PARIS, April 20. THE Kin" of France having on Tuesday fen - night been ob ft runted by the people in proceeding to St.Cloud.for the purpose of (pend ing Easter there, the following took place in the National AHembly, 011 Tuesday last m coale quence of that affair. AT two o'clock the President read a letter from the King, dating his design to come to the National Aflembly. „ The King shortly after entered. The molt profound silence took place. Every one role. He took his feat by the fide of the President. The ministers took their stations beneath, and the reft of his suite within the bar. 1 here was then pronounced, with firmnefs and sensibility, the following—SPEECH by the KING : Gentlemen, . I HAVE come into the midst of you with that confidence which I have ever lelHfied in you; you have been informed of the obftruclion which 1 vefterday experienced to my departure to St. Cloud. I would not consent that it rtiould be repelled by force, from the fear of occasioning acfts of severity against a deceived multitude who thought they were arting in conformity to the lawsfat the time they were infringing upon them. But It behoves the nation to prove that lam free : Nothing is so eflential to the authority of the faniflions and of the acceptations which I have given to your decrees. For this potent reason, therefore, I persist in my intention of going to St. Cloud, of which the National As fembly will feel the neceflity. It seems as if, for the purpole of instigating a faithful people, whose affetftions I have deserved by what I have done for them, endeavours were making to 111- spire them with doubts with refpedi to my sen timents for the constitution. I have accepted,and I have sworn to maintain, that constitution, of which the civil constitution of the clergy forms a part, the execution of which I will maintain with all my power. I now but repeat those sentiments which I hav< often manifefted to the National AlTembly : I knows that my intentions and my wishes have no other objeift than the welfare of the people ; and that welfare can result but from an observ ance of the laws, and an obedience to all legiti mate and confticutional authorities. The President immediately read the following answer : Sire, if the profound femiment with which the National Afferobly is penetrated towards you, could pofiibly receive any increase, it would be from your presence ; May your finda niong us, in those testimonies of aflretftion with which you are surrounded, some compensation for your nneafinefs. Inquietude is inseparable from the progress of liberty—in the midst of the cares which the good citizens take to quiet the people, alarms are circulated—threatening cir cumstances unite from all quarters, and their dif trufl returns. __ Sire, you, the people, liberty, the conftitutipn have but one interelt. The cowardly enemies of the cotiftitution and of liberty are likewise your enemies. Every heart is devoted to you. .As you wish the welfare of the people, the peo ple are equally solicitous for the welfare of their King. Let us prevent a fa<ftion too well known by its plans, its efforts, and its plots, from inter posing between the throne and the nation, and all our willies will be accompliflied. When you thus come, Sire, to bind more close ly in this Aflembly, the ties whereby you are at tached to the revolution, you ftrengtlien the friends of peace and of the laws. They will tell the people that your heart is unchanged, and every uneasiness, every diftruit, will disappear, our common enemies will be again confounded, and you will have procured for the country a new victory. [The King's speech was received with great attention and profound silence. The President's answer was honored with plaudits from that part of theHoufe where the Members who belong to the Club des Jacobins usually fit: The other Mem bers were silent. Whilst his Majesty was with drawing, the Jacobin Members only cried Vive ie Roi; those who were known to be his parti cular friends did not utter a syllable ; they said afterwards, that they were too much lhocked at the indiscretion of the President's speech, to be able to express joy on the occasion.] April 21. Order is now pretty generally re stored, to which the conduct of the King, in dif mifling several obnoxious persons from his ser vice not a little contributed. Yeflerday after dinner he difmifl'ed the former Bishop of Senlis, and the Cardinal de Montmo rency; and this day the majority of aristocrats ■who have hitherto surrounded his perlon, were all difmifled, and replaced by persons less objec tionable. This has given much pleasure to the people, as they now promise theinfelves perfect security, against the machinations of the enemies of the constitution. During tlie late riot, a Chasseur came up to the carriage of the King, and fa.d to his majesty, that iliac which alarmed the people of Pans was the confidence which he had placed in puefl., declared enemies of the revolution, and that it he had placed it in Ecclefiaft.es who had taken the oath the people instead of opposing his de parture; would have considered him as their guardian angel.