Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-14
PARIS PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
The Ball at the Tmieries-7he Royal Circle
,Sketches Of The PrinceSseS-Hstory and Death
of Gonfalionieri.

PARIS, JANUARY IA.
"The Royal Family do not Ire" said friend of mine tn
other day. hey scarcely breathe whenever the King goe
beyond the walls of the Tuileries Not day passes Blu
some new attempt conspiracy, plot is discovered
by the active vigilance of the police At the late ball tn
Tuees the whole household thrown into state OF tn
greatest perpexy and buaon by discovery of the neg
gence OF the clerk whose duty it is issue invitations
having sent out sic hundred duplicates The ball was any
thing but pasme to those whose interests affection eat
them to value the safety of the King and had beer
taken by cautious distribution of the royal attendants no
to prevent any attempt the life of Louis Philippe (ha
was felt to be hopeless task amid the dense crowd of v
thousand guests but at all events TO be in readiness
nounce the dsaste which felt must happen quckl,
as possible to the proper authorities. Imagine the
the Queenhe dread OF the poor Processes all the while
they compelled to bow and smile the uh deS ndif
Jerens However, their fears were fortunately vain, fo Loui
Phippes provebay lucky carried him through this las
peril considered by all people about Court the
of all
Our salons have opened with more than usual Gcat The
leading ones OF the Orleans party have OF begun with
enthusiasm, upon the glorious explanation given by Louis
Philippe the subject of the Monpensier marriage which
to them appears conclusive On the other hand lamentations
heard to echo through the lofty saloons of The Faubourg
81 Gemaln and the dngy mirrors which adorn their
nhed walls reflect the lugubrous and dolefu visages
all produced by the marriage of the Duke dc Bordeaux The
company at NJ Guizos meanwhile has changed its charac-
ter the English have IN great disappeared The
salons of the Chaussee dAnn only lust beginning 10
awaken from their torpor. But will take all these circles
by and by separately and for the present conne myself
the highest of ALL collected in the interior Of the Tuees
No conversation here allowed nc voice save that OF the
one lusous is heard above a whisper that gay
drawing all decked with blue and orange beyond the
sale M trne whittier the family retire one and all after din
The Queen and her fair daughters gather around
the circular which occupies the centre Of the room,
and each the Processes takes from the drawer allotted
pIs thpU
part OF the ime in utter silence The ladies in waiting sit be-
hind them and utter not single word.
The Duchess of Orleans, that lonely lady, takes little part
in any conversation that may happen Her heart is
buried with aer dead lord. At nine o'clock every evening
she whdraws to her apartment the King with the
coury ceremny handing her to the door OF the apartment
The Duchess de Nemoursis light and merry being She
is generally alfred in gay and striking colors, and her fair
rnges fall upon shoulders of aabaser do think she
brooks with patience the dulness of the royal salon. and she
sometimes endavors to cheat her ennu by playing off various
innocent little tricks upon her companions, which sometimes
raise smile, but downright laughter is heard
The Princess de Jonvle Shcis, in the opn-
ion Of every poet and artist most beautiful What
contrast do her large melancholy eyes, dark midnight and
of the most angushng expression her coaback hair fiat
smooth, and shining her pale and faded complexion form
the full and rosy beauty of her Saxon neghbor She ia
gifted by nature with the finest talents and had the
Brazil been powerful TO npen the seeds Of intellect rapid
y the visible productions OF nature, they
she would have been remarkable for great powers of mind
but, alas her education has been neglected in childhood,
and she is absorbed by other ties and duties which
she attaches Importance than the cultivation of the
mind She is of her deficiency, and rarely
with strangers In spite of her defective education,
the bodness and originality of her expressions sometimes
tie the coury group She is the only who dares
ser independence and who contradcts the King but she
treated like pot child, chidden and forgiven. She call
ed IN the family the Rose Of the Desert The habues of the
Palace all declare however, that hers is the spirit and
that in time she will rule them all.
The Duchess Aumae is the favore Of the Queen. She
does converse but low one and close the of her
Majesty She tells with all the Italian rapdty of into
nation and gestcuaon the story Of the las, wondrous mira
Gle at Napcs-the words of Father Giuseppe the
OF her childish sins She is very fair her hair is Of the light
est laxen her person diminuy and she far from pos
sRssing tho boou,y Tn. expression
Of her counenance that of physical suffering yet what
kindness and benevonce beam from her eyes she gazes
her royal aunt with what tender she hasen
thread the needle the proper worsed when the long
tried eyesght fails 1t needs but witness this to discover
that she Is the favorite, and why
Now the flower ranplanted Of all from the hot
bed of La Gana into the cold frame Of the Tueres the
youthful Duchess dc Montpenser She is just fourteen but
looks much older Her countenance would be soft and kindly
in expression ii for the hard line Of her Spanish
brow Her face too long to be very pleasing, and
sidered compliment in good taste and which peases
Louis Philippe to observe that she has the prominent
her father Ferdinand VII The poor child cannot talk if
she WOULD being totally ignorant Of any language
Spanish. The only accomplishment she has acquired at the
Court of Queen Christina that of dancing for which she
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dances of her country. She attempted to charm
the duness of the evening by displaying her talent this way
to the Prncesse but the King nerposed and forbade the
I exhibition
So pass the evenings at the Royal Palace. 1t has been
questioned whether 1t prudent thus keep the youthful la
dies of the Palace in such undue subsection, making il
splendid seminary but Louis Philippe is wise. With such
system there be Grande MISUNDERSTANDING Duchess
de Mane-to set the kingdom in blaze by their inrgues
Princess dc Conde-no Princess dAngetene-to give
of scandal to the pyng eyes and lying tongues Of
dious courers When the Palace gates closed mid
night the King knows the whereabouts of every member Of
his family, and has dread the tamperng Of conspator
the nocturnal fredaine.
The death OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES former idol Of repub
can SaOns-has not created single public expression Of
regret, given birth TO a single Ode Liberty, La
ment for the Brave, in any of the Republican journals He
among the few survivors of Speberg tyranny. His his
tory romance not much for his adventures for
the extraordinary affection and devotion he had inspired in his
wife, who of the most lovely and accomplished women
Of her day From the very hour Of his arrest which took
place at ball at Milan she left him not TO inercede
with his prosecutors She spent her youth, her fortune in
her ceaseess endeayo to soften the hearts Of his enemies
and finally laid down life ITSELF worn with her efforts
him from captivity and DEATH She followed, aed
her bali Dress all through the night ohorror which changed
his existence from powerful leader Of popular party that
Of miserable and neglected captive she cared for the cold
the ran which fell in but each relay she de-
scended from the carriage which cunveycdhe to hover round
that which contained her husband needless the brutal eers
sabres. At length, when after days journey, they
bol tho aAaa &ant Il. InwE