Chambre introuvable
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La Chambre introuvable is the name given by king Louis XVIII of France to the 1815-1816 Chamber of Deputies dominated by Ultra-royalists who completely refused the inheritance of the French Revolution. Elected on August 14, 1815 and called together on October 7, 1815, after elections under census suffrage whose results surprised the monarch, the reactionary Chambre introuvable was the first assembly of the Second Bourbon Restoration (1815-1830). Of the 402 members of the Chamber, 350 were ultras-royalists. The climate preceding the elections had been marked by the White Terror. Sprung out of nowhere, the "Unobtainable Chamber" characterized itself by its ultra-royalism, its clericalism, its excessive zeal in favour of the aristocracy and the clergy, and its reactionary politics designed to reestablish the Ancien Régime. The Chambre introuvable voted the establishment of provost-marshal courts, and banished all of the Conventionnels who had voted for Louis XVI's execution. Confronted with its impopularity and rising discontent in French society, Louis XVIII, counselled by Richelieu, Wellington who commanded the occupation troops, and the Russian ambassador Pozzo di Borgo, finally decided to dissolve it on September 5, 1816, and the Ultras were temporarily replaced by the liberal Orleanists (the Doctrinaires) who attempted to reconcile the Revolution's inheritance with the monarchy.
