The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-12-05
F1ICUE MD NAPOLEON.
4 Carious sap of Hisior3 Al, In-
Ir5cuc nT - Police Minister Defeats
Sa-attaff.pz for peace.

S@gotiattons for peace.
=. curious bit Of secret history cCncern-
ing Napoleon |. has been revealed in Notes
ant % gies, under the head Of Z" Napoleon,
Fouchc, Olyrard and Labouchere." The
important nesot;atiou," SAYS the writer,
which we're opened in lS09-l0 between
England and France, as to the restoration
Of peace, a'c very enormously stated IN sir
Walter Scytt's Life Of Napoleon And he
GOES en- to eny, '' 1t wa. not Fouchc, the
willy Minister Of Police, who first conceived
the idea Of sending an agent to feel the
pulse cf the British government, but NapO
but Mr P. c. Labouchore, the purcst type
Of honor and dclicacy OF feeling, a Dutch
g ntlcman Of iiusuenor origin, head rart-
nsr Of the high standing house Of Hope x
Co, Amsterdam, son-iu-aw Of the first Sir
Francis Barring. Bart, that other model Of
mercantile sErcwlness ami honesty. Louis
Boaapartc, .hen King Of liolanI, having
III various circumstances hal occasion to
fully appreciate Mr.. Lahoucrere' inesti
mab!e qualities, strongly Recommended him
to the Emperor as tho fttc-t person to
send 1ycs o. Sd GoI:cIte an GRAND, the
rather that he could - from iieIroetsluis
to Iarw.rh on tha plea Of commercial or
family affairs. wituout attracting the at
tention Of tie lrSas.ayeI police Of both
countries NIr. l.. was accordingly dis
patched wit. fall ilstructIo-s from the
Emperor. He Ind h-ca intimately con
nectel from MS yoath az Nantes with VI.
OuyrlrI, who, later, became SO no.
torious by his vide anl wild financial
schemes connected with the King Of Spain.
Ouvrarl somehow got wind oS Mr.. La
bouchercs going to England to negotiate
for an exchange Of prisoners after the dis
a,trous Wa.chcroH affair. lie at once
communicated the fact to Foacue Cike-
wise Naules), who was not a man to let
Sip so good an opportunity Of meddl ng
with afi'lirs Of state, with view to in
/ crease his own Influence, and who, forth
with, sent AT intrisnin. agent Of his own
to make proposal. Of peace to TIE British
government.
"Lorl = ciies'ey was naturally surprised
to see two French agents, seemingly on
the same errand, vet having no connection
with each other. lie was personally ac-
quaintei with NJ. LGboueiere (grandfath-
sr Of the 'Beseiccd Resident Of Paris siege
fame) and well satisfied that he was not
playing false; but, not being able to solve
the puzzle regarded the other agent, and
determined not to be dupei he abruptlg
broke off the negotiations with Mr.. L.,
which were in SO fair a way Of adjustment,
and gave the two agents orders to leave
England in twensy-four hours. Or Mr.
Lahouchere's return to Paris the Emperor
remarked that he had acted throughout his
mission with the utmost tact ami discre
ton iui that FJuche by his meiiing had
spoiled everything. But for this nelarioes
interference Of FoGcbe's, to which his own
famous epigram On the KILN. Of ding.
hies lit WAS worse than crime, it wax
b!Ca1er'l would perfectly apfly, the world
wouid.in all proLa 'iiity, have been at peacs
fugF years sooner, and dire calamiyies
saald have been thus avoided"