, 1873-10-19
Ills Good Qualities...llis lll.Treatment BY
Louis llY..'.llis a1ephistophe.
lian Tutor.
The Dukes Accession to the Rcgency...
John Inv mud the Mississippi
Schernc..-The Plague
at Marseillcs,
French Society Under the Regency---
The Infamous Court suppers
and Balls.
Wild Career oi the Dukes Dauphtor...Tha
Deaih 0! Tho Royal Dcbauchce.

From, Temple Bar.
Had not Philippe d'OrleanH been tho nophov
Of Louis tho Fourteenth, he.would undoubtcdl,
hayo boon great man,
PERHAPS A GOOD ONE.
But Lonis-hauntod throughout his life hy tlt
memories Of those stormy Frondo days, by Ills sut
ferings therein, and by tho shadows Of those rc
befllons Princes Of tho blood roynl who ,ai
vnrrd a.;alust royal authorlty-lovel not clever
ness i'll his kinsmen, and wheueyor it appeared
did Lis bcst to crush it into modiocrity. We are
too apt to regard "tha Regent" as more een
sualist-a si!enns and nothing moro. Such al
estimate Is untrue and unjust. Let not tho road.
or bo alarmed. I nm not about to ,yhitoyash
another historical character; am only about to
show what ho soas md might have been, as we'll
a. what he became.
Philippe, noe Duo do Chartres, ,was born In tho
year 1874. strange fatality attended, his edu-
cation, hvo gouverueurs dying ono after anoth-
or, in order, it would aceIn, to mako way for tho
OWL monitor Of his life,
THE Able DUBOIS.
This last OF his tutor8-tho son Of an apothecary
Of AuYorEne, at IL the domestic of tho PRINCIPAL
Of tho College do saint-Michel, paris, in oayly
manhood tho preceptor Of merchants son.
later on Governor to royal Duke, thon Cardi-
nal, thon Primo Minister Of Francois tins
graphically painted by Saint-Smon tho colora
mayhap aro littlo heightened, but the drawing
is true 10 nature:
inc Abns Dubois Masa little thin, lean, nlendcr,
fasa mssn.loo5ng man. With shrewd weasel-faco and
tair pernke. Ev,y vlca fought within him for mas
tery Ayarice deba'chery, ambition wcro his gods,
ttsfashety and a1tery his means, impety his relax.
fantasies which people assume but which hayo m raj
ntas eSneo IN any ono hs maxim, In consequence Of
He e1ce1led III low intrigues he lived AZ an,on1 nse
Mas unable to exist without. them; but in ali III
x%aS a. had an opsst This
iadced while groping in the depths aud the .rkcss
g. c saw daylight eearer By oening another passage
voa 5sss gsasstuS ssh oaSsi aa sssiy sy
desired had not accustomed him to fcJgn sts1nmep p
snnSa Mnife q aGssa hs speech rendering it, e
unts nniutcllIgiu!o. He was Witty, VOL read With
great knowsdgs Of tho world insinnsne| | aid De De-
fasenesn which surrounded oil he did aud said. - Evil
oy reflection, nature. and reaaon treacherous and
s,rocisy shamclesa being caught tn ths fact Desring
AZ, enHy'ng and Wishing TO rlnnfer oil. When after
What point lo carried his selnsilneaB, his debauch
cry, how much he despiscd his master and tic Btatc.
Saa h9w ho sssrss q sysry1ody and everything
power. to his absolute authority to Its pomp, 10 Lis
RVar1ce, to htH fcars to Ills hates. -
Such was the governor who having insiuuated
himself into the good graccs Of Monsieur ind
Madame, was appointed to complete tho eeucs-
tion OF young Philippe. Tho boy gavo
sIaNs or GREAT PROMISE.
Ho e1collod in all his studlcs-in geometry, In
chemistry. in painting, in poetry, in music his
mannors wore elegant, af1ablo His courage vas
daring, and IN all arpertaining to tho profession
OF arma he showed rare genius, foro-
e'Ght almost iusuitiye, and an energy and
rapldlty OF execution that insured auccess :. At
the s1ege of Mons, which took place whom he
was only 18, ut stoinkirk and at Nerwinde, ho
greatly distinguished himsolf--too greatly to
hnd favor with his august uncle, whom he too
forcibly reminded OF tho youth Of the
great Coudo. He was not permitted to
Join the campaign Of 1904. And
so, with heart full of bitterness, and of burn
ing desire to show his contempt for tho King,
and for all the King most roycrenced, which, at
this time, woro the outward forms Of religion, ho
remained III Paris, every noble faculty rusting in
idleness, with his MephiHtopholian tutor ever
by Lis side to fced his Infamous pleas
ure6 to repletion. To be manter Of tho
Prince, the Abbo thought tho B,lrest plan
was to aaHilnilato hin, as much as possible
to himself. Ho taught him to despiBo all
dutlcs and decencioa he persuaded him that he
had too much Wit. to be the dupe of RELIGION
which, according to his account, was more noit-
'ca! Invention to friglteu fools and to hold the
people III submission; ho taught him that
honesty IN mon and virtue in women wore only
chlmoraH, and that licontiouBnoss, falaehood,
artiilco, infldelity, porildy, were tho essen-
L'nlA OF worldly Wiadom. His marriage with
do Blola, second daughter of
Madame do Montcspan, woman cold, apathetc,
ndolent. ogotisticxl, arrogant who fancied that
I'll tho world, her husband included, should
bow down in humble alteration before lor.-a
marriage distahteful to the young Duke, aud
violently opposed by hiB motlor,-tlis marriage
completed his moral ruin. Day by tlny llo con- |
selved greater distaEto for Lis wife, delivered
himself up moro and more to vile dissipation,
ind day by day he sank deeper into the
sou1~AoTTlSo sLoud1fs OF 1s1QulTY.
by-and,by there happened nh eyont which
dominion of French intrigues Charles tic
second Of Spain bud, by will, aot aside tho
onsingent rights OF the Duo d'Orleans to lie
jrown OF Spain in favor Of Philip Of Anjou,
econd son OF the Dauphln. orloanH bessirred
al'ied tho revoraion OF tue Grown after the Duke
i Anjon's doatll. Upon the demlso Of Charles
E 'oEan t4o War Of tho Spanish Succession,
hu hink;nc o4tS' II ,,'aor. ~ IL pfosumaole, not
'roat military talents Of his nephow.
ppointcd him to the command Of the Army al
taly. ~
King, and hampcrod by tito ig1orant norveran. suo
|ess Of l!ia colleagues. AlarBln and Ia FouilIaao
lis foresight and sagaety were completely MILL,
led. At length. Wearied by the constant roioc-
ion Of oil his conncils ho waa about to throw
p his command in disgust when he recoIyel
idlngH Of tho advance Of Prince Eupane.
10 proposed to MarHin that they Should at
nee march ngallist him. Tho Marechal rotuyod
nd forbade any OF lia troops to stir, Y'lo enc.
ny commenced tho attack. Mafsin wns no sori-
lsly wounded Mt the commencement OF TIM
attic aa to necessitato his remoya! from the
old. La Fou'lia'lo ran h.llor md thithor, tear
ng his hair III atata Of distraction, uua),lo to
Two al order. Upon which tile Duke took upou
ilnhulf tho solo command,
"HE DlD woSpERH,"
ays Balnt-sllnon; "oxpoaod himself to tho
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