[948] Ibid., Metternich to Diedrichstein, December 14, 1847.
[949] Metternich, Mémoires, VII. p. 476.
[950] Metternich, Mémoires, VII. pp. 513-530.
[951] As a result of the conference at Laybach in 1821 Austria received a mandate to intervene at Naples and to abolish the constitution wrung from Ferdinand. The congress of Verona in 1822 preceded a French intervention in Spain for the purpose of restoring the absolute rule of Ferdinand VII.
[952] Thureau-Dangin, La Monarchie de Juillet, VII. p. 210.
[953] Guizot, Mémoires, VIII. pp. 513-515. Metternich, Mémoires, VII. pp. 563, 564.
[954] Notably the trial and conviction of MM. Teste and de Cubières, ex-ministers, for fraud in connection with a mining concession and the murder of the Duchesse de Choiseuil-Praslin by her husband. The Duke, a peer of France, took poison in prison. The Duchess was the daughter of Marshal Sébastiani.
[955] F.O. France 781 Normanby to Palmerston, July 30, 1847 (private and confidential).
[956] Stockmar, Memoirs, II. p. 203.
[957] F.O. France 781, Normanby to Palmerston, July 30, 1847 (private and confidential).