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' ?■/ I'-^T^^t^s: r^fr^n :■";:*/!: -i' ^ .*. r- .iM-'^r' ■;t;i (/ ti:.; ^ rv"-,-. :rs . f — - t;5V; ■♦.«• ■»■#' rx <- PREFACfi BY THE TKANSLATOR. t.i~ .^.««b .:.{ V-*-.i'-f i; VI' I .•' ■ 1- ■>-». !i't<| ,»'.';,.'( ) ( • AMONG the phxnomcna, which the hiftory of nations prefent^lo our aftonifhment, the French Revolution holds a pre-eminet place.— It was an aera of involution ;uid meta- morijbofis — a decompofition of the whole charad^er of man. We Kere contemplate a people, once r^iowi^ed for loyalty, whcfe «« ten tlrtmfand fwor^ wt>Qld have leaped from their fcaMsards" toreVei^ the flighteft infult on their Kings,' rifing'^ih a fever of ppikiqal madtieis, overturn a throne cun- folidatedtby th^venomion of foiirteea ccpturics, fijiin ivtiff^ ment upon their Monarch, and coniign him to death. ^ ^"^'^ " Unfortunate Louis ! born to the moft brilliant inherit- ance in Europe — we faw thy morning dawn without a paflt ing cloud to obfcure its fplendor — and we faw thy fun iet in a fea of blood ! - \'-- , ' ^'1 ' " Still might the Philanthropift have rejoiced, if the evil ending here, agreeably to the pious wifli of the Royal Mr- tyr himfelf in his laft moments, this facrifice, tremendous MS it was, could have realized the fine theories of projec- tors. But alas ! the cataftrophe did honor to the plot, and the death of the Mpn^rch was but a fingle a£l in thti tragedy of errors and tfHMH. Anarchy reared her flan- dard of crimfon, and at the fignal France became a vaft a- ceidama — a theatre of murder and defolation. Liberty, al- lured for a moment by the fyren invitations of a people, v,'ho had promiffd her feats o5 endlefs repofe, jufl: call her ^ f yei upon this fcene of horrorsi retired in fadncfs and wat feen no more. . , The Author of the following detail, M. Bdgcworth dt Firmont, was a native of Ireland. His family having been converted to the Roman Catholic faith, emigrated to France. In early life young Edgeworth difplayed fuch piety and tal« ents, a^ promptcfd his friends to educate hhn fur holy orders. IIq rofe to difttn£tion in the church — and becatne confeiTor to her Royal Highnefs the Princefs Elizabeth. Atter the important fervices which he rendered to the fal)c(),jf||Ionarch ii> his lad hours, his life was in continual danger^ ^ill he eife^led his efcape from France.— He went iirfl: to England} ajid afterwards joined Louis XVIU.'at Mittau. — ^His Royal Mailer introduced him to the Emperor p( |lu$a, who honored h^n^ with ^he ^rofs of St. Lazarus and a handfoir^e |)enilon, « In this-retreat^ he devoted himfclf aiRduoufly to his min- ifterial fund^iqns and to works of charity, till his zeal incit«« ing him to attend the French prifoners, who had been attack- ed with a deadly epidemical diforder, he fell himfelf a victim to the contagion and died at Mittau, May 2^, 1807, at the age of 6% years ; — deeply regretted for his eminent and a- miable virtues by all who knew him. ' * Louis Xyill. honored hi§ memory \vith an elegant Latii) epitaph, and the Abbe de Bouyens delivered in London, an eloquent funeral fermon on the occafion of his death. The following relation did not appear in print during the life time of the Author, from (probably) a generous difin- clination to open afreih the wounds of the Royal family of France.^-Sincc his death, the manufcripts have been tranf- mitted to Canada, and have been lately arranged and c*om- mitte dufti entit T «^.:. mitted to the prcfs by Mr. James Viger.— The zeal and iiK duftry with which he has performed his editorial tuik, arc entitled to diftinguilhed praife. The tranflation claim? no merit but that of fidelity to the original.— It was written to ferve no great purpofes of am, bition-^but is the fruit of a few }eifwre hours, confecratcd to cheer the gloom of a hopelefs malady, and to enliven the folitude of a country refidencc. -..<.■' ' 1 r!'>ri> "■ ■tHH "Hi j' . ';■ .ioA- < *''. « > ., . 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An efcort of horfe-gujirds, waited for us st the door, togeth- er with the M^li(ler's carriage ; into which I got, and he after me. I w^s in a lay habit, as were at this time all the catholic Clergy of Paris. But refle£l:lng on what I ow- ed on the one hand to the Kingi who was not accuilomed to fee a Fneik drefled in this manner, and on the other to the caufe of religion itfelf, which was about to receive for the iirft time a fort of homage from the new Government, I thought it became me on this occafion to reafTume the ex- terior marks of my profelTion : at lead it appeared to be my. duty to make the attempt. I accordingly mentioned it to; the Minifter before we left the Thuilleries : but he rejected my propofal in terms whicli did not fufFer me to infifl upon It, without adding, however, any thing of an ofFenfive na- ture. ,, ,, .: Our ride from the Thuilleries to the Temple was perform- ed in the moft melancholy filcnce. Two or three times, Hi .1j. .