INDEX

Abbés Commendataires, 9, 21.

Aberdeen, Lord, 354.

Aboukir, The Battle of, 169.

Acton, Lord, on Talleyrand, 268, 337, 338.

Adams, President, 158.

Addington, 192.

Adélaide, Mme., 352, 356.

Agent-General of the Clergy, 39.

Alexander I, 228, 248, 261-4, 286, 307, 316.

America, Talleyrand’s Impression of, 136.

American Envoys, Talleyrand and the, 158-60.

American War of Independence, 48.

Amiens, Treaty of, 193.

Amsterdam, Talleyrand at, 143.

Ancien Régime, The, 24-34.

Anna, The Archduchess, 264-316.

Arnault, 64.

Arnold, General, 134.

Artois, M. d’, 70, 75, 290.

Assembly of Notables, The, 52.

Auch, The Archbishop of, 21.

Austerlitz, 233.

Austria, The First Napoleonic War with, 185.

Autun, Talleyrand promoted to See of, 47, 57.

Azara, M., 357.

Bacourt, M. de, 72.

Barras, 149, 152, 159.

Barry, Mme. du, 18.

Barthélemy, 154.

Bastide, Charges of, 161.

Bastille, Taking of the, 74.

Bautzen, The Battle of, 275.

Beaumetz, M. de, 135, 138.

Belgium, Independence of, 355, 363.

Bellechasse, Convent of, 29.

Benevento, The Princedom of, 242.

Bernier, The Abbé, 203.

Bernadotte, 175.

Berry, The Duc de, 295, 316, 325.

Beugnot, 291, 322, 330.

Biron, The Duc de (see Lauzun).

Blacas, 298.

Boisgelin, The Abbé de, 40.

Blücher, 325, 330.

Boissy d’Anglas 139.

Bollmann, 132.

Bonaparte, Joseph, 187, 193, 206.

Bonaparte, Lucien, 173, 176.

Bonaparte, Napoleon (see Napoleon)

Bookman on Talleyrand’s Birth, 2, 140.

Bordeaux, Talleyrand’s Journey to,

Boulogne, The Camp of, 231.

Brionne, The Cardinal de, 8, 33.

Brionne, The Countess de, 47, 319.

Brougham on Talleyrand, 212, 213.

Bruix, 172.

Brumaire, The coup d’état of, 173-6.

Brussels, Congress of, 358.

Cagliostro, 28, 33.

Calonne, 51.

Calumnies of Talleyrand, 13, 44.

Cambacérès, 179, 195.

Cambrai, 324.

Campo Formio, Treaty of, 156, 162, 165.

Cardinalate, Talleyrand misses the, 47.

Carlsbad, Talleyrand at, 318.

Carnot, 150.

Casenove, 135.

Castellane, 147.

Castlereagh, 297, 300, 304, 333.

Ceylon, 193.

Chalais, The Princesse de, 3.

Chamfort, 24, 31, 32.

Champ de Mars, The mass in the, 91-94.

Champagny, 254, 258.

Charles IV, 253.

Charles X, 348, 350.

Charlotte, 196, 212.

Chartres, The Duc de, 33.

Châtre, The Countess de la, 131.

Chateaubriand, 145, 214, 320, 322.

Chateaux Vieux, 343.

Chauvelin, The Marquis de, 117.

Chénier, 139.

Chivalry, Orders of, 27.

Choderlos de Laclos, 64.

Choiseul, 48.

Choiseul-gouffier, 5, 29.

Church, Talleyrand’s attitude to the, 38, 82, 90.

Civil constitution of the Clergy, The, 96.

Clergy, The French, before the Revolution, 8, 12, 22.

Clergy, The French, during the Revolution, 65-78.

Clichy Club, The, 153.

Cobentzl, Count, 186.

Collège d’Harcourt, 3.

Colmache, 351, 352.

Colonisation, Talleyrand on, 146.

Compiègne, Talleyrand at, 291-2.

Concordat, Drafting of the, 202-7.

