Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-10-31

hrouga the great court, and on getting out, turn
ID to TIC right We proceeded 20 The Quai dcs Or
eFreS, iacmg the Rae &c i0rlay"
layalette here entered into acabriclet driven by
Cunt Chassenon; and, during the drive lac chang
'd his female attire for q livery. In the F0uhoGrg
81. Germain, he mot MS friend B1udus and join-
,d him as servant.
ct was eight o'clocl, in the evening; It poa-cd Of
RAM tie night WIS extremely dark, aa, the soli
luIe conpete In that pGgs OF the FIuhourg OF 81.
tormaia. l walked with difficulty; NJ Daudus
Went on more rapidly, and it nos without troo
bio that could keep mp with him. | soon lett
one oi my shoes in tho miro, but was, noverthe-
less, obliged TO get on. We saw gondarmcs gallop
'ng along, whoawcrc, undoubtedly, in search otmc,
and never imagined that near them. Fil
naily, alter one hours walk, ia0gucd to DEATH
with one shoe and one oft, we arrived in tho
Rue de Grcncllc, near ihc Tuc dc BIc whore NJ
Baudus stopped fora moment Il am going sand
he, 'to enter nob,eman's hotel. While l speak
to the porter, get yon nto tho court You VIII
find staircase on your left band Go up to the
highest story. Go through dark passage you viii
meet with your right, and the bottom which
is pile of wood. Stop there."
rms other than the hotel of the Duke OF
ltIchciicu, the Minister tor Foreign Affairs,
IN. Baudus went at FIRST; and, while ~>w.s talk
ing TO the porter, who had thrust his head ont Of
has lodge, passed rapidly by. Where is thc man
goRgP cried tho porter. 1T is my servant l
quickly went up to the third floor, and reached the
place that had been described To l scarce
~ there, when heard the rustling OF silk gown.
fai. myself gently taken by the arm, and pushed
INTO an apartment, the door of which was imme-
dlatey shut upon me. On the chest OF draw
ers onad paqHr which tho tall2y, - words
were written: MAKE no noise Never open your
window but in tho night, wear slippers Of list and
wait with PATIENCE Next 10 this was bottle of
excellent claret, several volumes of Molcrc and
tabeiais and basket containing sponrcs. per
tunes soap, alzond paste, and all tho little uicn-
sis OF gentie:nan's dressing box The delicate
attentions and the neat hand writing of tho note
made me guess that my hosts combined with their
most generous feeling, elegant and refined man
nsrs. Bat why was i'll the hotel for Foreign AZ.
fairs! had never seen tho Duke De Richclinu-
NJ Bandos was indeed attached to that department
but IN very indirect manner. L cop!i not have
INSPIRED any interest in the King. Besides in that
case, II would DO mora natural TO pardon me
The fact was, that the Treasurer for the Deport
ment OF Foreign Affairs, who, in the various politi
cal changes that had taken place in France had
once been himself prescribed, and found safety in
lhe Vlftuous resolution OF otnerss hid consented
to give him protection. Madame Brosson herself
brought him his first meal, and tho husbund soon
after paid him j visit.
"'OPen only half your Shutters he added land
lot no more light in than just as much as you wan:
TO read; and II you cltch cold, thrust your head
when you cough into tho closet | had asked hin,
Tor some beer, to quench the thirst that had tor
mcntcd me for the last month. You cannoth have
any We never drink bcor, and some observation
might be made the circumstance. | have not
forgot the history OF NJ dc Nontmorn who was
discovered and died on the scailold through, having
eaten Il chicken, the bones OF which had been
thrown at the corner of the door. a neighbour,
who knew that the woman who concealed him va (
too poor to buy chickens, guessed that he had in
her house an outlaw, and informed against her
You shall have much sugar and refreshing svrups
you wish, but no bcor'"
In his conccalment thousand interesting cir
cumstanccs occurred which all tend to heightan
the interest OF the narrative: but we must pass
them At length application was made by
his friends to Mr., Bruce and through him to Sir
Robert Wilson and Captain hutchinson to aid in
his escape from France, and they al cordially as
sented.
1.-The road to Belgium by Valencicnnes. was
specially assigned to the English army and it was
therefore chosen for my escape. They asked no
more than two days to finish their preparations l
received very particular instructions concerning
nay dress: no IaustGcACis, English wig, nv
beard shaved very clean, after tue manner of the
ohcefs OF that nation; great coat with buttons OF
the English guards the rcgimcntals were TO DO CIV
en- me at the instant OF our departure.
eve held counsel, and, as it occurs in most cases.
our first steps were wrong. 1t was looked upon as
very necessary to get my coat made by tailor of
an English regiment; but he would want m mea-
sure.-My friend Sanslaus took IL with fine white
paper, anG instead Of the notches that the talors
are accustomed to make, he wrote on it length of
the jorc-aJIn breadth Of the breast &c in fine
neat hand, and carried it boldly to the tailor of The
regimen; of Guards. lie quickly made the coat,
had not been taken by tailor NJ Bfesson had
been 10 buy me another great an old clothes
shop and was naturally Obliged to measure it on
himself lie was, however, tall and thin, so that
IN Tess than forty eight hours had two coats mel
Their of which could be of any service to me-
had no boots and all our speculations were useless
IN contriving to procure pair. ] was forced
to pat on Il pair belonging to ". Brusson; they
were al least two inches longer than my foot;
could scarcely walk in them and we all laughed
much ut the awkward figure | cut.
''On the 10Th of January, 1916, at o'clock in
the evening, at last took leave of my kind friends
myself who was leaving them with so little hope
of ever seeing them again.
after had embraced them, Mrs. Bressen and
Baudus brought to the corner of the Rue de
Grenee, where | found again the flithfa! Cias-
Senon, with his cabroct In going to my dest-
nation we crossed the Palace du Carousel. / could
not help smiling when passed so near the numer
Gus senries stationed along The ratings Of the Tu-
illcriee, and when the palace lighted up and
hiicd, as had reason to imagine, with people en-
ragged at not being able to seize me, when was
not more than fifty yards from them.
owe stopped Mt house in the Rue du HeIdor
near the Boulevard: there / took leave of my
friend Chassenon. As J walked slowly up the
stairs, was surprised at meeting Mademoiselle Du-
bourg. There would have been TOO much danger
in our appearing to know each other. l afterwards
learned, that she was going to Mr.. Dupuis, my re-
porting Judge, who lived on the second floor of the
house; so that was going to pass the night under
the same roof with the magistrate who had during
my trial examined me twice at length, and with
great severity"
AT The lodgings Of Captain Hutchinson he met
Or Kobt Wilson and Mr.. Bruce; and, after some