Convention in France

readinefs for the fervice of the armies. The young men fhall march to the combat: the married men thall forge arms, and tranfport the provifions: the women hall make tents and cloaths, and wait in the hofpitals the children fhall make fint of old linen: the old men that cause themfelves to be carried to the public fquares, to excite the Courage of the warriors, to preach, hatred againit Kings, aud the unity of the Republic. II, "The National Edifices fhall be converted into ftore-houfes: the ground of the cellars thall be wathed with ley, to extract the falt-petre.

III. "The murkets and arms of calibre fhall he immediately delivered to thofe who are to march against the enemy: the internal fervice of the Republic fhall be performed with fowling-pieces,

All faddle-horfes fhall he given ap, to complete the Cavalry: the draught horfes and others, except thofe employed for purposes of agriculture, fhall convey the artillery and provifions.

V. "The Committee of Public Welfare is charged to take all neceffary meafures to eftablith, without delay, an extraordigny manufacture of armas of all kinds, fuitable to the efforts of the French nation. It is authorifed, in confequence, to form all the eftablishments, manufactories, and work ng places, which fhall be deemed neceilary for the execution of thofs works; and to fummon throughout the Republic all the artifts and workmen who can contribute to their fuccefs. The fun of thirty millions Thall be at the difpofal of the Minier at War, to be taken out of the four hundred and twenty-eight millions of 1yres in af fignats, which are in referve in the cheft with three keys. The central eftablishment of this extraordinary manufacture thall be at Paris,

VI. "The Reprefentatives of the people, fent into the Departmen's to execute the prefent law, fhall have the fame authority, and fhall concert measures with the Committee of Public Welfare: they are invefted with the unlimited powers, attributed to the Reprefentatives of the People with the armies.

VII. "No Frenchman, fummoned to ferve, fhall be fuffered to fend a fubflitute. The Public Functionaries fhall remain on their poft.

VIIL" The rifing or movement thall be general: the unmarried or widowed Citizens, from the age of 18 to 25, thall march first; they fhall form, without delay, in the chief place of their diffrict; they fhall daily be exerc fed till the day of their departure.

IX. "The Reprefentatives of the People fhall regulate the calls and the marches, fo that the armed Citizens may not reach the place of rendezvous before the fupplies and ammunition, and all the mechanical part of

XV. "The National Convention appoints Citizens Chabot, Talien, Carpentier, Renaud, Dartcoyte, Laplanche of Vievre, Mallarme, Legendre, Lapot, Roux-Fuz lac, Paganel, Boilet. Tallifer, Bayle, Finet, Fayau, Lacios, and Ingrand, as Adjuncts to the Reprefentatives of the People who are actually in the armies and in the departments, in order to execute in concert with XVI. them the prefent decree.

The Commiffioners of the Primary Affemblies are invited to repair, without delay, to the departments, to fulfil the of the 14th of Auguft, and to receive the civic miflion intrufted to them by the deace commiffions which fhall be aligned to them by the Reprefentatives of the People.

XVII. The Minitter at War is charged to take all the meafures neceflary for the execution of the prefent decree. The fum of 59 millions thall be pot at his difpofal, to be the cheft with three keys. taken out of the 458 millions of affignats in

XVIII. The prefent decree thail be fent into the Departments by extraordinary couriers."

August 26. A Deputation from Vincennes and the adjacent Common Ities, confifting of perfons of all ages, fexes, and deferiptions, was admitted to the Bar, when their orator made the following addrefs: "It is but a little while ago that we af peared within this Hall, to channt hymns of joy and congratulation; but now we muft utter before you cries of diftrefs and fhrieks of woe!-We are abfolute y left without bread; and what little has remained is of the most unwholefome and det ftable quality. We fuffer the horrors of Famine,

fince

of the National Convention in France

fince we are no longer allowed to purchase
We fee infcribed
eur provifions at Paris
on every door, or gate, the words Equa
lity! Fraternity! Yet Paris has bread, and
we have none; and when we come to fetch
fome, instead of finding brothers, we fee
cannon planted against our breafts!-Legif
lators, take into confideration our fufferings
and our diftrefs."

Here another Deputation of Citizens from Charenton and its adjacent Commonalties, equal in number to the former, was admitted to the Bar, and told the fame diftreffing and pitiful tale.

