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102.: FRENCH NEWS [23] EXAMINER, 24 APR., 1831, P. 267 - John Stuart Mill, The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXII - Newspaper Writings December 1822 - July 1831 Part I [1822]

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The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXII - Newspaper Writings December 1822 - July 1831 Part I, ed. Ann P. Robson and John M. Robson, Introduction by Ann P. Robson and John M. Robson (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986).

Part of: Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, in 33 vols.

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102.

FRENCH NEWS [23]

EXAMINER, 24 APR., 1831, P. 267

This item, headed “London, April 24”, is not covered by the inclusive entry in Mill’s bibliography cited at No. 55, which ends at 17 Apr. However, it is listed as “Article on France” and enclosed in square brackets in the Somerville College set.

the chamber of deputies is prorogued, and will shortly be dissolved. Thus, in the two greatest nations in the world, general elections will simultaneously take place, and the new legislative bodies will be simultaneously called upon to determine the future constitution of their country.1

The speech of Louis Philippe2 expresses his determination to maintain the charter, and speaks of the good disposition of foreign powers towards France: it is empty and formal, and precisely such a speech as might have been concocted by our last administration.

[1 ]Prorogued 20 Apr., it was dissolved on 31 May; the election took place at the beginning of July. In England, Grey had been defeated on 21 Apr., and William IV had dissolved Parliament at his request. The election took place immediately.

[2 ]Adresse du roi (20 Apr.), Moniteur, 1831, p. 855.