SHORT CHRONICLE 



OF EVENTS. 



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Foreign. 

 France. 

 The most remarkable incident 

 which has occurred in France 

 since our last, is the meeting 

 of the national convention, 

 and the consequent di&olution 

 of the national afsembly. 



Previous to the meeting of 

 the national convention, theja- 

 cobin club, on the 17th of 

 September, came to the follow- 

 ing resolves, which they took 

 care to publilh as generally as 

 pofsible, for the obvious pur- 

 pose of overawing the afsem- 

 bly. 



■' That a scrutiny fhall be 

 made of the national conventi- 

 on, for the purpose of expel- 

 ling from its bosom such sus- 

 pected members as may, in 

 their nomination, have escaped 

 the sagacity of the primary af- 

 semblies. 



" That all deputies chosen 

 to the national convention who 

 may have attacked, or (hall at- 

 tack the sovereignty of the 

 people, fhall be declared inca- 

 pable of sitting. 



" That all constitutional 



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decrees pafsed by the national' 

 afsembly, ihall be sanctioned or 

 revised by the people. 



" That royalty Ihall be ab- 

 solutely abolilhcd, and the pu- 

 nilhment of death inflicted on 

 those who may propose the re- 

 establilliment of it. 



" That the form of govern- 

 ment (hall be republican." 

 National convention instituted. 



September 21. — Morning. 

 M. Francois said, that' iu his o- 

 pinion the national afsembly 

 ought to terminate its opera- 

 tions by an act of respect to- 

 wards the national convention. 

 He therefore proposed that an 

 addrefs (liouid be presented to 

 the new constituent body. 

 " As soon as it Ihall be orga- 

 nized," said he, " our func- 

 tions will cease,, we will then 

 repair to the naticnrfl edilice 

 in the Thuilleries, to serve it 

 as a first guard, and we will 

 bow before the sovereignty of 

 the people, whom they are 

 going to represent." He then 

 presented the following ad- 

 drefs, v/hich was unanimously 

 edopted, and M, Franco'is was. 

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