Proof of this is found in a note of M.de la Luzerne's, found in an iron chest amongst the king's secret papers.

"I attest," says M.de la Luzerne, "that I have presented to M.the Duc d'Orleans, M.de Boinville, aide-de-camp of M.de La Fayette, that M.de Boinville declared to the Duc d'Orleans that they were very uneasy as to the troubles which might at this moment be excited in Paris by malcontents, who would not scruple to make use of his name to disturb the capital, and perhaps the kingdom; and he was urged on these grounds to protract the time of his departure.

The Duc d'Orleans, unwilling in any way to afford plea or pretext for any disturbance of public tranquillity, consented to delay his return." X.
He at last left England, and on his return made several fruitless attempts to be again employed in the navy.

Whilst his mind was thus wavering, he received the intelligence, through M.Bertrand de Molleville, that the king had nominated him to the rank of admiral.

The Duc d'Orleans went to thank the minister, and added that, "He was rejoiced at the honour the king conferred on him, as it would give him an opportunity of communicating to the king his real sentiments, which had been odiously calumniated.