XXXVl 



HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. 



this city yellerday. Their 

 Majefties diftributed'a number 

 of magnificent prefents ; a- 

 morg the reft a luperb golden 

 chalice to the Church of the 

 Vatican, and a fmall ftatue of 

 St. Januarius of gold, with the 

 fcarf of the Order fet with bril- 

 Ji.mts, to Cardinal Brafchi. A- 

 mong a number of prefents 

 made by his Holinefs to their 

 Sicilian Majefties is the golden 

 rofe, which received the bcne- 

 diftion this year, according to 

 annual cuftom, on the ;ith Sun 

 day in Lent ; two chaplets, the 

 largeft with a cameo, re pre 

 fenting St. Januarius, for the 

 King, and the other with a 

 valuable cameo, reprefentin^i 

 the annunciation to the Queen. ■" 

 On Sunday the 22d of M«y, 

 the Prottflant Church in Paris, 

 oppofite to the King's palace, 

 was opened for the public per- 

 formance of divine fervice, for 

 the firft time fince the rev(Ka- 

 tion of the edidl of Nantes. M. 

 Man'ou officiated as Minifter ; 

 his text was •' La vuit eft pajfee, 

 le jour ejllcve, &c. The night is 

 far fpent, the day is at band ; 

 let us therefore caft off the 

 works of darknefs, and put on 

 the armour of light." Romans 

 chap. xiii. ver. 12, i.v He 

 dwelt long on the goodnefs of 

 the Divinity, that, in his wif- 

 dom, fuffered man to be perfe- 

 cuted to try his faith ; he ex- 

 patiated on the phi!anth[opic 

 decrees of the National Aifem- 

 bly ; and earneftly exliorted his 

 auditory to prove their grati- 

 tude by a ftri(ft and uninter- 

 rupted obedience to tlie I,aw, 

 the Nation, and the King. 

 There were above two thou- 



fand prefent on the occafion; 

 all the Englifhin Paris affifted; 

 the attraction was irrefiilible. 



A decree pafied the Nation- 

 al AflTcmbly on the 23d cf May, 

 reducing the 86 Convents in 

 French Flanders to 19. 



So deplorable is the ilate of 

 the French Finance?, that the 

 expenditure for the month of 

 April exceeded the receipts, to 

 the amount of 24 millions, i6i 

 thoufand livres. 



There are fome regulations 

 of the National Aflcmbly fo 

 unequivocally excellent, as to 

 merit the imitation of .ill coun- 

 tries whatever. Among thefe 

 may be numbered the privi- 

 leges conferred on ape ; of two 

 candidates, the eldefl is, in all 

 doubtful caft"^, to be preferred^ 

 Another regulation is, that the 

 children of bankrupts, who 

 have received any part of the 

 fortune of their parents, with- 

 out paying their proportion of 

 their debts, are debarred from 

 exercifmg the rights of citizens. 



The Society of the Friends of 

 the ConfUtutioji at Paris, have 

 refolved to go into mourning 

 for twenty-four hours, as a 

 mark of refpeft to the mem.ory 

 of '• Dr Price, the friend of the 

 human race, and of liberty." 



Preparations for celebrating 

 the 14th of July are already 

 begun in the Champ de Mars at 

 Paris, where 8000 workmen 

 are employed by order of the 

 Municipality. 



The French expe<51ed to con- 

 vert into coin the bells of the 

 fuppreflfed churches and con- 

 vents ; on trial they are found 

 not to be malleable. 



