the King began to speak again. It was plain, from their geftures, that they received from himself the first intelligence of his condemnation. the king to fhave. He put on the foap himself, ftanding up and facing me while I held his bafon. Forced to ftifle my feelings, I had not yet had refolution to look at the face of my unfortunate mafter; but my eyes now catching his accidentally, my tears ran over in fpite of me. I knew not whether feeing me in that ftate put the king in mind of his own fituation or not, but he fuddenly, turned very pale at the fight, my knees trembled and my ftrength forfook me: the king, perceiving me ready to fall, caught me by both hands, and preffing them warmly, faid, in a gentle voice, "Come, more courage.' ." He was obferved; the depth of my affliction was manifefted by my filence, of which he❝ing, at eight o'clock.". "You feemed fenfible. His countenance was re-animated, he shaved himself with composure, and I then dreffed him. The last Interview of the Royal Family, &c. At half past eight, the door opened. The Queen came firft, leading her fon by the hand; Madame Royale and Madame Elizabeth followed. They all threw themselves into the arms of the king. A melancholy filence prevailed for fome minutes; and it was only broken by fighs and fobs. The Queen made an inclination towards his Majefty's chamber. "No," faid the King, "let us go into this room, I can fee you only there. They went in, and I fhut the glafs door. The King fat down; the Queen was on his left hand, Madame Elizabeth on his right, Madame Royale nearly oppofite, and the young Prince ftood between his legs: all were leaning on the King, and often preffed him in their embraces. This fcene of forrow lafted an hour and three quarters, during which it was impoffible to hear any thing. It could, however, be feen, that after every sentence uttered by the King the agitation of the Queen and Princeffes increased, lafted fome minutes, and then At a quarter paft ten, the King rofe firft; they all followed. I opened the door. The Queen held the King by his right arm: their Majefties gave each a hand to the Dauphin. Madame Royale, on the King's left, had her arms round his body; and, behind her, Madame Elizabeth, on the fame fide, had taken his arm. They advanced fome fteps towards the entry-door, breaking out into the moft, agonizing lamentations. "affure you," "faid the King, "that I "will fee you again to-morrow morn " " I "promife?" faid they all together.- The Queen, Princeffes, and Dauphin, returned to their own apartments. I attempted to continue fupporting Madame Royale, but the municipal officers ftopt me before I had gone up two fteps, and compelled me to go in. Though both the doors were fhut, the fcreams and lamentations of the Queen and Princeffes were heard for fome time on the stairs. The King returned to his confeffor in the turret closet. He came out in half an hour, and I put fupper upon the table: the King eat little, but heartily. After After fupper, his Majefty returning to the clofet, his confeffor came out in a few minutes, and defired the municipal officers to conduct him to the council chamber. It was to requeft that he might be furnished with the garments and whatever elfe was neceflary for performing mafs early the next morning. M. de Firmont did not prevail without great diffi culty in having his requeft granted. The articles wanted for the fervice were brought from the church of the Capuchins of the Marais, near the Hotel de Soubife, which had been formed into a parish. On returning from the council chamber, M. de Firmont went directly to the King, who accompanied him to the turret, where they remained together till half paft twelve. I then undreffed the King, and as I was going to roll his hair he faid, "It does not fignify." After wards, when he was in bed, as I was drawing his curtains. Clery, you will call me at five o'clock." He was fcarcely in bed before he fell into a profound fleep, which lafted without interruption till five. M. de Firmont, whom his Majefty had perfuaded to take fome reft, threw himfelf upon my bed; and I paffed the night on a chair in the King's chamber, praying God to fupport his ftrength and his courage. I On hearing five o'clock ftrike began to light the fire. The noife I made awoke the King, who, drawing his curtains, afked if it had ftruck five. 1 faid it had by feveral clocks, but not yet by that in the apartment. Having finished with the fire, I went to his bed-fide. "I have flept foundly," faid his Majefty; "I ftood in "need of it; yefterday was a fati 66 66 guing day to me. Where is M. de Firmont?" I answered, on my bed. And where were you all night?""On this chair."-I "am forry for it," faid the King."Oh! Sire," replied I, can I think of myself at this moment?" 