New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-18

mission to which he belonged. Two Ministers
Plenipotentiary. the Comte de Puyfontane and
NJ. Comte, were placed on the retired list for
having presented themselves candidates for
parliamentary election on a platform opposed
to the Government; and the Due de La Roche
foucald-Bisaccia was requested TO resign his
post Of Ambassador to England for having left
his post without leave in order to proclaim in
the Chamber Of Deputies of which he was like
wise a member, his allegiance, not TO the re-
publican government which he was representing
In London, but to the Comte de Chambord,
better known Henry Of France.
In Germany there has been the case Of Count
Arnim and that also of Baron Magnus who
was relieved of his post as envoy at Copenhagen
for having taken part in a supper at which
Sara Bernhardt was present and at which she
proposed a toast for the recovery by France Of
Alsace- Lorrane-a toast which the susceptible
Baron too infatuated with the actress to
resent. Finally, there was the Spanish AM
bassador at ST. Petersburg the enormously
fat Marquis Of Campo-Sagrado who was sum-
marily dismissed from his post and from the
Spanish diplomatic service last year owing to
the financial troubles in which his extravaganza
and his monumental losses at the card table
had involved him in Russia. The old Marquis
is quite conspicuous figure upon the
Boulevards mainly by reason Of his immense
girth and his joval demeanOr. He Is the
widower Of one of the half-sisters OF Queen
Isabella, his wife having been a child Of old ,
Queen Christina by her second husband, the
guardsman Munoz. Duke of Rianzares: and his
daughter. now Spanish Ambassadress at Berlin.
is the beautiful widow Of Prince Louis Of Bour-
bon who a younger brother Of the late
Duke Of Durcal. so well-known IN New-York.
This is not the first time that the name Of
Princess Wademar has been mixed up in an
affair Of this kind IL may be remembered that
attempt was made by certain designing
persons some years ago 10 avail themselves Of
the prediction manifested by the Car for her
agreeable company and witty conversation in
connection with the so-called forged letter Incl
dent in which certain correspondence falsely
alleged 10 have passed between the Countess
Of Flanders. the King Of Rumania the Court
# Berlin and Prince Ferdinand Of Bulgaria was
submitted 10 the Russian autocrat for the pur-
pose Of influencing his political conduct
"M.-Cardme." favored by brilliant sunshine,
passed off with more than usual "tcla,' on
Thursday last. and the merry procession OF laun-
dresses and students proved great popular
success. one of the most talked-Of features OF
the parade the huge omnibus chartered by
the students Of the Colonial school II was drawn
by number Of imitation ostriches. CRATES. etc.
while both the roof and the inside were crowded
with students arrayei as monkeys. cats. bears
and birds, performing the most amusing antics
The other feature was one OF the laundresses
cars. all tricked out with flags. streamers. roses
and evergreens in which number OF "olanch-
discusses" were vainly endelvoring to wash
negro white. Throughout the procession the
pa raiders y ere peted with confetti and paper
spiras. to which they responded in kind. The
proceedings were brought TO close at night
with a monster mask ball at the Opera.
The annual service organized by the Society or
the Red Cross in memory Of the French soldiers
and sailors who have passed over 10 the ma
jority was very impressive this year. In the
past Marshal MacMahon was always the most
prominent figure those occasions. and
was invariably accorded a popular ovation
upon his arrival and his departure from the
Church Of the Madeleine where the ceremony
takes place Although 40 longer in the land q
the living he may be said 10 have continued
u remain the principal feature OF yesterdays
proceedings for IL was his career that consu-
tuted the theme Of the eloquent sermon Those
who attended the memorial service were received
by the Due d'Aumale. the recently elected presi-
dent OF the society. The invitations were sent
out In his name. commencing Monsieur le
General 10 Que Il Aumale." showing that the
nul,o mics NO milo Of General which once be-
Onged 10 him, far higher than that OF Mon
segncur" He was arrayod in full evening dress,
with the Grand Gordon Of the Legion OF itonos
across his breast. an attire which was regarded
by many as constituting sort OF ;acit protest
against the action Of the Government in depriv-
ng him Of his rank in the Army az the time
when Bouanger presided over the desunles OF
The War Department.
The news received here from Rome to the
Effect that the Vatican has annulled inc MAJ
rage Of the Comte Maurice de Fleury with the
romtesse nee Mile Deslandes, on the ground
hat she had been forced into the union against
Ter will serves To draw attention 10 the large
number of matrimonial alliances which are DIS
,olved each year by the Papal court. which runs
he divorce courts Of France and Austria very
lose. Thus. during 1893 $50 marriages haVs
1een severed in this manner by the Pope ana
u these only forty-sx Of the welded couples
we're Italians Il is especially from Austria ana
AUSTRIAN Poland that petitions for the annci,
nents Of marriages are sent To the vatican; ana
lmong the Galican aristocracy IL Is customary
or the mother Of the bride 10 slap her daugh-
er's cheek lightly in the presence OF witnesses
n order that If she so Wills she may have SUP
equently grounds for asserting that she mas
,ecn forced by Ter mother into the marriage
gainst her will The Comte de Fleury IN ques.
ion is one Of the younger sons OF that Generai
Tleury who was the Master OF the Horse 10
emperor Napoleon III. and subsequently ms
AMBASSADOR 10 St Petersburg The eldest son
f the General Is married to very charming
nd clever woman the grandchild Of the cele-
ated pera-singer CatalinL