France . n to bejudged only by his natural judges, without liability ever to bearrested arbitrarily. The magistrates must cease to existbefore the nation ceases to be free, said a second protest. Bold and defiant in its grotesque mixture of the ancient prin-ciples of the magistracy with the novel theories of philosophy,the resolution of the Parliament was quashed by the were given to arrest M. dEspremesnil and a youngcouncillor, Goislard de Montsabert, who had proposed an in-quiry into the conduct of the comptrollers commissioned tocollect the second twentieth. The police of the Pa
France . n to bejudged only by his natural judges, without liability ever to bearrested arbitrarily. The magistrates must cease to existbefore the nation ceases to be free, said a second protest. Bold and defiant in its grotesque mixture of the ancient prin-ciples of the magistracy with the novel theories of philosophy,the resolution of the Parliament was quashed by the were given to arrest M. dEspremesnil and a youngcouncillor, Goislard de Montsabert, who had proposed an in-quiry into the conduct of the comptrollers commissioned tocollect the second twentieth. The police of the Parliament wasperfect and vigilant; the two magistrates were warned andtook refuge in the Palace of Justice; all the chambers were as-sembled and the peers convoked. Ten or a dozen appeared,notwithstanding the kings express prohibition. The Parliament had placed the two threatened members under the protection of the king and of the law; the premierpresident, at the head of a deputation, had set out for Ver-. ARREST OF THE MEMBERS France^ vol. Jive, CH. lx.] CONVOCATION OF THE STATES-GENERAL. 361 sailles to demand immunity for the accused; the court was insession awaiting his return. The mob thronged the precints of the Palace, some personshad even penetrated int o the grand chamber; no deliberationswent on. Towards midnight, several companies of the Frenchguards entered the hall of the Pas-Perdus, all the exits wereguarded. The court was in commotion, the young councillorsdemanded that the deliberations should go on publicly. Gen-tlemen, said President de Gourgues, would you derogatefrom the ancient forms? The spectators withdrew. The dAgoult, aide-major of the French guards, demanded ad-mission; he had orders from the king. The ushers opened thedoors; at sight of the magistrates in scarlet robes, motionlessupon their seats, the officer was for a moment abashed; he casthis eye from bench to bench, his voice faltered when he read theorder signed by the king to arrest MM.
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