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al fiturfon of the French of the weft
and of the fouth, the crisis which the
approaching convocation of the Pri
mary Assemblies vri!l doubtless pro
duce, the bad fate of our finances,
the enormous price of provisions, the
fcircity of fubfiftencer, which keep,
the people in alarm —ft is believed,!
that all true patriots will confefs, that,
the government ought to be on their
guard now, more than ever, and espe
cially to be jealous of certain men,
who by their calumnies imitate a nu
merous party, but for whom it would
be better that they forget their past
-evils, and abstain from new ones, than
for us to prepare for them new tor
tures.
PAIMBOEUF, 24 PRIARIAL.
Yesterday a most terrible fire raged
at this place. It caught on board the
American Ship Aurora— 6 vessels were
entirely burnt, with four American
sailors on board the Aurora—it com
municated to the town, and done some
c damage. The loss occasioned by this
Rafter, is estimated at two millions
and an |alf.
Situation of the Army of the Eaft
era Pyrenees.
The army is composed of fix di
; visions— The Ift, extending from the
fa up to Tolzs, is cantoned in the
villages of Afciotia and Afpeuia -
The 2d, includes Tolza up to Erna
ny—The 3d, from Ernany up to
Laffaua— The 4th, from Laffaua up
to the valley of Bastian.—These four
divisions have entered on the territory
of the enemy Since the 6th Meffidor.
The sth, from Bastian to Sr. Jeau-
Pied-de-Port—The 6th, from Lecom
berr to the village of Daram.
The ardour of these troops was
Somewhat abated by the reports of a
peace— but when they heard that the
oegociation had failed, they were in
spired with frefh courage, and the de
sire of soon crushing their enemy.—
This army is rapidly encreafiog, and
from the difpofitibn now making, an
important event is anticipated Soon to
take place:
When the soldier, had capitulated
and laid down their arms on the gla
cis at Luxemburg, they almost uoi
verfally refufed to follow their officers
—they wished to enjoy the advantag
es of Liberty.
, FRANCE
Department of the Vofages.
Extraa of a Utter from Moniureux on the Saont,
near d'Arney.
A frightful storm has entirely de
stroyed the harvest of our commute.
Neither had the flacks time to get to
the town : They confined of 1000
Sheep and 300 goats, and only 100
Sheep and one goat have been saved.
The deflation ii Extreme. The dis
aster happened on the 17th Prriri^,
(sth of June) the day upon which the
patriots had opened their church for
the exercise of a religious worlhip con
formable to the law, ofthe Republic,
Y end to found reason, under a Pastor,
refpedable for a well-Supported patri
otism; by his age, his Science, and his
Services of 45 years to that commune.
But the ci-devant tefrorifts, anarchifti,
and their dear friends the fanatics,
have made use of this desolating ca
taftfophe, to throw dis-favor upon the
Curate, and upon the patriots, by fay
ing, that God had avenged himfelf
upon a decree which defended the
Constitutional Preachers. However,
the faithful friends of their country
and of reason, have regarded with
, t compassion this last Sigh, of the difpait
of Aristocracy.^ Praise i, due to the
IMunicipality, which has maintained'
A peace between the two parties, and,
ren^ired al much as httin ^hrir nnw 7
er, the ^fortunes cacfed by this un
happy e^nc.
NATIONAL CONTENTION. ,
24 PRAIRIAL, (12th JUNL)
, The citizens of Grenoble, wrire to
the Convention: " Representatives ,
of the People, (peak, and immediate-•
ly the interval which feperates ui from |
the rebels, will be terminated § we
Swear not to qrit our arms, until thu
majesty of the people Shall be aven,
ed : Let the factious know, that the
inhabitants of Paris, are only a Section
of the French people ; that the na
tional representation belongs to the
entire Republic ; that every Depart
ment, every city, every individual will
defend, to his last breath, the Security
of the Liberty of your deliberations.
Applauded.
An address of the citizens ts the
commune of Maulins, denounced the
Representative of the People Fouche,
of Nantes ; it accused him of having
composed the popular commission at
Lyons, of individuals, whom he knew
to be wicked; of having produced
before this commission, 22 unhappy
citizens of Moulins, of being glutted
as much in the departments of La
Nievre, as in those of !'Allier, with
individual and national riches. Sent
to the committee of legislation.
