in favor of the Duke of Chartres. An
anonymous French writer, commenting upon these events, says:

"We do not hesitate to place among the number of the plans of
Dumouriez a project which did him honor--that of abolishing
the republican system and erecting a constitutional monarchy
in favor of the Duke of Chartres. Many persons have imagined
that the Duke of Chartres was aware of this design. It is
certain that in the army, as well as among the moderates of
the interior, the prince would have found a crowd of
adherents. But he was too conscientious to usurp a crown
which had just fallen in blood--too good a son to authorize
proceedings which would have endangered the life of his
father; in short, too enlightened, too prudent,
notwithstanding his extreme youth, to be instrumental in any
ambitious or ill-conceived scheme emanating from such a man
as Dumouriez. However, whether the Duke of Chartres was
conscious or not of the designs of General Dumouriez, a stern
necessity rendered a union of their fortunes indispensable
for a time."

The fugitives repaired first to Mons, the head-quarters of the
Austrians, to obtain their passports. Prince Charles urged the duke
to enter the service of the Empire, and to co-operate with foreign
armies and the emigrants in restoring monarchy to France. The duke
emphatically declined. Indeed, such an act would probably have
brought his father's head, and the head of every member of the
family, within reach of the Convention, beneath the slide of the
guillotine. Nothing now remained for the prince but exile and
poverty.

In the month of April, 1793, the duke, assuming the name of Mr.
Corby, and the appearance of an English traveller, accompanied only
by a servant and his aid-de-camp, Caesar Ducrest, commenced travelling
in Germany. While the Republicans assailed him from suspicion of his
secret hostility to Republican principles, the emigrants thoroughly
hated both him and his father for the countenance which they had
given to the Revolution. The region was full of emigrants who would
gladly surrender him to his enemies. It was necessary for him to
practise the utmost caution, that he might preserve his incognito. In
the cities of Liege, Aix-la-Chapelle, and Cologne, he did not dare to
dine at the table d'hote, lest he should be recognized.

The duke had reached Frankfort, when he read the account in the
journals of th