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Shipwrecks and Loss of Life.

TENBY, SOUTH WALEB, Nov. 19.

During a heavy gale of wind yesterday from the W.N.lir
(reports Capt H. P. Steele, R.N.), a vessel was observed
with signals of distress flying off this place. The National
Institution's lifeboat stationed here was soon launched, and
proceeded through a very heavy sea to the rescue of the
vessel's orew, On arriving alongside she proved to be the
Active; of Carmarthen, from Swansea to that port, with a
cargo of coals. Her crew of three men was soon got into
the lifeboat, and afterwards safely brought on shore. The
sloop afterwards parted from her anchor and drove up the
bay. Subsequently the gale moderated, and the vessel was
boarded by a fishing smack, and afterwards brought her
safely into port. About the same time the lifeboat was en-
gaged in this service the fishing smack Braze rescued the
crew of the brig Union, of Milford, which subsequently
foundered ; and a dredge boat saved the crew from the
schooner Sydney Trader, of Cork, which was in a dismasted
state,
BRAUNTON, NORTH DEVON, Nov. 19.

Mr James Lampoon, the lighthouse keeper at Braunton,
reports:—" The schooner Meridian, of Fowey, Cornwall,
bound from Cardiff to Charleston, Fowey, with coals,
struck off Braunton yesterday in a storm from the W.S.W.
The Braunton lifeboat, belonging to the National Lifeboat
Institution, was launched to the assistance of the crew, and
after making the greatest exertion for half an hour, got
within a short distance of the vessel, but the sandbank
known as the Patch prevented their boarding, the boat
striking heavily on the bank, and the lifeboat was therefore
compelled to return. While proceeding to the wreck the
heavy surf rolled into the boat about a dozen times, and
the crew were nearly exhausted with wet and cold. For.
tunately, however, the tide rapidly receded, and the life-
boat's crew afterwards assisted in getting the vessel's crew
ashore. The captain was in a very exhausted state, and
but for the active exertions of those present, in conformity
with the society's instructions for the restoration of the
apparently drowned, a lad, there is no doubt, would have
died. Medical assistance was soon procured, and they are all
in a fair way of recovery." The lifeboat was, as usual,
manned by men from Appledore.
LYTHAM, Lancashire, Nov. 14.

At 4 o'clock yesterday aiternoon,just before dark (reports
Mr J. Edmondson), a fishermen came to bring the intelli-
gence that he had a few minutes before seen a vessel which
appeared to him to be on the Horse Bank. Several persons
from different points of view had likewise seen her, but none
could give such definite information that any conclusion
could be formed as to the character of the vessel, or whether
she was at the bank or riding at her anchors. A heavy gale
from the north-west was blowing at the time, and the wea-
ther in that direction was very thick. It was, however, de-
termined to send out the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat
Institution at once, in the presumed direction of the vessel.
Unpromising as appearances were from the storm then rag-
ing, coupled with the darkness of the night, the lifeboat men
without the least hesitation jumped into the boat and pulled
with a will quickly away towards the west side of the Horse
Bank, a distance of six or seven miles from Lytham. After
remaining away four hours and a half during a fearful night
the lifeboat returned, unable to discern anything of tha ill-
fated vessel; again at half-past 5 this morning the lifeboat
men resumed the search, and discovered a wreck lying on
the bank about two miles from Southport, which was found
to be the Chimera, of Liverpool, a brig from Africa, with
palm oil. The crew, with the exception of the captain end a
coloured man, had taken refuge in the foretopmast, which
unfortunately went by the board, and the poor fellows were
immediately swallowed up by the raging sea; The survivor,
who was taken off by the Lytham lifeboat, states that the
captain died on the deck the same day, having been ill for
some time previous. The institution has paid £l9 10a for
these gallant exertions.
SOUTHPORT, Nov. 19.