LONDON, JUNE 25.
A commission passed the bond of
admiralty, appointing Adm. Hotham
Commander in Chief of his Majesty's
fpuadron in the Mediterranean, in the
room of Admiral Lord Hom re
figaed. 1
June 28. On Wedoefday, a new
frigate of 38 guns, called the Princess
Caroline, was hunched at Rotherhithe
—She is built of fir, on the new con
ftrudion ; a few months only have
elapsed since her keel was laid ; we
trust She may answer, as, in that case,
a fleet which, on the old system, would
be twenty.years building, may be e*
rested in as many months.
The King of Poland is Said to have
demanded of the Ruffian Prince Rep
mn, whether he is to confider himfelf
as an independent Sovereign, or as a
prisoner at Grodno ? His being ob
liged to ilk Such a question Seemß)
be a pretty explicit answer to it.
Yesterday an order of council was
issued for the Dutch prize Ships to be
immediately brought up the river,
where the cargoes are to be disposed
of. The produce is to be lodged in
the Funds, in the name of five trus
tees, Subject to the claims of Such of
the proprietors as may prove, #hat
they do not fall under the predica
ment of being Subjeft to the influence
of the French Government.
Fifty thousand quarters of wheat
are daily expected in the river from
Dsn:zick, and fifty thousand more
will very soon follow. Fifty thou
sand are likewise by this time, on their
way from Canada.
The attention of Government to
the Scarcity of grain io this country,
and their exertions to prevent it as
much at possible, have been the means
of four hundred thoofand quarters of
wheat, being added to the general
flock of the country. -.
JUNE 30.
\ MEETING in ST. GEORGE'S
FIELDS.
Io consequence oho advertisement
in some of the daily papers, as well as
from a number of hand bills having
been circulated, convening a meeting
of the apostles of the London Cor
responding Society in a piece of ground
not far distant from the Obelisk, in
St. George's Fields, some thousands
of persons collected there yesterday
afternoon ; m<ny no doubt, from
riewtof riot aid difaffcaion to this
or any other government eftablilhed
. by law ; but mam, more from mo
rives only of c&iofity,
.On the Sunday preceding, as well
as yesterday morning; some large bas
ket loads of bifcuia were distributed
among the poor, stamped with the
'following inscription, on the legend
I are these words : " Unanimity, firm-
I nefs, and Spirit ;" and on the inside
Lwai stamped, " Freedom and plenty;
'or Slavery and want." This inscrip
tion will Suffice to give the public a
very correa idea of the view# of thole
who were the promoters of this meet
ing. We can evidently trace in it
the progref, of French anarchy, and
the exercise of those meafuras which
have been of late pointed out in some
of our Jacobin newspapers, to insti
gate the lower Orders of the people
to afts of rebellion ^irft govern- 1
ment, at being the fc • of the pref I
ent Scarcity of bread;w^^ioo&Qv-|
ernment ever took greater ; ~<autiTC |
to prevent it.
About three o'clock, c nu: !
name of Jones, who fe;h(dr<^,|
where in the neighborhood tv . )
tenham court road, took thech
and Soon after opened thrmecring t,
an elaborate Speech against thep^r ^
government of the country. It in
cluded all the common place topics,
which we have heard brought forward
at the different Debating Societies
against the constitution of the coun
try, as now happily efhblifhed. We
Shall not fully this paper, by reciting
all the libellous matter uttered by this
disciple of Efculapius ; but the theme
of his discourse was Annual Parlia
ments, and Universal Suffrage. Citi
zen Jones concluded by recommend
ing to the people, that if they could
pot obtain relief to their grievances,
by legal and constitutional represen
tation, they Should take the law into
their own hands, and not be terrified
by the Baftiles erefted by Ministers.
A long firing of resolutions were
then read, expressive of the riotous
disposition of the founders of the
meetings ; and an address was moved
to the King, as well as thanks to Cit
izen Stanhope, for his manly and im
partial conduct io the House of Lords
—and that the public had reason to
congratulate themselves that they had
at least one honest man in parliament.
An amendment was afterwards mov
ed, that Mr. Sheridan Should be in
cluded in the vote of thanks, which
was adopted.
