The New York herald., 1873-10-22

raj yerhuel on the contrary, was Queen Hortense's
recognized favorite both during her stay In Hol-
land and for while after II. II King Jerome had
managed to secure the throne of France instead OF
his nephew 1t Is probable that this little bit OF fam
lily romance would have been investigated in q
court OF justice. and SO decreed upon as to put
Prince Louis Napoleon forever In the shade; and
should Jerome's son ever become emperor we may
confidently expect to see the pleasant story raked
up again TO cripple the claims Of the present
Prince Imperial. But however that may be. Prince
Napoleon started on his voyages with the settled
conviction that his father and he were the only
rghtful heirs Of the imperial dynasty (for. 1t
Will be recolected the children OF Lucien Bona
parte Napoleon the Erst's elder brother, were de-
barred by the fact that their fathers plebeian
riage had never been officially sanctloned). and
such was the impression he tried to spread about
him when he first came to Paris In 1885, and took
society by surprise II he were the ghost OF Cesar
resuscitated.
RESEMBLANCE TO THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.
For his resemblance to his uncle, the great EN-
blance oflooK, voice. and even Of manners for, being
conscious OF the likeness, the young Prince strove
to initiate the Emperor's abrupt speech and ges-
lures, his deliberate gait. the trick he had OF
folding his hands behind him or walking medita-
lively with one hand thrust into his wastcoat Those
who have seen recent portraits Of Prince Napoleon
know how well he has preserved his C@saric
lineaments despite portness and early wrinkles;
but one may imagine the sensation he caused
when he came with his fresh face and dark eyes,
playing the part OF Napoleon, as an actor might,
in city which had been lately convulsed by the
return Of the Emperor's ashes from st. Helena. 1t
is said he went the length OF sporting gray top.
coat Like that famous one Of Austerlitz
and jena, and the first time be visited
the 1nvalides In this disguise old soldiers clus:
tered weeping round him, kissed his hands and
Rugged him To crown all, this darling Caesar re-
dtviu4s professed sentiments Of the most advanced
republican type. He swore only for the people
and by the people, and had built up some attrac-
lished equality apparently by Matching all those
novel dukes, counts, princes and barons) and the
Second being destined to found liberty. The re-
publcans, who were growing dispirited by the nom
ending reign Of Louis Philippe, swallowed all this
like new wine with spice In it-what could be ex-
pected of people who took such Q garrulous
nonentty as Louis Blanc for q Franklin s-and
conceived the fine scheme of stumping the young
Prince about the country to inname the minds Of
rural electors. The go-ahead spirits Of the party
would have done more, and proposed that the
Prince should actually be presented to the rustIcs
as the old, original Napoleon, who had escaped
from British clutches after being falsely reported
dead, and was now come home to abjure his des-
potic theories and to implant free institutions
among regenerate people. But Prime Minister
Guizot and Louis Napoleon became alarmed at
these vagaries and put stop to them-the
former by ordering the Regeneration out Of the
kingdom; the latter by breaking away from the
prison Of Ham, where he had been confined since
ls4o for his escapade at Boulogne. 1t was much
rumored at the time that Guizot had abetted
Louis Napoleon's hight, actuated partly BY the
wish that the two pretenders might fall foul OF
each other, and, II Providence willed It, effect
mutual determination. But 1t has been ascer-
tanned since that Louis Napoleon truly took
French leave OF his penitentiary. though, being
fatast, who honestly believed that the hour Of his
deliverance would sound as soon as France was
ripe for his hand, he would scarcely have hastened
that deverance as he did, had he not felt the
Documents were brought to light at the pillage Of
the Tuileries in 1870, which prove the misunder-
standing between the kinsmen to have been most
serious at this period; but Louis Napoleon had the
advantage over his cousin In point Of age, expert
ence and worldly relations which meant also COM
mand of money. He played his cards very well,
and curious relate, used his cousins likeness to
the First Emperor as the chief means OF discredt-
ing him with the republican party, "forn said he,
speciousy enough, "a man who has a face like my
cousins
wILA WANT TO STAMP IT ON COINS.
He is pre-ordained despot, whereas l, who have
nothing but my birth ana soundly democratical
opinions to recommend me, shall never be able
to stir up old soldiers by the sight of my features
and republican institutions will consequently be
safe in my keeping" This argument-asserted by
private subsidists to various influential but needy
liberas-so far damaged Prince Napoleon and his
father Jerome that when the pair Of them implored
the Chamber Of Deputies in somewhat servile
petition to readmit them on French soil M. Guizot
acceded to the request for reason similar to that
which had prompted the Princes expulsion
namely, the desire that these two should counter
balance the occult influence which Louis Napoleon
had begun to WELD anew since his escape from
prison. Jerome and son, accordingly had the
run OF Paris with detectives dogging them)
for three months in 1s47, but they gained