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NATIONAL CONVENTION.
SEPTEMBER 9.
TOULON DECLARED FOR MONARCH*.
The committee of public fafety communicated
a letter front Albite, Gafparin, and Saliccti,
commiifioncrs from the convention, dated M tr
l'eilles, August 29, by which it appeared that
the lections of Toulon have unahinioufly de
clared for monarchy.
The letter Hated, that for feme days the
Englilli squadron was cruifiug in fight of that
port ; that a frigate belonging to it, and bear
ing a flag of truce, appeared before Marftilles,
but not within gun-shot of the town ; that llie
delivered a proclamation from admiral Hood,
containing proposals for rtfloring monarchy,
and with it peace to France,
That a proclamation to the fame effect was
sent to Toulon, but with this difference, that
theEnglifh frigate which carried it was admitted
into the port.
That admiral Hood, in his proclamation,
offered to i’upply the inhabitants of Toulon
with provisions, money, and military (tores,
provided they would declare for a kingly go
vernment ; and in cftle his offers were accept
ed, to require that the French squadron in the
harbour fliould be dharmed, that the batteries
toward the fe-a be dismounted, and the fort:
intruded to the Englilli, to be garrisoned by
them.
( When this teas read, murmurs of indig
nation broke out in eVery quarter f the convention j
Jean Bon St. Andre licit read an intercepted
letter from Toulon, Hating that the lections ot
that city had doled*with the Britifli admiral,
and doled with his proposals—hut thatthc-l8
French illips lying in the nails, with hirings
upon their cables, were to ftadoneil as 10 pre -
.ncitTigliih from entering—and rcai ad
miral” Julien, who was at the head of this force,
was well feeondctl by the men of all the fliips.
Jean Bon St, Andre read another letter from
the commiffloners named by Marseilles, when
that city was in rebellion againd the conven
tion, written by them on board of an Englitli
frigate belonging to admiral Hood’s squadron,;
and addressed to the committee at Merfailles..
The letter from the commiffloners, the read
ing of which had been interrupted by Jean
Bon St. Andre, further Hated, that fubltquent
advice had brought intelligence, that the fort
of La Marche, at Bullion, had threatened to
fire upon the French squadron in that port, in
case it flionld attempt to oppose the entrance
of the Euglifli; and that to iliew that this
menace was serious, the people had actually
begun to heat the furnace for red hot balls;
that rear admiral Julien, abandoned by many
of bis officers, had been obliged to fly, and
had taken refuge in Marftilles, with fume of
his foidiers —and finally, that eight Englilli
flops of wat hud actually entered the port of
Toulon.
In the conclusion of the letter, Albite and
liis colleagues made no doubt that the republic
would take ample vengeance on the people of
Toulon for this infamous conduct ; they al
fured the convention that they are taking every
neceilary precaution to Hop the progreis of the
rebels in that city ; that general Carteau was
maHer of all the important palfes leading to
it; that the merchants of Marseilles had been
required to furuifli forthwith four millions of
livres ; that they were disarming all persons
in that city fufpedfed of difaffedlion to the re
public ; that the arms taken from them were
put into the hands of true and determined pa
triots ; and finally, that the Englilli would nut
be able to make any further progress in the
South.
The convention declared its approbation of
the measures pursued by its commillioners at
Marseilles; and declared that the minifier at
war fliould repay to the merchants of Mar
itilles the four millions of livres that had been
borrowed from them ■ and tiiat two millions
more fliould be added to tlieie, and placed in
the military chefl of thefouthern army.
. LONDON, September 18.
By advices from vice admiral lord Hood, re
ceived this evening, dated Victory, off the
llland of Fliers, the 2jth of Augult, it appeals
that an interconrfe had taken place between
the commillioners of Toulon and his lordliiin.
On the 28th lord Hood’s fleet landed 150 c
men, and took polfcffion of the batteries at the
mouth of the harbour.
7 he French fleet hauled into the inner roads,
and 011 the 29th the liritiih fleet, and the fleet
vs Spain, which joined on the Line day , au
thored in the outer road of Touion. It a
athj.td, that Marseilles was in poiiciltoa oi the
“ WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY.”— Franklin.
