Foreign Affairs. PARIS, August 14. THIS capital is now, after fix Jays of toniult, jii a (late of peace. The populace no longer fill the itreets and the crowd round the National Allembly is 110 greater than ulual ; even the forlorn 1 huilleries has a! mod ceased to be ail obje<!t of curio sity. Nothing transpires concerning the coiidutf of the king and queeu in their new habitation, the temple,rind indeed there is very little enquiry concerning them. 1 hey are lodged in an upper suite of apartments, the heighth of which as a lecurity againfl escape, donbtlels made a conliderable part of their recommendation. The executive power, in the mean time, begins to acquire somewhat of form and consistency. The National Afiembly have decreed, that a Nati onal Council ihall lit, for theexercife of this power, each member of which shall, in his turn, fill the President's chair; that all pi oceedings (hall be in the name of the nation ; and that their seal (hall itnprefs only the si gure of liberty, with a suitable in scription. The Aflembly determined, that the King's rcfideme lhotiUl be at the Teirtple Y to which he (liould be con ducted ;he next day. August* tj The troops took their appointed polls at two o'clock, and the King with his family arrived in perfect fafefy at the temple, of which a re port was instantly made by M. Petion to the Aflembly At the places where the Itatues oi ormer Kings had been demolilhed, he crowd was greatest ; and at each >f these the populace, remembering low much the glories of these mo larchs had impoveriflied the nation, ind what defolatioti their cruelties Had spread among families, exprefled their joy upon the altered state of events with (houts, which might o therwise have been fparedto a subdu ed individual. La Fayette is declared a traitor to his country, and every individual is invited to (hoot him, if he cannot be brought alive to-the bar of the Naii. onal Aflembly ; he has declared him felf for the conflitutional King, con sequently against the Aflembly, that have invaded every article of the con fiitution—l»e is at present said to be under the walls of Sedan, with fif teen thousand men, and supported by the whole country, where he is adored. The fchtmcr Dumourieris appoint ed in his room. The globe, which as an emblem of royalty was placed over the principal gate that led to the Thuilleries, has been pulled down ; and the busts of Meflrs. La Fayette, Bailly and Neck ar, which were placed in the hall of the Aflembly, have been treated with the fame indignity. August iS The (late prisons are filled with prisoners.—The number of those de tained in the Abbayeonly, on account of the affair of the loth, amounts to a hundred and thirty-four persons. The Commons, who are made an swerable forthe feci) rity of the king's pei (on, are taking new precautions toenfure their important charge They permit no persons to remain with hi in but such as are absolutely neceflary. They are making a ditch all around the building where he is imprisoned ; and besides the exterior guard, the interior is compofe'd of fifty men, who for the twenty-four hours they are on duty, cannoc itir out of the wall, and who are main tained at the public charge. Each battalion of the national guard fut nilhes 2J in rotation. August 20 efterday, in consequence of sus picions and difcoveries,all the queen's attendants were removed from the temple to the commons.house, fiom which after undergoing an examina tion, they were conduced to the ho tel de la force. Forty Savoyards have deferred from the army of the king of Sardinia, and prefeuted themselves with their arms and baggage, to one of the French generals. M. Gonvion, the excellent patriot and friend to Gen. La Fayette, had 1 three brothers, the eldert was killed at Nancy, in defence of the law; and the fccond, after having fought with dirtin(ftion on tlie plains of America, after having served honorably in the National Allembly, and nieritted the elleem of all good men, fended his glorious career in the battle of Grif owei. We learn that his surviving brother, who is a Captain of Artillery, is now with M. La Fayette in the ca pacity of an Aid de-Cainp. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, August 9. A letter from M. Jolivef, a mem ber, was read—lt set forth, rhat he liad been yelterday at M. Vaublanc's house. He saw fcveral people ot the door—To learn what was going for ward, he walked up and down the Rue St. Honore. As he palled by the Jacobins, he perceived a prodigious crowd in the yard. He went into the crowd ; and learning that the Ja cobins were going to relate several recent events, he stepped into the hall. He heard the following ques tion agitated : " How (liall the names of those members of the National Afl'embly who are fold to the Civil Lilt, and voted for La Fayette, be made known through the kingdom? Then M. Monteaux de Montreal, a_ member of the National Allembly, Prelident of the Jacobin Club, put the question thus : " Lst those who vvifh to pals to the order of the