;il Aflembly to fit in. I fliall giva the neceflary orders to prepare it. I /hall facilitate and expe dite the mealures which mutual confidence may require. LOUIS. This letter occasioned Tome debate, and some members argued against their removal to Paris. It was put to the voice, and by a great majori ty it was decided that they should remove to Pa ris, conformable to their declaration to the King. Several of the representatives imagining that the National Aflembly is on the eve of being de prived it its liberty, and that on its removal to Paris it will be dangerous to manifeft opinions contrary to thofeof the multitude, have demand ed paflports. Several Members complained of the insults offered to themselves and other representatives by the populace ; among other things it was ob served, that they wanted to aflaflinate M. Ti rieu, one of the deputies who accompanied the King to Paris. One gentleman aliened, that his own house would have been plundered, had it it not been for the National militia—The fubjed: was adjourned. M. de Mirabeau complained to the Aflembly of some expreflions used by M. de St. Priest, Mi'nif ter tor Paris, on Monday last, which he said might have been attended with fatal consequences. M. Mirabeau aliened, that when 4 or fooo wo men arrived at Versailles from Paris on purpose for bread, they addrefled themselves to M. de St. Priest; who replied in the following words: " Ladies, when you had but one King you never •wanted bread—at present you have 1200—go and ask them for some." This affair which excited the most lively sensa tions in the Aflembly, was ordered immediately to be reported to the Committee of Inquiry. LONDON. MIRABEAU. M. de Mirabcan, whose name is frequently heard in the debates of the French Parliament, was fir ft brought into public notice during the administration of M. de Calonne, who employed him in an inferior capacity as an agent to fcruti- Jiize into the conduct of the Prtiflian Cabinet, at the moment when the late Monarch was on the eve of diflolution, which threatened to produce a Re volution in the Germanic system. His letters to the French Minister, during his residence at Berlin, betrayed strong marks of a bility and talents for intrigue; and the beftproof of their importance is, that having been since publilhed, under the title of, " The secret His tory of the Court of Berlin," the King of Prus sia had fuflicient influence at the court of Ver sailles to get the book condemned by the laws of France, and it was afterwards burnt by the com mon hangman. To give it greater celebrity, the condemnation of it was preceded by a funeral oration from the King's Advocate General. Notwithstanding M. de Mirabeau's acknow ledged talents in the line in which he was em ployed, it is certain from his own letters tliat the court of France did not think proper to trust him with any of the secrets of the cabinet, for the ■want of which information he was always in the dark, and unable to proceed perhaps to the extent of his abilities. At the expiration of a year, M. de Mirabeau was recalled. M. de Mirabeau has been compared by his own countrymen, to Cataline, and probably with great justice. His superior and uncommon talents are considered as a misfortune, rather than as a ser vice to his country—and while they strike the mind with admiration, they are never heard with out fear and distrust. Tho of noble extraction, his abilities have neither been able to procure him a character nor fortune ; for being a man of tire most degenerate and base principles, he is shunned rather than courted by his fellow citi zens ; and hence it is that his fine arguments in the debates of the national aflembly make little or no impreflion, and he is obliged to write a jour nal of the proceedings of that Aflembly as a means of livelihood. i Late ft accounts of the Difturlances at Versailles. THE King's government may now be supposed to be at an end. In fad;, he is the prisoner, not of the nation, but of the people of Paris; and per haps foreign Princes might, without any viola tion of the laws of nations, or the rights" of So vereigns, refufe to recognize.any longer his Am bafladors.as the representatives of a Sovereign and independent Prince ; for no two characters be long less to any man, than sovereignty and in dependence do to Louis XVl.'at this moment. Nay, this unfortunate whose fault lies not in his heart, holds not merely his crown, but his very life, at the will of a multitude whose im portance depends upon commotions, and who, under e fettled government, however free, must fink into the fuuation of hewers of wood, and drawers of water. The situation of the King Is truly deplorable, when he was at Versailles he did not think his life ft cure, though he was surrounded by the corps of lifeguards, the 100 Swiss, and the regiment of dra goons called Les trois Eveches, from the three bi ilioprics of Toul, Metz and Verdun, in