Gazette Of The United States

LONDON.

FURTHER ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF FRANCE.

When the Hotel de Ville was plundered on Monday, the women, who were the first to force it open, found means in the course of the short time they were there, to plunder the Treasury Chest of 200,000 livres; half of which being in bills, was afterwards recovered, the rest was divided among the plunderers. This forcible entrance was fortunately made so early in the morning that none of the Magistrates were assembled; they might otherwise have probably been conducted to the gallows, which had been erected very early in the morning to be ready on any occasion.

Though the national guard was assembled before the Mansion House in great numbers at the time it was forced, they did not offer to make the least resistance to the women, but suffered them to plunder, while they looked on as unconcerned spectators. Besides the money, it was here the women furnished themselves with the fire arms and weapons, with which they afterwards marched to Versailles.

Some of the populace headed by the women, attempted to set fire to the Hotel de Ville; the intended conflagration was, however, prevented by a youth who, at the imminent hazard of his life rushed forwards, and in a most surprising manner extinguished the flame which had just caught the building. On being desired by some Members of the National Assembly to demand a reward for his services and intrepidity, he nobly refused all pecuniary compensation, and requested only that he might have the honor of having his name enrolled in the Paris militia.

We have given various accounts of the late Commotions at Versailles: The following appears to be wrote with candor; and if true, the transaction which it relates, turns out to be an accidental business, rather than a precipitate development of a deep-laid design to defeat the patriotic plans of the National Assembly—and restore the government of France to its former despotic state.

The following account of what passed at the Entertainment given by the Life Guards to the Flanders regiment, may be depended upon, as it is given by an officer who was one of the guests;

The Life Guards sent invitations not only to the officers of the Regiment de Flandre, and of the Regiment de Montmorency (dragoons) but also to those of the Versailles militia. The tables were spread on the stage of the Opera house in
the palace. While the guests were at table, the officer who was at the head of it, informed the company that his Majesty hearing that his guards were to have the honor of entertaining the officers of the different military corps at Versailles, had hunted the day before, and ordered that as much of the game that had been killed, as might be thought sufficient, should be sent in his name to his guards, to enable them the better to entertain their guests. That part therefore of the entertainment he said they owed to his Majesty's bounty. This was considered by the whole company as a mark of amiable condescension in his Majesty, for which they expressed their grateful acknowledgments. Several loyal and patriotic toasts were given, and at the head of them, the King—the Queen—the Dauphin—the Nation.

Many jovial songs were sung, and the company were just on the point of breaking up in good humor, extremely satisfied with their entertainment, and without saying a word about politics, or public affairs, when the King, the Queen, and the Dauphin, made their appearance in the amphitheatre, in one of the boxes, with a view to enjoy the novel sight of a repas militaire.

As soon as the company perceived the Royal Visitors, who had thus honored them with their presence, Count d'Estaing, the Marquis de Lusignan, and Count de Montmorency, advanced all three to the front of the stage, each with a bumper in his hand, and bowing most respectfully to their Majesties and the Dauphin, drank off their glasses, without saying any thing, and leaving it to their Majesties to guess from the circumstances, that those three noblemen had done themselves the honor of drinking their Majesties health, and that of the Heir Apparent.

The other guests, however, were not silent—they shouted applause, and made the theatre ring with repeated cries of Vive le Roi—Vive la Reine—Vive le Dauphin.

Upon this, some of the young officers taking a bottle of wine and a glass, leaped over the orchestra, climbed up into the boxes, and approaching the King, humbly entreated his Majesty to do them the honor of taking a glass of wine. The King took the glass with great complacency, and bowed graciously to the company, drank to the health of all present. The shouts of Vive le Roi were then renewed—and then it was the music struck up,

"Oh Richard—Oh mon Roi!"

The Queen's sensibility was affected by all these circumstances, and she burst into tears. Upon this his Majesty taking her with one hand, and his son with the other, immediately withdrew—a crowd of officers got round him, and attended him to the door of the royal apartment.

It was after that, the officers pulled the National cockades from their hats—but so little was this preconcerted or foreseen, that very few of them could at that time procure black cockades to replace them.'
On Monday His Excellency the French Ambassador received an express from Paris, to acquaint him that the reports of several Noblemen having been killed, were wholly untrue. It likewise makes mention, that the city of Paris was tolerably quiet all Thursday, owing partly to a considerable arrival of corn in the morning, which had given the people great consolation. Every necessary precaution is likewise taken to prevent an insurrection, by a double guard being placed all over the city.

The servants of Paris have resolved to raise for the public use, the sum of one million of livres or about forty thousand guineas.

Letters from Paris, received on Thursday, state that Count d'Estaing and the Duke of Briac have been arrested.