>-* See Note C. B /^ .liflt ' ■ 1 however, the Miniftei attempted to fpeak. « Great God I (faid he, after having lifted up the glafles of the coach) with what a frightful commiifion am I charged ! What a man ! (added he, in 'fpeaking of the King) What refignation ! What courage ! No — ^Nature alone cannot beftow fuch flrength of mind. There is fomething more than human in it." This avowal p«Ffented me a favorable opportunity of entering, into converfation with him, and of telling hitp. fome alarming truths. I heiltated a moment upon the part which I ought to take. But refled^ing that my firft duty being to procure for the King the confolation^f religion, which he folicited fo earneflly, and alfo, that a mifcellaneous converfation, as it ought to be, might prevent me from ful- filling this duty, I kept the (Irifled: (ilence. The Minifter appeared to comprehend every thing' which this (ilence fug- ~ gelled, and he faid no more during the remainder of our journey. We arrived in this manner at the Temple, without hav- ing fcarcely exchanged a word. The firft gate was immedi- ately opened to us, but having come to the building which feparates the court from the garden, we were ftopped. It was, I believe, the place of a general counterfign, and to pafs beyond it it was neceilary that the Commiflarics of the Tower ihould come and recognize ftrangers, and to learn their bufincfs. The Minifter himfelf feemed to me to owe obedience to this formality. We waited for the commifla- ries nearly a quarter of an hour, and without fpeaking. At length they appeared. One of them was a young man 1 7 or 18 years old. They faluted the Minifter with an air of acquaintance. He explained to them in a few words who I was and the objeft of my miflion. They made me a fign ■.> IV God! i) with man ! ation ! fuch human rtunity ng hiqi le part ft duty eligion, [aneous m\ ful- finifter !cc fug- of our >ut hav- mmedi- j which cd. It and to of the io learn to owe nmiiTa- »g. 'At nan 17 i air of ds who ; a fign to follow them, and we crofled altogether the garden which leads to the Towei.^ , —/'■; "^-^ --•■■ ';*^ " -^r:"^- ^ Here the fcene became frightful beyond expreflion ! The ■ door of the Tower, although very fmall and low, was open- ' ed with a horrible noife, having about it innumerable bolts and iron bars, "We traverfed the hall full of guards, into another hall ftill larger, and which from its form I con- ' je^ured to have formerly been a chapel. The commiflarics S of the Commune charged with the care of the King, were af- *^ fembled, I did not perceive, by a great deal, fo much con- i ftemation and embarraffment upon their countenances as ^ had fo aftonifhed me among the Minifters. Their indifFer- ' ence announced hardened fouls, which the fight of the moft enormous of crimes would not alarm.. They were about * twelve, and moft of them in the Jacobin drefs. I owe it, nevertheleis, to truth to acknowledge that this portrait did not fuit them all, and that among the number I imagined i could difcem fome, whom weaknefs alone had conducted ' to this place of horror. Neverthelefs, the Minifter took them indifcriminately to a comer of the hall, and in a low voice read to them the papers which he had brought from the Thuilleries. This ended, he rudely turned about and bad me follow him. The Council oppofed it with fome jfigns of emotion. They got together a feeond time in a cor- ner of the hall, deliberating a while and fpeaking in whif^ pers. The refult of this confultation was, that half of the Council {hould accompany the Minifter who went up to th^. King, wliile the reft remained below to guard me. *^v-^l; v; When they had feparated, and the doors of the hall were f(:rupuloufly clofed, the eldeft of the commiiF^rica approach- ed me with a polite but embarrafTed air. He reminded me ^ ^ I f-iij *■'■ ■ ■'" ■. , -f 12' !; ol the terrible refpdtiftbiUty whUh hutig over my head^ ajk" tug a tboufond pardons for the liberty which he was obliged to takey &c. It was cafy to cortlprchertd that thb object of this, preamble was to fearch my fiockets— but I anticipated this by telling him tliat the deputation of M. Dc Matelh^r- bes not having exempted him from this formality, I did' not flatter myfelf in coming to the Ten:iple that there would be an exception in my favof . I added, that' I had nothing fuf- picious about me as I was ready to convince him. ' Iii fpitc oi this declaration, I was neVefthehefs feafchcd very rigo- rpufly. My fnuflF-box was opened and* the ifnuff examined. A little fteel pencil whicn happened accidentafiy to be in my pocket, was fcrupuloully examined reft it might cOffceat a dagger. With regard to the papers which I h?'t ibbiit mcy they paid no attention to them. Firidmg at' length i\X in order, they repeated their apologies for this mfcafure, and invited me to be feait?d< But I had hardly taken an edfy chair, before two cif the ceinmiflaries Vho had gone up to the King's apartment> came down to Inform me that I v^^us at liberty to fee him. They conduced me by a winding ftair-cafe, ^d fo narrow that two p^rfon^coidd hardly pafs each otbct. ' At certain diilances this (lair-cafe was^ divided' by barrieifSj attd at each barrier thete llobd a ccntinel on du- ty. Thi^fe fdk>W9 were true yi^j-rwA?