New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-22
THE CoMTE DE CHAMBORD.
PARTISAN VIEWS OF HIS SICKNESS.

much in token Of respect to the office that he has
filed in parbus or to his illustrious lineage, to
his chivalrous personal qualities They felt that 1t
was owing to bis intervention in 1873 and in 1877
that tie Republic was preserved. If be had denied
on either occasion, the flag of the ancient monarchy
or even said nothing about it, he would have been
restored with show Of legality to the throne
which fell the day on which Louis Seize
and his family quilted Versailles under the
escort of an enthusiastic albeit menacing Paris
mob. But be held IN contempt trickery and in
trigue, and preferred that the ancient monarchy
should die with him dignifed death rather than
to be galvanized by politicians and converted by
them into a means for governing France by an
oligarchy and plutocracy. On the night that
Theirs was evicted from the Presidency Chambord
was at Versailles. While the late sitting of the
Assembly was being held he was standing under the
statue of Louis Quatorze exchanging messages
with his adherents in the Chamber. II
lie would only have yielded on the question OF
the flag he would have been proclaimed,
but he refused to do so. and authorized MacMahon
to serve as temporary chief OF the executive.
pending such a restoration as Chamb0rd would only
agree TO- Villemessant said of him on that OCCASION
Henri v. is q Newfoundland dog who will not
jump into the water You will see that he will end
his days as Comte de Cbambord in EXILE"
Ali this was remembered by the Republicans
when we were informed on Sunday night that he
was at deaths door, and the prayers of France were
at his request demanded for him. II he bad died on
Monday OF Tuesday there would have been a mag
nifcent outburst Of French sensibility. But
he has lived on to Friday. and the doctors who met
last night to con suit about his state have noted
improvement aud opined that there is no Immedi.
ate danger A prolonged sensation does not do in
this country The mass of non-royalistic French
men and Frenchwomen. who were all sympathy
and kind feeling on Monday, were yesterday inn
patient for a dfRouement of some kind To-day they
are inclined to make fun of the whole thing and to
adopt Rochefort's view which is that Chambord 10
either dead, q mdl0de imaginare. or the tool
of a parcel of knaves and intriguers.
1t is remarked that the bulletins sent to the Union
and to the Gazette de France not signed by doc.
tor or doctors. but by two young gentlemen of the
household, Baron de Raincourt and Rene dc
Mont the son of Comte de Monti, the political
and confidential secretary and friend of the Legt-
imst Pretender. These bulletins are also con-
Trajectory and they directly in the teeth OF what
Doctors Billroth and Drasche said journalists of
the Clarion and the Gaulois. These journals are
Clerical and Fusionlst. The Marquis de Dreux-
Breze has told me himself that there is hope
cept by miracle.
A curious fact to which, now that the spirit OF
incredulity has been aroused attention is called in
the statement made by Bllroth to the correspond
ent of the Gazette de France and to N. Mermeix, OF
the Gaul0is was" he said "called in to attend to
a slight swelling in the leg II prevented the Comte
de Chambord from going out to shoot partrldges
and deer. On examination l found that it was
localized just under the knee, and was not though
inconvenient, of any great Importance. But 1t oc-
CURED to me that something serious was
the matter with his stomach" although the
patient did not complain of anything there.)
"On searching l found cancerous
tumor, and also discovered symptoms of hyper
trophy of the heart" Is it possible to swallow thisf
No more in Austria than in France and England
do scions of royalty shoot partridges and deer at
the beginning of July. A cancerous tumOr would
have also made its presence felt in very painful
manner. 1t is not thing to grow up in night
like the beanstalk in the fairy tale. Had it existed
the Comte de Chambord would not have paid much
attention 10 the swelling under the knee. He would
have cried out to be relieved from the other affsc
ton. Dr. Drasche, on the other hand, when ques-
toned said that in his opinion there was neither
cancer nor hypertrophy OF the heart. There might
be tumor but it seemed to him that the pains and
dyspepsia were caused by equity inflammation OF
the coats of the stomach. All the doctors have
come round to this view. As no food has been taken
for many days and there has been little sleep at
night, we are astonished to hear of Improvement
and no Immediate danger suspicion is growing
ND that an unimportant illness had been magnifed
into a dangerous one as to give hllp TO tho
supine Royasts before the 10th of
,July--the Comte de Chambords name-day-
comes round and to stimulate religious iteellng:
No reliance from the beginning 1t may b. observed
land is here in Paris, was placed III what are called
human means. Prayers and masses were demanded
by the wire-pullers of the Royallst and Clerical
faction who meet at the houses of General Chayete,
the Marquis de Dreux- Breeze and the Due de
Bacas. The Comte de ChambOrd was past being
cured by the doctors, and only miracle could save
him. In this order of ideas pilgrimages. local and
general, are being organized by his Master OF the
Horse. the Duke lie Damas There are to
he grand pilgrmages to Lourdes, la SaIette, Notrc
Dame dc la Delivrande, st. Anne PAuray and Notre
Dame de FOurvieres at Lyons. i hen special masses
have been celebrated IN churches ana Lady ana
who was brought up with the Comte de Paris, and
who went on tour round the world with three
water TO Frohsdorf to be applied as medicament.
How he must have laughed in his sleeve
when he aid this He is an intelligent aud
agreeable sGePtS ana maze de- was .us
colleague of Bontoux and FEEDER Ill that
affair. lie is the husband of an Austrian lady who
is sister of the Duchess Decazes. Comte de Che
yigne, whose wife | am told is an American, OBJ
tanned bit of Christ's seamless tune from a fau-
bourg St German lady and bore il off yesterday in
triumph to Frohsdorf 1t Will be placed on the
stomach and the heart of the royal patient
Should the Comte dc Chambord overcome this
maiady or maladies against the 18th of July. that
day will be spent III acts of thanksgiving by all
who are on the side of throne and altar Paul de
CassaCpac has told NJ. Baudry dAssou that
me and other Bonapartists will JOIN in the menifes:
tations and light apers in the churches of the sacre
Cpur. st. Clotilde and the CEapels Of Notre Dame
v RECEIVERS Lou rides and the Sacre CGur will BE-
greatly exalted. Should he die, the Royalists viii
have counted their forces at the religious services
and got up for electoral ends a strong current OF
feeling in Legtimst and Orleanist centres against
the Republic