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Louis Napoleon DOnaparte.

appreciation.
Louis Napoleon Bonapartc.
Louis Napoleon, the President of France,
was born on the Doth of April, 1908. This is,
therefore, his 44ta Birthday. His destiny,
rather than lis talents, has given him posi-
ton which l.lnrs him to the view of the world,
and renders his personal history something
more than Il matter of curious interest. A few
years ago, he was SO insignificant an indvdu-
al as to be scarcely known to the world Mt
large For political offence he had been ban
| ished from France, and none were found else
where so poor as to do him honor. Now he is
| firmly seated, if not upon the throne of France,
at least within the walls of the ro-al dwellings,
of the kings of the French. lie las returned
| to his cradle to rcV,v the prestige OF his birth,
and to realize, whCt amidst the ad, erse circun-
stances of his life, lie has never ceased to look
forward to as his Destiny. lie was born in the
Palace Of the Tuilerics, in which he now re
sides as the ruler of France. In him, through
"A series of tortutCus events, the world sees.
what for more than quarter OF a century 1t
had ceased to expect, the complete resurrcc>
ton Of the name of Napoleon-a name, all
things considered without parallel in the his
tory Of the world. It remains to be seen, how
/
| Napoleon are to be revived by the career ofthe
second
The London Atrennum of the 29th Of Feb
ruarv contains sketch of Louis Napoleon,
drawn from ample ana authentic materials af
forded by two volumes recently published, cons
tanning his political and historical works, and
an original memoir OF his life. The principal
features of this sketch, which are abStraCtcd
below, will be interesting on this occasion:
| 'HiS birth was announced to the capital Of
France. and along the whole line of the 'grdnde
Grmee throughout the empire, by salvos of ar
tiery. His mother was iIortenso. the daugh
ter OF the Empress Josephine by her marriage
with the Niscount de Beauhlrnois llOrtenSe,
thus stcp-daughter to the Emperor, became the
wife of his brother, Louis Bonaparte, the eX-
/ King of Holland.
In $50 Louis Napoleon was baptlscd at
Fontaineableau amid great spIendor the En-
pcror and Maria Louisa acting as sponsot'.-
| After the Restoration his mother took the title
cf Duchess of St Leu, and with her son retr
ed to Bavaria Driven thence, and afterwards
| from Switzerland, by political motives, they
| finally settled at Rome. For the young Prince
very singular tutor was provided: this was
NJ. Lebas, a staurch Republican. the son of
pobe>pc:!u'S ssOoIatc,-that Lc5aS who, RAJ Il
CT than outve his master committed suicide
In 1880 family council Of the Bonapartes
vas held at Rome. IN order to determine whc;h-
or they could turn events to their purposes
:hc members present were Madame Mere,
Cardinal Fesch, jerome Bonaparte, oulS Bon
;.parte. and his neither TIE Young Prince
was thus at the very threshold of life initiated
into schemes OF ambition. Constituted author
| tv took fright Mt the Bonapartc family council,
and Louis Napolaon was by force compelled
| 10 leave thc Papal territory, and escorted be-
! ;ond the frontier
! EyDelled from L ONE. the Prince thrcw him
self with ardor into the Italian revolution. HIS
elder brother shared his fonunes-an1 aided
bv General Sercopnan,. thev de',l.ei the Pa
pal forces. But the ruling powers OF Austria
and France combined to crush them, The two
young Princes were deprived OF their com
mlnd, and banlshed from Italy. Tae elder
brother fell sick, and died rinamaton March
! 81, lr3l From that time to ;he pre- ,cnt the
I life of Louis Napoleon has been strange one,
--and IS comprised under five heads IL. His
Strasbourg invasion: >. His American wan>
derinrs: 3. Ills Boulogne INVASION, and sub
sequent Imprisonment at Ham; 1. His escape
/ from Ham, and residence private person
in London: ). His Presidency of the French
Republic.
|. The StraSboCrr invasion thOrough'T dis
plays some olthe NAN ingredients OF the Pres
dents character : his vlunting self-ro.ilnca,
amounting to blind crcdutv in his fortunes
ard his uniinchinr personal audacity. Clan
cirr at his life before the Strasbourg inv aston,
we NAV remark that, when blnished from Italy,
he applied to Louis Philippe for permission to
serve even as a common soldier in the army of
France The wary King OF the French an
swered by ordering him to quit the kingdom.
He at once vert to England,-ant remained
there until August. 1881 lie then vent again
to Switzerland, commenced military