IX. Le soir des fiançailles · X. Le petit cabinet des Tuileries
IX. The Evening of the Betrothal · X. The Little Cabinet in the Tuileries
Diplomatic tension over Morocco and Tahiti, Daniel O'Connell's release in Ireland, and a murder trial in Colmar dominate this issue.
- The House of Lords unexpectedly quashes Daniel O'Connell's conviction, forcing his immediate release from prison.
- The Prince de Joinville personally arranges the rescue of the British consul and several English families held for debt at Mogador after the French bombardment.
- The royal family attends a Te Deum at the Palace of Neuilly to celebrate the recent French victories in Africa.
- In Colmar, gruesome forensic testimony about bored ceiling holes, bloodstains, and a corpse smuggled in a trunk fills the Bletry murder trial.
- A well-dressed swindler poses as a wounded deserter to rob Paris doctors and a lawyer of watches, jewels, and surgical instruments during fake consultations.
- Publisher L. Curmer launches Siècle de Napoléon, a lavishly illustrated collection of biographical portraits meant to be the most 'national' work of its kind.
- The Opéra prepares its third performance of Otello, starring Mme Stoltz, MM. Duprez, Levasseur, and Barroilhet.
- Royal ordinances create new academic chairs in comparative embryology at the Collège de France and in Malay and Javanese at the School of Oriental Languages.