//*^, almofl: always driink 5 and* ^e frightful cries which tlicy uttered, echoed by die arches of the Temple, were truly terrifying. • Having arrived at the King's apartment, of which all the doors wert open, I perceived the Prince in the midft of a group of eight or ten perfons. It was the Minift^r of Juf- tice, accompanied by fome members of the Commune, who -V;'-'^.;;_! camff t0 rcaf(i ttr him the fotal decrtcr,* which wis to fea! hil "^ deftlny on the ztiort-ow; R^' ftoo'd arftdrlg them calm, trari-' quU, and even polite ; i^or was there a fingle one of thole who furroundcd him, who exhibited {o compofed an air as the Kihghimfem "• ; - ". -^-^ >^-*'i^i^^u.-^m:,fi.ii^. '^'^As ibon as I appeared, he made thefe perfons a fignal with his han^ to retire, which they obeyed without faying a word, tie huhfelf fliut the door after them, and 1 remain- ed alone with him in the chamber.- k^" -^^^f V%? '"'^ ^ * ''iTill this moment I had been able ta control the difFerent emoti'oiis which agitated my touh JSiit at the fight of this Prinee^ 'heretofore fo great and now (o wretched, I was no longer mafter of rnyfelf. I wept in fpite of myfelf and fell ^t his feetV without being abld to articulate any language but that of grief. '^ This fped^acle affe£^ed him a thousand times more thah the decree which hii'd juft bderi announced to him.— Hfe cttuld dd iio' mow at firft but fhed tear for tear. But fobii refurtiiftg all his doufage, he thus addrefied me — «^ Pardon,' fir, jpardon mie a hioment of weaknefs, if it can even 1)6 fo called, "tt is a long time that I hztt lived iri the midft of my enemies, and habit has in fome degree famili- arifed me with them^ * But the fight of a faithful fubje£l {peaks ahothet laiiguage tb ftiy heart. ' It is a fpe£lacle to which my eyes are no longer atccufttimed and touches me ijenfibly in fpite'of my efforts.*'— In faying thefe words, he with great goorfriefs raifed me up,' and made me pafs with him into his clofet, that we' 'might difcourfe more at our eafc, for every thing was heatd frdm the chamber. This elofet was made in one of the turrets of the t th«tt thoy could fee «nd he» cvcrj thing. For myfelf, though rftiut Up in the qlofet where tl^e Kiqg had kCt.me, I ^fily diftinguiihQd the voiocs and in fpitc of my^f I was witnefs to a' fcene the n^o^ a^Te^ing that I h^ ever experienced. Nq, my pen is too feeble to delcxibe this heart-rending int&rv'^w. Puring nearly a quarter of an hour, j;^t one word was ariticu^il* It was not merely tears and fobs, but piercing cries, which might have be^n heard even beyond the pcecln^s^f the ^ttm' The King, the Queei?, the I^uphtn, Madam BUzabeth.and the Royal Princefs, all lamented tpg^ther at pnce— and their ^^icee ; I,. U' WecB (»nfouo4o4- At febgth ^lir l;CMr» ceafed froi^ ioa- 1)Uit)rMiy ioi^g^r to iMthein^ T^^jsy b^& to fpesik ia whifpiersiMPici witb tolori^le cfiltnpp&il^. The fsonverfatioa. laAc4 ^litt ftn Jidur, and the King !took leave p£ his family^ ^1/ingthi^hO^tiffccing him Again p';U dty. Hi: retiiinifiil to-iocdiately to met, but in a ftatc of inquio twk and agkation Whkh eidiibited a foul pftDCtrated with grief. « Ah4 iir, (iaid he, throwing hunfelf tipon a chair,) ndiat an intetview % have jujfc had 1 Why flionld I be per- mitted to lbi« fo tenderly, ai^ to be ib tenderly beloved ! But it ii over* and let Os forget all othtt diings, for the one thing neceflary. Thait alone ii wbrtby at this moment «f concentrating ill my alfi^on^ and aM my thooght»/' He continued th^B to talk to me, in terms which difplayed al- together hit fenfibility a^d his courage, Mfhen Clery came !and aQ:ed hiiA if he pleaifed to take fopper. The King hef- itated ^ moment, but on lefledlloh he accepted die o0er. This rep^ ^id not laft mor^ than fiveitiinutes. Itetuming \o his cloietj he tnro^ed ko 'me \o fup fdcewife. I had lit- tie incliniition, but left I ihoilld difoblige him, t thought it my ikity to obey, -or at leaA a^ar to 46 fo. -An idea hkd 'for k Idng time been imprei^ upon my mind, and iioir occi^|H^ line more ftrongly fince my con- ference wi^ tfie filing. This Was i6 procUrc for him at any price, the Holy Sacsraiiieiil, of Which he had been fo long deprived. I could h^ve procured it fecretly , as we were o- bliged to do for all the faidifiil, who were detained among us. But the critical fearch which it was neceflary to undei^o in cntsrh^ the Temple, and th^ profanation which would have been the infaliibie confequencc, were m6t>e than fufficient reafons to preveftt iny taking this ftep. No other refource C o 18 remained for me in thefe circumftanc^s, but to fay Mafs iiT die chamber of the King, if I could find means to do it. I made him the propofal, but he appeared at firft alarmed at it. Neverthelefs, as he appreciated the value of this graccj as alfo he even ardently defired it, and as all his obje^ions arofe from an apprehenfion of a difaftrous refult to myfelf ( I begged him to give me his full confent, on my promifing that I