New-York tribune., 1886-06-06
ROYALISTS ON REVIEW.
AND A CHEAP LOT OF WEDDING GIFTS FOR
A PRINCESS.

| A PRINCESS.
| rrnoM REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE THrhUSE.l
| PARIS MAY 90.
| The Republican press of Paris affects jocular in
dignaton at the gift of Prince Augustus OF SAKE
Coburg to the Princess Amelie of Orleans. lie Is by
his mother tue Princess Clementine, a first cousin
| of the Comte and Comtcssc dc Paris; and by his
father he is related in equally near degree TO the
| King of Portugal. He gave the Princess an we'd
ding present little timoplece in marble ana git
| bronze The idea of German making snch pres
ent is funnlly treated an insult to France
"Weren says lie Toltaiye the Princess not going to
| live abroad tho gift might be considered IN tue
nature Of a restitution" The Germany Army IN
1s7O-'71 is credited here with having " lfted" or
| looted" timepieces nnumerable. The Grahd
| Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha served in the invading
| force in that year. He is confounded hero with
Prince Augustus, who is the of his first cousln
| The Royalist journals, now that the expulsion OF
the Princes s again agitated endeavor to make be-
lieve that the reception which took place On Satur
day last at Galliera House in no degree constituted
| an act of defiance to the Republic. 1t was the
| Monarchical gazettes themselves which were 'he
| first to try to give it such character Electlohs
| for the Depsrtmental Councils General are coming
| on and the festivities OF the matrimonial
engagement of the Comte dc Pars's eldest daughter
were so timed as to make believe IN the provinces
that the Republic s at its last gasp and an Orean-
st restoration imminent There can he no donbt
that the Comte and Comtesse de Paris did post
| ure as King and Queen in esse If not in posse.
The gentlemen who acted as stewards were
yclept for the nOnce gcatils hommes de service and
made point Of backing ont of the presence OF the
ROYAL person ages They affected to be ohsequious
| as slaves bo,vng almost down to the ground when
| any member of the Orleans family gave them an
| order. In the Royast journals the Ones dc
| Noailes aud de Ia Tremoille the Marquis de
| Reanvoir, few Comics and Vicomtes and the
! Comtesse Butler were spoken Of not accompany
ing the Comte and COmtesse de Paris to Lisbon, bnt
as being in attendance on the august persoNages
The adjective august is exclusively applicable in
| French to sovereigns. Most of these precious
! gentlemen" helped to launch the great Union
| General bubble and then to water ITS capital
until all the bank notes in utterly dissolved
The manifestation intp which the Comte de Paris
conrived to turn the reception at Galliera House
on the occasion of his daughters contractua soIree
! has windy excited Republican ire l do not
wonder at this. NJ Jules Simon was one OF the few
| Republicans who were present. lie says he went
because he thought the acceptance of an invitation
was polite duty TO friend so old as the Comte de
PARIS, whom he had known from childhood and
whose guest he was at York Honse, Twickenham
on the eve of the Princess Amelie's birth. Well,
outnnmbered OIeanists, who were in ahont the
proportion of one to eight. The Rick of the I'm
perialists being hungry and not believing there is
ANYTHING TO be got out of Prince Napoleon Prince
Victor have gone over to The Comte dc Paris.
Should there be restoration it would bring up the
Empire in an aggravated form and wearing hypo-
critical mask of traditional Royalty. The Orlean-
lists would be the tail rather than the head. NJ.
| Jules Simon admits that he occasionally sees the
| Conte de Paris and talks politics with him. On
| one occasion be said to him: do not believe in
| an Orleanst restoration. Were there revolution
and the Republic founder in it. the Bonapartists
would derive most benefit from the change"
sWnv do you think SO " asked the Comte de Paris
" Recausc" replied NJ. Simon, they are the most
vicious" cannot assume tnat VI. jules Simon III
saying this meant to advise the Comte de Paris to
throw on all scrupes and play bold game. But II
| his words were not intended u convey tuch sug
| geston they have been taken up if they did aud
acted npon. A tinid,, hesitant pretendor who
by ambition would find relief in being in the hands
of audaciOus adyenturers bent on carrying hin
along wbethrr he liked or not The late Emperor of
the French also timid 10 pLsilianmity tie xasa
! better-hearted man than the Comle de Paris, whose
disposition is a neutral one aud who never i'll his
liie perhaps, was moved TO perform really gener-
Tho wedding gifts which the Princess Amse re-
ceived we've on view before she started Tor Madrid
at the house of the Italian Duchess OF 6ahera IN
the Rue de Narenne, where the Contc ana COmtesse
de Paris camp when they are in town. The COmte
de Paris is there under the protection of the Italian
tag, tie Duchess dc GallicIa beng the widow Ol All
Italian who was conspicuous on the French boursr.
She is Of old GenOese family and was the helress
OF three of the most Opulcnt noble houses IN Genoa
| her mother sided with Bonaparte when bs troops
hesegcd that city aud had subsequently her reward
after he conquered Italy. The Duchess Was " hen
| girl to have married the Due de Montpensi-r. She
still has liking for her Old bean and has gwen him
estate AT Bologna. which his wife let him take.
When the Dnc dAumale sold his palace III The Fan
| bourg ST. lIunore the Duchess de Gallicra offered
the ground floor of her mansion III the Faubou rg
| st. German to the Comte and Comiesse de rars.
the latter being MOntpeuSler's dahg gutter. They az
| cepted her bounty on the gronnd that they were
behind the Italian flag sheltered from the violence
of the Paris mob which 80 far never thought of
molesting them. They occupy, suite Of large
rooms having the minimum Of furniture that Ie-
sDectablllty requires. What is most luxurious Is
| the immense garden on which tue door-windows OF
most )f the rooms that face south open. This
garden contains twelve acres. Part OF 1t Is laid out
| In formal STYLE ana part as a SWISS dairy farm.
! Kerry aud Jersey Craze on the greensward
along with beautiful Rivera donkeys on which the
younger children take long rides without going
! into the streets
| in one OF the rooms a table arranged like
stand in an exhibition, were placed the wedding
ents OF near relatives. but the secondary objects
were all commonplace and few OF them OF any great
| intrinsic value. ] should say the emerald and
| brllliants set would be worth about 100000. 1t
WAS the gilt Of the C0mte and COmtesse tie Paris. TO
whom it csue from his mother the Duchess
| dOrleans under her will. She received il when
briGe fIom her tather-in-law, LOnis Philippe for
the future Comlesse de Paris" lie Sadhle6 the
present with this condition to prevent il from heng
ever cassed with the Jewels of the Crown. This set
Comprised tiara III the Gothic taste 10 which the
action Of Sir Walter Scott and Victor Hugo on
| literature hal given rise in decOra;i-e art. The
| Empress EuSenie had a similar TIARA and 80 also
have the Princess ol Wales and The Crown Irin-
cess of Denmark. The latter and the prin, ess
! Amee are too tall to wear such head ornaments.
/ The brooch and earrings gOing with the medieval
cOrOnet are superb. parure III diamonds ana sap
! phres. the gilt of the Duo IL Aumae. was "a truly
royal present 1t was part the Outit U the late
duchess AQnale nee Princess OF Saerno. who was
Ncapotan Deircss OF great wealth ana brought
her husband his great estates near Palermo whence
he derives the hot, heady Incco wine with which
the Paris markets are Hooded What was very
remarkable the nnmhrr of gifts showing ira
Catholic prOclivitics The relics were legion Few