[310] The Duc de La Rochefoucauld-Doudeauville was Minister of the Royal Household.—T.
[311] François Régis Comte de La Bourdonnaye (1767-1839) was a member of the Extreme Right of the Chamber of Deputies. He was Minister of the Interior for a few months, in 1829, in the Polignac Ministry and, in January 1830, was raised to the peerage, six months before the revolution which put an end to his political career.—B.
[312] Chateaubriand is here himself misled and unconsciously calumniates the poor prefects. M. de Villèle, better informed than he, wrote on the 8th of August 1827:
"The prefects are alarmed at the mere idea of a general election. They say that, if it were held this year, the result would be detestable."—B.
[313] The censorship was revived by an ordinance dated 24 June 1827 and countersigned by Messieurs de Villèle, de Corbière and de Peyronnet.—B.
[314] Cf. Du Rétablissement de la censure par l'ordonnance du 24 juin 1827. Paris: Ladvocat, 1827.—B.
[315] The Chamber of Deputies was dissolved on the 5th of November 1827. The elections took place on the 17th and 24th.—B.
[316] Royer-Collard was elected at Vitry, Châlons, Paris, Lyons, Neufchâteau, Melun and Béziers.—B.
[317] M. de Peyronnet was rejected at Bourges and at Bordeaux.—B.
[318] 19 November 1827.—B.