The New York herald., 1869-06-25
LECTURES LAST NIGHT.
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| Lecture by Miss Arundel at Sfeinway Hall
Fewer people than there are gasights in Steinway
Hall were present last evening to hear Miss Arundel
a transatlantic historienne and lectuIess on the ca
| reer OF Napoleon from the cradle 10 the throne.
| Miss Arundel appeared for the first time before
New York audience to deliver. this lecture but on
account OF the lateness OF the season the audience
was very slim. she came forward at eighi O'Clock,
attIred beautiful green and white dress, with an
overskirt OF Paris green and white waist tastefuly
pufed. Miss Arundel speaks IN clear, distinct
voice, with studied emphasis and considerable his
trlonIc talent She is terse, and at times poetical,
employing few suited forms OF expression and
no bombastc figures. Her manner is dtS-
toague and she shows unmstaKabie signs OF
good breeding. As narrator she Is at
times lively and intensely interesting sometimes
engaging and again forcble. Her lecture inter-
soersed with many appropriate anecdotes, and was
on the whole, colloqual recitation OF the lie OF lne
present Emperor OF the French. She spoke While
sitting in an easy attitude before the large red screen
of Dickens fame.
Louis Napoleon, began the lecturess. was born OF
Hortense, daughter OF Josephine on the 10th day OF
APRIL ls0S. lie was the child OF an unhappy unlon
Louis, the 1rss Napoeon's brother, had never been
beloved Of Hortense, To whom he was married by the
lmperious Will OF the Emperor. Then there was
separation, and Charles Louis Napoleon BOnaparte,
with his brother, passed under the maternal care oil
queen Hortense. She was the best OF mothers ana
loved her sons with true devotion, but she had no
exalted estimate OF the value OF kingy blood, and
taking her young son. the future Emperor Of the
French, IN her arms, she exclaimed. ''He must
By merit" Throughout his early tuition,
idea. Not as pampered aristocrat, not
as an exclusive, not as starched sclOns
Of royalty were the years OF this young
princes LIE whlled away. but among the mechanics
among that population whicn afterward elevated him
TO the mlghtlest throne in Continental Europe. 1t
was this poliuc YET tender or ms keen mother
that made Napoleon what he is now, and ever after
gave 10 him mat sharp scrutiny OF the motives or
men, by means OF winch he is today one Of the
powers OF earth. The lecturess then, IN a graphic
way, and with sentences aDoundng
VIVID representations Oi Napoleon's nrst I'M
prisonment by Louis Philippe, depicted hls
subsequent escape; his aoortye attempI
10 ascend the throne at StrasbOhrg IN Iso7: ms
failure; his gay life ID London where he the lion
OF the London season, where no drawing room was
complete without his aliabe and polished MANNERS
and where lie gained reputation as cavalier mat
told largely upon ms future character; his llal al
ture with which he repaired 10 the bedside Of his
dying mother and his second attempt 10 suDdue the
bouroons Al MS onslaught IN 1910, which sent MIN
10 his seven years exile IN the castle at Ham, Ills l
prisonment at this historical bastlle, Miss Arundel
detailed IL lively manner she recounted his
hardships, spoke OF his unwearied literary labors
Whine captive, and eulogized the quiet dignity ana
cain nerolsm with which he bore his unparalleled
cIueltes. she gave an interesting statement OF his
escape which Is substantially thai of the Chevalier
Nykon. Passing rapidly over the events when ee-
vaied him 10 the Presidency OF the republic Of 14s,
she came ~ the coup Getd' Of the 0euL Deceiaore,
in the life OF this man OF destny-this Ike
his great uncle thirty three years before, stood await
lng the most HAZARDOUS move IN MS career. The
first N2poeon found his Waterloo; the tlird py the
ballots OF over 1000 0O0 suurd1eS, was elected 10
enpIre, wbicn he gained all Dut III name. In that
supreme hour when ne marched IN regal ponp 10
Notre Dame-ln that moment when he took the
coronation odtl when ne accepted the mighty de5-
tlnes Of France, Tor better or worse, a5 his own-he
became and is now grander aero than he Of Jena,
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