Foreign Affairs. ■ PARIS, August 12. OF the engagement on Friday I cannot speak from my own ob servation ; for though 1 was within hearing, 1 did hoc lee it. My account , * is, however, from fpei'tators.— 1 here is no doubt hut the Swiss fired fit It, but not until-they w ere prefled upou in the molt violent way, and their guns forcibly turned round, and planted againll ihe palace. M.d'AfFry gave the order to fii e. The federated of Bred and Marseilles ruffaed lor ward, and in a few minutes there was a dreadful flatighter. The Swiss re treated to the l'alace, and kept a moU fatal fire from the windows. ihe dead lay in heaps. The Quays were full of people, armed and unarmed, and directing their fire deliberately into this multitude ; the madacre was, dreadful. It djd not, however, inti midate the afT'ailants. Seven pieces of cannon were played on'the Thuil leries and the Louvre. They made breaches in the old walls in a (liori time ; but their imperuofity from the place de C&rotifal, was inefiftable. They broke in and in a few minutes the multitude filled the palace ; eve ry Swiss that came in their way pe rilled ; bat numbers found tempora ry fafety in the cellars and garrets, and were with difficulty laved from the rage of the people: 1 can give you no perfect account of the dead.— From the numbers, jet uiiburied—or thrown jnto the Seine—or burnt—for a fire was made in the Place de Ca ronfal, in which the furniture, the tapestry, &c. of the Palace, was con sumed ; and into which, in the wan tonnefs of cruelty, many dead bodies (such as they knew to be gentlemen) were thrown ; I suppose there were not fewer than 2foo —lome carry the number much higher—ando'thers di minish it to a very final! number in deed— but this will, bye and bye be ascertained —The names I have heard are those of M. d'Affry, the Abbe Bau illiou, Carle, Mandat, &c. The Pa lace is completely dismantled. The day was excessive hot ; and they re galed thetnfelves on the King's wine. They brought it out in itnmenfe quan tities ; and it was not uncommon to fee men and women, after their own draught, put the bottles to the mouth of the dead lying in mangled heaps, with that spirit ot furious sport which they have all along exhibited, cry. ing—" Here, take your last drink ! — F— ! Drink ro the nation !"—The horrors of the day cannot be describ ed to you in adequate language, for the beginning of our career in July 17?9, was exceeded. M. Mandat, the commander of the National Guard, was arretted going down the (lair cafe of the Hotefde la' Ville. He was seized by the people,! beheaded, and his head fixed upon a : pole, and carried through the fti eets. I In about an hour from the com-| mencement of the attack on the Pa lace, not one Swiss was left. Ninety lix who survived their Colonel and Genera! d'Aftiay, demanded quarters, but they were conducted to the Place de Greve, and there put to death. About three hundred Marfeillefe have fallen, and near a thousand citizens among which were several women! and children whom curiosity had led! towards the scene of action. All the Swiss, above 500, were put to death, and people carried the rem nants of their cloths 011 the ends of their pikes in triumph. The pavili-l ons of the Palace near the Place del Carotifal were afterwards set on fire I as w el! as the Swiss barracks. The maids of honor of the Palace 1 were conducted to the Section-the reft of the persons on duty were put to death : The wine cellars were a lone plundered ! The jewels, plate &c. were brought to the Aflbmbly.and deposited in fafety. 1 he attack at the Palace began be fore ten o'clock. A Marfeillefe officer appeared at the principal door of the Palace and demanded entrance for hiuifelf and his banditti, from a Swiss ofheer who commanded there The® Swiss replied, that bis orders 'would! not permit him to comply. The Mar 1 feillefe officer instantly applied a pis tol to his bread, and Ihot him ,hro' tne heart TU. Sulsu, the Queen's Secretary, is likewile among those whose were cut off in the Palace. i Many of the women belonging jto the Palace, and foiiie others,' njei an equally unfortunate fate, had Hed far lafety, and had reachjed the bridge. Knowing that t heir lives were in danger, if they were taken, about twenty threw theml'elves over the balluftrades into the water, ami were frowned. The King and Queen hehavpd tbemfelves with great fortitude. The King's countenance throughout (lie w ed ligns of the mod perfect compo sure. The Queen looked with an air of magnanimity and disdain on her enemies. It is said that the King is to have a public trial on the 28111 of this month. The King, Queen and family bore their condition with great equanimi ty. The Piefident's room wasa/iign ed them, and there they have remain ed ever since. The Palais Bourbon is converted into a prison for the Swiss, and for all the persons whom they cbufe to apprehend upon fufpi cion. The Feuillant Journals are all (topt, and by opening letters they have gained a pretty general know ledge of their enemies, and they are arielting them in numbers. — What they really propose to tbemfelves— whether they have any profpecl of (landing their