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*' C tizens,
^/OUhave entrusted to me the command
) £ of an army Weakened by repeated defeats.
1 he loss most difficult to be repaired is that of
tee camp at Famars, an important pofleffion
which your general ought never to have aban
doned ; and it might eafiy have been retain,
ed, had they prevented the /enemy from fur
roundmg ■ em. The marceuvres of the latter
were as fkilltel as those of your generals were
bad. Some of them with whom I converted,
refpeding the faults which they h- dcommitfed
told me that they reqtiefted reinforcements
from the conven ion, butthat they received
no answer; and that as the army at Famaft-s*
was not strong enough to refill they had thought
it more prudent to abandon that camp than to
teffer themtelves to be inclofed Our buftnefs
at pretent is to repair that loss; but this will
not be easy, 1 doubt much whether I can save
Valenciennes. I shall do my utirieft to raise
the feig£, but I’can answer for nothing—l
must give bat,tie to tne enemy. lam certain
fiat they will not conire to attack me in the po
niicn in which l am. 1 have sent you my plans*
1 mu ft h "re more men. I could easily make a
powerful diversion towards Weft Flanders,
and the country of Leige^but 60000 men
at least must be employed for thas expedition,
cue of the objeds of whiclf is t 6 deftioy the
mag-zmes of tre enemy, and the other to
break that cordon which favors a communi
cation between the different parts of the com
bined armies. I mull have at least 120,000
men under my command, to be able to attack
the Prince of Cobourg. 1 have the means of
conveying intelligence to Valenciennes, to
inform the garrison at what time to make a
Vigorous for tie, which I shall support. I mull
not, hever, conceal from you, that my plan
. 1 * 4
Austrians proved the detycrate iltuation of
the Republican cause. v
Convinced coat true Frenchmen can ntyer
forger or forgive his crimes, he has thrown
himfelf into the arms of rhe Confikutionalifts,
v horn he had before abandoned to take part
wi»h the Republicans. Thus unset wharever
point of view we may corffider the conduct of
this political Proteus, he must be clafied
among the affaffinators of the lawful mon
arch of F ance,'
Moreover, Dnmcurier, to every unbiafled
oblcrver must appear guilty no: onlv with re
fped to his narivetand, buthlfo all Europe.—
To him we owe all the troubles which agita e
and eonyulfe other countries belides France,
though r.oc in a degree equally dreadful. Con
fining ourselves tcGreat Britain; we think his
P oclamacion to the Batavians cannot befor
got.cn. In this he endeavored io Ilir up the
Englidi nation io the murder of their love,
reign', when he fays* That the people bf En
gland led a(h*y by the gold and deceptions
of their King, (hall {bpn now be tired of him.
In this country his ether ridiculous prcclama
r ons will never be forgotten. Ho we not re
member that he promised in the tyring, to
land in England at the head of fifcythoufand
fans culottes, and to publifli, on the banks
of the Thames, an appeal to the English
people against rheir government, to hoist the
tncoloured HreanutrS'Of rhe regicides on the
Tower of London,to confine in this tower the
princes of'tjie royal family, to lanternife the
Kingls minifters,and to place the red cap, the
symbol of every crime, on the head of George
tne third ? Likewise be it remembered, that
it was he who, by inflammatory manifeftoes,
inveigled the B^gians and Liegois against their
lawful fdvereigns,laboured co arm one part of
Holland against the Other.
It the hyprocriucal humdrum proclamation
pubhlhid by Dumourier, under the titUfo’ n
Address. to the French Nation, be able to
cloak all his wrongs*, and dissipate the fears
which the intrigues of the moll restless genius
and the mo’ft corrupted mind, mull naturally,,
rnfpire, we have only to remark, that diftin
guiihed scoundrels enjoy very eminent ad
vantages over honest men.
“ The originals are in the Prince of Co
b^urg’.. pofleffion. The wind was very favoura
b e for the experiment but the balloon hav
ing been overcharged whh inflammable air,
the design was rendered abortive.
j6 ke u. The balloon, ,which fomeddys
ago afeended from Conde, had a small pack.
ei, containing two letters pending to it. The
frft was addieF^d to the Prelident of the Con.
vention, and the second to the Minister of th e
War Department.—‘They limply stated—
“ Citizens,
“ We are surrounded oh all quarters by the
enemies of the French Republic. We lament
recent misfortunes. The recoPedion, however
of tnt glories of Jemappe, animates and in
flames us with military- emulation—Weare
love s of liberty, and have sworn to maintain
it. Provisions are fcatee but enthuliafm is un
diminished. We will repel the enemy or die
in the attempt. >
(Signed) J. V. D.
By order of the Commander,”
From the garrison at Conde,
May 36-
FRANCE.
