The Daily spy., 1848-11-04
DETHRONED MONARCHs.

DETHRONED MONARCHS.
Notwithstanding the feelings of coptemnt
which Enlightened and free born men will natIr-
ally entertain towards the mere pageant of royal-
ty, there Is sentiment in every generous breast
strongly commemorative Tor the sufferings and
mIslorunes OF those who at one time have stood
preemlnent amongst men, and whose fortunes or
virtue had lifted them up into the high places of
the earth. What reader OF the Bible does not
synpathise with David, as he goes up the mount
OF Ohvet, weeping and barefoot, on the occasion
OF Abraham revolt: Methinks there is strong
resemblance between the conduct of his behrev
monarch and that OF the good King Alfred when
placed In similar circumstances. Most of ms
have, believe, shed tear in compliment TO the
sorrows OF EgyPts Cleopatra and it would be
impossible entirely to divest ourselves ,t Ger.
tain melancholy interest as we read over the sut
terings OF Mary of Scotland, Eliza OF Carthage
or OF the beautiful Maria AntOinette. None are
so singularly i'll prepared to meet with adyersitv
which in these cases generally appears in its most
unmiugated character, as those spoiled and pam.
Pered children OF royalty. DJsraeli saws, on this
subject
"tortune never appears in more extrayagant
humor than when she reduces monarchs TO he.
come mendicants. century ago # wac NOT
imagined that our own times should have to 70
cord many such instances. After having CON.
templated kings raised into divinites we see them
now depressed as beggars. Our own times in
two opposite senses may be distinguished as the
age OF kings
Mary OF Medicis, the widow OF Henry the
Great, mother OF Louis Kill mother in.law of
three Sovereigns, and Regent of France fre.
quentIy wanted the necessaries OF lie, and died
al cologne m the utmost misery. The intrigues
OF Richelieu compelled her to exile herself and
unhannU ~
in his life and death OF King Charles the F,rst
presents US with melancholy picture of this up.
fortunate monarch. He has also described the
person OF the old queen mother OF France
I'm the month OF August, l64l, | behel Id the
old queen mother OF France departing from Lon
don in company of Thomas, Earl of Arundel -.
sad spectacle OF mortality it was, and produced
tears from mine eyes aud many others. TO see an
angel, lean, decrepld, poor queen ready for the
grave hecessltd'ed TO depart hence, having no
place OF residence in this world lett her bnt w6oro
me courtesy OF her hard fortune assigned her
She had been the only stately and magn6cen,
woman OF Europe, vile to the greatest Sing thar
ever lived IN France Dother unto one king and
unto two queens.'' "''0
Adelaide, the widow of Lothario. King of Ira
ly, one OF the most beautiful women of her ana
was besieged in Pavia by Berenger. who resell
ed to constrain her to marry his SON Alter pa
via was taken she escaped IRON prison with her
almoner' The Archbishop OF Reggoi had offer
ed her an asylum TO reach it she and her aImo.
ner traVehea on 1901 through the country by night
concealing herself in the dav time amc, 5ha NV
corn, while the almoner begged for aims and fonG
through the villages. 0 '000
lhe Emperor, Henry w., after having heep
dethroned and imprisoned by his son, Henry
escaped from prison; poor, vagrant. and witbon,
aiu, ne entreated the bishop OF Spires TO gram
him lay preband in his church eI have strd.
led, said he, "and have learned to sing. and NAV
therefore, be OF some service to you.' The re,
quest was denied, and he died miserablv and oh
scurely, at Leige, alter having drawn the atten.
"on OF Europe 10 his victories and his grandeur.
IN 'he year 1870, died at Paris, Antonio King
oil Portugal. His body is inferred at the Corda9
liers and his heart deposited in the Ave. e.Maria
Nothing on earth could compel this prince n re-
nounce his crown. He passed over to England
ana Elizabeth assisted him with troops, but At
iehgth ne dled IN France in great poverty. This
uethrched monarch was happy in one thing which
Is indeed rare-in all his mIseries he had cor.
want, who proved tender and faithful friend and
VINO only desired to participate in his mstortunes
ana 10 soften his mlseries, and for the recompense
OF MS services he only wished TO be buried at the
ieet Oh MS master. The hero in loyalty to whom
the ancient Romans would have raisedialtars was
Don Diego Cothel, one of the greatest lords of
the court OF Portugal, and who drew his origin
from the kings of Bohemia.
Hume informs us that the queen OF England
with her son Charles, had moderate pension
assigned her but II was so i'll paid and her credit
ran SO low, that one morning when the Cardinal
de Reiz waited on her, she informed him that her
daughter, the princess Henrietta, was Obliged to
lie bed for want OF fire to warm her. To such
a condition was she reduced, in the midst OF Paris.
though queen OF England, and daughter OF Hen.
ry ~. OF France. We find another proof of her
excessive poverty Salmasious, after publishing
ms celebrated political book, in favor OF Charles
H., the Detencio Reiencion Regia was much
blamed 6y friend for not having copy sent the
widowed queen OF Charles, who, he writes, though
poor, would have paid the bearer.
The daughter OF James the First. wbo married.
the Elector Palatine, in her attempt to get her
husband crowned,was reduced to the utmost beg
gary and wandered frequently in disguise as
mere vagrant.
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