Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-11-30

Napoleon's Revenge.

accomplished, for the Illumination OF
England approached its consamn'a-
lion when Queen Victoria stood
revercniially before the tomb Of her
country's mortal enemy, in ihe
weird torchlight which hickered
along the walls of The Invalldes =
She stood there as the dependent Of
his nephew--a supplant to the
mercy Of the Napoleonic race, which
knows no mercy for It's foe--a
Queen in name beside an Emperor
in fact Did the spirit of Sir iId-
son Lowe hover around the scene 7
Did the laugh @ the "Old Guard
which, according TO the German
legend, attends the nightly reviews
Of he petit corporal on the dreary
shores Of 81. Helena, ring scornlully
through the sombre walls No /;
it was but fancy, but the vengeance
of the Napoleons was reality.
The visit of Queen Victoria to
Paris was little more than a conquer
or's pageant, in which she acted the
part OF distinguished captive,
winch could not be endured by her
for a moment. if "A single drop Of
Boadicea's blood remained 10 the
veins of modern royalty. She was
received with a magnlicence which
threw her efforts at display on The
occasion of Napoleon's visit to Lon
don INTO the shade, and showed, as
Sterne SAYS. that they do these
things better ia France :" but the
cheers with which the Emperor was
greeted 10 London were not beslow-
ed upon the Queen in Paris, and she
passed onward toward ST. Cloud, a
spectacle to be gazed at, and not a
guest to be honored.
Some years ago this same Veto
ria refused 10 permit distinguished
English actress To appear at the prl-
vule thcalrlcals in Windsor Palace,
because her character was not suns
rcprOche, and vet she WAS compelled
to accept the compromising, during
her ten days sojourn in Paris, Of the
Emperor cousin the notorious Ma
thllde, who is the Ninon d Euclos,
the most brilliant and brazen courle-
san Of the present day. Ma,hilde is
divorced from her husband on ac-
count Of her nuumerable lu6delilies
and IS living with "fast" attache Of
the Court. In the same carriagt
oath her. the prudish Victoria rode
to the Grand Opera, ana Oeiuid Al
beri-somewhat noted for his sus.
ceptlbIIly-eX posed to all her wiioh
cry aud fascination, while beside he
sat her superior aud her master-,h'
"madman OF Bonlogne,' who was ont
OF her special consiables 10 40
Who says that truth is not strange
than fiction? Who hints, after this
that history is not greater ron+anc'
maker than Walter Scott or Alexan
DIRE Dumas:
| noticed, - says a correspondent
Of the London Press, "that wink
the Emperor conversed with tn,
Queen, in the royal box, at the ope
IA, a sinister smile, halt of triumph
and half of sarcasm, parted his lips
occasionally, and flickered over hi
inscrulahle counienance.' VIVA
did that smile mean 1t was iain
revelation of the profound thought
which were swelling in his heart
1t said, ST. Helena is avenged Tn,
parveau is the master OF the heredil
AIRY sovereign. The triumph of Franc
IS almost complete. The houseles
wanderer-the madman of forme
years-lhe prisoner Of Ham-the de
pendent of Mrs. Howard-the sps
cIal constable Of London, is the rule
of France to-day, and France is ih
ruler of England. Graft has don
the work of The swoEd-but the iina
relribulion, the grand deR0uement O
the drama, has not arrived yet-no
yet, oh, Destiny mot vet. Ii ad
yances, however, darkly and steadil
"as the shadow of the gnomon." =
Gaze on, poor gilde1 pnppet al TN
pantOmlme on the stage, and dream
not Of the tragedy which awaits YOU
country and yourself. So said tina
smile Such was the meaning of IN
faint revelation Of the secrets of tina
hitherto lnscrutable coun,enance.
Victoria has returned to Englan,
amid the congratulations of the Lon
don press. But what has she learne,
during her visiti That France Ina
a magnificent army on her own soil
while England has scarcely singh
soldier; tina, the French people ar
aroused and invigoraied 10y the Eas
tern war, while the English ar
crushed and depressed ; thar tn,
blrthrlght OF genius is more poien
than that of blood that she is
mere pawn, though wearing roya
crown, on the chessboard of Euro
pean politics, in the hands of tn,
most skillful and mastery player O
his time. Such is the butter lessor
she must have learned, unless tn,
lmbeclry Of George III. be inheri
table with his crown.
THE COMET.
The great comet of 1886, whicI