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ber of smaller artillery. The number of
killed on the part of the enemy was not
known, but considered from apperances,
not left than 4000. Th French had re
treated fays the Gazette, 10 leagues be
yond Bellegarde.'
The Spanilh lot's, including the Porto
guefe auxiliaries, is put down at 5'5 k i ! -
Jed.
Such it briefly the Madrid account, re
fpeaing which we ihall make no ebferva
lions.
, FR A N C E.
PARIS, AUG. 13.
The fyften of moderation which the
party of Tallien and Bourdon de I'O:fe
save adopted, has produced the mod ben
eficial advantages. Few perlons are ar
rested, and the prisons hare disgorged
agreat part of the viaims who were lent
thither during the domination of Rob
erfpierre. Two. hundred petfons were
liberated the day before yesterday, among
those were the late Ministers Pare and
D;sforgu:s, and the Poet Francoifle Neu
fohareau, who after having been a Mem
ber of the Legislative Affably, refufed
the office of Minister of Jugice, which
was now offered him soon after the adop
tion of the Republican form of Govern
ment. Yesterday one hundred persons
were released from the single prifoa of
the Luxembourg. The people in great
crowds attended this joyful scene ; ,hey
embraced the prisoners with flouts of Vive
la Republic ! k-vt I' Humanite !
•Except those of Roberfpierre and his
accomplices, to executions have taken
place Alice the 17^ of July. The Revo
lutionary Tribunal is now regenerated,
and fat for the firft time on theiqtb.
• The Committee of general fafety is in
cessantly employed in the release of prif
<oners who have been taken into called)
on frivolous or malicious charges, cr on
mere fufoicion. This, which might be
. thought a measure that must give general
fatisra&n, and in the end will do so,
produces in the firft iniiance much difcon
tent. Every Member of this Couven
tion, every inhabitant of Paris who ap
plies for the relearn of 6 ptifoner, in vain,
declaims again* the Committee as deter
mined tbreleafe ariftecrats only. -
^ . SEFT; f. fl
NEW REBELS.* rs
• In a letter dated the 14th ult. from
the cantonment cf Lorcux, four leagues
- from Hants, and in the department of
Maine and Loire, we have the following
particulars refpeding those of the Royll
- are denounced Chouans : “ The
day before yesterday we had a trifling fkir-
Tnilh with the Chouans, and as the cir
cunfftancCT may be exaggerated, 1 fend
you the following correa details. At fix
in the Evening the Insurgents proceeded
to the Commute of Clement, twoleagues
from Loroax, to the number of from a
thousand to one thousand two .hundred
men, and attacked a cantonment of thir
ty Republicans, who, after defending
themfefas for fame time were at length
obliged to yield wthe superiority of num
bers; their dose -was two killed, three
wounded and seven miffing. At the close
of this expedition the: Chouans set fire to
the church : They had just left the place,
after an hour'sconti nuance, when we reach-;
ed it o The cantonment of Becon, un
der the command of General Dachemin,
At Bilboa, 14 confpicuouyerfont have
been found guilty of tretchfoufly cprref
ponding with the enemy, a^d&e ordered
for execution —l2 were hanged at Pafh
peluna—it was there discovered that alll
the guns on the batttcries had been loaded'
with find inftcad of powder, so that if;
the enemy had succeeded in penetrating
to the walls, no refinance could have been
made.
Gen. La Union writes from his camp
near that city, that th the i,h he divid
ed his arm, into (even parts, fix of which
composed cf 9000 men each, had orders
to make feigned attacks upon the French
on all tides, while himfelf, with a choice
body of ii,ooo, made a grand move
meat, when he completely routed them,
driving them from all their redoubts, thir
ty seven in number, and killed their gen
eral.
He also possessed himfelf of their camp
equipage, 20 pieces of the heaviest artil
lery, fix howitzers, and a greater num-
The Madrid Gazette of August 26,
claims for Spain the honor of a com
plete defeat of the enemy before Belle
garde.
London, &,t. 10.
Since the summons of Breda, which
was formally lent by the enemy, so long
ago as,this day fortnight, it does not
feemthat they have made any material
advances. A few shot has been fired, but
no serious consequences have ensued ;
some works they had erected have been
defrayed.
The line of communication between
the Duke of York and General Clairfayt
is said tw be uninterrupted. Jourdon,who
has made advances with a view to break
this line, has retreated back to his old pa,
fition near Antwerp, on having acqui
red information of some powerful re
inforcements received by the Austrian
General. , The French Commander's
force is represented at about 70 000 men,
among whom, it is. Lid, the most de
ftruftive dysentery rages, the influence of
which the present weather muftrather in
crease than diminish.
Theftrength of the British army, with
out the Dutch, whose principal force is
Rationed near Gertruydenberg, is 32,000
men; thefeit is said, will be joined be
fore the 20th of this month, by nearly an
equal number of Austrians, freffi troops,
who are to nd under the Duke of York.
Some suspicion attaches in the British ar
my to the conduct of the late Command
ant of Valenciennes, as that place is re
preferted to been have jn the best possible
Rate of jdqfeoqe, and well provided for at
ieaft a month's siege."