GENERAL CUSTINE’s SPEECH
Addrejjei to the Committee 0! War, when be
was lately at P ARTS.
C^MP at FAMAR^.
depends upon circumftances* and that a trif
ling event might render it abortive. Its suc
cess will depend on the bravery of the troops
whom I have under my command. Those
whom I have to cqmbat are encouraged by
four months success, but they are not invinci
ble. Their victories have cost them dear nvith
oat ha ving conquered ui. The wnole nation
then, ought to rife at this moment, ^nd to
refeue themselves from slavery, and from the
chains which eur enimies wish to impose upon
us. I piomife to dii at my pofb and not to re
turn, but viftorioas. ”
London, July 2. The frequent effufion *
of innocent blood begins to operate powerful
ly upon the feelings, of rhe lower descriptions
of Parisians ; and ftiould the Revolutionary
Tribunal loon exhibit tech another ftene of
cruelty as was presented to the public a few
^ays since. wrhen twelve innocent persons loft ,
their heads by the murderous gqillotiae,there
is every reason to believe that the sanguinary
reign of Marat will meet with a speedy end.
Many of these vidims excited the deepest in
terest from their youth, and the women parti- 1
Cularly fo,by their beauty and heroism I They
made application to the Convention for a res
pite ; but Thuriot, that worthy brother of
Marat in iniquity over-ruled their request.—
They all teffered death about 12 o’clock on the
lßth, •_ . .4 ...'
The fortitude of the Demoife’ile Theresa
Moeleau, a young lady of the moll exquifiie
beaut/and mental endowments was univer
telly admired. The blood thirsty Jacobins
Emissaries who intelted the last moments of
this unfortunate yoting lady and her fellow
Offerers were answered by her, .that their
turn would soon come ! They refuted to re
ceive the faefament from the hands of the
confthidnal priells ; and feeing the fatal in
strument made rhe air resound with the cries 1
of God save the King. ... . , 1
Mr. Thomas Paine has now loft all his cha
racter and popularity in France. His name
is interred in the minutes of rhe Convention
among the o her fufpeded Members. His
fulfome flattery of the King and Queen of
France and his cruel and illiberal refledions
against Lord George Gordon, in “The Rights
cf Man,” firft induced Gregorie and Robert
fpirre to fufped him of being tecretly pen*
fioned ; and hie late conduct in the Conven
tion, by attaching himfelf to the party of Pe
tion and Briffot has confirmed his disgrace.
Hence followed the late resolutions of his con
stituents, the Deputies of the fix Seftipns of
the town-of Aarras, to adhere to the decrees
pafled since 31st of May, and their declara
tion, that “Thomas Paine has loft their confi
dence” ; .
'• c f u h +• most unlucky event has happen
ed to the Adrian family, as may be learned
ham the.following article.
Treves* Jane 16-
Yefter.cfay morning, about 4 o’clock, a de
tachment of 460 French men marched against
the Austrian post at Faha, Sintz, and Keip
ling. In this latter place, at the distance of
half a league fr°ih Faha, they tpok his impe
rial highness the Arch Duke Jofcph of Au
ftxia, with a picquet confining of five dra
goons, prisoners of war-
The article adds, that every effort was
made to recover the Arch puke, but in vain.
The French knew thd value of their chief
prisoner, and hafiened with him to the fort of
Saar Louis. . .
Petion* the once great and mighty Crom
well of Paris, whose repeated insults to the
unhappy Louis, and whose charming conni
vance at the heredities of the toth of August
and 2d of September will never be forgot
ten, is now a wretched outcast— at one tirtie
crying for his lite to a iriob, and at anbthdr
Portsmouth July 15. This morning
Admiral Earl Howe dropt down to Sr. Helens
with the remainder of the channel fleet and
was joined there by, the prince of 98 guns,
and two 74’s from Plymouth.
His Lordship has on board 60 pilots, tho
roughly acquainted with the French coast,
which were procured by Sir Andiew Don
glais at JerFey.
The fleet is to be joined by a few Ruffian
men of war, convoying transports with 12,000
troops also. A defeent bn the epaft of France
will certainly take pipes in a feiv days, molt
likely in Briranny, where the people are in
general favourable to royalty. .
Sir Edward Pellew has taken charge of the
whole property of the unfortunate Captain
Mullen, which is to bi tent to his wife in
France, an instance of philanrhropby worthy
of this brave officer.
turin, junk 15. Intelligence has been
received here, that on the 12th irift. a body of
about lo.oooFiench troops attempted to dis
lodge the advanced polls of the Sardinian ar,
my at Raus and Authion in the county of
Nice, commanded by the Generals Baron
Colh and Baron Dellers, and, after in en
gagement which lasted near 8 hours, without
interruption, wCie repulsed on all tides, and
driven into rhe vallies with the loss of about
800 men killed, and 1500 wounded, betides a
number taken pfifouers. The loss op the part
of the Sardinians amounts to between 40 &
50 killed, and about 200 wounded.
eFcaping through a babk window into a friend
ly ditch. If not tbit Jometbing like the ven
geance of heaven ? „
The troops 10 the pay of the Emperor a
mounts to 425,374 men, exclusive of the ar
tillc/y, ftaff, &c. which encreafes the number
to more than 300,600 ; to these an addition
of 70,600 are to be made.
