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Vol. IV.
.T H U R S D A Y, October .15, 1789.- Numb. 19
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INTE LLIGEN CE from PARI S,
Received by aterfon who was there at the time
oj toe aijiuT ounces.
ON. the 8th of. July laft, the firft cpmmo
tion h appened, o,n account f the remo
val of Mr. Neckar, by tha King.. That pro-,
Cedure gave ofFence to the people j who aflein
bled at the Palace-Royal; and determined'one
and all, to take up arms and oppofe the nation ?.
altroppsi which were then ft;ined all roupd
Paris and Verfailles, to the amount of about
50 or 60,000, with a defign to. ftarv the people
.if thev made any refiftance. The people armed
themklvesahd chofethe Marquis de la Fayette
their Commander in CJhiel, ' who cricertuiiy ac
cented the aoDointment : ' The Dae&ftmi
ftalling the grain, and declaring the , tfeople
ptethe appointment : The Duerleans a poun. ,In thIs fltuation affair-s remain-T
ed, when oiir informant left Paris, which was
0n.the.1sJ of-July. - - - - :
The- Following is - ,a- w
alfo joined the people. A troop of horfe was
fent into Pari to demand the meaning of their
afFemblmpijut 'findiijgrthtrpfc"irt-rs?:
jheyjmnTeigMM
alrT---Aft
"Ijoineofthe pedpIeTmaTfo three troops Flhe
King own guards.
. Mil inc yin, 111c pcui djjititu uiiuw aiiris,
with whTte lnd green ""cockades" in their hats,
and wbuld fuffer no one to pafs, unlefs he wore
a fimilar badge" of "diftintion. The .nobUs
had fpies in the city .colleftiqg arhfis, feveral
coaches with arms were taken, and .the fpies
- put to death. They then proceeded to difarm ,
the invalids, and took all their artillery and
fmall arms. Thence, they went-to the Hotel de
la.Ville, where the ancient arms were depo fired,
which they alio took. ; .
Onthe 10th, being all armed, but not well
- fupplied with ammunition, they went to the
Biftile, and demanded ammunition from thex
Governor, who faid he would give; them plenty
-if they would come in. A confideratjle body
' went in ; after they palTed the bridge, he br
defed at-to- be taken -upj-ndhe-troo'p-'d-e1
on the people by wh i ch a few were jk.il ted.'
. The people, however, got the.better, let down
the bridge again, vaft numbers crowded in,
overpowered the troops, feized tbe. arms and
ammunition hung feveral of the foldiers, . re-
Jeafed all :the prilbners, fome of .whom had
"""been comfined there upwards of. thirty, years,
7 t6okthenT in carriage
offthe head of the Governor, and exhibited it
.at tfie Palace-Reyan They kept pofleflion of
x the Baftile. In the evening accounts of thofe .
tranfaitioris reached the Royal family, at Ver
.'., failles j but ttjey did not acquaint the King of
ittjH:after.he.hUd.fuppedV-at which", ifis-fajcC
..iie.wds mucn c.nragea-..i ne nexi aay ne went
to rariSj wnere ne was received oy the peopje
figned to -the gallows. The dererminahbh
that he was dead, and a. coffin was buried to
deceive the people. He flew to his feat about 5
leagues from Paris, but was informed of by
one of his tenants j the people went to his
houfe, feized nef carried him to their Head
Quarters,,, 'at the Hotel de la Ville, and in the
prelence of the Maiqiiis Fayette, beheaded him ;
his body was dragged through the ftreets of
Paris, and his head, with hay in the mouth,
carried on a pitch-fork to the Palace Royal.
The lafon of this treatment was, for his ac
cepting the place of Mr. Neckar, and fore-
-theityof7pam
1 be BUNDLE of HAT: or, the DEATH of
: Monftur FOULOtf. O : :;,,
BE not afraid, ye people of Paris, to have
M. Foulori for your minilhr of financefor a
period is "put to His exiftence ! ' zl
After having refigned his commiffionof .the
Intendant of the finances of the war departV
ment, to which he had been nominated !at the
difmillTon of Mr. Neckar, . he retired to his feat
at 5 leagues diftance from:Paiis. He was not
well beloved ; for the people accufed him not
only of ergrofling the harveft of .the prefrnt
year, but of endeavouring to foreftal the har
vefts of the next, and three fucceeding years.
Bread being exceedingJy. dear in his diitri6,
as well as every where elfe, the unfortunate
peafants aiked their Lord for bread ! It is faid
thot he replied, 44 Eat eials. vou.villains. if-
, . r j .
as foon as hrarrived, the Judges' - we're ready, for
his trial. If he is found guilty, no better fate
awaits hirri, than befel his father?n'41aw, Fou
ion. 1
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L O N D O N, s Auguft 5. f
The following are copies of the i letters of .
Moniitur de Montmcrin and the Diike of
Dorfet. j,-;- J ';j '. .-",'
Letter of Mortfieur Montmorin to the Due de Li '
anaurt, Prtfident of tbe National Ajfembly.
t -r'r 7 W,, i7S9
I( Mr. Pre siD 1 nt, 1
" The AmbafTador of England ha intreat
ed to have the honor,-without lofs of t ime ts
communicate the following letter to you. I
have thought it fo much lefs in y power to re--his
applicatioir,-as if ircenain that he ap-
you- nave no Deau : 1 ins repoi t,trueror
falfe; being fpread , 'around the- country, the
people, .with one confent, feized M. Foulori;
and in a difgraceful manner and vehicle, :ar
ried I. him to Paris, with a bundle of hay on
his back, and a handful of nettles upon his
bofom. They conducted him to. the Hotel de
la ;Ville?.-jThe people or.Pamtbeing-inTprTo-"
ed of - his artrival, and full of rerentmcntj-at-his
long and premeditated enmity to them, ai
femliled, in vaft crouds, at the Gieve,f arid,
demanded M4 Foulon : -They were 3nfwered
-TljoTewhoTmrtlrtatedthisi
luccours tor the expedition, and to have an a
fylum in England. The Ambaflador) did tiot
give me any indication relative to the author.s
of this projea, andhe alTured methat they were
abfolutely unknown to him. The enquiries
that I have been able 10 make, after machirhtt
0,ls 3certain, have been as fruitlefs as, they
ought to be; and I have been obliged to con
fine myfelf to engage the Count de Luzerne to
give the Commandant of Breft preciutipns o
double his vigilance and activity., pv - -
v " I have the honour to be, &c.
