The Royal Society of Metz awarded him a second prize for his discourse against the prejudice which regards the relatives of condemned criminals as infamous.

His eulogy of Gresset is not crowned by the Amiens Academy.

He reads before the Academy of Arras a discourse against the civil incapacities of illegitimate children, and then another on reforms in criminal jurisprudence.

In 1789, he is president of the Arras Academy, and publishes an eulogy of Dupaty and an address to the people from Artois on the qualities necessary for future deputies.] [Footnote 31102: See his eulogy of Rousseau in the speech of May 7, 1794.

(Buchez et Roux, XXXII., 369 .-- Garat, 85.