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encounter all peril; advising them 
to demean themselves peaceably, 
and return to their homes. But 
they paid no attention to his words, 
and the crowd still continued to 
increase. A body of citizens was 
now arrived, and entered the hall. 
One of them snatching off the har 
of an insurgent, on which was 
chalked bread and the constitution 
of 1793, was instantly cut down 
with sabres, and wounded by a 
musket shot. A member of the 
convention, Ferrand, endeavouring 
to assist him, was immediately mur- 
dered by the mob, his head cut off, 
and fixed upona pike. It was now 
four in the afternoon. The tumult 
was become so dreadful, and the 
populace seemed so disposed to com- 
mit every sort of outfage, that it 
appeared no longer safe to remain 
among them. The majority of the 
members thought it prudent to 
withdraw. Those only continued 
in the hall who were known to be 
favourable to the principles of the 
insurgents. ‘This was their time to 
at, and theytook it accordingly. 
Duroi, Goujon, Dusquesnoi, and 
Barbotte, rose one after the other, 
and proposed several decrees in op. 
position to those that had been 
passed against the late government 
and its adherents. They were pro- 
ceeding in this manner, when an 
armed body of citizens in company 
with another of the military, made 
their way into the hall, and informed 
the multitude that al} the citizens of 
Paris were under arms, and march- 
ing to the aid of the convention, 
and that if the populace did not im- 
mediately depart, no quarter would 
be given to them. This menace, 
and the intelligence they received, 
that general Hoche was at the 
head of the city militia, with a 
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number of the military, struck them 
with such terror, that they direétly 
dispersed, and fied on every side, 
leaving the hall in the quiet pos. 
session of the moderate party, which 
now returned and resumed their 
seats. Boissy d’Anglas, Bourdon 
de |’Oise and some others had reso. 
lutely stood their ground, during 
this terrible fray. The formet 
boldly assumed the president’s chair, 
and thé latter spoke out fearless of 
danger. He now insisted on the 
repeal of the decrees carried by the 
violence of the jacobin majority that 
had remained in the hall, together 
with the arrest of those who had 
proposed them. This was complied 
with, and Duroi, with the threé 
other members: who had seconded 
him, was taken into custody. 
Had the convention behaved with 
more caution, after thus defeating 
its enemies, it is probable that these 
would have remained quiet; but 
their too great security: occasioned 
a renewal of the contest, with ad 
ditional violence. The insurgents, 
though driven from the hall of the 
convention, and compelled to dis. 
perse for a while, soon reassembled, 
and finding themselves neither pur- 
sued nor molested, recovered their 
spirits, and determined to make a 
second attack, They colleéted in 
vast numbers, and marched to the 
hall- of the convention, provided 
with casnon, which “they pointed 
against it, to the great alarm of the 
members, who were wholly unap- 
prised of what had been transacting 
by the insurgents, and were totally 
unprepared to resist them. The 
citizens who had the preceding day 
assisted them with so much fidelity, 
and quelled the riot so effectually, 
little thought the rioters would, ina 
few hours after, return to the 
charge. 
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