June 25. Just returned from Versailles, I am enabled to continue my
narration. On the 24th, nothing remarkable passed, except an attack by
the mob of Versailles on the Archbishop of Paris, who had been one
of the instigators of the court, to the proceedings of the, _seance
royale_. They threw mud and stones at his carriage, broke the windows of
it, and he in a fright promised to join the _Tiers_.
This day (the 25th) forty-eight of the Nobles have joined the _Tiers_.
Among these is the Duke d'Orleans. The Marquis de la Fayette could not
be of the number, being restrained by his instructions. He is writing
to his constituents, to change his instructions or to accept his
resignation. There are with the _Tiers_ now one hundred and sixty-four
members of the Clergy, so that the common chamber consists of upwards
of eight hundred members. The minority of the Clergy, however, call
themselves the Chamber of the Clergy, and pretend to go on with
business. I found the streets of Versailles much embarrassed with
soldiers. There was a body of about one hundred horse drawn up in front
of the Hotel of the States, and all the avenues and doors guarded by
soldiers.
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