Soon after four o'clock yesterday afternoon (reports
Admiral Barton) a vessel was observed in distress about six
or seven miles from this place. The lifeboat of the National
Institution was launched as soon as possible, and proceeded
to her assistance. It was blowing a hard gale from west-
ward with heavy squalls of rain, and the night hazy and
dark. Four bluelights wore burnt by the lifeboat, but un-
happily no light could be seen in answer. After pulling
about for several hours in a dark and tempestuous night
without being able to discover the vessel, the lifeboat re-
turned. having been out about 6 hours. This morning
(Saturday) about 7 o'clock the crew again assembled at the
lifeboat house, and the wreck of the vessel she failed in
finding last night being seen upon the Horse Bank, the
boat was launched, and on reaching the vessel she was
found a total wreck, with mainmast and foretopmast gone.
On boarding the wreck one man only, a coloured man, was
found alive under the topgallant forecastle, and he said the
whole of the men, except the master and himself, had taken
to the rigging when the vessel struck, and they had all gone
overboard with the mast and were drowned. The survivor
was taken off by the Lytham boat, also belonging to the
National Institution, which had likewise gone off to the
wreck. The Southport lifeboat brought on shore the dead
bodies of the captain, found in the vessel's hold, and of
one seaman, found on the bank, The vessel proved to be
the brig Chimera, of Liverpool.
The reports of these two services show the determined
efforts that are made by our lifeboats to save life, During
the fiercest storms these lifeboat men on the Lancashire
coast never falter for a moment, but go out through the dark
tempestuous night to endure fatigue, exposure, and risk of
life with a readiness that excites the astonishment of the
ordinary observer.

DUNGINESS, Nov. 18.

At about 6 p.m. yesterday (reports the coxswain of the
Dungeness lifeboat, belonging to the National Institution)
a message was received from the chief boatman in charge
of No. 1 Battery Coastguard Station that a vessel was on
shore at that station, and that the lifeboat was required, as
there was too much sea at that time for any other boat to
put off from the shore. Signals were immediately made for
the crews of the adjoining stations, 27, Tona and Romney,
which were very soon at this lifeboat station of the National
Institution. In the meantime I had sent a man to Romney
for four horses, the vessel being about six miles to wind ward
of us. but the horses did not arrive before 8 p.m. We then
started with the whole of the men, 25 in number, ;panning
the hook ropes to assist the horses, as the sands were very
soft from the constant pouring of rain and from the wind.
We could not reach the spot until 9 30 p.m., when we were
informed that six of the crew of the ill-fated vessel had been
landed by the No. 1 Battery Coastguard boat, and that two
of the crew were drowned whilst endeavouring to get into
their own boat, which was capsized alongside the ship by a
sea. At 11 p.m. we returned to the station with the lifeboat.
The vessel was fount to be the brigantine Belinda, of Jer-
sey, bound from Guernsey to London with granite.
PENARTII, near CARDIFF, Nov. 19.

A messenger arrived here (writes Mr J. B. Bryan, chief
officer of Coast guard) at 7 35 p.m. yesterday, during a heavy
S.W. gale and hazy weather, requesting the assistance of
the Penarth lifeboat a the National Institution to a ship
stranded by stress of weather on the South-west Patch, a
most dangerous place nine miles from hence at the mouth
Newport River. The boat was promptly launched and pro-
ceeded to the spot, in tow of the steamtug pilot, sent for
that purp3se by the owner. Tug and pilot boats from New-
port had previously attempted to get to her, but failed. The
lifeboat arrived at the vessel at 8 55 p.m., and found tugs
in attendance, She remained alongside, and at the request
of the captain assisted in getting the vessel off at high
water, when she proceeded in tow to Kingroad. The life-
boat was to int back in LOW by thy) outer, with his own

and the master's thanks for so promptly coming and render-
ing assistance. The vessel proved to be the ship Far West,
659 tons, of Newport, Monmouthshire, bound from Callao,
with guano, with a crew of 22 men on board.

The Extraordinary Robbery at Windsor

Castle,

Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, Ellen West, a respec-
tably-dressed woman, about 35 years of age, late confiden-
tial maid to Lady Phipps, wife of Sir C. B. Phipps, Keeper
of her Majesty's Privy Purse, was brought up for final exa-
mination before Captain Bulkeley and Mr E. B. Foster, the
sitting county magistrates, at the Town-hall, Windsor, on
the charge of obtaining goods from Messrs Bird and Allen,
of High-street, indsor, and stealing various articles of
wearing apparel, the property of Lady Phipps, of King
Henry the Third's Tower, Windsor Castle.

Since the apprehension of the prisoner nearly 200 letters
have been found by Inspector Reece in her room at Lady
Phipps', all of which relate to property made away with by
West, the greater part of which, however, through the exer-
tions of the police, has been recovered.

Sir C. B. Phipps, Lady Phipps, and Mr and Miss Phipps
were present at the examination, and were accommodated
with seats.

