Nation, in general, faid to be unanimous in fupporting the affembly, and offers to raise three millions of foldiers in defence of the new conftitution. Situation of the captive king and of the royal family in the palace, now ftate prifon, of the Thuilleries. Ill effect produced at home and abroad, and worje confequences likely to enfue, from the king's captivity, when his free fantion is neceffary to give validity to their laws, caufes great uneafinefs in the national affembly. Scheme formed to obviate thefe difficulties, by inducing the king to appear to come voluntarily to the national affembly, to declare timfelf fully jatisfied with all their proceedings, and that he confiders bimeif as being at the head of the revolution. Liberal conduct of the affembly with refpect to the civil lift. King notwithstanding firmly rejects all the perfuafions used to induce him to pay the defired vifit. Great diftreffes of the country. 20,000 people fed by charity at Lyons. 6,coo eftates advertized to be fold. Decretot's noble manufacturies at Louviers nearly ruined. Rias at Verfailles. Some obfervations on the extraordinary conduct of that people through the course of the king's troubles. Parifians become again tumultuous, and, without regard to the general famine, want to have the price of bread fixed at a lower rate than it could have been afforded in the m plentiful feafons. Their rage increafed to the highest pitch upon the acquittal of Bezenval by the chatelet. Form a plot for forcing the prifon, and murdering him, on their own principles of fummary juftice. All their fchemes overthrown, and Paris reduced to order, through the activity and vigeur of La Fayette, well jupported by the Bourgeoife militia. Surrounds a body of 1,100 of the mutineers at night, and makes 200 of them prisoners. Chatelet proceed to the trials of Lambefc, Broglio, and others of the prin ipal refugees, for the real or juppofed plot of the preceding month of July. Are all acquitted, through the failure of any evidence to fupport the charge Various confpiracies apprehended or spoken of for the rescue of the king's perfon. The subject of the king's inftant death, as the affigned penalty for any attempt to his rescue, a matter of public converfation in all companies and among all ranks, without the smallest expreffion of horror, at the idea of fo deplorable a catastrophe. King's firmness at length gives way, and be fubmits to pay the propofed vifit to the national affembly, and to make a fpeech nearly fimilar to that prefcribed. Affairs of the clergy finally fettled, ibeir property feized, and affignats created. [107 CHA P. VII. -effectual attempts made by the French privileged orders, for proturing recress or fuccour from the neighbouring continental powers. State of political affairs in Europe, which, with other cafes, teaded to produce that indifferonce with respect to France which now appeared. Courts of Madrid and Jurin. Refp and impetuous proceedings, along with the contemptuous language used by the national afembly, ferves continually to create new enemies atroad as well as at home. Wrong offered to the German princes with pect to their pofcffions and rights in Alface, embitters the whole empire against the new government, and implants deeply the feeds of future conten- tion and war. Weft India colonies thrown into a state of the utmost dif- order and confufion, and at length precipitated into the most dreadful scenes of defolation, conflagration, and maffacre, which terminate in final deftruc- tion, by a feries of ill-judged and precipitate measures, of impolitic, impracti- cable, or contradictory decrees. Great diforders in the army. Soldiers throw off all fubordination and difcipline. The people being now in poffeffion of liberty, a defire of uncontrolled rule and fovereignty becomes the leading and general pafion, a circumftance which ferves greatly to unite them, and to ftrengthen the new fyftem. The weak attempts of the royalifts, and the con- tinual reports of plots, confpiracies, and invafions, caufe fuch a general alarm, that the provinces affociate and arm; so that France feems covered with camps and armies. State of the aristocrates and parties adverse to government. Corfica annexed to France as part of the kingdom. Applica- tion from the court of Spain relative to the difpute with England, brings on a debate on the queftion, in whofe hands the right of peace and war fhould be lodged. Second application from Spain brings on a change of the mi- niftry. Mutiny of the fleet at Breft. Anacharfis Clootz introduces to the affembly his ambafadors from all mankind. Decree for abolishing all titles, and obliterating all memorials of nobility and family diftinction, for ever in France. Grand national confederation at Paris. Bloody conteft at Nancy. Mr. Neckar quits the kingdom, after various difgraces, and narrowly escaping the fury of the Parifians. Schifm of the French clergy; the greater part of whom fubmit to the lofs of their penfions, and to expulfion from their paftoral duties, rather than to take the newly- APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. Dr. Johnson's monument Report of a committee