The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-05 00:00:00

ZOUIS XGI.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE JOURNEY OF LOUIS XVI.
KING OF FRANCE, WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY,
FiLOM PARIS TO VARENNES, AND CF THE I it RE-
TURN TO THE CAriTAL, IN JUNE-179i.

(Continued from r Paper of lesterdqy

M. de Goguelas, aide.&-camp to NI. de •Bouille,
in endeavouring to get up to the King, received
several bullets through his clothes, but m:ide vod-
his way. He had, however, conversed bitt a few'r
moments-with his Maj;,37, when they were inter-
rupted by the arrival 'of, the aides_du camp Of La'
Fayette, from Paris: Theiie persons went 'up to'
his Wiesty, and presented to him a packet on the
part of the: sal disant National 'Assembly.
• The King,: in, the first moments of his agitation,
threw. it fr, m him. It would have fallen on' the
ibed where lay the poor Dau;)hin; Who wasleverislf,
and' much fatigued with the ilorney. The Queen,
whose presence of mind and sense of dignity never
foriook her, catches the packet in the air, and eX.
" What, Sire, would you stain the Dau-
phin with this!" threw it on the floor.
"The packet was picked up, and-again presented
to the King, who, on opening it, after a moment's
silence, said aloud, " The perjured monsterb! they
dare to arrest their King"—Qudi, les perjures its
aseist arreter feur Roi."

Then turning to the people assembled,about him,
he pronounced, with a feeling and an air capalk to
have totSched a 'heart of store, these worts, ¶' Ynur
.King a prisoner!—(Notre Ro; pris;wiler!")-
Atidresing hiMself next to the aides-du-camp of
aiayette, he said, " I well knew that there were
in my kingdom traitors and prodigies of wicked.
mess ; but I could never haveibelieved nor imagined
that any body of men could have been so lost to
every thing that is sacred among men, as to 114 y
arrcsted their Sovereign."
The aides-du-camp were affe&ed, even to tears,
at Oils speech; and, with the strongest•exress tons
of dutiful tespea and attachment to the Royal Fa-
mily, declared, that at that very Moment, perhaps,
Paris was a prey to fire.and.sword, when the people
began to fear that they had lost the most upright,'
the best of Kirgs ; and urged the absolute 'neces-
sity for the King's instant return to the c,:pit al *.
Their Majesties, untouched by the artful lan-
guage of these Gentlemen, turned away, obsetv-
jog, that the tears and protestations of Anen who
had broken every engagement, even the most saereti
oaths were but little Calculated to move them :
adding, that all that these. Officers had, now to do,
was to pay due respea to the orders of their King ;
for that he was determined instantly to proceed to
Montmerly.
•The King immediately direaed M. de Moustier,
to 'put the horses to his carriage; but the National
Guards endeavoured with their arms,-to obstruct his
passage, using at the same time the most aribecom-
ing langu,,ge„.
M. de Moustier, feeling too strongly the duty he
had to discharge for his unfortunate. Master, and
speaking to the guards in that tone which a sense
of duty can alone inspire,--force? 1, !.,
the crowd, ,and made for the
house. He entered two, where no horses were to,
be found : and after having in vain insis!;:d that the.y
3huuld be prOduced, *he returned to the ,King, to
acquaint him with what had passed, but concealing
the abominable discourses he
_had heilfd
doors.

Their Majesties, Who appeared to be: much more
anxious for the welfare of those persons who had
the happiness to, belong to them, than foi their own
safety, when they saw that i,t was impossible to
continue the j,,urney, were solply occupied in de.
vising means to favour the escape of the three
Couriers.

These officers, on the other hand, had no other
wish than that, by shedding their blood in the
cause of their royal master, and his affli6ted
they might unequivocally demonstrate to•the world,
that unhappy France still possessed some men who
had not renounced 'their duty and allegiance to the
best of Princes.

