The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-03

The king and queen always occupy the same
bed, which is almost as broad as il il long, but
whose two halves very differently composed.
On one side is plain horse hair mattress. on the
other excellent feather bed. The latter Is for
the queen. The princes and princesses are
mattress. There il always light in their ma
jestics' apartment, and two pistols are placed
upon table near the king
''uneasy I,ss the head that wears a crown -
In this instance. however, the pistol practice is
the result probably of an old habit rather than
of auy apprehension Of night attack upon the
Tuileries. We have passed the days when
kings were stabbed in their bees poisoned in
their cups and the attempts Of the Fieschis and
Lecomies DO not appear 10 prey upon the TO-
bust health, or dwell upon the Imagination Of
their intended victim. With Maria imele
il IS very different The anxi-ties and SORROWS
che Ia. experienced since 1880 have been terri
bic and doubtless she has wished many times
that her husband had never exchanged his IT,
tremeRt at Neuil,. his circle Of friends AT the
Palais Royal, for his present exalted but cifii-
cult and dangerous station. "Ah NJ Appert,"
she more than once exclaimed. The who inven-
tel the proverb. Happy a king had certain
" worn a crown When We contemplate the
careworn and suffering, but benevolent ana in
teresting countenance Of the yirtuous Queen
of the French. and call 10 mind all trials du RIM
the last fifteen wears, the constant attempts on
the kings life, the death of the Princess Mary,
and Of the much loved Duke Of Orleans, and
the perils inc urred BY her other sons in Africa,
how can We doubt the sincerity Of this exclania-
ton In unaffected piety; and in charity that
bushes 20 be seen, this excellent princess finds
consolation. VI. Appert becomes enthusiastic
when he speaks OF her unassumiug virtues, TO
which, however. his testimony Was scarcely
needed. None. we believe-not even her aus
bands greatest enemies-have ever venturei to
deny them.
The queen disposes OF five hundred thousand
francs year for all her personal expenses and
certainly che gives more than four hundred thou
sand in charity OF all kinds. m. Appert che
woulG sometimessayt 10 me. give those five hun
cred francs We spoke Of, but put them down up
next month list, for the waters low, NV
purse IS empty" mposture-lngratitude-
even the insoleni form of the petitions addressed
TO her fsil to discourage her in her bepevo
mission. "Madame an old Buonapartist iady
one day wrote 10 her, If the Bourbons had not
returned TO France-for the misfortune of the
nstion-my beloved mistress and protecfress,
the Empress Maria Louis. would still be upon
the throne, ana should not be under the hu-
initiating necessity Of telling YOU that ! am
without bread. and that the wretched mattress
upon which sleep is about 10 be thrown out
of the garnet inhabit. because nv wears rent
my heart is with my real sovereign, and | can
not promise YOU my gratitude. If, however,
you think proper 10 preserve a life which, since
the misfortunes Of nv country, has been SO full
of bitterness, | will accept aloan; should blush
10 receive ag!ft. am, Madam, your servant,
CHI.
Here was pretty letter TO set before Queen:
mode Of imPloring aims that might we'll have
Gisgusted the most charitable. But what was
Maria Amelie's reply TO the precious epis,le--
She was accus,Omed 10 open all the petitions i'd
dressed TO her-and numerous indeed they were
with her own hand, and TO write upon many
Of them instructions for VI. Appert. When the
impe.tinen; missive Of the Buona par,ist reached
that gentleman the following lines had been adj
del TO it:-''She must be very unhappy for she
is very unjust. A hundred francs TO be sent 10
her immediately; and beg NJ. Appert to make
inquiries concerning this lady's circumstances.
VI. Appert indignant a, the tone of the letter,
yentured 10 demonstrate; but the Queen insis.
ted. and even tripled her intended donation, in
Case it should be required by her singular petit
noner, whom her a!moner accordingly proceed
ed 10 visit. Il Knocked at a worn eaten door on
the fifth floor Of a house in the Rue 81. Andre
des Arts, and lady dressed in black IL was her
only gown opened Ii.
''!Sir (ssid she, much sgitsted,) are YOU the
coInmissary Of police come 10 arrest Inc for nv
shameful letter 20 the Queen You must for
give me; am so unhappy that at times / be-
come deranged. am sorry to have written As
1 did TO princess whom all the poor call good
and charitable.
BE not alarmed, madam | replied, taking
her petition from my pocket. "Read her Ma
icsty's orders; they will enable YOU 10 Judge of
her better than anything could tell you"
Madame C. read the affecting words added BY
the queen; then, bursting into tears, she pressed
the paper 10 her lips. ''Sir." she exclaimed,
= L. - L n
will die Of hunger with it upon my heart"
Madame {. proving in all respects worthy Of
the queens generosity, I left her the three hun
bred francs, but had much difficulty in prevail.
ing on her TO give up the petition, which still
preserve with respect and veneration. This
trait of the Queen of the French Is only one of
ten thousand.
Madame Adelaide d'Orleans vies in charity
with her sister-in-law; and although she has no
separate establishment at Paris, but lives always
with the king, her generosity, and the expenses
Of frequent journeys, and Of certain retiuue
which she is compelled TO maintain, have some-
times caused her temporary embarrassments.--
"Thus Is it," she one dsy said to VI. Appert,
with reference to loan she had contracted,
"that royalty enriches us. People ask what the
king does with his money, and to satisfy them,
IL would be necessary 10 publish the names Of
honorable friends Of liberty, who, in conse-
tained from him sums Of twenty, thirty, forty,
and even Of three hundred thousand francs
They forgot all the extraordinary expenses my
brother has had to meet, all the demands he has
to comply with. Out Of his revenues he has
finished the Palais Royal. improved the appana.
ges Of the house Of Orleans, and yet, sooner or
later, sl that property viii revert TO the State.
Whom we returned ~ France, our inheritance
was sc encumbered, that my brother was advised
to decline administering TO the estate but 70 that
neither he nor / would consent. For all these
things people make no allowance. Truly, NJ.
Appert, we know not how to act to inspire the
confidence which our opinion and our conscien-
ces tell us we fully deserve"
This was spoken on the 23d January, 1892,
and written down the same evening by NJ. APP
pert. Madame Adelaide had then been too
short time Kings sister to have become ac-
quainted with the bitten >eil - the sweets of
that elcvstsd Pesiiisn- experienced the
'h0rn' that lurt ss''eH ess's' e . crown
UForty i've niIes en- ksur 10 he coatr.et