The Duke of Modena, Archduke Francis of Austria, is dead.
Hewes remarkable for the unflinching "legitimacy" of his opinions, for his large fortune, which he used principally to help Don Carlos, and for a shadowy claim to the throne of Great Britain, as the eldest representative of the Stuarts. He dies child- less and intestate, and his great fortune, amounting to nearly £7,500,000; will, it is stated, be divided into three shares, one going-to the Comtesse de Chambord, who is already rich, another to the mother of Don Carlos, and a third to a niece of the Arch-
duke. It is not likely that his inheritance will bring the Comte share may be an additional inducement to him to retire from a hopeless contest. The Archduke's fortune was unusual among Princes, though they have lately caught the trick of accumulation; but if Mr. W. Astor, whose death is telegraphed from New York-. is the millionaire of that name, we may witness next week the distribution of a really first-class fortune. He ought to have died one of the wealthiest individuals in the world.
Previous page
