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be re-eftabathed upon the fame foot-'
ing at before the war.
Vil. All prifoneri refpeftively made
during the war, shall be restored to
their country, in two months after the
ratification of thii Treaty.
Done at Bafle, March 27, between
the Miniflers Plenipotentiary of the
French Republic and the King of Prafr
fa .
This Treaty was received with the
most lively ipplaufes. Was ordered
to be printed, and the discussion of it,
adjourned for five days.
THE CRISIS.
. [The affairs of France approached to an alarm
ing crifa,on the if April —when the last efforts
•ftbe Jacobins lucre made to refase Barrere, Bil
laud, and Collet de Herbdis, from their impending
fate—Some particulars of it follow.]
NATIONAL CONTENTION, April 1
^ The fitting of this day, was marked ra|
tumult. It was moved, that a lift of those
confinement, with the causes of their arrest,
Ihould be printed. This was the signal for
the friends of Barrere, &c. to rally. Several
motions were made, which though disguised,
had this objection ; but they were dispensed
with.
Boiffy d'Anglas, made a general report on
the means of supplying subsistence for the
people ; but was interrupted by a great noise
from without : A numerous body of citizens,
of a sudden, entered the hall, crying Tine la
Repdblique, The President put on his hat.
The cry of '' Bread, bread, Tim la Republique"
was continued. Merlin, asked, if the people
came with evil intentions ? “ No, No," was
answered. Do you demand the Constitution
ot 1793 ? Yes, Yes —And, cried one of the
Jacobins, " The liberty of the Patriots !"
This was considered as a signal, and the
croud immediately cried, " Bread, Bread,
and the liberty of the Patriots."* , The citi
zens crouded so faft over the balluftrades,
that they drove many of the members from
their feats, who were forced to pass through
the barriers, and escape by the bar. [The
President and federal other members continued in
the Hall.} An orator of the mob, addressed
the Convention, in the most impudent man
ner. He charged the present government
with all the evils which awaited France ; be
demanded that the " brilliant army of Freron
Should be silenced ;'' and calling on the Jaco
bins, said, " Mountains, it is you mus jam (ft
Republics Rije, then, and dffoate all obstacles."
After much confufion, on being assured, that
\ measures were in operation for supplying
bread to the people, the mob left the hall;
and Boiffey continued his report. [This re
port gave the Committee power to raise an
armed force to conduct the provisions to the
capital. The scarcity being so great in sev
eral country places, that the waggons carry
ing grain to Paris, had been flapped, and
pillaged. J
Ifabeau moved, the following decree.—
" The Convention declares to the French
people, that there has been this day, an at
tempt against the freedom of their difcufions.
And, that they charge the Committee of
General Welfare, to difeover, and deliver
over to the criminal tribunal of the depart
ment of Paris, the instigators of the at
tempt.
Thibaudot said, that he should not seek
for the authors of these troubles in a minor
ity of nob'effe refugees in England. This
conspiracy of minority exists in France. If
the Convention betrays weakness, it is loft.
Andre Dumont followed him. Do you
know, said he, why the people are raised .?It
is because there are some who would wish to
save the three public robbers ! Let us then
1 instantly terminate the trials, which have
caused us telain so many precious moments.
It teems that we wish to abolish the punish
ment of death ; let us decree then, tha. Bil
laud, Collot, and Barrere, be exiled.
[Decreed by a great majority^) rhe minority
fat up a loud cry, and about forty one mem
bers signed a protest against the judgment.
Gen Pichegru, being at Paris, was direct
ed to take upon him the command of the
$ armed force at Paris.
Freron denounced the exigence of a secret
committee of insurrection, at whose head
were^he Representatives Leonard Bourdon,
and Choudieu. He demanded their arrest.
' Other members denouncing others of the
fame club, the Convention decreed, that
Charles, Cboudieu, Ffedoire, Haguet, Leonard
Bourdon, Ruamps,, Dubem, and Amor, be ar
rested, and transferred to the castle at Ham,
(about 40 miles from Paris, where there is a caf
,le with a tower, whose Walls are 36 feet bigb]
*.Otet, the members said, who are thtje Peto,
riots, ^befe liberation is demanded ? I'll tell you,
they are tbe blood-drinkers, the terrorifs, the fa.
teUites of Robespierre. '
, This deputy rasas arrested for baying said,
:' &f the r^fat government bad betrayedihe Re
snd bad paid the guards mho proteßed
fo^bthe gold of England.
and fells put upon their papers. The Con
vention having thus parged itfelrot the re
lics of Robespierre, affomed a mo? e tranquil
progress. They were informed by Barras,
that they were farrouaded by 50,000 faith
ful armed citizens, with 50 pieces ofcannon.
