1000 
are rorues, and ought to be exterminated!” 
Even the f{econd in command propofed tolay 
down their arms; and, in a few minutes 
after, Angerau appeared at the head of 
four hundred officers, exclaiming} “ /zve 
la republique I” Thefe were accompa- 
nied by fume of the moft noted revolu- 
tionifts, fuch as Santerre, Roffignol, Pa-. 
che, &c.; and Ramel was arrefted, with- 
out the leaft interference or the part of 
his corps, as he laboured under the fufpi- 
cion of being a royalift. 
After being treated with great harfh- 
nefs, the adjutant-general was com- 
mitted to the Temple, where he found 
the reprefentativesPicheeru, Villot,D’ Au- 
chy, Jarri, Lamettrie, La Rue, Bourdon, 
and Dumas. Several others ved foon 
after: 
the police brought Barthelemy, 
rector, thither alfo. 
After a fhort imprifonment, they ‘were 
conduéted, to the number of fixteen, to 
Rochelle, in four carriages, fortified by 
bars of iron; ard treaz or with the utmoft 
rigour: during the journey, being often 
obliged to fleep on ftraw in the jails. 
the courfe of their paflage to Cayenne 
they experienced the motft mortifying 
eontempr, and the moft indignant treat- 
ment, having been fed with horfe-beans 
and hard bifcuits, the latter of which was 
full of infects,while the former was ufually 
covered with hair and filth, and ferved 
up in a bucket ! 
On their arrival at Cayenne they were at 
firft received with confiderabie kindnets ; 
but they foon eat great cruelty 
on the part of the governor, and were 
fentto Sinamary, one obthie moft unhealthy 
as on the Revencuh continent, where 
they were lodged in huts, fimilar to thofe 
of the negroes. 
At length the death of fome of their 
companions, and the tyranny of their op- 
t preffors, dereumiged them to make their ef= 
the di- 
cape to the neareft Durch fettlement. The 
members of the Council cf Anctents, how- 
ue refuicd to leave the celony, as ey 
_ would thus expofe their e@lates to confif- 
eation, and deprive their families of all : 
means of fiiccour. Rame!, Pichesru, Bar- 
thelemy, Viilot, &c. der 
events, to make an effort for their 
tion; and, ‘accordingly, 
libera- 
by inmeans of a 
fmall fiihing-boar, and the aflifance of 
an American failor, they at length found 
‘means to reach Surinam, the governor 
of which treated- them with the utmoft 
hofpitality. After a vavicty of adven- 
tures, they arrived at one of the Enclith 
{ettlements, whence they were fent home 
Reiro/ped of French Literature... Eipory. Bia Wi 
and, at midnighe, the minifter of 
du +8 Fruétidor,” &c. 
In 
ermined, at all- 
‘his colleagues ; ‘but 
in the Weft-India fleet, and anchored at 
Deal on the 21ft of September, precifely 
the anniverfary of their departure from 
Rochefort. 
Having repaired to Sheernefs, i In a cut- 
ter, general Pichegru, who was extreme- 
ly ill, fet out for London that fame day, 
and his companions foon followed him 
thither. After a fhort refidence in this 
capital, they exprefied a with to Te- 
turn to the continent, and were accord- 
ingly furnifhed with proper pafiports by 
our government. - 
It is evident-from this, as well as the 
fucceeding work, rhat the party tranfport- 
ed from France was.compofed of royalifts. 
This, however, cannot apologife for 
banifhment without conviétion, for un- 
neceflary cruelty during the paflage, and - 
for barbarous ee 3 on their arrival 
in a peftilential climate. 
‘© Anecdotes Secrétes fur la Revolution 
Secret -Anec- 
dotes relative to the Revolution of the 
18th Fruétidor, and new Memoirs of 
thofe banifhed to Cayenne ; ; written by 
themfelves: containing Letters from Ge- 
neral Murinais, Barthelemy, Troncgon du 
Coudray, Laffond Ladebat, La Rue, 
&c. We are here told, that a few days 
before the 18th Fruétidor (September 4); 
at a meeting of the deputies in oppofi- 
tion, it was propofed by one of the in- 
{pectors “to attack the direétory, and 
piace three of the members, viz. Barras, 
Rewbell, and La Reveillé:e Lepaux, in 
a ftate of accufation.” The majority, 
however, being compofed of temporifers, 
oppofed the projeét. -One member faid, 
“ The conftstution will be fuficient for 
our defence.” Tothis general Villot re- 
plied : ‘‘.the conftitution will be of no 
avail againft cannon ; and it 1s with thefe 
that they will oppofe your decrees.” 
“The foldiers will not be on their 
fide!” 
“ The foldiers will be on the fide of 
thofe who-command them. If you do 
not decide, you are undone.’’ 
“The attack of-the direétory is too 
perilous an enterprife!” cries another. 
“There is not a fingle redoubr to be 
taken,’ rejoins Villot, “ and J will un- 
dertake it.” Pichegru and La Rue alio 
declared for violent meatures; but they” 
were ce voted, and nothing was at- 
tempted, On the ane eehniee day, two 
members of the” Council of Five Hua- 
dred repaired to Carnot, with an. inten- 
tion to perfuade him to take- part againft 
he obferved, ** that 
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