It seems to be certain that M. de Chambord has
been in Ver- sailles, and the Union says he has acted with rare disinterested- ness. The Union has frequently shown that it knows what " Henri V." is doing when other papers are merely guessing, and its article was accepted as a hint that the King intended to abdi- cate in favour of the Comte de Paris. Another explanation hail, however, found favour,—that the King expected at once to enter into his kingdom, and showed his disinterestedness in agreeing to wait till affairs were more secure. There is a third solution possible, which is that. the Comte de Chambord, who has re- peatedly expressed deep irritation at the establishment of the Marshalate, after reflection, and as he judged in the interest of France, permitted his followers to vote the prolongation. That settled the majority, as the votes influenced by the Comte when in France would have just defeated the Marshal.
