Alison, A: History of Europe From the Commencement of the Fr

Excerpt from History of Europe From the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789 to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815, Vol. 2

Progressive deterioration of the ruling powers in France, 61. - Error in demo cratic institutions, 62. - State of Paris after the loth August, ih - Reappoint ment of the Girondist ministry, 63. - The king and royal family are trans ferred to the Temple, 64. - Fall and ¿ight of Lafayette, 65. - Institution of the Revolutionary Tribunal, 66. Its first victims, and adoption of the guillotine, 67 - Consternation produced by the advance of the Prussians, ib. - Energetic plans of Danton, 7 o.-massacre in the prisons, ib. - Death of the Archbishop of Arles, 7 3 - of the Princess Lamballe, 7 L - Similar examples of cruelty in other countries, 7 6. - Feeble conduct of the Assembly, 136. Small number of persons who perpetrated all these murders, and inefficiency of the national 7 7. - Massacre at Versailles, Meux, and Lyons, 6b. Frightful barbarities at Rheims, 7 8. - Plunder by the municipality of Paris, 79. - Roland denounces these atrocities, ib. - Termination of the Legislative Assembly, 80. - Elections for the National Convention, ib. - Parties in it, and in¿uence of the J sechin clubs over France, 81. - Abolition of royalty, and new calendar introduced: state of the financea ib. - New constitution, 82. - Accusation of Robespierre by Osselin and Barbaroux, ib. - Accusation of Marat, 83. - Feeble conduct of the Girondists, 84. - Irresolution of the Assembly, 85. - Attempt to establish a municipal guard for the Convention, and menacing language of the sections of Paris at the bar of the Assembly, 86. - More severe aws against the emigrants, 87 -proposed measures against the municipality, via - Preparations for the trial of Louis, 88. - Discovery of the iron closet in the Tuileries, ib. - Description of the Temple, 91. - Con duct of the royal family during their captivity, 92. - Trial of the king, 94. Devotion of Malesherbes and Tronchet, 95. - He is condemned, 99.-sen tence of death ronounced, 100. - His execution, 103, - o-re¿ections on the event, and Louis 8 character, 104.

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