Insurrection of 15,000 peasants in the Velay.
Manheim is taken by the Austrians; 394 pieces of
cannon are found in it.
Worms and Spires are retaken by the Austrians.
Decreed, that the executive directory may sell the
moveable or personal property of the republic, (le
mobilier) even to the timber in the national
forests.
_Dec_. According to the report upon the finances, the
arrears due amount to 3,500,000,000 livres; the
debt to the national bank is 31,000,000 in specie,
and 7,500,000 in specie to foreigners.
The service of the next month requires
20,220,000,000 in assignats.
Letter from the directory to the legislative body
declaring, that the state is in the most calamitous
situation; that the springs of government are
almost broken, that the public treasure is
exhausted, and that they are threatened with evils,
which may overwhelm the republic.
Decreed, that a forced loan shall be levied of
600,000,000 in specie upon a million of citizens.
It is computed that by means of three hundred
millions in specie, thirty milliards of assignats
will be taken out of circulation. In this forced
loan assignats are to be taken at one per cent.
A motion is made to sell Compiegne, Fontainbleau,
Chantilly, Ramboullet, Meudon, St. Germaine, St.
Cloud, Choisy, Vincennes, and the wood of Boulogne.
The legislative body decrees 1500 millions for the
service of the armies.
Boissy d'Anglas proposes to restrain the liberty of
the press.
The city of Deux-Ponts taken by the French under
General St. Eyr (sic).
The supplying Paris alone with provisions costing
350 millions every ten days, the directory
acquaints the legislative body that the funds
granted for that purpose are exhausted.
Decreed, that the directory shall nominate all the