New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-30
THE PRINCE OF ORANGE.
AN INc1ORIoUs CAREER ENDED.


PARIs-rRINcE ALEXANDER DYING OF con-
SUMPTION.
IYRoM TUE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TEIBUNE.i
PARIS. Jnne 13-The Dutch Minister has been
jealous oyermuch in attempting to vindicate the
memory of William Nicholas Alexander Frederick
Henry Charles, late Prince of Orange. His Excel
lency brought an action yesterday against the
ele for defamng the late heir of the Crown OF tine
Netherlands. The defence Of the journal Will De
that his ROYAL Hgbness belonged to history ana
was A legitimate subject for sharp criticism lha'e
read the incriminated article, in which ma much
that is true and nothing that is offensive Inc PIT
vate life of the defuuct Prince is gone into for the
eimpe reason that as he neverd did anything rosa
the scandals of his inglOrous career were as pubic
as the Boulevard DIES ltaiens the asphalt OF wh'cn
he loved i'm fine weather TO pace. Inc frihce VI
Orange was born the same month as NJ. Gahoe'i''
and his death conceded with Blanqurs return 10
Paris In the wear in which be came into the WofIu
Russian influence was paramountin Europe ana AT
no ooprt was it more strongly felt than at the
Hague. A Russian Princess was then Queen. She
was daughter of the Emperor Paul and mother Of
the helr-appaTent, now King of the MEMBRANES
The Crown Pr ncess, Sophia, Of Nuremberg the
beautiful. the accomplished, the witty, was her
niece. her own mother having been Catherine, an
other daughter of Paul and before her
second marriage with the King of BaVa-
ria. Grand Duchess of Oldenhurg. She died
voung. leaving Sophia and Maria. atterward
Countess of Nelpperg. orphans in the nursery ier
talents for intrigue were great, and they have leI'
n permanent trace on the political affairs OF Europe
fit had not been for this Catherine Paulovna' tne
Princess Charlotte of England would nave pocoHo
the bride of the Prince of Orange, IN whose ume
Belgium revolted against Holland. The House OF
SAKE Coburg would have remained IN It's Original
obscnritv, and Prince Leopold might have hVeu anu
died in the service of the Car, which he entered
when his sister Juliana espoused the Grand Duke
Constantine Pauioyitch. II will be seen from "haI
precedcs that the present King and the late queen
of Holland were grandchildren of the demehteu
porI only son of Catherine the Sensual and her
besotted husband Peter Through Holsteln Got
form iutermqrrages, there were other bonds OF re-
latonsbip bet yeen the Dutch and Russian Courts.
You can therefore understand how closely the
chains Of hereditary sin bound the offspring
of William and Sophia, who was born thirty-nlne
Winters back, and whose remains now lie In a
draViup-room on the first floor of the Rue Scribe.
The late Prince of Orange was g1ven-ln the
annals of the Batavian COmmOnwealth-the hon
orod name Of William, and called besides atter
the Car Nicholas, his great uncle, the Care
witch Alexander, now Emperor of all the nus
sias. the Kings of Prussia and Wurtemberg ana
Prince Henry of the Netherlands. He early showed
the hereditary impetus which led him into career
of sensual dissipation and enabled designing IN
triouers ut the Court Of the Tulerics to break on
n match which his mother Sophia had negoiiateo
with the lameuted Princess Alice Of England. UP
10 the time his matrimonial hopes were dashed ID
London the Prince Of Orange was no better nor
worse than most voung men of his years. He was
4 90. n hnlh In
an indefatirable skater and ardently patriotic The
Princess lice he had seen in Germany when she
was sixteen. and he conceived a passion for her
which his mother Queen Sophia, encouraged. Mr.
Frederick Elliot, brother of Lord Minto
communicated to the Queen of England
messages with which Queen Sophia charged him.
and they were well received. The Prince Consort,
however hesitated to send his daughter to a court
where bad example wasset by the King, who had de-
serted hisadmirable consort to live with worthless
woman This objection was eventually surmOunted,
and the ROYAL Suitor. then atall blonde complex
toned fine looking young man, invited 10 tue OOuII
of ENGLAND As the negotiations for marriage with
the Princess Alice were gong forward the Emperor
NapoleOn and the Empress Eugene conceived the
design OF making Anna Murat frlhceSs Oh ; DIanEgj
To break of the English engagement they lnuuctu
the Queen Of Holland To send her son, on ms way
to London, to this city, an! once mere UItS
caused him to be thrown IN the way. ~
Madame Musard, Who acting on cue she received
from TIE Tulerles, got him 10 appear az orgies AT
her house and 10 dnve WIN heI IN tIe I oi VIC
RouInpue On his arrival at Buckingham PalaCe,
the Prince COnsOrt received him with lrlGlH cQlu-
ness and notified him that in consequence OF WuaI
had happened in Paris he aud the Queen nau IvI
solved not to cOnhde to his charge a beloved
daughter.
The Prince Of Orange was deeply wounded IN his
n1ide by the words and demeanor of the Prince
Consort. lie hasteued back to Paris and attached
himself TO Madame Musard, then Miss Eliza Cook.
She accompanied him to the Hague. Marriage was
proposcd 10 her by her lover. The King stepped
in 10 prevent 1t and gave her the Dutch
estate in America on the condition that
she was TO wed the impresano who had brought
her TO Europe. Both she and her French Barnuin
knew of the petroleum springs on H. ne bargain
was chnched; the Prince was renounced, ana ElZa
Cool-the name by which the Tonne went nineteen
Years apo-became the wife, IN the eyes of the law,
ofMusard, and the fayOrite OF the Dutch hins'
The Prince of Orange quilted the Hague and
came to live in Paris. He consorted with the fast
society of the Empire, frequented the turf and
gambling tables, and lived in a shabby lodging
house. At the Tue de Mouchy's knife and fork was
alwayslaid for him at d6jeuRer. The Duchesse' nee
Nurat and christened Anna, preserved Tor INN
feeling OF kindness At the Jockey CLUB his hoyai
Highness went by the nickname Of "Citron" or
Lemon" bestowed upon him by the wild scape-
grace Due de Gramont-Cadcrousse. The Prince
was bad-Jempered IN ms cups anu Ol'oH 'iHuO'l'0
when sober. On his mothers DEATH he came in for
the half of her private property, which enabled MN
10 compound with his creditors, and TO furnish
Handsomely a suite of rooms in the Rue Scribe. lie
did in them. They were very Handsomely fitted
M and close to the Cate de la PalN-Of winch ne
was an habitu6-and the circles to which he
belonged It was also near the house OF
Min Sauterre, the heroine of the Cafe dor
saw Adventure" aud 10 DupressOirs gambling
house on the Boulevard DIES Capuci mes, OF which
tins scion Of tine House of Nassau was proprietor
and an open patron.
The Sauterre scandal, and the comments Of the
press upon it. threw the Prince of Orange intO
rnorn.n siate of mind. The blood Of Gathering. Of