A HUNDRED YEARS AGO
" THE SPECTATOR," MARCH I ITH, 1837.
On the close division on the Disjunction Bill, in the French Chamber, on Tuesday last, Mr. Goldberry, a Deputy who had been confined to his roam by fever, at an arranged signal from a friend whom he relied on, presented himself in the Chamber, wrapped up in blankets : he had just strength enough to put his ball against the bill into the ballot-box, when he fainted, and was carried out. The Marquis of Dalmatie, the son, and the Marquis of Mornay, son-in-law of Souk, both very ill, also went to the Chamber just in time to vote against the Ministers. As soon as result of the vote was made known, the exultation of the cote gauche appeared to be at its utmost pitch of enthusiasm. Cries of " Vive la Charm," " Vive la Liberte," and " Vive le Rol," resounded throughout the Chamber, and were repeated in the public galleries. MM. Odillon Barrot, Laifitte, and Dupont (de l'Eure) entered into conversation with the Ministers ; and, to judge by their gesticula- tions, were addressing remarks of no very conciliatory tendency. MM. Gasparin and Guizot seemed to have been quite taken by surprise, and exhibited a look of stupefaction bordering upon despair.
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