would a£b with orudcnce and difcrenon. At length he confented. « Go ^ eii, fir, (faid he) but I very much fear, that you will not fuceed ; for I know the men with whom you have to do. They grant nothing, which they have the power to refufe." Fortified with this permiflion, I requefted to be condu£l:- ed to the hall of the Coimcil, and there I fubftantiated my demand in the name of the King. This propofition, for which the Commifiaries of the Tower were not prepared, difconcerted them very much, and they fought diiQerent pretexts to elude the requeft. « Where (faid they) find a Fried at this late hour ? — and even if one were found, how procure the neceflary ornaments i" « The Prieft is already at hand (I anfwered) for here ami; and widi refpe£b to the ornaments, the neareft Church will fumifli them : for the reft, my requeft is a juft one, and it would be to violate your own principles to refufe it." A CommifTary immedi- ately replied, and although in gentle terms, gave me to un- derftand that my requeft might be only a fnare, and that under pretext of giving the Sacrament to the King, I might poifon hirn. *« Hiftory (added he) fumiihes us with fuffi- cient examples to engage us to be circumfpe£i." I content- ed myfelf with regarding him with eameftnefs and with telling him—" the critical feirch to which I have fubmitt- e ed myfelf in coming Kither, ought to make you fenfiblc tliat I carry no poifon about me. If, however, any ihould be found tomorrow, I muft have received it of you, fince all that is necelTary for me to fay Mafs will pafs through your hands. He would have rejoined, but his brethem impofcd Clence upon him : and as a final fubterfuge, they told me that the Council not being complete, they could undertake nothing ( adding, however, that they would aiTemble the abfent members, and give me the refult of their deliberation. A quarter of an hoor pafled in convoking the abfent members and in deliberating. I was then introduced once more, and the J^reHdent addrefled me in this manner — - << Citizen, Minifter of Religion, the Council has taken into confideration the demand which you have made in the name of Louis Capet, and has refolved that his requed, being con- formable to the laws, which declare that every kind of wor- Oiip is free, ihall be granted. We however ^nnex two con- ditions to it, Tl^e firft is, that you ihall immediately draw up a petition iignifying your delire and figned with ybur name — the fecond, that the religious exercifes which you are to perform, (hall be finiflied tomorrow at (even o'clock at the latejl / becaufe precifely at eight Louis Capet will Jet off for the place of execution. Thefe laft words were delivered, like all the reft, with an indiflerence which chara£lerized an atrocious foul, in the habit of contemplating the blackeft of crimes without rcmorfe. I, however, drew up my requeft in writing, and left it upon the delk. I was then immedi- ately reconciu£led back to the King, who was waiting with a fort of uneaHnefs the iflue of this negociation. But tlie happy refult whicK I was ^n^bled to explain to him, though > W j% -«;--♦ '■'•■ • w" — I (Upprefled aH the cfrettinft«neci« wpfetfA to aftrd him the moft feilfible pleafurr. It was now paft ten o'clock, and 1 fttll remaiiicd ih»t up with the Kin^ till the night wai far adtanced, hut feeing he was fatigued, I propofed to him to take a little reppk. Hit confented to it, Mrith his ufuil toniekennqnp tpA he incit- ed me to do the fame— I accordingly retired, agreeably to his orders, into a little room occupied ^f^ Clerjr. This chamber was feparated from ^at of 1|htf ISiAf^ Onlf by a par- tition $ and while I abandoned tiVfttf td the moft diflrefs- ing reflections, I heard i/hH Printe giv« his orders with great tranquility for the morrow^ g^ to bed afterwards and ileep profoundly. At fire o'eloek he roie» and drefed himfi^ as uAtal Soon afterward he font fef me, and contrirfed with me more than an homr, in the elofet, where he hid reeeived ine the evening before. On leavkig ihe elofet^ I found an Altjtf, com|detely arranged in the King'ii chamber. The eommii^ fanes had exadily pe^fdrmad al| thit { had, requefted of them, and had even dOAe indfe ^n was ftri^ly neceflary. The King heard Mafe kneeling 4a the floor, there bein^r no cuihtOn nor any other aoeomm^dation. He received^ the Holy Sacrament. ! dien left htm for fomc time to iini{fa his prayers. Soon after ^it, he Cent for me again, and t found him fitting hf his ftove, hardly able to warm himfelf. '^ My God (faid he) jiow happy I am (o have preferved my principles I Witliout ^m where fhould I be now ! But with them, deat^ ought to be welcome to me I Yes, there rs above, an incorruplible judge, who will ren- der me the juftice which «icn hai«e rofnfod nae here be low.'