Mr Phillips, of Windsor, appeared on the part of Messrs
Bird and Allen; and Mr White, of London, for Sir C. B.
Phipps.

The prisoner, who was in a most abject state of depression,
remained during the whole of her examination with her
face buried in her hands, and was allowed a chair.
The depositions previously taken having been read over to
the prisoner, who was in the custody of Inspector Reece of
the Berks constabulary,
Lady Margaret Anna Phipps said she was the wifi of
Charles Beaumont Phipps. Ellen West had been in her
service nine or ten months. She did, not on the 7th Novem -
ber tell the prisonerthatithe wished to have some silks for
inspection from Messrs Bird and Allen's, as she wished to
make a present to her daughter's nurse at Osborne. On the
B[ll of November she did not make any selection or see the
things. She did not on that day order a black silk shirt,
and had not authorised the prisoner to obtain anything of
the kind from Messrs Bird and Allen in her name. She
sent an Indian shawl there to be cleaned.

Prisoner, on being asked if she had any question to ask
Lady Phipps, remarked that the witness had not sent her
for the goods.

The prisoner was then charged with stealing an Indian
shawl, a black silk mantle, and other articles, which were
produced in court, the Property of Lady Phipps.
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Lady Phipps was again examined, and said the Indian
shawl and the black silk mantle were her property. She
never gave any of the articles to the prisoner, or authorised
her to pawn them. She had purchased them all of Messrs.
Caley, Ellen West was in witness's service as lady's-maid.
The things were in her custody.

Prisoner had no question to ask Lady Phipps.
William Wildey, assistant to Mr Daniel Brown, pawn-
broker, of 14, Cranbourn-street, Leicester-square—Knew
the articles produced—a shawl, black silk mantle, a length
of blue gimp, and a length of silk braid; also, distinct from
them, a black silk mantle and black and white plaid shawl.
On the sth of November received them in pledge in the
name of Ann Bevan. Witness produced the memorandum.
Agreed to advance £l5 108 on the articles. Prisoner was
the person who pawned them.

Joseph Bowyer, assistant to Messrs. Coley Brothers,
Windsor, recognised some of the articles produced, which
were sold to Lady Phipps. lie could swear to the braid
and gimp.
Sergeant Noble, of the Windsor police, knew the letter
produced, which he had seen the prisoner write on the 11th
of this month. She was then in custody at Sir Charles
Phipps's house.

Prisoner, on being asked if she had anything to say to
the charge, said she did not take the things with the inten-
tion of stealing them. It was Mr Denyer's proposal to take
them up. He wished her to show them to Lady Phipps.
She did not ask him. Oa the charge of stealing from Lady
Phipps, prisoner remarked that she meant to get the things
back, and did not intend to steal them.

She was committed to take her trial at the next county
sessions at Reading, Sir C. Phipps being bound over to
answer for Lady Phipps's appearance to proceed with the
charge against the prisoner.

Lancashire Distress,

CENTRAL RELIEF FUND.

A meeting c f the Central Executive Committee was held
yesterday in the Town-hall, Manchester, the High Sheriff
(Sir T. Kay-Shuttleworth) in the chair. There were also
present Lord Egerton (t. Tatton, Colonel W. Patten, M.P.,
Major Egerton Leigh, the Mayor of Manchester, Messrs A.
IL Heywood, R. Gladstone, S. J. Stern, H. B. Parnell, G.
L. Ashworth; M. Ross, James Worrell, It. H. Hutchinson,
W. Rathbone, jun., E. Ashworth, J. R. Kay, T. Ashton,
J. Goodair, and J. W. Maclure (hon. sec.)
The Hon. Secretary reported that £59 5s 6d had been re-
ceived during the past week, and that the balance in the
bank was £85,528 19s 7d.

