In other respects, they were of no consideration, and little regarded when they proposed anything in opposition to the views of the Director, who imagined himself, or would fain persuade others, The Direotora give that he was Sovereign and that it was absolutely in his power to do, or to "" that the safety of the People was the "'' so'verei'gna. permit, everything; and he heeded little

supreme law, as was clearly manifest in the war although an effort was made by;

subterfuges and piles of certificates and petitions, to shove the responsibility on Because everyone others, whcu the spit was tumcd into the ashes. But this was done because dAorihe blood ihai thinffs ' one Went too far, and every laid the damage and bloodshed at his door. was thert, h« en- & , . , . , , ,

?tT°m''hu"b'o"iir. La Montangie said that he protested against it, but that he was mixed up with ^'"- it against his will and to his deep regret and afterwards, when it did take place, ;

that he pretended to assist to the best of his ability. Secretary Cornelis van Tienhoven also says, he had scarcely any hand in it, and that he had done nothing in the premises except by the express order of the Director but this ;

was not believed, for there are some who heard La Montangie say, that had not The Secretary the Secretary brought a false report, the affair would have never happened. brings false reports. ^^^^.^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ othcrs who know it, and almost every one believes it, to be so, and indeed it seems very likely. No confidence was placed in Fiscal Van der Hooykens in consequence of his drinking, in which all his science consisted