The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-13

surprised and astonished to find that 40 such
preparations had been made on our part, and
that Wellington set out to move about an
army of sixty thousand men with as much
ease as he would have done to move set of
chessmen on board. 1t was some time be-
fore they would believe that no order had
been given or plan formed and Prince Mau-
rice Lichtenstein did not seem to credit it till
he had been assured of the fact by almost all
our generals of division, whom he success
sively asked They were also much struck
by seeing the Blues and Life Guards charge
over two very deep and wide bitches that ran
on each side of road which they we're or
dered to cross, and which they effected with
very little loss, having only three or four
tumbles. That which our men did least we'll
was marching by. The army was very much
admired for its steadiness, its lightness and
regularity, and the care with which il was
manGuvred. The Highlanders and the horse
artillery seemed particularly TO excite atten-
ton; and, though the proceedings at the gal
lery had put us out of favor with the Pari-
slams, still there were considerable number
of French spectators, and many carriages full
of ladies, thing never seen at any of the
Prussian reviews.
Thursday, 26th.-Dined at Verev's with
Bruce L. Nervins Mont Breton, man who
had been chief of police under Bonaparte for
three years. He looks like a thief as much
as thief-taker, and has the most remarkable
side-look out of the corner of the eye [ ever
saw He told us some amusing anecdotes of
the Bonaparte family. He said that Napo-
leon was very much swayed and influenced
by them, and particularly by his sisters, who
were very clever and ambitious women, and
who often made him change determinations
which he had formed with apparent OBJ
stinacy. He said the brothers were most
of them weak and foolish, and had all
of them the inconceivable folly to
imagine that when they we're sent to be
sovereigns of conquered states, they were
really meant to be independent kings, and
that it was often difficult to convince them
of their mistake. He was at Cassel VIXEN
Jerome came to take possession of the king
dom of Westphalia, and he said the little man
strutted about and gave orders to the light
and left just as if he was fixed there for all
eternity; and, when Nevins limited to him
something about the emperor, hs replied,
with admirable dignity, ''Sachez que ie suls
empereur chez moi" Nervins, however,
whose particular business it was to keep him
in order, suggested that perhaps the emperor
might send general of division to take pos
session of his kingdom if he gave himself
too many airs; and Jerome appears at
length to have been accessible to the
force of such persuasive reasoning. One
day at te0et a courier arrived with
dispatches from Bonaparte. Nervins, who
had sent complaints of Jerome, and entreated
Bonaparte to give him a lecture, was curious
to see how it would be taken, and maliciously
pressed the little king to let them know what
the emperor said. Jerome opened the letter,
and, with the utmost GOODNESS and self-pos-
session, read it aloud to the ministers and
persons present; and as he read it, it ran that
Bonaparte was delighted to hear how well he
went on; that his administration was so pru-
dent and popular, his finances so fiourishing
and his army SO we'll established, that he
every day saw fresh reason to approve the
choice he had made of him for that kingdom,
and ended by assuring him of his undimin
ished affection and regard. Nervins smiled
at the manouvre, and, having observed that
tall officer of hussars had taken advantage
of his superiority of stature to crane over lit
lie JerOme's shoulders while he was reading
the letter, he asked him as they went ont
what he thought of the letter
''Think of it, replied the officer. 'T never
was so thunderstruck in my life. Why,
would you believe it, read the letter over
the kings shoulder, and it was word for
word the direct contrary of what he read in
so unhesitating manner to u.s."
Thursday, 2Sth Friday, 29th.-Usual Paris
life; going to the gallery, or the buhl-shops,
or the sights in the morning; taking an early
dinner, and visiting one of the theatres and
Lady Castlereagh's in the evening. On the
evening of Friday we were much amused by
the hereditary Prince of Bavaria, very
well-disposed man, but of very singular
manners and appearance. He has
some defect in his palate, and
considerable deficiency in his intellect, so
that, what with the original absurdity of his
ideas, and the inarticulate manner in which
he gives vent to them, it is difficult to pre-
serve a decorous gravity when conversing
with him, especially as he is very fond of
talking English, which he speaks extremely
ill. Lady Castlereagh told me that he came
up to her one day in the gardens at Versailles,
and said, MADAME, you Lord Casseles wife ?"
She assented, upon which he exclaimed, with
tender and engaging look, "Dahm de
French" His fondness for the English and
his detestation of the French seem the only
interesting parts of his character
Saturday, Both. - To-day the Austriaus
made their long-talked-of attack upon the
brass horse attached to the gilt car on the
top of the triumphal arch in the Place de
Carrousel AS, however, they had no work.
men or tools with them, they were obliged to
apply to us, and we lent them detachment
of our staff corps under Captain Todd. Par
ties of Austrian cavalry guarded the approaches
to the square, and in the insi2e of it bat
TALON of Hungarian grenadiers were drawn
up.
1t had been intended to take the horses
down in the night, by way of avoiding an
SO close to the windows of the Tuileries; but
it was found impossible to take them down
with safety in the dark, and it was also
thought that any disturbance that might arise
would be less easily dealt with at night than
bv DAYLIGHT There had been some little