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nc tCFfsi3ic Jay 81 tJiil august lfoAf VIII
vel. A furious porulace rushed into the psi |
ace cf The TuiIleries, broke the throne OF Louis
XVI, and led the king with all his family into
The prison Of the Temple, viii not repeat here
facts which are recorded in every history Of the
French Revolution. Who does not know these
great and sad events? Louis XVI. was shut
up in solitary cell, and separated from his
wifc and children. Maria-Antoincite - that
proud and unfortunate qucen-was imprisoned
apart with her young son, her daughter Maria
Theresa, and Elizabeth, the sister Of Louis XVI.
They had all exchanged the pomps of royal
mansion, for the su1crings and privations of
dungeon; hardly could they obtain little bread
and some clothes. The queen of France was
obliged, like a poor woman, TO mend her own
and her childrenis clothes.
Louis XVI. mounted the scafTold; after him,
Maria Antoinette, and after her, the pr ess
Elizabeth. The young son Of the king died AL
- lnder the cruel treatment Of his keepers. -
Maria Theresa remained thus alone-alone nj
the dungeons Of the temple; she had successive
ly lost her father, her mother, her brother, he
aunt. How many sad thoughts oppressed he
in this long and cruel Imprisonment How ma
ny tears she she'd A princess of fifteen years
subject to such trugical irialsl her youth doomed
TO such barbarous fortunes! Not friend to con-
Pity, repeat it, for the unhappy daughter OF
Louis XVII
Maria Theresa remained in the prison Of the
Temple till the month of December, 1895. At
this time she was exchanged by a diplomatic
convention, for some statesman who had fallen
into the hands Of the Austrian Government
The door of her cell was open ed, and she
went to Vienna, where she passed about three
years, in hdmble and OBSCURE retirement.
All the members of the royal family who had
escaped the revolutionary axe-Louis XVIII,
The Count of Artois, the duke of Angouleme,
and others--werc in exile. They wandered
from country to country over Europe, imploring
the support of sovereigns, and meeting often a
sad reception. Louis XVIII proposed TO Maria
Theresa marriage with the duke OF Angou-
leme, her cousin. The young princess had no
inclination for this duke; she thought little of
his intellectual qualities, and would have prefer
red to take another husband; but twas an union
recommended by diplomatic consideration, and
the marriage service was performed at .u.Eau
in Courland, the l0,h June, 1899.
| will not accompany the duchess Of Angou-
leme, in her various wanderings, during the
reign of Napoleon She went at last to estab-
ish herself, with III the cxilcd royal family at
HarheeH, in England. There she led very
retired life, prac.icing scrupulously the forms
Of Romsh worship taking care OF some poor
people, ard never appearing at the court of ST,
James. This long and irksome retirement con-
tributed to em6iter her spirit, and she tried to
find relief in the observances Of rigid devo-
ton,
The memorable events OF 1874 changed sui
deuly her destiny. Napoleon was vanguishei:
he lost his crown, AMI the B1urbons returned to
France. The duchess of Augoulemc quit the
mansion at Hartwell, and came to Paris the 4lh
May, 1914. She took for her motto these no
bic words: UNION AND OBLIVION!
Blu. the princess who had proclaimed the duty
Of OBLIVION, was not faithful oher word. She
forgot nothing, iorgave nothing. More than one
imprudert word showed that she kept in mind
her misfortunes and her desire of revenge.
Her look was naughty, her tone of voice harsh,
and the French people soon turned away from
woman who showed them only hatred and con-
tempt.
In the month Of March 1915, Napoleon re-
turned from the island of Elba. The duchess of
Angoueme was then in the city of Bordsaur.
She displayed in these critical circumstances
great frmness. Assembling the magistrate of
the city the officers and soldiers of the garrison,
she appealed successfully TO their fidelity, and
prepared means oil resistance with resolution
rare in her sex. As Napoleon said, spe king of
the duchess OF Angouleme: ''&ts IS the onh man
Of he family!" Despite of her courage, she
was constrained to flee again 10 England. and
did moi return to Paris till after the fatal battle
of Waterloo.
Nothing important occurs intle life of the duch
ess of Angouleme till the revolution Of 1880
She had entirely lost all her popularity. Her
influence upon Charles X, her anti-lberal opin-
ions, the disdain with which she treated public
magistrates in her excursions, the bigoltel prac-
tees to which she was addicted, the enmity she
continued TO show against protestants and in
fdels, her husbands incap-city, the sad pros
pect of q reign in which she would decide the
deslinies Of France: all this had injured the
duchess inihe public estimation, and the people
had almost ceased to pity her misrortunos when
they saw her so impcrious, so i'll nAtured so lit
tie disposed TO accommodate herself TO the wants
Of our age.
4 When the revolution Of 1880 broke out, the
duchess Of Angouleme was obligedto assume a
disguise, in order not to be il-treated by the
popuace. She rejoiued her husband, who had
not the courage TO defend the crown OF his
lahers and the whole family, banishel for the
htird time, quit the French territory, at Cher
bowg, the l6h August, 1880. An English
vessel conveyed The exiles to Great Britain.
After this catastrophe, the duchess of An
gouleme, under the name OF COUNTESS OF MANN
snccessiyeiy resided in Scotland and, Bohemia.
attended by spiritual guide and oonressor, of
the company of Jesuits. She conducted the ed
ucatlon OF her nephew, the COUNT OF CHAM
DoRD-the pretcnder OF the legitimist party.
Near the close of her life, the princess became
still more harsh and intraclable., She would not
ieaVe her apartments except to attend mass, or to