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‘on both fides ceafed, and the capitolation 
was concluded. ‘The garrifon were made 
prifoners of war; and they marched out 
on the 22d, laid down their arms on the 
_ glacis, and were fent by Pavia. into the 
Hereditary States. General Caftelet was 
feverely wounded. There were found in 
the citadel 163 guns of different calibres. 
The number of “the garrifon was 2,400. 
The.Couscil- of. Five Hundred im: the 
"fitting cf the rgth of July, formed itfelf 
into a general committee, after which the 
fitting was made public. 
ne reporter from the committee read a 
denunciation againtt the 
Merlin, Treili hard, Rewbeli and Revei- 
jiere.- “They are accufed of having: vio- 
lated the fovereignty of the people, -of 
having endeavoured to/overthrow the -Re- 
public, and of having connived at- pecu- 
fation. The Council read the bill of 
accufation a firft-time. 
On the fame day Poulain Grandpré, in 
the name of the Committee of Finance; 
fiated that the committee, after having 
~ difeuffed and beard a number of plans = 
a iorced loan, had adhered to their own 
with alterations ; among which werexthe 
fellowing ar ticles : : 
I. The land and the moveable taxes are 
to be taken together, in paar tionin 
fhare cf the individual who pays them. 
Al. Pesfons with a fortune notorioufly 
- Out of pee tion to their contribution, to 
be rated by oe of nine members, named 
- by the Cen trai Adminiftration. 
IIi.- Perfons accufed of emigration, 
-perfons eral ee provifionally from the lift, 
the BS cendants and relations in the ap- 
pending eae of emigrants, are to be rated - 
; treble thofe of the fame fortune. 
iV. ‘The Ex-Nobles fubjeét.to the laws 
ef 3 Brumaire in- 
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V. Perfons unmarried fhall pay one 
a Bo more tian the ufual rate. 
Contributors. to, the lend-tax, who 
pay lefs than sco livres, {hall pay nothing 
‘to the loa an. 
he anniverfary of the t 
_-Baftile was celeb rated in Paris: 
the ufual: pomp and {plendour. 
' ~ Onthe2othof July, a proje&t fer theorga- 
nizatiqn ofthe National.Gua ‘d, was brought 
forward in the Council of oe Handred, 
upon. the following balis.::—* Within ten 
éays from the -prem uleation of the law, 
+ hia 
eiiu 
a citizen: having the qualities it pre-- 
icribes, from theage 2 of fixteen to fixty, fhail 
be ink bat on fe muiter-roil, oo Na- 
ticnal Guard d fhail be formed into legions, - 
w 1° 
battalions, and companies, and fhall Pelest 
State of Public Affairs: eet tite ey 
Ex-Directors 
_ fent from the Elders witha meflage. 
year 4; fhall pay 
- caufe 
its officers, and fiall bear this motto on 
its colours, “© Lhe French People! Liberty 
or Death!” 
On the next day, in che -emne Council, 
‘Eamarque arcie, and-reprefented -the dif- 
trefied fituation of Barrere; faid that he 
confidered himas an oppreffed Republican 5 
and moved the repeal of the article of the 

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law, that excludes Barrere from the be- 
nefit of the amnefty- This was inftantly 
agreed to. ~ 
On the 22d of July, the difcuffion of the 
remaining articles of the organization of the 
National Guards was reiumed. Bandot 
moved, that in the oath to- be taken By 
them, of hatredite royalty and anarchy, 
the word avzarchy fhould be omitted. Ad- 
journed.- Two sbi i afterwards, the fame 
debate being relumed, Jourda objierved, 
that if was ‘unneceflary to {wear hatred to 
anarchy, as no one could wifh for the-ab- 
fence of all government ; and propofed 
that the oath of hatred iS royalty fhould 
be reffricted io the extent of the Retublic. 
After fome debate, the flleaaaee form 
was agreed to. + J iwear fidelity to the 
Republic, and to the Conftitutton of the 
year three. - I {wear to appofe mylelf to 
the utmoft of my power to the re-eftablifh- 
ment of royalty ind rance, and to that of 
every {pecies of tyranny.” 
. On the 4th of Anugutt, in the Gennes 
of Five Hundred was read an extract 
from the report of the Minifter of Police, 
relative to- the popular focieties ; it was 
The 
Minifter of Police ftated, that fuch focie- 
ties had been countenanced upon the hope 
that in feme cafes they might exeite the 
‘public energy, but they had fo often pro- 
ceeded to excefies, that feverity’ became 
neceflary. He did not make any diffine- | 
ticn between the political afflemblies, be- 
they were all liable to the fame ob- 
jeGtion. On the next day the-Council en- 
tered into a warm debate upon this fub- 
ject, when the order of the day was put to 
the vete and carried. After this, the 
warmeft remonftrances were made, and rhe 
appel naminel was. called: for = vehe- : 
mence. 
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AMERI CA. - 
“The United States haverenewed a com- 
mercial intercourfe with certain ports in 
thexfland of St. Domingo. ‘The. Preff- 
dent iffued a proclamation f for this. purpofe 
on the 26th. of june, containing the ne- 
ceflary regulations, among--whieh it is. 
ftated,. that it fhall-be lawful for veffels 
ihacds may Gepa art from the United States, 
to enter into the ports of Cape Frangais 
and Ports Republicain,--formerly~-cailed 
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