The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-07-23

The Mystery Of Louis Philippe's Birth
A French writer of some celebrity
VI. Michaud, has just published book
entitled, "The Public and Private Life
Of Louis Philippe, OF Orleans, Ex-K,ne
of the French" in which he adopts and
illustrates by circumstanllaI details, :
story which has long been floating about
IN France, Of most extr raordinary pur
port. II is To the effect, that Louis
Philippe was not Bourbon, and had
not particle of royal blood in him, but
was the son uf very humble Italian,
whom some have supposed 10 be Jew.
Making use of the Atheneum. we give
the pth Of the story, which runs as fol-
lows -
Tha, Philippe Egaite-whose char
acter, unfortunately, affords no guaran
lee against the possibility of such an in
cident exchanged his infant daughter
for The son Of jailer. with whom he
had formed an acquaintance when trav-
elliug in Italy, in order to preserve the
family estates from Iapsing to the crown
for want of eirs male. All the inci>
dents connected with this supposed ex
change of infants, and with the events
of their aiter-lves, have the character
Of romance the time, the scene. the
chief actors, and the final issues. Our
readers shall see what view NJ. Mchaud
takes Of the transaction
The virtues of the duchess have been
pointed To as a reiutaiioE OF The charge
of exchanging children. Ii has also
been alleged, that no inducement exist.
ed for either the husband or the wife
to perpelraie such crime. We deny
not the virtues Of that ilustrious lady
but who can tell how far her wishe.
we're controlled by her husband d? We
know that the greater part of their for
tune consisted of demesnes (appanage)
which. failing male issue. of necessity y
reverted To the crown; snd that nj TIN.
very period the duchess, after having
been married four years, had gwen birth
to but one child, and that a daughter
stillborn. Such was The state of affair.
when the princess aud her husband sci
out for Italy. where. under TIE titles oi
Count and Countess de Jolnyille. ihey
Speil several months al village named
Modigllana. situated on the top of the
Apennlues. Here the duchess proved
10 he ~ an Interesting situation. The
duke. who was fond OF mean society,
formed an intimacy with a jaIler, named
Chlappini. whose wife was similarly cir
cumstanced A bargain was entered
mo, that II the duchess ohsprIng should
prove a daughter aud the jailer's sou,
~ interchange should he effected.
Things turned out according To tins an
llcipaiion. aud the terms of the engage
ment were mutually fulfilled. The Jail
er received large sum oil money. His
son, born at Modigliana on the l7lh ol
April, I773, was removed TO Paris, and
kept concealed ill the 9th of October,
when the ceremony Of private baptism
was gone through, as we have already
seen; while the duchess daughter re-
NAMED in ChsppIni's house, and was
educated as his own child, under the
name of Marie Stella Peironilla,
supplies being secretly sent once a
wear from France. According to the
Memoirs of Marie Stella Petrnnilla. she
continued long in this melancholy po>
sition, ignorant of her high birth. and
very Ill treaie' by her supposed mother,
aho loved her not, and lamenied that
son whose fate was hidden from her.
The fa'her had some idea Of the truth T;