oe 
and of the means which ought 
to be pursued to remove them. 
In this memorial, which was 
of considerable length, Roland 
adverts first to the Commons, 
and gives a view of the depre- 
dations committed by some. of 
their commifsioners. At Sen- 
lis, two of these commifsioners 
had carried away the silver 
plate belonging to the hospital 
and the superior ;--they brought 
to Paris two administrators, 
robbed them of their money, 
and afterwards sent them a- 
. way without giving them a co- 
py of the proceedings against 
them. At Chantilly, they sei- 
zed on a large quantity of 
cloaths, hunting accoutrements, 
lace, and saddles, ornamented 
with gold and silver. At the 
hotel de Coigni, they carried 
away a great number of ma- 
trefses.. ‘The prisoners brought 
from Orleans had a great deal 
of property upon them; and 
one of them, De Lefsaert, had 
‘about him a great number of 
valuable effects and bills of ex- 
change; but of these the Com- 
mons never gave any account, 
notwithstanding repeated re- 
quisitions from the minister. 
De Septeuil had at his house 
34,000l. in specie, alsignats, 
watches, and other valuables; 
of these also the Commons ne- 
ver gave any account. From 
the Hotel des invahides, one of 
the commifsioners carried away 
whatever he thought proper. 
‘Pe orders of the minister, for~! 
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bidding any thing to be retno- 
ved in this manner, were trea- 
ted with contempt, and abu- 
sive language was thrown outs 
against those persons whom he 
sent to enfotce them. Some 
malevolent emiisaries had pro- 
pagated a report that a great 
number of arms were deposited 
under the dome of the Hospital 
des Invalides. The two neigh- 
bouring sections decreed, that © 
the earth fhould be dug to the 
depth of twenty-five feet to 
search forthem. The minister 
having received intelligence of 
this design, wifhed to prevent 
a measure which was likely to 
endanger the building.— His 
commands, however, were dis- 
obeyed. When he insisted on 
having them executed, he was 
threatened withan insurrection. 
The search was made, and the 
mistaken citizens found nothing 
but fhame. Another section, 
that of the Pantheon Francais, 
pafsed a decree, in which they 
declared that they would vote 
in any mode they liked, and if 
any individual of their section 
fhould be summoned to the bar, 
all the citizens of it would re- 
pair under arms to the Conven. 
tion. The Commons of Pari 
he added, had usurped the ad- 
ministration of the hospitals, 
and even that of the Bicetre, 
which did not belong to its 
district. After entering into a 
variety of details the minister _ 
gave a fhort view of Paris in 
the following exprefsive words; — 
