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Monthly Chronicle.
1 ne Adjutant , who knew Bournonville to be a man of his word , leaped shortly after from the carriage , under the pretext of a necessary occasion , and followed us on horseback Bournonville then asked the coachman whithei ' sve were -omg ¦ To Ramilly , " said the man , svho was not in the secret . We were on The road to Tournay . Bournonville " observed , " The escort is weak ; it amounts , I believe , only to twenty-five men—my sabre cuts well—we shall soon disperse them " No sooner said than doneHe from the vehicleand with the first
. sprang , stroke cut dosvn the officer . The whole troop was collected . It amounted to 200 men -Bournonville svas attacked , he parried their strokes with his sword ; but having at length received a deep wound in the thigh , he svas forced to yield to numbers arid was replaced in the carriage . The hussars in their resentment broke the ' glasses , and cut the carriage in several places . If the Commissioners were obli ged on any occasion to quit the vehicle for a momentthey were accompanied by tsvo hussarswho crossed their sabres
, , over their neck , and threatened to cut it through . When wc arrived at Tournav , the hussars of Berchigny withdresv , consigning us to the dragoons of Latour , and ' thus the treason was consummated . We svere announced to Clairfait . " We cannot ( said he ) refuse the goodwhich is offered to us . " It svas not thus that Camillus answered to the schoolmaster of the FaUsa , svho offered to betray the children committed to his care , But Camillus was Republicanandthe General of
a , . Roman , soldiers : but Clairiait is * *' . * * = * . . A 11 officer said to one . of us , who spoke with his hat on— « Sir , equality has ' no place here ; I am one ofthe staff . " "It is very well , " replied the other , fixing ) his hat more firmly on his head . . On their arrival at Mons , it svas announced to the Commissioners , that they were to be detained as hostages for the Queen , and that if any attempt was made on her lifethey must answer it svith their heads
, . " Tell Cobourg , " said Bournonville to a troop of Austrian officers who surrounded him , ' that a Prince Eugene would have set me af liberty . I am now detained only because I am feared ' . " -. ' -... ¦ . On their arrival at Brussels , the prisoners svere received bv the hisses of the multitude , composed of priests , monks ' , emigrants , files de joie , and hair-dressers . No decent citizen appeared at the fete . A female emigrant exclaimed—, -these are the gentlemen svho have / beentaken in ! "
. . ... During the short stay svhich the-prisoners made at Brussels and Maestricht / they saw on the one hand that the emigrants were every where held in sovereign contempt ; and-that ,. on the other hand , there was not only a-misunderstanding , but a marked hatred , between the Austrians and Prussians . ¦ - . ; . : v . -. The continuation of this report was postponed to- ' the 26 th : Nivose , Jan . 16 .
, . . . .. ,.: HOME NEWS ; . WE are happy to announce that a suspension of arms has taken ' place betsveeri the . Austrians and . the French .. , - - . - . Jan 7 This , mornings betsveen nineand ten o ' clock , the Princess of-Wales was happily delivered of a Princess . His Roval . Highness the Duke of-Gloucester ,-his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Lord Chancellor , the Lord President of his Majesty's Council , his Grace the Duke of Leeds , his Grace the Duke of Devonshirethe Earl of Cholmondele
, ' y , Lord Chamberlain , and the Earl of Jersey , Masterof the Horse to his Roval Highness the Prince of Wales , the Right-Honourable . Lord Thurlosv , and , the Ladies of her Royal Highness ' s bed-chamber , were present . .. ' . . . ¦ This happy event was immediately . made known by the firing of the Tower guns , and other demonstrations of joy in London and Westminster . In the Hih Commission CourtD ' ublinsentence of death has been in
g , , passed the usual manner on James Weldon , convicted of high treason , viz . Defenderism ; . . Weldon entreated a long day ; declared that he had served his Majesty for three years , and svas never confined ; and before he svas brought into this , was never accused of any crime . The Court were pleased to appoint Wednesday the 2 d of March for his execution . List of MARRIAGES , DEATHS , OV , & c , in our ntxt .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
