7. A letter of the King of Denmark. Simultaneously with Arago I had
recommended Hansen, the great lunar calculator at Gotha, to the King.
Our petition was granted. Arago received also a very amiable autograph
from “Christianus Rex,” once constitutional King in Norway.
8. Another note of the Crown-Prince, good-humored and witty. He wished
very much to have Metternich accept the Presidency, _pour mettre la
société en bonne odeur à Rome ou elle passe pour Bunsohérétique_.
9. A letter of the Duchess de Dino, now Duchesse de Talleyrand. She has
been created Duchess of Sagan lately.
10, 11. Two good-humored letters more of the King. Le _Seehund_, the
recommendation of a rather rough Danish sea captain, who declared his
willingness to take two naturalists around the globe at the rate of 2500
rixthalers a head (a little high). The plan was a failure. _Le Seigneur
Cados, ministre Sécretaire d’Etat_ of the watchmaking _Duc de
Normandie_, who addressed to the Crown-Prince a complaint about the
indecent manner in which he was treated by the Staats Zeitung.