The Press.
London, England, 1853-12-10 00:00:00

THF ORLEANIST FUSION.

THE following t rates and comments upon the recent
interviews between the Duke de Nemours awl the
Count do Chambord at Frohsdorff have been pub-
lished by a morning paper, ou the authority of a
correspondent :
" The reconciliation which has recently been effected
between the princes of the house of Orleans and the head
of the elder branch of the Bourbons continues to create a
great deal of interest among the adherents of both families,
and in many quarters a degree of political importance is
attached to the event which it certainly is not entitled to tt
the present momeut, and which it may perhaps not have
during the exi,tence of the present generation. No (MO
can for a moment doubt that it is of mutual ndvantage to
both families, whether as regards their own comfort or their
consideration with the world, that they should live on tern a
of friendehip becoming members of the acme family, in d
ferget differences created by events long gone by, and
which are now of no interest to any one, excepting as
matters of history. But, while in this sense the 'Alston '
must be considered a gratifying fact by all the friends of
the two families, it is very doubtful if the manner in which
it has been carried into enact is calculated to meet with
the same unanimous applause. It is (Tashi that some of
the most sincere friends of both branches consider the
fus' 'as inopportune, and the ostentatious publicity
given to it as injudicious and impolitic. 11litch as they
wish to see a good understanding existing between the two
families, they would have much preferred seeing the
' fission,' when accomplished, represented as simply an act
of kindliness and good feeling on the part of the meuthe:s
of the families than to have it represented, as it now is, as
an important political text, from which consequences may
Le expected which will change the aspect of Europe.
" It has been remarked that, in the elaborate accounts
published throughout Europe of the interview betwei u
the Duke de Nemours and the Count. de Chambord, there
has not been one word said of the Duchess of Orleans,
and that the Duke de 'CPIIIOIII% spoke, not in the name of
the whole of the members of the family (of which the
Count de Paris is the undoubted head), but merely in that
of his brothers. I have reason to believe that the Duchess
of Orleans and the Count de Paris have kept themselves
aloof from the whole MEM% and that they are consequeutly
no parties to the so-cellist fusion.' It is not correct to
say that the Duchess of Orleans has opposed the ' fusion,'
or the interview which has taken place between the Duke
de Nemours and Ley cousin. Site has simply declined
giving any opinion on the matter, in order that she might
not be' considered as a conseuting party to any arising,-
melds which may have taken place at the interview between
those illustrious personages.
" Ity the law of France the Count de Paris will come of
age when he reaches eighteen, or in about thirty months.
It is the wish of the duchess that on coining of age the
young prince may find himself completely unfettered, and
at full liberty to adopt whatever course he may consider
advisable, whether as respects his own position or that of
the other members of his family. It is on this account
that she has declined doing anything that could be con-
sidered as a sanction on her part to any conferences or
anungements which would have the effect, or at all events
the appearance, of fettering her son. The young prince
himself, who is a very precocious lad, fully coincides with
his mother's feelings on the subject, and it is in accordance
with his opinion that she has adopted an important resolu-
tion. Having received au intimation from the Duke de
Nemours of his intended visit to Frelisdorff, and at the
same time an offer on the part of the duke to pay her a
visit for the purpose of comminticating to her the result s f
the interview with the Count do Chambord, the duchess,
in accordance with her own wishes and the wishes of her
son, but without consulting any one out of her
wrote to the Duke de Nemours, informin hint that she
did not see the immediate necessity of the' step he was
about to take ; that there were no events at present occur-
ring which made immediate action desirable; that, on tl o
contrary, there was every reason fur the postponement of
any family arrangentente of the kind, till her son, who wias
the undoubted head of the Orleans family, was Of 1111 age to
he consulted ; and that in these circumstances she was
obliges! to request the Duke de Nemours not to come to
Eisenach (the residence of the duchess) on his way front
Frultsdortf, as she should be under the necessity of declining
to receive hint. The duchess has adopted this meths
tion, not lion any feeling of bitterness or irritation Kansa
the members of either branches of the flintily, but siuqly
that she may not have to reproach herself hereafter with
having done anything which might be (smoldered binding
upon the prince on Isis coming of age, and when Isis intik,.
Meld would enable him to act for himself.
" It must be said that the course adopted by the Ducks as
of Orleans appears to be a wise unc. There scouts to I e
no good ground why the uncles of the Count de Paris
should have adopted measures which, however great (?f
however small may be their ultimate results, will certaitey
have the etlivt of forestalling the question, and that at a
time when the Count de Paris is not only approaching 11:s
majority, but when it is admitted by all parties that tie me
is nothing in the internal position (if France which justifies
it. In point of fact. any attempt of either breach of the
house of Bourbon to disturb the world with their claims
wottld neither be an. act of morality nor of utility. Any