CHARLOTTE CORDC.
Letter iitMr slftd to Barbarouic, one of the pro-
Jin ted deputies rj the convention, at Caen,
by Charlotte Cof-de, the qffajjin of Ma
rat
j Citizen,
j"V7OU defired a narrative of my journey,
i and I Hi ill not pad over the fmallclt
anecdote. Arlived at Paris, I tfent to
Incite in the Rut k's Fiax tUtguffinS, in the
' ihtt I ds Pr. '.''!: h . I ten (waited on Du-ipr-r,-
"-ur Vr..C; ai.t f do riot know
ho x the commltte of general fafety could
I eafn ;hat I had a conference with Duperret
You know the firmnefs of foul which-the
-latter is' poflefied of ": he anfweied the
(truth: I confirmed Ins depofition by my
. -own': there is nothing againtl him ; but
' hh firmnefs is.i crime. V I own, I was un
Idjr apprehenfioris. I perfuaded him to go
1 and join you, but he is too head-ltrong :
1 refolved, thtrcfore, upon! the execution
j of my prop. ; 'j : J
( Fauchet, (could you believe it?) if in
i prifon.'as my accomplice he who did not
know that 1 exmed ; but they are: hardly egotius
fered much at the cdos of Jbme1 women.
But (he that iaves her country, 1 ne ver
minds what it co(k. May peace be refto
red asfoon as I d-firj ! There, is now
a great villain1 laidlpw, without -, which -j we
never fliould hive obtained it; I ; enjoy
peace for th tfe two days 2 paO ' the happi
nels of my country conftitutes my o wn'.- I
do not doubt but theyVili torruent my j fa,
ther,- who already , differs 'out too much
affiiclion $y lofing m. k . '. I ;
- I informed him latdy by letter, that be
ing afraid of the fire of civil war, I would
g'o over to England f my project then was.
toTemain incog, upon the death of Marat V
ana l wanted to Jet the Parifi
trace out my name. I
' ti
you ana our colleagues, to
rents, if they are molefted
out one being, and J have difplayed my
character : 'thole who regret me, will re
joice at finding me enjoy repofe in the Ely
fiun field. Brutus and fome ancients :j few
are the trud patribts who know how to die
tor tneir comtry ; they are jnoft of them
and thofe arc fcarce provided with the moft"
neceiTary arms and accoutrements for duty ;
that the whole cavalry in its I environs are
lecidedly againft the Convention ; and a
l ove ail,' the people very clamoroufly cic
r. and back their curates, and are earneflly
d firous.that ihe Lnglifh mould make a def
eat among them, in order that they may
tret rA tf the ToxK7M . i ". J
; The bill lately pafled in Ireland, for ex
cluding Certain mifonrrs ariri ri1nrfnin!frv
feats in the Hcufc of Commons, vacates
the feats of 16 members of that HcufeJ
The German army on the Rhine, bv the-
reenforcement which it received 1 iirorn
ans vainly Mentz, iis now. lipwards'of 120.000 dion
entreat, citizen,,- ; By a letter from Tourn.W' dated the 2d
defend mv na.l ?rfl-nrif vt 1
. I never, hated miffioners of the Cnnvpminn T ;fl. iov
contented that they hae but an infignift-
cant woman to lacnrt e to the manes-of the
grejtvmdi. Iardon, ye men ! that name
disgraces your rcfpect ;t it was .a ferocious
l.cait, whdi was going to con fume the
reil of Fraflce wih the fire of civil war.
Aow, long live peace ! Thanks to Heaven !
he was not born a Frenchman.
Four members of the National Conven
tion were at my firft interrogatory. Cha
bot looked like a madman. Legend fe fuf-
peeled to have feen me at his houle in the
inorning : I never thought of this man : I
be'ieve his gefources are not! great enough
I iur 1:1m to'oecome me tyrant 01 ms coun
try ; and ! did not prcfume to puriuS every
j LJ.iy. ivn thoieAvhoTaw me for the firlt
time, pretended to have known me long a
i 0- .."j-;- t I :"- '-f :'-
I believe, the laft words of Marat have
: been printed j but, trull me, he uttered
vrri(-J ... !...