Mr Farnall presented his usual report :
" I beg to inform you that, on the 12th inst., there was an
increase in the number of persons receiving parochial relief
in the 27 unions of the cotton manufacturing districts, as
compared with the number so relieved in the previous week,
of 737. The increase of 737 is explained as follows :—There
is an increase at Ashton-under-Lyne of 41—Barton-upon.
Irwell, 4—Bolton, 95—Burnley, 288—Chorlton, 10—Clithe-
roe, 12—Garstang, 38—Glossop, 52-11aslingden, 203—.
Lancaster, 6—Leigh, 26—Macclesfield, 35—Manchestor, 245
—Preston, 185—Prestwich, 76—Salford, 42—Todmorden,
114—Warrington, 11—and Wigan, 78—making a total in-
crease of 1,559. But there is a decrease at Blackburn of 133
—Bury, 123—Chorley, 16--Oldham, 85--Rochdale, 38—
Laddlewortb, 287—and Stockport, 140—making a total de-
crease of 822, E 0 that there is a net increase of 737. There
were on the 12th inst. 109,309 persons receiving parochial
relief in the 27 unions adverted to • in the corresponding
week of 1861.51,413 persons were so relieved. There is there-
fore an increase of 57,896 persons in the receipt of parochial
relief, or 112.6 per cent. In the corresponding week of
1863, 128,581 persons received parochial relief; thus the
pauperism on the 12th inst. was 19,272 less in number than
that of the corresponding week of last
year. The total
cost of outdoor relief on the 12th inst. was £6,693 19s 4d—
in the corresponding week of 1861 it was £2,505 12s sd—
there is, therefore, an increase of £4,088 6s 11d, or 163.2 per
cent. In the corresponding week of 1863 it was £7,992 4s
8d; thus the cost of outdoor relief on the 12th inst. was
£1,298 5s 4d less than that of the corresponding week last
year. The average percentage of pauperism in the popu-
lations of these unions on the 12th inst. was 5.5; in the cor-
responding week of 1863 it was 6.5. The amount of money
in the hands of the treasurers of the above unions on the
12th inst. was £90,683 19s Bd, A reference to my statis-
tics of pauperism for the week ended the 12th inst. will show
you that 8,833 ablebodied men received outdoor relief within
.
the district. This a decrease of 332 as compared with the
number of ablebodied men receiving outdoor relief during
the previous week. Of these 8,838 ablebodied mon, 2,430
or 47 9 per cent, are reported as capable of being employed
on public works, but who are not so employed at present."
In reply to Lord Egerton, FARNALL stated that the
g report :
decrease of 332 ablebodied. men, relieved from the poor-rates
was doubtless owing to the increased employment of such
men on public works.
EndreGadotihueemfoelnlo, following
comparisonßa between the ordinary expenditure for
poor in the
.28 unions of the cotton district,
The accompanying tables
and that of the years which have been affected by the
cotton famine. The excess of expenditure over 1861
afford
thel‘‘' IrMre relief le
(which may be taken as an average
year) in indoor mainte-
nance and outdoor relief, including that of the local com-
mittees, in the year ended Lady Day, 1862
AfL cicofr dvt e
1862, was £40,221—
in 1863, £1,287,597—
in 1864, 919,554---and during the six
months ended Michaelmas, 1861, over £3oo,ooo—being a
total excess expenditure of 2,557,576.
During the
three years ended Lady Day, 1864, the guardians ex-
pended in the relief of the poor £1,937,928 and the local
committees £1,372,454, making a total of £3,310,382, while
in 1861 the guardians of the poor spent only £313,185. Of
the amount received by the committees, £289,938 was from
local sources, but in addition to that amount the Central
Committee received £276,453 in subscriptions from the
cotton districts, and it is estimated that no less a sum than
in
£230,000 was locally distributed private charity, beyond
the large amount voluntarily remitted by manufacturers and
property owners
for cottage rents. For the information re-
ferring to the guardians' relief I am indebted to Mr Purdy,
of the Poor Law Board."
The committee thought it advisable again to announce
publicly that at its meeting next Monday it would adjourn
for three weeks.
The Hon, Secretary laid on the table returns which had
been obtame • d, pursuant to a resolution of the Central Exe-
cutive Committee, of the balance of subscriptions to the
Central Relief Fund not remitted, but which were returned
by the collecting committees, all of them in places situated
outside the cotton districts.
• d on the question of the publication of
A discussion ensue
these returns. On the one band this publication was urged
in justice to the committees who had faithfully remitted all
the subscriptions confided to them for the relief of the dis-
tress in the cotton districts, and to the public, on whom fur-
ther claims had been recently advocated. On the other
d that the motive for contribution to
hand, it was suggested
the Central Fund, whether from individuals or districts,
ought to be .taneous, and to arise out of a conviction
that the condition of the workmen in the cotton districts,
and the tendency to the exhaustion of the resources avail-
able for their relief, constituted a legitimate claim on public
sympathy, As, homer, the amount a tuo balauceo Riau-