—M.de la Fayette ordered the chafleurto be taken into custody, but it was not The feflions met on the 19th to deliberate on the question submitted to them by the diredlory and as many of them as had come to any bnal resolution, when our accounts were made up, had refolverl. that his majesty s speech to the National Assembly appeared to have quieted the fears of the people ; there was no occahon tor confiderinfrthe questions proposed ; and that it was their duty to rely on the wisdom of the de partment, for restoring public confidence and tranquility Aprtl 22 ' j i r To calm the minds of the people, an addrels from the department to the citizens of Paris, has been publiihed. It is of some length—laments the late mifcondu<ft of the people, represents to them the neceflity of good order, and due obe dience to the laws, jultifies the King from the suspicions entertained by the people, that he was about to desert them—recalls to their memory the many proofs which he has given of his pa • ental care for their welfare, and his attachment to the new constitution—represents the proper mode of redress of grievances, whether real or supposed, hy addrefTes, petitions, deputations, &c. which are legal steps built upon the conttitu tion itfelf. It concludes with the strong neceiii ty of paying due attention te this address, by be having as good citizens, if they wilh not tia fee the late glorious rtvolution overturned, and del potifm, anarchy, and confufion, substituted in its olace* The following address of the municipality of "'aris, to the King, has also been published : " Sire, the municipal officers of the capital, entrusted with ths maintenance of order and oublic tranquility, owe to your majesty an ac count of thecaufes which have disturbed them. " Repositories of the interests of the people, honored wilh their immediate confidence, it is heir dury to make known to your majesty the alarms which have agitated them. It is to fulfill his double duty, that we state to your majesty, hat the people fee vfrith alarm the throne sur rounded by those men, who have declared them selves their enemies, andwhofe counsels are per haps perifidious fuggeftior.s. " If these men, fire, were friends to yonr per son, they would makeknown to you the withes of the people, if they were truly religious, they would not calumniate them to you. But, fire, we ought to tell you, for which we have leflons of experience, the people love the King whom these men deceive, the power which they abuse, and the religion whose treafurei feed their idle ness. " Sire, we beseech you to fend from your pa lace, those who, concealing the regret of their pride, under hypocritical fears, occasion uneasi ness in your loyal, generous foul, and provoke the just distrust of a people, jealous of the heart, | and of the confidence of their King. " You have declared yourfelf, Sire, the King of the constitution, the restorer, and the guardi an of French liberty. May these titles wnich cover yon with immortal glory, be announced and proclaimed amidst surrounding nations. No thing will then be heard by you from the French people, but acclamations expressive of their wel fare ; and their magistrates will come with joy to bving you testimonies of their gratitude. These testimonies, Sire, we present you, in re turn for the brilliant step you took yesterday, in the midst of the National AfTembly. The fenti ments which you then exprefled, were, for the nation, a new proof of your love, and a new pledge of your attachment, to the constitutional laws of the state. (Signed) BAILLY, Mayor. April 20. DEJOLLY, Sec. greffier. The following is an official answer which was sent to the preceding : To Mtffrs.the directory of the department of Pari. " Among tlie different objecfts, gentlemen, which you have presented for the consideration of the King, and on one part of which his ma jesty had already anticipated the wish which yon expressed, (the difmiflal of the aristocrats and nonjuring clergy) he particularly attended to the desire tertified by the department, that he {hould make known tojforeign nations, his senti ments in favor of the constitution. These the King has incessantly manifefted on all occasions, by means of ambaft'adors—and to the aflurances which has been given on his part, to the differ ent courts of Europe, we are doubtless indebted for the tranquility which we have hitherto en joyed. But his majesty, who will ever refped 66 the public opinion, and who will never hefftate to remove any doubts which may be entertained with refpedt to his sentiments, will give orders to the ambassadors and niinifters of France, at foreign courts,to explain thenifelves in his name, in the fame manner as he himfelf did to the Na tional Afl'embly. You will acknowledge, gen tlemen, in this Hep, the readiness with which the