New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-08
DOM PEDRO AND HIS FAMILY
MS sON-IN-LAw'S UNPoPULARrTY AS A
RACKRENTING LANDLORD.

mdden the 1OOnueflng OF Ine hoNdi NtoISc, III
7s2. with Admiral kempcnleld and twice zoo
men on board in Portsmouth Harbor. But Bra
Iians residing here say that it was unexpected
in this country, and that the unpopularty of the
count d'Eu must have brought down the throne
had the revolution been delayed. lie and his
u,fe when here took up position relative TO the
French Government and the Republicans in general
ubich showed that they were certainly behind
their time They only kept company with Royal
isis and were as ultra-Catholc rs the Emperor
vss liberal. The Counts father, the Due de
Nsu,ours. was always even when quite young
man. noted for his aristocratic feeling ana obedi
ouce 10 his spiritual pastors. whom. he suffered TO
become his masters. One of the causes of the
psvolutiOn If 1s4s was the extreme unpOpularity
:, the Due de Ncmours whom King Louis Philippe
had sppointed-n case of his own death and in
the teeth of strong oppostion-to act as regent
during the minority OF the Comte de Paris. The
Duchess de NemOurs was a lovely being. But
she was very shy. and had Viennese ideas about
etiquette and about the born and non-born I'm
q German hersldic sense classes. When in exile
she lived in oOuntry-house belonging to the
Crown of England II was at Bushey. near
Hampton Being a first-cousin of the Queen and
Prince Albert she ana her family were treated
with the greatest distinction by the English arts
tocracy. But they lived greatly 70 them'elyes,
seeing little company outside the Orleans clan,
which had settled in the neighbour
hood. and only going on short visits
70 Windsor Castle The Duchess de Nemours
died while still young and beautiful at
Bushey
The eldest son had hardly reached mans
estate when it was decided that he was TO 20
over TO Rio Janero under the charge of an old
friend OF his father. General Dumas, and accom-
nanied by his first cousin, Prince Augustus OF
Sake Coburg brother of the present Prince OF Bul
yara The object in sending them was for the
two young Princes TO obtain the hands OF Isabella
beiress TO the Imperial throne of Brazil and Leo
poldine, her sister. The Count dEu was Il hahu-
some Young man of an inSipid style, and looked
as aristocrstic as he felt He had been IN England
sixteen years In that period the throne OF SAKE
Coburg was enjoying a boom. The Prlnce-CohSort
governed England through the Queen. A SAKE
Coburg was King of Portugal and another Of
Belgium. A Saxe-Cohurg Princess Clotilde sister
also of the present Prince of Bulgaria. had just
married the ArchdulIe Joseph Palatine, OF Hun
zary and the richest member of the Imperial House
Of Austria Both of the Princes who were sent
20 Brazil made a favorable impression, prohered
their suits and were accepted The weddings TOOK
place on the same day. Princess Leopoldine was
taken TO Europe. presented her husband at short
intervals with four sons, and then died at SAKE
Coburr Her eldest sister had no children
for many years after her marriage.
When the birth OF her first child was expected a
French doctor, long attached as physician III
ordinary TO the Orleans family. went over to
attend her fee of 10000 francs was gwen
him. The Crown Princess lost this child who
WAS boy Her other children are all OF the
uIgentle sex The one who has been standing
next her in the order Of succession was born WIN
a club foot having an inward twist. Nhe
came 20 Europe 10 place him under the treatment
of a specialist. DR.. Onemus, next door TO whom
she tool, a house. Her life there was very quiet.
She was on good terms with the MacNhhohs' DuV
once they quilted that Palace her foot never
crossed the threshold of its gates All her friends
were without exception, clericals and reacuonlsts
She really knew nothing of the French people, or
of the drift of modern France, but a great defl
about religious pilgrimaSes, miraculous cures an"
converts All the members of the Nemours family
held the Sacred Heart in peculiar Venelauoh' ana
made ex vote offerings at its shrines The crown
Princess used TO go as pilgrim WIN
them 10 the church on the IhH oil
Nontmartre She also went on pIlgrimages 10
Lorrdes As a girl the Crown Princess was eA-
tremely plain but she grew almost handsome III
her mature wears do not hear anything about
the sons of the Princess Leopoldne. who generally
lived at Rio with their grandparents. Inc eiucsl
WAS said to be engaged 10 daughter oil INC
Connie de Paris. Augusta, the second, visited the
United States few years ago, and then came 10
Europe.
The Emperor Of Brazil first visited Europe
nineteen years ago. He was fascinated by IT,
One Of the few places from which he stood alooI
In rHt Cnf
10 take his politics from Rome and had dealt
sternly with some religious orders who preached
sedition when angry at not being allowed to CON
trcl public instruction to the degree they wanted
Brazilians declare that Dom pedro was impa-
tient of opposition and had too high an opinion
OF his own ability They accuse him Of having
used badly the power conferred on him by the
Constitution TO choose Ministers, because he dis
liked to have men of Independent minds about
him. He was too busy with natural history
botany literature correspondence with the sclen-
tifc societieS of France, Austria and other coun-
tries to be able to discuss home affairs unless
in summary way. He counted il loss Of time
10 have TO argue with pubic servants, WHO III
theory were his servants.
Certainly the Emperor was not when he last
visited Europe the man he WAS ten years Garner
There were distinct Signs Of bIedk-up III Jtc
nervous system, and he was queruiOus ana easily
upset. Was present when the news was brought
HIM oil the bill for the expulsion OF the heads OF
dynaStic families being passed, and noticed that
he blanched if from anger Bur all he re
marked, and II in "a husky voice which be-
trayed emotion, that he would say nothing. as
the measure was one OF internal order and only
concerned the French
! once heard discussion betv cen tho Emperor
of Brazil and Dr. Constantine James on Daryyin's
works. lie argued that evolution in which
he believed, could not be the universal agency
bv which the world. a We know II. and ali that
therein Is have been produced and was incliIed
TO accept the hypothesis Of spiritual force-a force
which he was disposed 10 believe was moi now
wholly I'm allowance. There was truth IN Darwin
and there was truth in Moses.
Victor Hugo on one occasion related TO me
what passed between him and the Emperor of
Brazil on the occasion which Dom Pedro
same 10 ask him TO let him stay and take pot
luck and remained until half-past in the morn
ing. The poet asked the Emperor what countries