* ft • Tlie mloillerial funaiont tnhidi I liad CHercIlM widi thii IprincCy permit me only to give ^c outlines of the rariouf etmvviftriSons, wliicli vre had tofftthcr duiintt the laft fii- teen (lOurs of his Kfe. put from the little I have faid, one may afceitain what I might have added, if I were permitted to giv^ a more copious detail. llied^y^ now began to appear, and they ^cre already heatine the Gemral in the different fe^Kons of Paris. This extraordinary movement was very diftinflly lieaird in the Tower, and I muft acknowledge that it chilled the blood in my Vtiins. But the King more ctlnf than myfelf, after lif- fening' awhile, faid without emotion, « // // probably the national guar^ which they an beginning t9 affemble,** Soon afterward, detachments of eavalry entered the Court of the Temple, and we could already diftlnguiih the voices of the officers and die trampling 6f the horfes' feet. The King reilitrked it and faid wi^ the fame coolnefs— <« Thiy appear /» be icipprtaehing**. He had promifed the Queen, in taking leave of her the evening before, that he woiild &e her again the next day, smd Kftening only to the fuggeftions of his heart, he wiihed to keep his word.' But I begged him widi great earneftnefs . . • ' not to put -her to a trial, whi£h fhe h^id not ftrength to irn- dergo. He paufed a monient, and widi an expreffion of the tai^ profound grief, he faid, ** your are right fir y it xvouid be a death'Jiroketo her. It is better that I (hould forego ibis fad coniblation, and let her live in hopes fome moments longer." From feven to eight o'clock, they came under different jMetexts, knocking at die door of the clofet, in which I was ihtit up with the King ; and I trembled each time, left it % 11 ssti tfaWMM ihould be the Uft. But the King with more firmneft than I poflefledy rofe without emotion, and with great tranquility, snfwered the diiTerent perfons, who thus interrupted him, I know not who they were, but amonf them wat certainly one of the greatefl monflcrs which the Revolution hat pro- duced i for I heard him very di(lin£lly fay to this Prince in a tone of ironv (I do not know why) « O 1 O I all that yns well enough, while you were a King, Au/ you an no ktiger ont,'* The King did not anfwcr a word, but returning to me, be jud fatd, raifing his (liouldcrs, « See h^w thoft people treat me ! but I muft learn to Juffer every thing '* At an- other time, after having anfwered one of the rommiflaries who came tQ diflurb him, he returned to the clofet and laid fmillng, " Thefe folks fpy daggers and poifon every where, and are afraid that I fliall put an end to my own life. A- y I4S ! they little know me-<-rto kill myft-'If would be a Ml- MlKfr indeed ! No — fince 4cgth \% neccfTary, I know how todic;^ . At length they, knocked at tlie door fur the laft time, to introduce Santerrc and his attendants, The King opened tjie door as ufual, and they informed him (I could not hear the particular cxpreiTions,) th?.t he mud now ft:t off for tlie place of execution. •* / have a little buftnefs in l^^nd^ (faid he to tlienij with an ;ur of fome authority) wait a few minm ides and I Jball be at your Jervice^*^ In faying thefe words, Ivc (])ut the door, and.^ame and threw himfelf at my feet.» " All is over /try (fuid he) give me your Injl blrjffingy and pray God that he will Jupport me to the end^* He then rofe, and going out of tlie clofet, he advanced toward the party who were in the middle of the bed chamber. Their faces exhib- than uility, hinif tatnly ipro- •rince II that are no to mc, people ^t an- iflfarics id laid where, ;. A* / w how met to opened ot hear for tlie //,(faid w miny wordsj ny feet** nd pray )fe. and ty who exhib- ited no marks of aHurance, lliey were howerer, all cbk&iJi td, and the King perceiving it, aflced for hit own hat.-^ While Clery bathed in tears, ran to fetch it — <* h there 9* mong you (faid the King,) any member of the Commune ? I charge him with this writing, to be depofited there. It was his Will, and one of the attendants took it from the hand of the King.* He continued, « I recommend alfo to the Commune, Clery, my valet de Chambre, whofe fervices merit my higheft approbation. They will, I truft, take care to give him my watch and all my cfiefts, as well thofe which I have here, as thofe which are depofited at the Com- mune. I defire likewife that in reward for his attachment to me, he will be permitted to transfer his fervices to the Queen-— my wi/e** — the King it is to obferved, ufed both of thefe appellations. Nobody anfwering, — « Lef us proceed*' fs^^^ King £rnily. At thefe words, the party filed off. Th^Ciidg croffed the firfl court (formerly the garden) on foot. He turned his eyes once or twice toward the Towier, as if to bid farewell to all that he had dear in this wtytld, and ^evejry movement which he made difplayed his fortitude and his courage. At the entrance of the iecond court appeared a hackney coach. Two gendarmes guarded the door. ' The King approaching, one of them got in firft and placed himfelf upon the front feat. The King got fn afterward, and placed me befide him on the back feat. The (HthcT gendarme jumped in laft iand (hut the door. It has been confidently faid that one of thefe two men was a prieft in,difguife. I hope for the honor of the prieithood, that this ftory is fabttious.f We are alfo affured