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republican troops under the command of ge
neral Carteau.
l ord Hood publiflied a preliminary decla
ration and proclamation, and received a paper
in anlwer, of which the following are copies:
Preliminary declaration.
If a candid and explicit declaration in favour
of monarchy is made at Toulon and Marseilles,
•and tile flandard of royalty hoified, the fliips
in the harbour diiinantled, and the ports and
lorts provisionally at my disposal, so as to al
low of the cgrels and regrets with fafety, the
people of the province llia.ll have all the aid
and iiipport his Britannic majefly’s flett under
my command can give; and not an atom of
private property of any individual fliall be
touched, but protected; having no other view
than that of refloring peace to a nation upon
just, liberal, and honourable terms: this mult
tie the balls of the treaty.
And whenever peace takes plate, which 1
hope and trust will be soon, the port, with all
the fliips in the harbour, and forts of Toulon,
lliall lie restored to France, with the ftoreslif
every kind, agreeable to the Icheduie that
may he delivered.
Given onboard the Victory, off Toulon,
this 29th of AugUft, 1793.
H O O D.
1) A.ll alien made to admiral lord Hood.
The general committee of the fcdlions of
Toulon, having read the proclamation of ad
miral lord Hood, commander in chief of his
Britannic majeftv’s squadron, together with the
preliminary declaration ; and, after having
communicated tlieie two papers to all the citi
zens ol the town of Toulon, united in lections :
Considering that France is torn by anarchy,
and that it is impoflible to cxill Ibnger „ y.f v
*0 the iaCiions with winch the country i- agi
tated, without its total deftruttion :
Considering that the fuuthern departments;
after having made long efforts to relift the
oppression of a party of factious men, who have
conspired to ruin them, find thenifelves drained
and deprived of allrelources to annihilate this
coalition of tlie evil disposed :
Confidering,*in fliort, that determined not
to submit to the tyranny of a convention that
has lworn to ruin the nation, the people of
Toulon and thole ol Marseilles would rather
have recourle to the.generofity of a loyal peo
ple, who have manilcfted the delire of protect
ing the true Frenchmen agamft the anarchists,
who wish to ruin them :
‘lLey declare to admiral Head,
I ft. That the unanimous wish of the inha
bitants of Toulon is to reject a coullitution
which does not promote their happinels, to
adopt a monarchical government, inch as it
was originally by the constituent assembly of
1789; and 11 Aoiilcqutnce, they have pro
claimed Louis XVII. Itm of Louis XVI. king,
and have lworn to acknowledge him, and r.o
longer lulFer the delpotifm ol tyrants, which
at this time govern France.
2d. That the white flag fliall he hoisted the
instant the F.nglifli squadron anchors in the
road of Toulon, and it will there meet the
mbit friendly reception.
3d. ‘That the flops of war now in the road
wiil he unarmed according to admiral Hood’s
willies.
4th. That the citadel and the forts of the
coalt iliail be provifionaily at the disposal of
the laid admiral; but for the better eltabiifli
i;ig the union which ought to exist between
the two people, it is requested that the garri
ioa fliall be composed of an equal number of
French and Fmghfli, and that nevertheless the
command fliall devolve to theEnglifh.
jth. Hie people of Toulon cruft the Englilli
nation will luruilh speedily a force fuflicient to
ailift in repelling the attacks with which they
are at this moment threatened, by the army of
Italy which marches towards Toulon, and by
tiiat of general Carteau, whole forces are di
rected agaimt Marseilles
6th. 7 'hat the people of Toulon, full of con
fidence in the generous cflurts of admiral Hood,
trull that all thole who hold civil and military
employments lliall be continued in their places,
I and fliall not be annoyed in their relpective
occupations.
tth. ) .j. t the fiibliftence and fuccours of
every kind, of which Toulon Hands inlleed,
will he allured to the inhabitants, by the com
bined fleets of the powers coalelced.
Bth. .That when peace fliall have been re-ef
tauiiftied in France, the fliips and forts which
iFiafl he put into the hands of the Englilli fliall
be reltored to the French nation in the fame
Irate they were in when the inventory was de-
II cured.
