1453. Letter of the officer of police of Saint-Denis： "A good many workmen arrive daily from Lorraine as well as from Champagne，" which increases the prices.
[5] De Bezenval， "Mémoires，" I.353. Cf. "The Ancient Regime，"p.509. - Marmontel， II， 252 and following pages. - De Ferrières， I. 407.
[6] Arthur Young， September 1st， 1788
[7] Barrère， "Mémoires，" I. 234.
[8] See， in the National Library， the long catalogue of those which have survived.
[9] Malouet， I. 255. Bailly， I. 43 (May 9th and 19th). --D'Hezecques， "Souvenirs d'un page de Louis XV." 293. --De Bezenval， I. 368.
[10] Marmontel， II， 249. -- Montjoie， 1st part， p. 92. -- De Bezenval， I. 387： "These spies added that persons were seen exciting the tumult and were distributing money."[11] "Archives Nationales，" Y.11441. Interrogatory of the Abbé Roy， May 5th. -- Y.11033， Interrogatory (April 28th and May 4th) of twenty-three wounded persons brought to the H？tel-Dieu -- These two documents are of prime importance in presenting the true aspect of the insurrection； to these must he added the narrative of M. de Bezenval， who was commandant at this time with M. de Chatelet.
Almost all other narratives are amplified or falsified through party bias.
[12] De Ferrières， vol. III. note A. (justificatory explanation by Réveillon).
[13] Bailly I. 25 (April 26th).
[14] Hippeau， IV. 377 (Letters of M. Perrot， April 29th).
[15] Letter to the King by an inhabitant of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine -"Do not doubt， sire， that our recent misfortunes are due to the dearness of bread"[16] Dampmartin， "Evénements qui se sont passés sous mes yeux，" etc.
I. 25： "We turned back and were held up by small bands of scoundrels， who insolently proposed to us to shout 'Vive Necker！
Vive le Tiers-Etat ！'" His two companions were knights of St.
Louis， and their badges seemed an object of "increasing hatred.""The badge excited coarse mutterings， even on the part of persons who appeared superior to the agitators."[17] Dampmartin， ibid. i. 25 ： " I was dining this very day at the H？tel d'Ecquevilly， in the Rue Saint-Louis." He leaves the house on foot and witnesses the disturbance. "Fifteen to Sixteen hundred wretches， the excrement of the nation， degraded by shameful vices， covered with rags， and gorged with brandy， presented the most disgusting and revolting spectacle. More than a hundred thousand persons of both ***es and of all ages and conditions interfered greatly with the operations of the troops. The firing soon commenced and blood flowed： two innocent persons were wounded near me."[18] De Goncourt， "La Société Fran？aise pendant la Révolution."Thirty-one gambling-houses are counted here， while a pamphlet of the day is entitled "Pétition des deux mill cent filles du Palais-Royal."[19] Montjoie， 2nd part， 144. -- Bailly， II， 130.
[20] Arthur Young， June 24th， 1789. - Montjoie， 2nd part， 69.
[21] Arthur Young， June 9th， 24th， and 26th. - "La France libre，"passim， by C. Desmoulins.
[22] C. Desmoulins， letters to his father， and Arthur Young， June 9th.
[23] Montjoie， 2nd part， 69， 77， 124， 144. C. Desmoulins， letter， of June 24th and the following days.
[24] Etienne Dumont， "Souvenirs，" p.72. - C. Desmoulins， letter of； June 24th. - Arthur Young， June 25th. - Buchez and Roux， II. 28.
[25] Bailly， I. 227 and 179. - Monnier， "Recherches sur les causes，" etc. I. 289， 291； II.61； -- Malouet， I. 299； II. 10.
-- "Actes des Ap？tres，" V.43. (Letter of M. de Guillermy， July 31st， 1790). - Marmontel， I. 28： "The people came even into the Assembly， to encourage their partisans， to select and indicate their victims， and to terrify the feeble with the dreadful trial of open balloting."[26] Manuscript letters of M. Boullé， deputy， to the municipal authorities of Pontivy， from May 1st， 1789， to September 4th， 1790(communicated by M. Rosenzweig， archivist at Vannes). June 16th， 1789： "The crowd gathered around the hall . . . was， during these days， from 3，000 to 4，000 persons."[27] Letters of M. Boullé， June 23rd. "How sublime the moment， that in which we enthusiastically bind ourselves to the country by a new oath！ . . . . Why should this moment be selected by one of our number to dishonor himself？ His name is now blasted throughout France. And the unfortunate man has children！ Suddenly overwhelmed by public contempt he leaves， and falls fainting at the door， exclaiming， 'Ah！ this will be my death！' I do not know what has become of him since. What is strange is， he had not behaved badly up to that time， and he voted for the Constitution."[28] De Ferrières， I. 168. - Malouet， I. 298 (according to him the faction did not number more than ten members)， -- idem II. 10.
- Dumont， 250.
[29] "Convention nationale" governed France from 21st September 1792until Oct. 26th 1796. We distinguish between three different assemblies， "la Convention Girondine" 1792-93， "the Mountain，" 1793-94 and "la Thermidorienne， from 1794-1795. (SR).
[30] Declaration of June 23rd， article 15.
[31] Montjoie， 2nd part， 118. -- C. Desmoulins， letters of June 24th and the following days. A faithful narrative by M. de Sainte-Fère， formerly an officer in the French Guard， p.9. -- De Bezenval， III， 413. - Buchez and Roux， II. 35. -- "Souvenirs"， by PASQUIER(Etienne-Dennis， duc)， chancelier de France. in VI volumes， Librarie Plon， Paris 1893..