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ing 150, left the majority numbering 160 in the church with the 

 other orders ; that this minority had by oath recognized the legaHty 

 of the assembly and that they had protested against the states- 

 general and all that would be done there.-®* There was some 

 doubt as to the best method of voting on the subject, but it was 

 finally decided to formulate the question thus : " Shall the first 

 or second deputation be admitted? Shall both deputations be 

 admitted ?"^*^^ The assembly voted to admit the first deputation.^®^ 

 The second case of double representation was that of the three 

 bishoprics and Clermantois. Salomon,-®^ as reporter for the com- 

 mittee of verification, reported concerning this on July 10. Ac- 

 cording to the reglement the nobles of the three bishoprics includ- 

 ing Metz were to name a single deputation.^*'^ The nobles of the 

 bishopric met, and when the nobles of Metz did not appear, 

 named two deputies, Custine and Neubourg.-*'^ The Point du jour 

 states that " a hundred and eighty nobles of Metz opposed MM. 

 de Custine and de Neubourg claiming that these gentlemen could 

 lay claim to the title of deputies of the bailliages of Thionville, 

 Sarrelouis, Longwy and the prevotes-bailliages of Phalsbourg and 

 Sarrebourg only; that the nobles of Metz could not be deprived 

 of the rights of representation. The nobles of Aletz then elected 



264 Ihid., I, 430. 



265 Assemblee nationale, I, 431. 



266 Assemblee nationale, I, 431, gives the result of the balloting as fol- 

 lows : 597 for first deputation, 84 for both deputations; 3 no vote; i 

 desired three members chosen indiscriminately, to have deliberative voice; 

 2 to consider the question; Point du jour (I, 147) gives 597 for first depu- 

 tation, and that 84 were divided on the second and those favoring both 

 deputations ; Proces-verbal, I, No. 20, 3 ; Courrier de Provence, I, 19th 

 letter, 2; Duquesnoy, Journal, I, 184; Biauzat, Sa vie et sa correspondance, 

 II, 168; Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 9; Journal de Paris, No. 

 192, 871 (July 9) . 



^^"^ Point du jour, I, 156; Proces-verbal, I, No. 20, 3; Assemblee na- 

 tionale, I, 452 ; Courrier de Provence, I, 19th letter, 5 ; Duquesnoy, Journal, 

 I, 182; Journal de Paris, No. 193, 871 (July 12) ; Bulletins de I'assemblee 

 nationale, July 10. 



268 Assemblee nationale, I, 452. 



^'^^ Assemblee nationale, I, 452; Point du jour, I, 156. 



