Contemporary Letters On The French Revolution.

male or female , and who are attached tu the good cause , were invited to accompany their majesties . They tolcl me , that siuce the event was to take place , ancl that there was no escape , everything had passed as well as they could wish . 'That the King had been royally received ancl royally placed .

That himself and the Queen ivere received ivith the loudest acclamations , that feeble attempts were made to cry vive la Nation et I ' assemble nationale , but without

success . However , on this head accounts are various , ancl perhaps all equally true , for so large was the theatre , so vast the space , that the eye could not distinguish , or the ear determine from one end of the amphitheatre to the other . Certain it was that

all that surrounded or approached the royal quarter were as loud as they ivere unanimous . The enrages are desperate , and the humiliations they intended are returned upon themseh'es . You may be assured it was a lone time debated Avhether

the arm chair in Avhich the President Avas seated should be above , equal , or below the Throne ; at last tho fear of giving greater offence to the Deputies from the Provinces prevailed , and the arm chair Avas placed a step loAver . The same reason obliged them to alter the colour to blue from violet as at first intended . The Kina

Avas as fine as gold , embroidery and diamonds could make him . I blame him for not putting on his hat . He took the oath on his throne ancl pronounced it in a very audible voice , but as Modune says such oaths are only binding while one has not force to break themand he took at his

, Sucre an oath more sacred , more religious , and more binding because it ivas voluntary . The Aristocrates are convinced , and I believe in great measure they are right , that the Deputies of the Provinces are

shocked at the conduct and acts of the assembly , that they demand the plenitude of the executive power should be restored to the King , and that they are , above all , scandalized at the indecent intemperance within the assemblyaud the violence ivith

, Avhich all those Avhose opinion does not coincide Avith that of the majority are silenced . No act ot condescension Avhich could awaken loyalty or excite affection has been

Avauting . I send you the address Avbiub was presented on Tuesday , when the Deputies passed in RevieAv , and the answer Avhich is much admired . The general purport only was g iven by the Garde des Sceaux , the paragraphs were arranged by the king himself . The Deputies of Brittany have wounded in the most sensible manner their comrades

of the assembly , who have been the firmest supporters of Democracy . They arrived last Monday to the number of 500 , and had chosen for their commander an officer of the regular troops , who accompanied them , ancl ivhose age ancl loyalty alike inspired their cdnfidauce . They 2 5 asse ( f thro' the Thuilleries and asked to see the

King and Queen , ivbo appeared at the AVUIdow ; not content with that , the commander asked if it was impossible he should be introduced to the King . His Majesty immediately descended to the garden , the instant the veteran saw him approach , he took off his swordflung himself at the King ' s feet

, and said : " Sire , Je viens aux noms de mes camarades vous dire que nous sommes venus pour jurer une fidelite eternelle a notre roi , et de n ' obeir qua lui . " Altho' openly , the enrages dare not ai'OAV doubts of the King ' s hearty concurrencehe

, and all that are attached to him are constantly Avatched . In an unguarded moment an expression escaped him , when none but bis surgeon and the Queen ivere present . This expression , which I believe was the one I sent you last week , ivas

soon alter known , and as it could only be by one quarter , the King was violent in his indignation . In vain did the surgeon protest he had not opened his lips on the subject . On his return home , he accused a sister who has passed her life with him , and from Avhom he conceals nothing

, of having betrayed him . She maintained her innocence , but recollected that while he was speaking a servant , AVIIO had lived with them some time , passed thro' the apartment . Partly by prayers ancl menaces he confessed that he received ,

( but would not give up his patron ) , 200 livres a mouth to relate daily everything Avhich passed in the family , This surgeon is much in the King ' s eonfidance , is dailey Avith them , and called on Madame cle Vaudemont to tell her his history ancl to caution her against her servants .