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The following account of the events 
ofthe rothof Ae sult, at the T huilleries, 
after the cafle had been carried by an 
armed force,is writtenby an eye-witnels. 
seThe quays, the itreets, and the 
fquares, prefented the {pectacle of an 
igimenfe concourle of victorious: fol- 
diery, while a number of the populace 
exhibited pikes, on iwhtch were dif- 
played the bloody {pois of the Swils 
guards. I arrived at the Thuilleries, 
by the gate of the Pont Royal, and 
beheld the imprefiion of the .mufket- 
balls on the walls. I heard the noife 
occafioned by the breaking of the glafs 
window's above, and the jingling of 
the ftewpains below. Fire-irons, billets 
of wood, jacks, and kitchen utentils, 
were. fcattered abouf, and every one 
took pofleffion of whatfoever he ftood 
in need of: a duitman feized on an 
enormous carp, which he carried away 
at the end of a long pole ; a wigmaker 
held ia his hand a {pit ftuck full of 
enickenss ae with this noble trophy 
he marche Ome with all the pride 
ofa conqueror. I perceived, through 
the vent-holes of the cellars, a thou- 
fand hands fearching in the fand, and 
bringing forth bottles of the mott pre- 
cious wines; they drink, laugh, and, 
at length , the precious liquors flow along 
the apartments of the palace, and are 
mingied with the blood of the victims. 
Mutilated bodies are ftrewed upon the 
terrais, and extend in rows, through 
the avenues of the garden; thefe are 
furveyed with a look expreflive-of cu- 
Tiofity by the women, who are the laf 
io retire. 
‘The veftibule is inundated with 
blood ; it {till fmokes, and the fumes 
neatly fuftfocate mé; my hair ftands 
on end ; I afcend the ftaircafe with 
precipitation, and enter the chapel. 
What a fpe&acle! what a_changel 
bodies horribly disfigured, and already 
a prey to a million of flies ; ; the carpets: 
torn to rags; the mutical inftruments 
thrown in confufion upon the altar; 
the pictures pierced with pikes; and 
the organ difmounted + 
_« While I withdrew from this fright- 
ful fcene, the crowd fopped to prevent 
treading on the blood, which trickled 
down the fteps,' and befmeared the 
wails. At length i found means to 
penetrate through a fore of fabres, | 
pikes, and feythes,: into the firft hall ; 
but.a thick cloud produced by rifing 
du and nodding plumes, conceals it 
from my view. ‘he people precipitate 
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themfelves on all fides ; ; piercing cries, 
loud exclamations, and a continual 
murmur, is heard throughout the 
apartments.- The mattraffer, the fur- 
niture, the gilded chairs, are all trod- 
den upon and deftroyed. 
“« Here they burft open the doors of 
clofets, where hidden riches are dif- 
covered, and trunks which conceal 
trenfures ftill more valuable: yet thefe 
are depofited on the tables of the af 
fembly, by citizens in rags. The ftate4 
bed, however, ftiil occupies its former 
place, and remains untouched ; neot- 
withftanding its rich fpoils appear fo 
tempting, even the indigent view It 
with aan and f{eem to fay as they 
retire, I fleep more foundly upoa 
Many of the papers printed in thefe 
two volurnes, appear, to be, mifplaced; 
for the “ Amours of Eugenia,” aa 
the correfpondence of a lafcivious 
bifhop, are furely improper for an hif- 
torical collection. The fi€tion, about 
the vifit of the Duke of Bedford to the 
Thuilleries, after the king had been 
taken prifoner, is ridiculous, more 
efpecially as the editor appears even 
unacquainted with his rank and title.* 
“ Démonftration Evangélique, par 
M. J.B. Duvoisin, Evéque de Nantes 5, 
troiféme  édition, confidérablement 
augmentée. Paris.”—Evangelical De- 
monftrations, by M. J. B. Duvoifin, 
Bithop of Nantes ; third edition aug- 
mented. 
The exprefs intent of this pions 
work, isto ‘* fubvert incredulity, which 
has proudly decorated itfelf with the 
name of philofophy.” 
«© Mémoires fur ! Egypte, 8c.” "—Me- 
moirs relative to Egypt. 
This is the third volume of a work, 
chiefly compofed during the toils of 
war, and the confufion inevitable to 
new conquetts, It is impoflible to pe- 
rufe it, without refiecting on the fecial 
manners of the French, who eftablithed 
an inftitute at Cairo, at atime they 
could fcarcely obtain bakers to make 
bread; and had plays, balls, and pub- 
he amufements, when they were in 
want of every thing elfe. 
Weare here prefented with a va- 
riety of important intelligence, rela- 
tive to the ftate of modern Egypt, . 
Girard, the chief engineer, has drawn 
up an exceilent memoir relative to the 
agriculture and commerce of the Said. 
Bedfort.” 
* His Grace is ftyled Lord ; 
The 
