UP rofe, majeftic, Phoebus' beam, And flaunting fhone on Nefs's ftream; Each bud reviv'd, its foliage fpread, That low the nightly dews had laid. Forth ifiu'd from his cot the fwain, Chear'd by the matin' fong on high; Bright fhone with liquid gems the plain, The water fhew'd another sky, When lo! the Genius of the ftream ap pear'd, And fhook her azure locks, and high her bofom rear'd, She thus began," With afpect bland With buildings crowd the vacant green; And bufy Industry his weapons wield, To raife the lofty fpire, or plow th' un broken field. "But moft with joy my bofom glows To view yon Dome, that late arofe; The dark'ning veil of frequent fold, hold; And hap'ly thus the country round regain From Superftition vile, and all her harpy train. Indulging fancy's fond prefage, I frequent fcan the future age, In robes of various hues attir'd A band of youths fhall ftraight ap pear; With love of arts and science fir'd, To ev'ry art and science dear; And fhewing fair pretence they gain the meed, Beftow'd by patriot wealth on each illaf trious deed. "With eager step oft o'er the fields, Or moffy dell, or wat'ry deep, Or trembling reptiles low that creep, All tacitly a moral theme afford, Difplaying wide the pow'r of nature's migh ty Lord. To mend the heart, improve the man, And cautious ftep by step to tread Long facred held for skill profound, The fcholar fhall to Nefs's fidé bring home The works of ancient times, the ftores af Greece and Rome. "Enraptured with the mufes fong, Reclufely from the giddy throng, Of hoary Bard of war who fings; With which or grove or valley rings; Bright infpiration fparkling in their eyes Anon a future Offian, Thomfon may arife! "Now nurtur'd foon by Science' ray, Miftaking ne'er his devious way. Securer fhall the failor glide Along the wildly waving tide: No longer trade shall strive, as wont, Deluded by a thought unjust, To fhun dear knowledge' ample fount, Afraid her limpid ftreams to truft: But, wiser grown, will feek its borders MONTHLY REGISTER, FOR APRIL 17936 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, MARCH 10. NATIONAL CONVENTION. THE HE Minifter of War flared, that Admiral Truguet's fquadron in the Mediterranean, though in their attack on Sardinia, they had repulfed the enemy in five different points, with great brave ry, yet upon the whole they had been unfuccefsful, and that Truguet had returned to Toulon with his fhips in bad condition. Barrere, in the name of the Committee of General Defence, gave in a réport on the political fituation of France with regard to Spain. He endeavoured to fhew that the King of Spain had never remained neuter that the Republic ought to avenge the infults which it had received from that monarch; and that one enemy more would only be a prefage of new victories! He therefore propofed, and the convention unanimously decreed, "Mandatories of the nation! it now becomes us to lay before you the juft complaints of the people. The National Convention has not employed all the energy which might have been expected from fuch a Legiflative Body. Bournon ville ought never to have been appointed to the Ministry, fince he does not enjoy the confidence of the nation. In the name of the Citizens here prefent, I demand his difmiffal. The Generals are not at their pofts and 'tis through their fault that our advance guard has been forced and defeated. I demand a decree of accufation against Dumourier, and his Staff and Field Officers." Lacroix faid, that the Prefident was a known Ariftocrat, and that his propofition was that of a traitor. He added, that the flag under which he prefented the defenders of the Republic, instead of the national colours, bore a fleur-de-lys. On these words, a three-coloured ribbon floated in the air over the battalion, and lighted on the flag itfelf. It was thrown from the galleries by a Female Article I The National Convention Citizen and was inftantly made the declares, in the name of the French Na- ftreamer of the flag, from which the fleurtion, that, in confideration of the multi-de-lys was torn indignantly. The Female plied acts of aggreffion on the part of Spain, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC IS AT WAR WITH THE KING OF SPAIN. II. The National Convention charges the Executive Council to call forth all the forces which may appear neceffary for repel ing the aggreffion. It therefore decrees, that the army of the Pyrennes be raised to 100,000 men. March 11. Bournonville, War Minifter, gave in his refignation. 