Note 491 — BOOK II[407] (continued 2)
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Chateaubriand appeared before the Assize Court of the Seine on the 27th of February 1833. With him were prosecuted the editors of the Quotidienne, the Gazette de France, the Revenant, the Écho français, the Mode, the Courrier de l'Europe and a young student, M. Victor Thomas, who had, on the 4th of January, acted as spokesman for 1,200 young men who had gone to make a display of their enthusiasm to Chateaubriand and who had repeated with him:
"Madame, your son is my King!"
All were acquitted after an admirable speech for the defense by M. Berryer, who appeared for the Quotidienne and the Gazette de France. Maître Charles Ledru appeared for the defense of the Écho français and, incidentally and, as it seems, somewhat unfortunately, for Chateaubriand.—B.