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to armsrand arming the populace
at the fame time, took pofefiion of
the gates and arsenals. They
now proceeded to eltft a Revo
lutionary Committee, or, if you
wnl,\ a Committee, of Public
Safety, competed of seven Mem*
hers, by whom every person inimi
cal to their interests, was instantly
apprehended. As it was impossible
for the prisons to contain the whole
of tbele, they were conveyed to
the ^atch towers of the Bastion,
entitled “ the Bastion of Holland.’*
and to the different public maga
zines. The number of perlons
’ thus apprehended amounts at this
moment to nearly a thousand :
two hundred who were in a stare
of proteription, have contrived to
make their eicape. It is worthy
of remark that no one female has
yet been imprifonedinotwithftand
ing several have been ordered be
fore the Committee, interrogated,
and infuked.
plundered, as have also several
others, but on those occasions no
personal violences fi^ve been offer
ed-- ■ At the firft moment of the
* Revolution several muskets were
discharged, by which two persons
were wounded.
( s^Far remainder>}te lajl page oftbit paper.)
G ER M A rs?.
Fa i x, Aug. 20.
IFTEEN houfsnd Auftrisns pa fled
the Maefe in three columns at Vifet, Eyfdcn
and Maeflricht, and attacked the French,
under Gen. Jour don, near .Email and E
benne. The aft ion commenced on the I9th
at four o’clock in the morning The can
nonading ceased at ten o’clock* The French
Ml three pieces of cannon, Ind 800 men,
including 200 prifonera. We have not
received any account of what the other
column did who attacked the enemy in
flank.
At five o’clock indie afternoon the Aus
trians again cro&d the Maefe, and took up
their former pofnion, after destroying the
French camp and redoubts.
The above aftion is looked upon as a
' prelude to a more considerable one.
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P RUSS IA. :
< BERLIN, ^.16.
Various are the reasons alledged that
Warsaw is not yet in the hands of our
troops. Some fay that Kosciuskof has
threatened the life of the King of Poland,
if they attempt taking the capital; whilst
others affiureus, that the Em press of Ruffip,
has infilled, tbit in the attack upon War
saw, every thing (hall-be avoided that may
endanger the falety of the Polish Monarch ;
besides which there has long been a talk of
private negotiations, which have flopped
the operations again ft Warfa w - However,
that they are llackeoed (if not entirely flop
ped) is most certain; and it is now laid,
that the Pruflians are in want of heavy ar
tillery, that which they have before the city
bearing no proportion to the Polish artil
lery in Warlaw, which is very excellently
served ; for which reason the King of
. Piuffia has ordered a frefli supply of artil
lery from EveJlaWt which is already On its
way, andexpafted co arrive at the army be
hie Warsaw by the 20th.
' Iwawnwaiaawsw '
JULY 29.
The American merchants are bulled in
preparing the accounts of their debts due
from the wbjefts of the United States, con
trasted during and previous to the left wan
riots of this city.-^-On breaking
up, which did not happen till an
early hour ih the morning,' the
Members of the Club had recourse
Whether in seizing on the per
tens of individuals, or in making
domicilary visits to come at thole
they witeed to apprehend, the Re
volutionists have paid but little
retped to property. In arresting
M. Necker, lace Prime Minister
of France under the monarchy, at
hi< country feat, they took pof
teffion of his plate, and a consider
able sum of fpecic. Thc/houfeof
M. .Saladin de Craus has been
A genera! meeting of thofc gentUtoen will
be held this week, when the lame will be
taken into consideration, and a fubteqnent
application will be made to Mr. Jay, the
American Envoy, who, it is fappofed, has
inftrudions to put them in aproper train of
adjustment*
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> ' AUG. 2j.
Every friend to the human race,will bear
With inexprefliblc pleafare, that chose san
guinary me afa res which have fa long dis
graced the annals cf France; and-fixed an
indelible stain even upon humanity itfdf,
are, at length, about to be abandoned.
The last letters and papers from that coun
try announce the determination of its pres
ent rulers to give up the monttroully absurd
idea of forcing other nations co adopt their
political principles.
The objeft OoW is to eflablift, on a
firm balls, a fyflem of rational freedom,
under which people in the highest Ikua
lion# Ihali not be etempted from the p^w
er of.the laws, nqr those io the Ip^effba
precluded from their protection. To form
a permanent and happy government is
their preient aim, and they avow it 10 be
their intention to leave the re# of Europe
to the qui^t pofleflion of their habitudes and
prejudices. Time they fay, and the pro
gredive improvement of the human under
standing, will effect tie relh These dis
positions e if carried intspradife, must lead
to the introdudion of the firft bleffingsof
life, peace and good will amongst men.
Gen. Evin. EeJi.