12. A Deputation from the Section Poiffonniere, prefented at the bar the volunteers it had levied; but the fatiffaction of the Affembly was fucceeded by an emotion of general indignation, when the Prefident of the Deputation, thus delivered himself in continuation : Rr Citizen was brought from the gallery into the Convention, where the Prefident embraced her before all the people with the kijs of fraternity! Ifnard demanded a decree of accufation against the Prefident of the Section. His opinion was itrenuously fupported, and, among other Members, by Marat, who made a cria inal charge against a citizen named Fournier. "This man," faid Marat, "has found his way into the Hall of our deliberations, to provoke maffacre!" 66 lans," exclaimed Bourdon, "I heard Yesterday, on the Terrace des Feuilhim fay to the citizens, Had you followed Petion." me, I fhould have blown out the brains of The conduct of the Prefident of the Section tion was referred to the Committee of General Safety; and an order given for the arreft of Fournier, and his papers to be fealed. 13. The Affembly were examining the caufes of the infurrections of the 9th and Foth infta 1, and committed two of the perfons concerned to cuftody. The Prefident read several letters from the War Minifter, from whence it appeared, That Dumourier had fufpended his conquefts in Holland, to take the command of the Army of Valence and Miranda; That Bournonville was arranging the battalions gone, and ready to depart, from Paris; he praifed the zeal of the Sections, and informed the Convention, that 7063 men are fet off, and that a ftill more confiderable number will follow; That General Biron had remitted him an account of important facceffes obtained by the French troops over the Piedontefe. The Minifter of Juftice complained of the propofition made by a Member of the Jacobins, to lay violent hands on the right fide of the Convention, and on the Minister. 16. The Committees of Public Inftrué tion, and of Finances, decreet the fuppreffion of the Convent of St Cyr. De Maulde, the late Minifter at the Hague, complained of the conduct of the Minifter of Foreign Affairs, in fo prematurely declaring war against Hol land. Referred to the Committee of General Defence, and the Diplomatic Committee. 18. Letter from the Commiffioners of the National Convention in the Department of Loiret. "Orleans, March 16. "Having arrived here vefterday, we Convention, Leonard Bourdon and his joined the other Commiffioners of the colleague. We proceeded to the Com mons Houfe. As we paffed before' a guard, pofted oppofite to it, we heard the foldiers pronounce thefe words, "There go the villains-They are about to depart." At the fame moment we were furrounded by feveral perfons, who came out from the guard-houfe, and having feparated Leonard Bourdon from Hotel de Ville. They fired feveral musus, dragged him into a court of the ke. fhots around us. “ ́During this time they were mang. This was explained by Du Bois Deling Leonard Bourdon in the antichamber of the Hotel de Ville.-Leonard Bourdon, Crance; he acknowledged fuch a pro- however, is not, it is faid, in danger. He is pofition had been made, but that it was indebted for his life to the Commandant received with universal indignation. of the Guard, who covered him with his 14. The Convention proceeded to the election of Minifters for the War and Home departments. For the War Minifter, 366 out of 520 were in favour of Bournonville, who was therefore elected. Garat had 300 out of 520 votes, and was confequently declared Home Minif ter. Lafource, from the Committee of General Safety, informed the Affembly that they had difcovered the latent, caufes of the late difturbances, and that they had arrested, in various parts of France, 28 perfons concerned in this plot, which they had traced to the late king's brothers, and the powers at open war with France. 15. The Prefident declared that Garat, Le Paux, Rabaud, Delaunay, Gomer, and Prieur, were elected Commiffioners of the Revolutionary Tribunal. Garat accepted the Home Ministry. Bournonville withdrew his refignation; he begged, however, that he might be permitted to visit the Army the lat. ter end of April. body. When we entered the Hotel de Ville, we found our colleague lying weltering in blood. Letter from Leonard Bourbon. "I also have shed my blood for my country. New Paris's, to the number of more than thirty, rufhed upon me, threw me down, furrounded me with their bayonets, and wounded me in the head, one arm, and the lower part of the belly. I had the good fortune to avoid other blows, and am indebted for my life to the Commandant of the Guard, who made his body a rampart to protect me.' 19. The Minister of War addreffed to the Convention the following letter from Dumourier : Tirlemont, March 16. 