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.]
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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