On the motion of Chabot and Thuriot, the Convention immediately decreed the ettablishment of a Commiffion of five of its Members, charged to enquire, without delay, into the ftate of Supplies, and to prefent their Report to-morrow. Motion refpecting the Danish, Swedish, and Hanfeatic Flags.

Simeon-"The fhips which fail to and from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, all bear the Danish and the Hanfeatic Flag: the Powers leagued against the Liberty of France profit by thofe Neutral Flags to fupply their refpective Countries with all pro vifions neceffary for their fubfiftence; and the Decree, which the Convention has palled in favour of the Hans Towns, is of no advantage to France, as none of those ships caft anchor in the harbours of the Republic. Now, as we are certain of the meatures which the Hans Towns have adopted by virtue of the orders of the Diet of Ratif, and as the exportation of corn has been for bidden them, I move that thofe towns be declared enemies to the Republic."

Several Menibers demanded, that this motion be referred to the Diplomatic Com mittee.

Ruhl-The name of Hans Towns is now without a meaning: and as they conftitute a part of the Germanic Empire, which is at war with France, their flag ought to be no more respected; their apparent neutrality ought not to render you fcrupulous, If France threatens them, they answer under the mask of their pretended neutrality: if the Emperor, on the other hand, addiets his mandates to them, they aufwer, We follow the common caufe; we have fur nifhed our contingent; we have athered to the conclufum of the Diet of Ratisbon. Since the peace of 1695, the Hans Towns cealed to form a State; it was not in their power to promife us neutrality, when they wanted independence. I move that the flag of thofe towns ceale to be refpected,"

Thuriot moved, that this motion be left to the Diplomatic Committee.

Ruhl infifted, that this Committee do make a Report upon the question, whether or not the Kings of Denmark and Sweden ought to be confidered as enemies of the Republic the former, because he is Duke

of Holstein; and the latter, because he bears the title of Duke of Pomerania

André We have already made felves too many enemies, by deliberating too flightly upon political queftions, which ought to have been previously confidered in all their references. The Hanfeatic Cities have not behaved as they ought to have Jone; but the Convention will no doubt confider, that they are the granaries of Erope, and that the Republic ought not, without neceffity, to deprive hertelf of a refource which deferves a fecond though The confiderations of the Public Weal muft outweigh all others. I request that all thefs propofitions be left to the confideration of the Committee of Public Welfare.”

Ruhl was of opinion that his fecond motion might be referred: but as to the first, refpecting the Hans Towns, he contended that the matter was felf evident, and that it was the intereft of the Republic to come to a rupture with them.

Referred to the Committee of Public Welfare.,

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Genoa, Nov. 4. Our Republic has not for this half century been in fo critical a fituation as it is at prefent. The commanders of the English and Spanish 'forces in our port (which in the courfe of last week have been augmented with some ships of the line, frigates, floops, and cutters, English, Nea politan, and Spanish,) perfift in urging our Republic to join the coalition against France, and even ufe threats on the occafion. There is, however, a strong party here who oppose them in favour of the Convention. The late ter are charged with the most finifter defigns, and Government have again ordered a rid of public prayers, which finished on Monday laft, to return thanks to Heaven for prefeiving the ftate from the danger which threatened it, A confpiracy, it is faid, has been difcovered, formed by men who, by means of a feditious anarchy, thought to reap the advantage of a general diforder. One of thofe confpirators has been arrefted at Pozzuolo, and amongst his papers they have found the names of all the confpirators, or at least those who were to affitt in the bufi nefs; their number exceeds 3000. They have found, at the fame time, their plans, the expences already incurred, and those which they were still to incur, to procure adherents and abettors. The chief of the confpirators, who they fay alfo is arrested, is one Poli Romain, who was in the fervice of Mr. Tilly, the refident Minister of the Convention. It is farther afferted, that, in the lift feized among the papers of the prifoners, there are the names of the 14 Patricians, all young met, fome of whom have already quitted Genoa, under pretence of the Fil legiatine, that is, according to the Italian custom, to go and spend some time in the

country,

country. The plan, it feems, was to fet fire to Porto-Franco, and the Hofpital for the Poor; and during the general confufion, whilft the inhabitants were employed in extinguishing the fire, 600 of the confpira tors were to proceed to the bank of St. George, and pillage it: 300 more were to get poffeffion of the fort and battery of St. Benigno, 250 of the battery of Della-Cava, 250 of the battery of La Stria, and 2ce of the arsenal of the Falace; the rest of them were to difperfe themfelves round this city, and pillage and plunder every thing they came near. We are at prefent, however, uncertain as to the truth or falfity of all these reports. Warfare, Nov. 13. In the Sitting of the Diet on the 6th infant, an ordinance was paffed, by virtue of which it has been refolved:

1. No general commanding on the frontiers fhall fuffer any Frenchman to enter the Polish territory, without he can produce fufficient teftimonials that he is no Jacobin.

