, 1879-08-09

JeEtfons Of thr PrrHs+
Lnndoa 1f'nts .'.fv -.
Wo hnvo received The following memorandum
from the Dean at Wcstunater In reference to
tic proposal 10 erect Il monument to the late
Prince Imperial In Westminster Abbey:
" Soma misconceptions having taken plAcc
witt, regard to tic proposed ercclton Of a tnonu-
mont to the Prince lmpcsial til Westminster
A bhey, It has been thought right TO tnakc the
following atatcn,ento Of the farts Of tic case:
"Whcn received all application to thls effect
] at once consented, subject to the approval OF
her MnlcstV, IN whose ROYAL Chapel of King
placed. II seemed to mc that the manifestation
OF public sympathy had been of such MI utltlstt-
al and extensive character rs to lcRvo no doubt
Of aIle propriety, 81 faE as was concerned, of
% ceuneeted / With vii liz into oi foreign irincs
bearing 4 great historic na1he, fighting Under
tho British tlav. md giving Ills fa for the coa'-
try which hau rccclvc1 him antl ILLS parents ns
guests, aud whicl, hal learned to honor tim
meter. wcrc such MS to give hsn claim to be
ranked n,nong those Princes to whom Wcattnh-
stcr Abbey has at var!0ua times glyeu shelter or
aum!ticd memorials uudcr It's roof. Tic spot
chosen for tic memorial At once indcatus the
nature OF tho honur thus to he plhl.
VT ID not in the Ahhcy Cllurrh properly 50
called, but In tho Royal nlausolcunl appended
To It, and tn which, as general rl,lc, no ono is
the Royal family or pessoils specialy connected
With them. In this cllapct tho particular locati-
TT chosen was the northeast rorncr, corve-
spending 10 that which on tho southeastern slide
had received a like monument to another ex-
fled prlnce from the ralne country. Thc10 tho
Duke Of Montpcnsicr, oroil.er Ut king Louis
Philippe, who had died In England during tho
first exile Of the l,onrbon family, together with
Abbey knows no difference Of politics, either
foreign or domestic. 1t is as Lord Macanlay
has we'll described y, tic great Tomnlo ot ST.
lcnce as,:l Of reconctllaton It seemed that an:
other example nj t1ie cherished characteristic Of
our great national 1nausoelln} another lnk IN
tbs Invisible chutn of hospitality und charity
Which ssreschcs across the widest gull Of race
aud purity ard crecllt would b. added Il over
the house OF Orlcans wesu erected memorial
OF the chief of the rival dynasty, who lko him
| had been received on our shorcd atd tftd SUR
rounded BY more ttIun like resncct There is no
| association In WestmIuHter Abbey which attracts
greater Interest than t1n analogous corresnnnd-
cnct betwecn tho totnhs Of Elizabeth and Mary,
ntd II to these VIC ndd the circumstance that not
far oil Ia the grave, now {a'as) rtfed and undis-
| WAYS compared more or less With the first En-
| pcror OF tho NAPOLEON tynusty, It was thought
tnt The circle ot historical combinations would
| at least be not unsuitable.
"It has been objected that tho space Of tho
| Abbey for tile memorials Of eminent EnE'iah-
| nlcn being 30 limited, no permission should bo
| given TO the cpnmefnu uraion 0f any persous not
fu!l.ug undGr tl,at designation. NJ ono can feel
lntysn strongly the duty OF T1Gid!Y protecting
tllih space than ho, whoever lse may bo, who "a
| its appointed guardian; hut the chapel in which
| tie monument Of Tic Imperial Prince was to }c
erected is altogether auart from those portions
| Of tic bnfllnE that art appropriated to such
| iuterneuts Or c0tntnenor auons; md 1t must
further EIe added that there In another stream OF
| Interest In, tllc Abbey altogether dscUnncGte1
FROM tho rccolscctttons OF gres,t lieu. TIC
tu.nbs OF Princes nrr nut merely the monuments
of the ndulhers Ut Ruyal families, but they aru
| landmarks of English nntl European history III
| senae ,ghlct, las not belonged to tho tonbs Of
prlYlte individuals, however eminent. There Is
| no comparisou between tho Individual claims Of
| or bptWcesl tho two prlnecs murdered tn the
| Tower asld tho6u Vi Pit uni Fox; yet 1t Is not
too much to BaY clint tho tublic interest attach
inr to tho former excoet}s ute Interest attaching
to tha inttcrt Mid 1t was thought that Huch au
extraordinary combination uf historical associa.
iois Us Is presented by tht death OF inc yoling
Prince was not unworthy to be thus dtstitl'
Eufslsed. ..
"Ono word more. have not tho honor oi
aca,,nintancp With a1,y member OF t!le Imperial
family In FRANCO or In EnEland. Nh, one ro'
ivtce1 mora than did II. tic fall OF tic lplrs
it Sedan. Even should the present tloVerti.
meut os France fat! to establish itself in thai
country, il Is to tic hope Ut u constitutional
monarchy tl.at should look, untler tho guild.
uucc 0i thuos Orleans Princes Whont, II rnaT be
pertntttsd to aaY 20, regard with 80 sncero and
grateful respect. But / should flayp becE
ashamed OF myself II had allowed these pircdt
tortons to lllvo luterfrretl Will the natural ro
epou6e to what believed, n1,l attll bclieao, II
hare bcen tho genuine expression nt natfona
euucaFn in All G7eut Ut AtnEularlY trnEi1 Interest
in which ti.e spontaneous sentiments not Of En
glu.4 ouly, but of Europu, nre comblned."