day, on the motion of posting up the names of the mem bers fold to the Civil I.ift, and who voted for La Fayette, (land up." M. Merlin interrupted the Secre tary, and declared that M. Jolivet is an infamous liar. M. Girardin asked and obtained leave to speak. Hefaid, hehadbeeri (truck near the National Assembly. M. Merlin a(ked him on what part of his body. M. Girardin answered with disdain — behind to be Cure, where vile afl'affins llrike ; but he de clared he had not been touched by any citizen of Pari.?. M. Vaublanc,M.La Fayette's friend and advocate, ran to the tribune— My houl'e, (aid he, was belieged ; the villains not finding me at home, allied for my wife and my children ; their [heads, said they, would lit well on a pike until mine was placed on one— my family escaped by means of a lad der ; but 1 shall never perjure myfelf, 1 shall vote as 1 think. — I voted for La Fayette yeilerday ; to-day I will vote for his King and mine. — Let ns leave this wicked town, where liberty is no more. No doubt, continued he, there are few in this House of M. Kerfaint's dilpofition, few who think that the matter before us is not fuffi cieutly important. He concluded with moving, that the Attorney Ge neral flionld be summoned to the bar to declare what measures he had a dopted to maintain good order. He added with moving, that the confe derates should (lay no longer in the capital. M. Lagrevole wished the Mayor of Paris to be sent for also, that he might declare whether or not he could an swer for the fafety of th<? National Aflembly. M. Choudieux was convinced, that since the National Aflembly had ab solved the factious soldier, they were no longer capable of governing the (late. The Aflembly decreed, that the Mayor of l'aris, and the Attorney Ge neral of the Department, fliould come to the bar. The Attorney-General came to the bar.—He declared, that the General Council were informed, that several members of the Aflbmbly had been inlulted and (truck ; —that at mid night (Thursday) the alarm-bell was to be rang to aflemble all ihe citi zens, in ordpr to invert the Palace ofj the Thuilleries. August 1 M. Merlin—" I announce to the I Aflembly, that, perhaps, at this nio ■ment, the trenches are open before I hionville. The PrnUians and Auf trians are niafters of ihe poll of Ro demack. My father informs me,that all his fellow citizens will loofeiheir; lives 011 1 lie ramparts rather than give up the town—[applaufes.] 158 The Committee of fafety have more than 400 letters in their poHellion, which prove that the plan and time of this attack were known in Paris, and that Paris is the focus of the con spiracy of Coblentz. 1 requefl, there ;fore, that the wivss and children of the Emigrants, as well as the family of Louis XVI. be detained as hoftag es. — Deci ced.— [ A pplanfes.] A lift was ordered to be primed of nil the members who were prelent on the tenth, and of the hour at which they severally took the oaths, toge ther with the motives assigned by those who were absent, and sent the fame in writing. M. Bazire read some papers found in an efcrntoire of the King's, which contain a llatement of the expences of the King of France's household ai Coblentz. One of them is a letter from M; fie Poix, who remits to the King an account of the payments made to his four companies of Gardesdu-Corps, since the ift of July, 1791. M. de Poix remarks with what alacrity he has executed his Majesty's withes 011 an objetft so ipteretting to his heart. Anprher letter is dated Coblentz, 7th o<ft. 1791, without signature, the anonymous writer gives an account of the military chest, Slid of the Anns he has received for the four compa nies. The Aflembly ordered the pa fperp to be printed, and sent into the eighty-three departments. The author of a third, letter, dated 31ft January, 1792, seems to have in view the reinftatenients of the Parli aments and the restoration of the or ders. The reporter of the Extraordinary Commiflion informed the Aflembly that the King's Civil Lift, had been confiuned in keeping in pay a vast number of writers, the names and objects of whose writings he gave a Hft of. While this was reading,the As fembly interrupted him by pronounc ing; the following decree in a rranf port of rage ! —The Aflembly decrees, that the fathers, the mothers, the wives, and children of Emigrants (hall be put in a slate of arrest, and be kept as hostage* for the ill* which the Emigrants will produce in France. Soon after, a decree of accusation patTed against Me(f. Barnave, Alexan der Lameth, and Me AT. Duport, Dn tcrtre, Bertrand, Duportail, and M. Muntniorin August 16 M. Merlin announced, that the Pruffinns had been driven from the town of Sierck by Marflial Luckner : That the enemy while in pofleffion of the town, had committed great ex ceflTes ; that they had been committed by an emigrant who marked out cer tain victims, and the houl'es to be burnt and pillaged ; but that this man had been taken, and is now in he prison of Thionville. M. Merlin requeued that a severe