2. All the ambulant or vagrant Frenchmen, who are not able to produce a refpectable certificate, thall be put under arreft. 73. The French, actuiNy fettled and domi ciliated in Poland, thall abjure the principles now ruling in France, acknowledge Louis XVII. as king, and promife not to correfpond with any Jacobin. All thofe who fhall refufe to take that oath fhall quit the Polish territories. But those who halt tranfgrefs hereafter are to be conducted beyond the frontiers, and to forfeit their honour and property.

4. The circulation of all new French books, journals, gazettes, as likewife the printing of any works offenfive to Government, are prohibited, under a penalty of 6 co florins.

Another ordinance against luxury is now preparing, and will be ready before the clofe of the Diet, Nov. 25.

The King's houfehold is to be much reduced: his Majefty's Chamberlains, who formerly amoun',' to twelve, are brought down to five only.

The plan of the above-mentioned, ordinance against the French had been delivered to the Diet on the 2d inftant by M. Miaczienski, Palatine of Lubin, brother to the French General of the fame name who was executed fome time ago. The adoption of that plan was however poftpoued till the Ruffian ambaffador fhould have delivered a note refpecting it, which happened accordingly on the 6th.

In the Sitting of the Diet on the 5th, all the public and fecret Refolutions of the Confederation of Targovicz were annulled. All the inhabitants, who forfeited their eftates in confequence of thefe refolutions, are to retake poffeffion of them without any trial cr law-fuit.

The Proteftants have obtained leave to erect churches throughout Poland.

All the commiffions and department ftate, efpecially that of Police, are to be put upon the antient footing.

Leghorn, Nov. 27. Yesterday we wit neffèd a moft dreadful cataftropise. Le Scipio, a French fhip, of 74 guns, and 690 men, at anchor in this port with the British fquadron, under the command of admiral Colby, became a prey to the flames. At 3 in the afternoon, large volumes of black fmoke, rifing from all parts of the thip, were the forerunners of the flames, which a few moments after began to break forth. The crew, who were almoft all on-board of her, and had not the malle fufpicion of any accident, finding they could not with, ftand the rage of the fire, mostly flung themselves through the flames into the fea, every one triving to escape with his life. Meanwhile, the jolly-boats belonging to the British, Swedish, and Neapolitau men of war, picked up feveral of the unfortunate fufferers; and many dead bodies were afterwards taken up, fuffocated, or drowned. The rest, being invalids, or wishing to extingnish the flames, which began to fpread in every part, fell victims. About 4 o'clock, all the rigging and mafts were seen on fire: the port holes of the cannon refembling fo many furnaces iffing fiery lava. The guns, loaded either with grape-hot or balls, went off, and threatened to fet fire to the reft of the shipping. Rear Admiral Colby finding the fquadron of his Britannic Ma jefty too near the French ship, and exposed to the molt imminent danger, immediately. failed from the harbour. Shortly after, the French thip bore away from her anchors, all on fire: fortunately a strong gale from the land preferved the thipping in the har bour from deftruction while the scipio paffed along, and that prevented greater misfor tunes. About eight o'clock in the evening the Scipio was four Italian miles from the port when the great explosion took place in the store-rooms, containing 300 barrels of gun-powder. The column of fire role to the height of near 300 fathoms; a large fmoke enfùed, which' appeared interfected with flames, and during feveral minutes the whole horizon feemed to be on fire. explofion was fo great, that it refembled the effect of the most dreadful fhock of an earthquake, and an immenfe number of window panes in this city burft. After the explosion of the store-room, the water rushed into the body of the hulk, which began to fink. About 2 in the morning no, farther figns of five appeared on the farface of the fea. At day-break a piece of the ship was ftill feen out of the water, butt of coals, and covered with dead corpfes. This fhip was reckoned worth one million of plaftres; and 200 of the crew were loft, including M. de Goy, the Captain, who would not quit her. This dreadful accident is faid to have been occafioned by a barrel of brandy

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