' fb*jr "MLit Hftry iliuig i«
Id ffllrird' utC •
Tiiofe parishes which remain
faithful have f'urniJhed double their
quota of contingent reciuiti—4oo
ot'thefe recraits f'cr off sos- Bielt on
Friday ; they will be incorporated
into the marine. '
MARSEILL E S, May i.
We are now tranquil—the tyran
ny under which we lived is deltroy
ed. The cotnniiflloiiers of the con
ihorsoftb many convulsions have
flcdi The anarchilts and clubs have
either fled or are under arreit. VVe
would have ttrangled theniiu their
lurking place if they had abandon
ed it—bat we have contented our
selves with walling k up. We now
bicathein peace and the reign o
Hie law is begun.
TJeparfment of tht Lou'er Pyrthutet,
txtraft of ;a leiter frOni Bajonne,
May 3.
" ,Xh« beginning of this jiionth
the Spaniards invaded our territory
in force 4 leagues from this city—
Th#y fui prized thevcatnp at Sore,
where we had about 2000 men. Af
tfer a battle of c,too hours they put
our r 111 ai 1 ai niy' to flight, 8 field,
pieces, and remained mailers of the
field. - ■ -
Our fuldiars burnt every instru
ment of encampmenr. . Ha'yftnne is
much alarmed, as we have only l 300
men in garrison, too. (mall a num
ber for wliat may be considered a.
principal key to ihe republic—espe
cially as they are moilly undisciplin
ed national guards. Our citadel is
defended by only one corftpany of
cannoneers of Lot and Garonfie—
they are too inexperienced to de
fend so important a post.
This should be known throaghout
the republic, that means maybede
vifed to oppose an enemy much
more formidable than we imagined.
P. S. General Servan arrived yes
terday—.he is employed in rallying
i:he fugitives, who are numerous—
they are all ordered to- join their
refpedtive corps.
Latest Foreign A dvices.
On Tuesday lafl the Earl of Halifax,
British Packet, Capt. Boulder fori,
arrived at Netu-Tork, in 42 days
from Falmouth. By this vejfel Lou
don papers an received to the pth of
June, extm&s from which JtUom.
COLOGNE, May 26.
ENERAL CUSTINE's attempt to deli-
VJT ver Mentz, though it had hot the d6firsd
fdcteO, yet tn part succeeded. The following
are the particulars of it * On the 16th tuft, he
detached 16,000 men from t ie army of the
Moselle towards Mentz; £nd to occupy the
attention of the Pruilian corps commanded by
the Prince de Hohenloe,an invasion was made
Into Deux Ponts; and about be
tween t?ie 16th and 17th, a corps of 5000 men
also sallied from Landau, and whiUt the de
tached corps filed off by Spires, this corps at*
tacked the Auftrians and the corps of French
emigrants under the Prince de Conde on one
fide, whilst General Cuftine, at the head of the
principal divifton of his troops, attacked them
on the other. The a (ft ion, which took place
011 the morning of the 17th near Belheim*
was very warm J the emigrants defended
themselves with great courage against supe
rior numbers, and the Anftrians ailed with
equal bravery. At the commencement of the
action itHvasTuppofea the French would have
had the advantage, but. the Imperialists and
emigrants remained matters of the field, and
the French were obliged to return to their
former posts without having executed the ob
je& of their attack, which was to penetrate
as far as Mentz. In the French account of
tlie aftioli, they attributed the failure of it to
two battalion* of volunteers, who by mistake
fired on their ownChafleurs, and a third threw
away their arms before they saw the enemy.
The Auftrians in this affcion, which lasted
three hours,had 132 men killed and wounded,
and the emigrants had 60 or 70. The latter
loft four cannou at the beginning of the ac
tion, but they were afterwards retaken.—
Some prisoners were taken on both fides.
One emigrant .ftiot himfelf rather than fuffer
himfelf to be taken. Though Gen. Cuftine
failed in his chief end, he reaped this advan
tage : Gen. Wurinfer the next day thought
aroper to remove beyond Queich, and fix his
camp there ; and the French advanced posts
are now in the place where those of the Auf
trians were.
R H I N E, May 21.
