Rochefoucault, the Archbishops of Rouen, Rheims and Aix, who were deputed by their order, They expressed to his Majesty, their entire approbation of the plan he had proposed at the Royal Session; and the Duke de Luxembourg requested, that he would assemble the electors without delay, that they might receive fresh instructions from their constituents, to authorize their compliance with his Majesty's wishes. The King replied, that the troops had revolted, and that he must submit to the claims of the Commons. The Archbishop of Aix and his associates, expressed their opinion, that this information was false, and was made use of for the purpose of forcing him to yield. But nothing they could urge was sufficient to change the King's determination. He told the Duke de Luxembourg, that he was resolved to make the greatest sacrifices, rather than that a single man should perish on his account.

Shortly after, he sent letters to the presidents of the two first orders, urging them to an immediate union with the Commons. A considerable difference of opinion displayed itself amongst the Nobles, from the unwillingness many of them expressed to acquiesce in a measure which they con ceived to be rather the result of his Majesty's fears than his judgment, and upwards of eighty of them resolved to remain in their own chamber. During these discussions, a letter was received by the Marquis de la Queuille, from the Count d'Artois, urging an immediate junction with the Third

Estate, and intimating that his Royal Highness knew to a certainty that their longer hesitation would expose the King's life to imminent danger. When this was announced, the Count de St. Simon put his hand to his sword, exclaiming, "Gentlemen, the King is in danger! Let us fly to the palace! Our place is about his Majesty's person." "If the Monarch be in danger," said M. de Cazales," the Monarchy is in danger too; to save the Monarchy is our first duty; we will then go, and form a rampart of our bodies around the King."

The debate was about to be renewed, when the Duke de Luxembourg hastily quitted the chair, and in spite of the remonstrances of several of the members, cried out, "There is now no room for debate, Gentlemen, the King's person is in dan→ ger, and who amongst us will hesitate a moment." The Duke instantly led the members to the hall of the Commons, and the Clergy soon followed their example. Most of the deputies by this time were gone. But the presidents of the two first orders acquainted Bailly, who was still in the chair, that their love for the King, and their anxiety to promote the happiness and welfare of their country, had induced them to repair thither. Bailly, expressing the greatest joy at an event so unexpected, affirmed, that the step which they had taken for ever put an end to the dissensions, which had mutually afflicted them, and observed, that the National Assembly, or rather the States General, would now proceed without confusion or interrup

tion, in the regeneration of the kingdom and of public happiness.

The assurances of the president, and the abdication of the title of National Assembly, gave much satisfaction to the two orders. A protest was, however, presented by the Clergy against what they called the amalgamation of the three orders, which was received with trifling opposition; and on the following day, the Nobles returned to their own hall, where they continued to sit for several days, having entered a minute upon their records, "that they had gone into the Hall of the Commons, only in consideration of the danger which threatened the King's life; but as that sudden and unforeseen union could only be temporary, they still regarded themselves as forming a separate order, and should, accordingly, continue to assemble separately." Their sittings were, however, soon terminated, by their hall being shut up. They then assembled at the house of their president, and entered into a formal resolution respecting their own rights, and a solemn protest against any invasion of them. An hour was fixed for the members to sign these papers; but when they arrived at the house of the Duke of Luxembourg, their president, they found that he had abandoned his post, and retired to one of his estates, at a considerable distance from Versailles. The protest was signed, notwithstanding, and it was proposed to place it in the King's hands; but his Majesty refusing to receive it, it was deposited with the Count

d'Artois, and there left as a monument of the attachment of the Nobles to the monarchical consti

tution of the country.

The conduct of M. Neckar in absenting himself from the Royal Session of the 23d June, manifested so clearly his attachment to the popular cause, that he was now hailed as the tutelary genius of the nation. Reports having been circulated, that it was the King's intention to dismiss the Minister, the populace crowded round the palace whither M. Neckar had gone to wait on his Majesty, and under the very windows of the apartment, shouted Long live Neckar! No resignation!" Upon his return, they bore him in triumph to his house, making him promise that he would not resign his situation. The union of the three orders, which may be said to have invested the Commons with the plenitude of sovereign power, was, at the same time, celebrated at Versailles by illuminations, bonfires, and every species of tumultuous joy.

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CHAPTER II.

Progress of the Revolutionary spirit in Paris.-The Populace force the Abbaye Prison, and liberate some Soldiers confined there for disaffection.----Inflammatory proceedings at the Palais-Royale.—A large body of troops arrive in the neighbourhood of the capital, and at Versailles, under the command of Marshal Broglio. This Commander's plan censured by Dumouriez.-The approach of the military excites great alarm.-Speech of Mirabeau.-The National Assembly request the King to issue orders for the removal of the troops.-His Majesty refuses compliance.-Alarms about the scarcity of Provisions.-Dismissal of Neckar.-Insurrection in the Capital.-Some of the Barriers burnt.—The Busts of the Duke of Orleans and M. Neckar carried about in triumph.-The French Guards join the populace, and fire on the regiment Royal Allemande.-Prince de Lambesc.-Dreadful state of Paris.-Convent of St. Lazarus burnt.-The Guard Meuble of the Crown pillaged.-The Insurgents liberate the Prisoners at the Hotel de la Force.-The Electors of Paris assume all authority in the Capital.-The Bourgeois Militia, or National Guards established.-Tri-coloured Cockade adopted.The Assembly again entreat the King to dismiss the troops, and recal M. Neckar, as the only means of restoring tranquillity.The memorable 14th of July.-The People seize the Cannon aud 50,000 Muskets, &c. at the Hotel des Invalides.—They soon after attack the Bastile.-Detail of their proceedings against that Fortress, which soon capitulates.-The Marquis de Launay, the Governor, put to death.-The greater part of the Garrison meet a similar fate Prisoners found in the Bastile.-M. de Flesselles, President of the Assembly of Electors, assassinated.-Horrid cruelty of the Parisians.--Heads for the first time carried about on pikes.

THE Commotions at Versailles were far exceeded by the ferment which existed since the beginning of May in the capital. The Electors of the Third