one o'clock
`` Ah ! this is a bitter cup , '' said the old King as he placed his signature to the sheet , `` and doubly bitter presented by such a hand ! Like Charles X. ! '' At one o'clock , at the Bourse and at the corners of all the principal streets , was posted this proclamation : `` CITIZENS OF PARIS : The King has abdicated in favor of the Count of Paris , with the Duchess of Orléans as Regent . A General Amnesty . Dissolution of the Chamber . Appeal to the Country . ''