The elections took place Dec.5th, 1791.
Here is the official report of the acting mayor: mayor: "We, Pierre Fontaine, mayor, addressed the rioters, to induce them to keep the peace.

At this very moment, the said Claude Gontier, alias Baoque, struck us with his fist on the left eye, which bruised us considerably, and on account of which we are almost blind, and, conjointly with others, jumped upon us, threw us down, and dragged us by the hair, continuing to strike us, from in front of the church door, till we came in front of the door, the town hall."] [Footnote 2133: Ibid., F7, 3,229.

Letters of M.de Laurede, June 18, 1791; from the directory of the department, June 8, July 31, and Sept.
22, 1791; from the municipality, July 15, 1791.

The municipality "leaves the release of the prisoners in suspense," for six months, because, it says, the people is disposed to "insurrectionise against their discharge."-- Letter of many of the national guard, stating that the factions form only a part of it.] [Footnote 2134: Mercure de France, Dec.

10, 1791, letter from Montpellier, dated Nov.