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Aflembly, in the aft of prefenting the conftitution to the Prince 

 Royal, to be hung up in the hall of the legiflature. 



On the application of the Minifter of War, eight Lieutenant- 

 Generals, and twelve Marthals of Camp, were added to the ftaff. 

 September 30. 



The Aflembly having, by a former decree, refolved, that this 

 day fliould be the laft of their fitting, and that their fucceflbrs 

 fliould take their places to-morrowr, met this day to terminate 

 their labours. 



The King had intimated his intention of coming in perfon to 

 the AfTembly, and the hall and galleries were as crowded and 

 brilliant as on the memorable day of his acceptance of the con- 

 ftitution. The members of the new legiflature being all ad- 

 mitted to the body of the AfTembly, and the municipality of 

 Paris, as well as the diredors of the department, being invited 

 to aflift at the fitting, in confequence of addrefles which they 

 prefented, made it infinitely more brilliant — The AfTembly clof- 

 ed their labours by receiving the laft reports from the commit- 

 tees on different fubjedts, particularly the military code, and 

 by publifhing an account of the ftate of the finances, of the 

 fums in the national treafury, of the receipt of the taxes, of the 

 contributions received by the departments, and of the precife 

 ftate in which they were to deliver over the affairs of the king- 

 dom to their fucccffors. The accounts were received with the 

 higheft plcafure, and were confidered as highly favourable to 

 the nation. — M. Montefquiou ftated, that there were 35 mil- 

 lions in the national treafury, of which 18 millions were in fpccie; 

 and the members of the Committee of Finance pledged them- 

 felves perfonally for the fidelity of the accounts, and that they 

 would be ready to anfwer for them to the next Legiflature. 



Before three o'clock they had done all their bulinefs, and pre- 

 pared for the royal prefence. In the proceedings of the day be- 

 fore, they had determined to receive the King with more re- 

 fpedt than on the former occafion. — Only one chair of ftate 

 was placed on the platform, to the left of the ordinary chair of 

 the Prefident. — At half part three the King was announced, and. 

 he entered, preceded by the deputation of members, and by 

 his minifters, who, inftead of being feated on chairs at the bar, 

 took their ftand behind the King. The Affembly were all 

 ftanding and uncovered. The King was dreft in purple, em- 

 broidered, and with the red ribbon and ftar, as patron of the 

 order of St Louis. He was received with the mofl lively accla- 

 mation. He drew a paper from his waiftcoat pocket, and read 

 his fpeech. He read it ftanding, which, by tlie arrangement 

 prcvioufly made, kept all the mem^bers on their lege. His de- 

 portment and manner was through the whole much more dig- 

 nified, coUeded, and cheerful than on the day of tlie accep- 

 tance. In reading the fpeech he was interrupted twenty times 

 by torrents of applaufe.— The fpeech was as follows : 



