The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-14
THE SECRET CORRESPONDENCE
Louis Philippe and his Family.

NEUuLY, Is Juliet, 1885.
Mon TRES CHER FRERE EFT NEvEU,
Votre Majestic rappelle certainement quau
commence meut de Pannee dernere 1881, lorsque
nous nous Occuplens de conclure lie marriage de
de votre bien anne frere lie Comte de Syracuse
avec ma file Marie, auquel, nous avions dome,
vOus ct MOI, notre consentement avec tant de
hsfaction, vous nous annoncates que lie Prince de
Butera que vous venice de nOmmer votre ambas-
sadeur aupres de MOI, allait arriver Paris, in
vesh de vos pleIns pouvolrs pour sgner lie con-
uat. lie Prince de Butera fut retarde par lie voyage
quill fit en- Siclle, pour apprentice quelles etaent
les intentions du Comte de Syracuse, sur les
clauses conditions de la convention matrimo-
male. IL arrlva entin lie premier de mai, porteur
dun proJet dcja redlge, dams lequel Sc trOuvalent
des clauses gu! nous par1rent non settlement mad
misslb;es; mais meme peu pres lnexecutables,
ct les queles, lul fut fat les observations que
nous cr1mes convenables. Sd reponse tut que
cetait lie Comte de Syracuse qul await lui-meme
foimule tontes ces conditions qu etalt pref les
sigper, telles quill les presenait, mas quill lui
etait lnterdit, d'y fare aucun enlargement. Ce-
pendant II me charged de transmetlre lie contre
poet qul lul tut remis de notre part, sur lequel
Votre Majestic nous ccrvlt que etleZ
rendu Palermo pour en- conferer avec lie Prince
vOtre tTere, et que lie Prince de Buera recevrait
vos ordres, d'apres ce que vOus venieZ d'arreter
avec luI. Neanmons 10 mos s'etaient ecoules
Fans que nous ayions recu aucnne autre cOmmunl-
cation, Tors gu au mos davr de cette aimee 1885,
une letrre de la Rene votre mere, la RENE ma
bIen aimee spouse, nous apprlt supplement, sans
sucun reimbursement, que lie Comic de Syracuse
partaNp un voyage d'instrnction, dams lie cours
duquel, il comptalt venlr Paris. ii n'etait des
Tors assez naturel que nous pensassions que cete
vse n'etait pas etraneere au Projet de marriage
qnl await etc ST. pres d'ette realise, quill n'avalt
plus etc un mystere pour personne. lie Comte de
Syracuse etau arrive Paris, les sentiments quill
mons temoigna, ct Patfrction bien sincere quill
nous lnspira, aouterent notre deslr de vor entin
sc reallser SON union avec notre file chere; ct
alors nous nous dccidames, la Refine ct moi, a
nous adresser avant tout IA Votre Majestic ainsi
qu'elle Ia fat par sa lettre du "a maj 1885. lie
Comte de Syracuse etat en- Apgleterre, lorsque
vore repOnse nous est parvenue ct j'a dh attendre
son retour pour avOir avec lul, avant son depart
leg explorations defnlt,yes ,qn me paraIssaent
necessaires. II ma affirme quill navalt pas for
mule les conditions presentees par lie Prince de
Butera son arrlvee ct quill await declare alors
CONNIE II lie declarait encore aujOurdh hui quill
etait pref accepter les conditions que avlons
otlertes dams lie contre proet, ct conclure lie ma
mage avec lie consentement de Votre Majestic,
a,nsl gull n'avalt cesse de vous en- temolgner lie
desir-
Je mai point a examiner, mon cher frere, nj
encore MONS expliquer la contradiction qui
trouve entire qul nous tut dit en- 1884 Ell ce qul
NEST dit auourd'hui, ce qui est positf present,
obstacle a la realisation du marriage qui await etc
convent entire nous, que ceux qui viendraient de
la part de Votre Majestic. Je ne saurals done nen
plevor de semblabIe ct j'ai charge un de mes MI
presenter cette lettre, aim que lOrsque apres lie
retour .du Comte de. Syracuse Naples, vous
aurez discuIe atalres en- tamille, alnsl que
Nous lie mandeZ la Relne mon cpouse, IL pulsse
vous bonner pour MOL ct recevOir de meme toutes
les explorations qui pourraent etre utiles GU con-
venables dams .cette CONJECTURE Vous pourreezI
prendre entere confance dams tout ce quill
vous dira de ma part. Je pa charge de faire con-
naitfe Votre Majestic que mon desr ben sincere
Giant de resserer autant quill depend de nous, les
liens qui unlssent nos deux families, ie prefererais
mfr mo 0reU hlen fra of ma lIo
cherie puissent venir a Naples aupre! de vous, ct
sous vore protection immediate, mals que 81 des
arrdng. ments quelconques, on des considerations
de quelque nature que ce soft vous faisalent pre-
ferer quill en- tut autrement, le serais tout pref
les recevOlr en- France, les etablir, les
earder aupres de MOI, aussi longtemps que celia
pour raft vous cOnven,r.
