FOREIGN NEW S. PRECISELY at five in the morning a general fummons was made throughout Paris. By this fummons all male and female citizens were invited instantly to decorate their houfes with the cherished colours of liberty, either by displaying new flags, or embellishing their old ones with garlands of flowers and greens. They then repaired to the principal rendezvous of their refpective fections, there to wait the fignal for fetting out. The men were all without arms, if we except the youths of from fourteen to eighteen years of age who were provided either with fwords and fufils, or with pikes. In each fection thefe youths formed a square battalion, marching twelve in front, and in the midst of them were placed the ftreamers and flag of the armed force of the fection, carried by thofe to whom they were ufually entrusted. Each adult citizen and each youth held in his hand an oak branch, while the matrons and young girls, arrayed in the colours of liberty, held in theirs, the former bouquets of rofes, and the latter baskets of flowers. To occupy the Mountain, elevated in the field of La Re-Union, each fection felected ten old men-ten matrons-ten young girls, their age between fifteen and twenty years-ten youths, VOL. IV. July 1794. their age between fifteen and eighteen years; and ten male infants, their age below eight years. The ten matrons felected by each fection were clad in white, and carried a fcarf of tri-coloured ribbon, extending to the left fide from the right fhoulder. The ten young girls were alfo in white, and with fimilar fcarfs their hair was interwoven with flowers. The ten youths were armed with fabres. By each fection a commiffioner was appointed to lead to the fpot fixed on for that purpose the fifty perfons felected by the section to be stationed on the Mountain; and to each of them, as well as to the commiffioner, was delivered a card, which was worn in a conspicuous way. All the inhabitants of Paris were provided with branches of oak, bouquets, garlands and baskets of flowers, and were ornamented with the colours of liberty. Precifely at eight in the morning, a discharge of artillery from the Pont Neuf announced the arrival of the moment for repairing to the National Garden. The inhabitants of each section now repaired thither in two columns, fix in front: men and youth to the right; the women, girls and children beneath eight years to the left. Between these columns in the centre, the fquare battalions of youths were placed. The commandant of the armed force of Paris commanded in chief during the proceffion, and under him, each commandant of a fection ftationed with his fection refpectively. When the proceffion reached the National Garden, a deputation announced to the Convention, that every preparation was made to celebrate the feftival of the Divinity. The Convention, preceded by large bands of mufic, then repaired to the Pavilion of Unity, and placed themfelves on a fuperb amphitheatre, where the Prefident afcended the Tribunal, and difplayed to the people the motives of this folemn feftival, inviting them to honour the Great Author of Nature. During the performance of a fymphony, the Prefident, armed with the torch of Truth, defcended from the amphitheatre, and approached I a monu a monument, erected in a circular bafon of ftone, reprefenting the monster of Atheism. From this monument, fet fire to by the Prefident, Wisdom sprang up. The Prefident then addreffed the people, and at this moment a fecond beat of drums announced the departure for the field of La ReUnion. Order of the march thither. A detachment of cavalry, preceded by trumpets-corps of fappers and pumpers-gunners an hundred drums, and the pupils of the military academy-twenty-four fections-the group of old men, &c. before defcribed-bands of mufic the National Convention encircled by a tri-coloured ribbon, carried by infancy adorned with violets, by youth adorned with myrtle, by virility adorned with oak, and by old age adorned with the leaves of the vine and olive. Each reprefentative carried in his hand a bouquet of ears of corn, flowers and fruits-and in the centre was a car, with a trophy, reprefenting the arts, trades and productions of the French territory, and drawn by eight heifers ornamented with feftoons and garlands. Next came an hundred drums-twenty-four fections, in the fame order with the preceding ones, with a car filled with blind children, who fung during the way a hymn to the Divinity and laftly a body of cavalry. When arrived at the field of La Re-Union, the musicians performed a hymn to the Supreme Being, and afterwards a grand fymphony. Several airs, compofed for the occafion, were fung, and a