1 ne Adjutant , who knew Bournonville to be a man of his word , leaped shortly after from the carriage , under the pretext of a necessary occasion , and followed us on horseback Bournonville then asked the coachman whithei ' sve were -omg ¦ To Ramilly , " said the man , svho was not in the secret . We were on The road to Tournay . Bournonville " observed , " The escort is weak ; it amounts , I believe , only to twenty-five men—my sabre cuts well—we shall soon disperse them " No sooner said than doneHe from the vehicleand with the first
. sprang , stroke cut dosvn the officer . The whole troop was collected . It amounted to 200 men -Bournonville svas attacked , he parried their strokes with his sword ; but having at length received a deep wound in the thigh , he svas forced to yield to numbers arid was replaced in the carriage . The hussars in their resentment broke the ' glasses , and cut the carriage in several places . If the Commissioners were obli ged on any occasion to quit the vehicle for a momentthey were accompanied by tsvo hussarswho crossed their sabres
, , over their neck , and threatened to cut it through . When wc arrived at Tournav , the hussars of Berchigny withdresv , consigning us to the dragoons of Latour , and ' thus the treason was consummated . We svere announced to Clairfait . " We cannot ( said he ) refuse the goodwhich is offered to us . " It svas not thus that Camillus answered to the schoolmaster of the FaUsa , svho offered to betray the children committed to his care , But Camillus was Republicanandthe General of
a , . Roman , soldiers : but Clairiait is * *' . * * = * . . A 11 officer said to one . of us , who spoke with his hat on— « Sir , equality has ' no place here ; I am one ofthe staff . " "It is very well , " replied the other , fixing ) his hat more firmly on his head . . On their arrival at Mons , it svas announced to the Commissioners , that they were to be detained as hostages for the Queen , and that if any attempt was made on her lifethey must answer it svith their heads
, . " Tell Cobourg , " said Bournonville to a troop of Austrian officers who surrounded him , ' that a Prince Eugene would have set me af liberty . I am now detained only because I am feared ' . " -. ' -... ¦ . On their arrival at Brussels , the prisoners svere received bv the hisses of the multitude , composed of priests , monks ' , emigrants , files de joie , and hair-dressers . No decent citizen appeared at the fete . A female emigrant exclaimed—, -these are the gentlemen svho have / beentaken in ! "
. . ... During the short stay svhich the-prisoners made at Brussels and Maestricht / they saw on the one hand that the emigrants were every where held in sovereign contempt ; and-that ,. on the other hand , there was not only a-misunderstanding , but a marked hatred , between the Austrians and Prussians . ¦ - . ; . : v . -. The continuation of this report was postponed to- ' the 26 th : Nivose , Jan . 16 .
, . . . .. ,.: HOME NEWS ; . WE are happy to announce that a suspension of arms has taken ' place betsveeri the . Austrians and . the French .. , - - . - . Jan 7 This , mornings betsveen nineand ten o ' clock , the Princess of-Wales was happily delivered of a Princess . His Roval . Highness the Duke of-Gloucester ,-his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Lord Chancellor , the Lord President of his Majesty's Council , his Grace the Duke of Leeds , his Grace the Duke of Devonshirethe Earl of Cholmondele
, ' y , Lord Chamberlain , and the Earl of Jersey , Masterof the Horse to his Roval Highness the Prince of Wales , the Right-Honourable . Lord Thurlosv , and , the Ladies of her Royal Highness ' s bed-chamber , were present . .. ' . . . ¦ This happy event was immediately . made known by the firing of the Tower guns , and other demonstrations of joy in London and Westminster . In the Hih Commission CourtD ' ublinsentence of death has been in
g , , passed the usual manner on James Weldon , convicted of high treason , viz . Defenderism ; . . Weldon entreated a long day ; declared that he had served his Majesty for three years , and svas never confined ; and before he svas brought into this , was never accused of any crime . The Court were pleased to appoint Wednesday the 2 d of March for his execution . List of MARRIAGES , DEATHS , OV , & c , in our ntxt .