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which it fell to me to prefent it to the 
public, he has been pleafed to do fo in the 
moilt fatisfactory manner. 
lam, &e. Joun DovGALu. 
London, March 28, 1804. 
An ACCOUNT of the JOURNEY of LOUIS 
XVI. KING of FRANCE, with the ROYAL 
FAMILY, from PARIS t@ VARENNES, 
and of their RETURN to the CAPITAL, 
in JUNE 17913 drawn up from the 1N- 
FORMATIONS of one of the KING'S 
BODY-GUARDS, by JOHN DOUGAELL. 
Louis having at laft refolved to with- 
draw for a time from Paris, fele&ted: three 
gentlemen of his body-guards to accom- 
pany him on the cccafion : thefe were M. 
le Comte de Mouttier, M. le Chevalier de 
Malden, and M. le Chevalier de Valory.— 
He directed M. de Mouftier to repair to 
the palace of the Thuilleries.on. Thuriday 
the 17th of June, :791 5 and in the mean 
time to inform the two other gentlemen of 
the King’s wifhes ; as alfo to provide for 
himfelf and them couriers jackets of yel- 
low cloth, round hats, boots, &c. and 
proper paflports for Jeaving Paris. 
When all thefe neceflaries were procur- 
ed, the three gardes-du-corps were te go 
together to the palace on the fallowing 
Monday, the 21ft June, between eight 
and nine in the evemng, there to receive 
further inftructions. | 
At the time appointed, M. de Maldew 
and M. de Valory went thither, by the 
gallery of the Louvre, which extends 
along the Seine; but M. de Moutftier took 
a different way,to a private ftaircafe, 
which led to the apwtment of the King’s 
firlt walet-de chambre. Tiere his Majcity 
was waiting for him, and quickly opening 
the door, as foon as he heard M. de 
Mouftier coming up, left he fhould be 
floped by the fentinel in the paflage, con- 
du&ed him to the apartment of the Queen. 
There the three gardes-du-corps havizg 
met, the King addrefled them in this. 
manner : 
“ You fee, Gentlemen, ta what @ 
avretched fituation we are brought, We 
rely on your fidelity and attachment to ref- 
cue us from it, and have made choice of 
you for this purpofe. 
' “© Our fate isin your hands, Will you 
or awill you not undertake to deliver us 
From-our prefent mifery ? If you refufe to 
affif? us, we are utterly undone.” 
To fuch words, trom their unhappy 
mafier, thofe gentlemen could anfwer 
only by their tears, and fome broken fen- 
tences, in which they endeavoured to ex- 
prefs their joy atthe profpect of a deliver- 
4 
Fourney of Louis XVI. from Paris to Varennes. [May I, 
ance fo ardently defired by all the Frencks 
who ftill retained their duty to their right- 
ful fovereign, as well as by every friend 
of juftice and good order. ot 
Their Majefties thought it beft, in order 
to prevent interruption or difcovery ‘on the 
journey, to change the names of the three 
gardes-du. corps, affigning to each that by 
which he was in future to be known.* 
To M. de Valory was given a letter for 
Count de Ferfen, Minifter at the Court 
of France from the King of Sweden: and 
to M. de Mouffier, two /aes-de-nuit, or 
travelling-bags, one belonging to the 
Queen, and another tothe Dauphin. M.- 
de Valory was dire&ted, at the fame times 
to leave the Thuilleries in the fame way 
by which he had entered ; whillt M. de 
Mouttier was to go down the great ftair- 
cafe, crofling what was called the Queen's 
Court, to meet M. de Valory under the 
fir(t gate-way leading out to the quay of 
the bridge called the Pout-Royal, oppofite 
to the end of the palace. 
M. de Malden remained with the Royal. 
Family, and never quitted them until his 
imprifomment, on: their return to Paris. 
Count dé Ferfen, who was waiting orr 
the quay, no fooner, by a private fignal, 
recognized M. de ¥alory, than he took the 
two gardes-du-corps im his.carriage to an 
hotel, where M. de Valory teok the horfe 
that was to carry him the firft lage, from 
Paris:to Bondy ;, and M. de Mouftier four 
other horfes, with which he went to an- 
other hotel, where he put them to a tra- | 
velling-carriage, of a remarkably plain 
and common appearance. . 
From this. lat horel M. de Mouttier 
proceeded with the carriage to St. Mar- 
tin’s Gate, whrre he was fpeedily joined 
by the Rvyal Family, who had come frons 
the court of the Caroufel, behind the pa- 
lace, in a hired coach, provided by Count 
de Ferlen, with M. de Malden mounted 
behind it. eis 
This happened at half an hour, or per- 
haps thiee quarters, paft twelve o’clock 
atwaght. 
When the Royal Family had removed 
into the travelling-carriage, the hired 
coach and horfes were overturned, as it by 
accident, into a diich near the gate, that 
the coachman might be hindered trom go- 
ing immediately home, and giving an ac- 
count of what be hadi feen. 
Before leaving the gare the Queen afk- 
ed M. de Malden what he thought of the 
'™ M. de Mouftier was called Melchior + 
M. de Maiden, Jean; and M. de Valorys 
Frangois. 
intended, 