Condorcet, 106.

Consalvi, Cardinal, at Paris, 204.

Constant, B., 155, 178, 287.

Constantinople, Napoleon’s designs on, 169.

Constituent Assembly, The, 86-109.

Constitutional Club, The, 145.

Constitution Committee, Talleyrand’s defence of the, 89.

Constitution, Completion of the, 109.

Continental system of Napoleon, The, 236.

Copenhagen, Battle of, 192.

Council of Ancients, The, 140, 173.

Council of the Five Hundred, The, 140, 173.

Courland, The Duchess of, 277, 279, 332, 341.

Court, Cost of the, 9.

Cousin, V., 367.

Cuvier, 348.

Dalberg, Bishop, 240, 247, 283, 300.

D’Antigny, Marquis of, 1, 140.

Danton, 123, 125, 127.

Daunou, 139.

Décadi, The, 20.

Declaration of St. Ouen, The, 293.

Delille, The Abbé, 31.

Democratic Principles of Talleyrand, 60.

Department of Paris, Talleyrand on the, 110, 121.

Desmoulins, C., 72.

Dillon, Archbishop, 8, 43, 96.

Dino, The Duchess of, 280, 300, 309, 332, 341.

Dino, The Duchy of, 332.

Directorate, Paris during the, 143.

Divorce of Josephine, The, 270.

Dumouriez, 117, 142, 216.

Dupanloup, Mgr., 2, 365, 368.

Dupont de Nemours, 50, 52.

Duroveray, 117.

Dutch and Belgians, The, 335-63.

East Indies, Talleyrand’s Ship to the, 138.

Éclaircissements, Talleyrand’s, 156, 170.

Education in the Eighteenth Century, 5-6.

Education, Talleyrand’s great Speech on, 106-9.

Egypt, Napoleon’s Expedition to, 161, 168-9.

Election-Manifesto of Talleyrand, 60.

Enghien, Murder of the Duc d’, 215, 259.

England, Opening of the War with, 227.

Erfurt, The Conference at, 259-64.

Eylau, The Battle of, 247.

Femmes de Talleyrand, Les, 36.

Ferdinand, 253.

Fesch, Cardinal, 221, 270.

Feuillants, Club of the, 87.

Finance, Talleyrand’s acquaintance with, 50.

First Consul, Napoleon becomes, 179.

Fitzgerald, Lord E., 142.

Flahaut, Count, 357.

Flahaut, The Countess de, 34, 98, 142.

Flight of the King, 104.

Foreign Ministry, Talleyrand’s Introduction to, 150.

Fox, 113.

Fouché, 173, 188, 266, 271, 326, 329.

Francis, Sir Philip, 147.

Franklin at Passy, 48.

Friedland, The Battle of, 247.

Fructidor, the coup d’état of, 153-5, 195-8.

Gagern, Baron von, 196, 213, 241, 246.

Galiffet, The Hotel, 164, 210.

Gallicanism, 200.

Gambling before the Revolution, 26.

Gambling, Talleyrand’s Confession of, 95.

Gazette, Talleyrand’s Letter to the, 129.

General Assembly of the Clergy, The, 19, 40-42.

Genlis, Mme. de, 7, 11, 29, 131.

Gentz, 306, 307.

George III, 113, 182.

Georges, 216.

Ghent, Louis XVIII at, 321.

Gobel, Bishop, 97.

Goderich, Lord, 360.

Goethe, 264, 265.

Godoy, 182, 252.

Gohier, 171, 173.

Gramont, The Duchesse de, 33.

Grand, Mme., 147-9, 209, 212.

Grand Chamberlain, Talleyrand as, 221.

Grand Elector, 179.

Gratuitous Gifts of the Clergy, 20, 40.

Gregory XVI, 369.

Grenville, 114, 118, 183.

Grimaldi, Mgr. de, 56.

Guizot, 350.

Gustavus IV, 230.

Hamburg, Talleyrand at, 141-2.

Hamilton, Colonel Alex., 135.

Hanover, 236.

