xsli ■" historical chronicle. 



And to V«p up tlie spirits of the people J mefsenger is introduced t* 

 announce that the siege of Cambray was raised " I present a standa d, 

 said he, which has been taken from the Englifli by the brave garrison of 

 Cambray. After a blocliade of several days, th& enemy, tired with our 

 frequent s-illies, and the brilknefs of our fire, retreated and raised the sle.e. 

 ^Ty brothers in arms swore to be buried among the ruins of the place ra- 

 ther than surrer.der it to the enemy." 



It is weli known that the. besiegers had received no check before Cam- 

 bray at a rruif h latter date. 



On the 1 8th Au^. the executive council of France publidied a list of the 

 republican armies, amounting to the grand total of 1,001,902 men, so exact 

 are they in tlie enumeration as not to omit a single man 



So far however are the people from adopting the unanimity declared by 

 the mouth of their representatives, that th- cities of Toulon, Marseilles, and 

 Lions are declared to be in a state of insurrection and in great force ; and 

 in the Paris papers of Aug. 14th. A letter from Saumur, of the 13th inst. 

 states that the royalists are aftembling in great force at Chatillon and 

 ChoUet, and their forces amounted to between 4 ,coo and 50,000 men- 

 It did not seem improper to state these circumstances to out readers, as 

 they plainly announce that the French gov rnment is at present in a state 

 of deoility which plainly announces an approaihing chansfe ; which ought 

 to influence in a considerable degree the conduct of the allied powers, as it 

 is always much easier to prevent evils than to • ure them. 



Trial f the ^ e'l /France. 

 The unfortunate Queen ot France was taken irom the temple on the ist 

 Awg. and lodged in the Conciergerie, a common prison, pit-paratory to her 

 trial. She is said to have undergone five interogatones, ah jjnvate, on which 

 eccasion it iss'aidflie behaved with great firmnefs and dignity. Probab.y the 

 ruling powers expected this menoeuvrewo' Id produce some eiTect, in which ti.ey 

 ■n-ere disappointed. Whether their present insecure state makes them dread 

 the effects of proceeding to extremeties with her or not is uncertam ; but at 

 present the popular opinion at Paris is that file will be acquitted. 



Even CusTiNE is not yet put to dei.tli that we have heard of. Ten 

 French generals are now in different prisons, 'vi'ii. Biron, CuS'i ;N£, La- 

 MORHF.RE, Sakdos, Chezot, Westerman, l'Ecuyer, Miranda, LEqUE- 

 v:, and StingEL. / 



On the 25th of July Maret and S m mviUe and their suite, going as ambafsa- 

 elors from France, the first to Napk, the last to onstantinople, were arrested 

 at Con o, a small place in the Austrian territories, and made prisoners. The 

 women in their suite were sent back to France. 



On the 10th of Aug. the new constitution was accepted by tlie deputie* 

 from the departments in the ChaitiP tie mcirs at Paris, with great pomp and 

 ^lemnity. iSo disturbance took place in the city on that oc(;asion. 

 Venice and Tuscany, 



Encouraged by the appearance of the Britifli and Spanilh fleets in the 

 Mediteranian,in superior fore*, have now also declared agamst France. 

 Rufsia, Sivedcn, and Denmark- 



The Rufsian fleet has now p-;fsed the sound, and is cruising in the north 

 seas off the coas* of Norway. The emprcfs,has sent a roniial notification 

 by the Rufsian Char^L- des atiairs at the court of Stockholm, that !he will 

 allow no neutral vefsels to pafs without bemg searched to discover it they 

 are conveying provisions or warlike stores to France ; and all this flie says 



