Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-11
some Paris Scandals.

Some Paris Scandals.
PARIS, January IL.
Two years or more ago | wrote you of
the divorce suit between the Prince de
Beauffremont and his wife, nee Valen-
tine de Chimay, case of high life scan
dal which has had its hour of celebrity.
Yet it has long since lost the freshness
of novelty, and few of the journals now
follow the Princess in her struggles to
be freed from her lord and master. The
marriage was not long happy one. AS
| wrote you long ago, the love letters of
the Prince were like those in Ruy
Bias" where one writes to the gentle
Inez. II fait grand vent, madame, ell
j al tue six loups."
The love letters of De Beauffremont
were of this character On his return
from Mexico his first letter to his wife
was to inquire where she had put his
shirts. This was the first news the
Princess had of her husbands return
from the war. An application for separa-
ton was then refused, but was finally
agreed to by the Prince on the under
standing that he was to have the greater
portion of his wife's property. He tn en-
led a joyous life for time and very
soon wanted more money. By his own
act the separation was rendered null, and
the Princess sued for divorce. Since
that time there have been any num-
Der of legal battles. Having proof
that the Prince had done a hundred
things which would justify divorce,
madame tried to get the facts of his life
before the courts, but in this she was
checked by an opposition. M de
Beauffremont did not want his secrets
brought outin court of law. An order
to stop this proceeding was obtained by
him, and the Princess had to turn her at
tention to fighting this. Before the first
chamber, some months ago, she got
Judgment in her favor, and leave to
bring the acts Of her gay spouse before
the courts. A rich mess of scandal has
been prepared The Prince appealed
against this judgment; it was carried to
the higher court, which yesterday con-
frmed the judgment of the former. The
energetic lady has to start afresh, there
fore, but with this in her favor, that she
has won the right to plead justification,
and to show why she is called upon, as
an honest woman, to demand divorce
IF there are any farther means for caus
ing delay the Prince will use them, not
that he loves his wife or wants TO live
with her, but the Princess Valentine de
Chimay inherited very large fortune,
and the management of this is matter
of some consequence to Prince de
BeauIfremont, Colonel of Hussars.
THE DEMI MONDE IN THE COURTS.
/ noticed some days since lawsuit
gained by Cora Pearl, and now another
member OF the demi-monde, who was
enriched by the marvellous days of
prosperity under the empire, has been
equally successful Some years ago
M lie Francine Cellier was almost as
famous in her way as Cora Pearl.
When M. Haussman was rebuilding
Paris, she, like hundreds of others, put
her savings in real estate, and gained so
much by her speculations that she
bought a house worth some six or seven
hundred thousand francs. This was
leased to a draper a clause IN the
lease stating that the house was to be |
used solely for the sale of cloths. Then |
came the republic and the general pros
tration Of trade, and the draper found |
himself forced to retrench He there |
fore asked leave to sublet to NJ. Duval
to establish one of his popular restau-
rants. Owing to a bonus paid by
NJ. Duval, Mile Cellier agreed |
to change the lease so as to admit
Then NJ. Duval retired or
refused to renew his lease, and the |
draper found very good tenant in NJ.
the great ready-made clothing |
man. This did not please Mile Cellier,
who sued the draper on the ground that
ready y-made clothing was not a restau-
rant or tissues (cloths). The court |
thought as much, and hence gave judg-
ment in favor Of the lady, much to the
disgust Of the defendants counsel, who
cried: Nous avons bien de la peine a
tout d'horreur chez Mile
Cellier pour les coulottes. As this was
done to appear in the journals the
pleasure of victory was destroyed for
the lady. Speaking OF NJ Duval above
reminds me that he was before another
tribunal the same day. At the time of
his affair with Cora Pearl, when be shot
himself in her house, be was under what
he French call an Introduction; that is,
be was prevented from using or wasting,
Is the case may be, his Datrimony. He
said that his mother had married a bad
nan, and that she had conspired with
bis iatherin-law to rob him Of the mil
ions left by his father. There appears
70 be a gseat deal Of truth in this asser-
ion, but after his scandal no one pitied
him. Ever since, he has been fighting
iard to get his property, and has been
living meanwhile in poverty, often in
want. Finally be broke down; he could
.tand It no lenger. Il was entire Sub
mission, with riches and luxury, or OBJ
Itinacy and want. aud he at length gave
way. His mother now gives him a Ger
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