The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-29

On one occasion q terrible scandal was
created by the presence Of Leonide Leblanc,
a favorite actress, in the dukes library
while he was receiving one Of the most
pious and eminent Of the French hierar-
chy.
True, the duke had hurrriedly concealed
the ever fair Leonide beneath a table when
the right reverend father was announced
! But either by spirit Of deviltry or else by
accident Leonide managed to upset the
/ table in the very middle OF a very grave
and religious conversation between the
duke and the archbishop. and suddenly ap-
peared before tho astonished eyes Of the lat
ter, CARRIED in the costume that old Mother
| Eve Is reported TO have worn prior to her
fall from grace. Although she made an
attempt to repair the deficiencies Of her
toilet by means Of the purple velvet table
| cover, which merely served 20 set forth her
wonderful beauty, the holy man did not
stop to see more, but Internationally fed.
1t may be of interest to add that if the
Duke of Aumele is now the owner of the
magnificent palace and estate of Chantilly,
besides fortune amounting to several mill
lions OF pounds sterling. he is indebted for
them TO his fathers intrigues and his own
\ with the infamous Baroness de
Feucheres. the mistress of its former pro-
prietor, the Prince de Bourbon de Condo.
is lHE A BOURBON
The citation which was served on the
Duke of Orleans by Capt. Armstrong;
lawyers, described the correspondent as
being commonly known as the Duke Of
Orleans" There is more in this than ap-
pears on the surface or at first sight For
! the very gravest doubts exists as to whether
the correspondent in the Armstrong versus
Armstrong divorce case has any right to the
title OF Duke Of Orleans or even to the name
of Bourbon.
Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster king-at-arms.
and the greatest Of living genealogists, is of
the opinion, and after careful researches
extending over number of years, he pub
licly proclaims that neither the Count of
Paris nor his children, nor yet any of his
uncles and aunts have a drop of Orleans or
Bourbon blood in their veins. According
to documentary evidence of very complete
nature King Louis Philippe, grandfather of
the young Duke of Orleans, was not of q
royal birth, but merely a changeling. He
was not the son Of the regicide Duke of
Orleans, surnamed "Galite,n but was the
offspring of a Florentine jailer named
Chiappini.
The documentary evidence referred to
above, and of which the originals are pre-
served to this day among the archives of
Lord Newborough's family, go to show that
IN 1888 the Duke and Duchess of Orleans,
travelling under the very transparent lncog-
arrived at a small town within a couple of
hours drive from Florence, and took
up their residence at the chief inn
of the place. Twenty-four hours later
the duchess gave birth, not to a son.
but to daughter who was entered upon the
local parish register as the female-not the
male-child of the Count and Comtesse of
Joinville. Both the duke and duchess be-
traYed great signs Of disappointment at the
sex of their child and learning that the
wife of the local jailer, Chiappini by name.
had just had born to her a healthy boy. thev
induced the parents Of the latter, by means
OF large bride, to consent to an exchange
Of children.
THE REAL BOURBON HEIRESs.
The jailer's son, Chiappini, therefore grew
up to consider the duke and duchess as his
parents, and assembled the throne of France
as King Louis Philippe, while the authentic
child of the duke and duchess was taught
to believe that she was the daughter of the
Chiappinis. She grew up into beautiful
girl, her face characterized by marked
Bourbon features, and figured for a time
under the name Of Maria Stella" as lead
ing danseuse at the opera at Florence.
Finally she became the wife of Lord New
borough, to whom she bore two sons.
On Jailer Chiappini's deathbed he made a
confession IN writing, duly attested by wit
nesses and sworn 80 in presence Of notary
Of the change Of children that had taken
place at the time Of Lady Newborough's
birth. Other evidence in support of the
statements contained in this dying confess
sion were duly legalized copies Of the entries
in the since mutilated parish register of the
town where she was born, and q sworn
declaration Of the old chief toward of the
Duke and Duchess OF Orleans, who had &C.
| companied them during their momentons
m IfaIxv a,A ,EA -
| fact that the Count and Countess of Join
vile Ia title belonging to the Orleans family
were no other than the duke and duchess
Lady Newborough notified both her peace
OF mind and part OF her fortune in vain
efforts to get the French courts to RECONCILE
her claims toroyal rank. an obviously hope
less task, since Chiappini's son. Louis
Philippe, was on the throne Of France at the
| time.
GEAR NICHOLAS.
| It is a fact, however, that Car Nicholas
| was SO firmly convinced OF the foundation
| of Lady Newborough's claims, and Of the
| falsity Of Louis Philippe's pretensions to
| royal parentage, that in order TO publicly
manifest his sentiments on the subject he
declined, during the entire eighteen years of
| Louis Philippe's reign, to accredit Russian
| ambassador to the French court.
| Ris sentiments appear to be shared by his
i grandson, the present car. Not only has
the latter declined to permit the young Duke
| of Orleans to share the privilege, readily
accorded to Prince Louis Bonaparte, as
serving as officer in the Russian army, but
he even went so far as to refuse to recei We
him at st. Petersburg, and on one memoir
| able occasion had him ordered to leave the
| opera house for having dared to applaud
Mime. Melba's performance before the en-
peror had given the signal for the applause.
1t is therefore very doubtful whether the
dukes pretext of his blood royal as cause
moner such as Capt. Armstrong Is of q
pallid nature. The claims of the present
| generation of the soi-disant Orleans family
seem to he merely Of a "souatter" nature,
and 1t is barely possible that the youth,
commonly called the Duke OF Orleans" is
even still more common than the husband
| of Nine. Melba.
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