The conspiracy failed, the brothers deserted on 22 April 1831 and joined a unit of Walenty Brochocki, where they received the rank of second lieutenants.

Ferdinand took part in the march of the famous "Sacred Host" to help the Frankfurt uprising on 7 April 1833, but was interned in Switzerland.

[1] Lucjan stayed in Avignon, then in Paris, where he worked in the editorial office of the "Pielgrzym Polski" (English: Polish Pilgrim).

[1] Following in the footsteps of his wife's sister Laura, married to prince Konstanty Drucki-Lubecki, he left with his brother for Australia in September 1839.

[1] Children:[2] The fate of Lucjan and Ferdinand Plater became the plot of the novel "Transplanted Lime Tree" by Collinridge Rivett (1923–2008), an Australian journalist.