Hardenberg, Prince, 304, 308.

Haugewitz, 234.

Hauterive, M. d’, 205.

Helvetian Republic, Formation of the, 156, 197.

Heydecooper, 136.

Hohenlinden, 188.

Holland, Lord, 361.

Hortense, 211.

Humboldt, Baron von, 304, 306, 308.

Institut, Talleyrand’s Speeches at the, 146.

Issy, 56.

Italian Republic, Formation of the, 190.

Jacobins, Napoleon on the, 182.

Jaco”bin Origin of the, 87.

Jena, The Battle of, 243.

Jersey, Lady, 363.

Jews, Enfranchisement of the, 88.

Josephine, 166, 211.

La Besnardière, 240, 300.

Labrador, 303.

Lacoste, The Marquis, 75.

Lafayette, 48, 106, 121.

Lamartine, 102.

Lansdowne, Lord, 115, 130, 137.

Laporte, 128.

Latour du Pin, M., 300.

Lauderdale, Lord, 239.

Lauzun, 26, 30, 111.

La Vendée, The war in, 169, 184.

Laval, The Duchess de, 265, 267.

Lebrun, 128, 179.

Legendre, 139.

Legion of Honour, Founding of the, 194.

Legislative Body, The, 178.

Leipzig, The Battle of, 275.

Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, Prince, 359.

Lessart, M. de, 111.

Library, Sale of Talleyrand’s, 130, 273.

Lieven, The Princess, 354.

London, Conference of, 358.

Lon”don Talleyrand at, 113, 133, 354-64.

Londonderry, Lord, attacks Talleyrand, 360.

Louis XVI, Crowning of, 17.

Louis” XVI,Execution of, 130.

Louis XVIII, 289, 317, 319, 322, 333, 348.

Louis Philippe, 352, 353, 358-9, 364, 369.

Louis, Baron, 298.

Louisiana, 199.

Luchesini, 224.

Lunéville, The Treaty of, 187.

Lutzen, The Battle of, 275.

Lytton on Talleyrand, 255, 272, 317, 333.

Malmesbury, Lord, 156.

Malta, 185, 224.

Marbœuf, Mgr., 46.

Marengo, 186.

Maret, 156, 274, 277.

Marie Antoinette, 26, 47, 53, 81.

Marriage of Talleyrand, 209.

Marseillais, The, 122.

Martignac, 349.

Maubreuil, Marquis de, 346.

Maurepas, 36, 48.

Maury, 84.

Melzi, 190.

Memoirs, The, of Talleyrand, 335-8.

Meneval, 267.

Merlin de Douai, 154.

Metternich, 303, 306, 310.

Michaud, 285, 286.

Mich”aud,Charges of, 161.

Michelet, 75.

Mignet, 350.

Miller, Sir J. R., 88, 103.

Miot de Melito, Charges of, 155, 161, 168.

Mirabeau, 31, 51, 64, 86, 102.

Mirondot, Bishop, 97.

Monaco, The Hotel de, 265, 273.

Monasteries, The Suppression of, 90.

Monastic Orders before the Revolution, 22.

Moniteur, The, 89.

Moni”teur Talleyrand’s Letter to the, 95.

Mons, Talleyrand at, 322.

Montesson, Mme. de, 33.

Montrond, 320, 362.

Morality during the Revolution, 112.

Mor”lity dur”ing theDirectorate, 143.

Morellet, The Abbé, 24.

Morgan, Lady, 340.

Morning Post on Talleyrand, 354.

Morris, Governor, 34, 98.

Moscow, Napoleon’s Return from, 274.

Moulin, 171, 173.

Murat, 244, 314.

Napoleon, Attempt on the Life of, 188.

Napo”leon,buys Talleyrand’s Hotel, 273.

Napo”leon,Crowning of, 222.

Napo”leon,Diplomatic Methods of, 187, 226.

Napo”leon,First Marriage of, 221.

Napo”leon,in Egypt, 168.

Napo”leon,King of Italy, 231.

