ESCAPE OF LOUIS PHILIPPE.

Anglo-Maori Warder, Volume 1, Issue 12, 11 July 1848, Page 2

ESCAPE OF LOUIS PHILIPPE.

The King reached the chateau at Dreux, uon the night of the 24th February. It was stated that on his arrival there he had only a solitary five-franc piece in his pocket. That he had even this , was owing to he presence of mind of the Queen, who, remetnbitlng in the hurry of leaving the chateau, that they were without none;, returned at «ome risk to a bure. u in which were a few hundred francs. These, howev.r, scatcely served to defray the expenses of the journey. A letter from Dreux says "Louis Philippe arrived at the chateau here. A supper «as sent out for amongst the public eating houses of the town. He slept at the chateau, after hiving sent for the Sub Prefect, and some i timate acquaintances. He was iu a state of complete prostratiun, and repeated, each moment—" Like Charles X!' He left next morning in a hired carnage, and by byroads for Vernon." Another account saya—- " Ob hia arrival at Versailles, Louis Philippe and his auite, not finding any post horses, were obliged to

a k for horses from a regiment of cavalry. His flight bid been so rapid and unforeseen, that he was forced to make, at Trianon, a collection among the officers, w u eh produced two hundred francs. It was with thiß sum that he was enabled to reach Eu, where he embarked for England, and where be will find the millions sent abroad by hit providence* They there preserved tb.3 strictest incognito until the name of the King wbb accidentally pronounced by the only footman who acrumpanted them. Theironly suite consisted of two femmes dc chambre. The ex King aod his family quitted Dreux on Friday the 25th, at nine o'clock in the morning. In order to conceal tutir departure, the footman who occupied the box bad put off his livery, and was clothed in a rcdingote and other garments bought two hours before. The Under' Prefect attended the carriage at its leaving the town, and was seated on the box next tho foot' man. The gens-d'armes of St. Andre having demanded, while changing horses at their place, who were the persons in the carriage, the Under-Prefect immediately got off the box, whißpercd to tbem [or a moment, and the gens-d'armes insttntly retired. Theex'King had hardly crossed the forest of Anette, when the workmen from a neighbouring paper mill arrived w th the intention of stopping him." There was some joking in Paris when it was stated that the vehicle in which the ex Kin.; took bis hasty flight from Paris was called a Brougham. It is said that he drove off to St. Cloud at such a rate that wheu •bey had crossed the bridg», the horst was too exhausted io i! ount the hill leading to the chateau. Several men jpu&ked the carriage up, however. After taking some puiers, ttie ex-King entered a hackney coach at St. Clem), and drove off to Versailles and thmce to Trianon. He, in a 6hort time, entered a travelling carriage. bu», before leaving the park, he saw at a distance, approaching" towards him, six men on horseback, and became afraid that they, were in search of Mm. He therefore ordered the coachman to stop, alighted, and ran into a guardhouse at the gate of the park, near the railroad station (Monttetout) and concealed himself behind a Btove. The men having pasted, an aid de camp informed him that there was no danger. He accordingly re-entered the carriage and drove off. At La Queue, on the road to Dreux, he was joined by the Dukes ot Nemoors, and Montpensicr. After much wonder had been expressed in En eland as to his whereabout, Louis Philippe and his Queen l.indtd in Kngland, at Newhaven, on Friday morning. At Dieux, it appears, a farmer procured disguises tor ths Royal fugitives and suite, the King habiting him-s-lf in an old cloak and on old cap, having first shaved his whiskeis, discarded his wig, and altogether so disguised himself as to defy the recognition even of his most intimate fmnd*. The other disguises were also complete —Courier.