general discharge of artillery made amidst the fhouts of " Vive la Repub"lique." This concluded, the ceremony and the pro ceffion returned to Paris. June 13. A letter from the ifle of Rochefort, fituated between Angers and Nantz, dated the 5th inftant, ftates, that the patriots there as well as thofe belonging to the adjacent ifle of Chalonne, dreading a furprize on the part of the royalifts on the left fide of the Loire, and diftant from them half a league only, had en. trenched themselves. It adds, that the repub. lican troops had made a fortie from Nantz, and had defeated the remains of Charette's army. On this occafion, one of the aid-de-camps of the latter had been made prisoner, and the patriots had carried off 200 women, and had difcovered the caves where the rovalifts had concealed their warlike ftores and provisions. The council general of the commune has determined there fhall for the future be no armed force either at the public fettivals, or in the places where the affemblages are made, but that there fhall be fimply a guard of precaution, to, awe the traitors that may aim at disturbing the general feftivity.The council ftated, that the fections had furnished by levy a fupply of 260 waggon horfes. A letter from Iffoire in Auvergne had been read in the jacobin club, announcing, that Ameral, who attempted to affaffinate Collot d'Herbois, had reached England, a certain proof that he was the agent of the monster Pitt. Menou, fub-lieutenant of Carabineers, having spoken in favour of the re-establishment of royalty, had been acquitted by the revolutionary tribunal of Chalons, on the ground that he was inebriated at the time. On the motion of Chalier, the Convention has ordered Meñou to be brought before the Paris tribunal; and has enjoined the committee of public fafety to enquire into the conduct of the Chalons tribunal. Supplement extraordinary to the Bruffels Gazette, ---- BRUSSELS, June 15. Head-quarters at Tournay, June 14. THE enemy declining a battle on the banks of the Sambre, continually retreating before our victorious troops, and thereby preferving their force entire, it has been impoffible either to diminish our force in that quarter, or to weaken our pofition at Tournay, in order to reinforce general Clairfayt in Weft Flanders. Nevertheless, though pofitive proofs had been afforded within these few days of the great fuperiority of the enemy over M. Clairfayt, this general feeling the neceffity of doing every thing in his power to relieve Ypres, and the brave garrifon of that place, determined to make an attack on the enemy yesterday. He forced them to abandon their pofition, and to fall back upon Hooglede The advantage, however, which general Clairfayt obtained, notwithstanding the inferiority of his forces, could not be maintained. The allied troops, the brave generals who led them, in fhort, the whole of this little army performed prodigies of valour. Ten pieces of cannon were taken without the lofs of one on our part. But general Clairfayt was at length forced to yield to the fuperiority of the enemy, in a country interfected and difficult, where every man can act even without fhewing himfelf, and where every thing is decided by the number of troops. The enemy's lofs was confiderable. Ours is not yet pofitively ascertained. General Clairfayt, who in all fucceffive attacks, known always before-hand by the commander in chief, and conftantly approved by him, evinced as much activity as talents and courage, has refumed, with the greatest order, his former pofition, reinforced the garrifons of the adjacent places, and is about to re-commence operations with his remaining force. Londen fore to relate the fubfequent tranfactions not already communicated in my difpatch of the 2d inftant, to be delivered by my firft captain Sir Roger Curtis. Early in the morning of the 28th, the enemy were discovered by the advanced frigates, far diftant on the weather bow. The wind then fresh from S. by W. with a very rough sea. They came down for fome time in a loose order, feemingly unapprized that they had the After hauling to the wind British fleet in view. when they came nearer, they were fome hours before they could completely form in regular order of battle upon the ftarboard tack: the British fleet continuing as before in the order of failing. The time required for the enemy to perfect their difpofition had facilitated the nearer approach of his Majefty's fleet to them, and for the separately appointed and detached part of it, commanded by rear admiral Pafley, to be placed more advantageously for making an impreffion on their rear. The fignals denoting that intention being made, the rear admiral, near