Washington telegraph., 1855-10-31
H,ra;liation of England.

coTsican FesietfG is nearly accomplished
humiliation of England approached its
s1 'n 'n.,,a,;on. when Queen Victoria stood rever-
n bstore tie tomb of her countrv-s mortal
slili !, the weird tOrch-lisht which fiickeresi
sas~i,s walls of the Invaiides- She stood there
~ 5sreHdent of his nephew sllppliant to
Es'--cT of the Napoleon.c race which knows
IL - for its foe--a Queen in name beside an
. l-, mi in fact Did the spirit OF Sir Hudson
kDE bover around the scene DID the laugh
DNH. -Od Guards" which, according to the
9 - -, Legend, attends the nightly review Of
1 oarYoral OF the dreary shore OF ST. Helena,
HI-,s-,o7n.ully through the sombEe walls No !:
- but fancy. but the vengeance of the Ma
- was reality
PS5 visit of Queen Victoria to Paris was littIa
taan conqueror's pageant, IN which she
- the paTt of distinguished captive which
al ri be eniured by her for moment. If a
g. Ir,, of BoaGicea's blood remained In the
s.7,C modern royalty. She was received with
's-----ri5cencc which threw her efforts at dis
80 the occasion of Napoleon's visit to Lon
t'-e+, The shade and showed as Sterne saws
q. -;bev do these things better in France =
!. tss cheers with which tie Emperor was
- IN London were not bestowed upon the
80 in Paris. and she passed onward to St
S-rI > spectacle TO be gazed at and not guest
:, ,Ie h5nored-
S,-e wears ago this same Victoria refused to
1t distinguished English actress to appear
- pTivate theatricals in Windsor Palace. be-
- isr character was not saas reproctc and
= 81. was compelled to accept the companion
~, Daring her ter. Gavs' sojourn in Paris of the
T-osror-s coHsin-the notorious Mathilde. who
80 Xinol EEcIos. the mest brilliant and bra
= c3uTsszaD OF the present day Nathilde is
I'D fTon her husband on account of her in
.--sraJe infdeiities- and is living in open aduI-
- with a fast" attache OF the court In the
.,r-, carnage vito her the prudiSh Victoria rode
!. -be Grand Opera, aud keheld Alhest-some-
- Do.sj for ais scepiibiIity-exposed to all
Ls- vTtclerv sBt fascination while beside her
a. her superior and her master-tbe -nadman
II B5alozae-i' who was one OF her special con
..,b,ss in 1881 Who saws that truth is not
..,rssr than iictiOn2 Who hints. after this. that
Ii.5rv Is not greater romance-cslaker than
V-sTer Scott CT Alexander Dumas!
i Doticed,' saws n correspondents OF the London
PCS -t5at while the Emperor conversed with
ss Q1sen in the Royal box at the Opera. sin
Ser smile. half of triumph and half of sarcasm.
rseI his lips occasionally and fiickeTed over his
5-.rl.5Ie counienance." What did that smile
resal Il was faint revelation of the proud
,.1ash;s which were swelling within his heart
Z. SAID. ST Helena is avenged. The Parvenu is
tie master of the hereditary Sovereign
Tie Triumph ol France is almost com mpiete
III
vsars-the prisoner of Ham-the dependent of
Ers H0vaTd-the special constable OF LOneon-
:. -ae ruler OF France to-day and France Is the
nero. England Graft has done the work of the
sgo7i bu- the final Tetribution-tbe grand de-
---,-ra'oi the dTaGa-has not arrived vet: not
v-- D. destiny NOT vet. 1t advances. darkIv
a.. seaiiiy ~as the shadow of the snomon.1
C1ze or poor gIlded puppet, at the plnt0mime on
re s1g- and dream not OF the TRAGEDY which
-rs-s r1gg country and yourself So said that
srle. SCch Was the meaning OF the faint reves
alJa Of the secrets OF that hitherto iIlscr2fable
f5aG.eEaucc-
Vfstnril has returned to England amid tie
r1z-ratu,ations Of the london press. But what
Els she learned during her visit That France
tls magnificent army on her own soil. while
England has scarcely single soldier: that the
F7.lcl people are aroused, invisoratei by the
T-s.sra war. while the English are crushed and
depressed: that the birthrisht of genius IS more
-a:eH: t.ian the JiTthrisht OF bocd that she i a
aere plwU, though bearing royal crown. on the
Of European politics, in the hands of
lie most skil;I and niasierly player of bis time
Neh Is the bitter lesson she must have learned
usss the iu,becility OF George III be Unbeatable
With his crown-N. O. Delia.