Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-10-31

| these wars include those bf the League, so
remarkable for diabolical policy and. enor-
lmous crimes. s. The troubles OF the Fronde,
which continued for about Ave years. These
TROUBLES are now regarded as nothing more
;han the farce to the tragedy OF the League.
Cardinal de Retz has given very copious
account of them IN his Memoirs having been
himself principal actor in them. They are
distinguished by party squabhles * contempt
ibe in,rigucs, instigatetf BY medley of the
passions Of love, Ambitions, and avarice. The
conflicts which they occasioncd, however,
brought into view many of those brilliant tall
cnts which afterwards adorned the fine times
| of Louis XIV.
| From Hughes Capet to Louis XVI. there
occurrcded five examples ofthe .SaHguc Lasv,
or exclusion Of females from the crown. l.
l hat of the daughter of Louis X-ic-fIutin,
who married the count d'Evreux: 9. rhe
tdaughtcrs of Philip-lc-Long, of whom the e.
dcst cspousel the Duke of Burgundy: 3. The
| daughter OF Charles lc-Bel, married TO the
Duke of Orleans. 4. The daughters of Lou
is XII. of whom the eldest was married to
| Francis l. S. The daughters of Henry IL.
OF whom the eldest espoused Philip III.
| Ofmno,it;es ard rcgcncies there have been
ten: 1. OF Philip l. at eight years, under his
uncle the count Of Flanders: 9. Phiip-Au-
grls,us, at fifteen years, under the count uf
Flanders, his uncle: 8. Saint Louis, at 10
| years, under his mother, Blanche of CASTLE :
A. john l. at his birth, under Philip le-long,
his uncle: 5. Charles vi. at twelve years,
the regency disputed by his four uncics: g..
| Charles VIII. ut thirteen years, under Anne
dc-Bcaujeau, lis sister: Z. Charles TX. at
ten years, under his mother, Cathcrine-de-
Medicis: 8. Louis XIlIat nine years, under
Maria de Medecs, his mother: 9. Louis
NV. at five years, under his mother, Anne
| nf Anc 4
der his grand uncle, the Duke of Orleans.
| OF the StStes-General, during the Capcti-
an race, (of which the form, the nature, and
the authority, were, at different periods, SO
very different, that writer's are much divided
upon the subject,) there have been thirty
three held in France under fifteen soveregns /:
Under Philip-le-Bel 5 Philip-le-Long 3 !;
Philip de-Valois 2; John ii. s.; Charles v. / ;
Charles VI. s.; Charles VII. 6; Louis XII.
and Charles VIII. 2 ; Louis XII and Francis
/. 9; Francis ii. and Henry III. g.; and I'M
der Louis XIII. and Louis XVI. 2.
In the year 1889 there existed in France
thirteen parliaments, namely: /. That of Pa
ris, rendered sedentary by Philip-lc-Bel in
4 1908: 2. Of'Foulodse, rendered sedentary bv
| Charles VII. in 1443: 8. OfRonen, by Fran
els /. III 1915: a. Of BesanGon, finally esta-
| blshed by Louis XIV. in 1914: 5. OfGreno-
BILE, rendered sedentary by Charles VII. in
1453: 6. OF bordeaux, rendered sedcntary
by Louis XI. in 1862: z. OF Dion, rendered
sedentary by Charles VIII. in 1894: s. OF
AK, established by Louis XII. in 1901: 9. Of
Rennes, established by Henry ii. in 1888 ::
10. OF Pan, established by Louis XIII. in $50 I:
IL. Of Metz, established by Louis XIII. in
1854: -. OF Douai, establishedby Louis XIV
in 1886: 13. OF Nancy, established by Louis
XVI in IVY.
! The States-G General of France were as
semblies of the three States or orders of the
kingdom, the clergy, the nobility. and the
people. They used to be called together by
the king upon the most important affairs of
State. This body is supposed to have met
for the first time in 424, in the reign of Phara-
mond, when they confirmed the Salique L1zv.
The Parliaments claimed the powers Of the
States-Gcneral; which the crown denied, re-
garding them as mere courts of Justice, which
occasioned great contests between the throne
and these bodies. The convocation of the
States-G General under Louis XVI. was the i'm
mediade cause ofhis downfall: Unable to con-
troll Tat tumultuous assembly, (the crown
having anst its influence by it's vices and effe-
minacy,) he became the victim of it.
In the year 1889 there also existed in
. France thirty eight ducal peerages, created
at different periods of time, from 1872 to 1888
: and enjoyed by leading families, with estates
. in the various provinces of the Kingdom
, These high dignities, at first the reward Of
merit, became at last the mere attributes o.
a corrupted nobility, which the storms of the
French revolution annihilatcd in an instant
, Moskcf these distinguished familiesshave fall
len .neath Nhe stroketef the guilotine, beer
{ imp ker&hedA become fSgitiveSbr worse.
OH& hrovNces of FrapceS Picardy, the
; Isle d&I&dEe and OrleanoSe Were the origi-
nal dohains oEthe crown ykAer Hughes Ca.
: pet; Berry~Sas purchased by the crown un.
der Philip I. TouraisE accruedto it by con.
= hscation under Philip Augustus, as did Nor
l mandy by confscS tion and conquest 0pder the
5 same Prince Lagguedoc was united by in.
: heriHlnce under Plilip the Fflrdy Cham
7 paige by marriage dpder Dhilip-le-Bel Ly.
7 ono4was acquired by raS Same prince; Dau
phil vs. uAted to tzcrown by donation
f unde EAAip&le VaIf8 Notion, Annis, Ii
: mousm, afidFSaint< Nge, BY conquest unde-
: CharlessN -Guie0& and paf'hof Gascony b,
, conquest under. @arles VII Maine, Aniou
/, and Provenceeby inheritance under Loui
! XII and Burgundy by reversion under III,
: same prince; Bretagne BY marriage and trea
I ty under Francis !. and Marche, Bourbonos
D and Auvergne, by con6scation under tn,
: same PRINCE; Bearn, part Of GScony, aut
] Folk ,Secre the patrimapy Of IIeRry ~. Ar
z tots NlsaSe, ain Rousshlon Afere united b,
I con7 Test g 9ler puts Kin. .&ranche Cont
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