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Monthly Chronicle.
laws of Joseph II . which a . ve very rigorous on premeditated duels . The Prince of Lichtenstein seas greatly beloved , his disgrace consequently is very much regretted . —This unfortunate duel was occasioned by the love which those two rivals bore to the young and beautiful Countess of Cfernicieh , daughter of the Vice-Admiral of Russia , who remained a fesv months here on her return from Italy . An article received subsequent to the above states , that " Prince Charles of Lichtenstein died at Vienna on . the 24 th of December , of his wounds . He
preserved the greatest presence of mind to the last moment , and took a most affecting leave of his wife and mother . " If the above Prince , as the last article relates , had to take leave of his -oiife and mother , wherein was he svarranted , being a . married man , in his love for the Countess ? THORN . The unfortunate King of Poland ' s renunciation of his throne was very far from being voluntary , though the possession of it had been lately so painful . The eve of the day which would have completed the 30 th anniversary of his reign
was cruelly chosen for the conclusion of his royal functions . A letter was then delivered to him by Prince Repnin , from the Empress of Russia , the substance of which svas , "that the cessation of his royal authority was the natural effect of the arrangements made svith respect to Poland ; it was therefore referred to his judgment , svhether a formal abdication svould not be suitable . " This crisis , though it had been foreseen , did not give the King the 1 ' ess emotion , and he was for some hours much agitated . At length he signed the act . The same Prince Repninwho had been his principal agent in obtaining thecrown
, . , and svho had assisted at the coronation as the representative ' of his friend and protectress , the same Prince Repnin , thirty years afterwards , brought him the decree of his deposition . PARIS . The follosving are the particulars of the departure of the daughter of Louis the Sixteenth from Paris : —Charlotte Antoinette set out the 28 th Frimaire ( Dec . 10 ) , at four o'clock in the morning , accompanied by Madame Soucy , daughter of
Madame Machau , nurse to Louis the Sixteenth ; Hue , his former valet de chain--bre ; a captain of horse , one of the guardians of the tosver of the temple ; and one Caron , a servant lad . The preparations for her departure were made svith all the secresy svhich prudence required by Cadet de Vaux . The Minister of the Interior took Charlotte Antoinette from the Temple to his hotel , where a travelling carriage waited for her . She svas furnished not only svith every thing necessary , but with es-ery thing she could desire . When arrived at the place svhere she svas to be exchanged , she refused to accept of the wardrobe which had been sent with her , saying she would receive nothing from the nation ; that she forgave the French all the evils they had occasioned to her ; but that she svas very glad 10 be out of their hands .
HISTORY or THE REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL , " Quis talia fando Tempere ' t a lachrymis ?" THIS Tribunal , which posterity will hardly credit could have existed in the lSth century in one of the most polished nations of Europe , had its origin in the dark manoeuvres of Maximilian Robespierre , a Member of the Convention , lo destroy his opponents , and to afford him an opportunity of removing every obstacle
fcetween him and the crown of France ; it was established by a decree of the Convention , on the 17 th day of August 1792 , and terminated its career svith the execution of a colleague of its founder and his accomplices , on the 15 th day of December 1794 . The crimes which it recognized as revolutionary were , as appears by the sentences , carrying on correspondence svith the enemies of Ihe Republic , opposing the inlistment of recruits , importing false assignafs , compassing and publishing writings in favour of Royalty , blaspheming the people and constitution , concealing gold and silver coin , refusing to take the constitutional oath , cutting - down and
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Monthly Chronicle.
laws of Joseph II . which a . ve very rigorous on premeditated duels . The Prince of Lichtenstein seas greatly beloved , his disgrace consequently is very much regretted . —This unfortunate duel was occasioned by the love which those two rivals bore to the young and beautiful Countess of Cfernicieh , daughter of the Vice-Admiral of Russia , who remained a fesv months here on her return from Italy . An article received subsequent to the above states , that " Prince Charles of Lichtenstein died at Vienna on . the 24 th of December , of his wounds . He
preserved the greatest presence of mind to the last moment , and took a most affecting leave of his wife and mother . " If the above Prince , as the last article relates , had to take leave of his -oiife and mother , wherein was he svarranted , being a . married man , in his love for the Countess ? THORN . The unfortunate King of Poland ' s renunciation of his throne was very far from being voluntary , though the possession of it had been lately so painful . The eve of the day which would have completed the 30 th anniversary of his reign
was cruelly chosen for the conclusion of his royal functions . A letter was then delivered to him by Prince Repnin , from the Empress of Russia , the substance of which svas , "that the cessation of his royal authority was the natural effect of the arrangements made svith respect to Poland ; it was therefore referred to his judgment , svhether a formal abdication svould not be suitable . " This crisis , though it had been foreseen , did not give the King the 1 ' ess emotion , and he was for some hours much agitated . At length he signed the act . The same Prince Repninwho had been his principal agent in obtaining thecrown
, . , and svho had assisted at the coronation as the representative ' of his friend and protectress , the same Prince Repnin , thirty years afterwards , brought him the decree of his deposition . PARIS . The follosving are the particulars of the departure of the daughter of Louis the Sixteenth from Paris : —Charlotte Antoinette set out the 28 th Frimaire ( Dec . 10 ) , at four o'clock in the morning , accompanied by Madame Soucy , daughter of
Madame Machau , nurse to Louis the Sixteenth ; Hue , his former valet de chain--bre ; a captain of horse , one of the guardians of the tosver of the temple ; and one Caron , a servant lad . The preparations for her departure were made svith all the secresy svhich prudence required by Cadet de Vaux . The Minister of the Interior took Charlotte Antoinette from the Temple to his hotel , where a travelling carriage waited for her . She svas furnished not only svith every thing necessary , but with es-ery thing she could desire . When arrived at the place svhere she svas to be exchanged , she refused to accept of the wardrobe which had been sent with her , saying she would receive nothing from the nation ; that she forgave the French all the evils they had occasioned to her ; but that she svas very glad 10 be out of their hands .
HISTORY or THE REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL , " Quis talia fando Tempere ' t a lachrymis ?" THIS Tribunal , which posterity will hardly credit could have existed in the lSth century in one of the most polished nations of Europe , had its origin in the dark manoeuvres of Maximilian Robespierre , a Member of the Convention , lo destroy his opponents , and to afford him an opportunity of removing every obstacle
fcetween him and the crown of France ; it was established by a decree of the Convention , on the 17 th day of August 1792 , and terminated its career svith the execution of a colleague of its founder and his accomplices , on the 15 th day of December 1794 . The crimes which it recognized as revolutionary were , as appears by the sentences , carrying on correspondence svith the enemies of Ihe Republic , opposing the inlistment of recruits , importing false assignafs , compassing and publishing writings in favour of Royalty , blaspheming the people and constitution , concealing gold and silver coin , refusing to take the constitutional oath , cutting - down and