LOUIS XVIII. L.A., [Turin] 9 [May 1794], to "my dear Baron" [of Flachslanden]; 2pages in-4. Interesting letter about his tribulations. [Louis XVIII, who was trying to escape from the semi-captivity in which he was held by the Emperor of Austria, having received an address from the royalists of Toulon, who had just surrendered the city to the English, asking him to come and lead them, went as quickly as possible to Turin to go from there to Genoa and Toulon. He arrived too late. The French army had cut off all passageways and forced the Col de Tende on April 29. King Victor-Amédée's only hope was in Austria, and he didn't want his compromising son-in-law near him]. "You surely know [...] that the Col de Tende has been forced. On hearing this news, the King [Victor-Amédée] told me that he had to leave, I insisted only to obtain permission to follow him to his army and on his formal and positive refusal, I told him that within three days, I would no longer be here, as it had become impossible to do otherwise. We will discuss this matter this evening, that is to say, the best route to take to arrive in Parma, where I have fortunately warned the Infant that I may soon be". He then speaks of the subsidies, announced a long time ago from Spain, which arrived that very morning, 96,000 livres in assignats. D'Ulloa (Spanish ambassador in Turin) "himself proposed to have them changed by M. de Saint-Alban"; thus "the Court of Spain will know exactly what they will have brought me"... He plans to leave on Sunday or Monday for Parma and spend eight days there, then go to Verona for three weeks; he can thus "reasonably hope to receive in Italy the answer from Spain"... He expects the Baron that very evening, as well as Ventimiglia...