The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-22 00:00:00

THE BIRTHS OF THE NAPOLEONS

It will be interesting, at the present moment,
of revert to the circumstances attending the birth
each of the members of the Imperial family of
Bonaparte.

NAPOLEON I

d•fIlle family of the Bonapartes were of some
stinction in Italy in the middle ages. They are
till, e
of Treviso ; but when Nap mentioned in the Golden Book of Bologna, and in
e Peerag
Gruoleon the
ofreat was told of such descent, he was ill the habit
of saying that he " was satisfied to be the Rudolph
IlaPsburg of his race," or that he " dated his
"hilitY from Monte Notte."
Carlo Bonaparte was born March 29, 1746. He
studied the law at the University of Corte, and soon
became the leading avocat in the small town of
Aiae •
th elo• There,in 1764„ he marrid Letitia Rainolino,
ell 14 years old, the most beautiful girl in the
Place
• The Ramolino's belonged to the Gc,..
Part •
Y 111 Corsica ; Carlo Bonaparte belonged to the
became
of the Patriots, under Paoli. Carlo Bonaparte
Genoa
Paoli's secretary. In 1768, the state of
sold their rights over the island of Corsica
liok rlitiee• Such a sale, the barter of a free people,
e a herd of cattle, was a violation of all national
thw' The Corsicans resisted, and sympathy for
e,' cause spread all over Europe. Paoli, andF
Patriots of Corsica determined to resist the
hetrich• They could not prevent their landing ;
strriZ the 9th of May, 1769, they determined to
p
a blow for liberty, and they resisted the
Nuelvisenes „°f the French at the Bridge of Ponte
Ilere the Patriot party of Corsica were
pelf:eri-t'bede Rt a blow, and Corsica lost its freedom.
battle of Ponte Nuovo, Carlo
.Bona-
raour,,_all,d his Wife fled to a villa they had in the
Preu-rins of Corsica, called Monte Rotondo. Ilite
in the mountains
however, sent a flag of truce to the patriots
town- tu,ollutains, inviting them to return to t e
to - Carlo Bonaparte was sent by the patriots,
Corte,ty and he came back with passports of se u-
relib.„„:", 4e patriots then began to return to their
ool7re homes. In crossing the river Liamonie,
Tire). e'r Way from Monte Rotondo to Ajaccio, t le
pert- was found to be swollen, and Letitia Bona-
Ajeeee. Was nearly drowned. On getting back to
Pre -„11.,°' Paoli, who was ordered into exile by the.
to Wished Carlo Bonaparte to accompany him
Preun„g:an,d• The condition of his wife, however,
15%-n",;'enQ him ; she NS, as near her time; and on the
retu "' August, 1769, only a few days after her
rni Napoleon the Great was born.
the 15,';a had attended mass ou the morning of
socid"ll August. On her return home she was
bed eillY Seized with labour pains. A temporary
tape;7" Prepared for her in a room hung
withoicl
tepestrY; and those who have since examined
the
the CY, have declared that it gives the history of
eNeePoleoit lof the Iliad. Such was the birth of

,noese

Th b. NAPOLEON 11.
tta
.irth of the " King of Rome" (Napoleon 11,
Crow , Is designated, though he never wore the
after took place in April, 1811, a short year
and the marriage between the Emperor Napoleon
114r„alarie Louise, which took place at Vienna,
18C.,11, 1810, was consummated at Compiegne,
1810, h, and re-celebrated in Paris, 2nd April,
too, Napoleon's first marriage, with Josephine,
Place 9th March, 1796.
The itoni circumstances of the birth of the King of
e are thus described by Southey
The bath
wishes were crowned by the birth of a son•
cal airth was a difficult one, and the nerves of the medi-
tbohettrEolpilecirallort,s
h
Wo werewsahsaken. `s She is but a woman," said
present, " treat her as you would a
4111:18ge°Ise of the Rue St. Denis." The accoucheur, at a
anti demanded moment, withdrew Napoleon from the couch,
he s:"'anded whether in case one life must be sacrifi, ced,
tam nici prefer the mother or the child ? The
the elea::8'" he answered, ‘, it is her right 1 " At length
the la "d appeared, but without any signs of life. After
latantPse of some minutes a feeble cry was heard ; the
by CO thought to be dead, was awakened from its lethargy
Nah.ie discharge of one hundred and one pieces of cannon.
fativm°,leou entered the ante-chamber in which the high
the;"ollaries were assembled, and announced the event in
vvords:—.“ /c a King of Rome:'
te_ae birth of the heir of Napoleon was received with as
attend demonstrations of loyal enthusiasm as had ever
Ipanded that of a Dauphin ; yet the joy on this occasion
„4 far frora universal. The Royalists considered the
biti t as fatal to the last hopes of the Bourbons. The am-
t,ous generals despaired of any dismemberment of the
o-, ti
The old Republican's who envied Bonaparte 's
fo-,otic power, as the progeny of the revolution, looked
of.7:fard with deep distrust to the rule of a dynasty, fond
house the blood of the haughtiest of all the royal
eoks„es of Europe, and consequently more likely to make
Pei -4°ll cause with the little band of the hereditary
~soveh-
ot
,than with the people. Finally, the title, of
had be Put an end to the fond hopes of the Italiaifitse,rvii; s
deatkou taught by Napoleon to expect thata_ i
froniztheir country shou!dseparate
possess a government
.
bitterfrau,oe ; nor could the same title fail to excite some
under the ihee:lll,gs in the Austrian court, whose heir-apparent
the °KI Empire had been commonly styled " King
-
13Ut th
WWI ?float interesting event of all connected
Alija 418 birth is the letter of the divorced Jose
huBbe tO the Emperor, her still dearly-beloved
kothaild, on the birth of this child, and for whose
,ner she had been discarded. This truly affect-
° vPistle runs in the language following
•
NAVARRE.

