New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-07
PARTISAN TOPICS.

TIMES OF THE MONARCHY AND REPObLlC.
LETTERS OF THE DUCHESS OF ORLEANS fl'oM ILL.,
co,,pr or LOUIS xIv.-LEON SAY GIVES UP Iilb
MISSION TO ENGLAND TO BECOME CN' D.'-
FOR THE sKNAIE PRESlDENCY-Hls hECEFiio"
,N,oxDoN LESS CORDIAL THAN FORMERLY
TrHox THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or TIE Th'"uNE'i
pans NAV 21-M. Ernest Jaigl6 HIS brouGht
ont a Translation Of q set Of letters publSheu i'll
Germany by Rankc & Holland, and written D'
that Duchess Of Orlcaus. ne Princess Paiatinc VINO
was STYLED Madame" at the Court o. le Ufano
Nonarque. Other letters, with winch Tue p'oA
reading classes here and elsewhere are 'amI'"''
were addressed il the writer's old age TO CHoi'ho
of Anspach, Princess of Wales. ard alt'r""'u
Queen OF England. They appeared ior we mo-
time in France IN 1888 Caroline wah "o'"'" %
intelligent curiosity, and frequently "i"'c
Madame for information about the Cour'
of Ions XIV, Hence the correspondence Win
bar about II. long after it had ceased to exist.
4,ird sot of Letters were written by Madame 10
ber npmerous stockholders and stepslstcIS at
uoidslhero and ver, ill 1913 brought ont at Stat-
cort. They were extracted from the voluinlnous
correspondence the hands OF Count Degeulelu'
descendant of Marshal Schomberg' ana OF a sFP
sister of the royal writer. NJ. Georges Di"nc'
twelve years later translated them INTO r rehc,'
The Ranke & Holland nstalmcnt OF Mauahle
letters was written in German toI the eh'si TAIN
,pcnt and information of sophia, OF Hanover, da'gh-
fer of Elizabeth Stuart and grancdauHh'er Vi
lanes L Of England. Sophia was also mothcr Oh
George |. of England. When she died her niece
who was fond of using her pen, entered INTO
regular correspondence with her full Drother
and with her stepmoher. Louise Desen1eiu'
She was a most loving friend, capable oil dSlhtel-
ested attachment CAV, good-natured little COARSE
keen wittv a natural diplomat. courageous us
honess, very just and equitable stcKier 'oi
etjouette as proud as Lucifer with the great ana
off,be and Cood-natured with persons OF no Social
account
Her brother would have been King OF Eng
land but for the cleveruess OF Louise DeRchIelu'
Charlotte Elizabeth, according to her portraits AT
Versailles ana in the possession OF the D"No
d'Aumale and her own pcn-and-ink sketches OF her-
self was hidcously ugly. TO secure for her the
Duke of Orleans, who had been the nus
band of Henrietta of England, ana
was brother of Louis XIV, she was advised
by her parents to embrace the Catholic religion
Her Catholicism was broad and loOse-httlng. 10
forward tie interests of the younger members Oh the
family, TO whom it was thought the marriage oI
Charlotte Elizabeth would open new vein ot Tor
time they were also placed under tie wing Oh lhe
Roman Catholic Church. When this WAS being
done Charles ii. was King Of England and nobody
d,eamt of the alteration which Parliament was TO
effect III the order of the succession to the British
throne. Curously enough tie future Duchess dld
not half like 20 sprinkle herself with holy water ana
her Aunt Sophia would have preferred
marrying her to her cousin. William of Orange
The Duchess of Orleans never expresses III any OF
her letters translated by NJ JaGe chagrin at her
brothers. having lost the crown OF England. If he
and She had not been brought up Catholics, they
would have come in before the EleCrcsS SOPHIA.
younge>t daughter only of the Prince Palatlnc aud
OF Elijah 'th Stuart.
CANDIDATES FOR THE SENATE PRESIDENCY.
