, 1870-09-29
TIE EMPRESS EUGENE,
Her Eacnpe from France n1id Arrival
III EnE]nnd-FEcr FIssE Interview
With Her Son.

na'sf"''' Eng tst ~, J., sss.s;osases Of the St
The Empress Eugenie r-achei Hastings on
Thursday night, betwecD ard 10, but it waa
not until Friday that even the authorities Of
the town became awnre Of the RANK OF their
guest am in position to Eive you. on the
reIE best authority. to{crably exact ancount
OF Her Maiesty's adventures during tho eTent-
fol hours betWeen the announcement in par;s
OF tha eaptulAtion Of Sedan-a,,d which an.
morning, the 4th-and tho Empress' .rr;yri
here on Thursday evening. II il hardly ton
much to say that during tiia whole Of that No.
nod the unhappy lady scarcely epfoyed ona
moments repose, either OF br1y or Of uiud.
It would be more correct to datothia period Of
that day tho Empress had a lonE ard t;air,-
ful interview with the Count tto Pafkno,
IN which ahe exerted all her influence to
INDUCE him TO defer the publication OF the
Dreadful neWs which had just been c,snunnI-
catea 10 he5 unit! some 9u'thar details should
favorable complexion. Tie couut. Who il
known to have owed his elevation maiulv to
the Empress favor, half yielded, and consent-
ed to inform tho Chamber Of what had hs,,-
pened onls IN general tcrms- He was clear
sighted enough. however, to know that, In
do1ing 'a,s' he Wa only aggrayating the d,
leave Of Her Mn1cety, his menrer was so
AEitated that one Of the Deputies Of tho Tett.
who met him before his entrance into The
Chamber, at once OWNED that tho Ninister
WAS keepins the secret Of como terrible dis
astef e IRON the public knovled,e. His
nsse 1ser,;. GUARDED communication via
.mp.tience BY tho Chamber, and when he loft
The Assembly to prepsre for the midnight sit-
ting, in which he had resolved to tc!j the it
whole trutl1s he returned to his oxn apart
ments and carefully avoided auother ipicf-
view with the Empress, although Her Majesty,
which she held 10 be essential to the safety Of
the dynasty, sent for him on txo separatn oc-
caAions. These details, which have not vat
been publlahed, besides their value as : con-
trl6ution to history, are essential to right
understanding Of the Empress position HaI
transpi1ed At the midnight sitting, The news @
was brought to her BY one Of tho gentlemen
Of the household. She received It apparent.
II unmoTed, hnt she 1t ONCE -nntvitl,-
standing the lateness Of tho hour-retir.d to q
small private cLnpel attached to her apart
Inents, .nd N about quarter of an hour she
ants, and sent one Of them with \ ring tIrasn
| from her own finger to tho discorutted Couut
DO Pn1ikao. who, doubt1ess, was. not slow In
div1nng the irony Ct I present received for q
satvice which he failed to perform. Tho Em-
press took no rest whatever on the Saturday
nieht, tnough she sought no council with any
| news communicated to the Chamber oye.
night Was published throughout III Paris. and
long before noon the Place Dc Ia Coucorde
vas dlled with crowd whose furious shouts
could ba distinctly heard IN the palace IL
alone: 1t il difficult to ind worus 81
Ieprobation adequate to the Infamous con
duct OF the personal attendants of 'tht
tegont- For the moet part they did not avail
even the oaWning OF the day Of t1il for ths
Empress they were bound 10 snree and th.
woman they had prnfeesed 10 vanerate and 4
Empress rinG to Count Palikao did not IA
turn, and, though his fellows hsd the grace L
wait unt,l they we're disruissed far tbe nie1,t
not one Was found in attendance In the morn
ing, sud, with sthe exception OF Madame Il
BFeton-the wife Of the General OF that nam,
and two other ladiss WHOSE uames I hsY.
not been able to ascertain, the Emp1ess VA!
sbandoned by al in the maat trying hour
The unhappy lady, from tbs testimony o.
Madame le Breton, Seems to hsre fallen
into kind Of atupor, from which, both thi
shou1s e.. o. TIE mob, growing mora ant
ers and entteaHts OF the Indies In attendance
were po*erlese TO rouse hes. At this mosI
1 critical tunetuEe, II de LeseAps, 4 tour-t1isi
and t&itbful friend of the Emresa. srriyct
unannounced in her apartments. His pxsssst
from the Rue do Rvoii to the room in wl1icl
the Empress sat had not been inpeded By
siugla pe.sonl He had, Of oousse, p.ssct
she sentry in the oourt-5ard without betnl
challenged; but Of the innuresahle chamber
lains. nshefr, rods, sticks, and "stonas" il
waiting, whose duty it vas to bar oeapproac'
OF private person to tho pzeserco Of roya],!
not ono rbmsinod in the ante-chlmbesa .
: cotr1dors Of that splendid palhca In whic1
: they had fattened and grown old on the i'm
!. per7al BOUNTY Iho worst romans 10 be told
!; a low laequc5s wore indeed fitting about th
Regents apartments, but they were on pre-
s,seiy the Same purposes ~ the .nidnigh
, th1ei n hoqse-to Ley hind on evety valua
DO HMea they could carry Of without
prospect OF fetocsion. They had tno readil,
: usneo AAo Suu meaning and significance o