His pecuniary troubles were now at an end.
The doge assumed the title of duke of Dalmatia, and a great step was taken towards the supremacy of Venice in the Adriatic, which was essential to the free development of her commerce and also enabled her to reap the pecuniary advantages to be derived from the Crusades.
In 1840 he was appointed director of a Lehrerseminar, a post which relieved him from pecuniary troubles.
Yet his life was a long struggle with pecuniary difficulties.
He won the good-will of his employers by devoting himself to the improvement of their manufacturing business, and he kept his hands clean from the prevalent taint of pecuniary transactions with the nawab of the Carnatic. One fact of some interest is not generally known.