It is according to this declaration,if approv
ed of by admiral Hood, that the 7’oulonele
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER n, 1793.
will regard themfelvcs with good heart and
will as belonging to the Englilli and other
powers coalelced, and by whole fuccour will
tie brought about the peace alter which they
have so long panted.
Signed by
the PRESIDENT,
VICE PRESIDENT,
SECRETARY, Si c.
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Admiralty-offiic, Sept. 15.
Lord Flugh Conway, of his m a jelly’a flop
Leviathan, arrived here this day with a dil
patcli from vice-admiral lord Hood, commander
in chief in the Mediterranean, to Philip Ste
phens, efq. of which the following is a copy :
Victory , in the outer road of Toulon, A-‘g. 29.
Slit,.
lii my letter of the 2 tth, I had. the honour to
acquaint you, for the information of the lords
of the admiralty, of the situation of things at
Toulon and Marseilles ; since that, ftveral
meflages have palled between me and the lec
tions of Toulon ; and having aflurances, that
they had proclaimed Louis XVII. king, and
h.uj sworn to acknowledge him, and no longer
fuller the defpotilin of the tyrants which at
this time govern France, and tiiat tlicv would
be zealous in their endeavours to rcftorc peace
to their difaffeded and calamitous country, 1
came to the rcloiution of landing 1500 men, to
take pofftifion of the forts which command the
fliips in the road. St. Julien, a turbulent hot
’ beaded dunocr.it (to whom the Teamen had
\ given the command of the flett in the loom of
I 7'ragoffc), had the command of the forts orr
1 he h it hand of the harbour, and declared re
ttftan
In ail enterprises of war, danger more 01 less
is to be expected, and mull be liibmitted to ;
but imprelied with the great importance of
taking pofieflion of Toulon, the great fort of
Malgue, and Others 011 the main, in fhortnuig
the war, 1 fully relied that in case my endea
vours fliould not lucreed, 1 fliould be juflified
in running ionic Nik, being eolilcious 1 acted
to the heft of my judgment as a faithful servant
to my king and country : thercfoie at mid
night on the 27th, 1 made the neceilary ar
rangements for putting the troops on fl.ore
as near as possible to the great lort, without
their being motdled by thole batteries 111 the
hands of St. Julien, under the immediate pro
tection of the Meleager and Tartar, supported
by the Egmont, Robust, Courageux, and Co
lofies, which were all in the fort by noon on
the 28th. I authorifed captain Elpkinftone to
land and enter at the head of the troops, the
fort Malgue, and take upon liini the charge
and command as governor ; and directed cap
tain Dickenfon, on his anchoring, to fend a
flag with a peremptory notice to St. Julien,
that fucli fl.ipsas did not immediately proceed
into the inner harbour, and put their powder
on fliore, fliould he treated as enemies. All
but seven, whole crews ran oft” with St. Julian,
removed in the course of the day.
It is impoflible foi me to expreis my obliga
tions to don Languara, adequate to my let.i
ings, for the” Angular honour of his implicit
confidence in, and good opinion of me, in the
promptitude his excellency maniftfted to com
ply with the willies contained in my fecund
letter; as his excellency was not content with
fending admiral Gravina, but came with his
whole squadron, except four, which he left to
bring a body of troops from Rolellou, and
made his appearance from the deck of the
Vidlorv, as the troops of his majesty’s squadron
under my command were in the act of land
ing. Admiral Gravina came on board, and
upon my explaining to him the neceifity of as
manySpanilli troops being put on short imme
diately as could be fparedj he told me lie was
authorifed by bis admiral to pay attention to
any request 1 fliould make, and undertake to
prepare ICCO at least, to be landed this morn
ing, under the protection of four fliips 1 had
ordered to anchor, and were all in the fort
before 12 o’clock.
The corps of Carteau has been at Marseilles,
and committed all manner of enormities, and
is nowon its march to Toulon, exp..(fling to
join the army near at hand in Italy. The
former conlifts of 10,coo men; the number ol
the latter is not afeertained, but be it more or
lei’s, I trust the whole will make no imprefliun
even upon the town of Toulon : upon Fort
Malgue I am pretty confident they cannot do
it.
