Theywerealmostunknowntothenewgeneration，forgottenbymanyoftheold，andfearedbytheconventionalists;atthattimetheypossessedonlythefrailsupportofthecoteriesoftheFaubourgSt.Germain，andsomeremainsoftheemigration.ButasitiscertainthattheemigrantscouldofferonlyvaindemonstrationsandwishesinsupportoftheoldfamilyofourKings，theydidlittletoassisttherestorationoftheBourbons.
Anotherthingequallycertainis，thattheyalone，bytheirfolliesandabsurdpretensions，broughtaboutthereturnofBonaparteandthesecondexileofLouisXVIII.inthefollowingyear.
Onthe28thofMarchwasconvokedanextraordinaryCouncilofRegency，atwhichMariaLouisapresided.Thequestiondiscussedwas，whethertheEmpressshouldremaininParisorproceedtoBlois.JosephBonapartestronglyurgedherdeparture，becausealetterfromtheEmperorhaddirectedthatincaseofParisbeingthreatenedtheEmpress—RegentandalltheCouncilofRegencyshouldretiretoBlois.TheArch—ChancellorandthemajorityoftheCouncilwereofthesameopinion，butoneofthemostinfluentialmembersoftheCouncilobservedtoJosephthattheletterreferredtohadbeenwrittenundercircumstancesverydifferentfromthosethenexisting，andthatitwasimportanttheEmpressshouldremaininParis，whereshewould，ofcourse，obtainfromtheEmperorherfatherandtheAlliedsovereigns，moreadvantageousconditionsthanifshewerefiftyleaguesfromParis.Theadoptionofthisopinionwouldonlyhaveretardedforafewdaysachangewhichhadbecomeinevitable;
neverthelessitmighthavegivenrisetogreatdifficulties.ItmustbeadmittedthatfortheinterestsofNapoleonitwasthewisestcounselthatcouldbesuggested.However，itwasoverruledbyJoseph’sadvice.
M.deTalleyrand，asamemberoftheCouncilofRegency，alsoreceivedtheordertoquitParisonthe30thofMarch.AtthisperiodIwasathishouseeveryday.WhenIwenttohimthatdayIwastoldhehadstarted.HoweverIwentup，andremainedsometimeinhishotelwithseveralofhisfriendswhohadmetthere.Wesoonsawhimreturn，andformypartIheardwithsatisfactionthattheyhadnotallowedhimtopassthebarriers.Itwassaidthen，andithasbeenrepeatedsince，thatM.deTalleyrandwasnotastrangertothegentleviolenceusedtowardshim.ThesamedayofthisvisittoM.deTalleyrandIalsowenttoseetheDucdeRovigo（Savary），withthefriendlyobjectofgettinghimtoremain，andtoprofitbyhispositiontopreventdisturbances.