NJ Marcel has resigned the Presidency of the
Senate The great candidate for that post is NJ
leon Saw who has ran acro.s from London to con-
fer with VI. Gambetta. He would prefer Icing Pres
idert of the Upper House to inn" at Albert Ga'c
House Tnc salary isv-rv much less: Bur tie Bourse
is nearer. MS also the iii % OF the De5dts IS Sides
NJ Leon SAY feels THAI les COSCH5 ont tOUjdS tori
In Fra2cc. y ma who wants to make u 1"ou tIiuA
ont OF French politics should stay III Pdrs. L. :
not true that MI Gladstone has been chopplnG' II
his manners with the French Ambassador; uu'
III parsonage fluids the tempelaiure about nm III
London. Mr.. /. Is. Potter hal been more iiah neg
lected by VI. Leon Say, when the tlie III france,
couple oi ye f "Fc' Tb was member fnT"f 10
H0chdales yi,i;S were II returned or even noticed
by NJ Leon Say, aud Mr.. Potter Is not man to hIGC
tie anger whicI TIL. Treatment reused IN iilIl /
un also tod tn:,t the Qu"en had taken Il fancy TO
Admiral putiu.n. Sue had h ped tina he would
r,uIalu al Albert Gaze House .d very sorry 10
hear tha; me VAS J, called. EIdr.y ladies' DO not
Ike tu nav. strange iacrs bon: tirl. Her Ma" )
was potc AMI distant to ". ard MaGam" SAY, but
she was most COIGial toward the Admiral on tue
occasion OF ms .as, visit 10 Windsor.
NJ Ju.cS Simon viii BE- Il candidate also for tie
Pr s!dcncr 81 he senate. 5ut he ktGpH ms hand
secret. aid u deserted by lie Lett :ntfc may rc-
Ire. lie and Madame SIt"On have Issued lnVlta-
tlnls fer .Yits of evening receptions, when VIII
fake place on thursdays. The Crown Princess oi
Prussia wien here last week sent ilatte!ng, though
no doubt sincere lucSsdSe 10 II. and Nine. jules
SEOn, who IN cOuscqu nee waited on hcr AZ tie
Hotel Bristol ana were very graciousy received
POLITICAL EFFECT OF ATTENDING WELDING.
Gauibeita's presence at the civil marriage OF
General Galliffe's daughter has produced a bad
effect The general distinguished himself ny his fcrt
CITY toward Communist prisoners at the end of tn,
civil war. lie is gay. bOldtaced condo'tlore, anC
bercft of principle prcjHdice of any kind, but II
ritable and dOmnecring. Denfcrt ROchcreau left
Dclf,rt a colonel, and died a coiO3cl two years ago
Galliffet retained from captivity in Germany 4
major. and was three months later a brigadier
general lie is now a divisional general ana the
commander of q military district. 1t Is Ony Just tC
add that lie is very competent cavalry ofic"r
tn'La "d vrv rIettv blonde She has beer
reared III the Convent OF NOtre Dame DIES Arts, anC
is said to be musician OF rare excellence He
father and mother have been long seDarated
Madame dc Ga iillCt has since her fathers death re
sided IN an Outbu!dng of the Princess dc Sagan'
mansion. The Two LADIES are bound tOgethe
b. romantic friendship. NJ. de SelIeres
brother OF the Princess, IL tie hus
band of MILE. Dana, in whose welfare
the Prince and Princess of Wales have expressed 1
cordial interest I he bride at the MAY, raiiy wa'
in straw-cOloie fOu!arl dress. trimmed with blue
and had on her head IcesilaW bonnet Win LOT
get-me-not trimmings. There were only intimate
friends aud near relations at the civil ceremony
The religious ceremony VIII come oil tomorrow
(;Hmbrtfa ..cclnet to attend it. He was fetched by
General &c Galliiltt 10 the May0raiy of the Eight
Advertisement, where the binding words accord
l,a to trr Code were uttered. The Mayor out o.
regard for tc feelings OF the Paris working CLASSES
OH not himself OGciatc. out delegated the sub
Mayor.
Nfm UutlirGilon6.