Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-09-15

meuJous shouts which Issued periot,-
cslly from the assembled msltitude.
A. gentleman, Who was u passenger.
and who had gone on shore ~ endrav-
or 10 procure leave Tor the vessel TO
start. on his return to the vessel ex-
blamed the cause Of the tumult. The
ordinance Of the King, prohibiting the
publication Of the journal, and Gus.
ne nding generally the liberty Of the
p<riodicai press. had just reached
Ha,re, and party of soldiers Of the
A5d regiment had arrived and surroun-
d~d The printing Office, at the moment
when they were IN the act Of issuing
papers (; y great proportion Of the i'm
PRESTON having already been distribu.
led. The proprietors Immediately
shut the doors, having secured then
from the intrusion Of the soldiers, they
mounted TO the top Of the building, and
continued throwing the papers out Of
the windows. The mob below, iu
their csgerness to procure these pa.
pers, and the soldiers, 10 their attem pts
to prevent their being SO distributed,
caused . scene of confusion and up
roar which it is impossible TO describe.
Whenever an individual happened to
be lucky enough 10 seize q paper, =
shout Of triumph followed, and which
was repeated by the mob ON every
such occasion.
During the whole Of this time the
soldiers were Intellectually endeavor-
ing to break open the door Of the print
ing establishment. These buildings
are, however, constructed on a very
different principle to those in our own
country. In the former they are We,
foe solid edifices, substantially pro
tected by doors like those Of a prison.
The soldiers, disappointed ut their III
success. at length procured a smith
who, after considerable time, succeed
ell in forcing the lock of one of the
doors, at which the populace beeam.
so enraged, that all the efforts Of tn,
police were yet unable to protect hin
from the vengeance Of the mob, vii,
I dragged him forth and murdered him.
At this juncture the packet sailed
leaving behind IL a scene Of tumul
and disorder, which seemed likely ts
lead to results still more fatal. III,
gentleman who kindly supplied u,
with these particulars states that III.
whole country he passed through, from
Dion to Paris, ard from Paris TO lila
vre, exhibited one general feeling o
excitation.
10 every town and village, the as
: pect OF public affairs eugrossed tn,
exclusive attention of all ranks. In
every street. in every corner, the DO
pulation were collected in knots, dis
cussing the election and the charter
and, indeed, GO where you would, no
thing was talked Of, nothing was though
OF, but the charter. This feeling wa,
more particularly manifested at IN,
printing Offices at Paris. Long befor.
the hour at which the papers were usu
ally published, the anxiety TO procur.
an early impression was extreme, ane
no sooner were they distributed, thar
a numbrr OF eager politicians formed
a circle round the man who had beer
happy enough TO procure a copy, anx
'ous to learn what would be the cours,
pursued by the king and his ministers
The same intensity Of feeling was ex.
h,bited in the Tuiileries, and the Pa
lais Royal.
THE BouRBoNs AND THE STUART
FAMILY.
when so many persons are at los.
to express their astonishment at ths
measures which the French King ha,
been induced to adopt, isays the Lon.
don Morning Herald Of August 8, and
are asking what could possibly have
been the expectations Of either himself
Of his Ministers. il may not be altopc
Their uninteresting to observe the yer,
} strikIng resemblance which exists be.
tween the fall Of the Stuart family in
this country, and what appears to be
the approaching ruin Of the Bourbon
dynasty in France for it must be con.
fessed. that there appears no other
probable Termination 10 the storm
which Is now raging, than the expuI.
sion from the French throne of that "a
mily which have been nearly M rrea,
curse to that country as the Stuarts
were 10 this. The more CLOSELY ws
look At the history Of the two families.
the more clear and evident does the
similarity become. Between I.oui,
XVI. and Charles the First Of England.
there will be found many points Of re.
semblanee, not much less striking than
that OF their having both died by the
hand 81 the pablic sxecutioner.
To each of these unfortunate Mon.
archs, succeeded species Of military
Government, under the title Of Protec.
Tor IN the one country. and Of First
Consul and Emperor in the other. On
the restoration Of the legitimate Sove.
feigns in each country. we end them
hofh men If - s..... - : =.