a 
His parliament, The peace conslydéd at Paris in the year 
$763, though it ‘freed the nation from a defiruétive, bloody, 
and, towards the conclufion, unficefefal war, = not. re= 
‘ene dive 
had a and enforced a. bull 
ers however, 
A. conf 
uilty in 
ces a very 
them, every 1 mifchief, even to 3 
ey had been gui 
inft sae - 
high agal 
‘Dam 
or inf uence.’ 
@, 
ruin eal to be certain, when the king eerie and we 
‘pended all proceedings oS them oie a hart plan of 
accommodation was drawn an 
ow withdrew his proteétio n, the parhi eee ee 
pe againit them, and the. fociety was finally diffolved, its 
members declared incapable of holding any clerical or muni- 
“cipal offices : 
‘“eated, and their order annihilated. 
The parliament next. made an attempt to fet ‘bounds to 
the power of the king himfelf. ' eae refufed to regiflter an 
ediét which Lewis had iffued for the continuance of fome 
‘taxes which fhould have ended with he war, and likewife to . 
agree to another by which the king was enabled to redeem =i 
his debts at an adequate price. The court attempted to get 
.the edicts regiftered by hes but the parliaments every wher 
I 66, th 
-feemed inclined to refit to the laft, In 1766, the eae 
ment of Britanny vefufed the crov ift 00,0 
livres, in confequence a which they were fingled out to 
bear tie weight of royal vengeance : the king, however, 
yielded his rights as he was pleafed to confider them, and 
publifhed a general amnefty. e parliaments increafed 
_ their claims, and affected to dtile the royal clemency, 
-the militia ; e upon whom the lot fell were obliged e 
immediately to join ae re{pective regiments ; the reft being 
employed in forming the city-guard. The eet of 
Paris remonftrated fo freely. upon this conduc of the kings 
.that they fell under his cenfure ; an affuming 
gn authority - = anceltors, ex plicitly declared that he 
d fuffer n wae with his will ; and 
it 
the monarch, 
ith the eee and 
with the wi 
. country, refifted with the utmoft nee as F rench pawer ; ; 
- after the lofs of many thoufands of the beft troops in France 
oca the ifland fubmittéd: little was it imagined that at a 
ted to Ze pope Wi 
their c colleges: were feized, their effe&ts confit. . 
dered. this procefs not ee abionable an en 
a r 
. had difcl sarged i truftin'a manner whie 
- and it was’ not till the termination of a. fecond campaign, and -- 
ed 
probably defpifed for the lownefs of his ante and. the 
poverty of his progenitors. 
The finances of France were at ae time, ina moft deplo. 
redu ae the intereft of the fu 
time took away the benefit of furviv orthip i in he tontines, by 
which the national credit was gr eatly affefted 5 the difputes 
ecame 
lation, as 5 did other branches of the 
iety 1n 
foon as he had recovered his health, applied "pimdel molt di- 
erences lpi had 
le. removed 
arke 
ileeal eit parliaments who had 
been ial difmified by the late king. He-declared, . 
in one of his firft fpeeches, ce while it was his ecaeer’ 
tion to maintain his royal prerogatives entire, it w is with” 
and moft an xious defire to bury in oblivion all paft grievances. : 
a, abolifhed 
the i aaisiags contended that they, by right, had, 
ought to have, the fole power of pee what, ough t at 
what ought not = eae on the fu 
At- oe time finances of the c ae ng in ade plo- 
rable flate, M. Turgot, a oa ee poftetfed. of ae in-- 
tegrity and indufiry, had been appointed. to the management 
of this branch of government s but notwithftanding, his zeal - 
_ and induttry Yy> united to other qualities mere highly.to be ap- - 
‘ preciated, though more’ rarely to be : 
found. ina: ‘anivadter of | 
finance, he had ‘pot been- able to command. the confidence of 
ry. -He wasae 
wits, e financier 
bad been ist 2 the preceding reign to: adj forme differ- 
ces bet he Eaft India company an 
the approbation of both: parties. . Poffeffed 
dinary talents, his appointment would have pee no fur- 
prife, had it .not been: contrary to the confkant Bly of © 
Tanees > 
