The French Pretender.
The Times, 1824-07-02T00:00:00

We have received from Portsmouth a letter, of whi we give a translation, on tlhe subject of the new claim& of the French Crown. The letter is forwarded to through a medium which removes all doubt of its authe; ticity : 'Ar. Editor,-In your journal of the Ud of this month, ys inserted a protest, signed ' Charles X. King of France and N varre,' which had been imblished on the 19tb of rMay last, in t Natianal IntlUig=cncr, printed at Washington, in the Unit States. The person whose signature appears to this act of insani is my legitimate brother: and thoagh it is pairful to moe to ma known publicly the real state of his mind, I have dete ine d do it; preferring that my brother shoald pass for what he than to suffer it to be believed that he is a vile and'< ,al impostor: there are, besides, in France certain joorials which the spirit of party predominates over all the sentiments generosity, and often even of honesty, which wil not fail to pubID this piece without any regard to the inconveniences and persecutlo which it might draw down on my unfortunate family, which b already had its abundant share of both. I venture, therefore, hope, MUr. Editor, from your honourable character, the insertion my letter in your respectable journaL Here, thern, are sutcinct detailed the exact factsof the political and military life of my u bappy brother. Victor (which is his name by baptistn) was born 1790 at Ennezat, in the department of the Puy-de-dotne, in f house of his father. He entered the service of his Majes the Emperor Napoleon in 1807: after having served soccc sively in tke 25th and 29th Chasseurs-a.-cheval, he entered t. Imperial Guard. A ball wrhich passed through his head,. other wounds, as well as the frost from which he sffered mmu in the fatal retreat from Mloscow-caused great derangement mind. In 1816 he was put on hatf_pay, and returned to his fanil Three years were sufficient for him to dissipate entirely a handson patrimony left him by his iLegi-imate father. In 1818, while out hun ing, hewasaccosted by a brigade of gendarnerie,who insolentlv bat him produce his licence (port drarnzes) or give up his gun: he ha not his licence, and stiL less any disposition to give up his gn: tt gendarmes had the audacity to attack him; he fired, and one : them was severely wounded. He was, however, disarmed (there ws no resisting superior force), and carried to prison, where he remair ed about three months; he was then brought to trial, and very fo;- tunately for him, as weU as for my afflicted family, a jury was fogn miraculously composed of moderate and generous men: he was ucm nimously acquitted. Afterthislamentable affair, he set offfor the pml pose of joining me among the Independent party in America, whet I was then serving. It appears that he went to the Isle of Cubs- and that the barbarous treatment which he there experiesced fret the Spanish Governor has entirely turned his brain; otherwise-,,i was not of adisposition to renounce his family. "I have the honour to be, Sir, your respectful servant, j a Mr.r. a .aaUs ., bo -rt: Ieglon of Hanou' ca-Captain of Cavalry, (French Emigrant Portsmouth, June 29, 1824.-No. 89, Broad.streeL" THE FRENCH PRETEENDER.