The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-18 00:00:00

TIM NAPOLEONIC DRAMA.

EUROPE, at rae pre sent moment, is but a stage on
which Louis ITAPOLEON continually appears as
the leading actor. He is a performer of the most
versatile genius and untiring energies, for he
seems to be never off the boards. In fact,
he seems to be manager, actor, stage director,
prompter, and call-boy all in one. Tragedy,
comedy, vaudeville, and burlesque succeed each
other with astonishing celerity, and in every piece
he either leads or directs. The curtain no sooner
falls at the conclusion of one act or piece, than
you hear the Imperial prompter's bell as a signal
for the commencement of the next. The red and
blue lights of the annexation fetes have scarcely
been burned down, and the curtain has little more
than fallen on the absorption of Savoy and Nice
in the Italian drama, when, lo and behold, the first
scene of an entirely new German play is presented
to the bewildered eyes of all spectators. The
preliminary scene represents a chamber in Lyons,
and the characters who appear are the Emperor
of France and the Dowager Empress of Russia,
the illustrious sister of the Prince Regent of
Prussia. The Dowager is haughty ; bit the
Emperor, having an object in view, is insinu-
atingly polite, friendly, and attentive. Ad-
dressing the Dowager his words are :—" Madame,
tell your illustrious brother that I am his friend.
I think Prussia ought to be at the head of a
united Germany, and I am ready to dg for Ger-
many what I have done for Italy." The lady
seems mollified ; the bait has taken ; and the
Emperor, thrusting his tongue into his cheek,
retires from the scene with manifestations of
conscious skill. The next scene is at the Prussian
Court, in which PRINCE DE LA TOUR D'AU-
VERGNE, the French Ambassador, and BARON
SCIILEINITZ, Prussian Minister of Foreign Af-
fairs, hold a tete-ci-tete. Both the performers
assume a neglige, listless, sort of air, as if
each would say, " Well, really, things are
very dull—there is positively nothing to
talk about." In the midst of an apparently
dead calm, however, it suddenly occurs to the
Frenchman to remark, "Qh ! by the way, the
Emperor, my master, has heard that the Prince
Regent intends to spend a month at Baden-
Baden ; can it be true ?" SCIILEINITZ : " Yes,—
oh yes, I believe my royal master is going to
enjoy a month's holiday at the place you have
mentioned—but what about it ?" FRENCHMAN :
" Well, you know there is that affair of the letter
from the Prince Regent to the Prince Consort,
and the Emperor thinks that an interview would
be the most efficient manner of dissipating the
lamentable distrust Which Germany apparently
entertains towards France ; in short, the Emperor
feels a great desire to go to Baden-Baden to greet
the Prince Regent." As a matter of course, certain
objections are raised and' difficulties pointed out
which are easily got over; and by-and-bye we
find the scene shifted to a view of the Emperor
and Prince Regent closeted at Baden-Baden, and
surrounded by Kings, Princes, Grand Dukes,
Dukes, and other royal scions, exchanging cour-
tesies and familiarities of the most pleasing and
amiable kind. The absence of an imperial
brother—he of Austria—is deeply lamented, but
circumstances having detained FRANCIS JOSEPH,
why, of course, the awkwardness is only one of
those little contretemps which will occur in the
best regulated circles. The drop scene has just
falkn on this act. The actors, in the next, will
let is a little further into the mystery. In, the

FRANCE.

PARIS, June 16.

The Muniteur of this morning announces the
arrival of the Emperor at Baden. His Majesty
was received by the Grand-Duke, who conducted
him to the hotel. In passing through the town
and the promenade the Emperor met a sympa-
thetic reception, _

PARIS, June 17.

Prince Jerome has passed a less restless night.
The state of the Prince is not quite so alarming.
The Moniteur says the Empress has visited
Prince Jerome. The health of his Imperial
Highness has improved.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

PARIS, June 16.

3.25 P.3l.—The Bourse opened flat, but a slight
improvement subsequently took place. Rentes
closed at 68f. 45c., or sc. lower than yesterday.

AUSTRIA,

VIENNA, June 15.

The Oesterreische Zeitung says the Prussian
Ambassador has officially announced to Count
Rechberg the approaching interview of the
Prince Regent with the Emperor Napoleon at
Baden, and made such declaration as to its cause
and object that all fears are removed.

LATEST FROM THE BADEN CONGRESS

BADEN, June 15.

The Duke of Coburg-Gotha arrived here at
noon, and the Kings of Saxony, Hanover, and
Wurtemburg, at three o'clock in the afternoon.
They were received with the usual honours.
The Kings of Saxony and Hanover have taken
up their residence at the Englische Hof, and the
King of Wurtemburg at the Victoria Hotel. In

the course of the day the Sovereigns visited each
other. It is asserted that in the preliminary Con-
ference of the German Princes to-day an agreeable
unanimity was manifested on all questions
referring to the relations of Germany with foreign
Powers, whereby a principal object of the
meeting of the German Powers has already
been obtained. 7 p.m.—The Emperor Napoleon
has arrived in private dress. He was received
with the usual honours. The Frenchmen present
saluted him with the cry of " Vive rEmpereur."
The Emperor has taken up his residence at the
Villa Stephanie.

BADEN, June 16

The Emperor, after his arrival yesterday, dined
with his suite. At about 8.30 p.m. the Prince
Regent, who yesterday paid the first visit to the
German sovereigns, sent Lieutenant Von Loen to
present his compliments to the Emperor. It was
the Emperor's intention to have visited the Prince
Regent first. The Prince Regent, however, came
at 8.30 p.m. to the Villa Stephanie, and remained
with the Emperor till 9.15 p.m. The Emperor
then intended to surprise the Grand Duchess
Hamilton, daughter of the Grand Duchess Ste-
phanie, but did not find her at home, he there-
fore thereupon took tea with the Grand Duke of
Baden, the Sovereign of Weimar and Coburg,
who reside in the Grand Duke's palace, only
being present. To-day a grand dcjeuizer, attended
by all the Sovereigns, took place in the old
palace. This morning the weather was very
fine. The Emperor, the Prince Regent, and the
other Sovereigns breakfasted at the Grand Duke's
palace. To-morrow they will dine at the Grand
Duke's chateau, a little distance out of Baden.
Yesterday, at a concert in the Kursaal,
the public opinion was that the Congress of the
Sovereigns would strengthen the cause of peace.
This morning, the Emperor, while taking at
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