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Hi/lorUal Chronicle. 



prefent to the King the confti- 

 tutional code. 



The Prefident accordingly- 

 read the lift of the members 

 ■who were to form this deputa- 

 tion, after which the Affem- 

 bly arofe. 



The members of the deputa- 

 tion aflembled in the hall at 

 the hour appointed ; but the 

 copy of the conftitutional code 

 not being completed, they 

 •waited till half paft 8 o'clock, 

 ■when the Prefident, inftead ot 

 taking the cha!r, afcended J.he 

 tribune, and informed the mem- 

 bers prefcnt that he had an- 

 nounced to the King the de- 

 putation of the National Af- 

 fembly, and that the K'ng had 

 faid that he was ready to re- 

 ceive it. The deputation ac- 

 cordingly bepran its march, at- 

 tended by flambeaux, between 

 two files of National Guards, 

 and an immei:fe crowd of peo- 

 ple on both fides, who kept 

 great filence. The deputation 

 ■\vas received in the Council 

 Chamber. The King was fur- 

 rounded by all his Minifters, 

 and a great number of other 

 perfons. 



The Reporter of the Com- 

 mittee of Conftitution, M. 

 Thouret, fpoke as follows : 



" The reprefentatives of the 

 i*ation prtfent to your Majefty 

 the conftitutional co(ie, which 

 confecrates the imprefcriptible 

 lights of the French people, 

 ■which reftores to the throne its 

 true d'gnity, and which orga- 

 nizes the government of tlie 

 empire." 



THE king's answer. 



f< I receive the conftitution 



cfTered to me by the National 

 AfTembly. — I will communicate 

 my rcfoiution to the National 

 Affembly as foon as the ex- 

 amination of fo important an 

 objedt \\\\l render it poflible. 

 T am determined to remain in 

 Paris — I will give orders to 

 the Com.mandant of the Natio- 

 nal Parifian Guard, refpefting 

 the guard for my pcrfon." 



Trie deputation returned to 

 the hall of the AfTembly by the 

 fame way and in the fame or- 

 der in which they left it, when 

 M. Thouret gave an account to 

 the members there of what he 

 faid to the King, and his Ma- 

 jefty's anfwer. 



September 13. 



M. Duport du Tertre, Mi- 

 nilter of Juftice, prefented to 

 the Prefident a letter from the 

 King, (in his Majefty's own' 

 hand writing), remarking, at 

 feme length, upon the prcfent 

 ftate of affairs ; declaring his 

 free acceptance of the conftitu- 

 tion as decreed by the Affem- 

 bly, the power or energy of 

 vv'hich to govern fo great an 

 empire, he leaves to the teft of 

 experience ; recommending a 

 general oblivion of the paft, a 

 relinquilhment of all profecil- 

 tions originating from the 

 events of the revolution, and a 

 general amnefty to all perfons 

 who had left the kingdom : — 

 And that he will come in per- 

 fon to the National Aflembly 

 next ('ay at noon, to pronounce 

 his folcmn acceptance of the 

 Conftitution in the fame place 

 in which it was formed. 



The k'tter was .received by 

 the AlTeir.bly with great ap- 



