•t
h'unfelf the manner in which they
(hould be introduced. They were
topafs through thegate des Feuillans,
and go out of the gate du Menage.
These orders of the King wt re-Tent
to tlie commander in chief, who op
posed to them the orders received
from the municipality, enjoining him
to receive, under the Itaudard of tile
national guards, people ot all deno
initiations, drefled in all kinds of uni
forms, and provided wish any kind
of arms.
The pikemen in their, march had
taken the declaration of rights, which
■was carried before them. The co
lours of the Baftile, and the men of
the 14th of Jelv appeared among
them. For a banner they had an old
pair of breeches, from the mob per
haps being called here, " Sans Cu
lottes."
By three o'clock they, had defiled
through the hall of the Afl'embly, in
the rear of the palace, through the
garden, the guard having refui'ed to
oppose them, and rotind by theOuay
to the place de Carofel, in front of
the Chateau. Here they were joined
by eight pieces of cannon, and two
caid'ons ofammuriition. After half an
hourfpent in parleying, the entrance
being refufed them, they proceeded
to force. The commandant of the
guard required authority from the
Mayor and municipality to repel them,
but was refufed. The matches were
lighted, and every thing seemed to
prelude a formal battle, when the of;
ficer returned to annonncehis having
received no orders. The gates were
instantly forced, no refinance being
made, and the people in thousands
precipitated into the palace : the
doors at the entrance of the king and
queen's apartments beingclofed,with
out waiting to have them ppened,
they shattered them to pieces.
The queen retired to a second a
partnient with the dauphin in her
arms, and threw herfelf upon the
protection of a reserve of grenadiers
of the national guard. Here a third
door was broke open. The crowd
became so great, that with difficulty
the queen found a corner of the win
dow to escape from the great press.
Here, exposed to all the gross and
vile language that imagination can
conceive, (he was obliged to remain
for several hours during which they
presented her and the dauphin with
a national cockade, which she imme
diately wore.
During this scene, another of a dif
ferent nature went forward in the
king's apartment : one of the chiefs
of this mob preCented the King a red
bonnet, adorned with national cock
ades, and demanded the retraction of
the Veto which the King has placed
on the decree against the priests, and
for the establishment of a camp. His
answer was noble and manly ; " If
the welfare of the nation consists in
wearing a red cap, I have no objec
tion to wearing it. Pure in my con
science, I have no dread—as ro the
decrees, this is no time to speak of
them !"—Some one having remarked
that he was afraid, he seized the hand
of a grenadier near him, and clap
ping it upon his heart, he Paid, " Tell
rne, my friend, does my heart beat
like a man in fear ?" He immediately
seated himfelf between the windows
of his apartment, that looked towards
the Thuilleries, and put on a red cap.
One of the mob offered him a glass
to drink the health of the nation ; he
accepted it, and drank it without
seeming to have the finalleft appre
henGon.
The crowd began to press upon
liim. A national guard was nearlv
forced out of his place, near his ma
jelly. " The King," cries this brave
fellow, '( is our fafeguard, I would
not desert him, for a hundred thou
sand crowns !" A municipal officer
attempted to speak, but could not be
heard. Several members made the
fame attempt without success.
M. Santerre then tried what he
could do ; a roar ensued, of " Long
live Petion ! Long live the good, the
worthy Petion !" The gootf, the wor
thy Petion then addressed the King.
" The people (fays he) have appear
ed with dignity, and with dignity
they will depart. \'our majesty mav
niake yourfelf easy." Santerre or
dered the deputation to come for
■ward.
The fpokefnian according!* de
manded chat t'lie patriotic iiiiiiifters
be re inflated—that the Veto be re
rraifted relative to the two obnoxious
decrees
The King anfweved :
" i have fwoni to maintain the
conHiturion, and J will defend it at
the risk of my life."
Clamours were renewed of" Long
live the nation ! Long live Sans Cu
loi:ts ! Long live liberty ! No Veto !
The eyes of the leaders of the mob,
and of many of the mob themselves,
glistened with rage. " Long live
Santei re* !" A grenadier attempted
to quiet them, the Prince told Jlim,
" Let them aloue, my friend ; let
their words be ever so injurious, it is
all the fame to me."
By this time several deputies, alarm
ed at the (late of the Royal .Family,
had aflembled, and a deputation of
24 members was named to surround
the person of the King, and to be re
placed every half hour by a frelh de
putation, so as to inform the afiembly
of the Hate of his majesty. M. Pe
tion arrived about the lame time with
the deputation. The people Itill con
tinue their clamours, for the restora
tion of the late ininiftry, and the sanc
tion of the decrees ; but in vain ; the
King retained the fame manly firm
nefs and conversed with the deputa
tion without the smallest appearance
of inquietude. By persuasions and
intrearies, the mayor and four of the
deputies prevailed upon the people to
withdraw. They had palled all over
the palace, the roofs were covered
with the multitude, they hungin duf
fers to the windows ; and except the
breaking of some doors and windows,
no other mifchief was done, no acci
dent even ensued.
