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were overthrown with the arms of 

 the loyalists. 



When the unfortunate and fugi- 

 tive prince of that family, his royal 

 highness the count d' Ar tois, or Mon- 

 sieur, as the poor royalists, after the 

 ideal accession of Lewis XVIII. 

 aflected to call him, was made 

 acquainted with the death of M. 

 de Frotte, he immediately paid a 

 visit to the unhappy father of that 

 young hero in London, and mingled 

 his tears of condolence with those 

 of the old count, v.'itli the most 

 affecting sensibility. It was a 

 younger brother of general de 

 Frotte, that aided the escape of sir 

 Sidney Smith from the tower of 

 the Temple, and afterwards served 



under him, in the rank of major, at 

 the siege of Acre. He has lately 

 come to London, where, at the 

 time of writing this,* he resides 

 with his father. 



At the same time that Buonaparte 

 was using all modes of conciliation, 

 for reclaiming the armed loyalists, 

 the constitutional bishops assembled 

 at Paris, invited the nonjurant bi- 

 shops to evangelical communion, 

 and RELIGIOUS peace. If such a 

 pacification could indeed have been 

 effected, it would have been far 

 more wonderful than that which 

 was gained by Buonaparte, partly 

 by conciliatory, partly by compul- 

 sive measures, with the warrior 

 chiefs of the royalists. 



• September, 1800. 



