These are the resolution of the _Noblesse_ of Brittany, the declaration
of the Advocate General of Provence, which is said to express the
spirit of that province; and the _Arrete of the Chatelet_, which is the
hustings-court of the city of Paris. Their refusal to act under the
new character assigned them, and the suspension of their principal
functions, are very embarrassing. The clamors this will excite, and
the disorders it may admit, will be loud, and near to the royal ear and
person. The parliamentary fragments permitted to remain, have already
some of them refused, and probably all will refuse, to act under that
form. The assembly of the clergy which happens to be sitting, have
addressed the King to call the States General immediately. Of the Dukes
and Peers (thirty-eight in number), nearly half are either minors or
superannuated; two thirds of the acting half seem disposed to avoid
taking a part; the rest, about eight or nine, have refused, by letters
to the King, to act in the new courts. A proposition excited among the
Dukes and Peers, to assemble and address the King for a modification of
the Plenary court, seems to show that the government would be willing to
compromise on that head.
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