[715] Napoléon Auguste Comte, later Duc de Montebello (1801-1874), son of Marshal Lannes. He had been created a peer of France in 1827, but did not take his seat in the Upper House until after the Revolution of July. In 1836, he became French Ambassador to Switzerland and, in 1838, Ambassador to Naples. He was subsequently Minister of Marine (1847-1848), a senator (1864) and Ambassador to St. Petersburg (1858-1866).—B.
[716] This again refers to the ordinances of the 16th of June 1828.—B.
[717] At the opening of the Chambers, 27 January 1829.—B.
[718] I was mistaken.—Author's Note (1837).
[719] The Cardinal de Clermont-Tonnerre, who was on bad terms with the King's Government. He had protested loudly against the ordinance of the 16th of June 1828, touching the minor seminaries, concluding his letter to Monseigneur Feutrier, the Minister of Public Worship, with these words:
"My lord, the motto of my family, which it received from Calixtus II., in 1120, is: Etiamsi omnes, ego non. It is also that of my conscience.
"I have the honour to be, with the respectful consideration due to the King's minister,
"† A. J. CARDINAL ARCHBISHOP OF TOULOUSE."
In consequence of this letter, the King ordered the prelate to be prohibited from appearing at Court.