Abolition of all the parliaments and sovereign
courts of France.
The Count d'Artois finds it prudent to quit the
kingdom.
Out of 138 prelates only four take the
constitutional oath, namely, the archbishop of
Sens, the bishops of Viviers, Orleans, and Autun.
The latter alone carries his apostacy (sic) so far
as to consecrate other bishops, who were presented
to the vacant sees.
Horrid treatment at Chateau-Gouthier of Mad'lle de
la Barne de Joyeuse.
10. Decree about stamps.
14. Decreed, that bishops and parsons shall be elected
by the people.
23. A violent meeting at the Jacobin club.
24. Massacres at the village de-la-Chapelle near Paris.
26. Decree to enforce the oath by priests.
29. Mirabeau president of the constituent national
assembly.
_February_. Deputation of Quakers to the assembly.
Decree to admit the free cultivation of tobacco.
Disorders in Le Querci.
21. The King's aunts stopped at Arnay-le-Duc, and
forced to shew their pass, and permission to retire
to Rome. With difficulty they obtain leave to
proceed.
Insurrection at Vincennes near Paris.
_March_ 4. The pope issues two letters against the
ecclesiastical constitution of France, and the