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in all the churches, in order to make even the dead contribute to tlte expencee of theynrt “ The lead coffins ate concerted intobullets, and the copper ones font to themiMF' ■-! ^JWhen cur letters came away from Frankfort, there was a report of a pitched battle having been fought, near Straf-bourg, between the Auftrians under General Wurmfer and the French Army. This report adds, that the French were defeated with immenfe fiaughter, and fe-vend thoufands of them taken prifoncrs.Snafbourg is faid to have opened its gates to the Allies immediately after this defeat, we fhould be glad to hear thofe reports however probable they are, officially confirmed. ,A detachment from Lord HoocPs ffeet at Toulon, has we underftand, befcn fent to Tunis, to take poiTeflion of the (hipsof war and merchant veffels belonging to the French in that port.November. 14.To the Sitting of the 29th. the Jacobins of Paris prefen ted a petition to the Convention, requefting that Trials be terminated whenever the Jury fhould declare themjfelVeg fatisfied with any part of the evidence brought forward. The Convention granted this requcft, which was alfo backed by the Prefident of the Revolutionary Tribunal. The Jacobins folicited this Decree, from an apprefienfion left BrifTot and his Accomplices fhould enter into too long a defence, and, by the power of their eloquence, make an impreffion upon the Judges. iIn the Sitting of the 31ft, the Convention learned from their CoutrmfRonefs, that 500 men were employed in razing the fortifications of Lyons.In the fame Sitting it was decreed, that the women fhould no longer be permitted to afTemble in Clubs.The Prince of Saxe Cobourg is one of the moft extraordinary, as well as one of the greateft charaers of the age. To great profundity of thought, he unites the Htmoft cheerfulnefs and hilarity of manners. Being middle-age, fhort, and. inclined to corpulency, he has a jolly appearance, heightened by a habit of laughter, which he indulges inceffiantly. He is remarkably fond of drawing : but does not confine himfelf to plans of fieges of battle. On the morning of his firft en-. gagement with Dumourier, Clairfayt having paid this General a vifit, is faid,to have found him diverting himfelf with fketching a caricature, of which Clairfayt himfelf was the fubje£L To have feletft-cd fuch a time for fuch an employment muft have appeared ft range ; but the Prince had previoufly arranged the necef-fary difpofitions fur enfuring his fucccfs.rence the gTeat armed force of 30,000 men, which lined the ftreets iii double ranks., V ^ . CT |j j ** |i, The fufferings which fhe fuftained during liCr captivity had much altered her appearance, and the hair on her forehead appeared as white as fnow.The Queen, without anguifh or bigotry, wa9 ipeaking to the Prieft feated by her fide. . Her fpirits- were neither elevated nor depreffed ;—(he feemed quite i •*-fenfible to the (bouts of 44 Vive la Repub-lique !” She even fticwed a kind of fatis-fadlion in looking for the moment which might rid her of her miferable exiftence.When fhe paffed through the ftreet called Rue St. Honore, fhe fometimes attentively looked at che infcriptions of thewbrds LIBERTY and EQUALITY,affixed to the outfide of the houfes.She afcended the fcaffold with feeming hafte and impatience, and then turned her eyes with great emotion towards the garden of the Thuilleries, the former abode of her greatnefs. ,At half paft twelve o’clock the guillotine fevered her head from her body. She died in the 38th year of her age.The executioner lifted and (hewed the blood-ftreaming head from the fouv different corners of the fcaffold, which is fhewn only from one fide in all other common executions. The mob inftantly vociferated, 44 Long live the Republic T*A young man who dipped his pocket-handkerchief in the Queen’s blood, and preffed it with veneration to bis b re aft, was inftantly apprehended. Upon him were found the portraits of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette.The corpfe of the ill-fated Queen was immediately after buried in a grave filled with quick lime, in the church-yard called de la Madelaine, where Louis XVI. was buried in the fame manner.thtrtlt!elt;eili©fttlbhtltlhOrtLAST MOMENTS of the LATE QUEEN of FRANCE.