Smyrna times., 1859-07-28
THE B0NAPARTES.
THE AMERICAN BONAPARTEs AND THEIR /
RIAL RELATIONS.


e est 1t was lately prepared by the Paris CO..
respondent of the New York Times:
Jerome Bona parte, youngest brother of tn
y Hrsl Emperor, and still living, was FIRST Marie
: TO Miss Patterson, Of Baltimore, in due form
Il ater the Catholic ceremony, and few month
: afterwards was divorced by an impera deere
= OF Napoleon |, and forced to marry a royal prlp
cess OF the atter's CHOICE Ca,harlue of Wur
'emourg The first wife gave birth to sor
h'he months after marriage-Mr Jerome Bona
Parte, Of Baltimore. The second wife, tn,
} Princess Catharine, gave birth to two children
the Princess Mathilde. in 1920. and the Prince
Napoleon, in 1922, both living The first wife
Is living. the second is dead The son of the
1rSt wife, 3lr. Jerome Bonaparte, Of Baltimore.
married IN turn an American lady, and has a
I'mliy OF children, the eldest of whom, Lieut..
Bonaparte, late of the United States army
passed into the French army II IgJi and Is
now French citizen aud a ca ptaln in the I'm
perlaI Guard. Finally, neither Of the children
by the second wife (the Princess Malhilde end
the Prince Nlpoleon) have any children.
! In 1874, Lieut.. B1naparte came, with Ms IA
'her, to France. Both he son ard grandson
were warmly received by the Prince Jerome al
| me PalaIs Royal, aud were lodged IN the Pal
ace lhey were kindly received by the Ea-
peror, and by the half-sster aud brother. and
IN every respect had reason to be proud of the
reception extended them by their imperial rsla-
lives
Inc war N the Crmea wa thea going on.
dHd II was proposed that The Young lieutenant.
having received a military education at West
Poin', should go IN The army. In The face Of
he KIND reception he had met from his Imp..
FlaI relatives, and the prospect OF prd promo |
7 ION mat was held out, he accs pled the propo- |
SIti"n, and wrote tc Washington rrsjgning his /
P"sItl0h IN the army OF the United States
Ihus tar everything mad gone smoothly -
bat now We arrive al the first chapter in a his
tory OF troubles which has 0Hly gone on IN
creasing to tins day. The lieutenant, aud ms
father as well, very naturally desired to know
IN what service he was TO be placed and what
rank he was to tlke. The Princess MathIIde.
who seems to have been the prlucipa neGotla.
tor IN the affair, told hIm that 1t was decided
upon that he was 10 90. with higher rankin
to the Foreign Legion. Mir. Bonaparte and his
son were so surprised at this proposition, that
1t the resignation of the Lieutenant had not
gone to Washington, he would have returned
at once 10 the United States army He abso-
IuleIy refused to accept the comm asion, and
declared that he must be made French clt-
zen, and commissioned ~ The regular army. or
ne would accept nothing. HIS demand was
acceded TO by the Emperor, and he was sent TO
The Crlmea as a lieutenant Of dragons Ia the
regular service. This act constituted him .
dangerous individual to the people of the Pa
IaIS Royal, and from that moment their conduct
towards him and his father changed. In inyi-
Ting HIM 10 stay in France and enter the army,
he people of the Palals Royal did not anlici-
pate this result, because they expected to man.
age the affair to their own wishes. They
counted toe much on the cooperation of the
Emperor and the passive submission Of their
lew-tound relative.
Not long after this the Princess Mathilde
md the Prince Napoleon, by the knowledge .
md consent of their father, signed iointly :
memorial to the Emperor, demanding the ap-
continent OF committee OF seven men to ex- h
mime and decide upon the validity of their /
ather's marriage with Miss Pattsrssn-in other b
words, upon the Legitimacy of Mr.. Jeroms Bo,
aparle, of Baltimore. The object ofthis move d
vas to compel the latter to take the name of t
PATTERSON, when in France, and thus cut him e
fl eIfectually from all pretensions to the crown
s the senior son of the ex-King Jerome. :,
The committee was appointed, aud consisted "
cabinet ministers, bishops and judges-all G
zen OF the first ability and PERSONAL lly satisfac- n
)ry to the petitioners, or, more properly speak Il
X, the cOnspirs tors. The committee took =,
violence aud established, l. That the marriage
etween the Prince jerome and Miss Patterson VI
ad been legally solsmnIzed according to g
rench lsw--frst before a French Consul in 4
le United States, and then before a priest of
he Catholic church 2. That the Emperor Ma.
OleOn, by IN lndlsputable right, inherent to his
Dsition, and baslng his action upon he fact a.
lat he had not the head of the imperial
mIly' bsen consulted as to the marriage, had ne
aclsred It null and void far as regarded the II!
vii service, and any children born from the MI
,nnexion as Illegtlmate 3 That the power ot
the Emperor TO repeal extending only 10 The tl(
vii part OF the service, the Pope was asked W.
annul also the religious service, but his Ho- OF
ness refused la
On account of this difficulty between the II
hurch and the State, the COMMITTEES tailed TO es
we decision. They showed that the Balti. TO
ore marriage was u legal one, but they did ia
d dare say so, neither on the other hand did oO
ey dare-as 1t was hoped IN the Pulals Royal It's
ey wOuld-decIare the marriage null and la
lly iegitlmated by the act of the Emperor.- pa
his quarrel between the Church and State in sh
rance in regard to marriages still exists, and II
constantly recurring So the question re- II
aims open, and it results from this that the olt
.Gte regards the Baltimore marriage as an. ha
llled, while the Church akes exactly the Cd. NJ
'slte gFouhu' DetWeen theSe the committee tH
d not dare decide. ES
But there is still another incident which llR
rves to separate wider the two families
'hen Cardinal Fesch, the uncle of the first
apeleon, died, he made provisions in his will su
r the payment of a certain sum of money to- III
ards the education of all Bona parte chill ho
en," while of certain age Mr.. Jerome tot
onaparte has now a child of the age indlca- va
d in this will he has claimed the money due ro
lder the will, it has been refused, and he has
suit.
The reader will not need TO be told that m w.
csion of this suit either way would decide ~ ~
9 whole question at issue. To share in the " %
lrdinal's gift the child must be Bonaparte, % %
ID therefore Legitimate; if it should be deci- ce oe
ID that it had no right to this gift would be ~,
causs the child was Patterson, and there -; -;
re llegitinats. The friends of Mr.. Jerome VI