that they had orders to aflaifinate the King, fhould there be the fmall- / ^ * See Note P. f Sec Note G. H m ■\f eft ^ffnoimmafki aiBOpg Ahf people. . Bui it feei)Md ^ jom tjba^ Uakii lliey mfcve f ittaiflied wi4^ other anoi ^n tjbofi mfuGk ippoued, it #ottU hfiv(i >eca very lU^^jto exp^ euto dioir 4Bfig|i» ior ^« i^ ippthiog but th^ muSkfi^ ^H: ¥rtii<^ Jt was ia p ofii hk to make yiy ^ift . n>^ BdS4fii^ this infusre^tioa whii^ was ap|tcdieiQd^^^|ir»s sL^ tc^ether chimci^. A gre^ number of ferfims^dieTOted to the Klt^i had xefohsd to lefcue him hy maiii force &qiii hi% cxecationevSf or at lead to undertalEe it at ail events. Twrff: of the pn^i,^ adors io this ii^ended fcene, yoi^iig i^ea oC good rep«itatloo» came to gi?e meaotice ^of it the QVcaiiny h^oKi ffsd I mttft «ckiioifaedge ^i«t ivithi^ indulging: great hopes^ I pcyertfafil^is Jacteroi myielf even to Uie liDot of the fcMfoid. I hpve .^noe Jeflurttt, thsit the orders for bis tragical morHii^had heen coscoived ^^ io muchitrt jmhI eiecia«4 wij^ fo ipaiu^ |>i]eciiboi that puA of hetween fom. aiid4ve hundned .pedbito who hud de^tied Ihemielresto £»P| the^Pfinee* i^eaty Etc only had been knows to reach tU(i ifediie cff tQtxso^ The iteft* in eonfisquence i»f mesfuKS taioeik at day<4>reak'in ail^ Atnc^ of jpsris, ^Utere 4ic« abl« ev;sn to goronttifrtjkeir hoiifet* To cctum ^com ibis JSgnsffioa, the iEing^ finding himfeif ' wmier graat^eaaftjBnirtin the.carriafe» whcrt; hie cotild nel^ ther iQpeak to stie nor hear me fpeitk» «^pt bc^ire Urttnefles,- rdblved to :be .fiiesL I immediately prejbitqd Jiihi my Bre» idacy, theonfy book wbidi t had tnth Hie, aiid he Teemed to accept it i^Mplesdure« He defiled tne to point out the pfidnu which nsxt {Mttieularly AiiCtfd 'his fi»Mti^n^ and we recited them aitexnateiy togethet. tlhe geodaime^ withtmt %3ng a'vondy &enied at once delighted aiid «oofea&ded at the tranqnU jpiety of a Monarch, iifhpm, they, had never before feen fo near. The p^roociEon bftcd twa houjfd. All the ftrccts were lined with many ranks of Citizens^ fomc armed wich pikes and others with muflcets 5 befidcs this ♦iic Coach itfetf wis furrounded by a fomiidable body of troops^ and without doubt compofed of the dregs of Paris. As a fi* nal meafare of precaution, they had placed before the horfes, a gres^t nuxhber of drums, with a View tp drown the cries which might be made in favor of the King. But how could any be heard ? Nobody appeared either at the doors or win«> dows, neither tirere any perfons in'the.ilreet but armed Cit--, izen^ ; that is. Citizens who ^rivpi fro;^ weaknds concur- . red in a crime which perhaps they detefted in their hearts. The carriage at length arrived in the grcateft filence at the place of Louis XV. and ftopped in the middle of a large ' vacant fpace, which had been left round the fcafibld. This fpace was furrounded with cannon, and beyond that, as far as the fight could extend, the pcrfpeQiive was filled with a multitude in arms. As foon as the King perceived that the carriage had ftopped, he turned to me ^ndfaid foftly «« we are now arrived, if I am not miftaken.^ My filence aflent- ed. One of the executioners inftantly came and opened the door, and the gendarmes were about getting out, but the King ftopped them and putting his hand upon my knee, ' faid in a tone of authority << firs, I recommend this Gentle- .man to your attention. Take care that after my death he receive no infult--/ / ?«/// nevtr cot^s^ul to it. Do what you are commanded^ ^ut you jhall not hind me-^hy give ovir tkisj^hm^'** The execi^tioners however ftjU inr Tilted upon it. Tt^ey raifed their Toie^s, ^nA feeine4 defir- ous of calling for help to bind him by main force. This perhaps was tjbe moft dreadful moment of this melancholy day. One minute moret ^nd the beit of Kings ^ouH h^ve i:eceived> before the eyes of his rebellious fubje^, an outrage a thoufand times niore infupportable th^n death) fron^ the violence with which he was about to be treated. He appeared to fear it hin^ felf, and turning round> he iookr ed at mc attentively as if to aik my advice. Alas ! it was imppfllhle for me to give him any, and at firft I kept filence -r-but as \iG continued to look at me — rl faid to him with tears, << Sire, in this new outrage, \ can only difcover die hft trait of refemblance, between your Majefty and the God who will foon be your reward." At thefe words he lifted up his eyes to heaven with an e^reffion of agony, which I 3t cannot defcribe. « Affurtdlji (he ttrtf««ted) notbwg lefs than his eiiathpk ciuU perfudde nii to fubmit nfo barbaraus an in/uH"'-'ini then intihediately tufnirtg to the executioners-- *' Do iuhai ybUpUdft (faid he) I Uf hi drink if the iup to the very drt^s,^ The (leps #hieh led up to the fcafibld were narrow and Vet/ difficult tb afceild. The King \i^s obliged to lean up« on tM tTtl\% and from the j^ain wbkh he feemed to feel^ I ti^as vst a iftoment afraid that his cduiii^ would forfake hinit But what was my aftoR»flimentj virheii after reaching the laft itep, to fee him bound away from me^4€rdfs with a firm pace the whole length of the fcafibld—- impofe filence by a Angle look upon fifteen or twenty drummers who were placed over againft him — and with a voice loud enough to be heard at the Pont Toumant, diitindly pronounce thefe never to be forgotten words. ^ « I die innocent of all the crimes which have been imput- ed to me. I forgive the authbrs of my death-^and I pray God that the blood which you are about to (hed, may never be vifited in judgment upon France.