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PUBLISHED BY T. KINNERSLEY, ACTON PLACE, KINGSLAND ROAD.
STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY COCK AND M'GOWAN,
16, GREAT WINDMILL STREET.
1816.
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CONTENTS
OF THE
THIRD VOLUME.
CHAP. I.
Situation of Louis the XVIII. on his acces-
sion to the throne of France.-State of
parties in that unfortunate country.-
Measures of domestic economy and foreign
policy.-Influence of the clergy.-Debates
on the liberty of the press.-Financial ar-
rangements.-Regulation of the prisons.
-Discussions on the slave trade.-Trans-
actions in St. Domingo.-Proclamation
of the emperor of Hayti.
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CHAP. II.
Page 1
Fickleness and uncertainty of the English
temper. Dissension in the royal family.
-Exclusion of the Princess from the
drawing-room.-Elopement of the prin-
cess Charlotte.-Parliamentary grant to
her mother.-Speculations on the life of
Buonaparte.-Conspiracy to raise the price
of omnium.-Trial and sentence of lord
Cochrane and his supposed co-adjutors.
His spirited defence in parliament.-Ho-
nours and rewards paid to lord Welling-
ton. He is created a duke, and receives
from parliament a grant of half a million.
-His reception in the House of Com-