New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-01

nense throngs that gather to hear tho principal
pulpit orators Of the day would convey the i'm.
preston that It Is the parish church Of all the
parishes Of Paris.
1t IS truly characteristic Of the warm-hearted
AMI forglvlng nature OF the average Frenchman
that not a word Of protest should have been
raised anywhere against the grant by the sues
Canal Company OF annual allowance Of about
s24 900 10 the De Lesseps family. those whose
entire fortunes mad been swallowed up in the
disastrous Panama enterprise expressing their
satisfaction at the measures thus adopted 70 pre-
serve their nustrious compGtriot from want
Notwithstanding all reports 70 the contrary. the
De Lessepses had actually boen reduced TO nury.
and their situation was most precarious. Not
only all the shares which Ferdinand de Lesseps
possessed In the Suez Canal Company. but even
his fees as director. the annuity assigned TO him
personally by the company. and all the money
that he had been able to lay aside were attached
by the liquldators OF the Panama bankruptcy.
The only resources that remained a, the disposal
Of the Countess were the house which she owned
in the Avenue Montaigne. and the Chateau de Ia
Chesnaye. both Of which were more a source OF
expense than Of economy. and were mortgaged
up u the very hilt besides. With the object OF
avertin3 all danger OF seizure By the creditors VI
\
Suez Company has been made in favor Of the
Countess ard of the thirteen children Of the
Count. The eldest two Of these are Charles ana
Victor. who are the sons OF his first wife Ot
the eleven children II the present Countess de
Lessons three are serving an ne army, one Is
married to that Count de GOntaut-Bron whose
financial difficulties were theme of much DIS
cusslon In the Partisan press Two years ago. and
the remainder are SIN dependent On their father
and mother for care and maintenance Mean
while the Grand ola Frenchman. now in his
eghty-eghth year. passes his existence in sort
o. semi-s Onnoient condition. In the armchair
which he only leaves for his bed. He can no
longer walk. he has become stone deaf. and when
h. is not gazing In silence at his children ne
reads newspapers. care b'ihg ttKeh u seleS s
those which contain no uncOmplimeniary ref
erences - his name. Having lost all notion OF
time those placed before him are mostly Of dates
four and five years ago. when ne was sun IN me
heyday of his glory, and when the press-stil
richly subsidized by the Panama managers-vas
never weary X referring u him as the greatest
and most illustrous Of all Frenchmen." To this day
no one, not even the Countess. say with any
degree OF gertrude whether ne has any knOwl-
edge or even irkling u the nlisfOrtunes that
have overtaken himself and his son Charles. AT
any rate, he has given no evidence thereof. and
there is a general disposition IL hope that his
once grand intellect passed into its present SOM
nolent state In such a manner as 10 have spared
him any such sorrow.
Mention Of VI. de Lesseps recalls the fact that
Prince Hahn. who has just died at Constand-
nople. was at one time Of his life a very popular
and well-known figure Of Partisan life. having
received his entire education here. served in the
French army. and graduated from the staff
college. H. was the youngest son Of Mehemet
All. the founder 81 the present Egyptian dynasty.
his mother having been 4 BeiOun Arab. from
whom he doubtless inherited all his skill and pas
si0nate f5ndness FOR athletic and sporting pas
times OF every kind. According TO the K0ranic
laws Of succession h should have succeeded
Ismail as Khediye. in lieu Of the late Tewhk
Pacha, but he was set aside by the Sultan in re-
turn for immense brides paid by Ismail to the
authorities at Constantlnopc. No one hated
1smail more than he. and he was won't - accuse
him ~ having plotted to destroy his life In that
peculiar railroad accident which led - the death
~ Achmed Pachl placing the lstter's younger
brother Ismail. within reach - succession q The
throne. Hahn only escaped from the train.
which had been prccipitated into the Nile
through an open drawbrdge. by smashing the
windows ~ the carriage with his fist. and 70
the last day of his ife he was ford Of showing
the scar OF the terrible inflicted by the broker
glass on that Oc as)n.