SHORT CHRONICLE 



OF EVENTS. 



SejJt. 19. 1792. 



Foreign. 

 France. 

 Since the memorable tenth of 

 August last, affairs in France 

 have been in such a state of a- 

 narchy, that it is difhcult for 

 us in our small limits to give 

 even an idea of their proceed- 

 ings. It is impofsible to give 

 an abstract of them ; for the 

 transactions are of such a na- 

 ture as cannot be comprehen- 

 ded without a special detail of 

 particular facts, many of which 

 are of such an atrocious nature 

 as cannot be recounted with- 

 out horror, nor could be be- 

 lieved were they not authenti- 

 cated by such concurrent testi- 

 monies as prevents the pofsibi- 

 lity of doubting. All we can 

 <i5_o, after giving a (hort general 

 review of things, is to state a 

 few of the most remarkable 

 facts that have there taken 

 place within the last fortnight. 



The national ^afsembly ever 

 since the suspension of the 

 king, has been only a name 

 v»ithout real authority. It is 

 the mere echo of the Jacobin 

 club J its decrees are ifsued on 



VOL. xi. a. 



the requisition of any individu- 

 al who ihal! c'loose to demand 

 them, without hesitation or de- 

 liberation of any ^ sort; they 

 are of course disregar- 

 ded, and every man who has 

 the voice of the people for the 

 day, may set these decrees at 

 defiance with the utmost impu- 

 nity. The generals of the ar- 

 mies are displaced and replaced 

 again, perhaps several times 

 in the course of a week ; and 

 their authority even while they 

 have the sanction of the natio- 

 nal afsembly is just as long as. 

 those under them choose to^ 

 subaiit to it, and no longer. 

 La Fayette has effected his es- 

 cape ; Dillon, no one can say 

 whether he has any command 

 or not ; Luckner is displaced ; 

 Dumourier is the only general 

 in command who has had the 

 singular good fortune to remain, 

 for a whole month without 

 being accused or suspected. 



But of all the transac- 

 tions that stain this woeful 

 period of tlie history of man, 

 the mafsacre of the priso- 

 ners on the second of Septem.-- 