- When fhe heard her fentenee read, fhe did not fhew the fmalleft alteration in her countenance, and left the Hall without faying a Angle word to the judges or to the people. It was then half paft four in the morning, Oct. 16. The Queen was conducted to the condemned hold in the prifon of the Conciergerie.At 5 o’clock the Generale wa9 beat.— At 7, the whole armed force was on foot; cannon were planted on the fquares, and at the extremities of the bridges, from the Palace to the Square de la Revolution .—At ten o’clock numerouspatrolcs paffed thro’ the ftreets.At half paft 11 in the morning, Marie Antoinette was brought out of the prifon, drafted in a white difhabille. Like other malcfalt;ftors,fhe was conduced upon a common cart to the place of execution.Her beautiful hair from behind was entirely cut off, and her hands were tied behind her back. Befides her difhabille,fhe wore a very fmall white cap. Her back was turned to the horfe’s tail.During her trial (lie wore a drefs of a white and black mixture.On her right, upon the cart, was fcat-ed the executioner ; upon the left a con-ftitutional prieft belonging to the Metropolitan Church of Notre Dame, drefted in a grey* coat, and wearing what is commonly called a bob wig. The cart was efcorted by numerous detachments of horfe and foot. Henriot, Rouffin, and Boulanger, generals of the Revolutionary army, proceded by the reft of the ftaff officers, rode before the cart.An immenfe mob, efpecially women, crowded the ftreets, infulting the Queen, and vociferating 44 Long live the Republic !” She feldom caft her eyes upon the populace, and beheld with a cold iudiffe-CntafitI]c£W-ranNovember 17, , |We are forry to hear that the Coura-eaux of 74 guns, one of the Britifh vef-*els engaged in the aion before St. Flo-rentz, in Corfica, then received fo rr.’ ch injury that fne funk before fhe could reach a port to refit ; the crew, with raoft of . the ammunition, c. was however previ- » oufty removed. • The Couvageaux was an old veffcl, having been taken from the French in the war before the laft.Letter written by Monfieur to M. le March al de Broglio; dated Flam, Nov. i, defiring him to fend a popv of it to all towns, in which emigrants refide.lt; Gendemen, w V • !44 1 have this inftant received the news of the horrid outrage which hasterminat-ed the days of the Queen, my fifter-in-law. The grief and indignation which if excites in me, can be allayed only by the concern you take in it. True Frenchmen and faithful fubjedls, we ought in a twofold degree to feel the horror of thjs crime —It is by redoubling our zeal for the fer-vice of our young and unfortunate King, that we can one day render fuch lodes Ids grievous, and efface the ftain which rnon-ilers would imprint on the French name. Such 1 am well convinced, are the fcnti-ments which animate you. Such are tliofe which my brother and I will prtferve till we breathe our laft figh, and fuch is the end to which all our efforts tend.44 Accept Gentlemen, the affurance of my fent imen tiff towards you.. (Signed) 4INW TE'JILcuii Stanlflaus Xavur.Aver)'large French frigate of42 guns is taken by a Spanifh 50 gun fhip off Cape Ortugal, and fent into Cadiz. Both {hips differed much in the adtkin. The Frenchman is named Rcuffillone or Rcllignole,c1I■J| FRANCE.SITTINGS of the JACOBINS.[. j? Ccloher tp|||4i A if 7 *T iDubois Crance afferted, that a force offuch magnitude as 60,000 men was not wanted to reduce TouIoh. Twenty thou-fand men, with a large train of artillery, W'ould be fufficient to produce this cffe6L One hundred and thirty pieces of artillery were on their way from Lyons to the army before Toulon. “ With 20,000 men, and this fupply of cannon,” exclaimed Dubois Crance, 44 I will anfwer for the reduction of Toulon.”November 1.A letter from Perpignan was read. Ey this it appeared, that 30,000 men, eager to fight the Spaniards, were encamped under the walls of Perpignan ; that the National Deputies, at\ed with great prudence, and combr.ited in common with
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