New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-23


and hurt alike in his affections and his amoi-
+,ons Don Enrique joined Queen Isabella's enc
mics and became one Of the ringeaders of con-
sn,racv organized for the purpose OF depriving
nor ~ her throne At the last moment however
he showed the white feather, and purchased MS
own immunity by betraying TO the Government
his accomplices. who, many or them bearing
names celebrated In Spanish history paid 'he
penalty Of his treachery with their lives. snort
" afterward he married morganaucaly young
girl belonging to the noble house of Castelvi. In
1870 he was killed at Madrid in duel with the
late Due de Montpensier Gather Of the Comtesse
de Paris whom he had grossly insulted. lie
left several children. who in 1882 twelve years
later were raised to the rank of grandee by the
late King Alfonso XII and authorized to assume
the name of Bourbon, without. however the u''e
q. Prince The eldest son. Henry. was. more
over created Duke Of Seville. and he. as well as
his brothers Francis and Albert. received COM
missions in the army They all seem TO have
inherited from their father his lack OF mental
ballast and common sense. For no sooner had
the late King Alfonso XII drawn his last breath
than the Duke OF Seville took advantage OF be-
ing on military duty at the palace 10 so grossly
insult and menace the widow of his royal bene-
factor that he had to be placed under arrest ana
brought before a court-martial Ky the latter
he was sentenced to a term Of imprisonment on
the Isle Of Majorca. where. being liberated on
parole he awaited himself Of the very first OPP
portunity to escape to Paris. There he resorted
to all sorts Of odd and sometimes questionable
means Of obtaining money for the support OF NM
self and his wife and daughters, until finally the
kind-hearted Queen Regent took pity on him and
appointed the Duke. first of all TO post in Cuba
and afterward to a still more lucrative office in
Isla He a
wav back TO Spain last summer. and his title OF
Duke OF Seville is inherited. not by his brother
Francis. but by the husband Of his eldest
daughter.
Francis until the other day held the rank OF
brigadier-general in the Spanish army. but OF
this he has been deprived by decree Of the
Minister Of War since he issued his manifesto
setting forth his claims to the throne OF France
"a manifesto which. by tie by. he was tact
less enough 10 date from Sar Sebastian, where
the Queen Regent and the court are now staying.
as II 10 convey the idea that the document mad
her sanction and approval. The ex-General Is
not unknown in New-York, where in 1877 he
married a wealthy Cuban heiress. Dona Maria
della Tore v dArmanteros. She died ten years
later, and four years ago he married another
rich woman, the daughter Of a Madrilene banker,
who had been converted 10 Catholicism. lie
therefore,
secure a following among those former adherents
Of the Comte de Paris who were dropped on the
score Of economy. He has appointed as the
chief representative Of his interests in France
the Prince de Valori, a ncbeman who for many
years acted as the agent for Don Carlos at Paris,
and who since he has incurred the displeasure
Of his former employer. has been, to say the
least in somewhat straitened circumstances,
II would scarcely be worth while TO examine the
pretensions advanced by the ex-Generai Francis
De Bourbon to pay the slightest attention
thereto were II not that the Spanish Government
has invested him with certain amount OF I'M
portance by dismissng Don Francis from the
army and sentencing him 10 two months arrest.
He bases his claims such as they are. on the
!act that his father a grandson Of that King
Charles " Of Spain who abdicated In 1SOs, and
who in turn the grandson OF the French
Prince Philippe. Duke Of Anjou who assembled
the throne OF Spain under the title Of King
Philip V. When the latter took leave Of his
grandfather King Louis XIV at Versailles. he
expressly agreed that under circumstances
would either ne or any Of his descendants ever
put FORWARD any claim to the throne OF France
'ra' pe'hs the condition upon which he was per-
m''eo 70 accept the crown OF Spain. At the
se "me ne formally renowned his title OF
Va A"'ou and his quality as a French
e' N0pies Oh these acts Of remuneration are
80 'eu "'"ois the state archives at Paris and
al MADRID. and enectually disIose OF the preten-
SONS 10 the French throne of any descendant Of
e June vi AhJou' or even to the latter title
A"'' ho"eNe'' Don FRANCIS has now coolly
sumed perfectly oblivious Of the fact that even
the act Of remuneration were TO he set aside
that dignity would belong to Don Carlos. TO the
htters son Don Jaime, or in his defaut 10 Don
ALFONSO. the brother Of Don Carlos: but never
under any circumstances TO himself who Is
merely the issue OF a morganatc marriage and
.ccoroihs TO royal theories on the subject not
born" ~
VI that tther new Pretender. the Duke NJ Dr.
leans. 1t Is difficult to speak with anv fraesor,
Just at the present moment. when he Is still, over.
wnelmed wfh grief for the death Of his father
ne mas one thing in his favor. namely that he
Hways renamed on good terms with the Comic
ae Paris. and that he received the latter's diving