Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-04-28

in 1882, and educated in a convent Her ia
ther, who was silversmith, becoming embar-
rassed in his pecuniary affairs, his daughter be-
came public singer at Milan, at the age OF
fifteen, and was highly applauded by the Ital-
ian and French critics and journals. On her
first appearance in England, in 1906, she was
found superior TO all the continental panegyr-
les, and has never ceased to be greatly admir-
ed. Her voice is singulary powerful, and
equally melodous in the high and low tones.
Her figure is finely formed, and her department
majestic. She is still heard with delight, both
in Great Britain and on the continent.
MARIA LOUISA,
Late empress Of France, is daughter Of
Francis H. Of Austria, and was born in 1901
The younger branches of the imperial family
had been taught 10 think Of Napoleon with so
much horror, that the princess tainted at the
first suggestion Of her marriage to him; but at
length she yielded tothe entreaties of her faith
er, and to state policy, and afterwards became
sincerely attached to him. They were married
IN 1910. During the absence of Bonaparte in
the campaigns of 1912 and 1913, she was
placed by him at the head of the French gov
ernment, as Empress-Regent, and in that ca
pacity she went in state To the senate, and de-
manded levy of one hundred and ninety thous-
and men. On setting out for the army, in 1914,
Bonaparte took, as it afterwards proved to be,
his final farewell of her. The officers Of the
national guard of Paris, eight hundred in num-
ber, were summoned to the great saloon of the
Thuilleries, to receive the solemn deposit which
Napoleon entrusted to their honour, in the per-
sons of his wife and child. 81 confde,'' said
he, and he spoke it in a tremulous accent, ''my
wife and child to my faithful citizens Of Paris,
thus giving. them the dearest mark of confidence
~ bnv i'm NV In hoe In
the 29th Of March, the day before the battle of
Paris, the empress fled TO Blois, and, in May,
went to Vienna. The principality of Parma,
had, IN the mean time, been secured to her by
treaty, and, in 1877 she took possession Of this
as princess of Parma, but her court is neither
numerous nor splendid Her son was separa-
ted from her in 1915, and has not since been
under her care.
LETITIA ROMELINA BONAPARTE.
Mother to the late Emperor of France, was
born at Alaccio, in Corsica, in the year 1850,
and, in 1867, married an assessor TO the tribu-
nal Of that island. On the death of her hus-
band, she was left with numerous family,
and without fortune. She, however succeed
ed in gaining powerful friends and protectors,
to some of whom she was indebted for the
elevation oil her family. On the invasion of
Corsica by the English, she removed to Mar
seIlcS, ana from lHence 10 fdTlS, WHERE sHc
resided until the downfall Of the emperor Dur
ing the greater part of that period, she lived
in. all the splendour and luxury of court,
and received from the French people that hom-
| age which was due to the mother of their SOW
ereign. But the elegance which surrounded
! this lady had no charms for her; and IT was
said that she was constantly advising Napoleon
| to recolect, that the day of trial might come
when the dazzling glory with which lac was
! enc-cled, might pass away Since the abdi-
cation of the emperor, Madam Buonaparte has
resided in the state of the church, with her
| sons Lucien and Louis
MADAM D. ARBLAY,
! Better known by her maiden name, of Miss
Francics Burney, is the daughter of DIR. Bur-
ney. This lady has desorvedly attracted pub
lie attention, and gained a high reputation for
herself, by her writings. She unquestionably
ranks among the first female novel-wrers of
the age. Her first work was Evclina, pub
| lishcd in l777. To this succeeded Cecilia and
Camilla ; she has also written tragedy, which
has been performed on the English stage, and
recently a novel, called the Wanderer, or Fc-
male Difficulties. Madam D'Arblay is now a
widow, and resides, since the death of her
husband, in England.