Princess Elizabeth contrived, in a way not ob.
served by the crowd in the chamber, to slip into M.
de Moustier's pocket some rouleaux of Louis-d'ofs,
together with her own purse.
M. de'Moustier could neither. return the rtirmey
to the Princess, nor even ask why it was thus given.
to him.' He feared, indeed, that he or his compa-
nions bgd had the misfortune unknowingly to give
some offence to the Royal Family, and that there-
fore they wished him and the others to be giMe. In
consequetwe of this, he took, the iirSt'opportunity
that presented itself, to conjure their Majesties to
grant him.yet one favour.
" Alas ! (said they) what can we now do fur
you; say, what do you wish ?",
" The favour (rei,ined M. de Mobsiier,) of be.
•
mg permitted still to hold even the me4nest sizua.
tion about your sacred persons--among yoor house-
hold servants—never more to leave, you AB it is
no longer in my power to. serve y-QU in my military
capacity, I shall consider myself tenfold happier in
the most humble station, than I should.be in filling
the most exalted, in other times and in other,circuin.
stances." .

Their reply was, after a short pause, "No, no,
you shall never leave us."
The National Guards during this time, not.
withstanding irpeated orders to withdraw, had the
indecent insolence ko remain, not at the door, but in
the middle of the room where • the Royal -Fariiily
were detained,.
M. de Moustier at last losing his patience at, such
conduit, represented to Sausse the-extreine
priety of it ; adding, that although he 114 it so marii_
testly fiiled in his duty to the King, yet that here
were other obligations of common propriety, from
which lie certainly could not suppose himself lo be
released.
On this the Queen and Princess Elizabeth said
twice to M. de Moustier, in.a low voice, " 'Take

tire; don't he so warm ; we Nita!: moon be rei ve,i ;
and when ilie troops arrive, it v id Lc tittle enough
for you to act

Princess Eizabeth observing in the crowd M;
SigneMont, formerly captain of gre.:l,diers io. the
regiment, of Chatre, and a knight of St. Lluis, said
to him, ". Although a rec of • your birth,
Sir, has not been -able to .keep you in _the path of
duty and honour, yet that Cross, which Iu been
bestowed on you,. ought undoubtedly to have rr,!._
sented you from g4ing astray."

" Madam,. (answered he), I was a citizen before
I wai a soldier."

" Very well, Sir, (replied the Princiss, turning
from him), he who has been a traitor to one party,
will he a traitor to another, actircumstances shall
occur."

This person had been chosen Commandant of the
National Ghat& of Neuvilly; and had come, with
all hii torpsoo join tltose of Varc.Me.6, where- he
had been a trangail slit!ilafw of every indignity
and outrage'offeied to his unfOrtunateScivereigti.
These and similar scenes, ahnost.disgracelul for
the French name, continued throughout the
night, until half an flutist-past seven in the rnarn-v:g
of Wednesday the 2.31 >f'June.
His M,,ijesty observing the horses in the carriage,
again gave oych.:rs to proceed to Nl,ntruedy ;- but
notwithstanding the bold and determined manner,in
which 'his orders were givQn,:they were urterly dis-
regarded ahril when the Royii Family had taken
their idc..f:.s in the carriage, it took th'e' road hack' to,
Paris. The b,rsis walked very slowly, and the
surtpunding multithde covered` not only the roai4
but the fild:4‘on e.tch

. ,
The multitude increased as the darriage drew near
to Paris, and every man, woman, aid ev."ll child in
it, appeared' Cy.be:arined wiih 'a gun, pistol, sabre;
hatchet, bill, pruoing,hook, p:rchfork, scythe,
reaping_hobk,- of Other insult:lL:tit, which chaitce
presented to each.
On their return to Paris, the Royal Family were
guarded by parties of those very dragoons who had
been stationed on the road for the purpose of escort-
ing theth on their. way tet Montmedy: These Ara;
goons were so completely corrupted, that instead
of listening to the .diclates of 'duty, they openly
gloried in the new part they had engaged
_to per-
t-SiM, and seemed to be delighted wits, -the cries of
" Success to the brave dragot.:ns!"-ltivent Mes-
sieurs les dragon; ')---which never ceased to. greet
them ail the way back to Chllons.:
Sometimes, indeed, was heard,. although rarely
and faintly, the bid sound " God saVe the King!"
Five le Roi); but no approaching Paris, that ex.'
cramation,' onte so grateful arid congenial :to. a
Frerramaii,, was no 1!-Uger pronounced, but conli9ed
to the heart of the kw.

