Memoirs of General Lafayette: And of the French Revolution of 1830, Volume 2Lilly, Wait, Colman, and Holden, 1833 - France |
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Page 295 - I relate the circumstances without reserve, just as they were transferred from another's recollection to mine. ' M. Odillon Barrot was the first to speak; and in a serious, measured, and respectful address, this honourable orator represented to the king, that the deputies of the national opposition, like all good citizens, deplored the disorders and calamities of the preceding day; that they could not express their censure and indignation at the culpable excesses of those who had set at naught the...
Page 98 - The retirement of Prof. Tyndall from the Chair of Natural Philosophy in the Royal Institution affords a fitting occasion for a formal recognition of the great services which he has rendered to the cause of scientific progress. Prof. Tyndall has therefore been invited to a complimentary dinner which will take place at Willis's Rooms on Wednesday, June 29, at 7 o'clock. The chair will be taken by the President of the Royal Society, who, it is hoped, will be supported by a large and representative body...
Page 296 - Ville had only existed in the brain of M. de Lafayette, whose incessant appeals were evidently the result of a mistake; that, with respect to the system of the 13th of March, it was wrong to give the credit of it to M. Perier; that this system belonged to the king, and was the result of his own convictions, the fruit of his meditations, and the expressions of his reflections on politics and government; that he, 'Louis Philippe, had consented to take the crown only on the conditions indicated by the...
Page 299 - I make my son-in-law, in spite of many causes of umbrage. In short, if it must be told, the Powers are in such a position, that my throne would be the most difficult to shake : not one of them has the stuff of a Duke of Orleans.
Page 83 - LouisPhilippe's eyes, representing the Prince with the crown in his hand, and Lafayette saying ' Sire, be covered ;' and some deputies affected to style him, in the saloons, and even in the king's cabinet, the Mayor of the Palace ! The Court was, on its part, well disposed to listen to these insinuations. Nay, the unconquerable dislike which it entertained for Lafayette needed not their aid for its manifestation. Indeed, notwithstanding the sincere affection which he had felt for the royal family,...
Page 92 - ... evening before, in the Chamber of Deputies, upon a question which, for two months, had wholly occupied the Court and the town. Be that as it might, here follows the King's answer : — "I have this instant received, my dear General, your letter, which has grieved as much as surprised me by the decision you have taken ; I have not yet had time to read the journals. The Council of Ministers meet at one o'clock ; I shall then be at liberty ; that is to say, between four and five, when I hope to...
Page 17 - ... His Imperial Highness, the Grand Duke. Finally, His Majesty orders me to invite you to come to St Petersburgh, as soon as the army shall be put in movement, and the general war shall be declared, in order to receive the commands of His Majesty in person.' In another part of his letter he says : — ' We are now in the month of November. The distances are great. Our forces cannot be in readiness till the spring ; and events succeed so rapidly, that Heaven knows what may happen before that time....
Page 295 - July, — the disappointment of the expectations of the revolution, — the neglect of national honour, — and, finally, the whole of the system of the 13th of March, had exasperated and inflamed the mutual animosities amongst the citizens, which had caused blood to flow in the streets of Paris, and were a prelude to the most frightful of all calamities, a civil war. Placing thus before the King the respective wrongs of the government and its adversaries, M. Odillon Barrot concluded by conjuring...
Page 297 - ... the very moment he was speaking, were ranged in opposite ranks, prepared to take each other's life : and, to characterize the situation by an example, he adverted to the League, and to the d'Ailly, who, under Henry IV., slew his own son in the streets of Paris. M. Arago then spoke of the public posts given to the partisans of the fallen regime ; of the scandalous indulgence which screened the machinations of the Carlists, whilst the failings of individuals and the press were prosecuted with a...
Page 299 - The discussion having returned to the system of the 13th of March, the King, who affected to make a very good use of M. Pe'rier, pretended that this system was really but the continuation of that of the 3d of November. 'I appeal,' said he, 'upon this point, to M.