mitred was reported to be upwards of £70,000, it was re-
solved that the following circular should be sent to each of
the committees, and published with the proceedings of the
day :
" I am instructed by the Central Executive Committee to
represent to you that it has before it a return, obtained by
its honorary secretary, is which it appears that a balance
of £ , subscribed towards the relief of distress in the
cotton districts, has not been remitted for distribution. The
Central Executive Committee desires to represent that it has
administered the fund confided to it with vigilance and
firmness, in order to insure as economical a distribution of
relief as appeared to be consistent with the health cf. the
population. It has still in hand a balance of £81,698. It
has recently encountered new forms of disaster in trade,
which had been long foreseen, and to meet which, there-
fore, it has husbanded with care the Central Fund. Being
unable to determine how long the present want of employ-
ment will continue, and beir sure that similar crises will
from time to time recur, the Central Committee feels it to
be due to those committees which have sent to the Cen-
tral Fund the entire amount subscribed, and to the public
on which the renewal of claims for assistance has already
been advocated, to say that it trusts that the local com-
mittee of will regard the balances now in its hand
as a fund on which the Central Executive Committee
may depend for the relief of the indigence of the cotton
districts."

The Inundations in Spain.

The following accounts are from the Spanish

papers :

VALENCIA, Nov. s.—ln consequence of the continued
rains there are inundations along the whole coast. The
accounts from Cataroja are extremely alarming. An expe-
rimental train had to return, and the conductor said that
he heard many cries of distress from that town. The gover-
nor has left with an engineer and some of the Civil Guard,
and the train conveys boats and ropes. Great disasters are
feared in Alcira. The whole of the land along the coast
presents the appearance of a sea. The railway from Valencia
to Castellon is impassable, and the telegraph only working
between Barcelona and Vinaroz. The post has not left to-
day, the roads being impassable.

VALENCIA, Nov. governor of the province, with
great difficulty and danger, succee'2ed in getting within four
kilometres of Alcira and eight from Carcagente, and placed
himself in connection with those towns, The destruction in
both is immense. Bread asked for was sent them, and other
food was being collected. The post from Barcelona, which
ought to have arrived at 8 in the morning, had not arrived
up to 8 at night.
VALENCIA, Nov. 7. —By a miracle the governor reached
Alcira. The town is a heap of ruins in a great lake, and
words cannot describe the picture of desolation it presents.
The people are escaping as they can, many of them half
naked. The road between Alcira and Algernesi is cora■
pletely destroyed, and bands of old men, women, and chil-
dren, are seen on the rough broken ground fleeing from the
catastrophe. The streets and squares are filled with dead
houses and broken furniture—some bodies are also seen of
persons who have been drowned, and many must be buried
under the ruins. Two thousand loaves of bread have been
distributor amongst the people. The governor remains
there ordering every possible measure to alleviate suffering.
To-morrow he goes to Carcagente.

The governor returned to Alcira after having been in Car-
cagente. The deaths and accidents to persons are numerous.
Up to 12 yesterday 21 bodies have been interred in a cern°_
try made for the occasion. The governor has expended all
the relief fund, and a subscription has been opened. Ladies
will beg for contributions at the churches. At Tavernes,
Semat, and Gandia, many builders are employed in repair-
ing the damaged houses, and the inhabitants are busy at
work. Algemesi yesterday went without bread to give it
to Alcira ; 3,000 pounds have been sent to-day. The town
of Tores has lost more than 100 houses, and the towns of
the coast are said to have suffered equally, which is pro.
bable from the quantity of furniture brought down the
river,