The accounts that,the Ijnperial corps un
der Oeu. together-with the Prujf
fians and Hessians, were obliged, the former 10
croPs the Rhine again from the;diitri£t of Lan*
dau, tWe latter to leave the duchy of Deux
fcoiitrj is fully confirmed. All the particulars
re »► p'eftnt learn «>f thii event are, that the '
Frcnc'u in three columns, attacked the Auf
trians and the corps of Conde near B.liion,
iferxheiiu, anJ Rullheim, and after an action
of three hours, obliged their enemies, who
were much'iiilerior in number, to give w»y_a
Tlie French General Ferrere had pulhed for
ward tu within an hour's march of Spires, but
there he was repulfcd by tlie Imperialist : tbe
lofj of the latter Is reckoned at 130 kilted and
as many wounded.
The corps of emigrant J fiiflered very nil uch,
and loft four picces of cannon, which, ham-'
ever, the Auftrians retook again.
It is laid, that'notwithftanding the advan
tage of this affair rells 011 the lide of tire
French, yet they loft a vast number tpo rente*
than the Aufti'ians and emigrants.
Bv accounts from Marvheiin, the Pfti/ii4c».i
under Coll Siekuli., have t*ken 530
and nine pieces of cannon, near Neueiikircbin.-
The French have again estcied the Be
waldj and their advanced posts reach as far,as
Kuarth.
The advantages gained by the French in
DruxPonU were alto only ol snort duraticr,
a<, by the last accounts we received, tlie PriU_
fi.wi > and Helfiar\s have returned from LsJu
tern by the way of Landftuhl, and again taken
polT lfioii of CarHberg.
The French Tallied from Merifß in the;
night* of the I7th, 2»th,- and 2lft'of kl»is
month ; they attempted the fame twice from
Tvfombach, but were i«puhed.
'Tbfc larlditig of the French at Guftavufwirgh
wi! prevented by Genera] Roiter; 33 oftheir ,
deaf! were found upon Slue Sflami, an# ten
veilVN loaded'with wounded were /'eftt to
Mtjntz. The Iof« of the Germans in the lall
aisUu;i conftfti ins 76 ki ted ntld woundtd, a
moa» whom are' fix Imperial'and PrtilSan
officers.
1 •
I. t T D E N, May *6. . i
By advice triSVeJ front leveful'parts,
aie informed, that the National A-fleiinlily
Have forbid' any communications with Eo
reign States, by a decree to the following im
port r
" That the Director? of the pofti of France
(hall, for'the future, difeontinue all commu
nication with the Dirfc&ors of Foreign Posts.
'j)*flj;o s s e l s, ?
.. Th« follow ioj* official accnunts have beta
reeaiv,od re!p«Sttng the e[>£iati«nj.»ftbe,f otn
bin«d armies. Ctojb the ;orh to the isth of
May. They Bre dated from the h«ad qu*r
tsti ps Prince Cotourg.
Nothing particular occurred between- the
loth and t!ie 23d, the French confining them
selves entirely to entrenching thetnfelves on
all fides,- and the altiejd armies remained qoi
et in their different positions, ivaiting for
their heavy siege artillery, and fur tlie arrival
of fnme mo'e English, Hanoverian, and Dutch
troops;' whb were on their way t;o join thejn.
The French had fortified themfeivei in so .
strong a manner 'in their camps of
Snd' Anzin, and h«d thrown op ftjch «*>!(>,
that tbey appeared impenetrable. ■ PpinCe"
Cobourg, however, notwithftandirg their ex
cellent pofifion, determined to jnake an
tack on the French with the whole of the ar
ray at all points at once, and the " Hole of
the enemy's line, from Orchies to Maubeuge,
was .accordingly on the 23(1 inft. at daybreak
attacked .at the fame moment. The Dutch
troops attacked the enemy at Moucliin,drove
them beyond-Orchies, and took 60. prisoners.
The Pruflian troops attacked them at H»f
non, di ove. them info the Abbey, and took
their fortifications, but could not force them
from the Abbey, 011 account of a large moat
filled with water, which surrounded it. The.
Imperial corps de reserve carried the en
trenchments at A'ubry, and the French, know, i
ing the importance of the post, made a num
ber of dsfperate effjfts the whale: day to re
cover it, bat were always repulsed 'with loli,
and were at last obliged to abandon a flag and
several cannon. The centre aflaulted anjl
carried the redoubts which covered the rigMt
of the brook of Ronelle, near Afaoi, and toot
7 cannon and ton waggons, with ammunition.