1793. "I have the honour to announce, with the greateft fatisfaction, Citizen Minifter, that the check at Aix-la-Chappelle, was yesterday repaired in the most diftinguished manner. Yefterday, the Esth, the Auftrians attacked and took Tir Tirlemont, where we had only 400 men. That large city not being capable of any defence, and being open to the body of the advanced guard placed upon the five heights of Cumplicht, the CampMarefchal Lamarche defended it with a courage and ability, which faved the French army, in giving time to march to his fuccour with the different divifions of the army. A mistake in the execution of the orders might have fpread an -alarm to Bruffels, and even to Paris, because these corps, in place of going to the place of their deftination, fell back; this might have made it believed that the evil was greater than it really was. "This morning I attacked Tirlemont by the right and left, with a part of the army, the reft not being able to join me. General Valence commanded the right attack, Miranda that of the left, and Egalité that of the centre. We carried the town fword in hand. We paffed it in pu fuit of the enemy, who, in his turn, attacked it with much bravery in the two villages of Coidefenhovere and of Hautendoruer; the army not only defended itself with the greateft firmnefs, but attacked in its turn with fuc cefs, and the night only put an end to the combat, which lafted with little interval for repofe, from mid-day yefter: day to feven o'clock this evening. All the corps of the army fhewed the great eft courage; the enemy difplayed much ability in his manœuvres. Dumourier." 20. A Member. At Montargis, there has been an infurrection, occafioned by the levying of troops.-The conftituted authorities were infulted; the Magif trates were beaten; and Manuel has been affaulted, and lies at this moment in a prifon covered with more than fixty wounds. I have long been intimate with Manuel, he might have been miflaken in his political opinions. But in the courfe of a long intimacy, I have always found him fiacere and irreproachable. It is horrid to think that the people would have been excited to affafinate in fo odious a manner, a peaceable Citizen, who would no longer interfere with public affairs. The Nominal Appeal was proceeded to for the election of a Minifter of Juftice; the voting Members were to the number of 414. Goyer obtained 275 votes; Louiféau, II; Arbancre from Toulouse, 14; Hermand, 3; Grouville, 1. Goyer was proclaimed Minifter of Justice. A letter from Leonard Bourdon was read. He informed the Convention, that he is likely foon to recover his health. He added, that a crown piece coined with the fymbols of Liberty, which he had in his waistcoat pocket, was the only thing tha: faved his life, having refiled a mortal ftab which was given him by a ferocious and fanguinary villain. He joined to his letter a procefs verbal of that event. 24. The Commiffioners with the Belgic army ftated, that they had fufpended General Miranda, and the Colore! of the 73d regiment of infantry. Decreed, that the General and the Colonel be brought prifoners to the bar. 30. Camus." The committee of general defence has charged me to propofe to you measures of fafety, refolved upon this night. Dispatches arrived yefterday from the ariny inform us, that the moft odious plots are in agitation for the deftruction of the Republic. I propose, 1. To order General Dumourier to the bar. 2. That the Minifter at War fhall inftantly fet out to examine the flate of the army of the North. 3. That four Commiffioners, members of the Convention, fhall repair to the faid army, with powers to fufpend and arreft all Generals and Military Officers whom they fhall fufpect, and bring them to the bar." This decree was passed almoft unanimouly. April 1, Cambaceres, in the name of the committee of public safety, read a letter of Dumourier to the National Convention, of the 12th, and another of the 28th of March, addreffed to Burnonville. In thele letters Dumourier defcribes the army as in a fate of the greateft diforder, and not having provifions for more than ten days; the new levies fent to recruit the armies confift of old men and children, who, fo far from being useful, ferve only to increase the confufion, and confume the provifions. He declares, that if order and difcipline be not reflored that if fifty authorities --Rr 2 Breard. I am not going to fpeak in praife of Manuel, nor will speak againft him; we are not to examine his opinions; he was cruelly murdered; he is now in prison, and our duty is to render juftice to him. I move, that the Committee of General Safety should be charged to make us to morrow