Information lias just been sent me, that
Carteau has planned to. feud away from Mar
feillcs all the money as well as merchandize,
in town; the former is said to conlift of four j
millions of livres; but J luve planned to pre-
vent him by fending off to Marseilles two
flops oi the line, with orders not to fuffvr any
vend to tail ; and 1 am row lending two fri
giftes ‘ v mi ii I could not f|Mrc before.
After haying taken p .ll'effum of Toulon and
die lorts, 1 judged it expedient to issue another
proclamation, which captain Klphinftone tells
me has had a very iiappy effetft—a copy of
wmch I enclose. 7'he knowledge of this event
to the king and his majtfly’s miniilcrs,appears
to me ol tiiat magnitude, that 1 think it‘expe
dient to adopt two modes of conveyance, one
oy the way of Barcelona, and the other by
lycnoa. Lord Hugh Conway has the charge
of one dispatch, aiid the honourable captain
Waldegrave the other, who will be able to in
iorm bis majesty’s milliners, at thole places
they may pals, of the fuccel'sof the allied pow
ers. 1
( s '2 n l) IIOOD.
PROCLAMATION.
By the right honourable Samuel lord Hood,
vice admiral < f the red, and commander in
chief of his Britannic niajefly’s squadron in
the Mediterranean; Sic,
V hereas the fcelimis of Toulon have, by
their coimtiillioncrs to inc, made a solemn de
claration in favour of monarchy, have pro
claimed Louis XVII. fbn of Louis XVI. their
awlul king, and have lworn to acknowledge
bun, and no longer fud'er the defpotiftn of the
tyrants, v. In h at this time govern France,but
will do their ntmoft to eltabliih monarchy, as
ut’ spted by their late iovenigu in 1789, and
1 eitorc peace to their diiti acted and calamitous
country.
1 do hereby repeat, wlrit 1 have already de
viated to the people ol the l.juth of France,
that ft ike poll'. Hi. hi of Toulon, and hold it
] in trust im Louis XVII. until peace fliall be
; “.ii-laed in Trance, which I hope and
trust wql be soon.
Given on board his nujefty’g fl,j p Viffory,
oft f’on lon, the 28th ol Aug lift, 1793.
(GiGacdJ HOOD.
By command of the admiral,
John Al‘Ak riiua, fecretarv.
■MM
That our readers may lav , at 0;,■ view, the ,whole
oj the intelligence rf.eihng Toulon , w , have
ljou if t proper to fubjotn the two folio wins party
graphs : . jf>
BOS I ON, November 14.
G.moral Carteau, at the head of 60,000 men,
Ins taken a position on the heights which com
mand the forts and port of Toulon : lay his
letter to tin- national convention, he allure* „
them that the Englilli fleet cannot deape from 1
rL total dcffcrutMicm, which he to ac
compliih in 4; hours, ii they did not lurrcn
der.
CHARLES ION, December 3.
Lie following intelligence has been received
from ionic gentlemen who came paflengers with
captain Alien, from Rhode llland. It h. and
lucii reported, believed, and inserted in one.
of the northern papers, tiiat the maftcr of a
vefltl, arrived at .Salem, in a lliovt paflage
from Europe, afierted as a fact, that the com
bine! Spanilh and Britifli fleets, under the
command of lord Hood, were captured in the
harbour of I onion. Although we Jo uo; give
the moil implicit faith to this account, yet we
acknowledge there is nothing very improbable
in the iq> irt. All army of 60,020 men, aided
by the malcontents in the town, might pullibly
penetrate by the land fide; and by getting
pofltrtion ol the batteries, not only prevent
the fleets from,efcaping, but compel them to
furrendcr to the arms of the republic.
N O T I C E. ;
THE lubfcriber being duly authorized to
coiled the debts due the estate of John
Ruppcrt, in his own rigiit, or as surviving
co-partner of Rupper! and Emanuel, informs all
persons concerned, to call on bun and pay
their refpetftivc bonds, notes, and account*,
as speedily as possible : those that do not avail
th.-mlclves of this notice, for the last time,
may depend upon being sued immediately. • ‘
MUoEb VALEO I’TON, jun.
Nov. 30, 1793.
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OF THE FIRS V QJAU I V,‘JH
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