THE FRENCH PRETENDERS.
(To me EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] Mr. Maurice Kuhn's letter in the Spectator of March 4th is so precisely the exact state of the case as to the general feeling in France concerning our Pretenders, that it would be a pity to let pass the slight error as to the exact relation between the two young d'Orleans. Mr. Maurice Kuhn is right when he says that Henri, Prince cl'Orleans, is the cousin of Philippe, Due d'Orleane ; but be is mistaken when be writes that Henri d'Orleans is the son of the Due de Joinville. The Prince d'Orleans, who accepted three years ago the cross of the Legion d'Honneur at the hands of M. Leon Bourgeois, then President du Conseil, is the son of Robert, Due de Chartres, and of Francoise Marie d'Orleans, daughter of the Prince de Joinville. The Due de Chartres and the Comte de Paris were the only children of the Duc d'Orleans, eldest son of Louis-Philippe. The Prince de Joinville was the King's third son.—I am, Sir, Sz.c.,
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