Napo”leon,leaves Elba, 317.

Napo”leon,Second Marriage of, 271.

Napo”leon,Talleyrand’s first acquaintance with, 165.

Napo”leon,Talleyrand’s respect for, 178, 189.

Napo”leon,Violence of, 267.

Narbonne, Count Louis de, 29, 131.

National Assembly, The, 69.

Nationalisation of Church Property, 82.

Necker, Talleyrand’s Attack on, 51.

Nemurs, The Duc de, 357, 358.

Nesselrode, Count, 285, 304, 306.

Netherland Trouble, The, 355-6, 360-3.

Noailles, The Count de, 300, 313.

Noailles, The Vicomte de, 74, 86.

Nobles after the Restoration, 295.

Nob”lesThe pre-Revolutionary, 26, 53.

Noel, 125.

Nonconformists, 103.

Non-swearing Priests, Talleyrand protects, 110.

Ollivier, M., 302.

“Orange-War,” The, 191.

Ordination of Talleyrand, 39.

Orléans, The Duc d’, 64, 131.

Palais Royal, The, 33, 63.

Palmerston, 355, 357.

Panchaud, 32.

Pasquier, Charges of, 155, 161, 188, 331.

Paul I, Death of, 192.

Pauline, 342, 365, 369.

Peel, Sir Robert, 365.

Périer, Casimir, 332, 359, 361.

Périgord, Cardinal Hélie de, 12.

Perrey, 217, 218.

Pétion, 121.

Philadelphia, Talleyrand at, 135.

Pichegru, General, 153.

Pitt, 113.

Pi”tt,Talleyrand meets, 49.

Piedmont, Annexation of, 224.

Pius VII, 10, 200, 221.

Poland, Talleyrand’s Work in, 245.

Polignac, Prince de, 349.

Poniatowski, Princess, 247.

Portugal, Affairs of, 191.

Pozzo di Borgo, 43, 328.

Pradt, Archbishop de, 288.

Press, Talleyrand defends Liberty of the, 345.

Provincial Assemblies, 54.

Prussia, Alliance of, with Russia, 22.

Pru”sia,declares War on France, 243.

Pultusk, The Battle of, 224.

Quelen, Mgr., 366.

Rastadt, Congress of, 156.

Reinhard, 117, 142.

Rémusat, Mme., 149, 212.

Renan, 108.

Renaudes, The Abbé des, 45, 58.

Reveillère, 149.

Revolution, Causes of the, 49, 53, 109.

Revolution, Paris during the, 111.

Revolution of 1830, The, 351.

Rewbell, 149, 152.

Rheims, The Archbishop of, 7, 11.

Rhine Confederation, The, 237, 240.

Richelieu, The Duc de, 328, 333.

Rights of Man, Declaration of, 76, 78.

Robespierre, 109.

Roche-Aymon, Archbishop de la, 11, 20.

Rochecotte, 343.

Rochefoucauld, The Cardinal de la, 65, 67.

Rochefoucauld, The Duc de la, 121, 140.

Roederer, 277.

Roger-Ducos, 171, 173.

Rohan, The Cardinal de, 8, 28.

Roman Republic, Formation of the, 156.

Rose, Mr. Holland, on Talleyrand, 191, 201, 203, 215.

Rousseau, 235.

Roux, 161, 162.

Royal Lottery, Proposal to buy up the, 42.

Royer-Collard, 342, 365.

St. Denis, Talleyrand’s abbaye of, 18, 23.

St. Domingo, 199.

St. Florentin, The Hotel, 273.

St. Julien, Count, 186.

Saint Sulpice, 10.

Sainte-Beuve on Talleyrand, 13, 45, 60, 102, 161.

Sand, George, on Talleyrand, 364.

Savary, 217, 273, 276, 284, 285.

Saxony, The partition of, 310, 312.

Schwartzenberg, Prince, 286.

Sebastiani, 225, 357, 360.

Secularization of Talleyrand, 207.

Sèmonville, 214.

Senate, The, 178.

