, 1876-10-15
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
A Recent Grand MesaIliance in
France.
The Romance of Sa'm.GalT-Street-
Dogs in Stamboul.
4 SANITY Swindlcr...Cnrious Trade'.'
Jealousy in High Places.

Il Ga1uEJ Observation-Disclosures AA
Jealousy in High Places.
A GRAND MESALLIANCE.
We published some time ago Gays the New
York World} a wonderful account from Far1s
paper of the superb trousseau purchased 1of
herself by great Parisian heiress, Mile. LIE
Jcune, who was about to marry Prince OF the
ancient Belgian house Of Caraman-C Chimay. 1t
was thing to drive millinsrs mad aud to break
the hearts Of ambitious spinsters all the world
over, with its dozens Of thousand-dollar hand
kerchiets, it's sheets half covered with en-
broidery and lace, its coroneted splcndors OF
all sorts and kinds. The marriage took place
at Epinay On the ed Of September, and on
the next day the Paris Figaro contained an nc
count Of the nuptials, in the course OF which
it observed, the guests were not numerous;
but We observed among those present the
Countess of Mercy -Argenteau and the Princess
Czartorlska, sisters Of the groom, both in ex-
quisite toilcttes, together with many other
members Of the house Of Chimay." Two days
aftcrward the Figaro published letter In
which, after citing the passage We nave just
quoted, the Prince Of Caratnan-Chlmay' the
head Of the great family aforesaid, requested
the editor Of Figaro to be good enough to cor
rect his statement, and to inform mankind IN
general that, "With tho exception Of the two
sisters Of the bridegroom, no member whatever
of the house of Chimay was present at this
marriage
All Of which reads a little oddly in Republican
France, and in this nineteenth century; but
there Is story behind it all which is worth tell
ing, inaslnurh Us it may be fairly set down as
one OF those not very uncommon rolnances OF
real life which throw the fiction OF professed
story-tellers quite into the shade.
The princely house Of Caraman-C Chimay, as VIC
have said, is ono of the oldest and most flourish
ing Of the noble families Of Belgium and Of
France. Its head, the author OF the letter
above cited, Joseph de Riquet, Prince of
Province of Haiuault, is the cousin OF
the nobleman whose wedding With tile Partisan
heiress he SO emphatically denies having coun-
tcnanced BY his august presence, anu the broth
whose intcrminable duel With her first husband,
from whom she was divorced, and whose vain
efforts to get the Legitimacy OF her secontl mar
riage with the Roumanian Prince Bibesco at
knowlcdged by the French courts have from
time to time sent her 1laIle and history travel
ing through the scandalous chronicles Of Chris
tendon for several years past His Cousins OBJ
lcctionable bride, Mile. Le Jcune, has long oc-
cupied with her mother one Of the finest resi-
dcnccs in tho most aristocratic quarter OF Paris,
and she is reputeu to have inherited IN her own
right from her fathers fortune of some 0,0o0,-
viii be added upon the death Of
her mother. She is yo,lng, more than ordinarily
rood-looking, highly educated, and. as her mag
nidccnce ip The WaY OF trousscau sufficiently
nrove., Of tastes gorgeous enough for the bride
Of Hinloo rajah, not to speak of Belgian
Prince But the history Of her fortune is as
dark As the fortune itself is splendid, and
thoneh the mother of the Prince Of Caraman-
citizen by the name Of Pnaprar, he doubtless
feels it due to his illustrlous ancestors that nc
should draW the ne sotntmntte, tM pltlea1ay ;y
1neL he uiams H.. ~ S+n;s,,,;ol,, nco,,rn1 ~.
hy h. 'jiM Himself self but T by his cousin.
In the troubled days Of the First Consulate,
when society in France was still rocking and
seethlng unaer t!le fssess o. ene eiea. le'o1u
t,u rath"rs bv ~ name 1T Michel ,vhn irovr
dark and doubtful trade as misccllancous pawn
brokers and money-lendcrs. In the course Of
business they came into relations WITH rich
clleht Nno put Inao susm hanuo t ~ 5n9Sss 49,
not @ 1anP Pf afterwards most unaccountabIy disan-
peared. The brothers thcreupon began to
prosper, and their prosperity soon began
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