The New York herald., 1873-09-15
LOUIS XVII.
Jules Favre to Prosecute the Claims Of
the Children Of the Mysterious Sol.
Disant Dauphin for the Succession
to the Bourbon Crown.
THE ELDEST BRANCH OF TIE HOUSE.
The Autobiography Of the Prussian
Cockmaker Who Asserted Him
self the Royal Scion.
"A STRONG CASE MADE OUT.
Remarkable Action Of the Empress Jose
phine and the Coffin Exhumsd
by Napoleon the First
The Declarations of Jules Favre
and Louis Blanc.
Terrible Prosecutions of the
Soi-disant Louis XVII.
his LIFE In ITALY AND PRUSSIA.
lnhuman 0bliteratiOn Of the Birth Marks
in French Prison.
DESTRUCTION OF THE PROOFS.
What Have the Friends of Eleazar williams
To Say Concerning These Over
whelming Proofsl
WHAT PRUSSIA DID FOR THE DAUPHIN.
ssIf I Am Not Louis XVII.
Who Am I?''
THE SUIT AGAINST CHAMB0RD.
Cannot the Berlin Authorities Help
What Have the Friends of Eleazar williams
To Say Concerning These Over
whelming PrOOfs9
WHAT PRUSSIA DID FOR THE DAUPH|N.
ssIf I Am Not Louis XVII.
Who Am I ?''
THE SUIT AGAINST CHAMB0RD.
Cannot the Berlin Authorities Help
to Clear Up the Mystery9

PARIS Sept. !, 1878.
When Louis Napoleon possessed himself OF the
French throne he was not content to be called the
second Of his name. The great Napoleon had
signed an abdication in favor OF his son, using for
the purpose that little round table which is still
shown to visitors at the Palace Of Fontaine.
bleau. The act was not, however, accepted by
the nation, and Napoleon H., like the leglons
OF his successor existed only ON paper.
But the Bourbons had lett precedent for the rec
Dgnition Of this shadowy Emperor which his
cousin, Napoleon ILL.,, was no doubt, glad to
possess, and would not have been paruenu II he
had hesitated to follow. History can tell us much
Of Louis XVI and OF Louis XVIII, but Of Louis
XVII 1t is almost silent When, however, the inno-
cent and unfortunate Louis XVI paid on the
scaold the penalty due for the crimes ol his ances
tors his son, the child Dauphin, then about eight
years old. survived him as prisoner in the hands
of the revolutionary government, and the legit-
.msts had merely to proclaim their simple creed
'THE KING Is DEAD LONG LIVE THE KING"
The fate Of this boy-monarch is OF the saddest
and darkest episodes OF the great revolution which
commenced In 1889 and seems not yet to have
spent its force. The common belief is that after
his fathers death he was placed in the charge Of
one simon, q shoemaker, and his wife, who i'll.
treated him SO much that the unfortunate child
contracted disease which soon put an end to his
ture is extant, representing the seventeenth in a
line Of great kings ragged and starved in misera
be garrett while the Unconditional cobbler and his
vile regard him with looks Of contempt and
hatred. 1t is certain that in June. 1896, child Of
the Dauphin's age did die in the Temple that q
sort of inquest was held on the body, when it was
subsequently buried within the jail precincts.
But there are grave reasons for thinking that
SIMON AND HIS WIPE
mad been previously bought over by the Prince de
Conde; that the Dauphin had been released with
their connivance, and that the child that died was
. substitute used for the purpose Of covering the
zeal Dauphin's escape This was common report
at the time, and proved sufficiently useful to the
xoyanst party in La vendee to cause the revolu-
stonary government considerable uneasiness. The
Duchesse 0'Angouleme, sister and fellow prisoner
OF the Dauphin and his senior by several years. has
recorded her opinion that her brother had been
moved nom the Temple; and the wife OF his cruel
jaller, Simon. In alter years bore similar testimony,
and even explained the mode in which she and her
husband had aided his escape. The same view Is
held by M. Louis Blanc and NJ Jules Favre, two men
OF great eminence, not in the habit Of forming
opinions lightly on important subjects. N. Favre
not only believes that
THE DAUPHIN ESCAPED
from his jaers in 1885, but that he has since been
Ql8COVcIcQ.
antsn children are now in Paris; that their case
will soon be brought before the Court OF Appeals
OF that city, and that Monsieur Jules Favre will be
their advocate. II they succeed in establishing
their right to be acknowledged as the grandchildren
OF Louis XVI. the Count de Chambord will cease
TO be lincal representative OF the elder Bourbons
and Henry Gift-oi.Gods puerile difficulties re-
spccting his ''nag' will be solved In an unex-
pccted and unpleasant manner.
lis not, by any means, the first time that the
name Of
NAMpoRP,
Prusslan clockmaker, has been heard OF In con-
ncction with this subject. From the Restoration,
In lslS up to his death, in 1s45 this person. with
obstinate pausbility, publicly gave himself out to
be 'Cnarles Louis de Bourbon, Due de Normandie,"
son OF Louis XVI. and heir to the french throne.
He lies buried In Delft, In Holland, and his ma me
and titles are inscribed upon the death,register Of
shat town. In his lifetime he declared that the
King OF Holland was conv need of his identity and
had treated him with much kindness but OF
course, recognition OF any sort would have been
equivalent to nis Majesty declaring war with
France His children have received the name OF
Of their roya, relative, and ne has, himself. found
. faithful friend and biographer In the Count
Gruan Dc la Barre tancien procmeur de roo. a
gentleman Of propity and position, who has filed
toward the sot-dtsant Louis XVII. OF France
but with far better discretion and judgmenD the
position assumed BY that arch-hater of Jesuits and
Arch-foolish member Of the British Parliament Mr..
whalley, towards the burly butcher who lays claim
20 the ancient baronetcy of the Tichbornes The
Count De le Barre, believing the time opportune in
france ior yindlcatlpg the memory Of bis deceased