? PUBLIC CREDIT.
We are happy to be able to announce (in
the language of the commercial world) “ that
things are coming,round again very fait.”—
The funds keep riling gradually. The Bank
of England, which so nt time ago was nearly
drained of iucafli by the bankers in the coun
try drawing their money from London,is now
again as full of tyecie as ,ever, and the clerks
are completely employed in receiving i.. As
London is the sou nt a.i n-heab of all trade,
this will very (hortly tyread itlelf every where
and again rep’enifh the country. On exam
ining into the causes of the late commercial
diftrefles, perhaps they might be truly fam
med up in the word— panic. The instant
general confidence is again restored, and peo
ple cease to be longer suspicious of each other
—this bubble of panic will burst, and all will
be right again.
PARIS JULY 4.
ExtraSl from the Regijler* of the Council of the
Temple, July s—Half pajl nine o'clod at
night, . . ,
“ We the Commissioners on duty entered.
the apartment of Maria Antoniette, to whom
we notified the refolutionof the Committee of
Public Welfare of the National Convention
of the rft of July. After many entreaties,
the widow of Capet finally resolved to deliver
up to us her ten, who has been conduced to
the apartment designed for him by the Coun
cil of the Temple, and committed to the care
of Citizen Simon, who received rhe charge.
We observed farther, that this reparation was
affeded with all the tenhbility that could be
expefted in tech a circumstance, in which the
Magi Urates of the People evinced all the in
dulgence compatible with thefeverity of their
fundions.” , .
j'uly 5. Deputies tent, from the city of
Vernon, denounced the Administrators of the
department of Eure, andexppted the wretch
ed situation of Vernon, on account of the.
Counter Revolutionary Army, which was only
two leagues from that city.
The following letrer from Vernoa to the
Convention was then read : ?
“ For three days the toefin has founded in
the inyirons of this city ; by mere force we
have set oh foot 20.c00 men but they have no
Cannon. Paffy, two leagues only from Paris,
is taken, and Evreux marches ro,ooo men.”
A memberobferved, that he was forprifed
at the indifference of the Parisians at the bad
news received from La Vendee. “ thea(faid
he) the enemy were: at 66 or 8b leagues from
Paris but.at present, when they are at Vernon
r 6 leagues only from PaHs ?1 1 cannot conceive
why they should be so tranquil. Willyop wait
citizens,to fee the smoke of the enemy s camp
upon the heights of Paris, before you arm and
defend yourselves ?— It Was determined, that
the Members of the Council fhonld repair to'
their fedions, to inform them of the detail's
given by the Deputies of Vernon, and to in
vite the citizens to takd efficacious meafures.’
When they were on Ue point of repairing to
their Se£licns,they were prevented by the ar
rival of three deputies'of the Committee of
t üblic Safety of the Convention,who came to
dnfirm rhe diiagreeablc news from the de
Letters from the camp of the allies near
Nice, mention a smart aft ion to have taken
place on the heights of Cogola, on the Bth of
June, in which the Piedmontefe loft about 600
men, and rhe French between 4 and 5000—
the aftion was by no means decisive—• night
having obliged the French to retire, and an
apprehenfiye of being attacked the following
day,having induced the Piedmontefe to aban
don the polls which had been the objeft 01
dispute.
. , , FRANCE.
Havre, June 29. Vice Admiral Truguet'
has written the following ietver to the Na
tional Convention :
♦* Three months have paGed, and Europe,
allonifhed, asks what has become of the ma
rine and the seamen of France ? Oar Levant
trade is nearly rutned ; the contagion of in
subordination increases, & our enemies cruize
on our coalb, and threaten us. How can we
bear the idea of even the momentary superior-
Fy of the Spaniards ?—What Ihame for a Re
publican heart, for a French failo- I . .
“ Citizen President, F ought to tell you the
truth; We have the mod imposing force, the
best (hips in the world, excellent seamen, who
burn with patriotism and courage ; but I
know not what lethargy prevents thd execu.
tion of the plans which I. have proposed. And
invisible aristocracy maintains in our ports
criminal agitation, which disgraces and ruins
us. Thunder over the guilty.^ Discipline is
the firft l^wpf armies; the naval force of
Toulou know ir.— It is obedience which en
fares success and glory. lam rehdy to die
for my country ; but 1 would die for my con
queror. \ -
(Signed) “ TRtJGUET.”