The left wing took the entrenchments hear '
MarefchS and Aftre, aiid the redoubts at Vil
lerfpol. In the latter they found & of
cannonj and 4 waggons wfth ammunition ;
and the Imperial troops of Baray took
redoubts and abattis of the enemy on the
caufwayat Quefnov, and pursued the French
beyond the woods of Anfrojpet. Night cool
ing on, Prince Cobourg and Gen. Clair fait
thought it proper to let their troops reft from
the fatigues of the day, with a determination
to attack the ne\tmorningearly the camps of
Fatnars and Anain ; but when the troops tile
next morning (the 24th) went to attack them,
they found the enemy had through terror,
during the night abandoned them entirely.
Part of the French forces threw tliemfelvcs
into Valenciennes, which the allied armies
immediately inverted, and part retired by
Denain to Bouchain and Cambrai. The
Piuffians alfotunnd the abbey of Hafnon eva-
cuated, which they took pofleffitra ofV ant!
went in pursuit of the enemy as far as Mat
chiennes. The French had m the coitrfe ps
the different attacks on the 23d, about aocb
men killed and wounded. The latter "tocjc
♦ 300 prilbfters, among whom were a gcneial
and 20 officers.
Prince Cobourg's army is encamped to the
right of the Scheldt, his right wing at Cviaing,
and his left at Tricht; the corps.de ve.ferve
under Gen. Clairfait occupies the left of the
Scheldt, and extends from Auiry to Tricht.
The i«t Valenciennes endeavors to
disturb t!ie advanced ports, but.-to no pin po*e.
F R A N K F O R T, May 20. .
The fapidiadyanrcf at CuAinr, at.ihe tifad ps
an ar ;y fa id'to confill of 120,000 lias created so
genera 1 an appicheufiou aiKt coufua'uu through.
490
mitthta<&y'i prineipM inhaW'lartts ire
ien><wing wi.h ihetr cffidi ti> i place »f more
l»fcry. -
Tht Cownandantof Ment*, in a cortfWtuce'
w>irb the Duke ot Brunfwickj agreed to evacu--
,af.!hc pi ace, .provided ihe gai nf«m-was petont
»cd Lp.rTMteli out with the honors of wa*, a. day
apposed for the p.urp-ofe ; it is -however
more than probable that the success of Cuftitie
may alter -his intentions.
The-principal body of the enemy has since
the action at Famars, ralliedifi *He neighborhood
of Bouchain ; another party is forming at Don
ay : the second body, above 20,000 strong, is
' ported at the damp o4 Madeline, before Lifl-,
T6, .cover that city ; a.third, less coiifider-
WW'r, Tfc fermeii rn MikiVime Flahdcr*', to obfervc
•the e<rfny in-tto*t qnarfer; Thcfe dtfpofifio|»j
announce a defence which mis ft-be piodofcl-vc of \
. and prpvei that 4i-.-pc»ojtfit
to multiplied, ani,we fear, mfntmourM-,
difficulties than the attempt to conqucr
France, by arms, could not have been.conceived.
May 24. Yettnday the King of Pruflia was »n
th«s cirv, anfl (his day some troops ar
rived t&|o*in our garrison.
'J - ' •!
' P A R I S, May 22.
Declaration made by the Prcfdcvt of the A\tional
Convention to the Fjenck Nation.
■ 11 Citizen 1 ;,
" *Fhe frandaloat scene whieh has }uft paf
<!ed in the tribunes, convinces me of the
* truth of a conspiracy which has been revealed
to :ne by many good citizens, who, fearing
tn# poignards of afTaffins, have refuted to
make their names public. I (frail now de
velope this plot ! Legators, people, be at
tentive !—vour lafetv is concerned !
v " tW ariftocracjr and the Toalijion of
kings, irnd tremble at their inability to friateh
from us our liberty by the force of a rips* are
now preparing to destroy it by an intrigue
carried on by gold. Thefc were the days ap-
for the execution of their plot ; and
what pallet) yesterday and to d.iy in the ha.'l
are o«^preliminaries it. -TJiia
cy has been formed for the fame porpofe as
that of the 10th of May ; they wifti to deftrov
the convention by tn fur region, and this is
their plan 6f execution.
