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accompliflicd monarch 

 ijaecefl'ors are fure'.y lefs \vort:hy ot ap 

 pliiufe; and yet Louis XIII. is exalted 

 to. the Ikies," " for haviti^r ausmented 

 France by the addition of the tine pro- 

 vince of Roulillon ; for having founded 

 the French academy, th,e royal priuting; 

 houfc, f\i\A favuitral tht commeiLcement of 

 the learned congrefsatioiis of St. Maur, 

 at. Genevieve, and St, Lazarus, 6i(-." 

 Of Louis XIV. we hear notliins; bur what 

 api>ertains to a hero ; and while the au- 

 thor laments the overthrow of his Itatur, 

 he forgets the ciuelties exercifcd a<:ainll 

 the French protcftants, und quQtes Ali- 

 zarine to ])ro%'e " that there was Ihitf 

 iutiicient in his corapolitiou to make four 

 kings, and oiie honeft man." 

 • In a note appended to this portion of 

 the hiftory, *we find the followins: e[)itaph 

 on Robefpierrc, which is <|Uoted, we be- 

 liere, from forue other work, as we have 

 ieen it before : 



■ *' Pafl'.int, ne pleurs point fon fort ; 

 Car, s'il vivait, tu ferais mort.'' 

 Taliicn, in 1797, having been atttjcked 

 ^ with ail alarniiiij; couj;h, in confequciice 

 of which he for fo!i;c time was accufi-iini- 

 pd to fpit blood, the following epigrt^m 

 iyas produced : 



" Tallien dit i fon meJecin : 



Ma fois, je trains fort pour mi vie J 



ie pourrais bien, quelque matin, 

 . 'erir tie cette hemiaorrhagie. 

 , -— Vous plajfantcz : iwh ! cc .a'eft rien, 

 'pit le docteur avec malice ; 

 ■'■ IVIoi je trouve que c'eft un bien t 

 De vos humcurs cch purge le vice. 

 Et quand on a but tant de fang, 

 Enlie nouSj n'tlt cc pas enfant 

 De s'etonner qu'on en voftiifle ?!' 



V."e learn, at the fame time, that tJiis 

 peifon, who at one period acted fiuh a 

 ponfpicuous part in the revolution, died 

 in May, l!30j, at Alicanr, 'f far di-tant 

 from that country where lie enjoyed ftich 

 a ihort an<! mifcrabic; celebrity." We 

 are alio told that his \vi<low, who at an 

 eventful period obfained the name of 

 ' JSotrCrlJui'ie ifc Septoiilue," is aiiaiu 

 married, aod that M. de Caiamau is her 

 fhird hulLund. 



We Oiail not llop to retrace the hor- 

 rible malVacres which took place in the 

 prifi>ns, or be at the trouble to execrate 

 crimes fo abhorrent to the fcelin<;s of 

 jBvery man of common humanity. Here, 

 commencing with page -ill), the curious 

 reader will tind an alphabetical lill " of 

 ihc individuals murdered iu the various 



Bntfomeofhis places of confinement, during the be- 

 ; worthy of ap- ginning of September 17(^2." The num- 

 ber amounts to lOUO, exdufive of fome 

 accidental fpeitatojs, who were executed 

 under the appellation of " tliieves." 

 This is fuccec-ded by '* an alphabetical 

 aJid correct lift of the monfters who h.id 

 commanded, favoured, tolerated, or cou- 

 cerled the mniTucres ofSe})tember 1793;" 

 and we are lorry to remark that thefe 

 exceed 250. It mull be allowed, how- 

 ever, tliat the zeul of the author has in- 

 duced him to include the name of every 

 perfon who happened to be an enemy to 

 the monarchical government ; in fine, 

 the iill of thofe malVacrcd appears to 

 have been regularly copied from the 

 records of the'jails, Ike, while that of 

 their murdereis is in a variety of inllances 

 fuppofitious. 



The author, towards tjie conclullon, 

 takes a political furvey of France and of 

 Germany at this period, and aflerts that 

 the " ridiculous preparations" on the 

 part of the patriot^, a^ tlicy were called, 

 were onlv indicalive at onc« of their 

 fears and their feebleiiefs. The Count 

 d'Artois, the dukes of Angoul^,me and 

 Berry, the diikc of Broglie, who was at 

 the head of the French nobility, toge- 

 ther with the duke of IJrunf^ick and the 

 king of Piullia, according to his account, 

 conlii-iertd the roltoration of the throne 

 as certain. In this exigency, while the 

 combined armyha;! entered tiie plains of 

 Champa-jfiie, and expectation was on the- 

 tiptoe to beiiold e\tiaordiuary events, 

 " fufch of the deputies and othcis; as 

 dreaded a juit [:uuilhment, trembled for 

 their fafclv. 



" To fccure tiiis," adds he, " they re- 

 quired of Louis XVI. that he fliould ad- 

 drcfs the following note to tlio king of 

 Pruiiia: " *i\Iy couiin, if you advance 

 any further, you will find my head, tu- 

 gethcr with cliofe of my tmhappy family, 

 placed above the gatt> of (.'huions." 



Lnmediatcly ai'ter the receipt of tliis 

 letter, which occurred on tiie 18tli of 

 September, the duke of Bnmlwick ilfued 

 orders for tlie tiyu))s to conimeuce their 

 rctrcMt. But the French chevaliers at 

 iirlt actually refulcd to obey, for thi^y 

 had I'worn either to co'iqucr or to die; 

 yet as they ihemfelves were unable to 

 keep the li'eld, it became necclVary that 



* " Moncoulin, fi vous avancez ilavin- 

 tagc, vous trouvercz ma tcti: et celles Je rr.a 

 mailieiircuCe taniiile attachccs aux ^'ovtci de 

 Chalons," 



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