Mirabeau, character and policy of, 35; is chosen as a representative of the Third Estate, 37; is a leader of the Centre and Left, 53; opposes Necker, 55; statesmanlike policy of, 56; difficulties in the way of, 57; attacks Necker, 58; close of the career of, 82; death of, 84 Miranda, fails to take Maestricht, 147 Molleville, reactionary opinions of, 105 Monarchy, the French, rise of, 1; centralisation of the government of, 7 Mounier, 52, 63 Mountain, the, proposes the deposition of the King, 115; struggles with the Girondists, 125; urges the condemnation of the King, 140; obtains the creation of the Revolutionary Court, 143; obtains the command of the Committee of Public Safety, 146; principles of, 148; supports a coercive economical policy, 152; fills the clubs with its supporters, 162; is held in subserviency by the committees and the commune, 192; is divided in opinion after Robespierre’s fall, 222; asks for the constitution of 1793, 226; transportation of the leaders of, 227 Municipality of Paris. _See_ Commune of Paris Nancy, mutiny at, 73 Narbonne, conduct of, a minister of war, 105 National Assembly, the title of adopted by the Third Estate, 38. _See_ Constituent Assembly Necker, first ministry of, 25; second ministry of, 29; gives advice to the States General, 33; weakness of policy, 34; is opposed to the dissolution of the Assembly, 43; dismissal of, 44; recalled to office, 47; fails to guide the Assembly, 55; finally resigns office, 81 Neerwinden, battle of, 143 Nice, occupied by the French, 129; annexed, 133 Nonjurors, the, refuse to swear to the civil constitution of the clergy, 75; are deprived of their pensions, 101; are threatened with banishment, 111; transportation of, 180 Notables, the, meeting of, 27 Orders, the privileged, exempted from taxation, 8 Orleans, Duke of, takes the popular side, 42; is said to have aimed at the throne, 63; sits with the Montagnards, 125; trial of, 176; is executed, 178 Paris, anarchy in, 42; assault upon the Bastille in, 45; establishment of a municipality and a national guard in, 47; difficulty of provisioning, 59; the King brought to, 62; organisation of, 81; proposed formation of an armed camp for the defence of, 111; preparations for insurrection in, 116; election of a new commune of, 119; massacres in, 121; predominates over the departments, 126; is ruled by the new commune, 120 Parliaments, the, oppose the King, 25, 28 Pétion, sits on the extreme left in the Constituent Assembly, 53; becomes Mayor of Paris, 112; death of, 208 Pichegru, defeats the allies on the Rhine, 192; conquers Flanders, 213; conquers Holland, 232 Pilnitz, conference at, 98