July 7, The following extraft of a let
ter from Felix. National Commissioner in La
Vendee, was read;
NATIONAL CONVENTION,
SITTING OF JULY 3.
Read a letter from General Custine,
dated Canary, Jure 30* in which he very
Ibddly complains of the calumny of thd Jac
obins, and particular/ Ma r at’s Journal.
He concludes by the following poftftript r
“ We have Just learnt, that 12 odo Ruf
fians have been embarked from Peterjbkrg.
This completes the coalition of the kings of
Europe ; but tSefe hardy soldiers (hall not ter
rify the republic. Our success will bi cer
tain ; for Liberty will make us triumph over
our enimies, if the choice of the nation fall*
on men of talents ; if intrigues are banilhed
froth your councils, and if a war. Mini flet of
talents and judgment is chosen, who is able
to direst the plans of the Generals and to
make them rCfpefted and executed.
1 •* The new constitution ought to be the ad
■ miration as well as the dread ©four eni-
partment of Eure ; and to engage the Par.
ifians to fly to the fuccour of their brethren.
They have .been led astray, said the Speaker,
by the manoeuvres of Buzot and of Pethion.
•We mull go to inftruft them and toopeu their
eyes. I will repair to Evreux with my col
leagues— lam acquainted, and have there the
efleem of the pubLc ; we will speak, and re
move their errors.”
• • JU L ¥ 2.
. »* The reprefenratives of the people Tai
lion, Richard, and Bodieu, have just formed
a military commission, which pronounces Sen
tence of death, without appeal cr adjournment
upon al^ military transgressions, and upon the
Emigrants, and refraftory priests. who fhaH
not have submitted to the laws of transporta
tion-
the storm roars-—the explosion is at hand
A letter was read from Dijo"n, d« eJ 27th
of Juns in the following terms :
“ Friends and brothers found the toefin— *
we fly to your relief; we will make a rampart
of our bodies to the authors of the infurreclio»
of rhe 31st of May and 2d of Jure.”
Czefar Raonand, defender ofoppreffed patri
ots, wrote from. Toulon the 27th of June, that
the city bfMarfeilles was in open revolt; that
this perfidious city was going to cause to be
burnt, by the hands of the public executioner,
the decrees of the Convention; that the effigy
of the last tyrant was fold publicly at Versail
les ; where it was publicly declared that Louis
was assassinated without being heard. The
Aristocrats who were in force, said, that be
fore they set cut for Vendee, they would rid
Paris of the Septembrifeurs.
Many persons at the fame time denounced
Cuftine ; th<y painted him as an attrocious
fellow, without morals, without principles,
and without talents ; addidle'd to every vice.
At length a member desired that this Nero,
should be gnilotined. .
The society of Chafous attested hi* attach
ment to the Mountain and the Jacobins —
“ This Mountain(fay they) has not been
delivered of a mouse, as the wicked pretend
ed it would, btix of a good constitution.”
. July 19*. On the sth inst, the National
Convention of France pafled an ad of navi
gatioo, on a principle similar to that from
which this country has derived so many ad
vantages-. t
The Duke of York had, at the rime of his
last dispatches, received accounts up to the
10th, and he was thereby informed, that M.
Galton, after his defeat by Wefterman, had
rallied and given him battle, in which he
gained signal vidory, and had taken 12 pieces
of cannon.
Another embarkation of 4000 troops for
the continent is ordered to be forwarded with'
alt possible expedition-
The.petition from Glasgow ag.ainft the
war, will be signed by many thousand names,
and there is no.doubt but the patriotilm, the
constitutional zeal and loyalty of every man
ufafturing town throughout the three king
doms, will express its opinions in the fame
reQeftful tempera e, and manly way.
july ro. The recruiting and levies of
men to encounter the armies cf Eure and
Galvados, are still fubjeft to a thousand diffi
culties. The Parisians fay, “We will rot *
be butchered what can w* an handful of
men, doagainft so many powerful depart
meots I or why ffiould we not embrace them
as friends and brothers ?■—We cannot ihink
of being thus dityatched ; let your Commii
fioners iupply our place, and carry with them
the olive branch of negociation.
The forces of the department of Ilie and
Vilaine put themselves on their march on the
6th instant. Thatof port I’Orient has reach
ed Caen ; .the central affiembly at Caen has
publiffied a proclamation, that their forces
only go to Paris to fraternize with the Pari
fiand and to cement the tottering statue of
liberty.
Sitting of the Jacobms y July
General Coftine was denounced—and a
letter from Evreux, of the ift of July flaied
as follows:
ts This city is in a state of counter revolu.
tion ; an army aflembles within its walls—