The French Pretender.
The Times, 1824-06-23T00:00:00

t From the WashingtontNational rnfelligeAccr.] The foltowing is a copv of he memorial, noticed in our .ccount oJ the proceedlings oftthe House of Rlpresentatives on Monday last, a, having been presented to the House by the Speaker, read, ordered tc lie on the table:- " AN ADDRtSS OF LOIJIS CH5AItLES, DIJC DE NAVARRE. - - - - - in-C------- -,t A.A ,_ A- ^- e- 'rxV . The of Americ a in Couess assrembled. ' The undersigned most respecttullv represents, that by a judg: emnt rendered in Fzance in the ycmr 1817, ample proof has been giver to Elurope that the heir of LouisjXV1. had been carried awav from the Teniple. The divers histories written dtiring the existence of the Re. puiblic of France have confirmcd the fact. The declaration of lllari4 Theresa Charlotte, at Rouen, where judgment was rendered, ams fully attests the truth of the assertiont. The individual who sal himself up as the lawful heir of Louis XVI. slhoul-d have recollected what preceded, what took place, and what followed his being carried away. Hc should hvre been able to say wherehe was raised_tohave shown the scar which tlie Queen made upon her son. These qucrs. tions formned a part that were nut to the Pretender during the trial and, hir f{ailing to answer them, subjected him to punishment. -' Since the King, my uncle, has offered a reward for the discoverv of his ncpltcw. I feel confidcrt of being able to answer the questions, and to exhibit the proof, and indulge the hope, that the American Gorernment Will interest itself in lhis belhalf, and return to Prance the legitimate Sovereign, the son of the early.frien'd and protector of this Republic-the oniy one now who can give a durable peace to LEurope. The foregoing facts go to prove that there is at least a be- lief that the unfortunate soi of Louis is, or may be, existing. The following brief statement of a few circuinstaiices is presented as a preliminary, in the hope that they will at least interest mankind, and promote a desire for further inquiry into this momentous subject. They are as follows:-Whilst in the possession of my fathtr, N;otis XVI., inoclltation was performed on me. The iatrrument used in the operation appearing to please me, a similir one was procured mre. .My sister, in attemptin to take it from me, received a wound in her thigh, r hich caused a flow of blood. A short time afterwards, the Royal Family having met topether-say about 10 or 11 o'clock at night-Louis XVL, my father, took me into a remote part of the Palace, where lie, in my presence, buried some precious atticles which f will be able to discover. He rejoined the famin'y with such precipitation as to make me feel somewbiat a?eribed, inasmuch, too as the family had changed dresses. Mily sister was the first person i recoguiized. They also putupon fte a new suit, and wedeparted for the states of my uncle, the Emperor of Austria. Being after. wards. confined with my unfortunate parents, I received the last farewell of my honoured father-a descriptloni of which awful mtoments is alone rescrved for the true heir of Louis XVI. About a month after his death, i was carried away from the Temtple. and another boy ptit in my place. The exclange was effeteel bv means of an otgan. The Queen, pay mother, mae a mark on the side of my head, forming a triangle with my eve and ear. The Dutchess, my sister, bears the samne mark. She will also recognize a mole on my neck. Theme who rescued me from the Temple transported me to Auvergne, Department of the Puy de Dome, where they administered drugs to deprive me of thd power ot speech. About that time, one Antonie Persar, an ithabitan't of Denezat, had a son in the country a. nursing. His nante was Victor- I was stibstituted for him. Sometime afterwards the father caine for hisson, whom he had not seen since he hbd put him out. He appeacet astonished at my manners, and put some questions to the )iurse, who told hhrn I lIad been in the habit of visiting some ladipe an, ft.. tI- .]. ., -A pea~~~e ~ -1-1 ~HU a naa acqtured themn. He ap- pe satislied vitl the answer, and gave me the nane of Monsieur, which I bore until the age of 10 years, at which tirme, those who watched over me discontinued to administer the customary dxusg, thinking there was no longer any danger of my discoverdng Z self,as it was thought I must have forgotteu ny family. A?r. 'er_ sat put me nat apain in a boarding-house with two of his sons tle naster gave mte the name of Auguste, which name I 7kept until the age of 17, when I enlisted in the 25th Regiment of Chasseurs a Chc- va'. I afterwards left that to join the 29th Regiment, and was after- vwards sclected for the Guards of Buon:parie. Several superior offi- eers knew who I was. Circumstances oblige me to conceal their names. At the retreat from Mioscow I was wounded, and obtained a nenston iinder the name of Victor Persat. In 1814, I joined the Persat family, where I foundi proof that they had intercourse with those who rescted mc from the Temple, and the true son whom I substituted was reinstated. I was compelled to go to the island of Cuba, where those who had saved me from the hatnd of Robespierre, in order to force inc to adhere to their views, and to be subservient to their authority, made me experience the most cruel treatment, and reduced me to a most wretched state of misery, which induced thBe belief that may sufferings have been caused by a powrerful han4. In 1822, several treaties were proposed to me, which I would not ac- cept. The Governor of Ctuba at that time was disposed to serve me; a sudden death left a saspicion that he had been poisoned. ndean was appoin.ted Governor, ad interim; I claimed his protection, but he was in the pay of my guardians. The present governor, Francisco. Dionisio Vives, refused positively to me his protection ; I told him in presence of lis council, tlhat he should be hereafter put in mind of his conduct-that he had denied the protection of the laws to a relation of Ferdi- nand the Seventh. Left to the cruelties of my persecutors, my counsel advised me to leave Cuba, and were so kind as to furnish me the mneans. On the 15th of December, 1823, I left Havannah, and landed at New Orleans on the Ist of January, ;824, and directed my steps to this m-etropolis. And, being the son of her early friend, he makes this solemn appeal to the nation, who are unbiassed and disdain to favour private interests, and commits himself with ample proof to attest his lineage. And, if he shal be found to be a pre- tender or an impostor, let him be dealt with as such. " Let the present memorial be preserved in the records of the Republic, and let a cbpy of it be sent to the Emperor of Austria, and another to the Duchess of Angouleme. "It is among freemen, man Liberated from the shackles which everr mny liberators have imposed upor me, tbat I shall await the result of mty fate which is r.ot doubtful. It is on the wing of truth, and not on the pointof bayonets thatFrance will hail the return of her long lost son. "CHARLES X. "o (le France et de Navarre. Washington City, May10, 1824, int the United States of America." lYe arc informed, by an arrival from Trinidad, that the nbabitants had deternilned to petition the Governor to suispend the iromulgation of tle new Order in Council. A meeting for tlat pur- ose was to be held onrrFritty, the lltl ot Mlay.-Barbadoesat,pct.. THE FRENC-I PRETRANDER.