*'* He was going to continue, when a man on horfeback and in a national uniform,f ruihing fuddenly fword in hand 2.^ mong the drummers, obliged them to beat Se « a al voices were heard at the fame time encouraging the executioners. They appeared to receive new animation, and rudely feiz- ing the mod virtuous of Kings, they dragged him under the axe of the guillotine, which immediately (truck oflF his head* All this was the affair of a few moments.:]: / ' * See Note H. f See $Jote I. X Se^ Npte K. \-« as ; ^«Xhe youngtft .6f the exeeutipnert ^who did not appear. ^^^ be aboTe eighteen years of age) inftantly laid hold of t^ headf and (hewing it to the people as he went round the fcaflbldy he accompanied this hohrid. ceremony with the moft favage eztlamations, and the moft indecent gefticulationGi. A fuUen filence reigntd at fiift. Soon, however, fome cries of « Long Itvt thi Republie^ began to be heard.. By degrees Yoic^ multiplied, and in lefs than ten minutesi (whether froni blind rage or cowardly Mreaknefs,) this cry repeated % thoiiiand times became the ibout.of the multi^ tude, and all hats were in the air, . tlWli' .' WtrtFWTNFMjgftggpiaHl 11^ Ml,] n n "■, A' .'^ '. n «OTES, . NOTE A. CHRISTIAN William Lamoignon De Maleiherl^s was the Ton of the Chancellor of ?rai;icc. He wat born at PaTis, idth December, X72i> and brought up; to the bar. He ; aidually rofe to the office o£ firft preJSdcnt of the court of Aides, 1750, and for 25 years was thus^zeaKouHy engaged in the fervice of his country, in fupportipg and invigorating the induftry of her inhabitants. After be had retired from this laborious duty to his eftate, he was recalled in 1775, by Louis i6th, to become the minifter of the interior, and in this high fituation Ise condu£led himfelf with the hu- manity and' attention of a great and 'good man. • tThe prifonsr w'cre vifited, and no longer contamed any but criminals who had violated the law. Various employments were intro- duced to recommend habits of induftry, and the apartments were rendered more commodious for tlie unfortunate cap- tives. The retirement of Turgot from olHce was attended by that of his friend Malefherbes, who now employed him- felf in travelling under an zffaintd name and in a plain drefs, over France, Switzerland and Holland, and in eitam- ining the various manufaftures, curiofities and arts, of. each province. He hailed tlie Revolution as the forerunner of bleffings to France, but foort faw his hopes ^ranifh. Yet, while others fled from the field of danger, he boldly appear- ed before the Convention, and a£luate*d by gratitude and hu- ,/■ / A 30 uianity, he no fooner faw his fovereign dragged as a crliiio inal before his fubje£ls, than he demanded the privilege and the honor of bebg his defender. The heroic condit£l of this venerable man, while it drew admiration from all, had no eSc€t on the bloody Convention. His appeals in favor of Louis and of virtue, were of no ?vail, and he was the firft to announce to the unfortunate Monarch the ill fuccefs of his defeiice. So much goodhefs, it might have beeti ex- pe£ted| ought to have met refpeA among a olvilltstfd natioti, but it proved otherwife. No foonev yna hi» dau^ter, ac- cufed of treafon and hurried to prifohi than th^aged father requefted he might accompany his beloved child. The re- queft was gtanted, and in a few days^ ahu I he apptared with her and her child before the Revolutionary Tribunal, and with her and her innocent child, he afcended the fcaf-« fold. Thefe illullrious ti£lims fuffbred 2 2d April, 1793. He was author of a Treatife on Rursil Econondy'^Thoughts and Maxims — and two Memoirs on the civil ftate of the Proteftants.— Zrm^r/Vr/'x Univerfal Biography, NOTE B. THIS Palace is fo called, bectufe built tft a place wherfc tiles were formerly m^de. The Palace of th€ Thuillerics was begun in 155^, by (Jrdcrof Catharine of Med^eis> aftef the defigns, an4 under the copdu^t of PhiUp( de L-Orme. Henry 4th, finii^ed it in 1600. ^jCwis 14th, after dcfigni of Le Vau, and Under the awidu£^ of Francis d Orbat, car- tied it to perfe^ion, and gsive it aU the beauty that is re- marked m its magnificent apartments* it if compofed of five pavillions^ and four bodies of lodging rooms, in which 7 Sh the Brchitc£li0re is ^ubnirei), though dificrcntly tccated. Tliib fculptiirp is by the'ln-iiicipfd maftari» and th( ^9lf i« built upon 9 «ight line »bout 170 M^oms long* There were tit 0r(l 9nlj throe psivi)lipD«, au4 the two bodies oJF lodging* betwi»t them. The reft Fcrc ere^ed under due reign of Henry 4^, The large pavUlion in ^ middle* ia adorned with columns of mnble* on the fide of the caioufal. Thofe on the fide of the garden »re of ftone oidyi There \s ones ^mong others, which the connoifieurs. rnu^h admire. In the infide of the palace are many things; to be obferved* After. afcending the ftair cafc> which is in- gentoufly contfived, we enter into the King's great apart- ip^nt. Mfiny famo^^s painters worked there in emulation of one anotli^ri under the condu^ of !