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
                  judges not elected by the primary assemblies. 
                  All the ministers agree in declaring that every
                  thing is lost, if haste be not made in procuring
                  funds. 
                  Merlin of Douai, minister of justice, writes to all
                  the criminal tribunals, to perform their duty with
                  energy