This  is  another  illustrious  exile  from  France  —  once  a  Presi-
dent of  the  Constituent  Assembly,  and  the  first  who  moved  for
the  abolition  of  the  feudal  rights  of  the  nobility,  or  for  some
other  famous  revolutionary  measure.  He  fell  with  the  mon-
archy ;  but  by  some  good  fortune,  having  originally  left  the
country  with  express  permission,  he  is  not  included  in  the  full
severity  of  the  laws  against  emigrants.  He  purposes  now  to
settle  for  life  upon  a  newly-cleared  place  on  the  Susquehanna,
called  the  Asylum,  which  really  serves  as  such  to  many  French-
men expelled  from  their  own  country  by  the  violence  of  their
internal  feuds.1

We  accompanied  Mrs.  Knox  to  the  Theatre,  which  is  spa-
cious and  elegant,  and  supplied  with  a  very  good  company  of
performers.  Part  of  the  entertainment,  however,  we  left,  to  go
and  pay  the  customary  visit  to  Mrs.  Washington.  As  this  was
merely  a  mark  of  respect,  we  retired  as  early  as  we  could,  and
returned  to  the  play.  The  remainder  of  the  evening  I  was
seated  next  to  Mr.  Fauchet,2  the  Minister  Plenipotentiary  from
the  French  Republic.  I  found  him  tolerably  conversable,  but
reserved.  He  appears  to  be  not  much  beyond  thirty.  He
spoke  of  the  Abbe  Raynal,  whom  he  knew ;  but  said  he  had
seldom  seen  him  in  latter  times,  and  without  conversing  on  the

1  He  returned  to  France,  took  a  commission  in  the  army,  and  was  killed  in  an
action  with  the  British  fleet  on  the  evacuation  of  St.  Domingo  by  the  French
forces  in  1803.
