New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-23
TOPICS IN PARIS.
nr.Tu OF A BOURBON-THE VIII AL
'-'-'' RANOUET-DkUMS REsIOhED'

-, g., a long number Of years al Man g. III
,o,dv dcrarted this life az the peI'"',,' -,
reek He called himself George Vl4 ~ io.l
ht his true name was Bourbon ioi hr W. y, D..
80, horn If the MARRIAGE Of The las D"N
80 Mss Amy Brown. daughter OF Il h'n,''" 0'''
MN II would be too much 20 sa' '''. 81. II
- ~ 90 tle French throne restored In 1870 an"
uuo ~ SEQ put De was certainly. accord
'o'''o ~. pcn,.u Carcn law. the bead OF the
~ -, a. The Fr nch hoyal Family. MS IuIl
'"'' 1. pr.r,ess of Iucingc Faucgny' ana 'ue
. =. Crat,t-e, veIc trL'b q uieN''us ~
49,. .c.s bv LOUIS XNiH. That monarch
~ -. b.re. ONE dovIi,s. and th'ir We'ii-S'
- .o.tr,tad his presence ana WIN @l'''''
WV -, tta chap Of he Iul'"cs george
I'9"' .hr.,s- MO the background ana never
,-iof IT, was the yOun-t5 OF the t're' c'".-
H'ai" 80 born when LOUIS XVIII was at Hart
III His sister were, by the Sale law. eXcludeu
from ho.rslip 10 the throne.
Nc amy Brown. TO bee legally married according
.be catholic ritual. abiured the Anglican Fro'eS-
cot r,ith in which she had been reared Roman
C.t,oi, priest cannot IN England JOIN the hands OF
protestanr and Catholic. The pair coming ne
Co. him 10 he united I'm wedlock must both belong
tob. flock. As the DuNe de ri was religious he
made abiuration on the part of the lady necessary
condition of matrimonY. He might have gone 10
o., roiscopal hurch with her 10 contract DmdhS
,,o-risoo bnt would not. Besides there was pros
Not which seemed remote when he was III bi-Idlu'
90 his eventually becoming the eldest son o. INC
HOLY Roman and Apostolic Church. ana me most
Christian King in the sense attached at Inc a'"n
-. 10 marrying ANY Brown he had no
idea OF Withholding from her any portion oi "l'N
d,-.,+- n. insert eel his name IN tn' regis y Us
+.l,-,-a pbuin which he was christeneI. Princes
- all themselves by q cir family names. The
%, of Wales is for instance, Albert Ed
-ri II is true that the Duke de Bern
cil NOT ask for the formal consent OF his
father or of bis uncle who was the head OF the
famivanI residing az iartwell. Blt they were
aware &C. his intention 20 ~ Amy Brown. whom
thev received. whom she was a bride. win much
kindness. She was introduced bv her husband TO
h's friends In London as my wife" Vne Oh lhr'e
friends was the Duke Of Kent, father Of Q leen we
tora. The French Prince had 10 other domlciie
than the house ia which ANY resided. Her two
6aurlters and her son were registered as the
children of NJ. Ferdinand Philippe and
hs wife nee Brown. A moro tender
father there was NOT IN all Enrland. Taloyrand
VS. Introduced 10 Amy, and admired r for her
beauty, ladylike Manners sweetness Of o.spClil"n'
deliracy of feeling and quick intriilg nee But he
old not conceal from the Duke de Beri the opinion
tAatli ever the Monarchy were restored the ing
lisa wife and her children would be an OBJ
stacle 10 sohdty. he Dukes eldest brother
had been married TO the only daIghtr
Of LOUIS XVI and Marie An'oinette. They
were ch.ldle,s couple. Ii the Duke de Brr left
10 male h.iI. the Duk- u Orleans who was czecrat-
Ell bytAe Royal family and the mobility, would,
unless the spanish Boarbous rauouuced the throne
OF Ferdinand and isabella. inherit the French
crown lie afterward, IS Louis Philippe reigned
over France.
IN Talleyrand's correspondence with Louis XVIII
there are divers illusions 10 the matrimonial tie
which the Duke de Berri had formed in London
Il stood in the way of match winch Ta.leyrand
= wanted to negotiate with The Grand Duchess Anne
who was afterward married TO the King Of the
Netherlands. Count Nesse rode and the Duke Pozzo
d; Borgo objected 10 1t the score Of Amy Brown.
Thu French dIpomatist argued that the marriage
which had been celebrated in London was not bind
inp because the Kings consent had never been
asked Talevrand tell back eventually on the
Court of Naples for a ROYAL wife for The Duke de
Berr. There were cogent domestic reasons Tor not
being over-particular Fraucs H. had by his first
wife a very plain daughter She squlnted, had a
coarse nose, wide mouth talowy complexion,
and when TsIcvrand proposed that she shoulde enter
the Ho Sc Of France, she did NOT know how TO read
AM write Hereducation had been totally neglected,
and as she was a romping hoyden she had no amb-
ton 10 learn. Her stepmother hared her. and.had
whole lot OF daughters. some of whom were grown
m Nevertheless, Francis ii. wOuld not Civ. Jhis
tornbOv Princess 20 the Duke de Berrl until Rome
had formulated an opinion on the Amy Brown mar
rae Negotiations were opened with the vatican.
which was greatly embarrassed % what 10 say.
II decided, at leng h. that the London
marriage was null, but that as Ferdinand Philippe
and Amy contracted it II good faith the children
were not Legitimate.
Poor little George was kept in the background
la. .fI,r
provIuces She chose Boulogne. IL was repre-
sentel to her that she had been irrevocably cast
al Rome. and that the new French code would
not admit her wifehood. If she was resigned she
would be handsomely pensioned by the King and
al ID, Royal family would protect her daughters.
The pocr thing bowed her head but refused TO con
fess herself less than a true and lawful Wife When
lie Duke dc Bern assasslnated. be begged that
the Two urls might be brought 20 his bedside, and
be coniursd the King aud the Duchess to be their
shectionate guardians when he was dead. The
Promises they made were kept A sum of money
proiucur an income Of $4,000 francs per annum
was settled on Amy. with the provlso that on her
death il vas To- revert 20 her son George
George Granville Brown was upright, benevo-
lcut pou-. heavy eater, and had pronounced
mechanical tastes he resembled his Inflated great
uncle Louis XVI In the reign of LOUIS Philippe
he passed credtably through the military school of
St. Cyr, but decided not TO bear a commission
signed by that King He entered the service Of the
Kingof Naples but left it when the Duke dAumale
became the husband of a Neapolitan Princess, and
retired 10 Nantes. There be occupied a small lie
tached house In the Rue de la Perie He had an
English taste for blsyng himself IN local admins
tra;ion. In lS4s lac instructed the National Guard
IN drill exercise, belonged to the vcsrry, endowed
the hospital with some beds and was a member Of
the Society OF st Vincent de panI In TIM. copacffv