The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-10

m. ne duchess Ameli. Of Leuchtenbers, dad .e
oldest a az e KIN re
Is1 Joseph q Bavaria She was born On IT, IN.
Of JSne i7Se thus being 2j ytars vo~n rer tsr ths
than Ps;nss heS brother seven years older
January, 1906. to Ers va married on the 18th Of
ud rrsos Of Eos:sd Eugene
Ais- lis, born in 1871. was the son Of General
lander, Vicomte de Besuharnais, and Josephine
Taschsr de la Pagerie, afterwards We E%ptess
General Beauharnais Joined the popular party.
voted for the abolition Of privileges and equality
before the law In the reign of terror, he was &C.
Of having y 70 to
Paris, and guotined in 1874. Of his two children
the daughter, Hortense, was married to Louis Bona
parte. King Of Holland, whose son Is the present
was made viceroy Of Italy by Napoleon, and mac-
ried the Princess Augusta Of Bavaria, whose death
has just been announced. After the fall OF Napo-
Vienna, which awarded him dotationoe :. ocAioGx
francs, paid him by the King of NJ a. 49,
over the sum TO Bavaria, in EXCHANGE for the nro-
vince o. Leuchtsnberg; ~ the Oberpfais, with the
TUE o. Duke Lao eldest daughter Of the deceased
duchess queen Of Sweden the second, Duchess
OF H3nensollern-Hec the third is the widow
CT Don Pedro of Brazil. The eldest son married..
Donna Maria Of Portugal in 1885, but died the
same year; the second son, Max Eugene, is married
to daughter of the Emperor Nicholas, and resides
at St. Petersburg The state funeral Of the late
Duchess took place at Munich on the 18th inst.
states that Major General Pitt, who had commanded
the troops in New Zealand since 1917, died in Ja--
nuary last The late General Pitt entered the
service in 1906; in 1907 he served in the West In
dies, and was present at the capture Of the Danish
islands in that year. He served at the capture Of
Martinique in 1909. From 1911 to 1914 he served
in the Peninsular war; and was present at Abuhera.
in the actions of Usarge and Almarez, the siege of
Badajoz, the battles of Vittoria, Pampeluna, and
the Pyrenees, for which he had received the war
medal and four clasps. In 1896 he nominated
a Knight of Hanover, and in 1850 was placed on
the list OF officers receiving rewards for distin-
guished services.
Major-General Sir William Morrison, KCB.,,
who has sat as a member for Clackmannan and
Kinross since 1912, as liberal, died in London on
the 10th ult. Sir William served many years in
the Madras artillery, and had held several high
offices in India; was commissioner for the Mysore
government, member of the Supreme Council, pre-
sident of that body, and likewise had been deputy
governor of Bengal. In 1871 he obtained the local
rank OF major-general in the East Indies, and in
lS4S was nominated X. CT.
The death of Viscount Strathallan took place at
his seat of Castle Strathaan, in Perthshire, the
afternoon of Wednesday last, the 2lst ult His
ordship, who had reached the ripe age of eighty
five, began to show tokens of declining strength
some time ago; but his last illness was only Of a
few days duration.
kircudbrightshire, May IL, aged 81, James Thorn
son, veteran who in his youth fought against tho
French ard Spaniards at Trafalgar and during
the latter part of his life kept up continued strug-
was born in the East Indies, but his 'forbears''
were originally from Carlaverock After spending
his youth and manhood at the sea, he took the road
as gaberlunzie, in company with the welded
partner of his prime For the last twenty years
they thus trudged together.
MADAME HAMELIN.
Paris Correspondence Of London Atlas.
The last OF the bright particular stars which
III he
first consul has disappeared by the death of Ma
dame Ilamelin. She alone remained to tell the
world OF what elements composed that society
which succeeded the old illusions of aristocracy, so
abruptly dspelled by the great revolution. Like
Josephine Beauharnais and Madame Grant, she
was Creole by birth, and to the very last pos
sessed that indescribable grace and of manner
so peculiar to the French Creole ladies, and which
has sometimes enabled them in their ignorant sim
plicity, to obtain unbounded influence where the
charms and Establishments of the more learned and
cultivated females, who are ever striving for tho
government Of this country, have failed For many
years did Madame Hameln share with Madame
1allien and Madame Beauharnais the entire rule OF
the directore, and not hero of that day but had
sighed away his soul at the feet of or other of
the trio Robespiorre himself was fain to confess,
when too late, that be owed his ruin to neglect Of
Their influence, and his destruction to contempt Of
their power. His attack upon Madame Tallien was
the first false step Of his career and The signal for
has overthrow. Barras, with whom at that time
the lair Josephine was all powerful, was in
stanty made to perceive the great talents for go-
yernment possessed by the young Gen Bonaparfe.
Although Madame iamelin had for many years
retired from public life, yet the homage of certain
circle was still extended 10 her, and her sooa was
the rendezvous Of al the remnant Of that society
which the restoration had dispersed, and thence
have Issued, at various times, those strange and
startling opinions which haze ended in bringing the
nation 10 its present position. The clique Of sayans
and Feetasters who surrounded in latter years Ma
dame Recamier, had sworn bitter enmity to the
followers of Madame Hamelin, and the war be-
mt
the death of Count Montrond. He alone Of that
once numerous court which Madame Hamelin had
formerly beheld gathered around her remained with
the boldness and wit sufficient TO beguile her into
forgetiulness OF this pigmy time, with its small
worship OF puny idols, its weak and sickly homage
TO is little heroes, and its blind acceptance of every
knd Oh quackery, no matter what its garb, so that
IL but condescended to hatter the triing vanities
Of the multitude. She would often compare with
these puerile aims the bold and vigorous aspra Ions
OF her youth, and, sickenDg at the contcmp aton.
had ended by confning her intercourse entirely to
those who could bring to mind the energetic dreams
amid which her younger days were passed. Mont
Iohu, Nhose singular destiny bad led him TO play
conspicuous part under every regime which had
ruled in France since the days Of Louis Quinze,
mad, during the latter years Of his life, excluded
himself from the world entirely With Madame
llamelin In the exquisite little hotel in the Rue
Blanche, formerly occupied by the great opcratic
celebrity, Madlle. Gumand this friendly pair re-
tired while Jet capable of every enjoyment which
The memory Of the past can bring, and here Mon
trond died. II was his delight to display 10 the
wondering imagination Of Madame liamclin Tho
self-coDhdence which had never deserted him
through any change Of system, and, although
possessed of 10 pecuniary resource, be weuld
surprise, nay, errify her. by certain
'0brtnuS Of the regency TO which he had been ac-
'ustomed IN bis youth, IN the shape of e'cs and pac
'opprs, with which all Paris would ring for some
line, and put to shame the paltry attempts at gall
antiy with which the vulgar pdaS Gmiires of our
lay now and then seek to bewder the brains of the
peor abortive imitators Of the grace and elegance
II the fair marquises Of the sncien. regime. The
asst fee Of this kind given in honor Of Madame
iamclin was upon the occasion of her birthday,
when the park and grounds belonging 20 the little
iotel were trar sformed into min iature far, with
buyers and sellers, all habited in the costume Of
he times Of Louis Quinze, and where every article
displayed at the booths bore The same date. Who
will pay for all this :" said Roger Collard to Mon