HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. 



SHORT CHRONICLE 



OF EVENTS. 



[JULY 6. 1791-] 



V Paris, June 23. 



AT had for fome time been 

 fufpeded that attempts to 

 bring about a counter-revolu- 

 tion in France, would be made 

 about the time fixed for a new 

 eledtion of Members for the 

 National Afltmbiy, which com- 

 menced on the i6th of June. 

 In confcquence, the ftri<fteft 

 orders were given- to all the 

 officers of the National Guanls 

 to hold themfelves in readinefs 

 to ^A on any emergency. — 

 The guards round the King's 

 Palace of the Thuilleries were 

 increafed, and the commanding 

 officer on guard had orders to 

 watch every motion of their 

 Majefties through the day, and 

 to fee them in their ap;irt"2?«nt 

 every night at ten o'clock, and 

 every morning at'eight. 



Notwithftanding tbefe pre- 

 cautions, on Tuefday morning 

 at eight o'clock (June 21.) 

 '.vhen M. la Fayette entered the 

 Palace, he found tSat.the King, 

 Queen, Dauphin, Monfuur and 

 Madame had fled. Notice was 

 inflantly fent to the Mayor of 

 Paris and the Prefide.'>i of <he 

 National AfTembly, and the 

 f 



whole cty was thrown into the 

 grL'ateit confterriation. 



The gates and all the doors 

 of the palace were immediately 

 locked, and the domeftics ar- 

 refted, but no intelligence could 

 ibe obtainedof the way in which 

 the efcape had been effected. — 

 The divifion of the guards on 

 duty were fufpecfled to have 

 j favoured the flight; but it was 

 mod generally believed, that it 

 ihad been made by means of 

 1 double keys to the apartments, 

 , and by a private fubterraneous 

 ' pafTage from the cellars to the 

 river ; that carriages had been 

 hired and ftationed in different 

 places of the fuburbs, and that 

 the flight had taken place about 

 12 o'clock. 



The whole National Guards 

 of the city were under arms by 

 eleven o'clock. The AfTembly 

 met at twelve, and continued 

 fitting till five on Wednefday 

 morning, having pafTed many 

 refoiutions, all tending to quiet 

 the minds of the peo^jle, to pie- 

 ferve order, and to prevent an 

 interruption to the public bufi- 

 nefs. 



The Minifters were ordered 

 to continue in their places, and 

 to form themfelves into aCoua- 

 cil of State, and do bufinefs as 

 formerly. 



