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ac4 HISTORY OF FRANCE. [chap. infant sons. This was the first blow to the prosperity oi Louis Philippe. There was a great sentiment for the past glories of Napoleon throughout the country, and the king had gratified this feeling when in 1840 he brought the emperor's remains from St. Helena, and buried them with great splendour in a mausoleum at the church of les Jnvalides at Paris. The King of Rome, Napoleon's only child, had died at Vienna, but Louis A apolcon, the second son of Louis the former King of Holland and Horcense Beauharnais, tried to profit by the love for his name, and twice made a sudden appearance in France. The first time he made an attempt at Straisbiirg ; this time he was let go. The second time was at Boulogne ; he was now imprisoned, but after a few years he escaped. And though moderate men were fairly content w.th the orderly and peaceable government, those who had not property enough for the franchise chafed at being kept do , and held secret meetings, calling themselves Red Republicans^ ra contradistinction to the tricolor, the badge of the moderate. Towards the end of Louis Philippe's reign, there was much stir in Europe about the Spioiish ntairiages. For a while England and France had acted together in Spanish matters. Ferdinand '1I. left two daughters, Isabel and Louisa, the elder of whom succeeded to the crown of Spain, under the regency of her mother, Maria Christina. Her right was however dispuied by her uncle, Don Carlos; but she was acknowledged both by England and France, and, after soi e years' warfare in the north of Spain, Don Carlos was driven out. It was now the wish of Louis Philippe to marry the queen and her sister to two of his sons, and he sounded the English ministers, as well as those of other states, respecting such a marriage. To this end Queen Victoria was invited to a visit to the French king at Eu, which was afterwards returned by him at Windsor. The scheme was generally disapproved throughout Europe, and Louis Philippe had to satisfy himself with marrying (in 1S45) the Infanta Louisa to his son the Duke of MontpLMT^ier, in the hope of her su "ceed- ing to the Spanish crown it the queen, who was married the snie day to her cousin Don Francisco, had no chil.Iren. There was much indignation, not onlyamong the European states, but among the French, who distrusted all signs of famdy ambition in their king. Another event did him much harm with the people. The Duchess of Pras/in, daughter to one of Napoleon's old marshals, was found