The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31

I British throne. is a quiet. amiable. mother
ly woman. with none of the essential quail
ties required in the leader of a revolution
It is said that the Princess does not pose
as a dispossessed monarch. and that she
| never alludes to her claims TO the Eng
1 lish crown. being very well content in the
station in which she finds herself. Rupert,
her son, may prove himself to be more am
bilious. and the Legitimists may undertake
to play the revived part Of the Pretender.,
The direct female line of the StuartS end
ed with the death of Queen Anne. who was
the second daughter of James III. but the
descendants of Princess Henrietta Of Or
nearer representatives of the House of
Stuart than the cadet branch from which
Victoria sprang. and II is the elder line to
which Marie Teresa belongs.
Henry Entered Priesthood.
The male line of James II became extinct
at the death, in Rome: In 1901. Of Henry
second son of the Chevalier de st. George
and Princess Clementina, a daughter of
Prince James Sobieski. Born in Rome in
1725. Henry entered the priesthood and be-
Cardinal York.
Possessed of much more spirit and de-
cisiveness than his vacillating elder broth
er, the young Pretender, the rebellion of
1T45 might have had a different termination
under his leadership. The Cardinal was ar
ranging to aid his brother with a body of
French troops gathered at Dunkirk. when
the news of the crushing defeat at Culloden
compelled the abandonment of the enter
prise.
On the death OF Prince Charlie, in 1Iss.
the Cardinal reasSerted the Stuart doctrine
Of the divine right of Kings, in a medal
inscription: Henry TX. King of England
by the grace of God. but not by the will OF
men" At the outbreak of the French Rev
%olutiOn, York was deprived of two rich liv-
ings which had been granted by Louis. and
shortly afterward he lost a pension award
ed to him by the Court of Spain. When
Napoleon demanded tribute from Plus VI
the Cardinal gave up the remnant of his
fortune. including the. greater part of the
family jewels, to aid the Pope in satisfying
the rapacity of the C~orsican conqueror. On
the occupation of the PapaI States by the
French legions the beggared Prince of the
manning years was dependent upon the
British Court for his maintenance. George
III sent $4,000 Immediately on hearing of
the necessitous condition of the Duke.
Gratitude of n Cardinal.
The Cardinal manifested his gratitude for
the generosity shown to him by bequeath-
George IVD the crown jewels. which had
been carried of by James IL 1s Years be-
In 1919 the royal legatee caused to be
erected in st. Peters a monument by Ca
III. Charles III and Henry IX' under;
meath half-length portraits of these Inflated
scions &C the fallen House of Stuart.
About forty years ago two young men cut
a ia Pgfnd ngur e, fG abs a s sime by maTGuera Thng
styled themselves John Sobieski Stolberg
Stuart. Count d'Albanie, and Stuart Charles
Edward. and claimed to be descendants of
the Young Pretender.
Both claimants bore a remarkable Stuart
likeness. which. coupled with their romantic
stody. attached to them many adherents.
The historians disallow the pretensions of
the brothers: but 1t is generally agreed that
they themselves thoroughly believed in the
geSuinness of their claims.
According to the narrative OF the claim
ants the Countess of Albany. wife of
Charles Edward. the Young Pretender,"
gave birth In T773 TO a son, who was. three
days later, intrusted to the care of the Cap
tain of an English frigate as a protection
against the fell intent OF certain Hano-
verian emissaries. Four years afterward
the Countess separated from her husband
and took refuge in a convent at Rome.
leaving her son in the hands of its adopted
parent. From that waif the brothers
claimed descent.