ding his Parliamentary
Success.--Elections of 1819.--Election and Non-admission of
M. Gregoire.--Assassination of the Duke de Berry.--Fall of
M. Decazes.--The Duke de Richelieu resumes Office.--His Alliance
with the Right-hand Party.--Change in the Law of
Elections.--Disorganization of the Centre, and Progress
of the Right-hand Party.--Second Fall of the
Duke de Richelieu.--M. de Villele and the Right-hand Party obtain
Power. 150

CHAPTER VI.

GOVERNMENT OF THE RIGHT-HAND PARTY.

1822-1827.

Position of M. de Villele on assuming Power.--He finds himself
engaged with the Left and the Conspiracies.--Character of the
Conspiracies.--Estimate of their Motives.--Their connection
with some of the Leaders of the Parliamentary
Opposition.--M. de La Fayette.--M. Manuel.--M. D'Argenson.--Their
Attitude in the Chamber of Deputies.--Failure of the Conspiracies,
and Causes thereof.--M. de Villele engaged with his Rivals within
within and by the side of the Cabinet.--The Duke
de Montmorency.--M. de Chateaubriand Ambassador at
London.--Congress of Verona.--M. de Chateaubriand becomes Minister of
Foreign Affairs.--Spanish War.--Examination of its Causes and
Results.--Rupture between M. de Villele and
M. de Chateaubriand.--Fall of M. de Chateaubriand.--M. de Villele
engaged with an Opposition springing from the Right-hand Party.--The
'Journal des Debats' and the Messrs. Bertin.--M. de Villele falls
under the Yoke of the Parliamentary Majority.--Attitude and Influence
of the Ultra-Catholic Party.--Estimate of their conduct.--Attacks to
which they are exposed.--M. de Montlosier.--M. Beranger.--Acuteness
of M. de Villele.--His decline.--His Enemies at the
Court.--Review and Disbanding of the National Guard of
Paris.--Anxiety of Charles X.--Dissolution of the Chamber of
Deputies.--The Elections are Hostile to M. de Villele.--He
retires.--Speech of the Dauphinists to Charles X. 223

CHAPTER VII.

MY OPPOSITION.

1820-1829.

My Retirement at the Maisonnette.--I publish four incidental
Essays on Political Affairs: 1. Of the Government of France
since the Restoration, and of the Ministry in Office (1820); 2.
Of Conspiracies and Political Justice (1821); 3. Of the Resources
of the Government and the Opposition in the actual