The Sun.
London, England, 1804-06-07 00:00:00

LOUIS XVI.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE jot; RNEY OF LOUIS
KING OF 'FRANCE; THE ROYAL FAMILY;
FRObf •iPA.RIS TO . YAK ENNFS, AND OF 1-11.,R•
RETURN TO .THE CAPITAL, IN JUNE, 1791.

f Continued:from our Paper of Tuesday.)

. Although the distance from Meaux to Paris be_
only nine leagues, or about twenty-three English.
miles; et the loyal Family were no less than
' between Idurteen'and fifteen hours on the road with.
out halting, excepting on such occasions as seemed
really to have been choSen from time to time, that
the multitude might have opportunities of loading
them with every insult and outrage.
Ordc had been dispatched from Paris, it was
publicly reported,' that no one should salute them
as they passed; and the order was so strittly obey-
ed, _that pot a hat was' observed to move, nor a-
', si.ngle attempt made to utter Five le Roil
•When the carriage had arrived within a dozen
miles of Paris, the three gardes-du.corps had the sa-
tisfaetion, ifsatisfaClion it could be called, to Ob-
serve, that they now attracted the whole attention
.01 the crowd.; by which the Royal Family were
suffered. ro have a short interval of peace.
'1 ferocious mob called out repeatedly to have
the three YelloraVackets delivered up to them, and
rroposed the various kinds of death %VI-jell each
wished to inflict on them. Some to flay them alive ;
others, to tie. them to the carriage, and so drag
them to Parts.; others, again, had different projects,
still more horrible.

Once, during these outcries, Dumas, Who com-
manded the troop, ordered the carriage ~to-be stop-
ped, and said, " These wur:hy and tespedahle citi-
Zens (Ces-Nlessiezers de la Nation)—a phrase which
cannot be translated), desire that the Yellow-jackets
should come down from the coach-box—and they
must come down."

Do ..yoti not see (said one of the multitude),
that it is only to murder them ?"
" What is that to me (answered Dumas), that is.
no concern of mine--(Qu'est ce que cela me fait.
le mien embarasse bicu.")
He had scarcely pronounced. these words, which
seemed to have been excited by his sesentment for
the mortification which he had received from the
gara'es.du-corps at Meaux, when Barnave, the
Deputy, cried our, " Go on ; I order you, to go
on ; it is I who cothmand here."

To this energetic address Dumas returned only a
profound bow, and immetiately ordered the caval-
cade to proceed. It did indeed move on, but with
so slow a pace, that from the extremity Of the
suburbs of Paris, five hours were spent in arriving
at the Thuilleries. The procession passed through
the square called La Place de Louis Quinze*, along
the Po:dAruant, or bridge, which leads from
that !.,iniire into the bottom_of the garden' of the
The statue of Louis XV. in the. .middle of the.
square, served as a stage for a number of Jacobins,
who chose this station, not only to witness, but to
guide and encourage the outrageous multitude, in
perpetrating every atrocity on their defenceless
vietims in the carriage.
In the midst of this scene,..the Dauphin and his
sister were observed repeatedly to clasp in tbeir
arms, and, with their little hands, to stop • the
ears of their parents, that they might not hear . the
horrible language which assailed them on every
side.

.The carriage moved up the garden, beyond the
trees. The garde s-drt.corps observed, ham their
se;lt, that a very narrow lane was formed by the
national guards, for the Royal Family to pass along,
to the gate of the palace.
They saw that, although the Family might
be suffeie'd to enter in• safety, they themselves must
undoubtedly -perish,. from the fury of their enemies.
They resolved, therefote, if possible, to save their
Master the horror of seeing them torn in pieces
before his face. This they thought to bring about
by leaping down tram the box, on different sides,
amidst the crowd, who, being
,eniployed in Inas_
sacreing them, might, they hoped, suffer the Royal
Family to pass along with less interruption.
.When the carriage got beyond the • first bason in
the garden, near the palace,. it. was stopped. The
national guards assembled, now made' ready, some
shoot, some to stab, .the three sordes- du. carps ;
and in doing this they only wounded their own
comrades, who were also._ on the
.coach-b,x, the
one in the hand, the other in the arm.

As .the national guards on the ground were
struggling with those around them for room to
make use of their arms, the three gardes.du.corps
rose from their seat, and called out, ." Here we
are; now fire, if you choose it ; but 'we beg you
not to put us to death in the eyes of the Royal
Family : let them go into the palace, and then we
are at your disposal."
In saying this, M. de Moustier leaped down
first, and presented himself to two pioneers, who
were making for him with their hatchets raised,
and expressing their juy at their being the first to
strike him. M.'de Moustier, loOking steadily at
them, said, " I:ere, strike ?—(Tiens, frappe !)1'
On this they seemed confounded ; but one of the
hatchets, which was already within six inches of
his forehead, fell on him; but as, just at that in-
stant, a mu,ket or bayonet happened to be run in
between his face and the hatchet, -.the blow was
warded off, and he received no injury from it.
What became of the other hatchet M. de Moustier
knowS not, fur he was instantly seized behind by
the neck and hair. As he.struggled hard to make •
his way more amongst. the .crowd, and farther froni
the coach, some officers came to conduit him to the
palace by the same way with the Royal Family.
But he had resolved to push as far as possible ano-
ther way, when M. de La Fayette, on horseback,
himself came up, 'and laying hold of him by the
upper .part of the coat, drew him towards him. M.
de Moustier, turning his head, and considering La'

