At Cantillon's trial his lawyer admitted his client had attempted to assassinate Wellington but appealed to the jury to find him not guilty as to do otherwise would dishonour France. Cantillon and Marinet were acquitted. The only punishment Cantillon received was demotion to the rank of sergeant. Wellington received the congratulations of most of the French royal family and the British Prince Regent on his escape. Among the few French royals to not send a message was Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans, who would take the French throne in the 1830 July Revolution and reign until the Revolution of 1848. As King of France, Louis Philippe appointed Cantillon as a gamekeeper at the Palace of Fontainebleau. In later life Cantillon became a grocer in Brussels; he died in July 1869.