The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-11
Pen Pictures OF tho Crowned Heads OF
France and England.
The Paris correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Ledger gossips as follows:


phia Ledger gossips as follows:
The leading monarch of Europe, Louis Ma
poleou, unlike his compeers in England, Prus-
sia and Austria, is his own prime minister,
and holds the reigns OF government in his own
hands. To an American. his most remarkable
quality is the ease and fuency with which he
speaks the English language. He talks it
well, aud besides he puts his visitor so tho
roughly at ease, by his bland, courteous and
unstilted manner, that the king ls forgotten
in the man. He wants to know all about every
thing going on, and takes quite as much inter-
est in the approaching American Presidential
election as if he expected to vote for one OF the
candidates.
Napoleon is small man, bright-eyed, with
grayish hair, and whilst his portraits resem-
Bile him they all fatter him. He is neither
of a commanding presence, nor does he seem
to be man of power. Perhaps, however, he
only shows himself truly great on great oc-
casions, yet certainly he does not appear to
be more than the ordinary style of mortals.
be makes the best show in bis Uniform, on
horseback, and is said to be the hrst horse
man of Europe. He rides a good deal about
Paris, attended by guards, but just now
spends the most OF his time at Fon-
tainebleau, or Chalons. He bows profoundly
to oil who pass him, and takes lively in
terest in everything connected with France.
he does not look like happy man; nor does it
seem as if he cared 80 much now as he for
merly did about the pleasures OF royalty. Per-
haps Napoleon would not be sorry if he could
get back to private life, and be able to move
about without fear of assassination. He is sixty
now, and his hopes are centred in the Prince
imperial, royal prodigy have not had the
pleasure OF seeing. The Empress Eugene is
faded beauty VI forty, of magnificent figure,
Prl1 81 fbo ouaafQat aD1ilaa f0r
whose eye catches hers. With excellent tact
she surrounds herself only with ugly maids OF
honor, and am told she e1erts her woman's
privilege quite royalty by being in an almost
perpetual quarrel With her husband.
The Queen Of England has for some time
ceased to be the golden-haired and blooming
damsel the painters and coineIs would repre-
sent her. She is matron with large family
of children and grandchildren, and her photo
graphs, as usual, Aatter her. Victoria, just
now, is said to chiefly occupy herself in regu-
latIng the Prince Of Wales. They are con-
stantly at war.
The Prince, who has spent the greater part
OF the past year in cultiyating an elaborate
pair OF side whiskers, is unable to please bis
mother, and the result is that every once-in-a,
while she turns him out OF some Of the royal
residences. She also adopts every possible
plan to run him in debt, by forcing upon him
the expense of court entertainments that she
ought to pay herself. It is hard to tell what is
the cause OF all this ill-b!ood between mother
and son, but it is the common gossip OF Eng
lind and the sympathy seems to be thorough
ly with the Prince. The Queen, when most
sulky, p:unges herself into the deepest re-
cesses OF Scotland. The Prince does not seem
to care much about it, but does tho best ne can
TO support the social duties devolving on the
royal family, whilst to fill his purse, Parlia-
ment votes him extra money. Decidedly the
best one OF the English reigning family is the
Princess OF Wales, now the mother Of four
children, who is always cheerful. pleasant and
popular, still good looking, and who hopes
some day to win her husband back from the
loose company he unfortunately keeps.