ground, and trying a Republic, or whether the handful of leaders mean to lly as soon as the fo reign army, or the French army makes its approach, for either will be equal ly fatal to them, 1 know not. This dreadful scene, however it may close upon the fate of France,or upon the fortune of liberty, ought to be a let Ton to every government that true wildom confilts in fair dealing— and that to cajole, to trick, and to play the hypocriie with a whole peo ple, is as weak as it is wicked ; I fay this, fcecaul'e I am persuaded, that the want of candor, more than trea son in the court, has brought upon them this carafhophe. They wilhed an increase of power, which in due time the nation would have given them, but 100 eager, they tried to ac complilh it by secret and difhonell means. They are punished ; but in their punifhmeiit liberty has received a mortal blow, and France, for a time at lead, is delivered into the hands of men, who began their career by perjury and tieafon ; and have hi therto (hewn no other token of talents than in the adroit management of a mob ! August 13 It is natural to suppose, that no in dustry will be fpai eil to exhibit proofs of the correspondence of the court with the enemies of the country. Two papers are already publilhed, as letters found in the Efcrutaire of the Queen. | The fir ft is said to be found in the I Sect etarie of Marie Antoinette by M. Collard de Trone, a cannonier of the dillritft of l'etiis I'eres. He certainly brought to the Allembly ijoo L.ouJ* d'Ors, which he found, as he said, in the lame el'crutaire, and he would accept of 110 reward for his honesty. The note is aflerted to be in the hand writing of the Queen of Fratke. It is addrefied to the Arch Duchess, her fitter, and runs thus : I " Verfons tf my acquaintance, " The Duke and Ducliels of Choifeul. '• The Duke and Duchess of Preflin! ( Hautefort. £1 recommend ' The Duchatelets. ro you all the ;:?« L„na illsinalJ D Aubterre. that you can J!" r D Alinon. ( )e ufefu , lQ M. Gerard. them.] " rhe Conipte de Broglio. I he Biothers de Montazet. La Beauveau, a Religieufe. and her company. " The Durfoits. It is to this famtfy that you fl.ould display your grati, tude and attention on every occasion : and the fame for the Abbe de Ver niont. The fate of thefetwo persons mi at my heart. My Ambaflkdor is charged to take care of them. 1 mould he furry to he firft to deviate ■ torn my principle of not recommend ing any or.e • but yon and 1 owe too much to these persons, nor to JVrive on all occasions to be ufefnl to them if we can do fi> without too much i,,,! 150 [pegno (expeuce). Consult with TOerci.", V The second is a long Jet;er from a person in the French army, exhibit ing-fuch a pi<siure of the cowardice and want of discipline of the French troops, as the Ariitocratic party have delighted to paint ; and tending to 'hew, that there was a secret under (landing between those who directed the motions of the army and theAuf trians. It is neither important nor entertaining ; and if genuine, mufl evidently, from the flippant familia rity of the style, have been addrelled to fonie person about the Queen, and not to herfelf. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, August 12. A number of petitioners being ad mitted to the bar, their orator spoke as follows : " Legiflafors ! There is amonft you a deputy who a traitor to his coun try"". We have brought proofs of his treachery. M. Blancgilly of Mar seilles called himfelf the friend 6( the people. When appointed a Deputy, he kept up a correspondence with h-is fellow-citizens rather like a dema gogue than an enlightened Patriot. He afTumed the livery of the Arifto crats. Since the 20th June, he has been circulating a work, written by himfejf, which one would rather as cribe to the Minister Terrier. This work is full of calumnies against the Marfeillefe. On the 2lfl of July, he wrote—" You may depend upon the following fat'ls : Armies, formidable both by their numbers and discipline, are advancing against us. It is as im poflible to flop thein as to move moun- tains. The trania&ions of the 20th of June have won over all hearts to the King. Hasten therefore to be firft, like good men, in quitting the society of conspirators, left you be confounded with them. The plot formed for aflaffinating the King dis graces the federates of this city." This man did not then know the plea sure of having a country ! His hands have been formed to wear chains !— Legislators ! banish from among you this traitor ! this infamous wretch ! Tin»e will inform you who are the real regicides,—whether thole who wilh for a conjlitutional King, or those who wifliing to restore despot ism, have exposed him to the ven geance of a people detetinined either to perish or be free. It is true the Marfeillefe consider all Kings as the scourge of the earth ; but if they are desirous of freeing thcinlelves from theirs, it is not by crimes but by the fover«ign will of the people. Loujj XVI. has dug the grave of Royalty, the only service he could have ren dered France."