Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-01-18

too. bad high hopes.
I 1t Is not, n listle troublesome 10 keep au
ooWunt With the family history of foreign
Princes. and possibly some Of our readers
may not be familiar with that Of the Or
leans family. The house is young branch
of the Bsurbons, springing from Louis,
Duke OF Orleans. sou Of Louis XIII BY
Anne OF Austria. and only brother OF
Louis XIV.
The son oftae first Duke of Orleans
was the notorious Regent of France dur
ing the minority of Louis XIV This Re-
gent was great grand father OF the equal
" notorious Egalite, father of King Louis
Philippe; and it would be hard TO say
which of this precious pair % that Mon
arch IS ancestors was the most utterly dcs-
ricabls-. Undoahisbly these two wretch
es did their best u pave the way for the
calamities destined 10 befall their Inflated
descendants, and, with the exception per-
haps of the Bonapar,cs, it wonld be diff
cult to tiud 4 family whose career has. since
1889, been more sadly chcckcrcl While
the soyereigns Of the House of Brunswick
on a throne only n few hours distant from
the French capital, have succeeded each
other in regular rotation, just as an Eng
lish squire slept into the old mansion house
at his fathers demise. the members of the
House af Orleans have literally ut times
not known where to lay their heads
No romance writer. unless INDUCING in
the visionary fl ght> of Dumas, could invent
tale in which the hero would experience
more extraordinary revcr>es than the his
tory of King Louis Philippe presents =
Graded in the lap Of the most luxurious
society that modern history has recorded
then an exile. the son Of an executed pa
rent, who hal justly mcritcd his death on
the seaifold; then I wanlcrer far and
wide seeking livelihood in our own cities.
earning a scanty subsistence in New York
aud PHILADELPHIA; one Of the herd of
needy adventures who land daily on these
shores; making. SO the story goes, over
lures Of marriage to an American. and
being tol! by her father that in his then
condition he was not good enough match
for his daughter, If he ever regained his
position she would not be q good enough
match for him; and then few years later
reigniag in splrnior at the Tuilcries aud
Icnj"yin. the most splendid private income
OF any monarch in Europe. Eighteen
yoats afterwards tie Commander OF the
Express steam pac&rt, playing between
Havrr aud Southampton, received appli-
cation Ia convey party TO England. =,
He consented. The party to be conveyed
arrived AT llavre in an open boat from
lionf"ur The Express at once put 10
sea, aud on a chill morning in February
1913, there stepped once more on the
shores of Sussex an elderly gentleman,
with curious pear-shaped head, dressed in
a rough pca-jackct borrowed from the
Captain of the Express. wearing close
blue cloth cap and having around his
neck a common red and white comforter.
Ills appearance was not rendered more
prepossessing by beard of apparently a
weeks growth. lie was accompanied by
laly Of distinguished mi,n, whose fca-
lures ware carefully concealed by n thick
veil. The passport they bore gave their
names rs Mr.. and Mrs Smith. They
were. in truth, liking Louis Philippe
an! his Queen, Marie Amclic.
Their son-in law, the late King Of the
Belgians. presently placed at their lispo-
sal that charming retreat which has been
the scene else much royal joy and sorrow
-Clarcmont, in SnrrIy-wherc the rrn-
cess Charlotte of Wales. the nations fond
est hope. had breathcd her last, after pas
sing a few months Of unalloycd happiness
and where Lord ami Lady Lornc lat..ly
spent the first blissful days of their honey
moon This haven the old King never
abandoned, and here he passed peacefully
away. Since their exile his sons have
been scattered The Duke Of Noutpcn-
sier. who married the sister of the bal less
Isabella. of Spain. has resided almost en-
tircly in that country. while the Duke
D'Aumalc has made himself qnite IN Eng
lishman. Some time ago he acquired
large property in Worcestershire, aud be-
ing greatly giving 10 hunting. took the
hounds there, and has been one u the
most popular men in the district.
By the will of the last Condo. the i'll "a
ted (for he hung f'imself) flthrr of an i'll
fitted son--the Sr>t Napolcou's victim,
the Duke 'Enghien-,ha Duke d'Aumalc
inherited Chantilly AMI other large estates
and is extremely wealthy. Whc7. after
the revolution Of l SIS. the Orleans esia,, g
were subjected to forced sale, the Duke
through Messrs Coutts, the great Louion
bankers, bought in this estate in their
nsme, and has now re-entcred on its occu-
patton He has lately cent fer his hounds
from England, anl is following with ardor
that sport for which chan,iiI-. in the DAYS
# the Condos. was worlI-famous. He
bears the reputation Of being an accom-
piished. able man. and is n thorough good
fellow 10 boot. bat. unfortunately for him
s-lf. seems 10 - smit;cn with the ambi-
ton which has proved disastrous to so
many Of his race.
Ii an Orleans Is once more to assume
the chief PLACE in the Government of
France, the Duke d Aumale is the be-,
man. but his doing 80 would create = fresi,
Legi,imis: claimant in the person of tie
nephew &c Count De Paris. unless that
Prince should choose to withdraw all
claim.
That the younger branch Of The Boar
bons should. any more than the elder, de-
sire 10 SIT on tina; Da,uocle;ian seat. the
French throne. is. 20 use Dsui,lr,dry's
phrase. wha, no fellow. gifted a. least