New-York tribune., 1870-11-14
WHAT FRANCE HAS LOST.
TIM COURT AND CoURTEZANs OF THE EMPIRE
lYROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT
pun ADrI PUIA Friday Nov. III, 1870.


Tic opinion has arisen in Europe which compelseNcn
Kings to pay some external respect TO the demahus
of proprety Ii may fairly be questioned whetnei'
at heart Isabel of Bourbon is any improvement. y"
Catharine of Russia. Victor Emanuel II az pou'
and as profligate as any OF the MedlclS' ING
of Wales s as fat and fast as any George OF them an
And the vices Of the Empire leave nothing 10 Dc on
We'd TO the orgies Of the Regency ana inc lniaiii'
the Parc-aux-Cerfs That is to say, ho'hi"e -
publicity Here is the great change from .,o Ia 49,
times The Injury and the eirresponsiblty OF paiaces
.ra uo, a olyavs the fruitful source of hcenuous-
ross Rut the unwilling tribute which MONARCHY
navs 10 the spirit of the age is hypocrisy iuo
-. ~ Kings are meant to be as secret 40
,bose of hinds They are no longer hiteo ~ ID"
.l.ova mortality in the estimation OF the ooiiion
mind that the magic of the throne Turns iouioS "
honor. Generals aud Marshsls OF France woulu no.
TO-DAY crowd around the carriage oil MISS ho"au a'
Ionechamps as q hundred years ago tney uiu mum,
80 - ,he seasn-chair of DuBarry. The most plant
sa;,s tho sunerseryicable Monsignore Chigi
h;mssIf ,yould scarcely hold the slippers OF Cora
paar OF her lr as his predecessor did for the neat
,I fat NJ the mistress Of Louis the Well-Beloved.
rhare are 100 many journalists In France for King
% co masked 20 an Opera Ball. The printers power
md the brick-bats range that Halleck sang about,
.vercise a most wholesome moral influence Oh phil
andering royalty
Corrt circles are therefore pat to a good deal of
tropbe 20 beyicious with discretion. Fortunately,
avery palace svsrms with a crowd of noble lsckeys,
called groOns, equerries, and chamberlains, who
used 10 he busted in arranging the ceremonies OF the
Court Now there no ceremonies to speak OF.
The daily life Of Kings has become almost as simple
a, that Of any wealthy citizen So that Satan puts
his work naturally into these idle hands. The
eided waterfes that filled the Tuileres during the
III I,4.1o = 40 41,o,,f 700
the mems pIdiirS of their mater and his guests.
remember o savage word of q Turkish politician who
ACCOMPANIED the Sultan to Paris in 1867. he was
filed with amazement and disgust at seeing men of
great title and blazing orders performing the de-
grading functions that in any heather country
would have been left to slaves. "WhO are these
Caux. these Galifets these Murats ~ be asked of
friend whom he met by chance in the street. " Are
the mobiles of France all mackeress" The contempt
inspired in all intelligent princes and ministers by
these b gh-born pandeIs has doubtless been serious
injury 20 French diplomacy
II is but fair to say that the of the Empress
has never been associated with these disorders of
the palace. She passed youth of somewhat dis
rursve Irritation in that society Of Madrid which
could not avoid receiving certain tant OF corTup-
riOn from the shameless example Of the Queen. lsa-
bella Secr,nda was woman Of nature so thoroughly
purity to exist in her scandalous court She was
outwardly rs good Catholic, however, as she was
3 bad wife, and still further poisoned the conscience
OF her couriers by debonair and thoughtless gen.
,srosity and good humOr which gave dangerous
attraction to her vicious life. Yet there were in
this free and-easy court some regulations without
blemsh. One of these was the Queens own sister,
che Duchess of Montpensier, and another was not
Eugenie de Montijo. This lovely blonde was too
beautiful and too kind to escape calumny before she
went with her judicious mother TO Paris to ensnare
with her mature fascinations the phlegmatic par
venu Emperor
The golden-haired Andalusian's Airtations ended
with this enormous success. To all the leithanded
offers Of her signing swain, she replied in language
doubtless prompted by her spirituelle mamma: " For
your wife am too little; for your mistress am too
nuchn He was safely hooked, and she soon landed
him high and dry before the altar. Her life before
marriage has been set down with the malice OF
shsdov in the infamous book of Madame RattazZ
callsd Le Marriage dune EspG1nole. This witty lady,
who il cousin to the Emperor and wife Of the FIRST
Minister OF Italy, has snatched grace beyond the
reach OF art and gilds the refined gold of Bonapar-
st scandal in this hbelOus romance. We do not
think ~ III of the BOnapartes as 10 believe what
they say Of each other But whatever may have
been the 9miable indiscretions Of Miss Montijo 1T
cannot fairly be denied that Madame BOnararte, as
Rochefcrt and the RGppel style her has been good
wife and mother 1t would indicate perhaps too
naive . .redulity to imagine her in love with her
husband but she has always treated him with decor
aus respect and official fidelity.
On Nie other hand, he married her in blind aud
sning access of passion and has ceased
TO love her With something near idolatry. And yet
hi. iufJoiities have been gross and numerous The
enforced respect for public opinion which has be-
come lsoess1ry in this age of discussion, has pre-
vented renewal of the lively scenes of the reign Of
Che Fifteenth Louis but in his sly, furtive way the
late Emperor Louis le S6dantaire has proved him
self the true son of his true parents. l make no
.Iusion TO the sometime King of Holland.
This hereditary tendency to twilight adventures
has long been known in the clubs of Parls, but, on
account of the rigid censorship maintained over the
press has never been the subject Of general com
lnent Rocently, however, commission of the Pro-
ysionIl Government, in ransacking the private
,abinets Of the Tuileries, across package OF
documents led with ribbon, and indored In the
Emperor h4dwritng Lettres dgardT, which contain
.ucien written evidence to enable the fair mistress
1f Chisahurst 10 sue before Lord Penzance with an
absolute certainty of divorce But where there is no
love there is no jealousy and it is probable the cx-
Empress Will not cut off her name to spite her
spouse. BAT will continue to overlook the hcasons
she has 50 often cOndoncd.
One pecularity of these secret papers is that they
do not compromise any ladies of rank. The first
Emperor in his hon-like wOOing, never descended
teow the circle Of arstocracy His relations with
high-born ladies are photographed OIL the handsome
faces Of Count Walewsi aud late President Of the
Austrian Parliament. But the OF Hortense indi-
Gates his democratic afnities in nothing much as
in his choice of sweethearts. Hia eldest son, the