historical c, 

 'Jiomd scene has been transac- 

 ted by the populace. On Sa- 

 turday last, at three oVlock in 

 the afternoon, the prisoners 

 from Orleans arrived at Ver- 

 sailles, with an escort of 2000 

 men and six pieces of cannon. 

 When they reached the Place 

 d'Armes, the people appeared 

 in great numbers, and by their 

 gestures and threats indicated 

 their determined resolution to 

 commit some outrage. 



Their fury, however, was 

 for some time restrained j but 

 '.vhen the prisoners, who a- 

 mtounted to hfty-four in num- 

 ber, arrived at the gate de I'O- 

 rangerle, the people rulhed up- 

 on the guards, overpowered 

 them by their numbers, tore 

 from them the unhappy vic- 

 tims, whom they in vain at- 

 tempted to protect, and aban- 

 doning themselves to the fren- 

 zy of their political enthusi- 

 asm, butchered the whole of 

 them except two. 



These ungovernablewretches 

 not contented with committing 

 this atrocious act of barbarity, 

 proceeded to all the prisons of 

 Versai]le«, and gratified their 

 infernal vengeance, by destroy- 

 ing every suspected person 

 whom they found in them. 

 We as yet know not the num- 

 ber of the victims. 



Miscellaneous. 



The duke regent of Stock- 

 holm has eluded the demand of 

 Rufsia for the succoursstipulated 

 m the treaty of alliance, by al- 



hronic/e. vn 



leging that they cannot b« 

 granted without the consent of 

 the four orders of the kingdom, 

 and that by the will of the late 

 king, these orders cannot be 

 convoked till the young king 

 shall be declared of age. 

 M. LA Fayette. 



When this general, and the 

 officers who accompanied him, 

 were stopped by the Austrian 

 party, after they had quitted 

 France, they remonstrated with 

 the commandant against the in- 

 justice of considering them as 

 prisoners, seeing they were sim- 

 ply pafstng^ as travellers with a 

 view to get into some neutral 

 country. Since then M. la 

 Fayette has publiftied the fol- 

 lowing declaration on this sub- 

 ject. 



The under signed French ci- 

 tizens (to the number of twen- 

 ty two), prevented by an imp- 

 erious concourse of circumstan- 

 ces from enjoying the happi- 

 nefs of serving, as they have 

 always done, the liberty of 

 their ccantry •, being no longer 

 able to oppose those violations 

 01 the consli'^ition, which the 

 will of the national afsembly 

 have eslablilhed, declare, that 

 tliey cannot be considered as 

 militaiy enemies, since they 

 have renounced their commii- 

 sions in the French army, and 

 and much lefs as connected with 

 that part of their countrymen 

 who havL- been induced by in- 

 terests, sentiments, and opini- 

 ons, absolutely different Crom 



