[59] On December 27, 1836, at the opening of the Parliamentary session, another attempt was made upon the life of King Louis-Philippe as he was driving to the Palais Bourbon with three of his sons. The criminal was Meunier, a young man aged twenty-two, who was condemned to death by the Chamber of Peers; but the King eventually secured a commutation of his penalty to perpetual banishment on the occasion of the marriage of the Duc d'Orléans.
[60] The birthday of Louis-Philippe.
[61] This embassy of honour was sent to meet the royal bride; the meeting took place at Fulda on May 22, 1837.
[62] The reference is to a law concerning the estimates for the secret police fund.
[63] The Comte de Lezay-Marnesia.
[64] The Comtesse de Lobau.
[65] On the occasion of the marriage of the Duc d'Orléans an amnesty was granted by ordinance dated May 8 to all who were in prison for crimes or political delinquencies.
[66] Fräulein Sidonie von Dieskau, of whom mention will be made later on the occasion of the Duchesse de Talleyrand's journey to Germany.
[67] Baron Werther was Prussian Minister at Paris from 1824.
[68] Comte Lehon was Belgian Minister.