Numerous deputations felicitated the Con
vention on their firmnefs ; and a member
informed, that all the deputies ordered to
Ham,tad submitted so the fenteuce, except
Bourdon, who-hadfough' asylum in the sec
tion Gravilliers, Gen. Pichegru immedi
ately marched to the fedion, and Bourdon
was given up. A vote of thanks was passed
on Gen. Pichegru, and the Paris guards.
[While the Convention was employed in
the above proceedings, the city of Paris was
violently agitated—the toefin was founded—
the general beat—and the citizens of Paris
flew to arms. Though several attempts to'
aid the decemvirs were made, the great body
of the citizens remained faithful to the Con-•
vention—at the head of these Pichegru ap
peared. An attempt was made to stop the"
carriages which contained the exiled #m-,
bers ; and in th# rencounter to fopp&*&
fe Gen. Pichegru was dismounted three times,
fend Gen. Raffet wounded.]
I■ On the 4th Cambon resigned his office, as
chief financier; and the Convention pro,
ceeded to name the Committee charged to
report laws for putting in operation the Con
ftitation of 1793. They were, Cambaceres,
Merlin de Douay, Thibaudot, Syeyes, Ma
thieu, Lefage, of Eure and Loire, and Crau
fet, Latouche.
The commune of Macon, announced to
the assembly, that whilst the Jicobins, the:
torrorefts, rhe royalists, and theevil dispos
ed of every kind, were agitating ; Paris, they
were also fomenting troubles in the depart
ment of Saone and Loire ; but their plots
were unravelled as at Paris ; and order is
effe&ually restored. 1
Gen. Pichegru was admitted to the bar,
and pronounced the following difcourle :
Citizen Representatives,
Called to Paris by the Committee of Pub
lic Safety, to cooperate in the measures for
the ensuing campaign, you have added a new
proof of confidence, by giving me the com
mand of the national guards of Paris, dur
ing the moment of agitation, which has tak
en place. The zeal and activity of the good
citizens of Paris,.have soon subdued the fac
tious ; and I congratulate myfelf for having
cooperated therein.—ln coming here to re
quest leave to return to my post, I have tho't
it my duty to do homage to the intrepid calm
ness and bravery of the National Guards of
Paris. It will be a great fatisfadion to me
to inform my brethren in arms, of the un
shaken firmnefs pf the National Convention,
and of the energy with which they ba^e con!
quered the remains of the tyrannical fadion
of the 9th Thermidor.
I shall answer them that they have no
longer to dread that butchers lhould destroy
on the fcaffold their relations and friends,
while they are shedding their blood on the
frontiers of their country ; this assurance
will increase their courage ; they will no
longer tremble for the existence of those
they hold most dear ; they will no longer
have any other objed than their exterior en
emies, we will fight them ; the jufticq of our
laws will secure us the vidory ; the Conven
tion wishes nothing but jaftice and liberty,
the people will support them, and the armies
will make them triumphant. Timla Rfoblic.
SITTING loth of APRIL.
Chenier afeend^d the tribune, and
posed the following measure for difttmm
the men of terror. The Convention ^c^.E|
That the Committee of General Welfa&q
should take all heceffary measures to effa&|
the immediate disarming of those men, wlio^,
in the fedions, have participated in the tys
ranny which terminated on the 9th Ther-1
midor, \fTbefall of Rohefpierre.] fc The Rep- ~
refentatives on mission, and the administra
tors of diftrids, are charged to assist in this
measure.
,Roux, de la Morne, announced, that if
the Convention does not display greater
firmnefs ; every measure taken by the Com
mittee, for provisioning Paris, would be use
less. At Clermont, said-he, they have flop
ped and pillaged 15 waggons, loaded with
grain, and destined for Paris, even in the
presence ot the constituted authorities ; who
with indifference saw it distributed aboht.
The Convention decreed; that its Com
mittees should instantly dispose of as many of
the mounted gend'armes, as they mould judge
necessary, as well as of the armed force re
cently organized, to protest the arrival of
subsistence.
