Part 13 (1/2)

The telegraph first made use of.

15. An amba.s.sador from America receives the fraternal kiss.

26. L'Ecluse surrenders by capitulation to the French.

Ordered, that all persons may travel freely without pa.s.sports in the interior of the republic.

The new amba.s.sador from Geneva received in the convention.

29. Valenciennes surrenders; its garrison consisted of 8ooo men, of whom 1100 were emigrants.

30. Conde surrenders to the French.

Freron and Tallien propose measures of moderation, that is, a system opposite to that of terror.

_Sept_. 1. The Emperor threatens to withdraw his troops, if the circles of Germany do not support him better.

The academy cf arts and sciences of Paris discovers a method of making pot-ash from the horse-chesnut (sic).

Bois-le-Duc and Breda inundated.

The convention pa.s.ses some decrees favourable to the emigrants.

5. Roch.e.l.le and Montfort denounce the n.o.bles and priests.

6. An orator of one of the electoral clubs of Paris presents a pet.i.tion, which he is unable to read.

Bertier acquaints the convention that he has set at liberty all prisoners in the North under 15 years of age.

The convention receives numerous congratulations on the death of Robespierre.

Tallien resigns his seat as member of the committee of public safety.

Motion of Barrere against bankers and stockjobbers.

An attempt is made to a.s.sa.s.sinate Tallien, but he escapes with some severe wounds.

10. The flag of the republic of Geneva is received into the convention.

Merlin, of Thionville, makes an animated speech in the convention against the jacobins.

The two ruling parties in the convention are, the partizans of terror, called the Mountain. and the Moderates.

Protests and placarts (sic) are stuck up in all parts of Paris against the despotism of the convention.

11. The convention decrees that all those shall be subject to the laws against emigrants, who quitted France since the 1st of July 1789, and did not return before 9th of May 1792.

Decreed, that the nation will pay no more salaries to ministers, or others officiating in any religious wors.h.i.+p.

Motion by Duhem to expel all that remains of the family of Capet from the territory of the republic.

Report of Lindet on the state of France, in which are marked its dangers, errors, and disasters.

The Spaniards are forced to give up the important city of Bellegard to the French at discretion.

12. The Piedmontese are repulsed with considerable loss.

13. Great commotions at Ma.r.s.eilles.

15. Ordered, that the remains of Marat be interred in the Pantheon.

16. The British and Hanoverians pa.s.s the Rhine with some loss. The Duke of York retires to Nimeguen.

Ceremonies established for the observance of the days called ”Sans-culottides,” which are the supplementary days of the republican calendar.

General Clairfait marches towards Cologn (sic), and pa.s.ses the Roar (sic).

The French invest Maestricht, and take possession of Aix-la-Chapelle, Malmedi, and Spa.

Balloons are used by the French to make observations of their enemy's proceedings.

Twenty-nine waggons loaded with gold and silver, to the value of 18,359,404 livres are brought to Paris from Belgium.

The throne of the Elector of Treves is among the spoils.

25. A national festival is celebrated at Paris on account of the evacuation of the French territory by the enemy.

27. Crevecoeur surrenders by capitulation to the French.

30. The allies still continue to retreat.

Decreed, that all directories and all munic.i.p.al bodies of the republic shall be purified; and all revolutionary committees reorganized.

_Oct_. 1. General Clairfait pa.s.ses the Rhine.

Keyserslautern taken by the Prussians.

3. The French enter Juliers. The body of Rousseau transferred to the Pantheon.

4. Bommel and Bois-le-Duc surrender to the French.

The garrison of Nimeguen sallies, and kills 2000 French.

Proclamation of the Prince of Orange, exhorting the Dutch to resist the enemy in a body (en ma.s.se.) 5. Lyons permitted to resume its name--confiscation, and ma.s.sacres are suspended there.

6. The convention addresses the French people to acquaint them that henceforward the order of the day shall be ”severe, but not atrocious or ”sanguinary justice.”

Pichegru makes himself master of Cologne, Gueldres, and Cleves.