a report on this fubject. Decreed. cach each more abfurd than the other, continue to direct al poli ical and military operations, France is loft. He affirms, that it is impossible for him to stop the progrefs of the enemy, who, with an army of 20,000 cavalry, lay waste and reduce to afhes all that part of the country which is in the neighbourhood of Paris. Dumourier concludes this melancholy reprefentation of the ftate of af fairs, with beftowing eulogiums on the clemency and moderation of the Auftrians, which were intitied to the more praife, as from the example of cruelty and outrage which the French had exhibited, a very different conduct on their part might have been expected. I, fays he, have always affirmed, and I repeat, that a Republic can only be founded on virtue, and that freedom can be maintained only by order and wisdom. Cambaceres gave an account of the proceedings of the Commiffioners. They found Dumourier at Tournay, with Madame Sillery, with Pamela, Egalité, and Valence. He was furrounded with deputations from the diftrict of Cambrai. The interview was violent. Dumourier expreffed himself in terms of invective against the Jacobins. "They will ruin France," faid he: "But I will fave it, though they fhould call me a Cæfar, a Cromwell, a Monk." The Conimiffioners diffembled, on purpose the better to difcover the extent of his views. Encouraged by these overtures, Dumourier no longer kept any bounds. He faid that the Convention were a herd of ruffans, whom he all, equally, held in abhorrence. That all the volunteers were, poliroons; but all their efforts would be in vain. If the Queen and her family are threatened, I will march to Paris; it is my fixed intention; and the. Con vention will not exift three weeks longer." The Commithoners asked him, Do not you wish to have the Conftitution?-A. It is a foolish Conftitution; I expected. better from Condorce.-2.Do you wish to have a King ?—A. We must have one ; I have already entered into a negociation with the Prince of Cobourg for an exchange of prifoners; and for the pure, pofe of withdrawing from Holland thofe eighteen battalions who are on the point of being cut off-2. But your negocia tions with Cobourg, and the peace which you with to procure to France, will not have the effect to metamorphofe Republicans into Royalifts?--A. No matter. Muft I again tell you? I will be at Paris in three weeks! and I will then be able to prevent them from going on with their projects or Libe ty and a Republic. Since the battle of J mapp, I have swept over my fuccefs in fo bad a caufe. France must have a King.-2. How would you inftall your King?—A. My-army if I chufe, fh i be an army of Mamalukes. With twelve thousand men I will take Paris, or compel it to furrender by iamine.-2. But may not you be stopt in your proj ts? A. I defpife the Convention; i will foon be reduced to the Bailliwiks of Paris. 4. The popular Society of Toulon denounced General Paoli as a supporter of defpotism. Marat accufed him of being an intriguer, afpiring to the Sovereignty of his ifland, and devoted to the English. He moved, that he be put in a state of accufation. The Convention decreed, that General Paoli fhould be ordered to the bar, to give an account of his conduct. The Convention were thrown into the greatest confternation by the intelligence that General Dumcurier had acted the part of a trailor; that he had arrefted Bournonville and the Commiffioners fent by the Convention to carry him to Paris. The Convention immediately declared the country in danger, and voted the fitting permanent. 5. It was decreed that all the fuperior officers taken prifoners, fhould be brought to Paris, and answer with their heads for the lives of the Commiffioners. It was decreed, that 10,000 men should be raised for the defence of Paris. No ei devant nobles to be admitted into this army. 7. It was decreed, that all the Members of the Bourbon Family whatever, fhall be kept as hoftages for the safety of Bournonville and the Commiflioners. The Royal prisoners in the Temple not to be removed from Paris. ! Philip Egalité, Duke of Orleans, fent a letter, defiring to know if it was meant to include him, a Representative of the People, in the decree against the Bourbons--"Yes, Yes," was repeated from every part of the Hall. Cuftine ftated, in a letter from Landau, that being able to make no effectual refiftance again ft the enemy, he had orderdered back to Alface all the ammunition and provifions. Thirty-two thousand of the combined armies blockaded Mentz, and 80,000 preffed on the General, who could fcarcely mufter a few broken fquadrons to oppofe 50,000 in the best order. |