ii The conspirators aftei* having for a long
time prepared the minds of the people by
crafty speeches cloathedin patriotic Jangoace,
have milled th« members of the . popular ft>-
cieties, of the cunftituted authorities, and
even of.(he Convention itfelf, lo as alinoft to
have petfuaded them that to favethe country,
a new infiirreftlon was neceflary. This in
furre<sti.on hns been organized by. clandestine
committees,. Every thing is preconcerted
atfd arranged. The disorder which they have
created in the Convention, will fer.ve as a
pretext for their projected riot. The wo.-
men too lend their afliftance, many of whom
have been farmed into regiments for this in
iquitous undertaking—-at the moment when
their mifguidect arms are uplifted for the de
ftru&ion of their country, they endeavor to
perfiiade us that they are employed in saving
it-f
M A great majority of the Citizen®, it Is
rue, have not been f. duced ; but our ene
nieshave succeeded in making fanatics of
hat credulous part of the people, who, more
remarkable for tbeir virtue than their under
standing, are easily milled, They have also
attempted to persuade the Volunteers, who
are going to Vendiee, that they ought not to
depart till after the execution of their prp-
" The iirfflrgents are t6 execute, on the
Members of the Convention and other Citi
zens, the proscriptions which have been or
dered bv their leaders. The proscri
bed will necelTarily find some defenders; a
cohibat will enfne, and such Menibers of the
Convention as (hall have been led astray, will
b» theni(elves maffbcred. The National Re
presentation will then be deftrayed ; the
flahies of civil war will break forth, and the
depaftments and the armies will be divided.
f" A prey to anarchy, there no longer re
mains to France a rallying point. Duung
th«fe intervals, all the armies at the feme
time attack our frontiers, the Aristocrats
Jljew themselves, and the Counter-revolution
is effected.
u Citizen*, this is the ahyfs into which vou
aT ® ® 1 b ?. 0t1:0 1,6 precipitated, "if, notwith-
that yon hate just heard, you per.
fi#in foWowi'ng the'inftigations of thfcfe' who
tnifiead Votf- ■ I' clfll heavbfi to. »itbefs, it is
fur'ynuV welfare 4)<<ne that I fpenlt—lf you
'tfcnld bb'ttoni of'my heart, you would
fhfte (Afcover W<r ihuch I abhor slavery
few mucl) I adore liberty. It is (he who at
this moment inspires me.
" I owe to my country the declaration that I
have made—l have discharged iny cmifcienc'e,
and, firm at my post, I wait the event.
" I love the people too well not to use mv
utmost endeavors to lave them frrm the ef
fects of their own madness ; and if in the cx
cefs <?f their blir.dnef's it rtiou'd happen, that
in this chair I ihonkl receive their attacks,
covered with wounds I will still offer up mv
prayers for their happiness, and my last words
fliall be " O God. prelerve the liberty of my
country, and pardon those murderers, they
know not what they do."'
(Signed)
In my letter of the 20th y to you, }i 1.1
wre b "' the moma,tar :f \xpcaati<m of an
awful andtremendous crisis ; and never -was the Rate
•f this metropolis so critical as it is at the present
moment. By the aidrefs of the President of the
Convention to tie people,you will perceive ho-w mat
ter, are csreumjlanced, and in addition to this Rate
merit, lake 'he flln-ain? particulars '
The populace ajfe.nhle in great Mbs, and ieame
more ant mere riotMs and importunate. Ttn ex
prcf, their deflation of the present Jate of thir, -s,
ca.l out for taivs and government, and in the Intt'f
toe Convention the legijlators are at <acb f.uim- in
fu.ted by the galleries.. J 4
I#*** taftrr .
b n dcd by the »></**viru atL,,
i.UvO Citizens of all rank,, fa
immediate dec'tfton fiecejf.iry. '
Boulanger, ibe »,1L commandant general, i„
M"< firrfmng tfc mu ck danger and difceu'ty at
fbc preftnt crift,, in the post of honor aJ,,n,d'toh im
. Ibe department, arc j„ a fate liUt, better than
that of the metropolis. MarfeiUe,feem, ~ baver*.
nc-wed the plan of«federativefyftm of tbc father*
provinces m The felUn, of that city have got th,
better of the adverse party, and co-operate ■with tbofe
oj Bourdeaux ; many of tb, citizens bavt.fed, and,
greater number are apprehended and imp refined.
ItnvatyeJlcrJay announced in the Vonvention, that
no ' Cr ".n "* " di t'- ,nati ' mijLn to
GonflaxtinofUi Bai blen apprtkended on bis way iJ
toe rt.lfta-w of Bosnia * . 3
; 'Tbefuccef i'thf Sparing, hn'tiifriHrtei-y /4 ,
Pyrennu, has b.-tn rapid, They hdve nnde afnond
irruption in tic toiver department of the r* rennet;
have pojfrjj'ed tbemfelve, of St. 'jean de Llrz, and
threaten an attach on ,Bjyonne, in the vicinity of
■tuh ch city, it ba, beenf.ltyl in the "Jacobin,, thrt
have made their landing good to the number of tin
tbovfand. They have obtained a complete vifiory
over the troops of the Republic, at Stars.
