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Show Hl.tTII OP I'ltlMK .VAI'IIII.IO. Dim ATCiiut from Paris annoutic lh death of Prince Najsrieoit, com mouly mllcnl "Plou-Plou," al Home, ontheUllilnst. Ills full nam was Napoleon Joeih Charles Paul Itoua parte. II waa th srconl si of Jarum Honaparte, and cousin vp'ui ror Najmbu III, lie saaftnat Tllestn, riiptemliarV, ISJi. llM Willi wa spent 111 tho irluclpal arTle of l'.tirui'. InlSIIhflTlaltiO Parla under the nam of Count ils Montfett, but was not jrmlttol to remslu long I In na. Aftirlho rovolutlon of ISIS, he returned re-turned to Prance, and waa electaal n nirrul-rr of Iho Assembly. In 1SI9 ho was aijKiinteil Krench Minister to Madrid. In llVl he waa 1 rested a French Prloro wllhn saat In Ihe Henale an I Council of Hlate. He ali received the Orandt'roa of the Iglgu of Honor, and th rank of tlemral of Division. In 1 8.". I ha fought III lb Crimean war, and waa rivnt al the baltlis of Alma and lukerman. It waa her ho rrca-lrodtlnisoulrl.iiitof"rbiil'loii," brcauaoof his sudden retlreiiu nt Irom his s on the ground of III health. Inliv, hwt apinlntnt President of the Inij rial Commission of Hi Unlrerslal r.dilbltlun. In IMS be waa ploceil at the haul of the nw ministry min-istry for Algiers and th coloub-s. Iu 1M3 lis married Clolllde, the daughter of King Victor Ilinauuel of Italy.' HeMrved In the Krench army dur ing tho Italian campaign of US'), but participated In none of th hatUe. It luarrehal with th Orleans family In IMI.but when challeugedly the UuU d'Aumale to fight a duel, "Plon-rion" "Plon-rion" did not want lo light. At the Kensington Inhibition of lsn.1, he presided over th French Com. mission. Hehala mlsuudiraUodlug with hlacoualn Napoleon III In IS'17, but It w a ijivedlly settled. lie was a great traveler. Hu vlsltt-d Ihe United UUte during wir civil war, aud tuaje thu aciiualntance of Lincoln, Howard and other distinguished distin-guished Ami rlcans. He sought a mlllbiry command at the opening of th Kranco-Prusslau war, but Napoleon would lint give liluioue. He waa scut, however, to Italy, hoping that he might secure for France, the oratlou of hi father-In-law Victor Kinauuel. In this mission mis-sion be failed. After the fall of the Honaiarted)nibly henslded In I'.ng. laud. Hewoacouslderail a shrewd politician politi-cian and a fair diplomat, but ho was rather capricious Iu his methods of action. ac-tion. His Ist mission to Italy was said lo liavo ra political otject. ilaiwunteil to warn Humbert of the dangers of tho Urclbund Initio House of Havoy. He also wanted soma marring mar-ring unions couaumniateij which would strengthen tho Italian tlirouu as well a his own family, Hladeatliln Itomo w attwiJcl by Inteusu physical pain, aa will aa by disgraceful ticum on Ihe part of tliurcbmen and polltlclana, Tim Ito-1111111 Ito-1111111 cliunhmtu say that he died In full harmony with their nllglon, aud received Iho lost rite with Ihetruo spirit uf a believer. The politicians, 011 thu other hand, my thatsatreme unction was aJmliiMiil after his lip were soaled by death, anil that he died a nationalist. ThodlapalciisajB that Chunh ami Tlirono disputed for thu isaesslon of the boily, eli Ueslrliig to use Has a trophy, "lllgotry on one side aud a thirst for oer on Ihe other, added prutractid horror to hi d) lugagony." He have three children. IW named Victor, waa present al his death. Vlitor Is the limit succeaaor Iu tho Nalinilccroviii, alid will bo Nao-luou Nao-luou the Hlxth, If he evar come to rulorratioe, a rather Improbable contingency |