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two deputies, the leaders of the: Gironde, 
were) proscribediico'l hus cues! 
9 ORECAPTURE) OF TOULON, 
One ithe 151h? of» December, at; ten 
o'clock at/nighty GeionehCervoni broke 
down a gate and:entered the city atthe 
head) of \a patrol of 200 mens) He tra- 
versed the whole:town :) the deepest: si- 
lence prevailed. The port was crowded 
with baggage which the inhabitants had 
not had time to put ow board.) A report 
previiled-that: matches were lighted for 
the purpese of blowingyup the powder- 
magazines; piquets of ;cannoneers were 
accordingly sent to secure them. Tm- 
mediately after, the troaps intended to 
guard the city entered. Lixcessive con- 
fusion prevailed’ at) the naval »arsenal, 
where'8 or 200 galley siaves were making 
thé most) strenuous exertions to exiin- 
guish-the fire, These conviets had ren- 
dered the greatestservices, having over- 
awed ithe) English’ officer, Sir) Sidney 
Smith; who-had orders to. burn-the' ships 
and! tbe arsenal, and performed bis) task 
very) illsDhe: Republic was indebted 
to:hii for all the: valaable treasures! re- 
coveredi Napoleon ‘preceeded. to the 
spot with! allsthe disposable cannoncers 
and) worlamen, and succeeded, in .tbhe 
coursenofi afew days, in) extinguishing 
the fireand preserving the arschal... The 
lossowhich/ the navy: had suffered. was 
considerable, but it still retained im- 
mense resunrees ; all the magazines were 
saved excoptithe general one. There 
were thirty-one) ships of war at Toulon 
atthe time of its treacherous surrender: 
four\sailhadi been employed in carrying 
5000 soldicts to Brest and Rochefort; 
the combined troops burned nine in the 
roads, they Jeft:tiirtecn dismantled in 
the basins\;amh-earried off four, one of 
which was: bunt at Leghorn. » Fears 
had beenrester(ained that) they would 
blow op) the: basin! and several of the 
jettiesy imtithey bad: not time enough for 
thaf:purpose.)/Thewrecks of the: thir- 
tecn ships and frigates which were burnt 
and sunksin the roads cotitructed the 
channel;) manyvattemptsswere made to 
removerthem im the course: of ihe tea 
following: years; at! length, \some; Ne- 
apolitan divers suceceded in getting the 
whule oitt, piece by piece, by sawing the 
hulls. “| Phelarmy entered Ponloir on the 
19th ;:tlie troops:iiad beem seventy-two 
hours: underrarmscunidst amd) andenain 5 
they abandoned-themselves, on entering 
the town, to some: excesses, Which seem- 
ed authorized by the promises made to 
the soldiers during the siege: 
(jit 
Napoleons: History.of France, 
« The: General-in-Chief restored order 
by @eclaring! that all-effectsinCPouton 
were:the property of ‘the army joliehad 
the contents lof the private: warehouses 
and the furniture of the deserted\howses, 
collected in: central «magazines. Nhe 
Republic afterwards: \scized the) whole, 
allowing only the gratification of a year’s 
pay to every officer and soldiers\1 The 
emigration: from.) Toulon was very scout 
siderable, the! »refugees!: crowded Dthe 
English, Neapolitan, and Spanishiships, 
which were ‘consequently jobliged! to 
anchor in the roads of» Hieress and ito 
make the emigrants cncamp in the isles 
of Porquerolles and the» Levant. ) Dts 
said that the number of these’emigrants 
amounted to 14,000. hyp ail 16 
The representatives established a re- 
volutionary tribunal, according) to | the 
laws of that period; tut; alli:the guilty 
had escaped aud followed the euemys 
all who had) resolved to stay, were: con- 
scious of their macence.)) Nevertheless 
this tribunal caused scveral personsiao 
he | arrested, who! had beet prevented 
from following the enemy by ivagionsadc- 
cidentsy and caused them to be punished 
in expiation of theinguiits) Butceight/or 
ten victims were too few, and a drcadfal 
measure, charactenisticcof the spirit! lof 
that (period, was resorted: to.) ditiiwas 
proclaimed that alb those perseds:avbo 
had been employed in the arsenal wiitlst 
the English were iu possession ofthe 
town, were to repair 10 the Champ de 
Mars, and give in their names ;;andithey 
were led to believe thatit! was wforitie 
purpose of employing them). tgain, 
Nearly two hundred persons, bead: work~ 
men, inferior clerks, and other 
terns went aceordingly,odu ‘full, con 
denee. Their names were registered); 
it was proved by their owny confession 
that they had retained their placesiunder 
the. English covernment,) and the reve+ 
lutionaty. tribnnal, in the opens ficld; 
immediately seutenecd: theny toodeathy 
A battalion of Sans-Culottes and M 
seillese, brought expressly for, dhe ipmrs 
pose, shot then.) Phis action requires 
no- comment; but it was the: only ex- 
eculion that took placeat4 mesidibiis 
false that any persons: whatever swere 
killed. by grape-shots neither the com- 
mandant of the) artitlenyy: Don! theseans 
noveers. of the line, would have lent 
themselves, to: such auction. It was 
thes cahnoneeys, of) the. revolutionary 
army who committed such atrocities at 
Lyons. le Sachi bet 
Duagemmien, with part of the army, 
sc is | umarehed 
