Chapter VI: The last Moments of Prince Talleyrand 232

EXTRACTS FROM PRINCE TALLEYRAND’S MANUSCRIPTS, SPEECHES, &
POLITICAL WRITINGS.

Prince Talleyrand’s Maxims for Seasoning Conversation 261

Prince Talleyrand’s Opinion of Fox 270

Private Letter from Prince Talleyrand to Marshal Sebastiani, on
the Policy of suffering Belgium to be created an Independent
Monarchy 276

From Prince Talleyrand to Marshal Sebastiani, on the same subject
as the preceding 280

Letter from Prince Talleyrand to Count Sebastiani, on the Affairs
of Belgium 284

Observations on the Trial of Peers by the Chamber of Peers, and
the Reasons on which Talleyrand Grounded his Vote in the Affair
of Lieutenants-General Guilleminot and Bordesoulle 289

Another Fragment from Prince Talleyrand’s Memoirs 296

Letter to his Majesty King William IV., from Prince Talleyrand,
on his being appointed Ambassador from France 306

Opinion of Prince Talleyrand on the Plan of Law Relative to
Journals and Periodical Publications 307

Opinion of the Bishop of Autun on the Subject of Ecclesiastical
Property, Delivered in the National Assembly in the Year 1789 317

Extracts from the Speech of the Bishop of Autun, on the Occasion
of his Motion on the Subject of Ecclesiastical Reform, on the
10th of October, 1789 322

Opinion of the Bishop of Autun on Banks, and on the
Re-establishment of Order in the French Finances 326

INDEX 347

REMINISCENCES
OF THE LATE
PRINCE TALLEYRAND.