This step of Dumourier induces the convention to declare itself permanent. The German princes and nobles, who were detained prisoners at Landau, are conveyed to Paris as hostages for the commissioners who are kept by the Austrians. Domiciliary visits are recommended at Paris. Mons. de Blanchland, governor of St. Domingo, is guillotined at Paris, and dies with extraordinary firmness. Great congress held at Antwerp by the chiefs of the allied armies. Decreed, that henceforward commissioners shall remain with the armies, and be invested with powers unlimited. Philip Egalite, his third son, his sister, and the Prince of Conti (sic), conducted prisoners to Marseilles. The commune of Vernon is unwilling to suffer Madame d'Orleans to depart, on account of her ill heath, and they promise to answer with their lives for their benefactress and friend. The Prussians prepare for the siege of Mayence. The creditors of Egalite fix his annual allowance at about 8000l. a year. His income is said to have been between three and four hundred thousand a year. Gen. Dampierre forms the camp of Famars, the French having retired from Holland. Great debates in the convention on the subject of a petition from 35 sections of Paris, against the chiefs of the Mountain. The English take the island of Tobago. General Miaczinski, Compte (sic) d'Arenberg, and le Compte Linanges, sent to the Abbaye at Paris, to answer for the safety of the commissioners. 12. A long and violent tumult in the convention, because the members come intoxicated. 13. Marat escapes from prison, and writes an insulting letter to the convention; decree of accusation against him. 15. Thirty-five sections of Paris demand the deposition of Brissot, and twenty other members of the convention. Marat remains concealed, but his journal appears every day. Weissenau is destroyed by heavy artillery; Dampierre makes a vigorous resistance. A battle between Valenciennes and Conde. The garrison of Lisle makes a powerful sortie. Dumourier is allowed no part in the operations