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Monthly Chronicle.
country , where men of property govern , is in a state of society—that country again , where those without property govern , is in a state of nature . '" Head-Quarters of the Prince of Conde ' s Army , in Germany , July ti . On the 14 th of June the Prince of Conde , having receivedthe ng > vs , of the death of Louis XVII . dispatched a genera ! officer immediately to Vernon , to receive orders from the new king , Monsieur , now Louis XVIII . On the 16 th the Prince of Conde celebratedin the middle of Ins campa
so-, , lemn service for the repose of the soul of the late Louis , after which , the army being ranged in order of battle , the prince made the following proclamation : " Gentlemen , scarce had the tombs of the unfortunate Louis XVI . his august consort , and his respectable sister , been closed , when they have again been epened , to unite to those illustrious victims the most " interesting object of our Jove , our hope , and our esteem . The young descendant of so many kings , whose birth alone could secure the happiness of his subjects , inasmuch as the veinshas sunk
blood of Henry IV . and of Maria Theresa flowed in his , just un ^ der the weight of his fetters , and of a miserable existence . It is not the first time that I have called to your recollection this principle , that the king never dies m Trance . . . " Let us therefore swear to this august prince , now become our king , that we will shed our last drop of blood , in proof of that unbounded fidelity , that entire devotion , that unalterable attachment , which we owe to him , and witrt wishes about to be manifested by thaf
which Our souls are penetrated . Our are cry which comes from the heart , and which profound sense of duty has rendered . so natural to all good Frenchmen—a cry which was always the presage and the result of your successes , and which the regicides have never heard without stupor and remorse . " ¦ . , 1 " After having invoked the God of Mercy in behalf of the king whom we have lost , letusintreat the God of Battel to prolong the life of the king now given to tis ; to secure the crown of France upon his head , by victories , if necessary , and still more , if possible , by the repentance of his subjects , and by the happy union of clemency and justice . —Gentlemen , Louis the XVU . is dead , long live Louis the
XVllI . " ¦ Mr . Crawford ,- the envoy from the King of England , assisted at this ceremony , united in the exclamation of Live Louis the XVIU . and threw his hat up into the air . He brought money for the army , and the most satisfactory assurances from the king his master . ' The conclusion of the diet of Ratisbon , on the question of peace , is to the following effect : —" That his Imperial Majesty be desired to make immediate for to the French nation and that the King of Prussia be
repropositions peace ; quested to employ those good offices he has so often promised , for the purpose of hastcriirig the salutary object so much desired by the empir e . HOME NEWS . Ettractaf a letter from Dumfries , June 16 . there have been different reports of the mutiny which took lace here 053
"As p ' Thursday evening the nth inst . among the soldiers of the ist fencible regiment * we have it in our power , from authority ,, to give a true state of that , transaction . "One of the men having been confined for impropriety in the field when under arms , several of his comrades resolved to release him ; for which purpose they assembled round , and endeavoured to force the guard-room ; but they were repelled by the adjutant and ' officer on guard , who made the ringleader a prisoner . The officer immediatelordered garrison
court-martialconsistcommanding y a , ing of his own corps and the Ulster Light Dragoons . When the prisoners were remanded back from the court to the guard-room , their escort was attacked by co or 60 of the soldiers ' ,- with fixed bayonets ' . , The escort , consisting of a corporal and six men charged them in" return , arid would hot have parted with their prisoners , but at the ihte ' rce ' ss'iori of theserje ' arit-majof , who tlibugnt resistance against such numbers was in vain . The mutineers then setup a shout , and a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
country , where men of property govern , is in a state of society—that country again , where those without property govern , is in a state of nature . '" Head-Quarters of the Prince of Conde ' s Army , in Germany , July ti . On the 14 th of June the Prince of Conde , having receivedthe ng > vs , of the death of Louis XVII . dispatched a genera ! officer immediately to Vernon , to receive orders from the new king , Monsieur , now Louis XVIII . On the 16 th the Prince of Conde celebratedin the middle of Ins campa
so-, , lemn service for the repose of the soul of the late Louis , after which , the army being ranged in order of battle , the prince made the following proclamation : " Gentlemen , scarce had the tombs of the unfortunate Louis XVI . his august consort , and his respectable sister , been closed , when they have again been epened , to unite to those illustrious victims the most " interesting object of our Jove , our hope , and our esteem . The young descendant of so many kings , whose birth alone could secure the happiness of his subjects , inasmuch as the veinshas sunk
blood of Henry IV . and of Maria Theresa flowed in his , just un ^ der the weight of his fetters , and of a miserable existence . It is not the first time that I have called to your recollection this principle , that the king never dies m Trance . . . " Let us therefore swear to this august prince , now become our king , that we will shed our last drop of blood , in proof of that unbounded fidelity , that entire devotion , that unalterable attachment , which we owe to him , and witrt wishes about to be manifested by thaf
which Our souls are penetrated . Our are cry which comes from the heart , and which profound sense of duty has rendered . so natural to all good Frenchmen—a cry which was always the presage and the result of your successes , and which the regicides have never heard without stupor and remorse . " ¦ . , 1 " After having invoked the God of Mercy in behalf of the king whom we have lost , letusintreat the God of Battel to prolong the life of the king now given to tis ; to secure the crown of France upon his head , by victories , if necessary , and still more , if possible , by the repentance of his subjects , and by the happy union of clemency and justice . —Gentlemen , Louis the XVU . is dead , long live Louis the
XVllI . " ¦ Mr . Crawford ,- the envoy from the King of England , assisted at this ceremony , united in the exclamation of Live Louis the XVIU . and threw his hat up into the air . He brought money for the army , and the most satisfactory assurances from the king his master . ' The conclusion of the diet of Ratisbon , on the question of peace , is to the following effect : —" That his Imperial Majesty be desired to make immediate for to the French nation and that the King of Prussia be
repropositions peace ; quested to employ those good offices he has so often promised , for the purpose of hastcriirig the salutary object so much desired by the empir e . HOME NEWS . Ettractaf a letter from Dumfries , June 16 . there have been different reports of the mutiny which took lace here 053
"As p ' Thursday evening the nth inst . among the soldiers of the ist fencible regiment * we have it in our power , from authority ,, to give a true state of that , transaction . "One of the men having been confined for impropriety in the field when under arms , several of his comrades resolved to release him ; for which purpose they assembled round , and endeavoured to force the guard-room ; but they were repelled by the adjutant and ' officer on guard , who made the ringleader a prisoner . The officer immediatelordered garrison
court-martialconsistcommanding y a , ing of his own corps and the Ulster Light Dragoons . When the prisoners were remanded back from the court to the guard-room , their escort was attacked by co or 60 of the soldiers ' ,- with fixed bayonets ' . , The escort , consisting of a corporal and six men charged them in" return , arid would hot have parted with their prisoners , but at the ihte ' rce ' ss'iori of theserje ' arit-majof , who tlibugnt resistance against such numbers was in vain . The mutineers then setup a shout , and a