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FROM THE
FALL OF NAPOLEON
IN MDCCCXV
TO THE
ACCESSION OF LOUIS NAPOLEON
IN MDCCCLII
BY
SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON, BART., D.C.L.
Author of the "History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution, in 1789, to the Battle of Waterloo," &c. &c.
VOL. VI.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCLVII
The Author of this Work reserves the right of translating it.
CONTENTS OF VOL. VI.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
FRANCE FROM THE CAPTURE OF CONSTANTINE IN OCTOBER 1837, TO THE TREATY
14. Scandalous increase of corruption in France,
11. General frauds committed on the public,
12. Influence of the passion for gain on literature and the press,
13. Change it induced in the system of government,
15. Position of Count Molé, and his attention to the Court,
16. Statistics of the army, and social concerns,
17. Last illness and death of Talleyrand,
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14
ib.
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17
18
20. Louis Napoleon is obliged to leave Switzerland and come to England,
21. Evacuation of Ancona,
22. Affairs of Belgium,
23. Military preparations, and wild views of the Belgian republicans,
24. Views of the English Cabinet on the subject,
23
24
25. Obstinacy of the Belgians, and military preparations of France and Prussia, 25
26. Failure of the Bank of Brussels, and settlement of the question,
26
27. Differences of France and Mexico,
28. Reflections on the attack of land defences by sea forces,
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32
33. Ministerial crisis, and attempt to form a Liberal Administration,
33
42. Conviction and sentences of the accused,
43. Views of Barbès and his associates in this conspiracy,
44. Progress of the Napoleon party, .
42
43
45. Increased strength of the Government,
46. Debate on the affairs of the East,
47-50. Lamartine's speech on the subject,
45
46
51-53. Argument of M. Villemain on the other side,
54. Marshal Soult's measures in the East,
55-56. M. Jouffroy's exposition of the Government system,
57. Affairs of Africa after the storm of Constantine,.
58. Their threatening aspect,
59. Commencement of the insurrection,
60. Vigorous defensive measures, and successes of the French,
61. Death of the Princess Maria of Würtemberg,
62. Creation of twenty peers,
63. Commencement of agitation for a lowering of the suffrage,
64. View of the Liberals as to the government of the executive,
65. Commencement of the session of 1840; the King's speech,
66-69. Speech of M. Thiers on the Eastern question,
70. Reflections on this debate,
47-50 51-5
53
3-54
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61-63
64
69
71. Marriage of the Duke de Nemours and the Princess of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, ib.
72. Dotation of the Duke de Nemours thrown out by the Chamber,
78. Project for removing the bones of Napoleon to Paris,
79. Inauguration of a pillar to Insurrection on the Place of the Bastile,
80. Expedition of Louis Napoleon to Boulogne,
81-82. Failure of the enterprise,
83. His trial, and sentence of imprisonment,
84. His life in prison, and its beneficial results,
85. Attempt of Darmès to assassinate the King,
86. Disinterment of the bones of Napoleon, .
87. Reinterment of Napoleon in the Church of the Invalides,
88. Political manifestations on the occasion,
89. Threatening state of affairs in the East,
90. M. Guizot's account of the British policy in the East,
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75-76
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4. Indignation in France on hearing of this treaty,
95. Vigorous measures of the French Cabinet,
96. Division of opinion on the fortification of Paris,
97. Great preparations of M. Thiers,
98. M. Guizot's memorandum to the English Government,
99. M. Guizot's opinions on the Eastern question, .
100. Withdrawal of the French fleet from the Levant,
101. Immediate cause of M. Thiers' downfall,
102. The new Ministry,
103. King's speech at opening the Chamber,
104-106. Debate on the Address,
107-109. Answer of M. Guizot,
110. Division in favour of Government,
111. Continuance of the fortifications of Paris,
112. Marshal Soult's military view of the question,
113. Alarming state of the finances, .
114. Treaty of Feb. 13, 1841, regarding the East,
115. Great escape which Europe made at this period,
116. Reflections on this treaty,
117. Way in which this was brought about,
118. What occasioned the error,
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CHAPTER XXXV.
INTERNAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF SIR R. PEEL IN THE END
OF 1834, TO THE FALL OF HIS MINISTRY IN APRIL 1835.
1. Vast effect of the changes in the Currency Laws during the peace,
2. Leading evils of the Currency Laws,
3. Grand error from which they spring,
4. Danger of a currency mainly based on the retention of gold and silver,
5. Partial but insufficient recognition of these principles in our monetary
system,
6. Double set of dangers of a currency based on the retention of gold,
7. Remedy for these evils,
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112
113
114
116
8. The rise of interest in a monetary crisis is not owing to want of capital,
9. Argument of the bullionists in favour of their system,
11. Such a currency must be based on the national security,
118
119
12. Effect of the monetary laws in inducing the prosperity of 1835,
13. Growing prosperity of 1835 and 1836,
18. Peaceable manner in which the change was received in the country,
19. Result of the elections in England,
127
128
20: Returns in Scotland,
129
21. Irish elections, and junction of Liberals and Catholics there,
130
22. Division on the choice of a Speaker,
131
23 Division on the Address,
133