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The GEORGIA JOURNAL: / ji(f AND Independent Federal Register. Pub. t-.vice a week. ] Vol. I.j 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. SAVANNAH: PRINTED BY JAMES CARET, ON THE BAY, NEAR THE COFFEE-HOUSE. 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. — - ct U I L L S, OF THE FIRS V QJAU I V,‘JH For laic at the N Piinting-uj'ue, on the [6 Dollars per Ann. [No. 3 .