Senfft on Talleyrand, 163, 241, 250.

September massacres, The, 125.

Sieyès, 65, 69, 73, 158, 160, 171, 172, 179.

Simon, Jules, 108.

Sloane, Professor, 18, 161.

Smith, Sidney, 132.

Société du Manège, The, 170, 175.

Sorbonne, Talleyrand at the, 14, 24-5.

Souza, The Marquis de, 142.

Spain, Napoleon’s Expedition to, 252-6.

Spanish Princes, The, at Valençay, 256, 278.

Spina, Mgr., 202.

Staël, Mme. de, 62, 111, 131, 146.

Stapfer, 192, 196.

States-general, The, 65, 79.

Strassburg, Napoleon’s fit at, 231.

Stuart, Sir Ch., 300.

Talleyrand, Archbishop, 10, 39, 54, 283.

Talleyrand-Périgord, C. M. de:—

Talle”yrandAncestry of, 1.

Talle”yrandas Agent-General, 39, 46.

Talle”yrandBirth of, 2, 140.

Talle”yrandBishopric of, 54.

Talle”yrandConsecration of, 56.

Talle”yrandConstitutional Ideal of, 60, 72.

Talle”yrandDeath of, 370.

Talle”yrandEducation of, 5-14.

Talle”yrandEnergy of, 4, 230.

Talle”yrandExpelled from England, 133.

Talle”yrandFeeling of towards Napoleon, 178, 189.

Talle”yrandin America, 135-40.

Talle”yrandMarriage of, 209.

Talle”yrandMorality of, 36, 371.

Talle”yrandOrdination of, 39.

Talle”yrandParents of, 2, 140.

Talle”yrandPerson of, 28, 340, 371.

Talle”yrandPresident of the National Assembly, 89.

Talle”yrandReconciliation of, 366.

Talle”yrandReligious Views of, 201, 366.

Talle”yrandResignation under Napoleon, 250.

Talle”yrandSecularised, 207.

Talle”yrandSuspension of, 99.

Talle”yrandVenality of, 157-63, 195-8, 315.

Talle”yrandWit of, 35, 213, 294, 328, 344, 348.

Talleyrand-Périgord, Lt. de, 3, 6, 55.

Talleyrand, The Princess, 212, 341.

Tallien, Mme., 149.

Target, 68.

Tennis Court, Oath in the, 70.

Theophilanthropists, The, 151, 202.

Thiers, 350.

Thirty Club, The, 62.

Tilsit, The Conference at, 247.

Tithe, Surrender of, 77.

Toleration, Talleyrand’s Spirit of, 103.

Tour et Taxis, The Princess de la, 261.

Toussaint l’Ouverture, 199.

Trafalgar, 233.

Tribunate, The, 178.

Trinidad, 191, 193.

Tuileries, Attack on the, 122.

Tuil”eriesNapoleon at the, 180.

Turgot, 48, 50.

Tuscany, Talleyrand seeks to go to, 130.

Tysykiewitz, Countess, 247, 266, 363.

Ulm, Battle of, 232.

Universal Suffrage under Napoleon, 178.

Valençay, 256, 278, 342, 364.

Val”nçay The Spanish Princes at, 256, 278.

Varennes, Flight to, 104.

Vars, The Baron de, 36.

Venality of Talleyrand, 157-63.

Vercelli, The Bishop of, 201.

Versailles, Court life at, 226.

Veto, The right of, 79.

Vice-grand Electorship, The, 250.

Vienna, Congress of, 303.

Vienne, The Archbishop of, 67, 69.

Vitrolles, Baron, 283.

Voltaire’s last visit to Paris, 35.

Walewski, The Countess, 245.

Warsaw, Talleyrand at, 245.

Waterloo, 322.

Wealth of the French Clergy, 21, 42, 83.

Weimar, Napoleon at, 264.

Wellington, 297, 314, 324, 327, 331, 360.

Whitworth, Lord, 225.

Wieland, 264.

Yarmouth, Lord, 237, 239.