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The minuet'sfobernotetill midnight drawn,

The gayer dance beyond the hour of dawn, While the vex'd gamester at his rubber hears

The eternal tune still droning in his ears;
The supper, circling toast, and choral lay,
Protracted far into the solid day;
The interrupted fleep, till noon again
Rouse to the early feast the drowsy train,
And to the bev'rage of the Indian weed
The smoking haunch and mantling bowl

fucceed.

Is this amusement?-Ask the county knight, Press'd into pleasure in his own despight, Who, quitting all the placid joys of home For seven months fession in St Stephen's dome,

Compell'd each office of fatigue to share, And every quarter fill the Quorum's chair, Must all these mingled forms of mirth partake,

Drink, dance, and gamble for his country's fake;

Ask him if days in dull committees spent,
Or fleepless nights to oratory lent,
Tho' litigation waste the morning's hours,
Or fancy crown the eve with eastern flow-

ers;

Ask him if months that toils like these employ,

Are half fo hard as this oppresslive joy.

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And dear Quadrille itself became a bore, Capricious taste, with novel nonsense fraught,

To town this scientific stranger brought, Taught him the courtly circle's smile to share,

Till fashion bade him reign fole monarch

there.

Struck with amaze, his sprightlier rivals fly Spadille no longer rears his fable shield, The chilling torpor of his gorgon eye : Pam drops his halberd and forsakes the field.

See where around the filent vot'ries fit, To radiant beauty blind, and deaf to wit; Each vacant eye appears with wisdom fraught,

Each folemn blockhead looks as if he thought.

Here coward insolence insults the bold,
And selfish av'rice boasts his luft of gold;
Ill-temper vents her spleen without offence,
And pompous dulness triumphs over sense.
Should some intrusive infant in the room
Disturb with jocund voice the general
gloom,

The parent's eye, with short-liv'd frenzy wild,

Distemper'd pleasure's fickly change of
food,
Which, loathing every tafte of known de-
light,

Provokes with trafh her blunted appetite.

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Reproves the frolic of his wifer child.O strange extreme of fancy's wayward

mood!

On an ECHO.

more the sportive Echo chide,
O fwain, with notes by you supply'd,

While thus my mimic voice I try;
If you are filent, so am L

Monthly Regifer

For JULY 1790.

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

LIEGE, June 15.

HE Electors of Germany, sensible that the Liegeoise have been driven to arms by the impolitic decrees of the Imperial Chamber in fupport of the Prince Bishop, have refolved to present certain conditions of election or articles to be ratified by the new Emperor.

The conditions are in fubstance as follow:

"To re-establish the authority of the Imperial Chamber according to the principles of its primitive institution.

To render the execution of its decrees less tardy and prolix.

To reftrain the authority of the tribunals of the Empire within just bounds, efpecially in all causes in which the fubject is concerned.

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To give more energy and efficiency to the Diet, and to oblige the Emperor ratify more readily its resolutions.

To pass wholesome laws for the inveftiture of fiefs of the empire, and to deliver them from arbitrary and exorbitant impositions.

That the Emperor shall not refuse a feat or voice to any member of the empire, ftill less to deprive him of fuch right, without the confent of the empire.

That the definitive sentences of the Emperor shall be restricted to articles of taxation and revenue.

That it shall be decided whether the Emperor ought to name tutors and guardians for the members of the empire in tacir minority.

The rights of the church shall be aftertained.

Laws shall be passed to prevent the exchange of the territory between the members of the empire."

It is easy to fee that fome of these articles will not meet with the concurrence of Leopold II. But such is the state of Lurope, that no wife princes will rashly contend for trifles.

And it is very natural to ask if the Electors of Germany prefume to dictate to the Emperor, will not their respective VOL. XIL No. 67.

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subjects copy their conduct and dictate to them?

FRANCE.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

PARIS, June 19,

A decree was passed, inviting those regiments who are stationed in the colonies to fend Deputies to the General Affociation.

M. Mirabeau complained of the decree by which his brother had been allowed to be apprehended, and made a motion, That as his perfon was inviolable as a member of the Affembly, he should immediately be summoned before them to give an account of his conduct. This motion was unanimously adopted.

M. Houdon, a celebrated artist, presented to the Assembly the busts of Washington and Franklin.

The members were much pleased with this mark of his refpect, and appointed the President to express to him their fatisfaction.

A letter was then read from the city. of Avignon returning thanks to the National Guards of France, who had faved them from the danger which threatened them. It informed us, that after an engagement of two hours, and a continual firing, they have at last been completely delivered from the Aristocratical Party; seven or eight persons have been killed

or wounded. The Citizens have now unanimoufly agreed to give themselves up to the French Nation, and have with that purpose actually taken the Civic Oath.

A deputation was received of the Conquerors of the Bastile, and the Afsembly decreed, "That each Conqueror of the Baftile should, in name of the Afsembly, receive a fuit of cloaths and arms complete, with his name inscribed on the fabre, and a mark of distinction put on the coat."

M Alexander de Lameth informed the Affembly, that a deputation was coming

Coming to Paris from French Comte and Alface, which countries were reprefented by flaves chained round the pe destals of ftatues. He then moved, That all such symbols of servitude should be removed.

