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&c. the V. L. were difeovered.
j'ht cl'.iif of tlnu Jrtvers called hiinfclf Her-
Pc*a, and, op being clofdy que4tfoued, fan! he
twin nothing of Prfrice Lambe/cq. In the
interim, ho vever, men, horses and baggage,
were taken iutq fafe cuftoJv, until the orders
of the National Alterably be received; and
as this convoy is uaw know n to belong to the
prince, fufpicion* run very strong tint he will
be difeovered to be no other than Mr. Her
(bn, the waggon driver !
Advice is brought likewise to the Assem
bly from Havrt.de Grace, ot the detention of
the Duke de la Vauguyon, the AmbaiVador
to Madrid, "and one oFthe iniqdltotij bunch
of traitors, with his foil. He had demand
ed a paftport for Englaud, under the name of
M. Chevalier, a merchant. On being inter
rogated and difeovered he said he, was on nis
way to ciugland, from whence he meant to
go to Oftcud, and that he had disguised lus
name and person on account of the prefeut
fermentation.
M. de Bczenval is in fafe custody, and un
der a very rtroug guard at Brie St. Robert,
(even leagues frem Pats. A general meeting
of the Electors have addrelfcd. the National
tequefting the immediate nomina
tion of some tribunal to him, as the
only means of appeasing the people, and of
preventing violence. .
The' 15 days Presidency of the Duke de
L'iancoutt bding expired, M. Touret and the
Abbe Syeyts were put m nomination, and the
former was chosen by a majority of four, the
number being 406 to 402. t
All Prance is now guarded by Aimed Citi
we iring the Ndtioiul Cockade, from the
Channel to the Mediterranean, and from the
German to the Atlantic.
B O U L O G N, July 31.
We have had great commotions here. Four
Koufes were totally destroyed, and the Com
mandant of the town, with some General Of-/
ficers, &c. have been very roughly handled
by the populace. The Commandant i£ now
confined to his bed, in confcquence of the
wounds which he received from some Hones
which were thrown at him.
The Intendant had a narrow escape; he
was overtaken near Ofchico, on his flight to
t>buai, aud obliged to make a precipitate re
treat from his carriage, and Ihclter himfetf,
•with a servant who accompanied him, among
the growing corn; when, night coming on,
the search for him was difeoutinued. His
deputy’s house was destroyed, and his cha
teau had afterwards the fame fate. He is
/aid to have returned thither, aud perithed in
the. ruins. , ,
The soldiers heVe espoused the popular
catile, and contributed much to the deft ruc
tion of buildings/ &c. belonging to those who*
had rendered themfelve3 obnoxious. Among
thel'e the house of Martel (who was reckon
ed immensely rich) is rafed to the ground;
his books, papers, and even his money, were
scattered about the ftreetfc, or thrown into the
river.
‘ L O N D' O N", July 20—21.
CCMMOT IO MS IN FRANCE.
Aln Hen tic particulars.
Ycfierday morning a meftenger arrived
from the duke'of D'orfet, with dispatches for
the Secretary of State. These, however are
so loose and unfntisfaddry, that we must offer
to our 1 eadeis the intelligence we received
from a French gentleman of rank, who will
not permit us to tife his name : but from this
authority, we pronounce what we have to
offer as authentic.
So Uniform was the spirit of revolt among
the people, that the foreign troops round Pa
ris and VciiaiMes, broke ground, and have
retired to. Sens. —The Marfchal de Broglio
withdrew from the field, and fought an
audience with the King oh Thursday last at
midnight, at which interview lie supplicated
Ids Majesty to confutt with his Counfellors
on some means to flop the effufion of blood,
which threatened to deluge his dominions.—
JV’onfieui wa* present at this interview, and
eo-opeiated wall the purpufe of Monsieur de
Broglio~fdr the picture which presented it
felf was dreadful f—Everv Burgeon in Paris
aud the neighbouring towns were in arms,
and with them, two.thirds of the army were
incorporated.