National Convention of France
1 Mat j-z.
GENERAL CUSTJNE.
The following letter wa-read from this officer.
IVtijfembturg, May 18.
" O N t!lc l6th 1 reut orders to Genl. Hou
\J chard to attack Setnbach with his
whilst General Pully attacked the Piufliansat
Pertnertieim. In order iq attack the Pruffiant
with greater fucctfs I propagated a report a
n ongft them that I was reinfpr.-ed with cavalry
from the army of the Mofeile, andalfo with at.
tillery Irom Stralbourg.
" On the 16th, at eight o'clock at night, I
marched with 16 battaliuns, th.es regiments of
drasroons and five of caval.y, to take pott on tht
hei«hti of Denhcim. Tk<- tattle began it half
past five the following morning. Ouf artillery
had great ess. A. '1 lie battle a I ftrft was much
in our favor, but while our infant: y were form
«T> a regiment of our cavalry rode up toward»
them,V. hich a battalion of our troops taking for
the enemy, ran away and could not be rallied.
I did every thing to llop their flight but in vain;
and in runniHg off they Ihot at our troops and
behaved like cowards.
(Signed)
Copy of a letter from the Commiflioners of ihe
National Aflcmbly.
. " Head Quarters at Nartucp y TO
•* BEING arrived at the army of flic Moldle
on the 16th, we fourd that a battle was about
to take place. Wedefcended from our carriage
and got onhorfeback to iollow our brave troops
" Having advanced some distance, our -light
ii?fantty met the Pruflians at Neukirchen. Our
troops fought them within pistol Jhot. The
enemy soon retired. General Houchard order
ed a regiment of dragoons to advance, while out
light trAops. attacked.the village. The Prolfi*
ana however, thought fit not tOuWait*. ajtfl rail
off.
" Our troops pursued them to the valley o(
Hombourg and Carlfberg, when they hoped the
Prussians would make a stand and fight. We
waited an hour, however no enemy appeared.
Oor general finding the Prufiians would not
fight, and being unwilling to tire our troops,
ordered a retreat.
" Nothing can equal the regret of our troopi
at not fighting: they were mortified at being
ordered to retreat; and it wa» only in assuring
them that another opportunity would soon oi
fer, that they were persuaded to fall back.
" We have only to add, that w hilll we have
such brave defenders of our country, we need
not fear our enemies.
In the jacobin Sittings of the 24th, Ke,!ler
niann appeared among them, which created
murmuis and applause; After a good deal of
tumult, he said he was come among them to
take an path that he would die Tn the fertfke ot
the Republic \Vi olent —Some Member#
cried out, Dumourier had done the fame.
We have notatprefent time to enter into a
detail of thisfittiug, but it was decreed at length,
that in future no Jacobin fliould be obliged to
take an oath, for the word of an honourable
man was fufficiently binding. '
Club of Cordeliers.—May 16.
Varlet, an Apoftie of Liberty, proposed the
following measures, which were adopted by
the Club, who proposed to remain permanertt
till their execution.
i. To lend Couriers into all the Depart
ments, there to found the tocfw.
2. To commence an Infurredion at Paris,
arid to contrive within twenty-four hours af
ter its commencement, that it shall be the last.
3. To guillotine instantly all the Brifio
tines.— And,
4. To levy on all the rich, fuchJLoontribu
tion as Ihall ibon become a compeffnt fund ta
the needy.
May 18. Gsneral Miaczienflci, condemned
to die, had made, a member observed, 'impor
tant declarations, on which the Sovereign
People ought to judge—some of the Lejnfla
tor:, either of the Mountain or the Valley,
may thus turn out to be traitors.
" ISNARD."
[t was reported that a general meeting
should be held next day (the 19th) to address
the Convention 10 pass a Decree of Accusation
agai'iffc all the GironcJines, and to have them
tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal ; and to
enact that the poor ftin.ll be indemnified, at
the exoenceof the rich, for the excessive dear-
ness ofprovifions.—•All the Popular Sack
t'i? Municipality, the Sections, and th<
pie, to carry up this Address.
" CUSTINE."
Mir 14.
« MARIBAUT,
" mo'ntat,
•' SOUBRANY,
" MAINET."