;';-;t MONraiN:, ;
Letter of de Duke of Dorfet , Ambajfador from
England at the Court of France', to the Count
de Mofitmorin, Secretary jor Foreign Afatrs.
.
: " Sir,';-."
1iaireeri commtimeatefr tn iyif frorfrdt-"
verv quarters, that endeavours have been made
to inlinuate that-my, Court hadlfomente'd' in
Paris, 26tb July, 17S9.
away.
loyld
and that treJh5uldJbejMurawe:4
fiuards olaced round the citv. 'which was conti
ticitfcThephneTWaf
. lend for Mr. Neckar wJichLhe Jaiill hewoukfi
; alfo do. "A number of papers were'prefented
- to mmognTTand-reamxed
ture to them all.-- He was the.n rcohdufted out
ctyr niidft t
people,wh exclaimed from altquarters, r'w
M koy and fired x feu de joye from the Baftile.
The people clubbed their arms, - but" ftill paV
rrol4ht0wrtrrEvel
-UntiUhg j-ftf in- they, took up the tf etermi-
nation ta! deftroy the Baftile, which they did
imhoutariyki
? J t Mr. Foulon, who fu perfeded Mr Neckar in
the department of finance, on : account of his
part .the troubles that have affli&ed the Cflnital
for fome time pa ft j that (he had taken advan
tage of he prefPtr opportunity to take Up arm
againft Fi ance and that even a rieet was upon 1 '
lhejiioi;co-o
party -Totally ;lJtftitutt ofinith'aa' theleVju t;
mobrs are, they appear to me to have reached
the National AflTembly : And the Courier Na- ,
tionali which gives an account of the fittings
that he was eoinff to be tried .but the oeoole ui..u,cV 20t -lttmJSmm
;feaYinMetto
uouoica ineir cnesrana innrt?apnjiis DeiJitt-
1
dehveiTd to-them . This being refufed," they
1 if 1 rrpn rnp nirrMiniinrr rri l n in e nnn to 1
i ndex.arms-- wi..vu
-ii linn 11,1, viyvi lawi a y 4l v i-' v.vlii lib m . I - v -: - -
went to the headquartersf the4larqus de. arJu,s de Fa'ctte' hohreatened to re.
''. t; -.1:. lign bis appointment of their General, fince the
jr.B ns,,7Mvi ttc naj uiiu ijatvYiiiti i.n n- 1 , - . . . r 1 ' ' - r ' 1 -- 1
ade, (uch as they-worei'which heccepted.-. PP'C'iau no longer any connuence in n.rn
The;'p'eoPIe 'infifted that the troopsliduld be 1or th Wpl'cations of the eleaors, wha fell
ng
on ineir Kntes,,couia lave . ivi.- foulon
fronv the fury "offthe people 1 He was batched
away- f 1 om t he to wr) h ou le i nd ha nged at the
Lamp -rolt, -already . celebrated by the fufpen .
uon oinne vanant aerenaers or. tnc uaitiJe.
After M. FoAilonl was dead,he was taken down t
litsneadcwt3g
body dragged it lit a molt
v ix)uri5xceiiency-witi t?airToirrdleveriT
converfations' which I had with VflTV in tUa
ginning ot June laft, the horrid plot that had
been prppofed relative fo the port of. Brett; the
mTiiery ireu ro put tne ing and Ins. Mini Iters
upon their guard j the anfwerof myCourt,which
cbrrefponds Co ftrongly with rriy fentimenti,
"""vwii. 111111 nutiui iiwiii lilt: piOpO . ' I j. .
;itioh that waVrm
ignominiojis man
ner 4hi6ugh the ftreetrs and finally fixed the
head upon a d u n g -f ork before th e houfe of . his
fon-in-law, M. .Intendant Bertiei,; for vvhprn-
1 they 5eregcrhHininnrai
was caugnt py lome country people, wfo ac-.
quain ted the -Parifiansqff his apprehen fibn .
Thev ferit aco of the militia ci;v trooa of.
horfe, to attend hira in fafety tp Pari;iwhexe,;
refill
ichtnent whih (lie epeatejd to the King - ' ! J
e lation, enabled you" to m ake-khowit 7";rtl
of atta
i. . -i . 1
auu tut xvctiiufi, cuaoicu you 10 maKt -cnownr
to his Majefty how much I participated in th
imjotiM.EhfchahtS iny eJiimrS
: As my Court has infinitely at heart to bre".
.... . .1.. 1 1 1 t A . n - .
icrve tne goou nai mony wnicn luplilts between
.tne two nations, and Jto remove all contrary
Aipicions I en treat you, Sir. to fubmit th is
4eiterwiituA
me 50 juitiry my own conduct. -and
iLiljat jof friyCburt and-to do my utmofj to de-"
v-'r ".'yi-yv iv inuuuuu inunuaiions
c h h a ve been fo i nd uftriotyjropagate
isor mnnite importance to mi ihat the
r 1 t
if;
: 4ninity to the, caafe f the pcopleam!
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