New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-02

CARDINAL LAyIGERIE'S SCHEME-FRENCH
DISLIKE OF SHERIDAN.


FROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNE.
Paris Aug :.
Cardinal Lavigarc, Of whom the anti-saycy
and philanthrophic people in England have been
making SO much. sat to Bonnat, tie great French
portrait painter, last spr.ne and the portrait was
exhibited in the Paris Salon this summer. hal
conversation with Bonnat about tine Cardinal, and
in noticing what strong person morally ana
mentally Monsmor Layigere looked and what
an amount Of cItcncss and serpent wisdom
seemed in him to protect his Christian doycllleness
Bonnat replied: What you remark is quite just
Nobody ever more closely allied the wisdom of the
serpent with won't say the harmlcs,ncSs Of the
dove. but with active evangelical charity. Indeed
the Cardinal shows himself rs cunning as fox in
the accomplishment Of his philanihropic projects
lie j. always holding candles tn vii bat ilcs
care that they Shall scorch the Devils face.
work that he has set on foot is 20 purchase juvenile
slaves with the object Of bringing them up in
schools he has founded and of sending them back
as missionaries TO the parts of Africa from which
they were taken. The greatest care is raid 30
the moral education of these youths, ard the Car
diral horcs that through them the interior Of
Africa, which has hitherto been penetrated only
by Scotch missionaries. will be brought into the
arms Of Mother Church, The Bonnat portrait of
Cardinal Laveeric represents man of about sixty,
but very young allowing for his age Black Of eye
and complexion and still darker hair the face is
leoninc, jovial good-naturcd, highly intellectual
and. all around that of strong man. lie is
dressed in his scarlet robes and sl1uIlcap.
The Cardinals hat is table beside the arm
chair in which he sits.
Cardinal Lavieerie would make fine
Pope but has no chance of ever rep
rasentng ST. Peter on earh rs he i, not nike.
r., +io inf Of lao Natic mo
IS at present Brussels in pursuance of the crusade
which he means to preach all over Europe. lean
that his interview with the King of the Bclcans ut
Ostcnd WAS not quite n success. His NalestyS
idea is TO get ncct equipped undor the con':)L Of
permanent European commission, which shall
cruise about the waterways frcqucnted by Arab
slqycdrivcrs, and intercept their human cargo's,
while sparing the persons Of the guilty merchants
for trial before a regular tribunal The Cardinals
plans are much more thorough and | dare say
that Leopold suspects they are meant TO push
French influence in Africa. They are to enlist
800 volunteers and lead them into the heart of The
Dark Continent TO Geht down The " Evil llabta-
tons thcroof-not with wh~kcy and Bibles, rs
Engshmcn are supposed to do. bp with eunpoVdor
and cold steel. The King of the Bels.ans-who
has lost too much in the Stanley expedition to
favor this proposal-has now run over for few
days 10 England to see whether john Bull Will
back him up.
| must say that think the Cardinal little too
hopeful We are not quite in the Middle Ages, and
the religious enthusiasm which inspired the CRU
sade, is hardly strong enough in or time 10 Ilccpa
band of 800 Europeans marching at lccsc end /
through Central Anra from committing cNccssc>. .
greater evils in themselves than those they set up
to remedy They could not but degenerate into /
troop of banditt Gambcttsi thought IAvigeric /
one Of the finest agents that ever lived for thc en-
tension OF French political influence in Africa. In /
point Of fact Monsignor Laviecric began the task
in Tunis which VI. jules Ferry completed.
The Queen of Portugal during her recent visit to
Paris did not notice the little Presidential Court /
and was unnotccd by it, An underclo Tx of the /
Ministry of the Interior did the honorS Of France /
TO Her Portuguese Majesty, travelling in the Royal /
train from the Spanish frontier Maria Pia-so /
called because goddaughtcr Of Plus IN and |
dedicated to the Virgin Mary-saw good deal |
during her visit 10 Paris Of the Due dc Ncmours |
and of the Princess Mathidc-who in law is Ma |
dame Poquclin. NJ Poquclin. an artist. being her /
husband Her Majesty is plain lady Of forty-iiyc
or Whereabouts. If she were not Queen one would /
say she was rcd-hared. The Queen is one of the /
drcssicst women in Europe and is WorthS best |
customer Her two great occupations are dress |
and rel .ous rites and exercises. She is accom-
panied by her second son, the Duke Of Oporto in
her journey through Europe and is TO meet her .
husband Dom Luis, at Prague. His Majesty sur-
lcrs from diabetes brought on by too scdcntary
life and too great indulgence in the pleasures OF |
the table. lie is the son of a SAKE Coburg Ger
man and Of Donna Maria da Gloria, one Of the
heaviest among the Royal ladies Of her
time But taken all around, lie i an cstlmablc
Prince His hobby j, Shaicst care. some of whose
plays he has translated into Portuguese. lis
subjects say il would bc the best Shakespoar,
cXtant if the Royal translator only
knew the tongue INTO Which De IN, tried ~ trans
late the poet. IS matter Of fact His Majesty
-nca,,s pure English. learned from his naval In Il
structor when he was midshipman in his mothers
service. His Portuguese is broken. Both hc and
the Queen know French. in which hc is more at
home than She. They talk to each other in two
sometimes in three languages he speaking t. her
often IA English or French and she replying to
him in Italian. Queen Maria PA has received the
medal from the Lisbon Humane Society. 1t was
awarded TO her because one day near Cintra her
son. the Duke of Oporto. then child.
fell into river and She dashed in after him. al
though she did not know how TO swim. Fortu-
nat ,ly the aidcde-camp in attendance WAS good
swimmer and WINS able to rescue both Queen and
Prince. But on the principle Place aux Danes
the Humane Society let HIM 60 unrcwardcd.
lie Soleil," which is in an especial degree the
organ Of the Comte dc Paris. has sharp attack,