lve of his nearest relations.) On complaint of an unlawful
imprisonment, to any judge whatever, he shall have the prisoner
immediately brought before him, and shall discharge him, if his
imprisonment be unlawful. The officer, in whose custody the prisoner is,
shall obey the orders of the judge; and both judge and officer shall be
responsible, civilly and criminally, for a failure of duty herein.

5. The military shall be subordinate to the civil authority.

7. Printers shall be liable to legal prosecution for printing and
publishing false facts, injurious to the party prosecuting; but they
shall be under no other restraint.

7. All pecuniary privileges and exemptions, enjoyed by any description
of persons, are abolished.

8. All debts already contracted by the King, are hereby made the debts
of the nation; and the faith thereof is pledged for their payment in due
time.

9. Eighty millions of livres are now granted to the King, to be raised
by loan, and reimbursed by the nation: and the taxes heretofore paid,
shall continue to be paid to the end of the present year, and no longer.

10. The States General shall now separate, and meet again on the 1st day
of November next.

Done, on behalf of the whole nation, by the King and their
representatives in the States General, at Versailles, this ------ day of
June, 1789.

Signed by the King, and by every member individually, and in his
presence.

LETTER CCV.--TO THE MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE, June 12, 1789

TO THE MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE.

Paris, June 12, 1789.

My Dear Sir,

As I may not be able to get at you at Versailles, I write this to
deliver it myself at your door. With respect to the utility or inutility
of your minority's joining the Commons, I am unable to form an opinion
for myself. I know too little of the subject to see what may be its
consequences.

I never knew an instance of the English parliament's undertaking to
relieve the poor by a distribution of bread in time of scarcity. In
fact, the English commerce is so extensive and so active, that though
bread may be a little more or less plenty, there can never be an
absolute failure. The island is so narrow, that corn can be readily
carried from the sea-ports to its interior parts. But were an absolute
want to happen, and were the parliament to undertake a distribution of
corn, I think, that according to the principles of their government,
they would only vote a sum of money, and address the Kin