New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-19

The latter having learned that HIS Majesty had
criticised in a most mercess and unsparing man
ner one OF his plays-the same swn'en was re,
Gently on the boards at Paris unucr the Title or
La Failte"--immedatcl flew INTO great
rage. Regarding 1t not in the light OF an ex-
preston Of opinion by his sovereign put merely
as piece OF envy on the part Oh Jealous and
soured rival he at once challenged King Oscar
= fight due, and to grant him satisfaction on
the field OF honor Oscar is very democratic.
simple and unaffected save IN ''erary matters.
This, however. was more than he could stand.
and accordingly he issued orders FOR the prose
cution OF Btornsen on charge or lese-inajestie.
an offence which, as have previously had oc-
casion to relate In these columns. entails all
sorts of terrible penalties rather than face which
the irascible Norwegian playwright preferred 10
seek refuge In Germany. rms TOOK pace IN
1872 and II is only comparatively recently that
he has ventured to return home. being encour-
aged thereto by King Oscar conferrng upon
MIN the highly priced Order ol ST. Wa si ar
more suitable. sensible and altogether royal
method Of granting satisfaction than that de-
manded by the poet in the shape of pistols for
two This / believe is the only occasion in
modern times in which a reignng sovereign has
been challenged to mortal COMBAT by one or MS
subjects. Had the fight taken place and termi-
mated fatally for the King. 1T is difficult to see
how Bjornsen could have escaped the penalties
of regicide.
The manner in which Prince Peter Bonaparte.
father Of Roland Bonaparte. received the de-
mand for satisfaction addressed to him Dy NJ
Pascal Grousset toward the end OF 1869 VIII be
remembered
to study the history of the Napoleonc reign; for
his action in shooting down In his own drawing
room NJ. Grousset's second. Victor Noir. contrib
uted in no small measure to the fall of the tm-
pre Another Bonaparte who received cha-
enge during the palmy days Of the Tuileries
the Prince of Canine. father of Cardinal
Bonaparte. He without exception the most
rcpusive member of his house. ard. although he
was indebted for his title of Prince OF Canine to
the Papacy. he did not hesitate to head the In
surgents who IN 1Sa7-iS attacked Pope Plus TX
and orod tba nIiaC
monastery of ST. Calixtus, at Rome. He was
also primarily responsible for the cowardly as
sassination of that distinguished Italian patriot
Count Rossi. and IL was by the latter's son that
he several years later challenged to hsht.
when the lad had attained manhood The Prince
declined to accord the young man any satisfac-
ton, not even after having been publicly struck
IN the face on one occasion and spat upon at
another by the youth who hoped thereby 10 goad
him into fighting. To the utter DISCUS, OF every
body al Paris, the Prince preferred 10 pocket
these indignites and so ashamed were the EN-
peror and Empress at his conduct that the doors
Of the Tuileries were thenceforth closed against
him.
There have been several challenges exchanged
between principals Of royal rank II was only
the other day that the ex-Duke OF Parma Bour-
bon. father-in-law of Prince FERDINAND OF Bul-
earia was asked 10 accord satisfaction on the
field OF honor to his cousin. Prince Pascal or
Bourbon half brother OF the late King Of Nap'es
At the funeral Of the latter Prince Pascal made
his appearance unlimited and as. in view Of his
misconduct and of his bitter quarrel with the cx-
King his presence was looked upon az an insult
rather than as compliment he was turned out
Of the palace at Arco. where the remains lay and
was thereupon requested II leave the church
where the mortuary services were being per-
formed and ultimately expelled from the town
BY the Austrian police. The Prince chose to
look upon the Duke of Parma as responsible Tor
these unparalleled sights. although all the royal
and imperial mourrers had participated therein
by turning their backs upon him. and he there
fore addressed his demand for satisfaction to
the Duke. who. however. declined the challenge
Prince Napoleon ("Plon POM declined In the
early part Of the sixties the challenge addressed
to MIN by the Due d'Aumac. who considered
himself Offended by some speech that the Prince
had delivered in the Senate. No one attaches
any credence to the story OF the challenge which
Is said TO have been addressed by Prince Victor
Napoleon to Emperor William couple OF years
ago and the only hostile encounter that has
actually taken place between princes OF the hood
during the present century is that between Don
Enrique of Bourbon. Duke Of Seville. and the
father Of the Countess Of Paris. the late Due de
Montpensier II fought at Madrid. and
ended fatally for Don Enrique
EX-ATTACHE.