New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-03

which they had Until then belonged. took Mia.
In the Church of St. Paul and st. Iou,, ~ 49,
Rue de st. Antoine. There has been op,v ,-'
similar conversion among members OF the rs,.,,--
house of Prussia during the present centur, ,S'.
OF Queen Mary OF Bavaria, mother Of the ursxs,,
demented King. and who was a sister q, -,
Emperor William.
The all-absorbng question in the Faubour,s q.
German and monarchical circles at the nr..,S.
moment is as to whether the recent marr.o...
Don Carlos with the Princesse Bertha do b.
IS to be considered morganatic or not. The y.
jority Of the French ultra-Legitimlsts no,r,..-
known as the "Bancs dEspagne." are a, 49,,
opinion that 1t is morganatc and have cor..
quently renowned their allegiance 10 tho d.
tender, who is even deserted by the Prince a.
Valor hitherto the principal Representative. :,
his interests in France. The Prince and h,s a.
low whites" have turned their faces toward m.
Pretender's son. Don jaime who with hs a.
ters declined to attend the marriage and h.v.
broken off relations with their father deenlv =,
Tended that the latter should have mourned ths,
mother. the Duchess Of Madrid, so short tim.
Don Jaime is as universally respected here ,,s
at all the foreign courts as his father Is N.
reverse, and Is a young man whose strength =,
character and soundness Of principle give proc.
ise that he Will keep clear Of all those numerous
scandals which have tended 50 greatly to brtrr
both the name and the cause Of his father in,o
dsrepute in every civilized country under IN.
sun. It may be added thai the Vatican. consulted
on the subject by Don Carlos has emitted ,hs
opinion that. inasmuch as the Prncesse de Rc
han descends from the former reigning Dukes o.
Brittany she may be classified with the media
tized families: that is TO saw with families which
have formerly relgned and which are still con.
sldered Of sovereign rank with respect to mai,
rin0nial alliances. Neither the Caris,s in sps,,
nor the "Blancs d'Espagre" in France however
accept this view. and are probably very glad Of
the opportunity watch the marriage has afforded
them Of renouncing their allegiance to leader
who was altogether unworthy Of their loyalty
and devotion
In a former letter drew attention to the large
number o: members Of the ars,ocracy and ii.
grea; world here who have achieved emlnence IN
the world o. letters. The considerable quantity
u paintings now on view In one or other Of the
two Salons ami signed with illustrious auto
graphs goes 70 show that art runs Literature
very closely in popularity among the members
Of our grande monde. In the two Salons I fnd
among the best hung exhibitors the namss q
the Comte d. Montholon the Comtesse MathNae
Andlau. daughter y the Marquis Of that name;
the COrte d. Saint-Maur 81 De Portal, Come
de Nrmont D. Champeaux. De Plbrac DEp-
nav. De Maihac while In the gallery Of scuip'u,es
are works of the Corie de GonIau- biroh. las
Comte De Ruille and the Comte de Miramon.
There are also water c0lOrs BIZ the Comtesse de
Martel popularity known as "Gyp. by tne COME
de Chabot-Latour. by the Baron dc LdIena.'
the Prince Karageorgevicz, the Prince lrouoe''
skoi and many others too numerous 10 na"'
here
The elevation ~ Ambrose Thomas. the COM
poser Of "Nlignon. which has Just oeen per
formed for the one th0usandth time al inc Ope'a,,
10 the rank 81 Grand Cross OF the Legion ..
Honor. has served 20 draw attention TO the lsc'
that he is the first OF his profession 10 recess
this rare distinction. For Il is rare dsuncu9aa
when one reflects that there are only s,A rts's "a
civilians who are entitled ID wear lne 0.U re ,,,,h
ribbon zen saut0.r." that II is 10 say Fla WV.
Ambrose Thomas the others being old Souns
Renedetti. whose memorable interview WIN ~,
Prusslan King at Ems precpliated inc wan wa
1870: Ferdinand de Lesseps. Professor rss's ~
Tirroon the Ex-Governor General or Algeria az
President Carnot While the Grand Crosses a.,
corded to military and naval men carrI Wis /,
them a pension Of 500 each. no such prO'is'
made for civilians. ,-,, mott
American admirers Of the great rrehon, r. r.
Lar1artine will BE- Interested to learn Q. IT., .a'
death here three DAYS ago u Mile de LamarunSs
his niece. and the relative VINO Gu iss I,
throughout the last few years ol hIs ~
soften the bitterness Of the loss OF his popu.s'S
and OF his fortune Her entire existence w"s st,sr
voted throughout his life to his welfare sr her
his death to his memory she leaves oe s Wme
10 her own nieccs Nine. De ParceFal ai.a nyso,
de Belleroche all her uncles papers n,c r,ann,
them OF great Importance. and likewise IA. - sor
scripts OF "JOcelyn" and the Girondlh Ds. on
tune having been dependent almost ens,'t 20 her
by the municipality OF this city In r ponozne
her cession OF the Chalet Of the bois ue nlis 70
which had been presented by me hIe me-,
the poet in the days Of his greater soly.