MEMOIRS

TO ILLUSTRATE

THE HISTORY OF MY TIME.

BY F. GUIZOT,

AUTHOR OF 'MEMOIRS OF SIR ROBERT PEEL,' 'HISTORY OF OLIVER CROMWELL,' ETC. ETC.

TRANSLATED BY J. W. COLE.

VOLUME II.

UNIV. OF
CALIFORNIA

LONDON:

RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,

Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

1859.

PRINTED BY

JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, LITTLE QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS.

CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.

THE REVOLUTION OF 1830.

(From JULY 26 to AUGUST 11, 1830.)

My Arrival at Paris.-I find the Revolution suddenly broken out.

-Meetings of Deputies at the houses of Messrs. Casimir Périer,

Laffitte, Bérard, and Audry-Puyraveau.-State of Opinions at

those Meetings;-amongst the People and in the Streets.-The

Deputies take their seats at the Palais-Bourbon and invite the

Duke of Orleans to Paris.-He accepts the Office of Lieutenant-

General of the Kingdom.-Unimportant and futile Efforts at

Negotiation between Paris and Saint-Cloud.-Was a Reconcilia-

tion with Charles the Tenth still possible?-Was the Proclama-

tion of the Duke of Bordeaux under the Regency of the Duke of

Orleans practicable ?-M. de La Fayette and his Doubts.-The

Duke of Orleans and the Motives which determined him.-No

Choice left but between the new Monarchy and a Republic.-

Public Excitement.-Predominant Feeling amongst the Royal-

ists. Influence of the Example of the Revolution of 1688 in

England. The Distinctions between the two Countries and

Events not properly understood.-Revision of the Charter.-

Origin of the Resisting Party.-Was it necessary to submit the

new Royalty and Charter to Popular Sanction P-Symptoms of

Anarchy.-Republican Pretensions.-Different Facts which de-

termined my firm Adhesion to the Policy of Resistance.-I be-

come Minister of the Interior

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