C'est de tout mon cGur, mon cher neveu, que je
vous Ienouvelle l'txpresslon de la since amltle
que Ie vous porte ainsi que celle de flnaterable
attachement avec lequel je suls
Mon tres. cher trere ct neveu
de votre Majeste
lie tres afiectionne
frere ct once
LOUIS PHILIPPE.
TRANSLATION
NEUI.Iy, 10th July, 1895.
Fyom Louis Philippe to the King of Naples, reia-
t,pe to the Marriage of his daughter to Leopold.
My VERY DEAR BROTHER AND NEPHEw:-
Your Majesty surely remembers that at the com :
cupied in bringing to a conclusion the marriage of
your well-beloved BROTHER the Count of Syracuse,
with my daughter Marie, to which we both, you
and myself, had given consent with much
satisfaction, you announced to that the Prince
di Butera, whom you had just appointed your AM
bassador at my court, would soon arrive In Paris
invested with full powers to sign the contract.
The Prince dl Butera was delayed by the journey
that he made into Sicily, for the purpose OF learn
ing what were the intentions of the Count OF SYRIA
cuse with regard to the clauses appended to the
conditions of the matri monial contract. He ar
rived, at length on the first of May bringing with
HIM proposals already drawn up, IN which were
found certain clauses that appeared to US not only
Inadmissible, but even almost impossible, and upon
which we made to him such observations as Sc M
ed proper to u.s. His answer was, that the Count
OF Syracuse himself had drawn up all these cond-
tions; that he was ready to sign the contract as 1t
then stood, but that he had been expressly forbid
den to make any change In Its terms.
However, he undertook to transmit the counter.
project which we had drawn up in ITS place, and
which we put into his hands; upon which your
Majesty wrote us that you had gone to Palermo to
confer with the Prince, your brother, upon the sub
Ject, and that the Prince di Baera would receive
your orders, IN accordance with the conclusions
you had come to with hun. Nevertheless, ten
months elapsed without our having received any
other communication, when, In the month o
April OF thus year, 1885, letter from the Queen,
your mother, tothe Queen, my well-Deloved spouse,
SIMPLY informed us, without any other explana-
ton, that the Count OF Syracuse was about to
travel 10 complete his education, and that, in the
course OF his Journey he purposed coming to Paris.
We then thought, very naturally, that this VISIT
might not be altogether foreign to- the projected
marriage, which had been so nearly accomplished
that II was no longer my stery to any one. The
Count of Syracuse having arrived in Paris, the
eentlmens which he manifested toward us, and
the very sincere affection with which he inspired
us, increased desire to witness the realization
of his union with orr beloved daughter, and we
then decided, the Queen and |, to address our.
selves first of all to your Majesty, she did in her
letter of May 2ith 1885. The Count OF Syracuse
was England when your answer reached
us, and | had to await his return, in
order to have. with him, before his de-