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Count Montholon wished to have the words «Napoléon, né
The body, when deposited in the coffin, was dressed in the plain uniform of a French colonel of chasseurs. The coffin, at the particular desire of Count Montholon, was constructed as follows: 1stly A plain coffin lined with tin; 2dly A lead coffin; 3dly A mahogany coffin.
De La Ferrière, in his Projets de Mariage de la Reine Elisabeth, says: "Elisabeth was very desirous of making the acquaintance of the Duke of Nemours. She received the Count of Randan and directed the conversation upon the Duke. Randan drew so flattering a picture of the latter that he soon awakened in her a spark of love which could easily be perceived in the face and manner of the Queen.
Mme. de La Fayette was some twenty-two years old, long past the usual marriageable age of French maidens, when, in 1655, she was married to the Count de La Fayette. Little is known of her married life. Boissier in his Vie de Mme. de Sévigné says: "When the correspondence of Mme. de Sévigné with her daughter begins , Mme. de La Fayette has been long a widow." But of this early widowhood there is no positive evidence, the weight of testimony being rather to the contrary. Those who are curious in this matter are referred to d'Haussonville's Vie de Mme. de La Fayette, where the whole controversy is summed up in the following words: "Une chose est certaine: c'est qu'il faut renoncer désormais
A copy of this despatch is enclosed for your Excellency's information. M. Guizot correctly states that when, at the close of the year 1843, the count of Sainte-Aulaire announced to me the intention of the French government to propose certain measures which they felt satisfied would be found preferable to the exercice of the right of search, and better calculated to attain the objects in view.
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