This motion was seconded with a further demand, that, as a consequence of the declared rights of man the titles of Duke, Marquis, Count, &c. be supprefled..

M. de Foucault enquired how the Aff mbly would recompense the foldier of the Bands of Preemont, to whom Henry II. gave letters of Nobility in theie words, I make you Noble, and Count, for having faved the State."

The Marquis de la Fayette replied, We would put down, that John, or Thomas, had faved he State "

M. Alex. de Lamech observed, that Duk, Count, and Marquis, did not founi a bit better than Charles Fox, George Washington, or Benjamin Frank

lin.

After a violent debate, and much opposit on, the Assembly at last passed two decrees, which were in substance

"The National Assembly, at the approach of the great day of General Confederation, wishing to fet all the French the exampl e of fraternity, decrees, That the fymbo's of fervitude at the foot of the flatues of the Kings, in the capital, shall be immediately destroyed.

"The National Affembly, considering that hereditary nobility cannot fubfift in a free ftate, enacts in consequence, that the titles of Duke, Count, Marquis, Baron, Excellency, Greatness, Abbe, and the like, shall be abolished, and

that all the Citizens shall take in future,

their family and patronymick names; that no one shall in future cause liveries

to be woru, or take a coat of arms; that. incense shall no longer be burnt in the temples, unless in honour of the Divinity; that the title of Monseigneur shall not be given to any individual or body; but, at the fame time, no injury shall be offered, under pretence of executing the prefent decree, or to public or private monuments, nor shall any one be forced to lay afide his liveries in Paris till the 14th of July, and in the Provinces till the expiration of three months."

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June 24.

The further confideration of Ecclefiaftical provifion was resumed, when it was decreed, that "All the Bishops, who, after the fuppreffion of ther fees, fees shall remain in the exercise of their functions, shall have as a pension of retreat two-thirds of their former income." Some provision was also made for the inferior clergy in the same situation.

The Affembly was then informed by a deputy from Toulouse, that M. de Toulouse Lautric, an aristocrate, had been arrefted by a decree of the municipality. The Assembly remitted the affair to the Committee of Researches.

PARIS, June 26.

The Court of Spain have demanded of our Court, the fuccours ftipulated by the family compact, and exifting treaties, in cafe it should be involved in a war.

The general voice seems to reprobate a compliance; and it is believed the Affembly, when the affair comes before them, will give a flat negative. Interefting debates are expected on the occafion, as the confirming or annulling the family compact, and that close connec tion we have hitherto maintained with Spain, will of course ingross the attention of the Assembly, as well as the tent of our naval preparations, and the neceffity for maintaining a great or a small force.

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Yesterday a deputation was introduced to the National Affembly, of 863 conquerors of the Baftile, with M. Bail ly at their head. These brave fellows, finding that the honourable decrees paffed

in their favour by the Affembly had excited the envy of their fellow citizens, and that the enemies of the com non. weal were making use of this opportunity to disturb the public peace, generbully declined the advantages to which they were entitled, rather than occasion any disturbance. The meeting was terminated by a decree, expresled in these terms:

"The National Assembly, affected with the noble patriotifmof the brave men who conquered the Baftile, accepts their renunciation of the distinctions which had been granted them by the decree of the 19th inftant. The National Assembly farther decrees, that there shall be made, in the records of the Affembly, the most honourable mention of their generous facrifice."

The Assembly then passed a decree, for the fale of the national domains, of which the poffeffion has not been appropriated to the King, except the forests.

Extract of M. Neckar's Letter, on taking
away the Titles of the Nobility.
"It is often neceffary in society, that
the rights of individual citizens should
be sacrificed to the general good; but at
all times, even these should be made with
fuch circumspection and caution, that
the ordinary course of justice may not
be interrupted; and no attack ought to
be made on rights, the fuppreffion of
which can yield no real advantage to the
public or individuals. The decree, for
a more equal imposition of the taxes,
had, for its object, the general advantage
of the people. The decree abolishing
the feudal rights, which confifted of a
Ipecies of flavery unbecoming free peo-
ple, had the fame laudable object in
view. The decree which made all ci-
tizens indifcriminately eligible to the va-
rious offices of the State, took away an
invidious and unfair diftinction, which
one class of the people enjoyed at the
expence of another. It is therefore with
reason that these laws have been efteem-

ed popalar and patriotic laws. But is it
the fame with regard to titles and arms?
Few people can be jealous of honorary
diftinctions, because few can be in fitua-
tions where they can be acquired; and
it is perfectly indifferent to any man,
whether he devotes his labour to, or re-
ceives a falary from, a private individual,
or a person invested with a title. The
circle, where honours are the object of
vanity, is small. The people at large
have no fuch defires. The portion of

the community then, that will have caufe to rejoice at this fuppreffion, is fmall. They are those only who, by the affluence of their fortunes and education, nearly approach to those in poff ffion of honorary diftinctions. And is it just to deprive a respectable and numerous class of citizens of those honorary distinctions which form a part of their heritage, and the lofs of which will be more painful to many of them, than the forfeiture of their estates? Is this a time to provoke and irritate the Public mind?-The true mode of leffening the value of honorary distinctions, is not to proscribe them, but to let them die away of them elves. It is not by a law, that antient opinions, in a kingdom so vast as France, can be destroyed; it must be by the gradual introduction of lib ral principles

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the work of ages. - Care Thould be taken, that the word equality be so understood, that it may not mean a general let velling principle. In a kingdom so polished as France, a number or distinctions do, and ought to exist. The object of a wife legiflatur should not be to rend these afunder, but fo to combine them, that one shall not be enjoyed to the prejudice of another, and by that means preferve the union of the whole system."

