Contemporary Letters On The French Revolution.

CONTEMPORARY LETTERS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION .

( Continued from page 595 . ) Paris , July 16 , 1790 . THE two events ivhich Avere most dreaded in this country and haA'e caused for some

time the anxious suspence of Europe , have passed , and like a dream have not left a consequence behind . The Duke of Orleans arrived on the Sunday morning , and made his debut in the Assembly . He Avas much applauded

by the Enrages , and as he spoke low , an Aristocrat , Avho cried out plus haut , Avas silenced . I send you his speech and the justification of his conduct , Avhich Avas published some few clays before his return to sound

the inclinations of the people . They have seen his return with indifference , convinced that the fetters of the Militia are not to be broken , but all the higher orders of society , all the Bougoisie are loud in their

execrations , The Aristocrates , from real principles their opponents , because they hope by calling aloud for the punishment of a puppet , Avhich is now become useless to proi-e that although they have received the profit they have not participated in the guilt .

Without the walls of the Assembly he met with many insults . The sentinel at the Palace at first refused him admittance , the Guards cried out auoi amies as he passed , ancl Serrez vos Bangs . The King Avas not yet returned from a Revkvw of the

Paris Militia ; a M . cle Colmas , an officer of the Marine , on seeing him enter the apartment , Avent up to him , and turning him round with a twist of the elbow , said que fait ce Jean—ici . He is now quiet in Paris , and causes no more sensation than if he had remained in Loudon .

The King received him in bis closet with M . dc Montuiorin , but did not speak to him in publick . The Queen Avas more gracious . Monsieur very cold , and the criminal himself so aAvkward that he Avas happy to speak even to the Grooms of the Chamber . The next event , that of the 14 th , passed as quietly as those AYIIO had the most to

fear could Avish . I refer you to the papers for the particulars of the ceremony . This Act , like some poisons , has produced a contrary effect , and , instead of destroying for ever the hopes of the Aristocratic Party , has , on the contrary , revived eA'ery expectation .

I dared not venture to the long confinement of the Champs do Mars , altho' I had a ticket for the places reserved for the Nat . Assembly . I went to see pass the Procession , Avhich was by no means brilliant . A vast number of undisciplined Militia and

shabby looking people in black , could by no arrangement make a fine procession . The musick played , and some few sung a bad A'audeville with the chorus of "el ' a irra . " The veterans of the troops , for all the Deputies of the xVrmy deserved that title ,

looked mournfull and disconsolate , the far greatest part amongst them Avere without their swords , or arms of any kind , and had more the appearance of prisoners than the participators of a triumph . The Garde du Corps of the King , Monsieur , and le Comte d'Artois , marched in the center , and ii'ere applauded by all but tho people , and even by some of those .

I must not forget that M . cle la Fayette rode between the two ranks , but had no fixed place in the procession , he ivas much applauded . I should strive in vain to give an idea of the affected humility aud suave complacency which reigned in his countenanceIIOAV low he boAved to every Avindoiv ,

, hoiv gratefull for every burst of applause , hoAV many friendly nods , IIOAV many smiles of thanks he returned to every blackguard Avhoin he passed . I beg you to take down your Shakespcre and turn to Richard the second , and read the account of the entry

and conduct of Bolingbroke , as also the account he afterwards gives of his conduct to Henry the fifth . Mons . Bailly affected tho pompous dignity of a Roman Consul , but his figure is not consular , his dress is not Roman , his boAvs are not graceful ! ancl he received no more applause than so bad an actor deserved .

In the evening I Avent to the Thuilleries to see the King return , but arrived just too late . I , hoAvever , met M . M . de Caraman , AVIIO had accompanied the Royal Family by invitation ; for all that yet remains of nobility in this country ,