go Laura 1^. ririffcr 



Tiiilorios faoinj;- tlio 1 lotol do 1 .on_i^uo\illo. liolioviuj^' that the 

 ilnngor was passed, dismounted and entered the Conr Rovale, 

 where he remained a few minutes talkiuii" with another ofticer.^'' 

 Suddeuh tlie orowd stopped, uttered eonlused eries ami hcgaii a 

 movement toward the I'our Royale. at about one-thirty. A 

 ji'roup of forty people presented itself al tlie gate of this eourt 

 dem.mdiui:' euiranee to the ehateau. It was opi>osed hy the 

 guards. Aeeording to Marotte, a gnari.1 on horsehaek. they said, 

 *' We wish to enter and we will enter: we mean no harm to the 

 king and no one shall jn-event us from going to him."''"' The 

 guards resisted and the group retired, some making menaeing 

 movements with gims or pikes. Soon another group presented 

 itself, but the guards elosed the gate.^" 



About three o'clock, the chief of the second legion, Adocq. who 

 was in the L\nir Royale. asked the numicipal officers. Monchet, 

 Innicher-Saiut-Sauveur and rHHicher-Reno. who had just returned 

 from their audience with the king and were also in the Cour 

 Royale. to request the citizens in the Carrousel to delegate twenty 

 persons, unarmed, to present the petition to the king. He 

 assured them that they would be well received and that he would 

 lead them. The ofTiccrs steppeil to the grating and adilressed the 

 crowd. rhe\ urged them not to enter the king's palace armed 

 and said that the court was a part of the king's dwelling. They 

 said the king would receive their petition in the form prescribed 

 by law. Let them send tueiuy unarmed petitioners to enter 

 alone. The petitioners entered and the gate was closed.'"'' 



*** Rulhioro. " Kvenemcnts do la journco du -V juin. i~o:i." 



'" " Rapport lie Louis Marotte." 



'""Rapport de Pierre Moite.uix;" "Rapport de Jean Foret ;" "Rapport 

 de Louis Marotte." 



"*" Rapport du ehet de la deuxienie legiou " [.\elooql ; Rulhiere. 

 " Evenenients de la journee du JO juin. I70J'\; " Proces-verbal dresse par 

 Mouchet " ; " Rapport de Pinon " ; " Proces-verbal dresse par Boucher- 

 Rene " : " Rapport de Lassus " ; the evidence is not clear here. Lassus 

 who was guarding the gate says aK^it thirty people entered and his 

 troops closed the gate. Boucher-Ret\c says Saint-Sauveur closed the 

 gate but says nothing of the deputation enterii\g. Aclocq says he led the 

 petitioners to the king. Pinon says Aclocq atul two numicipal otlioers were 

 at tlie door when it was opened and a group entered. 



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