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

July 3.

M. l'Abbe Gregoire opened this meet ing by calling the attention of the Afsembly to the case of their fellow-citizens, whom the despotism of minifters, as if the resources of domestic tyranny were scanty, had inmured in foreign dungeons. Hei stanced Spandau and Set tin, and concluded with moving that the committee of Lettres de Cachet should, in conjunction with the ministers for toran affairs, be instructed to procure the release of these victims of the antient defpotism, before the federal union of the 14th of July. The decree was adopted

with acclam ation.

M. le Compte de Rose, aged 72 years, presented to the Affemboy his titles of nobility, wishing for no other title than the brother and friend of every French

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July 5.

The Assembly were engaged in difcuffing the plan of the judiciary ordera It was decreed, That Jultice should be adminiftered in the name of the King that there shall be no fees, but the Judges shall receive salaries from the State-that they shall be chosen by the electors of

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the district, and continue in office for fix years; at the end of which, the fame perfons may again be elected that the Judges shall receive letters patent from the King-that none shall be elected Judges under the age of thirty, and who have not been five years publicly engaged in the offices of the law-that the pleadings, reports, and judgments of the Court shall be made public, and that every citizen shall have a right to defend his own caufe-that the procedure by juries shall have place in criminal trialsthat all privileges in matters of jurifdiction are abolished that all citizens shall be equal in the eye of the law, and no attention paid to any distinction of rank-that the civil laws be reviewed and reformed by the legislature, and there shall be formed a code of laws, fimple, clear, and appropriated to the conftitution that the penal code shall be continually reformed, fo that punishments may be proportioned to crimes, taking care that the punishments be always moderate, and fuch only as are juftified by views of public utility.

July 13.

Answer of the King of the French to the Deputies of the National Guards, who, with M. de la Fayette at their bead, went to his Majesty at the Thuilleries, previous to the confedera. tion, and to affure him of their loyalty and patriotifm.

GENTLEMEN,

I am indeed deeply affected by the teftimonies of love and attachment to my family and person which you express in the name of the confederate body of the National Guards. May the folemn day on which you are about to renew your oath to the Conftitution, difpel diffention, restore tranquillity, and render the laws and the liberty of the kingdom triumphant. Defenders of the public peace, and friends to the laws and to liberty, remember that your first duty is to preferve peace and to obey the laws-That the advantage of a free conftitution ought to be equal to all-That the more freedom you possess, the greater is the offence, of invading the liber ties and properties of others, and the more criminal is every act of violence which is forbidden by the laws.

Tell your countrymen, that it would give me pleasure, could I speak the fame language to them all that I now hold to you-Tell them that their King is their father, their brother, yea their friend

That their welfare conftitutes his happ ness---That he places his greatness in their glory, his power in their freedom, profperity, and his Let

his

riches in their pro fufferings in their misfortunes. these words, or rather these sentiments of my heart, be made known in the most humble cottages, and in the most private receffles of the unfortunate. Tell them that it is not at present in my power to acquaint them personally with these my fentiments. But I will watch over them with tenderness, and protect the feeble. In short, let the different provinces in my kingdom be made acquainted, that the fooner circumstances will permit me to accomplish the intention which I have formed, to visit them with my family, the fooner will my heart be at eafe.

PROCLAMATION.

The King having been informed of the measures taken, as well by the Mayor of Paris as by the Committee of the Municipality and Federative Affembly of the faid city, to regulate the preparations for the ceremony which is to take place on the 14th; and willing to prevent all difficulties which might give rife to any trouble or hindrances, has thought neceffary to manifeft, by the prefent preclamation, the order which seems best to be observed, as well for the placing the members of the Confederation, as for their march to the place of ceremony, fo that no obftacle may arife to trouble the order of the day, or to derogate from its majefty.

The general rendezvous of the differer t corps which might compose the Confederation, is appointed to be at the Boulevard du Temple at fix in the morning.

They are to march and enter the Champs de Mars in the order pointed out in the table annexed to this proclamation, which has been approved by his Majefty.

No troops bút those on guard are to be armed with guns. No carriages can be fuffered to follow those of his Majefty, the Royal Family, and their train If any Deputy of the Confederation, or any other perfon invited there, should be in a state to be unable to go on foot to the Champs de Mars, they shall receive from the Mayor of Paris a ticket permitting them the use of a carriage, and a Chevalier d'Ordonnance to efcort them to the military school.

M. de la Fayette, Commander-General of the Parifian National Guard, already

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