New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01

RrAr-Trrr.1, AMBorsE IS TO BE MADE INTO
HOME FOR VETERANS PARIS A FLOWER
GARDEN-A RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR
Paris August 81
It is fortunate for the Republic that the D"c
a. Aumale does not stand IN the position Oh d p'e
tender to the crown Of France For ne "ou'N NC
infinitely more dangerous as such than 'he Du'
TOrleans. Prince Victor Bonaparte and Don Car
los are for the present. or the Comte de faris anu
the Comte de Chambord have been in times past
Alone of them all he appears to understand 'ha'
one Of the principal qualities which the pubic
looks for in royalty is generosity ana reaui-
ness to distribute riches in doing good and IN re-
leving distress None of the other princes ABOVE
mentioned can ever be said to have fulfilled this
nopular expectation Indeed. they seem to have
considered II more blessed to receive than to give
Thus the Connie de Chambords riches have gone
10 swell the fortunes Of foreign knsmen, even
the historic chateau and estate Of Chambord,
purchased with money raised by public subscrp-
ton and presented to him a token Of loyalty on
the part of the Royalist element in France. nav
ing been bequeathed To an allen prince Inc
Comte de Paris's money was boarded for the
benefit of his family. and not even his followers,
let alone the public, can be said to nave ever ue-
rived any benefit therefrom. The Due dOrieahs
is extravagant only where his own pleasures are
concerned. and has already won for himsef an
unenvabe name in connection with the shaooi-
ness Of his behavior in money matters to his fol-
lowers especially to those French noblemen who
have taken upon themselves the duty of serving
him as gentemen-in- waiting without remunera-
ton.
The Due dAumae, however. the only one OF
all these royal persOnages who has achieved
fame as a soldier and to whom France is in
great measure indebted for her great African de-
tendency in Algeria is conspicuous ipr his pubic
spirit He had scarcely returned from the exile
decreed against him through the articles OF Cen
eral Boulanger. a man deeply in his debt for
many favors received, than he presented to the
French Nation his superb palace Of Chanty,
with all the priceless treasures Of art. literature
and history that it contains. and the park, gar
dens and surrounding forests well. merely re-
serving to himself the right of enjoying the use
thereof for the remainder Of his life. 1t is
gift the financial value of which 1t Is well-ngh
impossible to estimate, and enhanced by the
fact that the Duke has lavished both time and
untold money in perfecting the architectural
beauties OF the chateau. and in adding unique
masterpieces TO the various collections that are
set up within it's walls. And now as IL this were
not enough he has announced his intention of
purchasing the grand old chateau or rather
palace and estate of Amboise, in the Touraine
for the purpose OF converting 1t iato home for
soldiers and sailors especially for those who have
sustained wounds and injuries in active service,
and who. for one reason or another. can find no
place among the veterans at the Palais des In
valides.
The purchase will be made within the next few
days at the sale which is about to take place
of the real estate IN this country left by the
Comte de Paris This sale is in accordance with
the requirement of the French law which or
dams that whenever any Of the children Of the
dead man happen to be minors and unable there
fore to effect any legal agreement with regard
TO the division CT parental property the latter
shall be converted into cash, so that equal
distribution can be made. In such cases the auc-
ton is a mere matter of form. The various
pieces Of real estate advertised for sale at the
lowest possible prices and everything is bought in
by members Of the family. Thus. in the notice Of
the projected sale. the value Of the chateau and
estate Of Amboise is put at the preposterously
small figure Of $4,000. which does not represent
the cost of a 1.-THE OF the roofing. Of one of
the huge scuptured mantle pieces which adorn
some of the big halls and apartments. The Comte
de Paris alone is known 10 have spent nearly a
million francs in repairs and improvements.
while In the reigns Of King Louis Philippe and
Napoleon III vas, sums devoted TO the same
purpose. the famous architects Viollet-Leduc.
Champfeury and others equally celebrated being
employed to direct the work. In spite of all this.
much remains to be done. and the Due dAumale
proposes to accomplish IT out Of his own purse.
incidentally peep is accorded into the peculiar
arrangements which the royal house Of Bour-
bon-Orleans has been compelled to devise in
order to meet the exigencies OF the situation
created by the frequency Of the DEGREES Of exile
issued against them. When they exlled in
1s4S, it may be remembered that all their estates
were confscated. Chantly alone escaping from
this sweeping measure. subsequently confirmed
by Napoleon III. by the Due d'Aumale having
taken the precaution to assign the entire domain
to Coutts's bank In London. and in part too to
Lady Burdett- Coutts. With a view Of avoiding
any such danger as this the Princess Of the
house Of Orleans have now vested all their
real estate In the hands Of a Joint stock COM
pany formed ad hoe. which owns even the very
chapels containing the family tombs The mo-
there is the slightest danger Of confisca-
ton the shares OF this concern are at once
mortgaged or transferred 10 some bank native
or foreign which. by becoming temporarily pro-
pretor thereof, prevents any possibility Of for
fixture.
Even far more than Chantilly or Chambord "a
the Chateau of Amboise. 20 superbly situated
on a site overlooking the Loire, redolent with
the historic memories OF old France. 1t was there
that Mary Stuart spent her honeymoon with
her young French husband King Francis III
Leonardo da Vincs body lies In the beautiful