ked for him from
Rome, and his nephew promised the succession to the Archbishopric of
Sens. The public joy, on this change of administration, was very great
indeed. The people of Paris were amusing themselves with trying and
burning the Archbishop in effigy, and rejoicing on the appointment
of Mr. Necker. The commanding officer of the city-guards undertook
to forbid this, and not being obeyed, he charged the mob with fixed
bayonets, killed two or three, and wounded many: this stopped their
rejoicings for that day; but enraged at being thus obstructed in
amusements wherein they had committed no disorder whatever, they
collected in great numbers the next day, attacked the guards in various
places, burnt ten or twelve guard-houses, killed two or three of the
guards, and had about six or eight of their own number killed. The
city was hereupon put under martial law, and after a while, the tumult
subsided, and peace was restored. The public stocks rose ten per cent,
on the day of Mr. Necker's appointment: he was immediately offered
considerable sums of money, and has been able so far to wave the benefit
of the act of bankruptcy, as to pay in cash all demands, except the
_remboursements des capitaux_. For these, and for a sure supply of
other wants, he will depend on the States General, and will hasten their
meetings, as is thought. No other change has yet taken place in the
administration. The minister of war, however, must certainly follow his
brother, and some think, and all wish, that Monsieur de Lamoignon, the
_Garde des Sceaux_, may go out also. The administration of justice is
still suspended. The whole kingdom seems tranquil at this moment.

Abroad, no event worth noting has taken place since my last. The court
of Denmark has not declared it will do any thing more, than furnish the
stipulated aid to Russia. The King of Prussia has as yet made no move,
which may decide whether he will engage in the war, nor has England sent
any squadron into the Baltic. As the season for action is considerably
passed over, it is become more doubtful, whether any other power will
enter the lists till the next campaign; this will give time for stopping
the further progress of the war, if they really wish to stop it. Two
camps of twenty-five thousand men each are forming in this country on
its northern limits. The Prince of Conde has the command of one, and the
Duke de Broglio of the other.

I trouble you with the enclosed letter from a H