The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-07
TIE CE.SELHUasT COURT.

Little Movements Explsined-The Elections
Plans for the Future-Tbe Empress Jewels
The Relations Between Napoleon and Eu-
gsnie-Determined to Leave English Soil
An Estate ia Spain Bought by the En-.
press.
CHIsELHURsT, July %, 1871.
The life at court here has already several
times completely changed It's character. In the be-
ginning everything and everybody were silent and
mournfu ana the number Of persons living In soil
tary confinement under the roof Of Camden
House scarcely exceeded one dozen. When civil
war broke out great Indignation seemed TO be felt
as at all events, expressed but at the time
q considerable increase OF activity became notice.
able Visitors arrived daily, some OF them remain
ing for stay, others hurriedy returning the Con
tnent alter mysterious consultations with the ex-
Emperor, M. Pietri, and a few even with the ex-
Empress. Within few days the court swelled
TO the number Of eighty persons-a much
loo large one for Camden House. Mile.
Lermina, the Countess OF Clary, the two
young Duchesses dAlbe formed, as usual, the per-
manent encourage OF the Empress, ana had besides
their respective duties OF lady reader lady Of honor
and young Spanish nieces, some political role to
perform too. They had TO speak everywhere Of the
mournfulness and poverty prevailing at Chisehurst
The two young relatives OF the ex-Empress went
even so far as TO complain TO every they met
similar r0le nad been entrusted In London to
Nine. Conneau, the wife OF the ex-Emperors sur
geon. THIS lady, good singer and musician, took
to public singing as the only means for existence,
and appeared on many occasions before the fash
ionable society OF London during this season. All
this was done Win view 10 contra
diet the runners that the ex.Emperor
aud ex>Empress possessed altogether a Tor
tune amounting 10 S0,O00,00o francs. whne
these measures were carried out by the ladies the
gent lemen connected with the imperial couple were
pusiiy engaged ID duly preparing
TUE IhPERIAIJsT PARTY
for the forthcoming supplementary elections. Mar.
snail BaZaine and N. Janvier de bamotte were the
chief leaders OF that party at Geneva. some forty
thousand nperialIsts were at Brussels and probably
just AZ many ia London and Chlselhurst TIE agi-
talon was carried on on the most extensive scale,
and something Ike fifteen million francs are known
here TO have been spent for the purpose OF returning
lmperialIst candidates. The failure of the scheme
is is already known and the only thing
with this failure all hopes entertained ut
Chlselb1irst vanished, and the codDess. Of
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EX-EMPEROR AND THE
EX-RsPREss
reached their climax. The wife could never forgive
the husband the humiliation TO winch ne mad ex-
posed both himself her. but so long as there was
at least some gprt OF nope for restoration sem.
biance OF friendship was Kept up, at least for the
outside world wlilie now even that has vanished,
and the Imperial FRINGE IS the only line by which
the Cla1n OF communications between the son OF
Queen Hortense and the daughter Of the Countess
OF Montijo are kept IT, As soon as the result Of the
elections became knob al ChIselBurst a Journey
Of the ex-EmperOr to switzerland and OF
the ex.Empress TO Spain began loudly
to be SPOKEN or aud the oiscussi0ns