BETWEEN THE CZAR AND THE SULTAN. 259 in" messengers. It was thought more wholesome chap. for him to hear what Persigny or the resolute 1_ Fleury might think it safe to tell him, than to see with his own eyes an aide-de-camp fresh come from St Arnaud or Magnan, or a commissary full fraught with the sensations which were shaking the health of Maupas. Driven from their Chamber, the Deputies as- Another sembled at the Mayoralty of the 10th arrondisse- the Assem- ment.* There, upon the motion of the illustrious Berryer, they resolved that the act of Louis Bona- parte was a forfeiture of the Presidency, and they directed the judges of the Supreme Court to meet its decrees, and proceed to the judgment of the President and his accomplices. -J- These resolutions had just been voted, when a battalion of the Chasseurs Troops as- de Vincennes entered the courtyard of the Mayor- stairs, but . hesitate to alty, and began to ascend the stairs. One of the use force Vice-Presidents of the Assembly j went out and summoned the soldiers to stop, and leave the Chamber free. The officer appealed to felt the hatefulness or the danger of the duty entrusted to him, and, declaring that he was only an in-
- ' Recueil d'Actcs Oflieiels,' p. GO. In that and in pp. 61-3,
the names of the 220 deputies are given. — Note to ith Edition, 1863. t Ibid. pp. 37, 45. The report of the proceedings of the Assembly is from the shorthand-writer's notes. See ibid. p. 35.— Note to ith Edition, 1863. X Namely, M. Vitet. Through all those last moments of the struggle between law and force, M. Vitct's demeanour was ad- mirable for its firmness and dignity. Of this I am assured by one of the most eminent of the many statesmen who were there present. —Note to ith Edition, 1863.