66 He gave me his hand, and tenderly preffed mine. I then dreffed his Majefty; during which time he took a feal from his watch and put it into his waistcoat pocket; the watch he placed on the chimney-piece: then taking off his ring from his finger, after looking at it again and again, he put it into the pocket with the feal. pocket with the feal. He changed his fhirt, put on a white waistcoat, which he wore the evening before, and I helped him on with his coat. He then emptied his pockets of his pocket-book, his glafs, his fnuff box, and fome other things, which, with his purfe alfo, he depofited on the chimney-piece: this was all done without a word, and before several municipal officers. As foon as he was dreffed, the King bade me go and inform M. de Firmont of it, whom I found already rifen, and he immediately attended his Majefty to the turret. At feven o'clock the King coming out of his closet called to me, and taking me within the recefs of the window, faid, "You will give this "feal to my fon--this ring to the Queen, and affure her that it is "with pain part with it-this lit"tle packet contains the hair of all "my family, you will give her that "too-Tell the Queen, my dear chil"dren, and my filter, that although "I promised to fee them this morn"ing, I have refolved to fpare them "the pangs of fo cruel a feparation : "tell them how much it cofts me to "go without receiving their embraces " once more?" He wiped away fome tears; then added, in the most mournful accent, "I charge you to "bear them my laft farewell?" He returned to the turret. The municipal officers who had come up heard his Majefty, and faw him give me the things, which I ftill held in my hands. At first they de fired to have them given up; but one of them propofing to let them remain in my poffeffion till the council fhould decide what was to be done, it was fo agreed. In a quarter of an hour after, the King again came out; " Inquire," faid he to me," if I can have a pair "of fciffars." I made the request known to the commiffioners. "Do you know what he wants to do?" "We muft know." I knocked at the door of the closet, and the King came out. The municipal of ficer who had followed me, faid to him: "You have defired a pair of "fciffars; but before the request is "made to the council we must know "what you want to do with them." His Majefty answered: "It is that "Clery may cut my hair." The municipal officers retired; one of them went down to the council chamber, where, after half an hour's de. liberation, the fciffars were refused. The officer came up, and acquainted the King with the decifion: "I did "not mean to touch the fciffars," faid his Majefty; "I fhould have de"fired Clery to cut my hair before you try once more, Sir; I beg .66 you to reprefent my requeft." The officer went back to the council, who perfifted in their refufal. 66 66 It was at this time that I was told to prepare myself to accompany the King, in order to undrefs him on the fcaffold. At this intelligence I was feized with terror; but, collecting all my ftrength, I was getting myself ready to difcharge this laft duty to my matter, who felt a repugnance to its being performed by the executioner, when another municipal officer came and told me that I was not to go out, adding, "The common "executioner is good enough for "him." to another, all refounded at the tower, At half after eight o'clock, the noife increased, the doors were thrown open with great clatter, when Santerre, accompanied by seven or eight municipal officers, entered at the head of ten foldiers, and drew them up in two lines. At this movement, the King came out of his closet, and faid to Santerre, "You are come for me?"Yes," was the answer."A moment," faid the King, and went to his closet, from which he inftantly returned, followed by his confeffor. His Majefty had his will in his hand, and addreffing a municipal officer, (named Jaques Roux a priest,) who happened to ftand before the others, faid; "I beg you to give "this paper to the Queen-to my "wife.". "It is no business of "mine," replied he, refufing to take it; "I am come here to conduct "you to the fcaffold." His Majesty then turning to Gobeau, another municipal officer, "I beg," said he, "that you will give this paper, to "my wife; you may read it; there "are fome particulars in it I wish to "be made known to the commune." I was ftanding behind the King, near the fire-place, he turned round to me, and I offered him his great coat. "I don't want it," faid he, give me only my hat." I prefented it to him-his hand met mine, which he preffed once more for the laft time. Gentlemen," said he, addreffing the municipal officers, "I fhould be "glad that Clery might stay with my "fon, as he has been accustomed to "be attended by him; I trust that "the commune will grant this re"queft." His Majefty then looked at Santerre, and faid, "Lead on." These were the laft words he fpoke All the troops in Paris had been in his apartments. On the top of under arms from five o'clock in the the ftairs he met Mathey, the warmorning. The beat of drums, the den of the tower, to whom he said: clash of arms, the trampling of hor- "I fpoke with fome little quickness fes, the removal of cannon, which to you the day before yesterday, were inceffantly carried from one place" do not take it ill." Mathey made Ed. Mag. July 1798 D no answer, and even affected to turn from the King