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Monthly Chronicle.

J ; - -, ! -- ' - par * a pressing and indispensable Hvty : and kis Majesty feels adcu ' ifoisa ] s . - . -islaclion in making such a declaration , from the hope of finding , in the other y- ¦• . ¦' . engaged with him in the common cause , sentiments ansi views perfectly ct .-. - ' ormable to his own . From the first period when his Most Christian Majesty Loais the XVItfj frad called Ms people arouud him , to join in concerting measures for their common Iia ;> pi ; : es ? , the King has uniformly shewn by his conduct , the sincerity of his wirKrs for the success of so difficultbutat the same timeso interesting an

un-, , , dertaking . His Majesty wasdeeply afflicted with all the misfortunes which ensued , but particularly when he perceived more and more evidently that measures , ¦ She consequences of which he could not disguise from himself , must finally compel him to relinquish the friendly and pacific system ; which he had adopted . The moment at length arrived when his Majesty saw that it was necessary for him not only to defend his own rights and those of his allies , not only to . repel the unjust aggression which he had recently experienced , but that all the dearest interests of his people imposed upon him a duty still more important , that of

exerting his efforts for the preservation of civil society itself , as happily established among ( he nations of E urope , . ' ¦ The designs which had been professed of reforming the abuses 0 f the Governroent of France , of establishing personal liberty and the rights of property on s solid foundation , of securing to and extensive an populous country thebenefis of a wise legislation , and an equitable and mild administration of it ' s laws' ; all these salutary views have unfortunately vanished . In their place lies succeeded , a-system destructive of all public ordermaintained by proscriptionsexiles and

, , confiscations without number , by arbitrary imprisonments , by massacres which cannot even berenvmbered without horror , andatlength by the execrable murder of a just and beneficent Sovereign , and of the illustrious Princess who , with an unshaken firmness , has shared all the misfortunes of her royal consort , his protracted sufferings , his cruel captivity ,, his ignominious death . The

inhabitants of that unfortunate country , so long nattered by promises or happiness ^ renewed at the period of every fresh crime , have found themselves plunged into an abyss of unexampled calamities ; and neighbouring nations , instead ni ¦ deriving a new security for the maintenance of genera ! tranquillity from the establishment of a wise and moderate government , have been exposed to the repeated attacks of a ferocious anarchy , the natural and necessary enemy of ali public order : they have had toehcounteracts of aggression without pretext , open violations of all Treaties , unprovoked declarations of War ; in a word ,

whatever corruption , intrigue or violence could effect for the purpose so openly , avowed , of subverting all the institutions of society-, and of extending over all the nations of Europe fhatconfusion which has produced the misery of France . This state of things cannot exist in Fiance , -withotrt involving all the SUTrouriding Powers in one common danger , wiihoutgiving them She right , without imposing it upon them as a duty , to stop the progress of an evil which exists enly by the successive violation of all IEW and all property , and which attacks the fundamental princiles by which mankind is united in the bonds of civil society .

p Mis Majesty by no means disputes the right of France to reform its laws . It never would have been Lis wish to employ the influence of externa ! force with respect to the particular forms of government Jo be established in an independent country . Neither has he now that wish , except in so far as such interference isbecome essential to the security and repose of other Powers . Under these circumstances , he demands from France , and he demands with justice , thetermi-Eation of a system of Anarchy , which has no force but for the purposes of miseliiefunable to discharge the primary duty of all governmentto repress the

dis-, , orders or to punish the crimes which are daily increasing ia the interior of the country , but disposing arbitrarily of the property and blood of the inhabitants of France , in order to disturb the tranquillity of other nations , and to render all Europe the theatre of the same crimes and of the same misfortunes . The King : demands , that sovr > c legitimate and stable government should be established , founded on the acknowledged principles of universal justice , and capable of

