The New York herald., 1873-09-15


the name and lineage they claim, has lately pub
| nshed in Paris
A SINGULAR PAMPHLET
II is in part an autobiography, In which "Louis
xvII." narrates his history from the 'atal journey
Of the royal family OF France nom Versailles to Paris
In l7So mp to period shortly antecedent to his own
death In lslS. The work ia interspersed with re-
marks and explanations BY the Count and is loaded
| with detail concerning the Pretender's life,
travels, experiences and misfortunes. The Count
de Ia Barre, OF whose sincerity 1t Is impossible to
nave any doubts, likens his royal friend some what
| irreverently, to the Redaemer Of the world ~
feel myself seized with poignant emotion,n writes
the Count, "when fix my thoughts upon the royal
existence sunk ia an ocean Of tribulation, kept
during half century upon the rack OF physical
and mental torture; when consider this last ruin
OF our legitimate oaarchy, this Prince, so good,
30 anectionate, so Christian and evangelical who,
Initiating the example OF his vtrtuous father, par.
dohed his prosecutors and resigned himself piously
to the fatal destiny which the authors OF all his
msfortunes had woven for him. The contempla-
tion OF the cruchxions which he suffered, preserv.
ing always sweetness and calmness oftemper SIM
liar to those Of Christ amid the outcry Of the Jews,
demanding that he should be put to.death, disturDs
my spirit and bruises my heart" Doubtless the
evils that bera king or the divinity that is said
than those which anict ordinary mortas. and
there can be no doubt that "Louis XVlI,"
II he was really the person he represented
himself to be, was man Of sorrow and acquainted
with grief. We may also take the Counts word
for the patience and resignation with which the
unrecognized monarch bore the multitudinous
misIortunes of . checkered existence. But Count
de le Barre cannot pretend to be an impartial
Judge Of the authors'' OF those misfortunes. They
may, no doubt, In their persecution Or prosecution,
whichever 1t was, Of the Pretender, have been
stimulated by political hatred or personal am
bition. But it is equally possible that they may
have acted under the conviction that the SOL
dtsane "Louis XVII" was an tmpudent i'm.
postor, who had thoroughly got up his case and
only needed like the now famous "Sr Roger"
the recognition OF q leading member OF the royal
house Of France to establish himself the head OF
the most powerful and illustrious family in Europe
"THE NARRATIVE
which ] undertake." writes Louis XVII, "is
destined to prove that the child who died in the
Temple was not the son Of Louis XVI. and Of Marie
Ant0inette, Queen OF France, and that none other
than myself is the true Duke OF Normandy and
son Of the Martyr-King.n II the author has not
actually made out, he has certainly given an air
Of extreme probability to. the first proposition yet
1t Is strange II the Dauphin's friend had made
good his escape that trace Of his existence after
he left his prison should have been found. person
Of such distinction and Of such importance to
the royal cause would 1t Is but reasonable to
think, have been taken great care OF,
and the ingenuity which was employed and
the risks which were run to make good
his escape would have been continued to secure
his complete safety Still the times were fearfully
out of joint, and child OF ten years might readily
have been lost In the general confusion. When the
ment that he alone was Charles Louis de Bourbon,
Duke Of Normandy and son of Louis XVI, he treads
on more dinacult ground After his escape from
the Temple, II he really did escape, nothing ap-
pears to have been heard Of
THB UNFORTUNATE 10Y,
ana the accidents which had so completely oot-
Grated all traces OF his existence naturally raised
a corresponding difficulty in establishing his den-
tity. 1t will be seen, however, in the course Of the
narrative that attendants who had been attached
to his person in Versailles, and other high officials
about his fathers court gave their support to the
sotdtsant Duke Of Normandy and received him as
their legitimate monarch, and 1t is certain that M
Jules Favre, after due consideration declared that
there were the gravest reasons for bcliev-
ing the claimants account OF himself The
writer commences his autobiography at the
early age Of four and Q half years. When the
royal family OF France, Yielding to the demands OF
the people, left the quasisacred town of Versailles
and came to Paris. The journey was made memOr
able by scenes Of violence and outrage, which pos
sib,y may have imprinted the scene upon the men,
ory of an impressiOnable child. But anyone who
consults his recollection Of his own early years
will discover how little he remembers Of his life at
the age Of iour and half
LOUIS XVII.
enters into the greatest detail respecting the
royal journey from Versailles to Paris tells what
room OF the palace he slept in, how the King, his
father, took him up, carried him to his mothers
bedroom; how . person, 'whom he still remem-
bers" was sent to procure his clothes and he was
dressed In the presence Of his parents and Of his
sister, subsequently the Duchesse d'Angou-
leme, who was at the time seven years older
than the Dauphin, and must have remembered
the circumstances narrated II they were true.
'During our journey from Versailles to Paris" con-
tlnues the writer, 1.-TWO monsters carried at the
end of their bayonets two mems heads They
marched In front of our carriage Between them
there walked man Of fierce aspect; he had large
beard and carried on his shoulders the blood
stained axe with which, apparently, he had con-
summated the horrible sacrifice" History has
already recorded the hasty and nearly successful
flight OF the royal family to varennes. The Pre-.
tender enters into similar mnutie concerning this
event. recalls to his sister how he had been put to
sleep in the bottom of the carriage, and how his
aunt accidentally stepped on him In entering He
was disguised IN the dress Of girl and was told,
If asked his name, to say 1t was Aglae; while his
sister received at the same time the tenn
porary name OF Amelie. 1t il we'll known
that the royal fugitives were arrested on
this journey, by which they had hoped to secure
their safety and were conveyed back to Paris in
triumph by the mob. 1t win not be thought sur.
prising that the sot-dtsant Dauphin entertans far
from friendly feelings towards his "uncle" the
Count de Provence, subsequently Louis XVIII.
He roundly accuses this Prince OF having betrayed
to Robespierre the secret Of the Kings flight.
Others procured the arrest OF the unfortunate
monarch and his family. The Count, according to
the writer, was intriguing on his own account
and desired the destruction both Of the King, his
brother and the Dauphin his nephew in order TO