Lorraine, where it was raised. If was resolved, therefore, by the Council, in coiifequence of his Majesty's wifli, that another regiment fliould he ordered to Versailles, to do du ty about the King. In the felec r tio)i of the regiment which was to be added to the King's guard, the Minsters considered principally which was eminently diltinguifhed for an attachment to his Majesty's person. The Regiment du Roi, or the King's own regi ment, would therefore have been singled out 011 this very account; but it confiftedof fourbattal lions, and it was feared that the approach of so ve ry numerous a corps, would have given umbrage to the people. The well known attachment of the Marquis de Lufignan, sprung himfelf from kings, to the per son of Louis XVI. and the attachment of his regi ment to their Colonel, determined the King to order the regiment de F land re, commanded bv that Nobleman to march to Versailles. The military etiquette, of France has cftabliffi ed a custom through the service, that when are gim ent marches into a town where there are troops in garrison, it is always entertained at the expence of those troops. In consequence of this etiquette, and by no means through design, the officers of the Flanders regiment were invited to dinner by the lifeguards The dinner wasferved up on the ftage'of the opera-lioule in the palace, as the most capacious place. When the glass had circulated rather free ly, some toasts were given by the life guards, strongly expressive of loyalty to the King. 1 he officers of the Flanders regiment shouted approbation when they heard them, and drank them in the Engliffi stile with loud huzzas. This convinced the lifeguards that their guests and they were all of one mind; and then it was that the proposal was made for trampling under foot the National cockade, in which all joined most heartily. The appearance of the King and Queen, who entered the place merely to do honor to the guests incrcafed the flow ol loyalty; but when the mafic fti uck up the air ot O Richard—Omy King, the all ufion to his Majesty's situation, which those who ordered the band to play this tune, would have thought to be like that of Richard Coeur de Lion, the fit nation of a monarch deprived of his liberty, the officers felt themselves wound upto the highest pitch, and as if animated by one foul, began all to sing the words of the song. I he King himfelf was atfeiffced ; he immediately walked out, unable to speak, and with his hand kerchief up to his eyes. The officers then solemnly pledged themselves to one another, that they "would Hand by their King, release him from the bondage in which he was kept by a vile canaille (such were their \yords) or perish in the attempt. These gentlemen,however, were comparatively few in number, and therefore though they were of approved gallantry, they knew that if they were not backed by the soldiers, they could do nothing. Such of the non-commissioned officers and pri vates as were known to have most influence on their fellow soldiers, were called in and founded. They declared their readiness to fight for their King, and second their officers in what they cal led a glorious cause. 1 lie officers thus sure of support, treated the Garde Bourgoife with sovereign contempt, ridi culed their unmilitary appearance, and insulted their national cockade. As loon as the news of this tranfacftion reached Paris, the people became alarmed for their fafety they dreaded left thisfhould be the fore-runner of a new revolution in the army, and that the dif ferent regiments would soon delert the popular canfe with as much precipitation, as they had em braced it with levity. They resolved therefore to crush this return of what they called loyalty, in the bud ; and for this purpose the Marquis de la Fayette marched to Versailles with 20,000 men. The Parisians have always been held in sove reign contempt by the French army, when there was any question of making tliem face an enemy ; and therefore the regulars were not dismayed at the fight of this army, preceded by a body of fu ries inthefhape of women. The life guards, the too Swiss, the Flanders re giment, and the Trois Eveche's drew upto receive them—and if a man could judge from appearan ces, he would fay, that there was not a single sol dier belonging to this little army, who was not de termined towithftand the militia, whilfthehada single round of powder and ball. Ihe officers, deceived by this appearance of firmnefs, did that which on no other occasion thev would have been rash enough to do ; they cave orders to fire. 6 The order was firft given to the life guards, and was obeyed with alacrity. It was next given to the Flanders regiment, but not a man obeyed it, on the contrary, the whole regiment went overtothe people. The dragoons (les troisEveclie's) flieathed their i words. The commanding officer of the 100 Swiss, fee ing this, gave no order at all. riiciour companies of lite