af the houfe of commons, respecting the houses and other buildings joining to Westminster Hall, the two houses of parliament, and the offices thereto belonging, &c. [ibid. [251 Particulars refpecting the last illness and death of the emperor [254 262 [264 Trial of Renwick Williams, commonly called the monster [268 An account of all corn and grain exported from, and imported into, England and Scotland, with the bounties and drawbacks paid, and the duties received thereon, for one year, ending the 5th of January 1791 Prices of flocks for the year 1790 State of the barometer and thermometer for the year 1790 [269 [271 [272 Public acts paffed in the feventh feffion of the feventeenth parliament of Great Britain [273 Abstract of an act for limiting the number of persons to be carried on the outfide of ftage coaches and other carriages, 28 Geo. III. c. 57, 1788 [274 Supplies granted by parliament, for the year 1790 [276 Account of the net produce of the duties of cuftoms, excife, ftamps, and incidents, between the 5th day of April 1788, to the 5th day of April 1789; and between the 5th day of April 1789, to the 5th day of April 1790 [280 STATE PAPERS. His Majefty's most gracious fpeech to both houfes of parliament, on opening the feventh feffion of the fixteenth parliament, Jan. 21, 1790 [281 Address of the house of lords, Jan. 22, 1790; and his Majefty's anfier Address of the boufe of commons, and his Majefty's anfwer thereto [283 June 10, 1790 Speech of the speaker of the house of commons, on prefenting certain money bills to his Majefty [284 Mejage Meffage from his Majefty to both houses of parliament, relative to the capture of certain veffels by the Spaniards, in Nootka Sound [285 Addrefs of the house of lords, in confequence of the foregoing message [286 Subftance of the memorial prefented by Lieut. Mears to the right hon. W.W. Grenville, one of his Majefty's principal fecretaries of state, with explana [287 Declaration of his Catholic Majefty, June 4, tranfmitted to all the European courts [292 Memorial of the court of Spain, delivered June 13, to Mr. Fitzherbert, the British ambafador at Madrid [294 [298 [299 [301 Mr. Fitzherbert's answer to the foregoing memorial [303 Treaty of peace concluded between the king of Sweden and the empress of Ruffia, Aug. 11. Speech of John earl of Westmorland, lord lieutenant of Ireland, to both boufes of parliament, Jan. 21 [307 Speech of the Speaker of the house of commons of Ireland, on presenting the bills of fupply to the lord lieutenant Amendment of lord Portarlington to the Addrefs moved on the foregoing fpeech; together with the protest on its reje&ion Speech of the lord lieutenant of Ireland to both houses of parliament, April 5 [311 Seventh report of the commiffioners appointed to examine, take, and flate the public accounts of the kingdom; prefented to the house of commons June 18, [ibid. Eighth report from the fame commiffioners; prefented Dec. 20, 1782. [329 Biographical and literary anecdotes of Haller.-From Coxe's travels in Switzerland, vol. ii. Account of the late Mr. Howard.-From the Gentleman's Magazine for March 1790 Account of the late Mr. Ledyard.-From "Proceedings of the Society for pro66 moting the Discovery of the interior Parts of Africa" Extracts from the life of John Elwa, Efq; by Edward Topham, Efq; 18 Anecdotes relative to the English nation.-From D'Archenholz's picture of 26 Anecdotes relative to Dean Swift's treatment of Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Van- ---- - 35 Defcription of Shirauz, and of the manners of the modern Perfians.-From 39 Extracts from Obfervations in a Journey through Italy, by Mrs. Piozzi 42 Account of a fingular cuftom at Metelin, with fome conjectures on the antiquity NATURAL HISTORY. - - -- 50 55 Account of the bouquetin, or mountain goat.—From Coxe's Travels in Switzer- Account of the tabafbeer, in a letter from Patrick Rufjell, M. D. of the Nardus Indica, or Spikenars, by Gilbert Blane, M. D. F. R. S. Account of fome extraordinary effects of lightning, by William Withering, Account of a child with a double head, in a letter from Everard Home, Efq; F. R. S. to John Hunter, Efq; F. R. S.-From the fame Account of a gentleman living at Milan, in the year 1786, who had the faculty of chewing the cud.-From Mrs. Piozzi's Journey through Italy, vol. ii. Experiments on the expanfive force of freezing water, made by Major Edward Williams, of the royal artillery, at Quebec, in Canada, in the years 1784 and 1785.-From the Tranfactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; with Remarks, by Cha. Hutton, LL.D. Cafe of a patient who discharged the pupa of the mufca cibaria, by W, White, M. D. and F. R. S. with obfervations by J. Church, A. M.—From Me- moirs of the Medical Society of London, vol. II. Dr. Dancer's account of the cinnamon trees of the island of Jamaica-From Tranfactions of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, vol. viii. On the vegetation of old grain.-From Tranfactions of the Bath Society, vol. v. ·Defcription of the kanguroo.-From Philip's Voyage to Botany Bay Defcription of the marmot.-From Coxe's Travels in Switzerland, vol. iii. Sə USEFUL |