The enemy, it is said, have sent a tram,
petto tbe Duke ofYorki informing his
Royal Highness that the decree of toe
IConvention, for giving no quarters to Bri
tish troops had been repealed.
V. That the Arch Duke Charles, (hall
be invested with the principal command,
if he chufes to accept of it.
VI. That England will be bound as a
principal for the payment of the Subfidy—
notwithftandingathird part of it is,charge
able to Holland.
The English Ministers add, that they
hope this conduct will tend toefcQ a clo
ser and more permanent alliance between
rhe house of Austria and the Maritime
Powers, an event which has been long
wilhed for, and that, in refpeft to the im
)ortance of the Emporor'sconcern to pre.
vent an incurfon of the French into Italy,
England, through those motives alone,
would continue the payment of the subsidy
to the King of Sardinia.
[The following is a copy of a note which
his bean transmitted by the Englilh Mi
nisters to the Imperial Court.]
Because it is not equitable that the
States of Auffria alone should bear the
expenccs of the war, England, through
unforeseen circumstances .finding itfelfdif
,gaged from other alliances, it is the
intention of the King of Great-Britain,
I. That during the prefer and the fuc
eeeding campaigns, fubfidifs will be gran
ted for 100,000 men.
11. The above mentioned Ministers of
Great- Britain are fusnithed with full pow
ers for negociating for the capital of this
fobtidy.
111. They will charge themselves with
the incidental expenses.
IV. That conquests will be made in
common.
LONDON, Sept. 5.
Articles relative to occurrences
in the Netherlands, on the
frontiers of Holland, and the
meafares adopting to flop
the progress of the French.
Another letter from Vinan dated 4
Frudidor, August 21, speaks of a more
consequential adion which tock place
within a league of that city, in the follow
iflg terms.." Our troops met with a
baud of Chouans quitting the road of Iro
donart, and a combat ensued, in which
many of the latter were killed. In this
number is one of their Chiefs, on whom
have been found fevcral jewels/ and a
correspondence with the Combined Pow
ers, which may tend to throw a good deal
of light on their plans. The Chouans
were driven back to the vicinity of Chap
pelle Chauflee. The prisoners we have
taken will meet with a summary punifh
meat. On our fide we loft 20 men.
and Rationed ata leagues distance only,
came up at the moment the insurgents
were marching off and maintained a. run
ning fight with them for half an hour.
STATE PAPER.
The origin of the fire was at firft atten
ded with circumstances of suspicion. It
now appeared that it had begun in a Rove
used for dtying faltpetre. It communi
cated to a library, the whole of which
were destroyed, except the MSS. The
other buildings were saved, and nothing
more was loft except 15,0001 b. of faltpe-
A#G. 21.
.CORSICA.
Barrere appeared in the tribune. For
along time, said he, we had nothing fa
vorable to hope in the news from the isle
of Corsica. The treasons of Paoli are
still fuccefsful. Such is the issue of the
plots conceited between England and this
old enemy of France. The Englilh and
the Spaniards occupy the Mediterranean
with so much advantage face the burning
of the Republican vessels at Touldrf, that
it was impossible to prevent the fortrefs of
Cilvi, nearly railed and destroyed by 4
vigorous fiegt of two months from capit
NATIONAL CONVENTION,
Aug. 20.
A FIRE.
BARRERE slated that a dreadful
fire had occurred on the preceding night
at the National house d'l'Unite. The a
lartn was very great in the firft instance,
as it was conne&ed with eight other Na
tional eftabliihmenti, amongst which were
a magazine of coals, a refinery of faltpe
tre, &c. ..
Letters from Aix la Chapelle of the
20th ult. ft ate, that 15,000 Austrians pas.
fed the River of Maefe in three columns,
at Vifet, Eyfden and Maeftrieht, afid at
tacked the French under the command of
Gen. Jourdan, in the environs of Email
and Ebenne. The action commenced on
the 19th ult. at four o'clock in the morn
ing, and the cannonade did not cease til!
ten o'clock the fame forenoon. The
French loft 3 pieces of cannon and 800
mqn, including 200 prisoners. The
fame accounts farther state, that the Aus
trians repaffed the Maefe, and return
ed td their former portion, after having
deflroyed the French camp and its re
doubfs.
The account which we gave a few
d#ys ago. of an advantage gained by
General Kray, in the vicinity of Maef
trfcht, and which was doubted and con
(radided by all our ootemporaries—
-4 folly confirmed by letters which we last
°JP' received from the continent.
Letters from Maeftricht inform us that
two divisions of the light Horse of Ka
raczay tad passed that place, on their way
from the Imperial army on the right bank
of the Mette', with four pieces of horse
filler,, to join the advanced posts be
hind La,mast, between Maeftticht fc Ten
ures, a league and a half from the firft of
these places—that between three and four
o'clock in the morning a very brift ac
tion commenced, which lasted without in
terruption till half past terr, during which
ti pea very heavy cannonade was Kept up,
and that the French were driven back with
very great loss in killed, wounded, and
prisoners, but the number was not ascer
tained. The French force amounted to
15,000 men—that of the Anftrians only to
7000 —At the close of the aftion two villa
ges were burnt.
