The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-21 00:00:00

DEATH OF A BONAPARTE.

The son of Jerome Bonaparte, the youngest
brother of the first Napoleon, died at Baltimore, in
the State of Maryland, on Friday last. He bore the
name of his father, and might have been a Prince of
France, had selfishness and ambition been weaker
than they were in the characters of his father, the
once King of Westphalia, • and his uncle,
the Great Napoleon. The Bonaparte who
has just died was the son of Jerome,
and Miss Patterson, who was not only rich, but was
a most beautiful woman. Jerome saw and loved the
daughter of the worthy Baltimore merchant. The
Republican fervour of the children of France was
beginning to die away into the ambitious schemes of
the fist Empire, and the powerful consul had objec-
tions to the marriage. With success came hope, and in
the zenith of his despotism, the man who did not hesi-
tate to divorce his own wife, declared that the
marriage of his brother with Miss Patterson was null
and void. Jerome was too ready to do the bidding

of his brother, and to his American wife succeeded a
European princess. On the establishment of the
Second Empire the grand-children of the injured
lady attempted to vindicate her fame, but the French
tribunals decided that the injustice perpetrated by an
emperor was legal. Jerome's • wife still lives, an
example of the morality of power when divo•ced
from right.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, June 20,

Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian
and his Serene Highness Prince Woldemar of Schleswig-
Holstein, and Sir T. M. and the Hon. Lady Biddulph,
dined with the Queen yesterday.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise and
Princess Beatrice, went out in the grounds this morning.
The baptism of her Highness the infant princess,
daughter of their royal highnesses the Prince and Prin-
cess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (Princess Helena of
Great Britain and Ireland) was solemnised to-day, at four
o'clock, in the private chapel within the castle. Th•
clergy officiating were the Bishop of London and the
Hon. and Very Rev, the Dean of Windsor.
The Household in attendance assembled in the Red
Drawing-room shortly before four o'clock.

The company invited to be present were conducted on
their arrival to the Red Drawing-room, and thence were
shown to seats provided for them in the chapel.
The sponsors for the infant Princess were—Her Majesty
the Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise
and the Duchess of Cambridge, their Serene Highnesses
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar and Prince Woldemar of
Schleswig-Holstein, and the Duchess of Roxburghe as
proxy for her Serene Highness Princess Augusta of
Schleswig-Holstein.

Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold, and Princess Amelia
of Schleswig-Holstein, who were also sponsors, were un-
able to be present.

Her Majesty the Queen was attended by the Marchio-
ness of Ely, Laiding in Waiting.
At the commencement of the Service a Chorale was
sung by the Choir of her Majesty's Private Chapel.
The infant Princess was then brought into the chapel,
attended by Lady Susan Melville.

The Queen handed the Princess to the Bishop of Lon-
don) and gave her names—" Victoria Louise Sophie
Augusta Amelia Helena."

At the conclusion of the service, another chorale was
sung by the choir.

Refreshments were afterwards served in the dining -
room.

The Prince and Princess of Wales returned to Marl-
borough House yesterday from Cooper's Hill, near
Egham.

FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY.
The State Ball at Buckingham Palace.
The Ist Battalion of Grenadier Guards' afternoon party at
Chelsea Barracks.
School drill review (at the Crystal Palace), by the Prince
• and Princess of Teck. Extra trains from London-bridge,
Victoria, and Kensington.
At the Gun Club, Wormholt Scrubbs, near Shepherd's-
bud], the International Pigeon Shooting at 27 yards.
Commence at twelve precisely.