Towards night fall tlie Palace was
entirely cleared, the deputies, had
previously profited of an interval in
the affluence of tlie crowd, and con
/fueled the King to his bed chamber.
Towards ten o'clock all was qniet ;
the citizens all retired peaceably to
their respective homes and the night
was pafl'ed in the utmofi tranquility.
* M. Santerre is a brewer.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,
July iy.
LETTER FROM M.LA FAYETTE TO TtfZKiXG
"sire,
" I have the honor to fend
Majesty the Copy of a letter to the
National Aflembly, in which your
Majelty will find the expression of sen
timents that have animated my whole
life. The King knows with what ar
dor, with what constancy, I have been
at all times devoted to the cause of
Liberty, to the (acred principles of
humanity, equality, and justice. He
knows that I was always the adver
sary of !• acftions, the enemy of licen
tiousness, and that no power which 1
thought unlawful, was ever acknow
ledged by me. He knows my devo
tion to his Constitutional Authority,
and my attachment to his person!
Such Sire, are the balls of my letter
to the National Aff'embly ; such will
be those of my conduct' towards my
country and your Majesty, amid the
ltorms which so many combinations,
hostile or fatftious, strive to draw up
on us. r
." Ir belongs not to me, Sire, to
give to my opinions or my measures a
higher degree of importance than the
unconnected arts of a fnnple Citizen
ought to possess ; but the expleffion
ot my thoughts was always aright,
arid on this occasion becomes a duty •
and although I might have fulfilled
this duty sooner, if, instead of being
to be heard from the midst of a catnp
my voice had been to iflue from (he
retreat from which I was drawn by
the dangers of my country, I do not
think that any public function, any
personal consideration, releases me
trom exercising this duty of a citizen,
this right of a Freeman.
Perfifl, Sire, strong in the autho
rity which the National Will has de
egated to you, in the generous refo
ution of defending the principles of
the Constitution against all their ene
|- et 'his Resolution, support
ed bv all the atfts of your private life
as by a firm and full exercise of the
Royal Power, become the gaere of
harmony, which, above all i n the mo
'r"« 8 A fCrlfis ' ca " not to be efta
between the Representatives
118
eletfied by the people, and their he
reditary Representative. It is in this
Resolution, Sire, that for your coun
try and for yourfelf arc glory and
fafety. '1 hereyou will find the friends
of Liberty—all good Frenchmen,
ranged around your Throne, to de
fend it againlt the machinations of
the rebellious, and the enterprizes of
the factious. And I, Sire, who, in
their honorable hatred, have found
the reconipence of my persevering
opposition—l will always merit it by
my zeal to serve the cause to which
my whole life is devoted, and by my
fidelity to the oath which I have ta
ken to the Nation, the Law and the
King.
" Such, Sire, are the unalterable
sentiments—os which I subjoin the
homage and that of my respect.
(Signed) " LA FAYETTE."
Letter from the King of the French (in
hii own hand) to Marjhal Lucknsr,
June 30.
" I received with pleasure the ac
count that you give me of theftate of
the troops, and of their dispositions.
1 entreat you to express to the com
missioned and uon-commifGoned offi
cers and privates my sensibility for
the marks of interest and attachment
which they have given me in thepre
fent circumrtances. Tell them that
my part is finally taken, that I (hall
never change ir, and that 1 am ready
to perilii with them in the fuppoit of
the liberty and independence of our
'country. Ido not doubt but they
participate in my sentiments. As to
you, Martha], you have given too ma
ny proofs of your attachment to the
conltitution to doubt of your wish for
the 1 e-eftablifhment in the kingdom
of the public peace, and the authori
ty of the laws.
(Signed) LOUIS.
An exact copy, ALEX. BERTHIER
Second letter jrim the King to Marjha,
Luckntr.
" I unfterdand, Monsieur, that ma
ny general officers, and others, em
ployed in your army, desire to give
in their resignation. In our present
circumflances you will, no doubt,
make use of all the authority which
your conduit and principles give you,
to represent to them how pernicious
to the public cause such conducft would
be. Their attachment to me is ano
ther powerful reason which ought to
engage them to remain in thefervice,
and to second my unalterable resolu
tion to defend our country againftall
its enemies.
(Signed) LOUIS.
An exatftcopy, ALEX. BERTHIER.'
PROCLAMATION OF THE KING.
" fr renchmen cannot hear without
concern, thata multitude, cxcited by
fomefactious persons, came with arms
in their hands into the King's palace,
drawing a piece of cannon even into
the guard-room ; that they broke
open the doors of his apartment with
axes, and there audaciously abusing,
by afluming the name of the nation,
attempted to obtain by force the sanc
tion which his Majelty had conftiiu
tionally refufed tp two decrees.
