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that Mr . Pitt has assisted Mirabeau with , £ 200 , 000 sterling . The Princess de Vaudemont and the Comte de Modine asserted it as coming from the highest authority , and laughed when I denied it . There does not seem anv one ; in the

Aristocrates capable of conducting their affairs out of the National Assembly : within its walls , if noise did not drown the voice of all those who attempt to stem the torrent , they have much the advantageas the Abbe Maury as far surpasses Mirabeau , as Pitt or Fox are superior to

Sheridan . Of the weakness of the Comte d'Artois , the Ministers , and the Aristocrates the following will be a sufficient proof . AATien the troops were ordered to march to Versailles there was neither bread nor

ammunition provided for them . Thellnsson assured me his Regiment remained twentyfour hours destitute of both , exposed to the wrath of an enraged people . In this situation it was not difficult to prevail on those to desert , who were

neglected by the very people who called them to their aid , ancl who were offered everything that can tempt a soldier— . women , wine , and monej r —by those they should have considered as their enemies . Mr . Neckar was not to have been dismissed till the

troops were arrived . They were to assemble on the Monday , yet Mr . Neckar is disgraced on the Saturday , The proofs of the Marquis de la Fayette being concerned in the attempt on the Queen ' s life , the day the people went to A ^ ersailles , are strongly against him , aud have left a spot on his reputation he will find it difficult to efface .

When he arrived at A ersailles , after he had assured the King he mi ght dismiss his guards , for that he would be responsible for the security of the Castle , he went to bed , having placed guards and sentinels everywhere but by the Orangery , where

there are no less than ten entrances to the Palace , ancl which leads immediatel y to the Queen ' s apartments . I have been long , and most likely tiresome , in repeating to you what you probably have before heard ; but it was

necessary for myself to have a clear idea of the views and hopes of the different parties , by which means I might be better enabled to arrange future information .

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One great difficulty occurs in obtaining authentic intelligence of whatever may make against the National Assembly . That it is always carefully suppressed in their debates , or if uttered not printed in their daily papers . Whenever any aristocrate

wishes to expose an event contrary to the wishes of the Majority he is silenced , and one of the democrates immediatly pro - duces at the Bar , an address of thanks from the City where discontent is supposed to reignmost of the signatures of which are

, generally forged . An address was presented this week from Bourdeaux with 200 and odd names of the chief inhabitants , of which only five were true .

Sonnet.

SONNET .

( For the Masonic Magazine . ) Humbly inscribed to our Most Worshipful and Illustrious Grand Master , His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , on his happy return from India . 0 Stmwhich now at thy meridian height

, , Dost shine abroad o ' er earth in peerless guise ; Who but in thy refulgent orb descries Thy Architect ' s great goodness , skill , and might , By whose decreeamong the sons of Light

, , Thou art to mortal and immortal eyes In heav ' n and earth , Grand Master of the skies—Ours Cambria's Prince lo ! where thou shin ' st most bright , Himfor a timethy boundless glance hath

, , seen , 'Mid Subject Kings , in his remote rejourn In Indian realms ; their riv'lling thine own beams—Oblest the day , which ' neath thy rule

, serene , Now shines to welcome him on his return To Britains' cliffs , green fields , and glitt ' ring streams . Bro . Rev . M . GOEDON .

LADIES don't know whether they like smoking or not . With special favourites they like it ; with general favourites they don ' t dislike it , and with no favourites they detest it .