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HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. 



General Rochambeau was 

 oi'dered to put himfelf at the 

 head of the army, and to march 

 immediately to the frontiers. 



On Wednefday, however, 

 the alarm v\'hich their Majefties 

 departure had occafioned, was 

 fiiddenly removed, by the un- 

 expecfted intelligence being 

 brought to the Aflcmbly, that 

 the King had been (topped by 

 the National Guards at a fmall 

 town called Varenncs, within 

 i8 miles of the Luxtmbourg 

 frontier. He had travelled 165 

 miles. A poftmafter, while the 

 horfes were chah^^'inK, recog- 

 nifed his Majclly, and gave no- 

 tice to the mimicipa'ity, who 

 fent to the National Guards; — 

 they immediately furrounded 

 the carriage, and an exprefs 

 was fent off to the AnTcmbly. 



The Pope has pofitively refuf- 

 ed, with the approbation of his 

 Cardinals, to admit M. Segur 

 as French Minifter. His Nun- 

 cio has alfo quitted Paris, fo 

 that a formal rupture between 

 the Pope and the French legif- 

 lature has taken place. — His 

 Holinefs exhorts a!! the Bifliops 

 and Priefts, who have refufcd 

 to take the oath prelaibed, to 

 perievere in this holy difpofiti- 

 on, and to perform divine fer- 

 vice any where, and with un- 

 confecratcd veflels. 



A very powerful refiftar.ceto 

 the new government of France 

 has r.ppeared in Corfica, occa- 

 lioned by tlie introduction of 

 .1 new bifliop and priefts who 

 liad taken the civic oath. — The 

 inhabitants of the idand infift 

 on their clergy remaining on ! 

 the former ctlabliflunent, fub- | 

 left to the Pore, and the c!d ' 



laws of the Church. The 

 National Aflembly have pafled 

 fome refolutions, requefting the 

 King to take means to reftore 

 peace. 



Marfeilles, June 10. Upon 

 reading the celebrated letter of 

 the Abbe Raynal, the populace 

 of this city became fo furious, 

 that they drefled up a figure, 

 reprefcnting that venerable ad- 

 vocate of pure liberty, and 

 placing it in the common ve- 

 hicle which conveys the poor to 

 the hofpital.'!, they carried it 

 through .all the ftreets, and at 

 length placed it in a public 

 mad-houfc. It was dreflcd up 

 in a ludicrous manner, fome-; 

 thing like the London Guy Faux, 

 with a red night-cap, a ftrait 

 waiflcoat, a fool's bib, &c. and 

 infulted with every epithet of 

 ignominy and contempt. Thus, 

 the man, who from the lauda- 

 ble fpirit and principles of his 

 writings, was once the favou- 

 rite of every fon of liberty, is 

 now become the fcorn of po- 

 pular opinion and the ridicule 

 of the mob. 



In the National Aflembly of 

 France on the i6th May, M. 

 Thouret prcfented the plan of 

 a decree on the liberties of the 

 Gallican Church, and the means 

 of preventing the tffedt of the 

 enterprifes of the Court of Rome 

 againft the Icgiflative power of 

 France, which was decreed by 

 the AfTembly, after fome de- 

 bate, in fubliance as follows : 



" No briefs, bills, refcripts, 

 or mandates of the Court of 

 Rome can, on their own au- 

 thority, be acknowledged, and 

 have the force of law. They 

 Ihall be reputed null and void 