" T he King opposed to the mena
ces and insults of these factious per
sons only his conscience and his love
for the public weal.
" The King does not know at what
point they would flop; but he thinks
it right to inform the French nation,
that violence, to whaterer excess it
may be carried, shall never tear from
him his consent to whatever he fliall
think contrary to the public interest.
He exposes, without regret, his own
peace, and his personal fafety ; he
gives up even without pain, the en
joyment of the rights which belong
to all men, atid which the law ought
to refpetfi in him as well as in all ci
tizens ; but, as the hereditary repre
sentative of the French nation, he has
severe duties to fulfil, a „d thousli he
will make the facrifice of his own re
pose, he will not facrifice his duties
! If those who wi(h to overthrow
the monarchy have need of one crime
more, they may commit it. In the
crilis in which he finds himfelf, the
King will, to the lad moment, give
co all the conftituied powers, the ex
ample of that courage and firmnefs
which can alone sav e the empire. In
consequence he orders all the admin-
ift/ative and innnicip a ] \ ..
watch over the lives a „i >•
of the people.
" Give " at p aris, the 22 j „f ,
1792, the 4th year ot'Lih '
(S«gned) ' Lop' I ''
And under ~ X^ 1 --
__i n -Kli!£R
THE minister at WAV
Tranfmitred copies of r
ter. received from
It appeared from tliefe ,h , ner
feut M. Beauharnois l0p! [ e ha '
der io make an oral rep ort or
cumftances that obli ee d hec "
treat ; and he laid n arr , , to '«
"pon the conduct of h e Br U '? r fttt!
who, instead of rising
French, had frequently fi r
his pat roles; and also u.L ,h /• p0r '
■agamftme : (No ! No 1 N 0 n l
thought myfelf obliged to all I
have done, for the honor I
for the fafety of France"-* d **»
LONDON, July 2,
The paragraphs lately inlerted in
several papers have had the effec't to
be nnfappr eh ended perhaps intend
ed by the authors of thein.
Yesterday morning Lord Lauder
dale, attended by the right, hon. C
J. Fox as his second, and Cenerai
Arnold with Lord Hauke, as his
si lend, had a meeting in a field near
Kilburn-Well, to terminate a miOin
derltand.ng which it was found i m .
poliible to conciliate.
J he principals, with their seconds
and lurgeons.arriv'd upon theg-ound
about 7 o'clock, occupying a p o st.
coach and two poft-cbaifes. Having
taken their stations, Lord Lauder
dale refuted to toss up for the firft
site, or to fire at the fame time with
Gen. Arnold. As the General iho't
himfelf injured, his Lordlhip infilled
upon receiving the firft fire.
Gen. Arnold fired, happily with
out efFetfl, on which Lord Lauder
dale declared, that he could now with
honor acknowledge, that he might
have been mistaken in his flriftures
concerning Gen. Arnold ; and that
i herefore he should not fire on a gei,-
rleinan whom he was inclined tocou
fider as the offended man.
This liandfome apology immedi
ately fettled the unhappy difference,
which has arisen originally from the
following part of Lord Lauderdale's
speech in the House of Lords.
" If apoftacy is a recommendation
to command, the Duke of Richmond,
of all officers, is the best entitled to
that of the camp of Bagfhot, prodd
ed the name of Gen. Arnold beftruck
off the lilt."
July 3. Lord Cornwallis and his
brother will return from India as
soon as the biifinefs of the war is
wound up, which, from the accuracy
pratftifed in every department, will
soon be done.
General Meadows,alas ! isnomore
—deprefled by the mistake which he
fell into in the atftion, he took the
desperate resolution of committing
suicide—he died it is said by a pistol
ball. His worth and his honorable
services in the field, entitle liim to
the regret and lasting esteem of his
country.
M. la Fayette is now beginning to
ail like a man and a soldier. When
his sovereign's life is in danger,from
a democratic rabble, he eagerly fiic>
to preserve him. His army only watt
his commands for the famepurpofe.
July 7. Many who are acquainted
with the extensive and valuable po'"
feflions ofTippoo,in theßednore coun
try, and which are now to be aaa'
to the English pofleflions in the E' l >
positively alfert, that their revenues
produce aa income of joo.oocl. per
ann.—an acquisition—alone fufficient
to (hew the vast importance oi 1 e
peace made by Lord Cornwall'''
Such has been the progrefli ( e 3
of the revenue during the P r * en ,
year, that the excess, it is «P eUei >
will amount to 800,0001. abo*e t 1
former one. Such is the c*> eCt 0
wife regulations, proper)/ P ut 1
force for a just colle<ftion of i' )e iaxe
Before M. Pitt came into office, 011
eighth of the revenue went t° en
rich individuals, or elfeit was ne*
collected.