. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. e headof the princess de Lamballe, one of the victims of the secondof September, was paraded before the window of the queen,whose favourite she had been ; the guards appointed to watchthe royal captives insulted them every moment; the commonnecessaries of life were withheld, and they hourly expected tofall victims to the violence of the populace or the secrettreachery of their guards. 17. At length, on the 20th of December, Louis was broughtas a criminal to the bar of the convention. The crimes attri-buted to
. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. e headof the princess de Lamballe, one of the victims of the secondof September, was paraded before the window of the queen,whose favourite she had been ; the guards appointed to watchthe royal captives insulted them every moment; the commonnecessaries of life were withheld, and they hourly expected tofall victims to the violence of the populace or the secrettreachery of their guards. 17. At length, on the 20th of December, Louis was broughtas a criminal to the bar of the convention. The crimes attri-buted to him were utterly without foundation. He wasaccused of having accepted the constitution with bad faith, andof correspondence with foreign powrers hostile to France. Nota shadow of proof was offered in support of these charges,which, even if true to the last letter, could not affect his invio-lability as settled by the constitution. The fallen monarchdemanded a copy of the accusation, and the right of namingcounsel to conduct his defence, requests which were conceded LOUIS XVI. 353. Tower of the Temple. with some difficulty. He chose as his advocates Deseze andTronchet, two lawyers highly distinguished for their abilityand integrity, together with the venerable Malesherbes. After-a long trial, in which the kings advocates exhibited thegreatest zeal and talent, the monarch was condemned to deathby a majority of five votes. 18. The duke of Orleans, whohad lately assumed the title of Philip Egalite, was one of thosewho voted for the judicial murder of his cousin and his king. 19. Louis received the account of his condemnationwith firmness, and solicited a brief delay to arrange his i^qoworldly affairs, and prepare himself for another was refused, but he was permitted to see his family, andbid them farewell. The abbe Edgeworth was chosen by theking as his confessor, he visited him on the evening of the20th January, and Louis, after having received the rites of thechurch, r
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