 In April 1824, King Louis XVIII's government, headed by the Ultra-royalist Jean-Baptiste, Comte de Villèle, introduced a first draft of the law into Parliament.The elections of December 1823, conducted under restricted census suffrage, had produced a heavy ultraroyalist majority in the Chamber of Deputies, which was therefore dubbed "Chambre retrouvée" (in reference to the ultra-royalist "Chambre introuvable" elected after the Restoration).Despite this majority, the bill failed as it was not accepted by the Chamber of Peers.