. (he Marqui* «l» U Fmnt, of American
•nfmmy, was commander m chief ; and the
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mo st regular rlifcipline and order was submit- i
t«(J to and prcl'ei ved through a body, of near
one hundred and forty thousand men, in all
refpefts well accoutred.
The Duke of Dorfet reports, that so sacred
were thcfe proceedings that fume ot his do
meilics were compelled to go abroad, armed
like the Bourgeois, with belts and mufquets,
before he could obtain the least knowledge of
their purposes. The other authority on which
we go asserts, that the fame recourse was at
tended with danger to several, who were fup
poied to be the Queen’s spies. They were
hung up after a very summary trial. Several
who were detested among the citizens in ads
of theft fuffered in the fame way.—A regular
pay was fettled, and at fixed times.—
Corn, in certain proportions, was delivered
with the fame order, und every departure
from the conditions laid dowu, failed not to
meet punishment.
The governor of thfe baftile certainly fuf
fered death in the manner related in the He
rald of yefierday, but the lieutenant of the
police escaped. In carrying the baftile, 300
were killed aud wounded, besides thcfe who
perished through the artifice of the Governor.
Four Bate prjfoners only were found within
these walls; one of them was named White,
a Scotchman by birth, and who, after a cap
tivity of thirty-seven years, appeared to have
loft his mental powers, and even the verna
cular founds of his language. •
The baftile is raised to the ground.—Not
a stone remains of that once horrid edifice
which to a Frenchman’s eye, was what the
inquisition is in Spain ; —and the extife-oflke
in England.
The Duke d’Orleans appears inr all the meet
ings of the higher order of the people’s friends,
and is deemed the faviour of France !
The king, convinced that all the power he
possessed, was a vapour opposed to such
“ strength of spirit” as appeared among his
people, arrayed himfelf in a humility that be
came hifft, and religned his person, his dig
nities, and his prerogatives, into their hands!
He entered the national afl'embly, leanihg on
the arm of his pa riotic brother, Monsieur;
and threw himfelf on the affections of his
fubjefts! They received him with allegiance
and j and a guard of 12,000 of the
Bourgeois, tendered their fervite to protest
their “sacred king”—for fush they Ailed the
diftrefled monarch.
The Queen is not gone off:—for an at
tempt to escape, would certainly experience
a fatal interruption ! —She remains immured
at Versailles—The count d’Artois, if in
France, is also concealed —some alledge he
has reached Spain;—others aflert this to be
a defufive report.
We arfe happy to declare, that there has
not been airy action between the foreign troops
and the populace, except a few skirmishes in"
Paris of no great moment. The report of
the camp of the Due de Broglio having been'
attacked and put to flight, was without autho
rity.—His troops it was well known never
meant to maintain an atfion. Broglio is not
with the force’aPSens, nor cam they be heard
of.
In this state of affairs, the National Af-’
fembly continue planning the principles of a
Government, to approach that of England as
fat as circumstances and localities will admit.
The King approves the outlines delivered 5
and Paris at this moment i,s in smiles.
24* The riots at Paris and Verfaflles are
at an end, but in the'proviuces they are at a
very alarming height.
At St. Germain en Laye the mob have tak
en a miller, named Sauvage, tried and con
demned him, and made a butcher’s boy cut
off his bead.
Thirteen transports, laden with provisions
. and rtores for the use of the Swedifti arniy,
have been loft on the rocks near Norkoping.
Oue of these vessels had on board the medi
cine cherts destined for the use of all the (lup3
composing the Royal fleet at Carllcrono.
The following promotions have taken place
in Ireland, viz.
Earl of Gland ore, Mafler of the Rolls,
vice Duke of Lei lifter,
Earl of Bcllamon:, Joint Poftmaftcr Gene
ral.
Robert Johnson, Esq, Mafler of Dublin
Barracks.
