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Contemporary Letters On The French Revolution.
a profound secret . I luckily passed the Pont Neuf a few minutes previous to his return . The Militia , horse and foot , Avere under arms , First came the four Guards that ahvays attend M . de la Fayettethen a carriage for eight people ,
, in Avhich Avas M . de la Fayette and M . de Chauvelin , Gentilhomme de la Chambre , and other attendants ; then followed some pages and footmen on horseback , and immediately after them the King ' s carriage Avitb four footmen behind and two pages
aboA-e the fore wheels , but no guards . In the carriage Avas the King , the Queen , Avith the Dauphin on her knee , vis a vis Madame Royale , Madame Elizabeth , and Madame de Tourelle , Govern ante des
Enfans de France . The King laughed very loud ; indeed , louder than the huzzas . A coach of the Queen ' s Avith four of her attendants , closed the procession , but no guards . My conjecture that tbe King felt hurt at the disrespectful behaviour of tbe
President Avben he went to the Assembly Avas not ill-founded , for tbe ministers Avrote the next day demanding that in the proccs verbal no detail of the King ' s reception should be entered into , as the etiquette was not yet settled ; but they wrote in
vain , for it was carried that a minute account of Avhat passed should be inserted . They have also refused his request of erecting Fontainbleau into a district , although he sent in bis own name to ask it . They have yet left Mm his Grand Prevost ,
that is the particular jurisdiction of the Palace . The police of Paris costs three times the sum it formerly did , yet robberies are frequent . The Princess de Tarente Avas robbed a few days past of 10 , 000 livres . Yesterday Avas a stormy and useless day
in the Assembly , every question Avas adjourned ; they all turned on the expenditure of public money , but not on the means of paying it . It is proposed to allow all the priests AVIIO choose to quiet their convents 700 livres per annum if
under fifty years of age ; 800 if above that time of life ; 900 if above sixty , and 1 , 000 when turned of seventy . It Avas also proposed to restore those Avho had been driven from their possessions by tbe revocation of the Edict of Nantes . The Avords of the motion were , " Que tout
Francois qui aura ete expolie de ses biens a la suite , et en vertu de la Revocation de l ' edit de Nantes , et dont les biens seroient encore entre les Mains des Regisseurs proposes a cet Effet , seront rcintegres dans leurs droits ou personellement , on
dans la personne de leurs Representans ; qui'ls seront admis a faire preuve des faits , sans aucun frais de justice . " The Assembly Avere alarmed at tbe magnitude of the proposal . The Committee of Finance answered they were occupied with the
consideration , and the motion was adjourned sine die . The German Princes Avho are possessed of lands in Alsatia then made their protest through M . de Montmoin against the abolition of the feudal rights guaranteed to them by treaties . It
Avas proposed that the King should be addressed to enter into treaty for the composition of their rights . Mirabeau and the violent Democrates exclaimed against all treaties that Avounded les droits de l'homme as null . The question Avas
adjourned till Monday , but a member told me he imagined that the motion of composition would be carried . I send you a paper Avhich contains a letter of that virtuous and peaceable citizen , Dr . Price ; be assured that the
Democrates will never be quiet till tbey hp . ve done CA'erything in their power to light the torch of discord in the neighbouring country , and that Avhen they bave succeeded they Avill assist the insurgents , as in a common causeand that their
emis-, saries are now busy even in London in promoting discontent and sedition . That they are preaching to the people that their will is not only law , but is irresistible if they have courage and resolution . The National Assembly have fixed the numbers
of future Assembly to 747 , of Avhich a small third ( 247 ) are to be sent as representatives of that part of their districts , Avhich are not annexed or included in the different municipalities . They are , like the county members in England , elected by the proprietors of lands and labourers .
A BUILDER Avhen returning thanks to those Avho had drunk his health , modestly observed that he Avas " more fitted for the scaffold than public speaking . "
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Contemporary Letters On The French Revolution.
a profound secret . I luckily passed the Pont Neuf a few minutes previous to his return . The Militia , horse and foot , Avere under arms , First came the four Guards that ahvays attend M . de la Fayettethen a carriage for eight people ,
, in Avhich Avas M . de la Fayette and M . de Chauvelin , Gentilhomme de la Chambre , and other attendants ; then followed some pages and footmen on horseback , and immediately after them the King ' s carriage Avitb four footmen behind and two pages
aboA-e the fore wheels , but no guards . In the carriage Avas the King , the Queen , Avith the Dauphin on her knee , vis a vis Madame Royale , Madame Elizabeth , and Madame de Tourelle , Govern ante des
Enfans de France . The King laughed very loud ; indeed , louder than the huzzas . A coach of the Queen ' s Avith four of her attendants , closed the procession , but no guards . My conjecture that tbe King felt hurt at the disrespectful behaviour of tbe
President Avben he went to the Assembly Avas not ill-founded , for tbe ministers Avrote the next day demanding that in the proccs verbal no detail of the King ' s reception should be entered into , as the etiquette was not yet settled ; but they wrote in
vain , for it was carried that a minute account of Avhat passed should be inserted . They have also refused his request of erecting Fontainbleau into a district , although he sent in bis own name to ask it . They have yet left Mm his Grand Prevost ,
that is the particular jurisdiction of the Palace . The police of Paris costs three times the sum it formerly did , yet robberies are frequent . The Princess de Tarente Avas robbed a few days past of 10 , 000 livres . Yesterday Avas a stormy and useless day
in the Assembly , every question Avas adjourned ; they all turned on the expenditure of public money , but not on the means of paying it . It is proposed to allow all the priests AVIIO choose to quiet their convents 700 livres per annum if
under fifty years of age ; 800 if above that time of life ; 900 if above sixty , and 1 , 000 when turned of seventy . It Avas also proposed to restore those Avho had been driven from their possessions by tbe revocation of the Edict of Nantes . The Avords of the motion were , " Que tout
Francois qui aura ete expolie de ses biens a la suite , et en vertu de la Revocation de l ' edit de Nantes , et dont les biens seroient encore entre les Mains des Regisseurs proposes a cet Effet , seront rcintegres dans leurs droits ou personellement , on
dans la personne de leurs Representans ; qui'ls seront admis a faire preuve des faits , sans aucun frais de justice . " The Assembly Avere alarmed at tbe magnitude of the proposal . The Committee of Finance answered they were occupied with the
consideration , and the motion was adjourned sine die . The German Princes Avho are possessed of lands in Alsatia then made their protest through M . de Montmoin against the abolition of the feudal rights guaranteed to them by treaties . It
Avas proposed that the King should be addressed to enter into treaty for the composition of their rights . Mirabeau and the violent Democrates exclaimed against all treaties that Avounded les droits de l'homme as null . The question Avas
adjourned till Monday , but a member told me he imagined that the motion of composition would be carried . I send you a paper Avhich contains a letter of that virtuous and peaceable citizen , Dr . Price ; be assured that the
Democrates will never be quiet till tbey hp . ve done CA'erything in their power to light the torch of discord in the neighbouring country , and that Avhen they bave succeeded they Avill assist the insurgents , as in a common causeand that their
emis-, saries are now busy even in London in promoting discontent and sedition . That they are preaching to the people that their will is not only law , but is irresistible if they have courage and resolution . The National Assembly have fixed the numbers
of future Assembly to 747 , of Avhich a small third ( 247 ) are to be sent as representatives of that part of their districts , Avhich are not annexed or included in the different municipalities . They are , like the county members in England , elected by the proprietors of lands and labourers .
A BUILDER Avhen returning thanks to those Avho had drunk his health , modestly observed that he Avas " more fitted for the scaffold than public speaking . "