A marriage is /a id to be finally fettled,
with the consent of their Majefties,between
his Royal Hjghnefathe Prince of Wales,
and hisfirftcoufin the Princess of Brtnfvstck,
The Ptivy Council appointed to be held at
Weymouth, and to which several of the
members are gone down; is fappojed ip be
for the ratification of this ad.
Important State Paper
• I
[The fallowing is the copy of a nrte which
has. been transmitted by the English
Minift?rs to the Imperial Court}
Because it is not equitable that tie States
of Austria alone Ihould bear the expences
of the war, England, through wforfeen
circumstances, finding itfelf disengaged
from other alliances, it is the intention of
the King of Great Britain, * I
I. That, during the present anti the fuc*
ceeding campaigns, febfidies willbe grant
ed for 100,000 n^en. . '
H. Tbat the above mentionedMinifters
of Great Britain are furnilhed ^vith full
powers for negociating for the capital of
this subsidy.
111. They will charge themfekes with
the incidental expences. * .f’ -
IV. That conquests will be made in
common.
V. That rhe Arch Date Ci^i w Hall
be invested with the principal command,
if he chafes to accept of iu ■'
VJ. That England will be bound as a
principal far the payment of the subsidy,
notwithflanding a third'part of itm charge
able to Holland.
The Englilh Ministers add, that they
hope this condud will tend io efled a def
er and mort permanent aßtance between
the Houle of Austria and the warnime
ppwefi, an event which has been . long
wiftred for, and that, i n refped to the (m •
portance of theTsmperors concern to pre
vent an incursion of the French into Italy,
England, through those motives alone,
would continue the payment of the subsidy
to the King of Sardinia.
;
; , RETROSPECT.
GLASGOW, Sept. 16.
The occurrencesof the proceeding week,
have, in a great meafare, served to develop*
the future plant of the allies; have exhib*
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AUG. 28.
The brave Poles art likely <0 reap im
portant advantages fr»m a jealouly which
obviously fabfifts between their combined
oppreflbrs refpe&ing the disposal of the
cocquefts which they have already made,
or may in future raske. The King of
Prulfia insists on bavisg Warsaw when he
has conquered it; for which reason, the
Em press has refufed him the lea ft aid in
that enterprize.
The Prince of Con Ie has drawn out bf
France, by Various means, fmee his emi
gration, money and effeds tp the amount of
a million and a half sterling; yet filch has
been his expenditure oa his military corps
and fach have been the calls of the ruined
nobility upon his benevolence and charity,
that the Prince is at present not only poor,
but involved in an immensity of debt.
ited to our view, the internal fixation of
France, after the convulsion which produc
ed the fall of Robespierre ; have difcloled
the determination of the Empire; and pro
mulgated the sentiments of the imperial
States with refped to the war.
Ta all who refieded for a moment oh the
fabjed, it. was fafficiently obvious, that al
thoughßarrere, Billaud, Varennes, and the
otber Members of the Committee of Public
Safety, had United with 7 allien, and Collet
cP Herbsts, for the defirudion of Robespierre,
no great degree of cordiality fabfifte<f be
tween them. This became manifaft soon
after the execution of Robefitrrl, by oc
casional bickerings in the Convention, and .
by indirect infiouatiOns thrown against
Barr ere by Tallien's^ party * A trial of
strength, at length took place. Leeointre,
the adherent of 7 allien, was pushed to de
nounce Barr ere, and fix Other Members;—
latoinire did not however, succeed. The
fabjed was relumed on the facceeding day
and {pacific charges were adduced. Each
charge was separately debated, and all Were
difmi<«d. But the spirit of. wrangling &
discord, wh ; ch fee ms ft ill co pervade the
deliberations of the Convention, affords
ground to presume that their dilfentions
will never be terminated but in the annihi
lation of one of the parties. .The denun
ci at io nos Barrere, and the consequent
tumults in the Convention, made little or
no impreflionon theoperation of the French
armies/ Conde, Quefnoy, Valenciennes, and
Sluw, furrtpdered to the Nothern Army,
Breda was inyefted, aqd the armies of the
Eaftem and Weftern Pyrennes, obtained
faccefliva vidories at Fontarabia, St* Se
bafiians, and Bellegarde. Their vidories
in the province of Biscay, have induced
the government to put the inhabitants in a
state of requisition.
