New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-23
elf sh aspiration do not prevent we can yet elect
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Der. from this City. and taas secure the next
House TO the Oppostion-

be sue, ~ pa--e. 81 IN Lcil,c ~ TIC a'c N'0"'
Bonsparte % which be was conveyed 70 bis last
fed. under the supervision Of Sir Hudson Lowe.
But then a. 10 more remains Of that penuitnate
car-that great msn being one OF the ir~ thhI
have enjoyed the pleasure OF being buried twice
than there did Of Sir John Cutters silk stockings
or Of Captain Cook. ship after their utter redInte-
grstions had supplied new theme TO inetsphysi-
cians and logcians to puzzle their brains about X
msy be looked upon good as 'Pick and span new
aud ready for any fresh contingency that may turn
up. Perhaps il is not i-timed So -hsdowing
forth the changed feelings Of The English people
toward the hero Of the Coup Eiai, since tue trs'
fever Of the Crimean Campaign, which, very
likely it better represents than Coronation
Coach would DO.
This hearss consisted originally only OF she
under-csrrisge, on which the coach Of the exled
Emperor rested, which was turned into an imperial
funeral car by the simple process OF taking the
body Of the coach OF and putting the body Of the
Emperor o. An apparatus OF rods was hastily
contriYed, which sustained tie eItempcrzed black
curtains Of six or velvet, which were essential to
satisfy tie English IDEAS OF respectable iuneEs'.
This mOrtuary carriage wa, brought 70 England
by Sir Hudson Lowe when he returned from his
government spd Kept at Greenwich, We think 1t
WIS. a. one OF the trophies-Or, at least. OF the
| curiosities-of the Bonapsrtesn downfall The
Nephew Of his Ulce having expressed wish to
have al the relics OF the ayuncular saint, BY virtue
Of whose imputed glory alone he reigns and
fourishes. tbs melancholy vehicle was looked mp,
and found TO be in a shocAiDgly bad condition.
! Time bad done something to tarui.h the luster OF
! its original blackne.s; but the Pochet.Anives OF
barbarian visitors had done more in the gratiica-
! ton os the passion for relics which marks the
/ Anglo.soxcn family on both aides the Atlantic.
So her Majesty gave directions TO have It iar'
bished up aad nerd over, 90 use an expressive
neolooi.rn). till il was as tue a. Mr. Mould himself
| could desire
| This is the latest OF the prOpitatory offerings
which have been made BY England to the ghost OF
her most dreaded enemy. 1t is not forty years
! since it seemed 10 be the first object Of England
| and Of Europe TO blot out his name from meu's
| minds forever Thousands of miles of ocean were
poured around him to keep him hidden from their
| sight. Ships of war drew a Gordon OF cannon
around him on the sea, and regiments Of soldiers
magic circle of bayOnets about him on land. His
every movement oss spied out and reported at
headquarters. No letter could leave the island
that had not been scanned by the jealous eyes OF
authority And yet kings and kasirs seemed to
fear him almost { much when the sun Of Aus
ter.itz eliminated over his head. Even death did
not disarm him Of his terrors, rs il does common
men and vulgar monarchs. His name was tdtooed
IN France AID on the Continent as if there were
spell in il 10 raise the wild devil withal y But
il was of no use. The more the fire that burned
IN mems minds wa. rspressed the hotter IL
glowed, ard the fercer it burst forth in 1880 and
in Is4o, deyouring up both the branches Of the
rotten old Bourbon trunk. 1t is true that the
molten image which now predominates over France
came out Of that fiery furnaces but its power will
not endure always; for though its brow be of
brass it, feet of clay, and the stone hewn out
Of the mountain without hands will yet dash it in
pieces and grind it to powder.
The first reparation which the indignant shade OF
the Corsican demanded of 81 perfdious Albion -
must have been doubly grateful to him, il yoyed
tie Incidental humiliation of the younger family Of
the Bourbous Ii was the release of his body from
the Imprisonment il condemned to in the island
OF his exile, and its translation TO the banks of the
Seine in the France be had loved well, conveyed
bv Prince Of the House Of Orleans, detailed BY |
Louis Philippe to conduct the imperial ashes home
70 be deposited with lpOmp and splendor underline
dome of the InyaLdes. A year or two ago the next
act Of e1piation performed in the concession |
of Longwood 10 the present French Emperor, the |
house and grounds made forever memorable as the |
place OF the exile and OF the death Of Napoleon. |
This is the property Of France, and it is the
intention Of Bonaparte to have it restored, nearly
as may be, TO the condition in which it was during
the first Emperors lifetime. thad been converted
into stable at the last accounts We heard OF it,
and grain was stored and cattle stalled in the very
ROOMS where hisimPatient spirit pned, and whence
d at last took its flight. 1t was not credltable
thing to the British Government that it should !
permit place so inevitably immortal 10 be thus
abused; and We have no fault to find with the /
present ruler of France that he should wish to 1
rescue il from its degradation. But Sir Hudson I
loves powdered hair would have stood on end 70 4
have been told twenty five years ago that this would
come 10 pass, to say nothing Of Lord Edon's wig. /
Nor can any fault be- found with this latest rendi-
ton 10 France Of the last carriage used by her most
famous son. But we must think that Queen Vie. ,
toria or her adviser, whoever he was, made mis-
take in revamping the tattered and mouldy vehicle,
and making il as fine undertakers and uphol-
sterers could do. What Bonaparte, and the French
-. .,J Ill tha do tn