Louis XVI.

was informed of the illicit manoeuvres which M.de Calonne had authorized in operations on 'Change: he exiled him to his estate in Berry, and a few days afterwards to Lorraine.
M.Necker had just published without permission his reply to the attacks of M.de Calonne the king was put out at it.

"The eye of the public annoys those who manage affairs with carelessness," M.Necker had but lately said in his work on financial administration, "but those who are animated by a different spirit would be glad to multiply lights from every quarter." "I do not want to turn my kingdom into a republic screeching over state affairs as the city of Geneva is, and as happened during the administration of M.Necker," said Louis XVI.

He, banished his late minister to a distance of twenty leagues from Paris.

Madame Necker was ill, and the execution of the king's order was delayed for a few days.
Meanwhile the notables were in possession of the financial accounts, but the satisfaction caused them by the disgrace of M.de Calonne was of short duration; they were awaiting a new comptroller-general, calculated to enlighten them as to the position of affairs.