New-York tribune., 1886-08-01
THE MEANNESS OF PRINCES.
HOW THE ORLEANIsTS GOT AND KEEP
THEIR ESTATES.

The letter OF the Due Aunalc 20 the President
of the Republic and the con.equcD! expulsion of
the Duo from French territory has not called forth
any manifestation of public sympathy in favor of
the Orleans Princes. 1t was Sc timed that If the
| French people had been in the main Rovals.s
there would have been Il national outburst OF anti
Republican feeling The letters appeared three
days before the anniversary of the taking of the
Bastileust in time Tor it to circulate through the
length and breadth Of the country, and ift not
ut once resented TO pass for act of deliauce
which the Government had not the pow er to deal
with. If the Cabinet had failed to meet the duca
epistc in the manner in winch it did, it would have
been regarded as either ecte or secretly desirous
Of an Orleanst restoration All this was counted
upon On the other hand were expulsion decided
upon. the Due would IN the eyes of Monarchsts
have the nimbus OF n martyr round his head. The
! Due de Chartres was TO have cast another pctard
on the eve OF the elections for the Councils
General But the fact that his uncle's has not had
the effect but the contrary of hot shot falling
into n powder magazine will perhaps deter him
If he takes NJ the banning of his elder brother
and uncle he will not only be expelled. hut bill
will be presented to the Chamber for the coniisca-
tion of the Orleans estates. As all this property
came by base means into their hands and re .
tanned by illegality, peasant frechoders would not
| feel themselves threatened were such measure
voted. They would be quick to perceive the differ
ence between the tenure of patches of land won by
the most arduouS labor and that of the enormous
domains of Louis Phihppes descendants
After Louis XVIII illegally gave back to Louis
Philippe the immense territories which he claimed
as the representative of the dOrleans and Pen
thieves. he had 39S law suits with peasant pro-
pretors and fishers the coast of Normandy.
| His fathers apanagcs brought i'll yearly income
of Nor lass 1 ne
| to creditors Louis Philippe, keeping the favors
! extended to HIM by Louis XNlll.. GOT them to
reduce their claims to $500 900. which the income
| of year and half would pay. be half of his
mothers estates went to his sister, the Princess
Adelaide, who the late Count de Mole used 10 say
was the mother of tho Due dAumalc. But lie.
being splenddy provided for, under the will of
the last OF the Condes-a will whereby hangs r
scandaous and tragic tale--she bequeathcd her
Inheritance to her nephews Jonvlle and
Moitpcnsler
When Louis Philippe had all but flcbed the throne
from Charles Y in $50. he took care that his broad
lands were not to become crown property. by max
ing gift of the TeycrsIonary interest in them his
Younger children. The eldest son. who he hoped
would in course OF time be King Ferdinand. was
given nothing because he was 10 have civil list
allowance ana his father meant to bequcath him
money invested abroad. If instead of arbitrarily
coniscating the Orleans estates the Emperor
Napoleon III. had questioned the title of Louis
Philippe before court Of law. that title would
have been declared null il manfestly Illegal.
The title of the Dnc d'Aumae 70 Chantily was a
forged WILL drawn up by the English mistress of
the Dnc dc Bour rhon-One SopAie Dawes. She left
horself charge of =" 900 600 on the Condo estate
and with the exception of a legacy to found
asyl lum for orphan children OF chcvalicrs of St
Iouis, all the rest to the ljuc dAumale. for whom
she had got her senle lover IN ls22 10 stand god
Orleans estates IL now discussed by the govern
mental press and warmly advised by the Radical
journals. bill to contscate them may perhaps De
presented to the Chamber next session.
The Duo dAulnalc is at once magnificent and
he and thousht that bv keeping up a
brilliant establlshmeDt and making Chantilly a
great political. military Gnd social centre he aud
his family would hereafter be enabled to hold the
national purse strings and In short reign and
govern But the cIosest economy Was ed
beneath the line show Baudrv was poorly paid
for his ceiling. and altar piece in the chapel If
great deal was spent on the castle. AL the furniture
pictures and books were chosen from speculative
point OF view. In short, they were an investment
winch If ever brought TO the hammer would prob
ably fetch great deal more than paid fo-
them There were categOrIes OF wines for the
different classes OF guests at the GALA dinners In
perial or Royal pcrscnageS. ambassadors and So on
drank better vintagcs than those who sat below
them. and the guests at the ends were helped by
the servants 10 thin Ordinairc and in lieu of Madeira
to the beiy Zucco from the Siciliin VINEYARDS OF
the late DnchcsSc dAumac. She was tho only
daughter OF Leopold of Naples, Prince of Salcrno,
for whose advantage his mother. Queen Caroline.
causcd tho estates TO be coniiscate Of the Neauoli
tan aris.ocracy that had rcco0n zed the French.
As these properties dc' Oved after her death her
only survivIng SON. tle Duke Of Guise the Dnc
d Aunae Inherited them from him when he was
carried away thirteen years ago by scarlatina- ]
have nevei heard OF generous OF pnhlic spirited
action of this urincelv millionaire. but of many
patry and mean actions He promised NJ Theirs
not TO enter the Assembly il that statesman did
not stand ont against bill to repeal the law pro-
.criblns the Bourbons, AMI another TO restore TO
cOnnscatFd
Philippe. Bat not only did lie break his word on
the ground that it was not given in writing but
voted against Theirs on the memorable oath OF
Nav when he imagined the :all of that statesman
might little later enable him to become Stadt-
slloder Of ROyaiist Rep Iblic or Lieutenant Zen
era of Frame TO govern IN tho name oil the Comte
De Chambord WHO he knew would never return to
be King unless on his own conditions The Dnc
a Aumale's NJ IL against poor old women who are
guilty Of the offence (which usage hero sanctIonsl
of picking up dead wood and gathering wthered
broom in his forests are Of constant recurrence.
In this respect he is not worse than the rest of his
family Tie Orleans Princes, the King of the Bel
gans and the Comtc DC tlandre las sons of the late
Oueen OF the Begians. born an Orleans Princessl
and tic Duchcsse Clementina Of Saxe-Coburg. mold
Jointly forest near Am boise. Well they are often
plaintiffs againstpoor old creatures who are charged
with picking up the dead wood that falls to
the ground. When judgments are given the names
Of all the ilustrious pursuers." as the Scotch
woull say. are posted on the dead walls Forth
nnv Tor the defeudantSthe forest code is tremcly
mild and distinct from the civil cole II 10 due TO
the Come de Paris to say that he has ,nherited his
mothers charitable feeling toward the poor. and
was extremely good to his humble and poverty
stricken ncighbors at Eu.
The estate at NOnv on where the Due dAuma.e
vas when the news of the decree of expulsion was
brought um, contains 20. 00O. acres in which there
are some Of the richest pasturagcs IN the North OF
France IL extends over the spurs Of the Arlcnncs.
which strike INTO the Aisnc. Tho hilly Iart is given
mo- 10 forest There is 4 fine old chatcGn which was
Lnllt coDtemporaucously with the Tnileries, and lii
the sano styIc. on this estate. 1t 10 within Tour
miles of tho Belgian frontier.