Note 1 — Chapter XLI · THE ENTRANCE OF THE FRENCH MISSIONARIES—1835–1845.

By poetic justice, the chief instigators of this persecution came each to a bad end. Of the court ministers, one, having provoked the king’s jealousy, was obliged by royal order to poison himself at a banquet, in December, 1845, and the other, falling into disgrace, was sent to exile, in which he shortly died. The chief informer, who had hoped for reward in high office, obtained only a minor position, with little honor and less salary. He was afterward exiled, and in 1862, having headed a local uprising, was put to death, his body was minced up, and the fragments were exhibited through the provinces. ↑