SHtz
receivor7Anaidst the numerous congratulations which you
n
Pr% 'rorn all parts of Europe, and from every tow,nbl
voien 0, and every regiment in the army, can the f‘e e
tO list,, a, woman reach you? And will you condescend
and to her who so often consoled you in your sorrows,
tZlsylle4sostltglieod the pangs of your heart, when she speaks
happiness which has just crowned
eitati Being no longer your wife, dare I offer my
Sir"OftiOr on your becoming a father ? Yes, doubtless,
hors tt?Y soul renders the same justice to y.ourse
as
readeo mule : I conceive what you now expertenc.
tho as You divine my emotions on this occasion,
seParated, we are -united by the sympathy which
defiance to events.
110143 p ertlid have been:gl;or
to learn the birth of the King. of
atti2eipc:rte`rera Yourself, and not by the Canon of Goreux, or
tLt ; :eet, envier, but lam well aware that your first
your ,orks
are due to the members of the corps diplonzatique
te_anst realised
family, and above all, to the happy Princess who
heruerlv - Your dearest hopes. She cannot be more
veltdevoted to you than I am ; but she has had it in
'wer to do more for your happiness by assuring the
Arst !e of France ; she has, therefore. a right to your
eonl,s7en.timents, to all your cares ; and I who was your
macte'ottnen misfortune only, can claim but a far inferior.
You „„,!(), that Marie Louise occupies in your affection.
Yout.'"l" have watched round her bed, and embraced
Your tr., before you take up your pen to converse with
It is Zt friend. ill wait
that ,2 uowever, impossible for me to defer telling you
n'uore than any one on earth I share in your joy. You
bein °t doubt in my sincerity when I say that, far from
of all, afflicted with a sacrifice, so necessary to the repose
atone. that it has been made, now that I suffer
only I.,,uifer, do I say ? No since you are contented, my
how da.ret is, that I have not yet done sufficient to prove
You are to me!

Louis NAPOLZON
of
th. "aPoleou Bonaparte, the present Emperor
at ti; French, was born on the 26th April, 1808,
(44 '-te Tuileries. His mother was Hortense,
14,„e." of Holland, the wife of Napoleon's brother
Th"ls, to whom that kingdom had been assigned.
marriage of Hortense and Louis was most
S`irortunate; they did nothing but quarrel, and in
eptember 1807, they finally separated at Amster-
-4,1)a, and Hortense returned to her mother in Paris.
Amster-
`,',4,l)a,
the present Emperor was born, and it is
here
that he and the Kin of Rome were the
i°31137 two persons of the family gof Napoleon whose
411ths were received with military honors and the
"l age of the people.
f There is one circumstance connected with the
ate of this family which historians have not yet
observed but which is well worth mention.
Napaoleon the Great set aside his devoted, best friend
tO Councillor, Josephine, to obtain an heir to the
41;°11? of France. He married a Princess of
th—trin, and by her he had a son. That birth was
e rculminating point of his power and his dignity.
ro
oa thence he did nothing but descend. He died
hi exile—his son also. Who succeeded to his name,
11,,,fnnle. his power ? The child of Hortense, who
the 11J
child of that Josephine ! In the person of
ofe.,„l'mperor of the French, we find not the offspring
disa.Poleon the Great, but the offspring of his
or tillildeLl wife. What an illustration of the truth
Go e adogo,—" That it is man who proposes but
Wilo disposes 1"

to ellmP.—Those whe may be subjected in the
that excrutiating pain called cramp, will be doubta.s glad
i: learn that by tying any kind of bandage tight round the
„A,lnutediately above the knee the unpleasant sensation
", be inetimtaneOnely removed,

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