The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-29
EXILED SOvEREIGNS.
The Queen of spain aud Her Companions In
AdNeralfY. -

Aue QuetH oi spun HoO her companions In
Adversity.
A Geneva correspondent of the Boston ADDER
tiSer writes, under date of November A.
Geneva Is running over with political dven-
turers and displaced royalty. General Cluseret
has been here under an assumed name. He has
put out an Anonymous circular, expouuding his
peculiar social and political tenets. He has the
came complacency as George Francis Train: for
the General called, the other day, to see a
United States official, and impaired to him his
lively regrets that he (ClusereD had not arrived
earlier in France where he was sure he would
have been made President, and then all things
would have been for the BEST in the best of
worlds. He hopes vet to gain foothold in
France. He is not eXtnguished.
THE old Duke of Brunswick, every hair of
his head is of silk, has been astonishing Geneva
by his odd sociabilities. The Duke possesses
the finest diamonds in the world. Let revolu-
tion breeze up, the old fellow, independent as
the snail who carries his house on his head,
takes his box of diamonds under his arm
Recently he has been seen in jewellers store
in Geneva with his box of diamonds, and he
has kindly taken out the compartments and
shown his treasures to persons in the shop.
Two American ladies at different times have
been allowed to gaze under these cir
eumstances at the Dukes diamonds. The
jeweller, with bated breath, had asked them did
they know they had been talking to the Duke of
Brunswick No, they believed they had jew
peddler before them, and one lady declares she
told the Mortified jeweller that he might be a
duke, but he was not gentleman. At home in
his hotel at Paris, the Duke keeps his diamonds
in a stronghold ma lie in the wall; and you NAV
remember some years since, that by accident
leaving his door open, a servant stole some of
these treasures; the servant was arrested with
the diamonds. While the matter was at litiga-
ton the Brunswickers appeared with the
crown jewels but as it is difficult
to identify the diamonds the Duke was not re-
lieved of his booty. Many of your readers who
have visited the Tuileries may remember to
ha nfpn M hasa hian dc Cor tlon l.
wore at these balls epauettes of diamonds, mag
nificent studs of diamonds and his sword-hit
was studded with diamonds. At Paris he has
affected the manners of royalty, some cousin or
near relation always carrying and sending mes
sages to him in the third person, SO that it is
the more surprising to find him ho5nobbing with
plain citizens, for besides displaying himself
and his jewels, in jewelry shops, the Duke plays
chess with quiet citizens of Geneva.
"Ihe ex-Queen of Spain has just taken possess
sion of the larger part of the Hotel de la Paix
according to the arrangement that have before
mentioned. The Queen, in taking her drives
Abroad is often, while her carriage waits, in
vited to motley group OF faces that more than
once has reminded nae of the sketches that
George Crukshank has made of similar groups
demonstrating how truthful was that clever carl
caturist to scenes of everyday life 1t is q
gaping crowd, curious to see ex-queen who
has made nice customs courtesy to her. Through
the instincts of courtesy, and probably
from the remains of old habit, she is often
ulepOseu 10 DOW, ana sne instantly returns the
salutation of any well-bred or good-natured
group, but makes half undecided bow to that
mass of faces where the grin is unsurpassed,
and the broad jest is passed around quietly on
fallen dynasties and Independent social rela-
tions; but the ex-Queen Isabella has her chill
dren quietly put in, and struggling with her
weight on the carriage steps finally gets her
seat with the most uudisturbed placidty It is
hard not to believe that with so much goodlnature
and good sense in her face, under the guiding
OF stronger husband than was chosen for her.
she might yet still be the Queen of SPAIN"