ypon the close of the day, led his divifion on with peculiar firmnefs, and attacked the three decked fhip, (the Revolutionaire) the fternmoft in the enemy's line. Making known foon after that he had a topmaft, disabled, assistance was directed to be given to him in that fituation. The quick approach of night only allowed me to obferve, that lord Hugh Seymour, (Conway) in the Leviathan, with equal good judgment and determined courage, pushed up along-fide of the three-decked French fhip, and was fupported, as it appeared, by captain Parker of the Audacious, in the moft fpirited manner. The darkness which now prevailed did not admit of my making any more accurate obfervations on the conduct of those ships and others concerned in the fame fervice; but I have fince learned that the Leviathan stretched on farther a-head, for bringing the fecond ship from the enemy's rear to action, as foon as her former station could be occupied by a fucceeding British fhip; alfo that the three-decked ship in the enemy's rear as aforesaid, being unfustained by their other fhips, ftruck to the Audacious, and they parted company together foon after. The two opponent fleets continued on the ftarboard tack, in a parallel direction, the enemy still to windward the remainder of the night, The British fleet appearing in the morning of the 29th, when in order of battle, to be far enough advanced for the ships in the van to make fome farther impreffion on the enemy's rear, was tacked in fucceffion with that in It could not for fome time be feen, through the fire from the two fleets in the van, to what extent that fignal was complied with. But as the fmoke at intervals difperfed, it was obferved that the Cæfar, the leading fhip of the British van, after being about on the starboard tack, and come abreast of the Queen Charlotte, had not kept to the wind; and that the appointed movement would confequently be liable to fail of the purpofed effect The Queen Charlotte was therefore immediately tacked, and followed by the Bellerophon, her fecond aftern, and foon after joined by the Leviathan, paffed through in action, between the fifth and fixth fhips in the rear of the enemy's line. She was put about again on the larboard tack forthwith, after the enemy, in preparation for renewing the action, with the advantage of that weathermoft fituation. The rest of the British fleet being at this time paffing to leeward, and without the 'fternmost fhips, mostly of the French line, the enemy wore again to the eastward in fucceffion, for fuccouring the difabled fhips of the rear; which intention, by reafon of the then difunited state of the fleet, and having no more than the two crippled hips, the Bellerophon and Leviathan, at that time near me, I was unable to obftru&t. The enemy having fucceeded in that operation, wore round again, after fome diftant cannonading of the nearest Britifh fhips, occa, fionally returned, and ftood away in order of battle on the larboard tack, followed by the British fleet in the fame order, but with the weather-gage retained, as foon as the fhips coming forward to clofe with the Queen Charlotte were fuitably arranged. The fleets remained separated fome few miles, in view at times on the intermiffion of a thick fog, which lafted most part of the two next days. The commander of a fleet, their lordships know, is unavoidably fo confined in his view of the occurrences in time of battle, as to be little capable of rendering perfonal teftimony to the meritorious service of officers who have profited, in a greater extent, by the opportunities to diftinguish themselves on fuch occafions. To discharge this part of my public duty, reports were called for from the flag officers of the fleet, for fupplying the defects of my obfer vance, under the limited circumftances abovementioned. Thofe officers, therefore, who have fuch particular claim to my attention, are the admirals Graves and fir Alexander Hoods the rear admirals Bowyer, Gardner and Pafley; the captains lord Hugh Seymour, Pakenham, Berkeley, Gambier, John Harvey, Payne, Parker, Henry Harvey, Pringle, Duckworth and Elphinftone:-Special notice is alfo due of the captains Nicholls of the Sovereign and Hope of the Bellerophon, who became charged with, and well conducted those ships, when the wounded flag officers, under whom they refpectively ferved therein, were no longer able to remain at their pofts; and the lieutenants Monckton of the Marlborough, and Donnelly of the Montague, in fimilar fituations. Thefe felections, however, fhould not be conftrued to the difadvantage of other commanders, who may have been equally deferving of the approbation of the lords commiffioners of