84 Jeanette Needham. 
and Autun appeared,’ forced to this action, one member sus- 
pected, by the attitude of public opinion.t At any rate, they 
submitted their credentials for common verification. Following 
them came four curés, who are said to have been introduced by 
the Archbishop of Vienne. Two of them, Saint-Albin and 
Dolomieu, were deputies from Dauphiné, who had protested in 
the chamber of the clergy June 24, against the formal organiza- 
tion of the order,® circumstances that account, perhaps, for the 
archbishop’s interest in them. The third, Goubert, represented 
the sénéchaussée of Gueret (Haute-marche) ; the last, La Porterie, 
who acted as spokesman for the party, was a deputy from the 
sénéchaussée of Mont de Marsan. The latter stated very briefly 
that they had come to join the majority of their order and to 
submit their credentials to the assembly.’ 
The arrival of the Archbishop of Paris, later in the day, 
produced a great sensation. The rank and file of the clergy 
de la rév., XIII, 77), mentions only the two bishops and the Archbishop of 
Paris. 
3 Procés-verbal, No. 8, 1; Courrier de Provence, Lettre XIV, 1; Point du 
jour, 1, 53; Biauzat, II, 141; Assemblée nationale, 1, 233; Duquesnoy, I, 133. 
The last says they came after the committee of verification had reported, 
but he does not follow the order of events closely. 
4 Point du jour, J, 53. 
5 Ibid.; Courrier de Provence, Lettre XIV, 1; Procés-verbal, No. 8, 2, These 
came, or were introduced after the session was under way. 
6 Barmond, Récit, 269-270. 
7 Procés-verbal, No. 8, 2. 
8 Just when the archbishop entered the assembly is not clear, but it is 
evident that the session was well under way. The Procés-verbal (No. 8, 16) 
reports his arrival after the reception of the electoral deputation from Paris, 
and after the report of the committee of verification, but before the deputations 
from the nobility and the Paris commune. The Point du jour (I, 59) gives 
his entrance following the third deputation, that from the Paris commune. 
The Assemblée nationale (I, 243) places his advent immediately after the 
second delegation, that from the nobility. Duquesnoy (I, 134) reports his 
arrival after the deputation of the Paris commune, but before that from the 
nobility. Both the Courrier de Provence (Lettre XIV, 1) and Biauzat (II, 141) 
name the clergy together, but evidently these do not attempt in general to 
follow the order of events. Boullé (Docs. inédits, Revue de la rév., XIII, 77) 
places the archbishop’s arrival just after the deputation from the majority 
of the nobility and before that of the Paris commune. 
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