The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-06

The queen referred to was the Queen Of Wurtem-
berg, born Princess Royal Of England :-
THE Queen, who Is always trying TO puff of
the coniugal tenderness Of her husband, told my
mother that he left II 70 her option whether she
would receive Napoleon. She said, Il could not
hesitate; It was my duty ! do not give heran
credit for q determination so perfectly natural
few women would, think, have hesitated under
the same circumstances, even II the opinion given
her was not mn order given in more polite form.
] do give her much credit for the honest clndor
with which she now speaks OF the fallen conquer
or, though perfectly aware thltt Is very disagree
able 10 most Of the members Of her own family,
and especially to the king. The Queen of Bavaria
was not as wise, and upon some occasion when
Napoleon was inccnsed ut some slight from her,
he said she should remember what she was but
for him, ig fHC dtH miserable pctite Hrr-
Qr0ye Baden, and initiate the conduct of the
Queen Of WurtembCrg, Ia hNc du pius grand R0i
dc id tdre The Queen said that the great pre-
IaratiOu, made in the palaces at Stuttgard Louis
bOurg for the reception of Napoleon, were not
with her appreciation, and that she said to the
King, Mon ami rOUs leey1cs tairo e paWuro aH
dttuiCrrOS rrhcSScS, So UOi ne route. pas drO0r
dCs fOyteS contributions q pdyer.' 10 was ridiCu-
lOus enough TO hear her say how, when Napo-
leon admired the Lyons embroidery, and said,
j cannot have such no the Tucries,' she told
him 10 was her work, adding, God forgive me,
that was a lie When he made the same obscr-
vatiOn on some other instance of magnihcence,
she told him il was all done by the " Duc mon
bedUpCfc, ana IN relating this added the same
corrective. She said the manners Of Napoleon
we're extremely brpgquc, even when he was making
the civil. She had seen both Josephine and Marie
Louise with him, and seemed 10 have been less
pleased with the manners of the former than
most persons who saw her. Napoleon used to
play at whist in the evening, but not for money,
playing ill and nattentyely. One evening when
the Queen Dowager was playing with him against
her husband and his daughter (thc Queen of
Wcstphaa, the wife Of JerOme) the King stopped
Napoleon, who was taking up a trick that be-
longed TO them, saying, 'Src on ne joue pa, lei en-
coHgUcyaHt The Queen spoke much Of her
father, Of his recovery from his first illness;
mentioned the story one has often heard Of
his wish 20 read King Lear which the doctors
refused him, and which he got in spite of them,
by asking for COlmans work in which he knew
he should find the play as altered by Colmau for
the stage. This l had often heard, but the
affecting sequel was quite new to me; and,
fatiguing as the visits to Lousburg are, / wished
/ had been there to have heard it from the
Queens own mouth. When the three elder
prinCesses went in to the King, he told them what
he had been reading. He said " II is very beau
tiful, very affecting, and very awful" adding
81 am like poor Lear but, thank God have no
Regan, no GOne,il but three CordeAaS." The
Queen wept in relating this; and my mother
says she felt as if she could have done the
same"