king, adopts whatever can contribute to tranquilize the minds of the people, and to re move diltruft and uneasiness. (Signed) April 21 Yesterday M. de la Fayette resigned his situa tion, in consequence of which the centry box at his door was immediately removed. Some sol diers, however, went voluntarily to his honfe for the purpose of mounting guard there, to tef tify their profound esteem for this friend of li berty and the laws. It is feared that this resig nation will be followed by others. It is report ed that the King has delayed his departure for St. Cloud, till after the holidays. LONDON, April 26 We cannot for a moment liefirate in faying, that the trade for slaves to Africa ought to be a bolished. It is difgracefnl to us as men and as Britons. It can be vindicated by no arguments fa*e one, and that in all cases the mod conremp tible, interest —But after a difcuflion of two davs it has been decided by a very great majo rity, that this traffic is not to be abolished, a de cision which adjusts the difpnte for the present, but which we hnve no doubt will some time here after be reversed ; the honor of the nation re quires it, and humanity and every christian prin ciple calls loudly for it. The time of rising from a grandDi nn'ER, now, is precisely the time when our Ancestors arose for their day Time was, a sober Englifliman would knock, His servants up, and rife by five o'clock. The French call themselves an enlightened Peo-> pie. Burke differs with them in the term, tho he is willing to admit, that they are truly a Peo ple en flamed. Preparations are, and have been long made in the modern Babylon, for the Aunts of the French Monarch. Inviting all ranks of persecu ted Bigots, his Holiness might fay -with Shake spere, " Here is Rom e, and room enough." The of Paris, contintie to man age the c£/f/bufinefs in the Revolution : They fee up and pull down Princes—and the Na tional Assembly permitit. Excellent Senators! THE FUNERAL OF M. DE MJRABEAU. THE Citizens of Paris, as if desirous to rival each other in their attachment, afiembled on Monday the 4th of April, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, to pay their last refpe&s to a patriot, whose me mory they had already embalmed with their tears! No ceremony was ever so mournful, or so majcftic *, the Proces sion was as follows : A Detachment of National Parifnn Cavalry. A Deputation of the Matrofles and Minors of the 60 Battalions, With a Deputation of Invalids on the right and left. M. de la FAYETTE. The Field Officers of the National Guard. A Deputation of the 60 Battalions of the National Guard, 60 deep, TheMuficof the National Guard.—(The Fifes muffled, the Drums, Kettle Drums, Cymbals, and other warlike Instruments, covered with black crape, and playing a dead march.) One hundred Swiss Guards. The Guards of the Prevote. The Ci e r gy. The COFFI N, Surmounted by a Crown of Laurel, and furroundcd by the Na- tional Guards with their arms rcverfed (A Hearse was provided for the occasion, but the soldiers of the battalion of Grange Bateliere, of which M. de Mirabeau had been Colonel, insisted on the honor of carrying him to his grave, which was performed by sixteen citizen-foldicrs, who were relieved tn rotation.) The NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, Escorted by a battalion of Veterans, and another of Children dressed in the uniform of the National Guards. The Deputies of the 48 Se&ions. The Department. The Municipality. The Judges of the Tribunals of Paris. The Municipal Officers of neighbouring; Towns. The Society of the Friends of the Constitution. The Ministers of State. The Society of 1789. The JACOBINS. A Detachment of Infantry, And an Escort of Cavalry. The Funerrl marshalled in the manner 3S above de tailed, occupied a space of more than three miles, and proceede ♦ through a double line of National Guards, and an innumera e concourse of citizens of both sexes, all of whom evinced the ten e of the great calamity that had befallen the Empire, "with t Kir tears. After a march of three hours, during which the molt tolenm silence prevailed, the procession arrived at St. Euftache. A Sarcophagus was ere&ed in the Choir, and all the C urc"» was hung with black. After the usual prayers, M. Ccruttt alcen ed the Tribune, and pronounced a discourse, in which he con ' deied M. de Mirabeau as a Politician and a Legislator. recapitulating his Civic Virtues, and the services he had ren ere to his country, not only the Orator himfelf, but the who e au ence was melted into tears! At the conclusion of his fpeec , proceflion set out in the fame order for the Church of v. t. vieve ; having arrived there at midnight, they deposited tie 0 of Honore Riquetti Mirabeau in the fame tomb with thatto illu&rious Dcfcartes, where they will both remain till t en church is prepared to receive thefc great men, whom France reckoned worthy of National Honours! " DELESSART." The ELECTORS.
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