Moniteur, XI.

192 (sitting of Jan.

22, 1792).

"M.
Burnet, chaplain of the national guard, presents himself at the bar of the house with an English woman, named Lydia Kirkham, and three small children, one of which is in her arms.

M.Burnet announces that she is his wife and that the child in her arms is the fruit of their affection.
After referring to the force of natural sentiments which he could not resist, the petitioner thus continues: 'One day, I met one of those sacred questioners.