But thefe are the laft words he addrelTed
;to me, after I had given him all your
names, befides thofcof the adminiftratcrs
of Calvados who" are at Evrciix He , r61d
me, tbconfole me, that f in a few days he
Would have ycu all guiilotined .at I'aris
Thefe l. rter words decided liis'fate. 4 If the
department lays up. his carcafe facing-that
of St.! Fargcau, it may have, thofe i: words '
engraved in go!dcn letters.' I fii ji give
you no particulars refpcling this great c
vent the rcwfpapeis will fpeak of-. it. I
own, that what decided me completely, was
the courage with which our voluateeers en
lifted on Sunday, July 7th. I You remem
ber how I was charmed 5 and I promifed
mvfclf ftcadily to make Petion repent the
fufpicions he manifefted refpeHng my fen-
timents. " Would you be Iforry if they
ere riot to depart hence V ( faid he. In
fliort, I confidered, . that fo manyj brave
men coming to Paris to feek the head of one
left that city on tbeir way to I Paris.: after
having giveii orders jto move off part of tlie
heavy aitilkry and of thegarrifon fovvards
Paris ; and the are further (tripping the
magazines of that place. This information
of-
Two light-horfemeri have been fet . o-er
me, to keep me from the vapours. I found
this very wel by day, but not by riigh'r. j I
. complained b F this indecency : the commit-
has given rife to a report that Lifle bad
.iered to lurrender.
Extraclof a letter from Am fier dam, j!w
The directors of the commerce oi the
Levant; and nf the navrctrrtinn nf th I,f;
tee thought proper to'pay no regardj to my teriancan, have given noriceto the body of
complaints ;'; I believe this a fchenieiof merchanls, that, havinj? confidered the' re-
quell prefented by the merchants, proprie
tors, and thofe concerned in the fhips "ithat
trade toi the. re.fnftivp nnrQ nf VncrinnA
Letter cfCbarhtte (:rde, ;addrejjedt6herfa. Portugal, Spain, Italy, tne Gnlph of Ve
fiT' d?fedm thrirn f: Conckrgerie, - nice, and the Levant, comprifing Smyrna
J Zt ' ? yT i ' t'ie States General, in virtue of their refo-
br 1P Father,;-. , -j J lution of the 2 2d of, July, have granted the
. rLACE is about to reign In my country -taking of? the. pmharcm with rerA tn th
TV.U.i. L . I T r n -( K.
ivitiai 13 iiu mure comiorted, and burv
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vti;ui 3 nivtiiuoil ; lionc DUt " a
can have fucH ideas. Adieu. ;
: 4 S Charlotte CoufcR.
Capiichin
i'ldged
me lu.cicruai ooiiv!Gn, t 1 am to ne
td-morrow, the 17th, at feven o'clock in the
mo!ning 'I 1 bave lived long enough,! as I
have atchieved a great exploit I put'vou
under the protedlion f Barbarbux and' his
colleagues; in cafe you fliould be molefted.
Let my relatives find my honiage her'ej ;
and-remember, each and' all of j you, that,
crime begets difgracc, and not the fcaf-
Charlotte Cordk.
L O N D O N, 1 AuguftS.
It was yefterday fettled, before theJCirig
in Council, that the Parliament,1 which
(lands pt orogued to the i th inftant, be on
wiai oay lurciicr proroi'Uco ior rortydays.l
A letter ircm vonitantinople, dated June Refpelin that city, i
2, lays," all trie-attempts, otr the party at To urn a v. that ad
nave raiiea. ivi. ij.:iorcnes cn v r- iHpi -
r - . - - u 111,"
iinle: (man, might have mifled him, 7 or
that death might have entailed dellructi
on upon mmy good citizens : he was not
worthy of fo much honor ; the hands of a
woman were r,ujte fufiicieht for the bufi
nc(s. ;I confefs that I was obliged to. have
"recourfe to a treacherous artifice, in order ,
to gain admittance to him. I intended,
when I lett Caen, to have facrificed liitn on
the fummit of the Mountain of the conven
tion ; he went no more to the convention.
