Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-09-24

Orleans, who had accompanied his
youngest brother, afterwards repaired
to Palermo, then the residence of the
Neapolitan Court, where, on the 18th
November 1909, he married the sister
OF the King of the two Sic,lles.
The Duchess of OrIeaus is the aunt
OF the Duchess Of Berry, the mosheto Of
the young Duke of Bordeaux.
AT the first restoration, and after
twenty-five years of exile and suffering,
the Duke of Orleans returned I,
France, and recovered those PORTIONS
OF the immense property of his family,
which had not been alienated during
the revolution. Louis XVIII. gave
nm, IN common with other Princes OF
his family, admission into the Chan
Der OF Peers, and named him Colonel
General of the Hussars. All the steps
taken by the Prince, prosed TO France
that the school of misfortune had only
developed those virtues and qualities for
which his earliest years had been con
lspicuous.
In March, 1915, when the landng
OF Bonaparte was known at Paris, His
Royal ilighness was sent with Monsieur
[Charles X. to oppoe the march Of
The army from the isle of Eliza. The
efforts of,hese two Princes having been
without effect. they returned to Paris.
The Duke of Orleans accompanied
Louis XVIII. 10 Lisle. and fulfilled
the Duties imposed on him by his birth,
by following his august family into ex-
lie.
The Duke ofOrleans entered France
again immediately after the second res
toration, and has ever since resided
there, model of the private virtues of
the most noble patriotism. An enlight-
ened protector of literature and the ants,
he has chosen Casimir Delaviena for
his librarian, and Horace Vernet for
his favorIte painter this is sufficient TO
shew that the recolIections of our ma
tIonal glory touch him as much as the
chefs dBuUre of the arts. Noble dis.
penser ofan immense fortune, his Roy
al Highness has made the most glori-
Gus use of it. Never has misfortune
made vain appeal to his generosity.
The great works which he has caused
to be undertaken, and which have been
pursued without interruption since
lSl5,glve all honorable subsistence toa
large number of families, who find in
them their only resource. His fine
gallery every year receives those pic
lures OF our artists, which cannot be
embraced IN the acts of royal muniG-
cence.
There IS one proceeding Of the Duke
OF Orleans which has especially attrac-
ted the attention of France as being
altogether worthy Of his noble charac-
ter, and the enlightened love OF rec
tltude which he has always manifested.
His Royal Highness has wished that his
sons should be educated in our cole
ges, in the midst Of the rising genera
ton at the head Of which they are 10
be placed. The good sense Of the
French people has appreciated the
magnanimity and generosity OF this de-
termination. They are convinced that
Princes thus brought up cannot fail to
be good citizens, and they have blessed
his Royal Highness for the care that he
has taken to secure TO himself worthy
successors, and to our children illustri-
Gus models.
This sketch would be incomplete, il
we did not offer our homage 10 the Au-
gust Princess, whose. virtues constitute
at the same time his most just pride,
and his dearest reconpense. These,
mild and uDosteDtatious virtues, seem,
by the modesty that encircles them, to
fear TO betray themselves by any public
act. But, the crowds Of unfortunate
beicgs, whom Her Royal Highness
seeks out and restores to happiness,
bless them and reveal them to France.