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Untitled Article 1
LONDON: Article 1
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 2
THE FREEMASONS' 'MAGAZINE: OR, GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 3
THE LIGHT AND TRUTH OF MASONRY EXPLAINED, BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF A CHARGE Article 8
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 11
ANECDOTES OF DR. GOLDSMITH. Article 13
THOUGHTS ON THE FOUNDERING OF SHIPS. Article 19
SIR PETER PARKER, BART. D.G.M. Article 20
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THOMAS DUNCKERLEY, ESQ. P.G.M. Article 23
ANECDOTE OF M. DE MONTESQUIEU. Article 28
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 29
Untitled Article 29
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, Article 32
Untitled Article 33
FAITH. Article 34
MERMAIDS NOT FABULOUS, Article 35
ON THE DISCIPLINE OF THE UNIVERSITY. Article 41
INSTANCE OF THE SEVERITY OF THE PENAL LAWS Article 43
ON THE BENEFITS OF LITERATURE. Article 45
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION. Article 47
THE GENERAL HISTORY OF CHINA: Article 51
A PICTURE OF PIETY AND ŒCONOMY. Article 56
ANTIENT CHARTERS. Article 58
ON FRIENDSHIP. Article 60
Untitled Article 62
COMMENTS ON STERNE. Article 63
DR. JOHN HUNTER, THE LATE JUSTLY CELEBRATED ANATOMIST. Article 68
TRAITS IN THE LIFE OF THE LATE UNFORTUNATE QUEEN OF FRANCE. Article 70
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 73
POETRY. Article 76
THE FORSAKEN FAIR. Article 78
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 79
THE QUEEN OF FRANCE's LAMENTATION, BEFORE HER EXECUTION. Article 80
FOREIGN OCCURRENCES. Article 81
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 82
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Monthly Chronicle.

J ; - -, ! -- ' - par * a pressing and indispensable Hvty : and kis Majesty feels adcu ' ifoisa ] s . - . -islaclion in making such a declaration , from the hope of finding , in the other y- ¦• . ¦' . engaged with him in the common cause , sentiments ansi views perfectly ct .-. - ' ormable to his own . From the first period when his Most Christian Majesty Loais the XVItfj frad called Ms people arouud him , to join in concerting measures for their common Iia ;> pi ; : es ? , the King has uniformly shewn by his conduct , the sincerity of his wirKrs for the success of so difficultbutat the same timeso interesting an

un-, , , dertaking . His Majesty wasdeeply afflicted with all the misfortunes which ensued , but particularly when he perceived more and more evidently that measures , ¦ She consequences of which he could not disguise from himself , must finally compel him to relinquish the friendly and pacific system ; which he had adopted . The moment at length arrived when his Majesty saw that it was necessary for him not only to defend his own rights and those of his allies , not only to . repel the unjust aggression which he had recently experienced , but that all the dearest interests of his people imposed upon him a duty still more important , that of

exerting his efforts for the preservation of civil society itself , as happily established among ( he nations of E urope , . ' ¦ The designs which had been professed of reforming the abuses 0 f the Governroent of France , of establishing personal liberty and the rights of property on s solid foundation , of securing to and extensive an populous country thebenefis of a wise legislation , and an equitable and mild administration of it ' s laws' ; all these salutary views have unfortunately vanished . In their place lies succeeded , a-system destructive of all public ordermaintained by proscriptionsexiles and

, , confiscations without number , by arbitrary imprisonments , by massacres which cannot even berenvmbered without horror , andatlength by the execrable murder of a just and beneficent Sovereign , and of the illustrious Princess who , with an unshaken firmness , has shared all the misfortunes of her royal consort , his protracted sufferings , his cruel captivity ,, his ignominious death . The

inhabitants of that unfortunate country , so long nattered by promises or happiness ^ renewed at the period of every fresh crime , have found themselves plunged into an abyss of unexampled calamities ; and neighbouring nations , instead ni ¦ deriving a new security for the maintenance of genera ! tranquillity from the establishment of a wise and moderate government , have been exposed to the repeated attacks of a ferocious anarchy , the natural and necessary enemy of ali public order : they have had toehcounteracts of aggression without pretext , open violations of all Treaties , unprovoked declarations of War ; in a word ,

whatever corruption , intrigue or violence could effect for the purpose so openly , avowed , of subverting all the institutions of society-, and of extending over all the nations of Europe fhatconfusion which has produced the misery of France . This state of things cannot exist in Fiance , -withotrt involving all the SUTrouriding Powers in one common danger , wiihoutgiving them She right , without imposing it upon them as a duty , to stop the progress of an evil which exists enly by the successive violation of all IEW and all property , and which attacks the fundamental princiles by which mankind is united in the bonds of civil society .

p Mis Majesty by no means disputes the right of France to reform its laws . It never would have been Lis wish to employ the influence of externa ! force with respect to the particular forms of government Jo be established in an independent country . Neither has he now that wish , except in so far as such interference isbecome essential to the security and repose of other Powers . Under these circumstances , he demands from France , and he demands with justice , thetermi-Eation of a system of Anarchy , which has no force but for the purposes of miseliiefunable to discharge the primary duty of all governmentto repress the

dis-, , orders or to punish the crimes which are daily increasing ia the interior of the country , but disposing arbitrarily of the property and blood of the inhabitants of France , in order to disturb the tranquillity of other nations , and to render all Europe the theatre of the same crimes and of the same misfortunes . The King : demands , that sovr > c legitimate and stable government should be established , founded on the acknowledged principles of universal justice , and capable of

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