
1796.) Original: AnecdotesommCardet... Voltaire... . Mofdames. 
moved to a more ob{cure fituation, and 
his character is now juftly odious in 
- France. ‘To the Royalifts and Girondifts, 
this man was equally deteftable ; and the 
former, as ufual, expreffed their joy, by 
means of puns, &c. immediately afver his 
death.—Here follow two of them: 
_ Le Ciel, dans fa Miféricorde, 
Commie i! le meritoit, vient de traiter Marat; 
. Car quoique aflafiine, ce lache {ce'erat 
‘ Wit finir fes jours par LA Corpe. 
Ci-git Marat, cet infigne aflaffin, 
Le chef ardent des Patriotes, 
Qui recut fa mort dans fon bain, 
_ Et parlant, mourut Saws-Culotees. 
Marie ANNE VicTorRe CHAR- 
LOTTE CORDET;, 
The daughter of aman, attached by a 
place tothe court. The demoi/elle Cor- 
det was zealousfor freedom ; rich, young, 
beautiful—a woman—fhe was, - never- 
thelefs,a Repubiican.. An enthufiaft, but 
not a fanatic; fhe poffeffed the warmth 
ofthe one charaéter, without the extrava- 
gance of the other. ‘At the place of exe- 
cution, fhe uttered nota fingle word. Her 
face ftill poffeffed an heroic-calmnefs ; and 
the feemed confcious of future glory, and 
approaching happinefs. Although filent, 
her gefticulations were, however, elo- 
‘quently impreflive ; for fhe frequently 
‘placed ‘her hand on her heart, and feemed 
“to fay, “1 rejoice, in having extermi- 
‘nated a monfter !” 
Brutus and Cordet both equally ftruck 
for Iberty, and, alas! neither of them 
‘vas happy enough to fecure it; but the 
~exectition of Robefpierre feems to have 
‘effected, for modern France, what the 
* punifhment of Antony, and the bantth- 
sment of Octavius,could not perhaps have 
produced mm degenerate ‘Rome. 
* “To this woman, Greece would have 
‘erected ftatues; Rome, temples. France 
‘may fome day infert her name in the ca- 
lendar of her martyrs;—the ancients 
would have placed her among'their gods ! 
'  Tranflation of a letter from Marie 
Anne Viéloire Charlotte Coredet, to ber ‘fa- 
“ther, written on the evening before ber 
‘trial : 
* From ‘the prifon of the Cenciergerie, 
in the apartment lately occupied by 
the deputy Briffot. 
ee A Poel 464: 17 3 « 
“< Wy dear refpeéted Father, 
“© Peace is about to reign mn my dear 
‘ative country, for Marat is no more ! 
“Be comforted, and bury my memory 
“gn eternal oblivien. 
© “Tam to be tried to-morrow, the 
“tyth, at feven o'clock in the morning. 
‘appropriate -devices. 
3°7 
“ I have lived long enough, asi have 
achieved a glorious exploit. 
“ J put you under the proteétion of 
Barbaroux and his colleagues, in cafe you 
fhould be molefted. 
- «© Let not my family bluth at my fate ; 
for remember, according to Voltairey 
‘ That crimes beget difgrace, and not the 
fcaftold.,’ 
“ Your affectionate daughter, 
“ MARIE ANNE VICTOIRE © 
‘“ CyuARLOTTE CoRDET.% 
VOLTAIRE, 
Superftition ridiculed; tyranny expofed ; 
innocence protected :—a nation, if not pre 
pared for liberty, yet unficred for bon- 
dage. Such were the labours and thé 
triumphs of Voltaire. 
The Parifians were always fond of 
him. Their vanity was, indeed, grati- 
fied by his glory, in which they fuppofed 
themfelvesto participate. On his return 
from banifhment, in the-time of the mo- 
narchy (from what free country would 
the author of the Henriade have been ba- 
nifhed ?) he was prefented with a wreath 
of laurel, in the public theatre, and 
crowned, like the heroes of the ancient re- 
publics, in the ‘prefence of the whole 
people. REL 
On the recovery of liberty, his athes 
were claimed ‘by the nation, and on the 
reth of July, 1791, conduéted into Paris, 
amidft the fhouts of the national guards, 
and the tears of the ‘citizens. “The car - 
riage, containing the corpfe, was thaded 
with green branches, and adorned with 
On -one fide was 
the following infeription : 
“ Si Phomme.a des titans, .i] doit des détroner.’” 
‘On another : 
“Si homme eft créé libre, il doit fe. .gou- 
verner.”’ 
‘The above mottos were felefted from 
his own immortal syorks, 
MESDAMES, 
The aunts of Louis XVI, were the firt 
of the royal family that taok:thealarm, and 
emigrated from France. Belle Vue, the 
villa, or rather palace, in which ‘they re- 
fided, was one of the -moft beautiful im 
the kingdom, being ‘built ‘by their father, 
Louis XV, for ane of hts many miftreffes. 
It is fituated on arifing ground, between 
Seve and Meudon, near the great road 
leading from Paris to Verfailles; the ri- 
wer Seine winds along the bottom of the 
hill, and by its ferpentine courte, feems 
r 2 as 