« Brun., In the ceiling of the guard ^oom are reprefented the march of an army, a bitttlei a||0|p|pl1^ a facrifice, ai^d in the midft^ Fs^ne* with niany othf r figures. The (ieiUng 0^ tlie anti- chamber reprefents the. hours of the day suid the nighty by different allegorical figures. The fable of Procris, the ftat- ue of Menmon, Clitia, and the Sun going to extinguifh him- felf in the fea, are taken from the Metamorphofes of Ovid. The figures of fculpture, vi^hich fupport the ftucco chimney in the King's great chamber, are by Girardon ; and the others by Lewis Lerambert. The ceiling, which is admired in the gallery ef the Ambafiadors, was copied after that of the Famefian gallery at Rome, painted by Annibal Carac« ci. But the changes that were ilHirmade, when Louis I5tli came to refide in this palace, make it not eafy to be diilin-'. gui&ed at prefent. Th^ landfcapes, in the apartments on tl^e garden fide, are |jiy Francifquij and the others by Nod Coypcl. ik m re/"* l^he Que6h*6 Apartment was painted hj Vorft, TM Queen is reprefemed under the foim of Minerva} bUtin different employments. The phce Wheire balls^ and come- dies were elchibited before the court, is called the fafU de$ Machines. ThiS theatre is dbe of the fined things one finds in the palace of the Thttllleries> and perhaps the moft re* markable monument that can be feen of its kind that of Farma aione excepted. ' The grandeur, the difpbfition and the riches of it are all df furprifing beauty. It may contain eight thoufand perfons^ and all be- commodioufly placed. Of courfe, it is three times as ht^e as the largeft of ou)r Englifli thcatrcsi-^Zrfldy/ ^ntaln9 fdur Itorici. . Th» i)rft U <:om|N)ied of ^n anti-chamber, ^ dining haU> «n£et made in tliesiurrer, In which there was a library of from t^wrlvt to fifteen Jwih- dred volumes. The fecond (bory ia divided tieailf in the fanke mitnnct* The largeft toom ferved for a Bcdbhamber for the QUtfcii and the Dauphin. The fecond which is fep- paratcd firbm the firft, by a little dark anti-chamber, was oo- tvpied by the I^Hncefs Royal and Prikcefs BlizabiBth. It wai iiecefiary tacrois this chamber to 'go into the olofet of the turret, and this turret ferved for ai general doCbt to &^ Wholi edijfice. It was equally common for th^ Royai Fam- ily^ the Municipal Officers and the Soldiery. The Xbg liv- ed in the third ftory and flept in the great chamber. The dofet in the turret ferved him for a i^eading room. On one fide U a kitchen, feparat^d from the King'9 chamber by a jittle dark rdom. The fourth ftory was fliat up. There ar& 6a the ground floor kitchens of which no ufe was taade.**i— C/#ry*x 7d«rW.^^ J^^Rffi Hete the King remained ^lU aftet the afFiur of the loth of Attgttft, when he Mras transferred to* the great Towfcr. ;''' -'^ « The great Tower is about one hundred and fifty feet high^ and forms fbilT ftories W'hich are vaulted, and fup^iovt- ed in the middle by a brge pillar from top to bottom. The infide is about thirty feet fquare. The fecond and third ftoriesj deftiiied for the Royal Family, being Kke the^reft originally one large room, were divided into four chacmbers by board partitions. The ground floor Was ^cupied by tile Municipality— -the firft floor ferved as a cdTj^ de garde, aM J the Kihg was lodged in^hfc feeon^. The firft room of His ap^lhmeht was aii anti-chamber, whfere ^rce doors fe^arate- ly '1^ td three other rooms. 1?tofititig the door of ^ti^ncc E 3U was the ^ng's bcdcliatnber, where alfo lay the Dauphin. The dining hall was on the left and feparated from the intl- chantber by a glazed partition. There was a chimney i4 the King's chamber, and a large ftove in the anti-chamber warmed the other rooms. Each of thefe chambers was lighted by a cafement, but they had placed outfide iron bare and dead lights, which prevented a free circulation of air ; the embrafures of the windows w^re nine feet thick. The great Tower communicatea, e^ch ftory, with four turrets placed upon the angles. In one of thefe turrets is the ftair cafe which leads quite up to the battlemems. They had placed there fcven wickets at equal diftances. From thh flair cafe one can enter each (lory by paHine through two doors. The firft is of oak wood, very thick and filled with nails, the fecond of iron. Another turret opened into the King's chamber, and formed a clofet. They had contrived a general clofet in tlie third. The fourth contained the fuel — as alfo in the day time the beds which the Municipal Of- ficers on duty ufed at night. Thefe four ;^artments of the King had a falfe clo^ ceiling, and the petitions were paper- i«d« The figures on the paper of . the a.nti- /' \, ■ < M