[Footnote 280: Astolphe de Custine, son of the marchioness.--B.] [Footnote 281: Louis Philippe Enguerrand de Custine (1823-1826), only son of Astolphe de Custine and his wife, _née_ de Saint-Simon de Courtomer. The child, who died at the age of three years, is buried in the chapel of the Château de Fervacques between his mother and grandmother.--B.] [Footnote 282: M. Berstœcher was Astolphe de Custine's old tutor.--B.] [Footnote 283: _Letters written from Lausanne_: Letter XVI.--T.] [Footnote 284: Pp. 120-123 of the new edition of the _Essai_, published in 1826.--B.] [Footnote 285: The Tsar Alexander died at Taganrog on the 1st of December 1825.--B.] [Footnote 286: 24 March 1826.--T.] [Footnote 287: _Ecclesiasticus_, IX. 14.] [Footnote 288: Article of 8 August 1825 on the Conversion of the Funds.--B.] [Footnote 289: Article of 24 October 1825 on the Farewell Speech of the President of the United States to General de La Fayette.--B.] [Footnote 290: General Maximilien Sébastien Foy (1775-1825), after rendering brilliant service in the army, was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1819 and displayed an unsuspected oratorical talent as a defender of constitutional principles. He died, suddenly, on the 28th of November 1825. An immense concourse of citizens followed his body to the grave, and a public subscription set on foot for the endowment of his children reached the surprisingly large sum of nearly a million francs.--T.] [Footnote 291: Manuel died on the 20th of August 1827. His funeral also was accompanied by vast crowds, numbering over 100,000 persons.--T.] [Footnote 292: M. de Serre died on the 21st of July 1824.--B.] [Footnote 293: Camille Jordan (1771-1821), a zealous member of the Opposition in the Chamber of Deputies and author of a number of literary and philosophical works. His death occurred on the 19th of May 1821.--T.] [Footnote 294: On the 11th of January 1827, Charles Lacretelle proposed to his colleagues of the Academy to draw up a petition to the King against the suggested Press Law. M. de Lally-Tolendal opposed the motion, and asked why they should make a request which was bound to remain unsuccessful. Chateaubriand replied that conscience is not determined by the more or less probable chances of a useful result. Eighteen of the twenty-nine Academicians present voted in favour of the proposed petition. The King refused to receive the petition, and the Academy decided not to publish it (MESNARD, _Histoire de l'Académie française_).--B.] [Footnote 295: An article in the _Moniteur_ of 5 January 1827 described the Bill as a "law of justice and love," which words were promptly turned into a nickname of hatred and ridicule for the Bill.--B.] [Footnote 296: St. Charles's Day, 4 November.--T.] [Footnote 297: Article of 3 November 1825.--B.] [Footnote 298: Joseph Michaud was, in 1827, manager of the _Quotidienne._--B.]