The number of victims destroyed by the guillotine or grape-shot at Lyons, to this date, amounted to somewhat more than five thousand. Populus, an ex-constituent, guillotined at Lyons. The clubs of the jacobins and cordeliers form an alliance. At Nevers seventy-four priests, who refuse to take the oath, are guillotined. At Dijon fourteen nobles suffer the same fate, because they used the titles of Count and Baron. The merchants of Bourdeaux are all arrested on the same day, and condemned to the guillotine; but are permitted to redeem their lives by paying one hundred millions of livres, to which they are forced to submit. 14. Robespierre invents a conspiracy, or pretended treason, in order to secure his authority. The wife of Momoro, who had played the part of first goddess of reason, guillotined. All strangers are banished from Paris. The Vendeans are beat on the left bank of the Loire by General Cordelier. The convention states the expences of 1793 to be at the rate of four hundred millions of livres a month. 15. Hebert and his partizans (sic) are arrested. The jacobins betray the cordeliers. 17. Herault de Sechelles guillotined.