Had the terrorists on the ift inst, carried
their point in the Convention, a great part
of the citizens would have mounted the white
ceckade, rather than to have been seen in
company with the Jacobins in the tri colour
ed.—Royalty would have been proposed,
perhaps accepted, and a King been pro
claimed, because the Convention would have
been annihilated, or what is worse, delivered
aprey to an execrable minority, The Roy
alists would soon have found an army, be
cause there would have remained no Repub
lican government to defend. Thus we should
have passed a few days under the axe ot ter
rorism, to arrive at last under the gibbet of
r%alifm. Behold the destiny which awaited
us, during the memorable days which have
just transpired ! ! As soon as the troops heard
of the judgment against Barrere, &c. and the
subsequent arrests, the cry for bread was no
longer heard : 'the noisy street orators fled,
and hid themselves ; several of them, who
had been members of the revolutionary com-,
mittees, were, however, arrested, to the great
Satisfaction of the citizens.
MOTHER-CRISIS.
PARIS, APRIL 20. Yesterday another con
spiracy against the national representatives,
was developed by Rovere. The objed was to
open the prisons, to beat the general in all
the fe&ions, to reassemble a convention, and
by force to eftablilh the constitution of 1793,
without modification—to recai the deputies
of the Mountain ; to absolve by a solemn
decree, Billaud, Collot, Barrere, and Vadier
—to pronounce the arrest of the outlawed
deputies, and the transportation of Freron,
Taflien, Dubois-Crance, Legendre, Rovere,
Barras, and many others. Thuriot, Cam
bon, Maribon-Mon taut, and another, were
to be placed at the head of the conspirators.
This plot was planned by Parein, an ex gen
eral of La Vendee, a quartermaster of the
gendarmerie, and two others. Provisions and
military stores were expe&ed from the coun
try, and one had been distributed to purchase
brandy. After a considerable discussion, in
which it was mentioned, that the difeovery
was made by one concerned in the plot ; the
convention decreed, that Cambon, Thuriet.
Ruamps, Levafeus, Maignet, Moles Bayle,
and Hunt%, Representatives of the people,
should confider themselves as in arrest ; and
if they did riot deliver themselves up in a cer
tain time, their negled should be punished
with transportation. The Convention also
decreed, the immediate arrest of Marihon
Montaut. Seals were put on all their papers.
The coalesced powers are charged with being
at the bottom of this conspiracy.
National Convention, April io-
A deputation from the feAion of
Gravilliers, was admitted to the bar.
“ A handful of subaltern villaini,"
said the orator, 4 directed by Leonard
Bourden, Charlem, Duhem, and their
associates, had animated the hopes of
the anarchifta. A band of plunder
era and affiffins invested the place of
your fitting, tumultuouOy precipitat
ed themselves into tire very fao&uary
of the laws, and read an incendiary
petition, didated, no doubt by Leo
nard Bourdon. The national repre
sentation threw a look of pity on those
atoms, those vile instruments of crime.
Your serenity and your fifeace con
founded them, and they fled. A mi
nority, paid by the combined powers,
and fattened on the misery of the peo
ple, had formed for its support a
MOUNTAIN, flerile in virtue, but
fertile in crimes /—The energy you
displayed on the 12th Germinal, has
.levelled it, and France beholds those
Rwho inhabited it, only as assassins, rob
tty" and traitors. Continue, Repre
ifetative^, to pursue with a firm nep,
career where justice guides you,
inhere humanity (miles upon you,
[where virtue applauds you, and where
(people will support you!"
^%ny other feftions of Paris, pre
at the fame time similar ad
dreflei.
The Convention decreed honorable
mention of these addresses and their
insertion in the bulletin.
APRIL 19. Cambaceres, in the
name of the Committee of seven, re
ported the progress made by the
Committee, in the laws necessary to
reorganize the Constitution of 1793.
This Constitution is to be modified ;
it was framed during the system of ter
ror, and hands much in need of a
mendment in the distribution of its
pdwers.bffr
Tbe Allies of France.
PARIS, a>ril 26. Tbrill-dijpofed, <wbo
vuifad the French Republic to remain unknown
amidfl Europe, find themselves deceived in their
perfidious hopes. The Republic, a Hercules even
in its cradle, has found allies , in the fouQuarters
of this part of the world.
