THE MEMOIRS OF FRANÇOIS RENÉ
VICOMTE DE CHATEAUBRIAND
SOMETIME AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND
BEING A TRANSLATION BY ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS
OF THE MÉMOIRES D'OUTRE-TOMBE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM CONTEMPORARY SOURCES. In 6 Volumes. Vol. IV
"NOTRE SANG A TEINT
LA BANNIÈRE DE FRANCE"
LONDON: PUBLISHED BY FREEMANTLEAND CO. AT 217 PICCADILLY MDCCCCII
CONTENTS
VOLUME IV
BOOK VII 1-30
Changes in the world—The years 1815 and 1816—I am made a peer ofFrance—My first appearance in the tribune—Various speeches—TheMonarchie selon la Charte—Louis XVIII.—M. Decazes—I am struckoff the list of ministers of State—I sell my books and my Valley—Myspeeches continued, in 1817 and 1818—The Piet meetings—TheConservateur—Concerning the morality of material interests and thatof duty—The year 1820—Death of the Duc de Berry—Birth of the Duc deBordeaux—The market-women of Bordeaux—I cause M. de Villèle and M.de Corbière to take office for the first time—My letter to the Ducde Richelieu—Note from the Duc de Richelieu and my reply—Notes fromM. de Polignac—Letters from M. de Montmorency and M. Pasquier—I amappointed Ambassador to Berlin—I leave for that embassy
BOOK VIII 31-63
The year 1821—The Berlin, Embassy—I arrive in Berlin—M.Ancillon—The Royal Family—Celebrations for the marriage of theGrand-duke Nicholas—Berlin society—Count von Humboldt—Herr vonChamisso—Ministers and ambassadors—The Princess William—TheOpera—A musical meeting—My first dispatches—M. de Bonnay—ThePark—The Duchess of Cumberland—Commencement of a Memorandum onGermany—Charlottenburg—Interval between the Berlin Embassy andthe London Embassy—Baptism of M. le Duc de Bordeaux—Letter to M.Pasquier—Letter from M. de Bernstoff—Letter from M. Ancillon—Lastletter from the Duchess of Cumberland—M. de Villèle, Minister ofFinance—I am appointed Ambassador to London
BOOK IX 64-112
The year 1822—My first dispatches from London—Conversation withGeorge IV. on M. Decazes—The noble character of our diplomacy underthe Legitimacy—A parliamentary sitting—English society—Continuationof the dispatches—Resumption of parliamentary labours—A ballfor the Irish—Duel between the Duke of Bedford and the Duke ofBuckingham—Dinner at Royal Lodge—The Marchioness Conynghamand her secret—Portraits of the ministers—Continuation of mydispatches—Parleys on the Congress of Verona—Letter to M. deMontmorency; his reply foreshadowing a refusal—A more favourableletter from M. de Villèle—I write to Madame de Duras—Death ofLord Londonderry—Another letter to M. de Montmorency—Trip toHartwell—Note from M. de Villèle announcing my nomination to theCongress—The end of old England—Charlotte—Reflexions—I leaveLondon—The years 1824, 1825, 1826 and 1827—Deliverance of the Kingof Spain—My dismissal—The Opposition follows me—Last diplomaticnotes—Neuchâtel, in Switzerland—Death of Louis XVIII.—Coronation ofCharles X.—Reception of the knights of the Orders
BOOK X 113-146
I collect my former adversaries around myself—My publiccharges—Extract from my polemics after my fall—Visit toLausanne—Return to