The Emperor having now nearlyexhauft
ed his treaiury in the prosecution of the
war. Great Britain has offered him a
subsidy, to be employed in the maintenance,
of loo.cgo men, who are to ad offenfive*
ly in the Netherlands. Anew fy Item of
operations has already been adopted. The
Prince of Ccbourg has been replaced by
Gen. ClAi.rfayt; and according to
-letters received in London on Friday, an
- immediate attempt was to be made to effed
a jundion between his army and that of
the Duke of York His Imperial Majesty
Seems, however, to have found feme dif
ficulty in persuading the States of the Em
pire to furnifh contingents; the King of
Prussia, in particular, has refufed to furnilh
noy, alledging that he has already exhaust
ed his relourcesf and that Poland requires
bis whole- attention. This last apology
appears, indeed, to be well founded, for
great part of Poljh Prulfia has declared in
favour of the patriots; and it is eVen laid
that his Prussian Majesty has been com
pletely defeated before Warsaw. We ihall
close this recapitulation of foreign events^
by mentioning a report which had reached
London on Saturday night, that a revolu
tion had taken place at Bajk and Berne in
Swit/erland.
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BOSTON,
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Ctntinel- Office, Nov. 12.
This morning arrived here the Ihip Zy
dia of Nantucket, Capt. Gardner from
Lymington, 47 days. By her we have re
ceived Landon papers to SepU 17. Os
their contents we have epitomized the
following.
FR AN C E->— --INThRNAL.
The proceedings of the Na
tional Convention, of Aug. 28,
‘ state, that on that day, Tallien,
thedenonncer at Robefpierre,made
a Jong speech on the situation of
the Republic. He observed that
for fevera! days the debate of the
Convention had affirmed the ftiape
and chara&er as they had invari
ably affirmed it the eve of Tome
important event,
Leeointre, of Versailles, mount
ed the Tri bone, and ^ave notice
of his intention to make ah W*
portant motion at ten o’clock on
the next day. ‘‘f mean,” laid he,
“to bring very weighty charges
against three members of the
Committee of Public Safety, and
four members of the Committee
of General Safety; and in order
chat they may all be here to an
swer to the charges which I (ball
bring against them, I mention
-J
B our don $ of Oise moved, that
Leeointre should be heard at the
time appointed. Let Leeointre re
ceive the thanks of the Conven
tion if hisaccufation is well found
ed ; and let him receive the pun- 1
ilhment which he means to call
down on the he^ds of the teven
members, if his charges be not
sup ported.
The Convention decreed that
Leeointre Ibouid be heard*
after a warm debate it was de
creed by a.large majority, that
the charges were unfounded, and
that the Assembly Ihould pass to
the order of the day. . During the
evening and night, the matter was
agitated in the clubs and tecieties
of Paris, and it was attempted .to
represent the above decree as an
artifice of the majority, to get rid
of an accusation they were afraid
to meet. However, on the next
day (the 30th) the above decree
being read, the Convention enter
ed into a full discussion cf the
bufmefs in question, and debated
every article of the accufation*
(26 in number) one by one, and
the accusers were required to bring
proofs of each refptdive article :
the refute was not only the confir
mation of the decree of exculpa
tion of the day before, but the ac
cusation of the! members of the
two Committees was declared to
be calumnious,by a fotemn decree,
amidst the warmest acclamations.
“ A member then moved for a
decree of arrest against Lecointre*
' which ocQafioned'violent murmurs,
and Collot d’ Herbois, in a Ihort,
but appofire speech, which was
much applauded, convinced the
Assembly that the ample difeuf-
An on that day was necessary to
Convince the world chat the decree
of exculpation on the day before
was not the effe& of any thing
but ftrid justice ; that every friend
to his country will thank the Afi
fembly for the publicity and so
lemnity of the difcuflion, and the
enemies of the revolution only
will despair ; that the events of
this feflion will prevent denuncia
tions from being renewed, and all
the attempts of the fattellites of
Robespierre to destroy the confi
dence of the citizens in the Con
vention, will be without effedt.
“ Let us,” said CollOt d’Herbois,
“prove toourColleague Lecointre,
by doing good every day more and
more, that he has deceived himfelf,
and, by the daily services we ren
der our country, increase in the
mind ofour mistaken Colleague,
his regret for having denounced
us.”
The preceding article is con
firmed by other accounts from Pa-
their names^—BARRERE, BtL>
LAUD, VARENNES, COL
LOT D‘HERBOIS, VADIER,
VOULLARD, AMAR, & DA
VID. ;
The fallowing paragraph, from Lloyd’s
Evening Post, of Sept. 10, may; perhaps,
unfold the bufiaefs-—
month, Leeointre of Versailles,
with Tallien, Dubois Grance, and
some others^ produced an accu-
eral Safety, viz. Barrere, Billaud
d’ Varennes, Collot d’ Herbois,
Vadier, Amar, Voulard, and Da-
“By accounts from Paris, we
learn, chat on the 29th of last
fation against teven members of
the committe of Public and Gen-
vid.
‘•This occasioned a violent com
motion in the Convention ; and