while he was speaking. I remained alone in the chamber, overwhelmed with forrow, and almoft without fenfe of feeling. The drums and trumpets proclaimed his Majef ty's departure from the tower... An hour after, difcharges of artillery, and cries of Vive la Nation! Vive la République! were heard..... The belt of Kings was no more! HOGARTH'S ANECDOTES OF HIS OWN LIFE. WITH refpect to my life, to Befides the natural turn I had for drawing rather than learning languages, I had before my eyes the years. precarious fituation of men of claffi- I foon found this business in every refpect too limited. The paintings of St Paul's cathedral and Greenwich hofpital, which were at that time going on, ran in my head, and I determined that filver-plate engraving fhould be followed no longer than neceffity *The dictionary here aliuded to, Mrs Lewis, of Chif wick, presented to the editor of this volume. It is a thick quarto, containing an early edition of Littleton's Dictionary, and alfo Robertson's Parafes; with numerous corrections to each, and about 400 pages of manufcript clofe written. On the marginal leaf is inferibed, in Hogarth's hand-writing: The manuscript part of this dictionary was the work of Mr Richard Hogarth.' Hogarth's father came to the metropolis in company with Dr Gibson, the late Bishop of London's brother, and was employed as corrector of the prefs; which in thofe days was not confidered as a mean employment. neceffity obliged me to it. Engraving on copper was, at twenty years of age, my utmoft ambition. To attain this it was neceffary that I should learn to draw objects fomething like nature, instead of the monsters of he raldry, and the common methods of study were much too tedious for one who loved his pleasure, and came fo late to it; for the time neceffary to learn in the usual mode, would leave me none to fpare for the ordinary enjoyments of life. This led me to confidering whether a fhorter road than that ufually travelled was not to be found. The early part of my life had been employed in a bufinefs rather detrimental than advantageous to thofe branches of the art which I withed to purfue, and have fince pro. feffed. I had learned, by practice, to copy with tolerable exactnefs in the ufual way; but it occurred to me that there were many difadvantages attending this method of ftudy, as having faulty originals, &c. and even when the pictures or prints to be imitated were by the best mafters, it was little more than pouring water out of one veffel into another. Drawing in an academy. though it should be after the life, will not make the ftudent an artift; for as the eye is often taken from the original, to draw a bit at a time, it is poffible he may know no more of what he has been copying, when his work is finished, than he did before it was begun. More reafons, not neceffary to enumerate, ftruck me as ftrong objections to this practice, and led me to wish that I could find the fhorter path; fix forms and characters in my mind, and inftead of copying the lines, try to read the language, and if poffible find the grammar of the art, by bringing into one focus the various obfervations I had made, and then trying by my power on the canvafs, how far my plan enabled me to combine and apply them to practice. For this purpose, I confidered what various ways, and to what different purposes the memory might be applied; and fell upon one which I found moft suitable to my fituation and idle difpofition. Laying it down first as an axiom, that he who could by any means acquire and retain in his memory, perfect ideas of the subjects he meant to draw, would have as clear a knowledge of the fi rure, as a man who can write freely hath of the twenty-four letters of the alphabet and their infinite combinations (each of these being compofed of lines,) and would confequently be an accurate defigner. This I thought my only chance for eminence, as I found that the beauty and delicacy of the ftroke in engraving was not to be learnt without much practice, and demanded a larger portion of patience than I felt myfelf difpofed to exercife. Added to this, I faw little probability of acquiring the full command of the graver, in a fufficient degree to distinguish myself in that walk, nor was I, at twenty years of age, much dispofed to enter on fo barren and unprofitable a ftudy, as that of merely making fine lines. I thought it ftill more unlikely, that by pursuing the common method, and copying old drawings, I could ever attain the power of making new defigns, which was my firft and greatest ambition. I therefore endeavoured to habituate myself to the exercise of a fort of technical memory, and by repeating in my own mind the parts of which objects were compofed, I could by degrees combine and put them down with my pencil. Thus, with all the drawbacks which refulted from the circumftances I have mentioned, I had one material advantage over my competitors, viz. the early habit I thus acquired of retaining in my mind's eye, without coldly copying it on the fpot, whatever I intended to imitate. Sometimes, but too feldom, I took D2 the |