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One of the many pretexts on 

 \vhich those merciless condemna- 

 tions were founded, was the carry- 

 ing on a correspondence with emi- 

 grants. This was an unpardonable 

 offence, even in the nearest rela- 

 tions. Another, no less effectual, 

 Was the charge of conspiracy ; of 

 which persons imprisoned together 

 were frequently accused, when no 

 other charge could be fabricated. 

 It was even sufficient, in cases of 

 Conspiracy, to be suspected of a rea- 

 diness to join the conspirators. A 

 lady of higii rank, whose husband^ 

 Viscount Noailles, had warmly es- 

 poused the cause of the revolution, 

 was, notwithstanding acircumstance 

 «o much in her favour, doomed to 

 ie, on a mere presumption that 

 ihe would certainly hive taken part 

 in a conspiracy, of which some in- 

 dividuals in confinement were ac- 

 cused of having assisted each other 

 there in forming, though she made 

 it appear on her trial that she was 

 not in that prison when the sup- 

 posed conspiracy was formed. 



Among the multitudes that suf- 

 fered under the tyranny of Robes- 

 pierre, were four foreigners of note; 

 two of them were Germans, and 

 two Enghsh. Besides Anacharsis 

 Clootz, already mentioned, v.e 

 find his countryman, tlie cclpbrnted 

 Baron Trenck, who had fled to 

 France in hope of escaping the 

 despotic power of which he hadj 

 during a long portion of his hie, 

 experienced the woeful effects in 

 absolute monarchies ;— he too fell 

 by the axe of the guillotine, on a 

 charge of counter-revolutionary 

 practices. The two Englishmen 

 were, the one Colonel Newton, 

 who had risen to this rank in the 

 French army by his valour and ser- 

 vices ; he peril hc'l on the Scaffold 



for vindicating the conduct of tli3 

 Brissotine party, and reprobating the 

 other as oppressors and murderer.;. 

 The other, the fatiious Thomas 

 Payne, a man whose writings have 

 made as much noise, and produced 

 more conspicuous effects than those 

 of any writer on similar subjects. 

 As he was well known to be averse 

 to the tyranny of Robespierre, he 

 did not fail to incur his hatred; and 

 was imprisoned on pretence of en- 

 mity to the state. He probably 

 would have, been sacrificed as well 

 as many ethers, had that tyrant 

 lived long enough to accomjjlish his 

 and their destruction. 



Were we to relate the barbari- 

 ties of Robespierte, we would of 

 necessity make them the subject of 

 a separate volume. The following^ 

 which we have from unquestion- 

 able authority, is an indication of 

 slich complete callousness to all the 

 feelings of humanity,, that we can- 

 not forbear giving it a place in thi 

 sunimary of the History of Europe: 

 — A lady of the name of St. Ama- 

 rante, thinking to secure the safety 

 of her family by polite attentions, 

 to Robespierre, invited him to dine 

 with her and her family ahd friends. 

 Robespierre accepted her invita- 

 tion, and was accompanied by one 

 of his greatest intimates. Next 

 day his friend told him, that he 

 (Robespierre) having drunk more 

 tre.'ly than ordinary at dinner, had 

 let fall some things which it had 

 been better to conceal. Having 

 paused a httle, he required a list of 

 the names of all who were of the 

 company, and also of the servants 

 who waited at the table. A list of 

 ail these was immediately sent to 

 him; In four-and-tvveqty hours 

 Madame St. Amarante, her family, 

 friends, and domestics, all perished 

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