guards tV l.r eel, thus betrayed, feeing thenifelveJlehev^ I ,' to the fury of the militia, were obliged to ' !i y P ,,j fon.e of the officers of the most • nnhes in France fell victims to their for* ' ' That the life guards were betrayed, is'uncrf Uonable, for bad they not had the molt po tl' aflurances of fupportirom the relt of the'tronm they never would have been raffi enough to vridf ltand thousands. The regiment de Flandre, which piqued itlelf on being fans tache, without stain, has brought indelig.ble disgrace upon itfelf, not for havf n! r refilled to fire upon the people, for that - it, con fidered abftra«ftly, might be called patri Jt ic But for having promised to stand bv the life guards and their officers whilst they had life and tor having afterwards deferred them, and luffer ed them to be cut to pieces by the militia. As soon as the people became mailers of the pa lace, they began to cry out, that if the King was fuffered to remain vx Versailles, thel'afety of the public would be endangered, and therefore tliev Taid that he must consent to place liimfelf under the protection of his good city of Paris, and reside in that capital. The sense of the people was made known to the King, who had it not in his power to oppose that sense. He fonnd that so impatient were the people for his departure, that they would not wait till apart ments could be fitted up and aired for him in the Louvre, where the French Court has not been kept for many years ; and therefore he wasunder the necessity of setting out immediately for what he considered not his palace in Paris, but hispri fon. His ears were never once fainted with a Vive le Roi on the road to the capital ; on the contrary the snouts of Vive le Nation echoed on every fide. The unfortunate Restorer of French Liberty, was led captive thro the streets, and once or twice he saw the dead bodies of two of the women killed by the life guards, placed in his way, that he might fee, the people confidercd him as. the au thor of their death. His Majeity endeavored occasionally to look cheerful, but his dejection soon returned ; and he had the appearance of a man who knew, or at least feared, that his journey would be clofedby the tragic scene of his death. The never appeared more like a Queen, neither dejetfted, or affecting indifference; she difplaved an equanimity which even her enemies were forced to admire. LONDON, Oct. 3. The scarcity of braad, which threatened a fa mine at Paris, and was partly supposed to cause the late convulsion at Versailles, immediately ceased, and plenty was proclaimed on the King's arrival at Paris. Ever since that time, the citi zens have been composed and fatisfied refpe&ing the article of corn. The National Aflembly of France is a daily ex pence of 24,000 livres to the Nation. Each De puty is allowed 18 livres a day for his expences, which, with the salary of Secretaries, lights, and attendants, amounts to that sum. The good of the Nation may therefore be said to cost it 1000 crowns for every hour the Aflembly fits, comput ing the fitting at eight hours a-day. The Clergy of France are a great, and have been considered as a very powerful body. They confilt, at present, of eighteen Archbifliops, and one hundred and thirteen Bishops, all named and appointed by the King—who has (we mean ki) likewise the nomination of seven hundred and ieventy abbes, and of the Superiors of three hundred and seventeen converts of nuns. This, it may be supposed, gave the Crown great influ ence over the fubjetft. This wonderful fabric, however, so lately deemed impregnable, is no* evidently tottering. Mr. Jefferfon, the American Agent, as wells' his secretary, who followed him to Cowes, met with every civility at the custom-house, by the express orders of Mr. Pitt ; a circumftancewhich has produced more will among the Ameri cans, both for the miniller and the country, than would have been obtained at another juncture from favors far more important. We learn from Madrid, that the King of Spam has ordered a nine day's supplication to Heaven (neuvaine) overall his dominions, praying that the Almighty would be pleased to fruftrate ana confound all thofecounfels which tend to the hu miliation of the monarchical power in t ranee. When the Inquisition in Spain is demolished, as it certainly muit beinprocefsoftime,thehirtoi) of that iniquitous prison will altoniih mankin ■ The Baftile has been a paradise to that place 0 torments. A happy turn.—At one of the late country as sizes, where an indictment for an aflault had been preferred agairift a woman for the ill usage 0 her husband, who is superannuated, his Coun e, in the heat of declamation, happened to lay> c ® half the sex were devils ! But feeing a num of genteel females in the Court, after a very pause, he went on—" But the other half arc 3 gels ! and Teveral of them, said he, are now pt e * e
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