SKe , .
Revolution amount to 6oco -
The contribution which tL r« ,
S?J!!Si^SS!E
" The Aristocrats have been re c »l'T~
" rt , and tra de begin, to revive,W*
The letter likewise adds, " T hu L
« *VII. ha, been proved
JOURNAL OF tkk OPERatv
ONS of THE BRITISH ARMy
Camp near Grave, Sept. 23.
Working parties from Gr,v t "u„
been for thefetwo or three davscn,pl OT .
cd in deuroywg the buildup i P ft.
neighbourhood of the place, that the
Frfnch may not take advantage of tlum
in approaching the town, the
have not made theif appearance yet, i,
these parts, but are hourly expeflcd
Ordeis are arrived for the army to lioid
i'.felf in readiness to march to-morrow
morning. It is expe&ed that the head,
quarters at his royal highnef* the Juke
of York, will be removed frgm Wider
to Grofbeck.
GENNEP, Sept. 20.
The right wing of the Haapveriwi
extends to Grave, their left towards
Afferden, the whole of this army Con
sists of about 6000 men.
At Venlo there remains a 30ft 0 f
British HufTar dragoons, which, with
other light troops, have drawn 3 cordon
from Grave to Venlo. We have Hill
hwpes that the British will be r able to
defend the Meufe.
The French remain quirt 00 theotlnr
fide of that river, and the duke of York
has removed to-day to New Content
near Gooch,
The British hospital is immediately
to be removed from Goech to Emmer
ick.
Camp at Gro/beck, Sunday, Sept. ji.
The army moved this morning at
8 o'clock, < bout J miles to thecalbcird
of our la(t position, and within a rolli
of the river. Head-quarters are at
Grofbeck. We have a very eitcnfuc
chain of posts along the river. Gen.
Abccrombir, with two btigades of Bri
tish Infantry, occupies rhe putt of Gcn
nep.
Monday, Sept. 22.
The French arrived in great force
this morning [ft the neighbourhood of
Grave, and drove in the out-polls, but
were, after a ffiort time, compelled to
fall back, owing to the gallant behavior
of the Huflarp of tin Prince de Roha 1 ,
nod routed the enetfly, af
ter having tilled several, and taken some
prisoners. An alteration hat this Jay
taken place in out- out-polls, which
renders them so extenlive that our p»-
troles and those of Venlo meet.
Our out-pofta on the other fide the
river Meufe have some skirmishing evert
day.—YVflerday some of their HulTau
appeared, and after some firing with ca
-0 rabines, advanced so near, that i de
tachment of the corps de Rohan, failieJ
out from the piquet, and killed 12 of
' them with their sabres, and brought in
1 one prisoner, without a shot being fir™
on our fide.
The foreign corps raised in this j™
" the neighbouring country, are a very
fine and well equipped body of mcn -
They are for the most pirt G.rwjji
1 and will in a little time be a well disci'
plined and ferviecsble part of the Bri
tifh army. ' * ' ' ||S
! Tuesday, Sept. 23.
1 From deserters who have corat 1"
this day, we learn, that the Frw
! force in our front conlifts of 2 11
36,000 men. Nothing extraord.wT
has occurred at our out-polls tan a J'
Wednesday, Sept. 24. .
Accounts have this day arrived -1
camp, that Bois-le-Duc has been
moned to furrenderj that tht FrfJic
have laid siege to Crevecatf j an^ ''
they have threatened Raveltcin. A
days fmce the enemy made an ,
with 21 field-pieces, on Fort a ,'
(about a mile from Bois Ie -Dtfc,) 1
after firing at the walls for a coup i'
hours, they retired. . ,
We hear at present a very violent
cannonade from the town of ' r2iC '
and can diftinftly fee shells thrown tn
the town. ■ -
' Thursday, Sept. 2J. _
The firing last night was owing to *
strong patrole of French, who advance
against Grave with .2 howitzers, u a
ter throwing a few shell* into the pla«,
they retired. A report is prevalent,
camp, that Creveceeur is complete l
veiled. Deserters agree that theem J
are determined to become trn e
this place, as well as of Ravet cm.
thing mateiial happened at our
polls to-day.
Friday. Sept. 26. d;f .
We have this morning ii« ra
tant cannonade, thought by oaac