The first viCtims of the atrocious fury of the
misguided pneulace, were s Gentlemen travel-
' ling near Vat-critic,. The—mJb insulted and atr4clr_
eel them with such violence, that it was afterwards
reported some cf them were actually murdered on
the spot, and others wilt) escaped alive, soon•after
ki-;eil of 11}47.:1- wound?.

One.of these unfortunate men, who seemed to be
far advanced in age, was brought to the ground by
the str,,ke of a 4cythe. A 7 he lay expirirg, he
said, " Death is now welcome, since I have seen
my King in distress, and have it not. in n pow,er
to assist him."

When the carriage arrived at Sr. Me •ehouil, leave
could not be obtained fur_ the poor Dauphin to be
put to bed fir a few hours, notwithstanding the
fatigues a child of his tender age had undergone, in
passing several nights without rest, at the. same
tune that he was seriously ill with an aguish com-
plaint.
Tut no consideration for this poor infant, nor
even the'repeated orders of 1* ,Majesty, who was
resolved to endeavour to afford him sortie relief,
had any effea un faillon, the aide.de.:camii of ia
ElYette.
1-le had, all the way from Vaiennes until the
Meeting with the Deputies from the As'..enibly at
Paris, taken on himself the connuand of bs)th
Regulars and the, National Guards, and,would suffer
no delay.- In this determination Raillon was ad.
mirably 'suppotted•by the Mitnicipar Officers or Re.
volutionary Magistrates of-St. ti 'enehotul ; that
his Maksty was compelled to proceed without halt-
ing to Cl4ilons. .
•

- 1- The hopes of succours and deliverance did not abandon
the Royal Faintly Until they had arrived Ch:,lous, on their
retuni id Paris; but du leaving this' to \vii, the behaviour of
the mob became so outrageous and horrible, as to terrifi. any
well-disposed persons ‘vll6 tnight have btcn inclined tO" fa-
vour thc,l

(7i be cmti.7a,d,

SPO RT' sa INTEL LIG ENCE.

VIANstON-HEW , E.— l'hursday yorep ° ,
was again hiuu4ht op tor ex imination, charge
forgi:sg the era,,r,ements on two Bills, as State
our P 4 per of Wedn,..aday last. Mr. GOLN
."
if tbe
peared la.the nrosecntio'n, and Mr. KNA?? ."
Prisoner. The Prisoner reserved his defence till
trial, and was fully committed:

-In the Entertaintnents at the Royal
Circus v
crush,
:
meet with every desideratum that can impart
ment. .The Magic Ballet would do honour to (11'
King's Theatre. The Corps de Ballet is excenci*
Bradbury, in his_mitnic efFirts, is IvJuderfully s°Ci
cessful.—The various charAders which the Severa
Pikes introduce to 'the Public are most ably sup
ported. Bcrte,rton, - jun. supports each with Or'
',4oPriety. • A change of amusements will shot
effeaed.• .

SHIP NEWS.

GRAVESEND, MAY 2.

:enao

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Davidson, rrom Eerkgal ; 'from Palermo ;
TWO Brothers, Swiss, from Embden. r, ode
Sail d- the Arriazon, Kitcher for Petergbur3h ; ,aer.
/-1' 42
01,,‘ vv Mafgareti Agt. Kemder, 'Kroft, Vro
I nils, and Hope, !Liaison, tor Amsterdam.
, •

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1;r
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or,e' .
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