The things we do!

-- At Peinier, the Pr?sident de Peinier, an
octogenarian, is "besieged in his chateau by a band of a hundred and
fifty artisans and peasants," who bring with them a consul and a
notary. Aided by these two functionaries, they force the president
"to pass an act by which he renounces his seignorial rights of every
description " -- At Sollier they destroy the mills belonging to M.
de Forbin-Janson. They sack the house of his business agent,
pillage the ch?teau, and demolish the roof, chapel, altar, railings,
and escutcheons. They enter the cellars, stave in the casks, and
carry away everything that can be carried, "the transportation
taking two days;" all of which cause damages of a hundred thousand
crowns to the marquis. -- At Riez they surround the episcopal
palace with fagots, threatening to burn it, "and compromise with the
bishop on a promise of fifty thousand livres," and want him to burn
his archives. -- In short, the sedition is social for it singles
out for attack all that profit by, or stand at the head of, the
established order of things.


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