The southern press., 1851-05-03


MARIA LOUISA. The following clever sketch
Of an incident in the life Of Maria Louisa, we
take from letter of Madame Julia de Marouer-
sittes, In the New York Day Book:
aMaria Loui.a, whose grovelling soul pre-
feTed the graffcation Of low tastes and degrad
ing debaucheries 10 the ful6lment Of the noblest
and brightest destiny ever assigned to woman,
ventared, after some years residence in her duchy
OF Parma, and occasional excursions to Vienna,
70 come into the States Of Lombardy, on a visit
TO her uncle, the arch-duke Regnier, then vice
king OF Milan. There were many fetes Given
TO welcome her by the governor, the military
commanders, and at the palnce; for princess,
whatever her conduct and character, In alwaysa
princess, and always finds courtiers One sSen
my the Scala was ordered 70 be Illuminated, the
large royal box IN the centre wns to BE- orcupied
BY the royal family. who were n come In st te
70 do honor 70 their royal visiter. The house
was full, brilliant uniforms crowded the yii, and
several Of the boxes Surrounding the royal one,
slittered with diamonds. The royal rsdyesme.
First the arch-dnshess, proud as psineers Of
the house Of Carignan. whose unusual tall stat
ure excited wondq before her extraordinary
beauty had time u create admiration. She
came leaning on the arm Of. her chamberlain.
the marquis D'Adda, thep the ar .h-duke with
his slouching gait and sad, dreamy countenance.
where, as In character, n rod1ess and weakness
struggled for mastery, the latter often marring
the effects Of the former.
On his right her hand Just passed through
his arm, was daughter Of the Czsrs--shs who
had been the worshpped bride Of the greatest
man of the country-who had worn upon her
brow the iron crown Of Italy, and the imperial
diadem Of France, the mother of son by whose
cradle whole nation had stood, and who now
slept in an untimely grave, a. solitary as the one
washed by the waves, on the rocks Of st. He
lena--Maria Louise, now the too lately welded
wife of General helpers. Her stature, scarcely
of the middle height now seems dwarfsh from
the excessive bulk Of her person--the fair, re-.
dundant bosom and shoulders can scarcely be
contained within the folds Of her dark blue vel-
vet corsagc TIE diadem armlets which encircle
her arm, HIgI. SIclose the waist of another, her
face is large and looks broad, though partly
hidden by long nnglets Of light hair falling on
each side OF her face--her skin 10 dazzling
white-her eyes are large and very blue, though
meaning less--she wears ponderous head-dress,
then called q berret with diamonds and white
feathers As she advances, the Austrian officers
in the pit stand up, SO do the Milanese, but
turning their back to the stage, they face the
royal box, one long, unanimous hiss, such ~
ueter Srcetco tne cars OF an hTtlek, however uu-
popular, resounds through the theatre. The
arch-duke places his niece by his wife, calmly
| casting an inquiring glance on the public-the
| vice-queen colors and speaks to her chamber
lain, who is behind her chair. Maria Louisa
looks unconcernedly round and opens her fan.
The overture begins, but the public does not
i change its attitude nor its mennacing ground.
! Presently the agitation Is communicated to the
4 boxes--animnted conversation, vehement gesti-
culations may be heard and observed in ALL
| The police begin to circulate-the sentinels,
stationed at every door OF the pit, ground their
muskets with forboding noise-the officers put
thei. hands upon the hilts of their swords, but
the unexorable multitude are roused-the low
hiss become louder-shiieks and groans follow,
and then the name Of Napoleon Bonaparte is
pronounced by one or two lit acts with all the
magic power of former years, and presently, as
but with one voice, three thousand voices wake
the cry which once was 20 familiar to those
walls Evviva Napoleon" !" Led on by the
fumes of their own excitement, their enthu-
siasm soon reaches phrenzy. In vain the au-
tborities try to interpose to stay the shout Of
love and triumph. Some bolder than the rest
cry 1fuoiw adding such epithets to the name
of Maria Louisa as rarely salute royal ear
The Marquis Dada leans over the vice queens
chair, and taking from the hands Of the lady In
waiting the white satin cloak, seems TO urge q
retreat; but the princess, with smile of dis
dain upon her lips and anger in her flashing eye,
keeps her seat The arch-Duke comes forward
and bows, but this does not soothe the infuriated
mob-sfuon" resounds with redoubed violence.
Maria Louisa in alarm rises from her chair;
looks imploring around, meets the naughty glance
Of her kinswopan, the respectful but cold look
Of her chamberlain, and on the other side the
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chair Of state, she rushes through the group Of
attendants and the guards outside. and never
stops, ill, through private passage communi-
eating from the palace To- the theatre she reaches
her own apartment Then the multitude con-
tended with the judgment il had passed and the
sentence Il bad execnted. grew calm and still