Gazette Of The United States

Extract of a genuine letter from Paris, to a gentleman in London, dated the 11th Oct.

"M. Albert de Riom, the French Admiral who was appointed to the command of the fleet fitting out at Brest, has resigned, in consequence of the present dreadful state of the French Marine, which has spread itself throughout the whole fleet; nothing but a continual scene of riot and mutiny. They have discovered that much money, and other inducements, have been practised upon the inferior officers of their navy. This evidently has been the work of the aristocrats; and to prevent discovery, they have had the artifice and modesty to place the cause to the account of Mr. Pitt, and which is really believed by a great number in Paris; but such is the unsettled state of this country, that the people know not who to trust, believe, or depend upon.—D'Estaing, who in the affair of Versailles, proved himself such a staunch aristocrat and barely escaped with his life, it is generally believed will succeed Riom, and have the command of the fleet. This situation, so desirable to himself and his party, he certainly will get, by a stale trick, lately played off upon the people—He has contrived that some letters, wherein he proves himself a strong democrat, should fall into the hands of the public; these letters have been published, and dispersed about, and the people are weak enough to believe them genuine.

There was a dreadful riot at Brest last Tuesday night, and many lives lost. The captain of the Leopard, lately arrived from the West-Indies, has been sent for to appear before the National Assembly."