<Li> Conseil des dépêches ("Council of Messages", concerning notices and administrative reports from the provinces)--composed of the king, the chancellor, the secretaries of state, the contrôleur général des finances, and other councillors according to the issues discussed . </Li> <Li> Conseil de Conscience </Li> <P> Financial Councils: </P> <Ul> <Li> Conseil royal des finances ("Royal Council of Finances")--composed of the king, the "chef du conseil des finances" (an honorary post), the chancellor, the contrôleur général des finances and two of his consellors, and the intendants of finance . </Li> <Li> Conseil royal de commerce </Li> </Ul>

Who were the middle class what was their role in ending the privileges