the admiralty, although I am not enabled to make a particular statement of their merits. To the reports from the flag-officers are added thofe required from the feveral captains of the fleet, whereby their lordships will become more particularly acquainted with the meritorious fervices of the feveral commanders, and animated intrepidity of their fubordinate officers and ships companies; to which the defeat of the enemy, with every advantage of fituation and circumstances in their favour, is truly to be afcribed. To the like purport, I beg my teftimony, in behalf of the officers and company of every defçription in the Queen Charlotte may be accepted. Return of killed, wounded and missing, of the corps under the command of lieutenant-general the earl of Moira, at Aleft, July 6, 1794. 8th Regiment of Light Dragoons. 1 officer, 2 rank and file, killed. pofe of making enquiry into all the caufes and particulars of the plot formed against the safety and tranquillity of the state; of difcovering its authors and favourers, and of punishing them according to the laws. Public prayers have been ordered, to thank the Supreme Being for the difcovery of this plot. Another edict of the king prohibits all fecret I officer, 2 quarter-masters, 9 rank and file, meetings and affemblies, under whatever de wounded. I officer, 4 rank and file, miffing. 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons. I rank and file, killed. 2 rank and file, wounded. 27th Regiment of Foot. I ferjeant, i rank and file, wounded. 42d Ditto. I rank and file, wounded. 54th Ditto. 1 ferjeant, 4 rank and file, wounded. 3 rank and file, miffing. 57th Ditto. I rank and file, miffing. 59th Ditto. I rank and file, wounded. 87th Ditto. I officer, I rank and file, wounded. TOTAL. i officer, 3 rank and file, killed; 2 officers, 2 ferjeants, 2 quarter-mafters, 19 rank and file, wounded; 1 officer, 8 rank and file, miffing. nomination: even literary focieties are interdicted, provided they be not approved by the government. All the inhabitants of Turin and the environs, are required to give in a statement of the number of mufkets and other arms which they have in their poffeffion. The plot, which was discovered on the 24th, was to have been carried into execution on the night of the 25th. The confpirators, while the inhabitants fhould be employed in extinguishing the flames of the arfenal, which they were in the first place to fet fire to, were to maffacre all the royal family, as well as the minifters, and thofe nobles who were not in the plot. The houfes were marked, fome with a cross and the others with a gridiron. The mafters of the first were to be maffacred, with all their dependants, and thofe of the fecond arrested. The first of the foreign minifters to be maffacred was the marquis Gherardini, ambaffador from the emperor. The French, it is faid, were at the bot tom of this confpiracy, to whom were to be opened the gates on the fide of Pignerol, where they had a column ftationed, waiting the event. The leaders in this plot were La Tour, principal fecretary to the baron Hautville, minifter for foreign affairs; Chatelet and his brother, an officer; the chevalier Madrecone; the brothers Pierre and Aracon; a Frenchman, and a fecreMeran, the chevalier St. Juft, the count de la tary of the Ruffian minifter. All these accomplices being arrefted, the arfenal, the court, the citadel, and principal streets of the town, Horfes.- killed, 2 wounded, 7 miffing. were barricaded for the fake of fecurity. At Total 10. Officers killed, wounded and miffing. Adjutant Graham, of the 8th light dragoons, killed. Lieutenant-colonel Vandeleur, wounded. J. H. CRAIGG, ITALY. TURIN, May 28. There has just been published a royal patent treating a particular commiffion for the pur the fame time fimilar confpiracies were formed at Genoa and at Rome. Sentence of death is every moment expected to be pronounced upon general Rurour, who delivered up Saorgio to the French, and whe has fince been confined in prifon at Turin. Great fums were remitted to the infurgents by the jacobins of Paris; and people do not fcruple to report, that they were equally connected with the clubs in England. In the houses of the confpirators were found large quantities of gold and filver coin, as well as unwrought bars of the fame metals. We learn that at Barcelona and Carthagena they are extremely bufied in equipping forty fhips of war, which are to take on board a large body of troops, for a fecret expedition. The quantity of fnow which has lately fallen has compelled the French to withdraw from almost all the advanced heights, which they occupied, and likewise from the fort of Mirabocco. GERMANY. |