—Loud and reiterated applauses followed this address. A member of the deputation of Marseilles said, that M. Blancgilly had so completely performed the part of a political hypocrite, that, at the beginning of the Revolution he was detained fix or seven months a pri soner at Marseilles as an incendiary. M. Cranet of Marseilles.—" Anad miniftrator of the Bouches du Rhone has just sent me the printed copy of letter, written by M. Blancgilly to Boyer, the chief of the conspiracy which wasto cutthe throatsof all the Members of the adminilhative body of our city," Several voices cried out, .Kead, read the letter !" on which the following lenience was read : The Jacobins will never succeed in eltablilhing republicanism, nor the heuillants in eilablifhing monarchy. Nothing could exceed the courage of our good King and his augull fpotife. On the 20th of June, they were rob bed of a confidei able quantity of plate and jewels. Our armies are every I where defeated. The King of Pruf fia will be at Coblentz on the Every thing will go on well. He will spend the autumn in Paris. About the end of July or middle of Atigull Monsieur will be declared Regent of the kingdom, and Louis XVI. really King of France, will ro longer be the conlHtutii»nalKing of the French." [Murmurs of indignation were heard < from all fides of. Ihe I ! 1] M. Lacroix—" I moved ,or a de cree of accusation agaiuft M. R| ,c ; gi'ly, because I believe i ~cn py had been coll atcl l>y i,{ . , r I trator ; hut ns i; is v < mull be ordered to vh :; r f wer interrogatories rCeve, ,1 cried out No, no ;_ a " t T' ' the tribune (continued or, untill a decree of accufa-i i been pafled against a rep ref «" of the people, he is ° nocent. I request that the may order one of its melTeng,* ' repair to h,s house, and hi m ln,me f li . at e | ytothe Affembi™ his piopofition was adopted August 16. WAR WITH J\l. Le Brun, secretary f or fnr . affairs, notified the assembly tl )a . f Empress of fluffia had declared \»ar a gat 11 It trance ; the Impeviat CV tharme, from the moft.euio.ecorner of the north, ordered Frenchmen IO reinflate Louis XVI. in alUis royal prerogatives --M. Cencft, the amballador, had been expelled Kufii,. Referred to the Diplomatic Commi;! t Cf. Louis XVI. is now in the Temple he was transferred there last TueTda/ —M. Petion was in the fame carriage with the King and his fami]y_L 0 i?i s feenied afraid ; tJiecroud onthePlace Vendome hindeied his coach f rom proceeding ; and it flopped exactly opposite to the demolished itatue of Louis the Fourteenth. The fall 0 f that magnificent idol mull haveawoke ft ran ge reflections in his fwolien breast, all inimical to the vanity of terreftial affairs. O Louis ! how easy might it have been for you lu have avoided such humiliation. We hear that Genera! La Fayette was on the 12th informed of iheevents of the 10th in ft. It is said he did hoc credit the report, and that he added ;hefe words: "Let what will be (■'atft, my army will obey me !" LONDON, Aoguft ro. The graruity given by Lord Corn wallis, to the officers and soldiers of his army, and equal to fix months bat ta, is as follows : Sterl. Stsr/. A, Colonel 412 A Captain —nj 4 A Lieut.Col —360 A Lieut 7616 A Major 288 An Ensign— 57 !2 The good and great Staniftaus, 111 the midst of his diltrefs, has effected one great national purpose, namely, the yeomanry and peasantry, are lio longer S:rfs (i. e. slaves to their Lords, transferable like cattle) they are henceforth to be free, and are to have equal laws, and justice adminiltered in a legal manner. On Sunday, Mr. Merrywether, a pothecary at Green Hammerton, and Mils Gray, of Wiiftrop, set off on a matrimonial expedition to Gretna Green. Few circumftanees of this nature ever caused more bustle a inongft the inhabitants of York. The lovers, on one horse, galloped molt forioufly thio' ihe principal streets, closely pursued by a quondam admir er of the lady, and another person who rode as furioufly, vociferating, " Stop them ! Stop them !" They were (topped near the York-Tavern, and one of the pursuers attempted to force the young lady from her pilli on ; (he, however, threw her arms round the waste of her destined hus band, and declared nothing on earth should part them. By this time they were furrotinded by several hundred persons, who, " liitening to the voice of love," espoused the caule of the fair fugitive, and called out for a chaise and four, which was immedi ately procured from the tavern. The lady made hut one step from her horse into the carriage—the lover followed—waved his hat as a token of gratitude to those who had pro tected them, and bowled them away to the land of Love and Freedom.— The unfortunate pursuers not being able to get Frelh horles, gave up the chafe. EDINBURGH, July 7- Or) Friday evening arrived »t Glas gow, Lieut. General Romaizewfti, » Polish Nobleman of high rank, ac companied by Dr. Herfchel, the cele brated nftronomer. Thele tliftin guifhed strangers have been present ed with the freedom of the City I'JT Lord Provost and Magistrates ; > n 'j were entertained by the Principal and Profefiors of the College, when Or. Herfchel was prefentcd with a liploma of an honorary degree in ! iws. Dr. Herfchel is since arrivec 'his city.
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