The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-05-22
From the Nel0 York Herald, Mdy q |
THE pRINEE DE JOIN WILLIE

The public, or those who are interested in the
| movements of the representative men of the day,
were surprised on Friday last by the announce
ment of the arrival in our city of the Prince de
JOinvie. To many of our residents his name is fa-
miliar from a former visit of the Prince to New
ork, and his tour through the United States. He
came entirely unheralded and unannounced, travel
| ling only with single servant Arriving at Bos-
ton on Thursday last, in the steamship Europa, he
passed quietly on to this metropolis, and took up
his quarters at the Breyoort House. 1t is said that
the object of his journey to America at this time is
to engage in hunting and fishing excursion in the
| North and West, of which pastme the Prince is
very tOnd but it is yet unknown to what extent he
will prolong his visit. He proceeded to Washing
ton yesterday to pay his respects to the President,
and will probably be there about a week The
! Prince de JOnville was born at Neuilly, on the
l4th of October 1878, and christened Francois
Ferdinand Philippe Louis Marie, Prince Orleans.
He is the third son of the late King Louis Philippe
and Queen Marie Ameie. Like his brothers, he
| received a classical education under the direction
of private tutor. Being destined for the navy he
made several voyages on the coast of France and
| Italy, and afterwards presented himself for public
| examination at the Naval School of Brest lie re-
ceved the commission of midshipman and thereaf-
ter subjected to all the requirements of naval
discipline In 1886 he raised to the rank of
lieutenant, and Joined the squadron in the East un
der Admiral Hugon, with view to operations
| against the city of Constantine, in which his bro
| ther the Duke de Nemours: was engaged; but he
arrived too late, the city having been already TAKEN
In 1888 he had occasion to distinguish himself in Mex
leo. On board the corvette La Creole, Nov. 81, he
showed both courage and skifulnesS in attacking the
batteries Of San Juan d'Ulloa and few DAYS after
| wards, at the head of detachment of sailors he
! forced the gates of Vera Cruz, and with his own
hand in the midst of lively fusilade, captured the
| then cOmmandant, Gen. Arista. This brilliant be-
haviOr won to the Prince the Cross of the Legion
of Honor and the rank of captain. In 1910 he re-
ceived the commission to bring back from ST. He
| lena the ashes of the Emperor Napoleon. AS the
expedition was crossing the equator, French
ship-ofwar met them with the alarming intelli-
gence that hostilities had probably already
menced between England and France upon the
subject of the Turkish-Egyptan treaty. The dan
| ger of capture was consequently imminent; but
history records that the Prince de Jonville imme-
dately resolved that, in case he should meet with
superior force, rather that surrender the remains
of the Emperor again to the English, the ship and
all its inmates should go down with the ashes of
| Napoleon to a common sepulchre in the abyss of
the ocean. Fortunately. however, this cloud of
war was dispelled, and he proceeded on his way
unmolested. On the Sth of October he cast anchor
| in the harbor of st. Helena. The 18th of October
was the twenty fifth anniversary of the arrival of
the august prisoner at the dreary rock and on this
day, precisely at midnight, the elimination of the
remains commenced. After nine hours of
interrupted labor the earth was dug from the vault,
the solid masonry removed and the coffin
raised and conveyed to the ship. AT the quay,
where the English lines of military terminated, the
Prince de Joinville had assembled around him the
| French officers, all in deep mourning. AS the car
approached, they stood in reverentia silence, with
heads uncovered. The car stopped within few
PAGES of the mourning group. The Governor
General of ST. Helena then advanced, and in the
name of the British government surrendered to
France the remains of the Emperor, which, after a
ceremony unparalleled in its elements of subimi-
| ty, were delivered by the Prince de JoinviIle at
their final resing place in the Church of the Inva-
| des, in Paris After this he made a cruise to the
United States, to the Mediterranean and other To-
calities, and in 1913 went to Rio JaueirO, where
on the lst OF May, he married the Princess Fran
cesca de Bragance, sister of bon Pedro IL. In
the same year he was raised to the rank of Rear
Admiral, and authorized to be present. with the
privilege of voting, at the sittings of the Board
of Admiralty. Here he took an active part in
the commission appointed for the examination of
questions relative to the organization of a steam
navy and the perfection of naval discipline gener-
ally. Ae was also several times a member of the
Chamber of Peers. In 1S45 he took command of
the squadron which was cruising the coast of
Morocco, bombarded Tangier, and took MogadOr
After these naval operations he was appointed Vice
Admiral of the imperial navy. As he was almost
constantly at sea, the Prince de Joinve was at
| Algiers with the Duke DAumae when the news
of February, 1S4S, arrived. Immediately resign
ing his commission to the republican officials, he
! embarked for England, where, at ClaremOnt, be
| reJoined his exiled family. When the Assembly
was engaged in the project of exiting the younger
branch, he sent to the President digniied com
muncation protesting against such action, and
maintaining the rights of the fallen family. Since
that time, excepting occasional excursions abroad,
he has lived in retirement, and his name, so long
popular in France, and especially in the navy, with
which he was so honorably identified, has never
been mixed up in the political intrigues of which
the royal families of France not upon the throne