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It did not, however, work amiss; till, after Louis's death in 1824, his brother, _Charles X._, tried to fall back on the old system. He checked the freedom of the press, and interfered with the freedom of elections. IT DID NOT HOWEVER WORK AMISS TILL AFTER LOUIS'TH IN EIGHTEEN TWENTY FOUR HIS BROTHER CHARLES THE TENTH TRIED TO FALL BACK ON THE OLD SYSTEM HE CHECKED THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND INTERFERED WITH THE FREEDOM OF ELECTIONS
llies left the people of France free to choose their Government, and they accepted the old royal family, who were on their borders awaiting a recall. The son of Louis XVI. had perished in the hands of his jailers, and thus the king's next brother, _Louis XVIII._, succeeded to the throne, bringing back a large emigrant following. Things were not settled down, when Napoleon, in the spring of 1815, escaped from Elba. The army welcomed him with delight, and Louis was forced to flee to Ghent. However, the Allies immediately rose in arms, and the troops of England and Prussia crushed Napoleon entirely at Waterloo, on the 18th of June, 1815. He was sent to the lonely rock of St. Helena, in the Atlantic, whence he could not again return to trouble the peace of Europe. There he died in 1821. Louis XVIII. was restored, and a charter was devised by which a limited monarchy was established, a king at the head, and two chambers--one of peers, the other of deputies, but with a very narrow franchise.  CHOOSE THEIR GOVERNMENT AND THEY ACCEPTED THE OLD ROYAL FAMILY WHO WERE ON THEIR BORDERS AWAITING A RECALL THE SON OF LOUIS THE SIXTEENTH HAD PERISHED IN THE HANDS OF HIS JAILERS AND THUS THE KING'S NEXT BROTHER LOUIS THE EIGHTEENTH SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE BRINGING BACK A LARGE EMIGRANT FOLLOWING THINGS WERE NOT SETTLED DOWN WHEN NAPOLEON IN THE SPRING OF EIGHTEEN FIFTEEN ESCAPED FROM ELBA THE ARMY WELCOMED HIM WITH DELIGHT AND LEWIS WAS FORCED TO FLEE TO GHENT HOWEVER THE ALLIES IMMEDIATELY ROSE IN ARMS AND THE TROOPS OF ENGLAND AND PRUSSIA CRUSHED NAPOLEON ENTIRELY AT WATERLOO ON THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE EIGHTEEN FIFTEEN HE WAS SENT TO THE LONELY ROCK OF SAINT HELENA IN THE ATLANTIC WHENCE HE COULD NOT GAIN RETURN TO TROUBLE THE PEACE OF EUROPE THERE HE DIED IN EIGHTEEN TWENTY ONE LOUIS THE EIGHTEENTH WAS RESTORED AND A CHARTER WAS DEVISED BY WHICH A LIMITED MONARCHY WAS ESTABLISHED A KING AT THE HEAD AND TWO CHAMBERS ONE OF PEERS THE OTHER OF DEPUTIES BUT WITH A VERY NARROW FRANCHISE
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