The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-03-19
From the LONDON CHRONICLE.
IL fbs PRINTER.

T1HE account lately given in all our pub
lie papers, relative to certain FRINGE
of the houie of Stuart having been feen at
Paris and Verlailles, and the particular eauie
of his journey thither, hath been entirely
tniEeme len,ed, land feems totally to have been
snifunderffood. To give your readers
then fome might into this cabinet fecret'
shey mutt be told, that when this unfortu-
cate Prince, after his preciPita:e and PIovi-
DENTAL efcape from the mountains OF Scot
land, had taken refuge at Paris, under the
protection of our good friend and ally Lewis
the fifteenth, it is we'll known he was ieized
one evening by a military guard, as ne was
coming out of the opera houie in Paris, and
carried as a traitor to one of the fate PIlfons,
not many miles from that capital. Whit
he was thus made pifoner, in open VIOLA
sion of the laws Of hospitality, by his royal,
but falfe patron and protector, Louis the
fifteenth gave him politely to underitand,
that this was meafnre entirely againft his
own will, though fubmitted to BY him as all
al of ablolute fate neceifity: that to con
vince him ofthe lincerity of this declaration,
he told him the pri(on gates (hould be open
ed to him whenever he pleafed to go out,
with this proyifo only, that he fhould quit
the kingdom of France in twice forty-elght
hours after his enlargement. This was the
only favour the French King requefed, and
he promifed his priloner at the fame time,
upon the word of King, that whenever there
fhould be a favourable opportunity OF ad-
yancing him to throne he would employ
his whole power to procure him
crown. Duped by this royal Promile,
Prince Charles quilted his prifon and the
kingdom of France with all Pcfible exPedlti,
on, travelling night and day until he arrived
at more boipiable territory, Nor ilne'
that time has he ever been publicly feen with
in the wall of Paris ill few weeks ago,
when having learnt of a certainty that the
throne Of Poland will, in fix or feven months
become vac ant, he ported incog toVerfailles
20 require completion of the Ptomie made
10 him, as above mentioned by the French
King. But where is the man old enough &c
remember the time when the King of France
ever kept his word, ifR were worth his while
10 break it I Scruples of confidence are tol
private individuals, not for Kings. Accord
inply, Mr.. Printer, your readers will readily
conclude, that Louis the fifteenth, who i
hsckneyed in all the tricks oflow Kings Graf
was rot long at lois for plsstible execute
for not keeping his p0r0it db0HHear. You
mutt therefore know that be told Prince
Charles he had indeed long entertained the
pleahng thoughts of placing him on the
throne of Poland, but he was iofry to inform
him, il was not now fit opportunity becauit
his good and powerful ally, the Emperor
had actually defined Prince Albert of Saxo'
for that royal dignity, and he could no.
BREAK at brfjfnt with the houfe of Auftria
There needed, no explanatory ePlfode to thi
more than tragical declaration to FRINGE
Charles. He had received IN ihl
anfwer his coup de grace; andr as ne CANT
to Verfailes incgg. 70 he returned IL
the fame manner, re izfst7a, to his old anS
private retreat at Bsuiilsn This MIR Printer
is true narritiye OF the cau(e ofthis unfortu'
nate Princes late, and, mott probably hi
Iafi yift 20 the Court of Velfailles.
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