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156. Financial state of the country,
483
157. Weakness of Government, and disturbances in Ireland,
484
159. Hostility of the press. Lord Brougham's journey in Scotland,
486
160. The King dismisses the Ministry, and sends for the Duke of Wel-
lington,
487
161. Reflections on Earl Grey's fall,
488
162. Great merit of Earl Grey in resisting the movement after the bill was
passed,
489
163. Review of his administration,
490
CHAPTER XXXII.
TURKEY, GREECE, EGYPT, AND THE EAST, FROM THE TREATY OF ADRIANOPLE IN 1828,
TO THE TREATY OF 13TH MARCH 1841.
1. Revolt of distant provinces the usual cause of decay of Eastern states,
2. Weakness of Turkey after the peace of Adrianople,
491
492
13. Results of the campaign, and great preparations of the Porte,
21. The Porte applies to England for succour, and is refused,
25. The Porte in vain seeks to countermand the succours, and breach of the
33. First settlement of Greece under the presidency of Capo d'Istria,
523
34. Who is soon overturned,
35. Otho is elected King of Greece,
525
36. Great successes of the popular opposition in Greece, and overthrow of
the Government,
41. Divergence of views on the Eastern Question between the Cabinets of
London and Paris,
531
42. Causes of the coldness of France and England. Commercial treaty be-
tween the latter and Turkey,
48. Forces on both sides at the commencement of hostilities,
49. Battle of Nezib,
537
538
50. The Turkish fleet is treacherously given up to the Egyptians,
51. Death of Sultan Mahmoud, and his character,
539
ib.
52. Revival of pacific views with the accession of the new Sultan,
53. Farther reforms of the new Sultan,
57. Treaty of July 15, 1840, for the settlement of the East,
545
58. The Pacha refuses the terms, and military arrangements of the Allies to
59. Conciliatory note of the allied Powers towards France,
547
60. Extreme irritation in France,
548
61. Imminent danger of a rupture between England and France,
549
62. Allied plan of attack, and forces on opposite side,
551
63. Nature of Syria in a military point of view,
552
64. Effect of this peculiar physical conformation on the war then waged,
65. Bombardment of Beyrout,
66. Immense sensation produced by this event over Europe,
554
67. Views of Louis Philippe at this crisis,
68. Conference of Louis Philippe and M. Guizot at the Chateau d'Eu, and its
71. The British fleet steers for Acre, and gains great successes,
559
72. Bombardment of Acre,
560
73. Magnitude of the conquest, and its results,
562
74. Submission of Mehemet Ali to the terms of the Allies,
75. Terms of final pacification proposed by M. Guizot, and accepted by the
Allies,
564
76. Important treaty of the whole European Powers regarding the navigation
of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus,
565
77. Universal joy at this treaty in Great Britain,
78. The advantages of the treaty were more apparent than real,
79. The refusal of succour to the Turks in 1833 was the fatal step,
80. Which arose from the Reform Bill and the contraction of the currency,
81. Dangers of the nation in 1841 from the mania for reduction, .
566
567
568
569
CHAPTER XXXIII.
FRANCE FROM THE SOCIAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LOUIS PHILIPPE'S GOVERNMENT IN 1834,
TO THE FALL OF COUNT MOLE'S ADMINISTRATION IN THE END OF 1837.
1. Repeated defeats of the Republicans,
2. Opening of the Chamber, and great majority for Ministers,
3. Ministerial changes: Marshal Gérard succeeds Marshal Soult,
4. Declaration of the new Ministers in favour of economy,
5. Change of Ministry: Count Molé Minister,
6. Fall of the new Ministry, and restoration of the old one,
7. Flourishing state of Algiers,
8. First debate on the Address,
9. Answer of M. Guizot,
10. Majority for Ministers in the Chamber,
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
11. Marshal Mortier is succeeded by the Duke de Broglie as Prime Minister,
12. Cause of this crisis,
16. Commencement of the treason trials before the Chamber of Peers,
21. Refusal of the accused to plead or answer until they got their own
defenders,
590
22. Progress of the trial,
591
23. Continuation of the disorders, and letter of Audry de Puyraveau,
31. Arrest of the assassin, and discovery of the infernal machine,
35-38. Speech of M. de Broglie on the introduction of the new law of re-
39-42. Answer of M. Armand Carrel and M. de Lamartine,
608-610
43. Proposed laws,
611
44. Which pass both Chambers,
612
45. Improved condition of the Government in spring 1836,
46. Increased prosperity in France, and beginning of the railway mania,
613
47. Fall of the Duke de Broglie,
48. Increasing difficulty of the question of reduction of the interest of
the debt,
49. Arguments in favour of the reduction of the interest,
50. Answer for the stockholders,
51. Decision of the Ministers on the subject, which is against it at the
moment, and leads to their overthrow,
614
616
617
618
619
52. New Ministry: M. Thiers Premier,
53-54. Political character of M. Thiers,
620-621
55. Postponement of the question regarding the debt, and first trial of
strength in the Chamber,
63. Journey of the Dukes of Orléans and Nemours to Berlin and Vienna,
630
64. Fresh attempt to assassinate the King by Alibaud,
65. Execution of Alibaud, and seclusion of the King,
631
66. Announcement of the seclusion of the King in his palace,
71. M. Thiers is for intervention, the King against it, and the former resigns,
72. Character of Count Molé,
638
73. Liberation of Prince Polignac and the prisoners in Ham,
639
74. Death of Charles X.,
640
75. Attempt of Louis Napoleon at Strasburg: his early life,
76. Preparations for the attempt of Strasburg,
80. Humane conduct of the Government to Louis Napoleon,
90. Inauguration of the palace of Versailles as a palace of the arts,
91. Fresh political societies,
96. Faults of the French Government after the Revolution,
103. Capture of Tlemson by Abd-el-Kader, and its recovery by Clausel,
670
104. Ahmed Bey of Constantine joins the league against the French,
105. Operations in Western Algeria, and victory of the Sickak,
671
672
115. Diverging views of Generals Damremont and Bugeaud on them,
680
120. Arrival of the army before Constantine, and commencement of the siege, ib.
121. Progress of the siege,
684
122. Death of General Damremont,
685
123. Reason of the rigour of revolutionary governments,
687
124. Lasting ascendant now gained by the Cross over the Crescent,
688