The meeting seems to have com
pletely anSwered the purposes of some
of its Committee, as many thousand
tickets, at 6d. each, had been issued
to admit people within the paling of|
the field. There was no disturbance
of any kind. The gentlemen volun
teers belonging to London, Weftmin
fter and Southwark affpeiations, were
in readiness on Kenfirgton and Clap
ham Commons, to have assisted the
Magistrates in the execution of their
duty, if ueceffary. The public are
very much obliged to these gentlemen
for their protection. Numerous bod
ies of people continued to parade a
bout St. George's Fields, till a late
hour last night, but there were no
symptoms of Serious riot.
Some men in aprons, who had ppft
ed themfelvn near the Horse Guards,-
had the audacity to raise a hiss and
cry, as the King passed cn Saturday
to the Parliament house. They were
found to belong to a diftillertow
O dftreet, and tock this mode of vent
ing their fpleeo, at the salutary mea
sure of Parliament, in ftoping all dif-'
tilling during the present scarcity of
corn. ''
Someweeki since, information was
given to the Secretary of State, by the
governoert :gert, a;, D ;v,°r, of fan
lati^o gent eman, ,of the name of
CaDtau, being in ihn to.vn, whine
conduct induced strong fufpiciocs of
his being a Spy ; in confluence of
which, Ross, the me ffenger; was lent
down to apprehend him. On inform
ing Mr. Cantau of his bufioefi, he
immediately put him in possession of
his papers, &c. and with cheerfulnefs
accompanied him to town, observing,
that he was matter of hi# own time ;
that he intended returning to the con
tinent, but that he Should not be in
convenienced by delaying hit journey.
During his examination and deteri
tio, in town, bis conduct was such, as
emiJy to diffiptte the suspicions
which, had been entertained of him,
and he was difeharged with some re
muaeration for loss of time. On Sa#
I :u<% fennieh:, he proceeded to Y<r
;mouth, there to embark for Cruxha
jv, n.\ His behavior at the ino, on
Suu day night, induced observation,
ar.d when he went out to walk on
I Sunday morning, he was watched to
Ithe denes, where he fudder.ly difap
§ r:d ;he was difeovered in a few
^.u.^ ; but, horrid to relate, he
I hdneuy Severed his head from his
boy, and was quite dead. The fa
ial instrument lay by him. In his poc
kets we €^CuG& cash and bills to the
amount of 200!.
1 The held an inquest on the
body, a^Mund a verdid—Lunacy;
and on Tuesday evening his remains
were interred in the church.
The present Scarcity, it must be
owned, bears hard upon the lower
classes of the people in this country ;
but let these compare their own Situ
ation with (hat of almost every other
country in Europe, and they will find
it comparatively enviable. Actual
famine now rages both in France and
Holland ; and in every other country
Prussia excepted, the scarcity is very
severely felt indeed. We have only
to bear with patience our Situation for
another month or two, and the price
of every necessary of life will return
to its usual moderate channel.
Ministers have been laboring for
these fix months to prevent the Scarci
ty from being very seriously felt.—
They have done every thing that
men could do, to procure (applies,
and it is a confutation to know that
their exertions have materially tended
to diminish the calamity of a scarcity,
which no human means could alto
gether prevent.
Dublin, June 25. The camp in
tended at Clonmel), it is said, will con
fifi of 8000 men—the one at Belfaft
I of 7Qod-,nd th! of the Nani and
Lehaunftown of 4000 each. These
encampments will render the militia
of Ireland, as it ought to be, com
pletely efficient for ^ral lervice, by
disciplining and inuring them to the
field.'
fe NATIONAL CONTENTION,
6th Meffidor, (Jm 24)
Chenier, organ of the committee
of Public Safety and General Surety,
made a report on the massacres com
mitted in the commune of Lyons—A
band of Ruffians, organized under lie
name of the Society of Jesus, every
where fpreada terror, and commit, in
the name of religion, the most Shock
ing attrecities. They call upon the
emigrants, to protea their notorious
terrorists, but those who have served
the revolution in any Situation, and
chant over the dead bodies of their
viaimi. The seal which was to have
been employed as a Signal of rallying
to the aflociates, has been seized. The
artist who engraved it, and the peg
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