law might be pafled against the in ternal Emigrants, who pointed out to the enemy thole citizens on whom they wilhed them to exercifc their vengeance, and those traitors totheir country whom they ought to spare. The Aflembly said, that laws exist ed for punishing that traitor, but charged the Committee of Legislation to-propofe more severe ones for such as might in future commit the like crimes M. Montmorin 's papers seized and he himfelf ordered to be arretted, but he had quitted Paris with his wife and children fonie days befoie. August i 7 The citizens came up with an ad dress, complaining of the flow pro ceedings of the Tribunals in judging the Prisoners of State. They said that if the Swiss officers in particular were not speedily brought to trial, there would be a new infurr.e<ftion ; that the tocsin was ready to be mng. But the objert of this petition had been obviated by a decree, which the Aflembly had just made for the for mation of a new jury, taken from the Electoral Corps ; and it was publiflv ed soon after in all quarters of Paris. A letter from Marefchal Luckner was read ; it contained nothing re lative to the events of the 10th. The Marshal announces, that the towns of the frontier, are on the point of being besieged, and that the loss is 'o great on the allignats, that he de lires the soldiers pay may cither be 5,1 n '°»ey, Or if continued „r na A')e 't at r may beinc,f:,rc " letter from a Volmiin , ; • ri ' G™„,l D»„,OU. riei was More aoreeable. He pr„ tests in it that he will a |w» y9 remain T h "'l «f Z people. rh.» letter is ordered to be m' %/' f" to tlie departments. M- Vei ninaud read a | et ,, r ironl Valenciennes, which ac( . ;mie(| one from Sedan, which ga>e the a larming intelligence that the a*■ ARR?STm OIV, , MISS,ONERS we ' e ARK LSI LD in i h.nt City. Couri er arrived a, , he end of the fitting, which confirmed this intelligence. M>gust 18. A letter was read from the home mimfter, announcing ibat the nrrelt of rheC'omuiifTioiieis f, o m the Aflem bly at Sedan having evidently shown the influence of the generals, the pro visional executive council, had recall ed M. ia Fayette, and given the com mand he held to Domourier. An address was read from the com monalty at Rheims, stating that the three cominilljoners had been arrett ed at Sedan, and that the life of M. Kerfain: had heen in danger. The city and oarrifon having taken the oath of fidelity to the king, a propo sition was made to march to Paris ; the volunteers alone objected to it. i he Mayor declared he wonld lofe his life in defence of the constituti onal authority of the king. M. Merlin informed the Aflembly that he had received a letter from Sedan, announcing that the troops had taken the oath to be faithful to the nariorr, the law, and the king ; and that the city of Sedan is in an o pen state of counter-revoulution. The aflembly decreed, that the may or and council general of Sedan fhonld be arretted, and that the lives of the citizens should be answerable for the fafety of the three commissioners whom they had arretted. Several charges were brought against M. Dei trich, mayor of Strasbourg, who was ordered to be brought before the af lembly. An address was read from the de partment of the upper Rhine to their fellow-citizens, exhorting them to remain faithful to the constitution, the king, and the allembly. M. Francois gave an account of the foneral ceremony in honor of the slain federates of MarfeilJes. A sea! has been placed on the pa pers of M. Roclerer, procurenr fyn die of the department. He is aecuC ed of being a friend to tlie king, and of favoring his views. O LONDON, August 15 Through the thick mist of parry, it needs " a Dragon Watch with nn enchanted eye" to discern any thing truly. They who reprobate the pfe fenr disorders in France, ate ftiled the enemies of Freedom. They who defend them, rhe enemies of all go vernments. Alas! confufion of ideas is pJone to blame in this apparent di versity ; and without mutual concel fion, the fair front of Political truth can never be discovered. Efficient government, equally admitted by all parties in the fact to be necejfary, is by all, at present, denied there to exiit. The present reign of the Jacobins, and the delation of the common people of Franco, is not unprecedented in their l.iftory. The fair provincei of that kingdom in the time of their Fifth Charles, were devallated by an infamous rabble, ft:iled a Jacqueiir (fotnewhat near Jacobin) whose fir It principle was a hatred of Nobles, and whose object was the extermination of the superior orders. Then, how ever, a body of ever-ill uftrious ifined from the castle of Meaux, am difcomfited this host of destroyers.— The days of Chivalry, however, 110 more. . Everv feeling of humanity revc ■ from th? idea of the provinces o Fiance pouring out their Myrtles ihe verv gates of Pari s , an<. a, ''' n >-> the deftrtKftive altercations of p»«Y within. in the enfceblec the once glorious Rowc, when in
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