RETURN OF TRANQUILLITY. CHAP. XXIV. 



gold and silver utensils and ornaments, but the 

 apprehensions of the rest of Europe from the am- 

 bitious tendency of France communicated little 

 feeling of security to the continental kingdoms. 

 It was not till the fall of the empire and the esta- 

 blishment of general tranquillity that the coin 

 which had been borrowed from the plate was in 

 any great measure restored to its former use. 



It would be anticipating the subject of a future 

 chapter to do more than remark that the establish- 

 ment of the peace of 1815, and the state of general 

 security and tranquillity which followed it, have 

 together had the effect of withdrawing from coin 

 and applying to luxury much of the precious 

 metals. 