At ehent, a requisition was made of
uxteen hundred men to drain the water
from 81uys. It was complied with, the
inhabitants drew lots among themselves
for that purpose.
Eight hundred men were required from
Bruges. They were refractory. The con-1
sequence was, that fix thousand troops'
marched into that town. Toe toefin was
rung— -the inhabitants assembled in great
numbers in the grand plate, when they
were inilartly surrounded, and the number
required taken, without refpeft to rank or
riches, and ferit off to make a canal be
tween Dunkirk and Furnes navigable,that
$ now lying at Offend may be!
brought lound by an inland navigation,
because that harbor is completely block
ed u ? by the British ships cruising between
that and Nieuport. This severity a
gainst Bruges, for its disobedience has
been considerably embittered. As an ex
ample of terror to other places they have
demanded four millions of guilders, to
be paid immediately in specie, and in
case of non-compliance, they threat
en to introduce among them, that
hitherto irrefiftable argument the gu
illotine ! ! !
AUG. 2&-
Situation of Calvi, before it Jurrendßed it
tbe Bntifb.
;The priacipaNood was the flefh ofhor.
n"' , ul <, and asses. So great was ths
1- , rc , , of fte , ffi provisions, that an egg
|t for a sick p,fo D fa to cost fa,
specie, or live li v ,es in affignats. Such
was the fitoatra of the defenders of Calvi
v on the loth Thermidor. Atpe time the
y , ce ", so ,^h injured by the iacefac.
f. of 37 Pieces of artillery of large ca
i -',• '!"' it did not afford the leak pro
_ teuton either for the folders or ftotes —
ft ihe provides that were deposited in i;
211 damaged by the burning of (hells,
it .g,""" which is to return to France 1
will inform you that none of the Inhabi
y ~,«ed die smallest concern for the
k loss of their property.—The women, for
^ getting the weakens of their so, carried
ammunition to the different Nations, and
, even to-che extremities cfthe fortifications.
f where the attack was the most violent and
, fa_ary. They stifled in conyeyir^
earth to the batlians during the bombard
meat, and not an individual person indi
: cased the leal dismay, or ottered ao ex
, preffion repugnant to the wiffi of the Com
;mandant. We are permitted to bring
I with as the men belonging to the Melpb-'
mene and Miguone frigates, who h^e
, uniformly performed duty with „ in the
, garrison for several months. This was the
>ly way they could be beneficially em
ployed for the Republic, beeaufea nom
, her of cruizers blocked them up in the har
bour. They drained every nerv, in de
fending the place. A great many inhab
itants are to embark along with us. The
- Eoglife will have to take pofleffion of a
town reduced to alhes, and levelled to the
ground. We fhali preserve the remains
of a garrison an# of a people, whole dill -
cioguifhed services have entitled them m
the effete and admiration of their Broth
ers upon the Continent. f :
Thursday Aug. 28.
EXTRAORDINARY INVENTION.
Citizen Cofte, Pallor of the French Pro
teltant Church cf Charleston in North A
merica, presented to the Convention a
bomb ffiell, filled with aver, powerful
fufe compofitibn, which, when once set fire
to, nothing could extinguish. This-bomm
flull might be thrown Soo paces by a 24
pounder, and still farther, b, one of a
larger tore. It was impossible for a ffip'
of a 129 guns to withstand a single broac
fide from one of 74 guns that fhoold throw
these (hells, with which fix ships of the
tine might in one day attack and deftro,
all the Navies of Europe. Four guns of
a larger calibre might, he faid,by a dis
charge of these shells, flop a whole squad
ron at its entry ir.to a port, or burn every
ship if they mould obstinately persist id
their endeavour. They were fufcepti blcl
of great improvement, and might be ren- ™
dered terrible to the troops of the land ser
vice, mole especially to the cavalry. ,-
ven when discharged against a wall they
burned for half an hour ; and their flame
and smell, during the night, would throw
the best regulated squadron into disorder.
The projedor transmitted a celd meh
filled! with the composition, and capable
of ferting fire to every combustible sub
stance. He protested that he would lose
his life rather than impart the secret, pro
vided the Convention ihoeld net adopt his
difeovery.•
Barillon observed, that this might be the
fire discovered in tbe reign of Louis XV.
and which the Tyrants themselves dared
not employ. ...fort
Decreed that the difeovery mould be fc
ferred to the Committee,, which fhoeld
examine whether it could be employed
efficaciously, and without outraging hu
manity.
• ulatirig. Its deface, however was obfti.
mate, and its capitulation was net mark
ed with any of these diffionortble 4 terms
which mark the capitulations cf .the coa.
I^fcedjorees on the North and South freu,
:tier of France. The garrison has fuftm
। ed all the evils of the siege, with a cour
age worthy of Republicans.
Citizens, the llland of Corsica belongs
to whoever is Mailer of the Mediterrane
an. The Representatives of the people
are putting every preparation in adivßy
at Toulon, and nature has decreed the
peffeffion of the Mediterranean to France.
It is for oar sailors to realize this decree,
and to recal once more the profperoui
days of the French marine in the ports of
the Levant.