15. During the late tumults in Paiia M.
1 .abut, a private gentleman, gave 500 coo
tivies tv aililt the Patriots, and at the fame
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time offered his five children as volunteers in
the cause
: * f The Algerines have taken eight Frenrh vtf
fels, two of which belonged to Marseilles ;
they fold the crews and cargoes, and behead
ed Capt. Almete’s mate. The Chamber of
Commerce have sent an express to rhe French
Court refpefting this matter. The Algerines
have also taken a Spaniard with 5000 ducats
on board, and a coasting tartan laden with
wood for the King’s account.
27. The Minister of Denmark has form-*
ajly notified to the Engliih, Pruffian,and Dutch
Ministers, at Copenhagen, that his matter
will observe the ftrideft neutrality, on condi
tion that England, Pruflia. and Holland, ex
ert their best endeavours to mediate a peace
between Russia and Sweden.
28. No lets than 300 persons are employ
ed in demolilhing that once dreadful fortrefs,
the Baftile
31. M. deCrofne, the Lieutenant-Gene
ral of the Police, hanged and beheaded in
several papers, on the firft burtting forth of
the diflurbances, on Wednesday last arrived
unhurt at the French Ambaflador’s.
Extract of a letter from Vienna , July 15.
“ By an express arrived here yeflerday
evening from Field Marefchal Loudohn, dat
ed at the camp before Turkiih Gradiika, we
leam the joyful news of the surrender of that
important fortrefs to the arms of his Imperi
al Majesty on the night of the 28th inst.
“ Uri this occasion a Gazette Extraordina
ry has been.publittied, in which all the ope
rations of the liege are detailed., ,
“ After ay unremitting fire from our bat
teries, the garrilon perceiving the breach al
most practicable, and that, from the excel
lent position of our army, they were preclud
ed. from every chance of 'being relieved by.
their countrymen, determined to abandon the
place.
“ Their retreat was firtt noticed by his Ex-,
cellency liimfclf, whp, happening to visit the
trenches that ev'ening, not only perceived that'
the enemy encamped in the woods were in
mytion, but that the besieged had escaped
with their baggage and joined them.
“ On this a detachment of cur troops were 4
sent to take poflelfion of the place, which they
found deserted ; a second was ordered to pur
fuethe fugitives.”
Particulars of the Demolition of the Basile,
by a gentleman *ivbo took fart in that affair.
Happening to be in Paris some time previ
uus to the memorable 14th of july, and hear
ing, on the morning of that day, that several,
people had been killed at the Baflile, through
the treachery of its Governor, and that it
was in consequence besieged, my curiosity led
me to the place of a&ion. About 3 o’clock
an irregular anddilorderly attack commenced,
for the Burgefies, though brave and willing,
were then undifcipljned, and only three gen
tlemen atied as officers.
I could not but condemn their mode of
procedure, and from fom2 experience I have
in taftics, I thought their endeavours would
prove fruulefs. A gentleman, who appear
ed to be a principal in the affair, entreated
me as a patriot, and (as he thought me) a
military man, to take the command of some
fufileers, &c. I complied with his with, and
joined the party, then attacking the draw
bridge, &■ c. At about half part three, the
Governor’s house and the building near the
bridge were set on fire. Some field pieces
being brought, we battered the place, keep
- ing up a brisk fire till about five o’clock, when
a company of the Gardes Francot/es came to
afiift us with more and heavier.cannon, with
which we fortunately thattered the fmal!
drawbridge, by which means the people came
in crowds, so that in ten minutes we had
thousands who thought more of plunder than
of endeavouring to feegre the villains who
defended the place, vvhich cijcumttance gave
many of our enemies an opportunity of .deal
ing being hanged with those who were taken,
by mixing with the crowd.
We found the Governor concealed ; five of
us dragged him to the Place de Grcve, (the
common place of exc ution) but with fume'
difficulty, the mob attempting to kill him as ’
he palled along. Being arrived at the Greve,
a Imall ring waa made, and a grenadier, who
had afiifled 111 taking.and bringing him there.,
drew his fibre and fevered bia head from hie
body, The grenadici’a reward was the Croix
de St. Lbuil and (he Red Ribband which (he