The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1834-10-22

,nree more made thr appearance shortly ,eor
nus entered without any noise or eclat The Linz
OF Saxony, Bavaria AMI Wirtemberc. Tba I;, $
"estphaa, who arrivd later, eclnscd tbc,, al H.,
'he richness ofhs embnidery and Jewels. mo ~
Psror Alexander majetic in his appearance. rb,tcr
i 81 afterwards The 'ox opposite the stage. daz-
,ho I'M eyes ,, from the ecat which it spread over
vri,h d;n ne Vueeioi "esiphaa, covered over
with diamonds sat in he centre: near ber Yae ,ka
oharhihg Stephanie, Grand Duches of Radon
more conspicuous evm by her Grace. than bcr
sPiehdd attire. Someieman princessesw wcre cont
" near NOSE Two relgnng princesses.-The oentlo
man and ladies of theireourt occupied the baek nor,
of the box. NN P"i'
AT tins moment Talleyrand made his apneor,rco
- - siiah pox on level with the pit, erected near
me stage on account of the intirmity of b;s Co.,
which rendered him ungble to attend even !, ~
PH: The Emperor and the Kings came and stool
peiore ms box, IN order TO amuse themsoIvos ;,I
'he minister, who was himself very comfortohI,,
seated ' N'"oi'aoiy
Inc whole world was asth,re-he alone who had
caused Tins assemblage of the great was vet obscn,
lie kept them long waiting
,uy many again and more strongly the rolling the
.. "e was heard All eyes turned with restless
'urioSiy towards the paceofentrancc. Atlos,on-
'earcd the Emperor of the French ,b,, ,,s "P T
most ihcomprehensble of every thing that that nj
most ihconceIvable epoch Produced Dressed ns
'' III ,he most SIMPLE manner, he salutcd slipht
enough as he passed along the sovereigus whom :
:. NeP' 50 long waiting, and took his place in his
" I'iaH' al the right of the Emperor of Russia
' snort stout person contmsted strongly with the
ouo'c bearing OF Alexander The four kings took
,en ,r ri''irs and the play began. In vain was il
II anna dispiayed all his art, Jocaste Rahcourt ;
nI, g. u'y ana talent, WE had eyes and attention {
my Tor the pit before u.s. However the ccns d,ar,,
.ie door OF our box, did all they could TO com
'e " our detective education, and to instruct us be-
"" ''ie ACTS as TO the etiquette to be observed in
e presence OF the master of the world J
way WIN ulat opera glass-the Emperor dors \
u IKE 'hem bending over ladies in the box behind
o,t up straight and don't elongate the neck 50
Emperor does not like long necks cried another
H., " ""s nluch impatlence felt at this but we
howed the examples of the KINGS and Princes ho- -
re us, and bore nat;a-l-rr--5.. ..~--------~5-DS,
iich he had probably seen hundred times, Ma
leon having placed himself at ease in his arm
air, sound asleep. He could it is well known,
any hour of the day or night sleep when he wish
. Eye-witnesses assert that in the midst of n de-
sive battle even, he would designedy take an hour
two of sleep in order to recruit his energies and
at he would always wake at the hour he desig- al
,ted. 49,
The day of this representation at Erfurt he had a,
en engaged for many hours together in excrc- r
lg his troops in the country. al
1t n singular spectacle to us, to sec thus in !,
sweet sleep, the terrible man, whose vast plans Ii
I'd caused the happiness sorrow half the earth
e could but contemplate with astonishment mixed CO
h fear, this beautiful antique profile, to which the
mbrc uniform of Alexander, served only as a foil.
Twenty-sx years have elapsed since that period, te
arccy the third ofthc life ofman. Yet how many :,
angcs have been produced in that space Where
e the Kings, the mighty and the great who were
sembled i'll that hall Where he who assembled l
en-? lie rcposes forever the rock, around
hch roar the waves of the ocean. The short and
cndid life of Alexander is past. The Kings of
lxony, Bavaria and Wirtemberg lie in their tonbs
marble. The cideUdm King Jerome alone has
rvved them all. But his renown has vanished, s.
lth his fantastic royalty, like dream ofhe morning