VALENCIA, Nov. 9.—The governor has returned to this
city, and ordered the firemen of the Ayuntamionto to pro.
coed to the towns inundated, since the labourers of those
towns refuse to work. The accounts from the towns
on the coast are very sad, many of which are only a heap of
ruins. The firemen and artisans are rendering great ser-
vices in Alcira, clearing the streets and propping up houses.
From the ruins of one of the latter nine dead bodies were
taken out. The towns of Fortaleni, Polino, and Riola,
which it was thought had entirely disappeare I, have suf-
fered much. In Guguera, Quesa, and Ana, the factories,
which gave employment to many families, have been de-
stroyed. The subscription opened by the provincial depu-
tation affords very satisfactory results. Donations of bread
and other food are unceasing. Tores has lost 108 houses
out of 180, of which the town consisted. The overflowing
of the Jucar has destroyed the conduit of tho principal work
of irrigation, very little of the solid masonry being left. The
renches in the great canal of Jucar are 18 in number. The
walls are thrown down to the extent of from 20 to 500
yards. The repairs will require great outlay. Twsnty-
three towns engaged in the cultivation of rice, and having
irrigated farms, are left without the means of irrigation.
The Junta of government is occupied in investigating the
extent of the damage, which is incalculable. The towns of
Tores, Carcel, and Samacaroel have been inundated. The
losses in the first have been the greatest. In the other the
destruction is less.

AUSTRIA AND MEXICO.

VIENNA, Nov. 17.

Subjoined is a translation of the official text of
the often mentioned compact between the Emperor
of Austria on the one hand, and his brother, the
Archduke Maximilian—now Emperor of Mexico—
on the other :
The most illustrious Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian
having communicated to his Imperial Royal Apostolic
Majesty his resolution to accept the proffered throne of
Mexico, and there, by the help of God, to found an empire,
his Majesty, in family council, did take into consideration
the conditions under which he, as the head of the Arch.
ducal House, could, in accordance with his sovereign du-
ties, give his consent to the proposed State. Act.

As a consequence of the deliberations on the subject in
question, his Majesty the Emperor, on the one hand, and
the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian on the other, did
agree to the following conditions :
Art. I. His Imperial Highness the most illustrious
Archduke Ferninand Maximilian does, for himself and his
descendants, renounce all claim to the succession to the
throne of the empire of Austria, and to ail the kingdoms
and countries thereunto pertaining, in favour of the other
male scions of the House of Austria and of their male de.
scendants having rights of succession. And that in such a
way that in as long as there shall—in accordance with the
existing laws of the House of Austria, in respect to the
order of succession, and more particularly of the family
law which under the name of the pragmatic sanction was
made on the 19th April, 1713, by the Emperor Charles
VI., and of the family statute issued on the 3d Feb.,
1839, by his Majesty the Emperor Ferdinand I.—be
Archdukes having claims to the succession or descendants
of the same in the most distant degree, neither his Im-
perial Highness nor his descendants, nor any one in
their name, shall ever be able to make the least claim tc
the said succession.

Art. 11. This act of renunciation extends to all privileges
connected with the right of succession, and, consequently,
to the privilege given by the family statute to act, under
certain conditions, as guardian to the heir presumptive to
the throne, he being a minor.
Art. 111, Should, however—which God forfond—all the
other Archdukes and their male descendants die, his Im-
perial Highness reserves for himself and for his male de-
scendants—being the issue of lawful and equal marriages
contracted in accordance with the statutes and customs of
the Austrian Archducal House—all the rights of succes-
sion which appertain to him in virtue of the Austrian law of
primogeniture and of the abovementioned family statute, as
in such case the act of renunciation contained in Art, I. can
be prejudicial neither to his Imperial Highness nor to his
posterity. In respect to the rights of the female descendants,
in default of heirs male, the regulations contained in the
abovementioned documents concerning the rights of suc-
cession are to remain unchanged. But in no case can the
illustrious descendants of his Imperial Highness hold the
reins of government unless they are of the Roman Catholic
faith.

Art. IV. His Imperial Highness further declares for him-
self and his male and female descendants that ho, under the
subjoined conditions, renounces all claim to the present and
to the future personal or real property of the most illustri •
ous Archducal House, whether such claim be based on the
ties of blood, birth, or custom.
a. Should extraordinary circumstances occur and load to
an important change in the newly-established relations of
his Imperial Highness, he and his descendants are entitled
to claim a participation in tho revenue arising from the
family maintenance fund in such manner as is provided for
in regard to the Sovereign branches of the most illustrious
Archducal House in paragraph 41 of the family statute of
Feb. 3, 1839.
L. Should it unfortunately so happen that all the other
illustrious Archdukes and their male descendants die, and
that the heirs male of his Imperial Highness come to the
throne, or should it happen that the male line of the Aus-
trian House is totally extinct, and that their rights in virtue
of the abovementionel regulations relative to the succession
have devolved on the female descendants of his Imperial
Highness, then and in such case all the claims of his Im-
puial Ilightten and his descendants on the family property