_Aug_. 1. At this time the guillotine remains unemployed. The convention charges sixteen committees with the management of public affairs. 2. The Spaniards are defeated--The French take Fontarabia and St. Sebastian. Pichegru, with 190,000 men, is commanded to conquer Holland. 3. Prince Cobourg calls upon the States of Germany to assemble and oppose with unanimity the alarming mass of French troops which is on the point of breaking in upon them. 5. The convention abolishes Robespierre's system of terror. Brussels gives a civic feast on account of its union with France. The French enter Treves, and summon Breda. Pelet solicits the convention for the return of order, of justice, and of commerce. 10. The English take possession of Calvi. 11. The states-general earnestly exhort the Dutch to defend themselves. 13. A general release of prisoners confined in France by order of Robespierre--they amounted to upwards of 500,000. Quesnoy retaken by the French, with 3000 men. The telegraph first made use of. 15. An ambassador from America receives the fraternal