In fa North, Sweden and Denmark:*
In the Raft, Prufe,whoje preponderance will
soon give to her far ahes, all the ;^s: ofCerOTa^ , 1
ry,who fatigued, have .grown wedry of tbeftud^'
alfeeptre of the Houft of Aufria. /'°l
In the if 7 #, a nation as free os ourselves, is.
fitting, and wAlfpeedil, find, the incalculable ad- « J
vantages of a reeft ablfoment of her cfr.mertial
relations with the French Republic—The Amtri
cans wait only to have a perfe& knowledge of ! ° c ' ffi
judice and ftabilit, of the French government, to ff
draw close those bonds of friendfeip firft tied b, &
liberty ; —Pitt has cunningly profited of the mo
merit of our interior dis organization, to fay to the g
American, You mufi of necessity have jome strong .T;
ally in Europe, let this ally be England. But the if
Americans learning the fate of the States General <
of Holland, will calculate bow dangerous it will f
be for them to repoje on British faith, which aban
dons to annihilation those allies who have ferased
her with the utmost fidelity ; and who without '7
flame covers berfelf with their spoils, at the ver,
infant when the, are forced to bend to the inevi
table vicissitudes of events.
In the South, it is a branch of the houfeof Auj
tria herfelf, which after having been forced by f
Austrian dejpotifm to range itfelf under the fand
ard of the coalition, returns with eagerness taprin-,
cf les more favorable to commerce, and to the lib
erty of Italy, and thus gives a great example of
wisdom to all the little potentates of that part of
Europe. f
APRIL 21. The agitators yet conf,ire in je
er st, but the people are tranquil., It was reported
two days ago, at the palace of Equality, that there
was confufon in the foburbs ; at the fame time
it was told in the suburbs, that there 'was a riot
'at the palace of Equality. Teflerday the putroles
tare more numerous than common ; the National
Palace was jurreunded by the armed force ; and
it was necessary to shew your certificate of ctvijm,
to penetrate to the hall cf the Convention.
HAGUE, MARCH 21.
The French Representatives at the Hague,
occupy the palaces of the Stadtholder and
Hereditary Prince; their daily expenses have
amounted hitherto to 1800 florins. The
Representatives have kept every day a table
of upwards of 6o covers ; but now they have
determined to reduce their table to 12 covers.
The French Representatives make no po
litical decrees, until the Dutch authorities
have seriously debated upon them. The mil
itary only are under the immediate orders of
the French Generals.
French Defeated.
Germany.
Lingen, march 22. The French have
been defeated at Ahaufen, in the province of
Munster, by the Austrians and Prussians. —
They at firft had tlfe advantage; but the
Prussian Hussars of Kohler, coming up op
portunely, threw them into confufion, and
gave the others time to rally. The French
loft 18 pieces of cannon, and 500 men ; of,
the Hussars about 200 were killed.
march 25. The allies have taken posses
sion again of Bentheim, Scuttorf, &c. after
the French had evacuated them.
Another Account of the Medi
terranean Engagement.
par is, APRIL 1. The following are feme
details that have been received from ourTou
lon fleet, since it failed on the 10th Ventole,
(28th Feb.) " They fell in with the War
wick, (supposed to be the Berwick) of 74.
guns, which was returning from Florenzo,
in Corsica, where the had been to repair some
damages, and which took our fleet for the
English. She fought three of our frigates for
some time, but a line ?f battleship approach
ing her, and soon after our fleet coming in
fight, the struck her colors. After this, our
,fleet met with a galebf wind, which did some
damage ; two of our line of battleships ran
on board each other, and carried away their
top masts, which threw them a good deal a
ttern. The fame gale of wind separated the
Sans Culotte of 120 guns, on board of which
was the Representative Ie Touneur, but he
pot out into a frigate. The admiral sent a
frigate and a line of battleship to look after
those two ships astern, and to bring them in
to the body of the fleet, but either from dif
affe&ion, or some other cause, this order was
not executed.
“It wasin this state, that, on the 21st,
(nth of March) in the morning, the English
fleet hove in fight, consisting of 16 fail of
the line, of which two were Neapolitans.—
The English manoeuvred to cut off these two'
ships, and succeeded but too well. Our ad
miral made a signal to the Blips a head, to
pass between the English fleet and the two
Blips, but a calm, and Bill more the ignor
ance of the Captains, prevented the execu
tion of this order, and the van passed to
windward.:
" During this time our two Blips sustained
a bloody corobat with the English fleet. Our
squadron made some efforts tq fuccour them:
some of our vessels ahead were engaged with
a part of the English, but the result has been
the abandoning of the 2 vessels, which have
been taken by the enemy. Their names are
la Ca Ira of 84, and Cenfeur of 74 guns."
At the departure of the courier, the rest
of the squadron, composed of 10 fail of the
line, still kept the fa ; bat the Sens Culotte ;