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IL.782.026
4 Mar 1782:31 (4/200)
France. From the Supplement to the Gazette of France,
October 26. Relation of what passed at Versailles, on
occasion of the birth of Monsieur the Dauphin.
The 22d of this month, the Queen having felt some pains,
denoting the speedy approach of her lying-in. . . [3/4
column, Prince born.]
His majesty, as well as all the Court, assisted, after
the baptism, at the Te Deum, which was performed on this
occasion, in the chapel of the castle, by the King's musick.
. . [34 lines, various rejoicings.]
Scarcely were these words, on the 22d, publicly repeated, a
Dauphin! a Dauphin! accompanied with expressions the most
tender, moving and patriotic, but the Sieurs de Boissy,
treasurers of the company for the assistance of prisoners,
received a letter, by which a citizen, who desires to remain
unknown, announces his intention of signalizing the happy
event of that day by the deliverance of a number of
prisoners, confined for debts of mois de nourrice. . . [3
lines] Extremely happy in being charged with the execution
of so benevolent an action, they fly to the Fort l'Eveque,
declare their mission, and cause to be sung, in the chapel
of this prison, a Te Deum, followed by a prayer consecrated
by the church to the desire of the preservation of
Sovereigns. . .
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