ABSTRACT
THERE were some commotions lately at Paris, on account of an attempt to monopolize sugar, which was already sold at an enormous price, and which the poor of Paris, who live as much upon coffee as the poor of London do upon tea, consider as one of the necessaries of life. For three nights the guards were trebled, and the town was lighted up for greater security. In a few days the commotion was entirely appeased, 186which I own had never given me the smallest alarm: for I always consider myself in perfect safety at Paris under the protection of the national guard, which the Parisians call, with truth, la sauve-garde de la ville. The national guards are so much respected by the people, that they find it easy to enforce obedience, and they generally make the wisest and most temperate use of their power.
