OF MARIA ANTOΙΝΕΤΤΑ, ARCHDUCHESS OF AUSTRIA, QUEEN OF FRANCE AND NAVARRE; INCLUDING SEVERAL IMPORTANT PERIODS OF THE French Revolution; FROM ITS ORIGIN TO THE 16th OF OCTOBER, 1793, THE DAY OF HER MAJESTY'S MARTYRDOM: with a NARRATIVE OF THE TRIAL AND MARTYRDOM OF MADAME ELIZABETH; THE LIBERATION OF MADAME ROYALE, DAUGHTER OF LOUIS XVI; BY JOSEPH WEBER, Foster-brother of the unfortunate Queen, formerly employed in the Department the Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen. Quæque ipse miserrima vidi. VIRG. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH, By R. C. DALLAS, Esa. VOL. I. LONDON: Printed by C. Rickaby, Peterborough-Court, Fleet-Street; AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR, N°. 27, LEICESTER-SQUARE, AND BY ALL THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS IN EUROPE, 1805. CHAPTER I. BIRTH of the Queen-Her Education, Departure from Vienna, Marriage, Prosperity, Character, and Immediate Causes, and remote Sources, of the French Revolution-Louis XIV. -The Regency-Louis XV. The Convocation of the States-General continued-Fall of the Archbishop of Sens-Recall of Mr. Necker- Second Assembly of the Notables-Meeting of the |