33l
Governor, and Receiver of the
Rents. The people, however, rc-
garded this gentleman in a very
difFereait light, and looked upon
him as the betrayer and tlellrt-dver
of‘ his country, and that thelie
rewards tvere the wages of his
infamy.

Upon his return, after lio long
an ablence, to Neufchztttel, where
he was to be inllalled in his new
dignities, he came in company
with M. Derfchau, the King's
Minilter, and utifortunately, whe-
ther from an eagernels to fee his
family, or from vanity, reliulicd
that gentlemarfs invitation to go
to the calile. Upon his entering
the town, he found the lireets
filled with people of all ranks and
ages, who received him with uni-
verlal hiliing, reviling, and excla-
mation; and the crowds were f0

"reat, that he was obliged to quit
his coach at fotne diltance from
his houfe, and pals through theni
on foot. His enemies, who ini-
clnded all his fellow-citizens, fay,
that he entered the town with all
the parade and air of triumph;
that, to difplay it the more, he
quitted his coach, and palled
tnrough them, lhetving every livel-
ling marl; of felt-importance and
dignity. It is to be remembered,
that the fpectators were not difpofed
to fee any of his actions in a favour-
able light.
~ His houfe was firlt befieged by
a great number of boys, who re-
viled him with all manner of inju.
rious appellations. He attempted
to difperfe them by threats, when
one of them {poke to him in the
following remarkable terms: ‘ You
are the chief caufe of our fathers
being compelled by force to yield
up their privileges, the lofs of

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which will fall hcavielt upon us;
our revenge is jull, and we are
refolved to exert all our powers
to recover our liberty, which we
will begin to do by extirpating
you.’

This extraordinary liege lalied
about thirty hours; the boys were
foon joined by crowds of men and
women. M. Derfchati having ap-
plied tc the magilirates, they de-
puted one of their body ‘to defire
the people to difperfe; but they
were anfivered, that as they had
let the right on‘ police be taken
from them, they had no autho-
rity ncw. A free company of gre-
naciiers belonging to the city was
orderc-d- under arms; they took
their arms, but would‘ neither act
againlt their Country, nor protect
the perfon whom they looked upon
as its enemy. The Prufiian ac-
count fays, that the grenadiers fired
feveral ihots into the houfe at the
unhappy Advocate.

The next day M. Derfchau of-
fered to fend him out of the coun-
try, with a promife that he lhould
never return, and fent a coach for
that purpofe; but this was refuli-
ed, and the coach, though it was
attended by the King"s‘livery,
was turned upfide down ‘in the
llreet. No expectation of help
being now left, and all hopes at an
end, the lady of the unfortunate
Sieur Gaudot defired leave to quit
the houfe, which was immedi-
ately granted, and the departed
without the lealt infult. The
fecond night the people broke in-
to every part of the houfc, and at
length dilcovered the room where
the unhappy man and his nephew
had barricaded themfelves. The
Sieur Gaudot lhot the firfi who
broke in, dead, and wounded two

Others;