At liris, they do not conceive how one
ufelef woman, whofe longeft life would be
of no avail, can facrifice it in cold blood,
toXave jier country., ;I really j eipe&ed to
die at the very inftant. 'Men j of courage,
nnd really above all praifc, refcued me from
the fury c.f thofe whom I had made wretch
ed. As I was really in cold blood, I fuf-
liere as a merchant. , C;n liis firlt arrival,
the Porte forbade any of the interpreter to
vifit or receive any vififs from him. In fine,
the repeated defeats fullered by his nation
in the courfeofthe la It fix months havi de
termined the Divan to follow. the example
of other Courts. It is . fuppefed jhat I the
arrival of the combined ileers in1 the ivlcdi
terranean1 has not a 4 little contributed to
this rclolution on the part1 of the Sultant" j
y 'llie latelt accounts from' the jcoafl: of
Brittany aflure us, that -the French fleet,
which lately failed from Bred, coifilU of
no more than fifteen line of battle fliips
and five frigates ; and their only object is,
to protect; the coafts of France, without ha-
zarding, if pbflible, an engagement with
the Britifh fleet. -: -. : ' Jt ;. ;'.-!f
The name of the commander of the
French fleet is Legal. . Hq is an olHcer; 'of
courage, and experience of his profeflion.
He was uffrein's Captain during the laft,
war in the Eaft-Indies. :'y'"-;:. ';M ;';)';
It is pofitively aflerted, that orders have
been given to form a camp of 30,000 men
near Brell, but that as yet no more than
6000 national guards arc i aflernbled there
convoys, for thofe parts. His Highnefs, as .
Admiral General, is defired to caule the
2--f i iv 4ijvyjp liik Liikwi, ui lilt ItlUiU
tion alfo taken by the,ir" High IViighHiiefles
the 22diult. as fa rf as the naval force Will
permit. 1 In thc.laft place, in conformity to
the declnration of his Britannic Majefty,
the Dutth merchantmen may navigate under
the efcort of Englifh .fli'tps of war. The
States-General: repeat their i.refplution of
the 1 6th of FehFuary lait, with refpeel: to
the prohibition of. all navigation;, with 1 the;
ports of France 5 as alfo their latter orders
of the 26th of March laft, with regard to
contraband tHc., . " J ' i
' 'Atigvjl The French army have quit
ted their boaded pofition iu the camp of
c 1 r .1. .1 " . 1 . . r ' -n
erciar, wxiicn iney occupiea 011 leaving ra- .
mars, and have retreated ' behind Cambrav.
t has been1 reported
eputatioh have been ac
I!y fent .to the Prince of Cobourg, re-
quelling him not to advance hoflile ly as it
was propofed to open the gates aud receive
the-allies on the molt. amicable terms. :
It is memioned with confidence, that
xhis Royal Highnefs the Duke of Yorh .will
be appointed, !on hs return home, to "the .
long vacant polt oi Commander in Chief of
,thc:Arm.t;r -; - " ' t
A gentleman who left Calais,
day morning, in a Danifli ihip,
town on Wednefday, by whom
formed, ,that the ' departmental army from
: the fouthern provinces of France are Ion
their march towards Paris, in order to pre
vent the Federation taking plice on the iGth i
inflant, and that; the Parifians were prepar
ing to .meet.them. . . j . "' I
A letter was received on Tuefday,,bya
refpeclable houfe in the city,' whiclr fays,,
they had advice there, that the heavy artil-J
lery; was removing from Oftend,' for the
purpofe of atta ck mg D unki rk. j , 1
Dunkirk, of which the fiege will fpeedi-'
ly be iformed, was once a place of great,
flrength, having been fortified by Vauban, 1
immediately after the fale of it, .by Charles i
the Second, to xhe French. By the peace
on Tuef
arrived in'
we areiin-