The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-23
I1FE or.LoUIs PHILLTPPE,

A very interesting lecture was delivered IN
this city on Tuesday evening, by Rev: MI ADJ
| bott, on the personal history OF Leuis Philippe,
| King of the French. The Lecturer commenced
with the observation that of all romance the
romance of reality was the most wonderful.
The truth of the remark must have been ack-
nowledged by all who followed him in the details
of the chequered life of the French King. Louis
Philippe is now sixty-four years old His father,
the proAigate Duke of Orleans, was as much
distinguished for his vices,e as his mother was
for her virtues and piety. Under the care OF
the latter, and the tuition of Madame de Genlis,
the youth of he young prince was passed. In
the luxurious, vicious court of the Bourbons, he
was pattern of sobriety and virtue. He was
early taught to restrain his assions,o cultivate
h is mind, and to endure fatigue. He walked
ten or fifteen miles day and laid on a bed OF
boards covered ozly with mat.
He kept daily journal of his life, in which
he regularly kept an account OF the manner In
which he spent his time, and performed the duties
| he owed to his parents, to society, and to God.
He was devout, sober, ehaste and intelligent.
His life is unstained with vice, and he has be en-
| repaid for his temperance with sound body and
| a healthy mind. When very young he entered
| the army, and there won early the reputation OF
| a good soldier. At the time when the reign OF
terror was excepting high carnival in blood-stain-
ed Paris" he was looked upon BY many as a nj
person to fill the throne vacated by the murder
of Louis XVI. as his royal lineage would concil-
ate monarchists, while his liberal principles
1 would satisfy the republicans.
AS soon as report to this effect was hi nted to
the leaders of the rabblc, his father was execut-
ed, his relations imprisoned, and he saved his
| own life by a sudden flight. For fifteen months
he lived in great secusion in Switzerland and
supported himself by teaching the rudiments oil
learning to Young persons He went to Ham
burg for the purpose of embarking for America
but when he arrived there he lad not sufficient
funds to carry eut his intentions. lie then Jsur
nevsd in the extreme north Of Europe, suffering
rreat privations, and with the bloodhounds OF his
enemies continually bay ing in his track. He ap
| proachsd many miles nearer the North Poi'
| than any Frenck Traveller.
He eventually escaped to America, in 1906.
Here he supported himself at times by teaching
French. While in Boston he is said to have
resided in the Province House, nearly opposite
the old South Church, and he now speaks O.
the kindness he experienced from several Bos
tcnians with much gratitude. he then wen
10 England, was invited thence to Sicily, ane
there married daughter Of its king. Upon tht
overthrow of Napoleon he went to France, ant
his seuuestered estates were returned to him
: Until the breaking out of the Revolution o.
|, 1880. he lived in ease and retirement with the
exception of the exile he underwent during
Napoleon's short reign in France previous &c
the battle of Waterloo. Though immensely
rich ne Tell not llt0 L1e VICES vi LUG ohtucht
bat in all his grandeur and opulence, remem-
bered the lessons of his youth. His fortune
; has been estimated by French writer at 500
: 100000. -,
| Dir. Abbott gave an animated account OF the
revolution of July, and the causes which drew
Louis Philippe from retirement He accepted
tie kngly office with reluctance. He argued
with Lafayette, that the American constitution
was The best in the world, but that the govern
ment which France needed was monarchy
surrounded by republican Institutions. Since
his instalment in the chair of state his quiet has
been continually harrassed by attempts upor
| bis iife,-which have gained him the name o.
the target king,--and domestic instruction :.
MIR. Abbot thinks that considering. the din
culties of his station he has acted with modera'
tion and wisdom. He has strengthened him
self by alliances with foreign states. and il ne
can escape assassination, there is good reason
to suppose that he will keep bis crown until
his death. When that event occurs, France u
morally certain to beconyulssd anew with rev.
oluiios. - Boston Times.