•ilrayefte'lo lie a lierstS6 *vtilibse cinlY ty, not with,
!standing hi,s late conduc% it was at that moment, to
,watch over• rhe safety of the Royai -Family, just
'Out attentfon,, Sir, opght; at this *tiine, to
be wivolly-rttgaged,about the Royal Family ; is
your. duty to save them 'alone ; leave me to themob.''
•

La Fayette, touched probably by this speech,
immediately quitted M. de Moustier, who was as
quickly overwhelmed by the crowd around him.
They held anddragged,him in all diteelions at the
same time, to throw him on the ground •; hut their
very violence kfeated their purpose. All this
went on in d'efiance
,of the officers and grenadiers,
who had been dispatched to conduei hira to the
palace.
At last, M. de Moustier, borne along by the°
multitude, reached the bottom of the great stair.
This he never should have been able to mount, but
for another Officer of the national guard, there on
duty, who, seizing him by the collar, and with
'louder and more horrid language :than that of the
populace, told
,them, that it would be a pity, 'in-
deed, if such a man as' M. de MOustier should meet
with the reward of his detestable conduet at the
hands of-the respeCiable citizens Paris ; that some
new kind of torture ought to be contrived for so
atrocious an offender ; and that he hiniself would
take uptn'hitn to make Dc Moustier suffer in such a
way as•to give universal satisfaCtion. By these means
did this worthy Officer succeed in drawing M. de
Moustier from the hands of 'the deslierate multitude ;
and as soon as an oppoitunity for speaking in pri-
vate to M. de Moustier _occurred, he made the Most
hearty, apology for the seming brutality of his be:
haviour, which, the officer said, was the only prac-
ticable way to prevent M. de Moustier from being
turn in pieces.

(To be continued.)

PRESENTATION OF COLON "S.

ON Monday morning last; the 2d Battalion of
the First East Essex L:Tion of V6lunteers, were
marched into Danbury Park, to attend , the Couse,..
cration of their ColiAirs, and afterwards to receive
the Presentation of them. %%glutei consiitiyg
cf Hoo met), were on the ground, in varidu,,de-
tacinnents, by eleven o'clock, and after halting in.
the shade for about an hour, after so long a march,
the whole .fortned in line about noon, with thpir
Troop of Cavalry on the right., The Conbridge
Regiment of Militia at this time marched into Ole
Park, and, also- a Squadron A. Lord PAcur's•Light
Dragoons, tO•k%ep theground. The Legin then
formed three sides of a square, when the Colours
for each Battaliori, and the Standard for the Cavalry,
being brought unde(escort, and placed in' the'cent re,
they were consecrated by the Rev. FL B. DunLEY,
First Chaplain to the Legion,' who deliyering them
successively into the bands ,of Mrs. HILLARY, .she
presented the-m
to Colonel lIILLARY, thus address-
ing him : .

" With the greatest satisfaaion, Sir, 1 present, through
you, these -Colours and Standard to the Ft sr LSSEX.LL-
GION. I h.ave the 'lnlletit confidence that they will be re-
ceived by that Corps ?s .“ bond. of their u►►ion, and at all
times be gallantly defended by their valour."

Colonel HILLARY replied,

" Madam, I return you the best acknowledgments, in the
name of the Legion, for the honour you have cw,krred upon
us. Front the'. eXverience that I have had of their z,:al arid
attachment to the cause in which they have embarked, I rest
assured, that you will not he disappointed in the expectations
which you have formed of their exemplary conduct."

The Colours and Standard were then trooped to
the live, and were received under presented arms,
the Band playing, " God save the King." This
interesting ceremonial was performed in the pre_
sence of Major-General BECK N ITH, Hon. Major-
General FINCH, Colonel WATSON, the InspeEting
Officer of the Distrito, the Field Officers :of the
Guirds, 'and other Corps, in the 'lstria, and the
principal Ladies and Gentlemen of the 'County.
The Legion now _formed into companies, and
passed the General in review in open ord,:.i :'•afttr..
wards they fired three voliies in honour of the day.
Colonel Hit-LAI( Y was-deservedly complimented by
the General for the pteadiness of this fine body of
men. Atter the review, the soldiers were regaled
under the trees of the Park, white their Officers and
the county visitors partook of an elegant cold col-
lation in Danbury- place, Where a dance c,nclUded
the well-conduktied festivities of the day.

A DENTAL ANECDOTE

INSERTED VERBATIM FR. )41 THE ORIGINAL LET-

TPA OF JAMES N. JUNES TO THE CHEVALIER

}..U,PINI.

Ir the Chevalier Ruspini is at home, Sir James
Neviliffe Junes will call on him at twelve o'clock,
to spew the Chevalier.and his S..in a timth Mr. Rus-
pini filled for Sir James in the• year 1756, at
den. It is a curiosity to see one-so long preset ved,
and -shews" the utility of a good I)zntist, which
the Chevalier's Son may see, it he is at home. :Sir
James is sixty-eight, and this is the only tooth
remaining of the large double, forty-eight years
since it was filled.

No. 48, Itqymafket, i 3!h May, 1804.

. . .., .
N. B. This is a proof of waat way. be done
if application is made In due season. . Sir Jarn•ea
desires to add, that .all .hit other double teeth are
gone, though live of them had been filled by
very-
approved a•nti,ts. J. N. JUNES.
No. 44.1laymarket, i6th May, xBO4. - .