638 
On the Sth of May,Massena proceeded hy 
the Col Ardente to the, Col di Tende, 
whilst General Macquart. attacked, in 
front, "Phe attack sueceeded, The army 
now possessed the whol@ upper chain of 
the maritime Alps: ifs right, placed belore 
Ormea, communicated with the Col di 
Tende by the Col de Termini, and from 
the Co] di Tende oceupied the chain of 
the Alps as far as the Col d’Argeutiere, 
where was the first post. of the Army of 
the Alps. The exceution of this, plan 
produced 3 or 4000 prisoners, sixty, or 
seventy pieces of cannon, two fortresses, 
and the possession of all the high Alps, 
as far as the first bills of the Apennines. 
The loss of the army wasslight. The 
fall of Sacrgio and all those grand po- 
sitions for which so many plans had been 
formed, and so. much. blood. shed, in- 
‘ercased Napoleon’s reputation in the 
army; and public opinion already called 
him to the chief command. 
THE MODESTE. 
The catastrophe of the Modeste was 
also remembered; this frigate had an- 
ehored in the port of Genoa, and moored 
agains! the quay. On the 1athyef Octo- 
ber 1793, three English ships and two 
frigates anchored in the port; an En- 
lish seventy-four muored alongside the 
Modeste. ,The master civilly requested 
the, officer. on, the quarter-deck of the 
* frigate to remove a boat which was in 
the way.of the manceuvres of the En- 
glish ship, which was readily done by 
the French. . Half an hour after, the 
Bnelish captain requested the commau- 
der of the Modeste to hoist the white 
flax, saying, he did not know what the 
tii-coloured flag was, (the Allics were 
then masters of Toulon.) ‘The French 
officer answered this insult as hononr 
dictated: but the Enelish had three 
platforms prepared, which they threw 
on the frigate and boarded her; at the 
same time commeneiy a brisk fire of 
musqueiry from the tops and deck ; the 
evew of the Modeste were unprepared 
for any attack; part of them . threw 
themselves into. the water; the Bagush 
pursued the fugilives with their boats, 
killing and wounding them, The rage 
of the people of Genoa was unbounded; 
the Engtish.agent Drake was looted and 
threatened, and incurred some danger, 
but Doria was doge; the senate made 
excuses, aud the, frigate was uever, re- 
stored. Ag 
MURDER OF BASSEVILLE. 
Zasseville, a Frencli agent, commis- 
sioned to the Pope, bad. displayed. the 
Napoleon's History of France, 
tricoloured cockade, jas, had the artists 
ef, the, Roman,.schaol. who sat),at) the 
Academy,,, A. great number, of Hrencia 
emigrants, .who,.were,iny that, capital, 
excited a popular commotion. ..Gn the 
311 of January, 1793, the rabble assailed 
Basseville’s carriage; with stones; his 
coachman. turned, back and, drove, him 
home; the gates, were; brokem doy; 
Basseville received the;thrust,of a bayer 
net in. the, alalomens, he, was dragged 
into the street, in :his shirt, holding his 
bowels in his hands, and) at length left 
on a field-bed in, a guard-house, where 
he expired the next dayy..9) ssonanh/ 
SUPPRESSES A TUMULT, dil 
A. French privateer brougbt inte Tou- 
lon a Spanish prize, on, board, of which 
were ahove twenty emigrants, most of 
them. of the Chabrillant, family.,)..A 
inmultacus mob assembled at, the arse- 
nal and in the streets, and proceeded.to 
the prisons to slaughter these, unfor- 
tunate persons... The, representatives 
went to the arsenal, and after haranguy 
ing the oflicers of the department inja 
hall, they, addressed. tbe, men, in}, d4he 
workshops, promising to deliver up ;the 
emigrants to an extraordinary,commis- 
sion, and to .have them tried, within 
iwenty-four hours; butitheythemselyes 
were suspected, they; had no, influence 
over public opinion; their speeches were 
misinterpreted, a voice called,out,) ‘S/Lo 
the Lanierne with the, protectors, of the 
emigrants!” It was late in the day, and 
they were just beginning, to, light the 
lamps. ‘The uproar -became, horrible, the 
crowd outrageous, the guard, came, up 
and was repulsed, Atithis crisis Napo- 
Jeon recognised amongst, tbe .principa 
rioters several gunners who dhiad served 
uuder him at the siege, of Toulon; he 
mounted a platform, . the gupners. ene 
forced respect to their general, and ob- 
tained silence; he had the.good tortnne 
to. produce an effect; the, representa- 
tives got safe ont of the arsenal, dntithe 
tumnit was. still greater, in the streets. 
At the gates of the prisons the resistauce 
of the guards. begaw to slakenj be,re- 
paired thither, the populace cestnain- 
ed from violence by bis, pro Ahat,the 
emigrants should, be; delivered: np, and 
sentenced ; the following; mornimy,,.. It 
would. have been no casy, matten to sper- 
suade them. of .what was; perfeetly eyi- 
dent, namely, that Ahese. emigrants had 
not infringed the law, as they, had not re- 
turned, yoluntarily..... During) the night 
be, had, them put into some, artillery 
Wargevs, aud carried out of the towhasa 
‘Convoy 
