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were personally due to me. of those two titles at least which I possessed to liberty.

Without attacking the principle of the sove- ivi-uty of the people, it is permissible to ask that tin- treatment of the inhabitants of Monaco, and the disposition of the person of the Prince of Monaco, and of Ms person, should be in agreement with French law (though the former were not con suited) ; and it may be said that he had never been averse to being attached to the French nation, and that there had never been an instance, since the year 1643, when he was lacking in marks of respect in the treaties he made. I do not de- claim here against this union with France, but it- is the engagement by which the Prince of Monaco was safeguarded, and his protection by a treaty made in 1641, and often guaranteed, that I had to rely upon. Personally I have regard to that special treaty which was pronounced during the session of the National Assembly on 1 Sept., 1702, upon the subject of the preservation of the independent state of Monaco : ' The National Assembly considers that the independent state of the town of Monaco has not been comprised in the suppression of the greater estates effected by the decree of 8 July, 1791, whiSh decreed that the treaty made at Peronne on 14 Sept, 1641, between Louis XIII. and the Prince of Monaco, has subsisted in all its integrity, according to custom, by the consent of the two parties, without the breaking by one of them of his engagements, or the other bringing any modifications or annull- ings.' I do not consider it an error that the engagemejits made by this treaty are broken, and I have never attempted to annul the reunion of the inhabitants of Monaco with France. I do not claim anything against this reuinon with France, but it is the engagement by which the Prince of Monaco safeguarded it, and the pro- tection of France, which has been so often guaran- teed to the Prince of Monaco, and upon this treaty I had to rely, specially when, after the reunion of this country of the Principality of Monaco to France, I had to take refuge in this land, and one and all, not having the fear of being exposed the life to any danger. Nevertheless he is I was detained in a house of arrest from the night of the 19th to the 20th of September last, without having had any motive declared to me. The only one which I am able to suppose is that I have reasons have been given why he could not be thought to be an 6migre\ Thus it will appear clear that the father was held responsible for a fault \\hieh his son could not have committed.
 * i son who is an emigre absent, but further on the

/ Hi ink also that no one can say that I cannot, inl/Kinf /(tiling in the fidelity which I owe to the Frrnch nation, choose an exile in any country u-iffi irhich France has no war. My son could, K-ifl/Hijf doubt, make use of the same liberty, and act without consulting me ; because there is a In a- in France ivhich releases children who are of "!/'' from the paternal authority ; and that my son, nmrr f/Kin 31 years of age, was, like myself, in I'urix >r/t,'n he absented himself.

What was my revenue before the Revolution ? .My patrimony, I never having received gifts of IIIOIH >-, nor having had any lucrative employ- iiient in my charge.

\Vhat is my actual revenue? Absolutely not hiuy. my immovable goods having been equestrated, and my movable goods having been sealed.

If I had any military rank ? That of Field - Marshal, in which I have not been employed since the Revolution. If I had signed any petition ? Not one.

If I had any private relations or foreign corre- spondence, and if I had affiliated with any club ? Not any.

If I had contributed to the expenses of the war ? I have paid all the impositions the charges levied on my lands in France, the the imposition movable and immovable, and the forced stamp, conform- ably to my declaration handed over to the Com- mittee of the Section of Red Cap, and I have given money every time that they demanded it of me.

Since then I have made a voluntary gift to it of four of my horses, and of 1,200 louis for the purchase of guns.

According to the considerations of the state of claim, I have every reason to hope that liberty will be granted me without delay, and that the sequestration put upon my immovables, and the seal placed upon my movables, will be removed at once. I have not ceased to make reclamations, since I was detained, but the number of great affairs with which the Committees of Public Safety and of General Security are charged have not, without doubt, permitted them to consider my own case, and I recommend myself still to their justice, which I claim also for my eldest son, detained, and my daughter-in-law, detained for several months, and who have the same title as myself to obtain justice.

/ think that no one can deny that 1 am quite free to choose an asylum, without injury to the fidelity ivhich 1 oive to the French nation ; an asylum + without injury to my fidelity towards the French nation, in all countries with which this one is not at war.

My son is able, without doubt, to use this same liberty, and this without having my per- mission, because there exists a law in France which releases all children who are of age from the paternal authority.

D. J.

PROVINCIAL BOOKSELLERS.

(See ante, p. 303.)

I NOW conclude my list of English book- sellers : Ipswich. J. Bagnall, printer, Buttermarket, 1732.

John Bagnall, printer, St. Nicholas Street, 1733.

Thomas Page, 1763.

Thomas Shave, printer, 1773.

Shave & Jackson, printers, 1787-98.

P. Forster, successor to J. Shave, 1792-8.

Geo. Jermyn, 1793. Kendal. Thomas Willan, 1661.

Thomas Ashburner, printer, 1740-61.

W. Pennington, 1793. Lancaster. Gray, 1761. Leeds. John Whitworth, 1700.

John Swale, 1736.

James Lister, printer, New Street End, 1736-52 ._

G. Copperthwaite, 1771.

J. Bowling, printer, 1791.

Tho. Gill, printer, 1791-9.

J. Binns, printer, 1794.

S. Birchall, 1796. Ley ton. Stephen Dagnall, 1661 (see Aylesbury).