, 1873-02-02
Tie Death Of Gapoleon-.FrienQly Feeling
Of The English Toward the Dead
Emperor.
Foreign Refugees in the British
Capital---The Quarter in
Which They Live.
Pecu|'arities of the Residents Of
Sohos'-A Specimen House.
From, Our 01cn Correspondent.
LONDON, jan. 8, 1873

Q1SCl6s1On6 0Il6e. DECidEu4J ILL b~t1@ A1-+teA@'
has greater number of friendly words thar
hostile ones. The English people, IS body
have got it in their heads that he Was the specia
friend Of their country, and they forgive m.
number OF offences to his own peopls for that
Those who are more cosmopolitan, and who are no
prepared to think that bad man is made good
by particular line in his policy, do not pro
pose to mourn over the autho1. Of the Coup d Efak
They rather regard his removal ns favorable
event in tbs fortunes Of franco. How times
hnye changed! have heard men calculate, In
in the past as to the fall in the Freuch funds
which would take pfaca on the death OF the
Emperor Napoleon. The event Vas to be made
memorable BY depreciation unparalleled in
either French or English history. This even
ing, folks think the Trench securities will rise
There is, at all events, one Pretender
the less, for the elim, delicate youth who bears
the Boaaparte name will DO unfit for con-
spiracies and int1igues for many year, II IN
decd, he is ever serious politician The
Empress forgets the intilelties Of her husband,
and is heart-broken. One who cav her this
morning says that her eyes were bloodshot and
swollen. "They were es rcd,' lie added, ''as
the young Princes uniform" Her day of
greatness is gone.
For days to come We shall be flooded with tho
theme. Dying upon this soil, al ally, aud tho
inherito1 of name which thrills through every
English heart, I expect to sec the Emperor tho
themo of hundreds Of affecting essays and
discourses. No one, presume, will
c1iticiso the surgical treatment which the En-
peror underwent. The English surgeon who
performed tho operations tor tho & stone Enjoys
7'brllIant SUCCESSES" Their good results are
rarely lasting. No doubt tho Emperor was q
bad snb1ect, and no doubt all Was done for him
that could be done; Dut the surgeons wcre too
sanguine, and they either misunderstood the
case or wilfully inhaled the readers OF their
bulletins. -
REFUGEES N LONDON.
There will be rejoicing tonight in the cafes
and restaurants Of Soho. There are several still
in London who we're victims Of his Coup dE1at,
and the refugee-quarter has no Donapartists in
it. We learn, too, from Paris, TINT the Prefect
OF Police is about visiting London to confer with
tho police authorities here respecting "certain
police questions pending between England and
Franco" Thia news viii also help to make
London busy scene tonight. Louis Napo-
Icons death does not assist the Communists at
I'll, and some OF the newer arrivals hive not
even yet acquired the feeling that they safe
For : long while, the Communists doubted
whether it was wise to stir out Of their lodgings,
and, to this day, men like Felix Pyatt keep
themselves particularly cloae- The average
French refugee believes he sees police 4'spies"
eve1ywhere. II: Cassasnao declares that he
very presence of the Empress. For the En-
pe1or Napoleon, nnd his following, have been
refugees, after all, and the Emperor must rest
in an English grave.
WHERE TIE REFUGEES LIVE.
The chosen retreat in London for European
exles is still, as for tho last 200 years, the Dis
trict Of Soho French and Flemish artisans
GANG first then the noblesse and priesthood
during the Reign Of Terror; and afterward, the
was II, when Soho was oyerwhelmed with Com
munistic National Guards. It may be said that
every European language is daily spoken in the
streets Of Soho. French boy sells
a oa o09 o9f 1oaf % foi in 1G Il. pngs sma2s
dsu1e and sparkling talk Of your
lhund-ess ron recognize the gr-iseae. It is at
i French restaurant you get Four dinner or your
Gfigarette. The shops around are mostly French.
Eewspapers are bought at the 'Librurie" " bread
Yet the = bot1langer's." and boots at The ''Bot-
tiers de Paris" The grocers are "epiciers,"
and the butcherH' shops are called '' charc,1-
tieTs." The costermonger, who terms himself
vegetables dandelions and other foreign herbs
wherewith to make your salads. In soma of
the windows OF the bl1nchisseuses are shirts
which are miracle Of Wilderness and smooth
ness. In the restaurants you will see well-laid
tables OF the Continent, with their snov-white
cloths and neatly-folded napkins. II yon go
inside, you SEQ some eating, some singing. and
others playing at dominoes. You may taste
French d1shes, or the preparations Of the cucian
Ii1liana.
TEE REFUGEES THEMSELVES.
The French workpeople usually prefer to live
in the uppemost stories Of tho tallest houses,
and sone of the houses in Soho are as lofty as
those in Paris. The foreign poor are more tidy
simple rooms than their English brethren and
everybody knows French housewife will male
q more sayory, nourishing dish from common
food than her Enelah sister from the most
choice and costly: Then, the foreigner is always
soDer. It is sad to note. however, that many
roam the strects--the eedate German, the viva
cious Frenchman, and the lively Itahan-in eri-
dent distress. Among them arc professors
OF music, drawing. and language, artists,
fngs1 peisans s Of shade Of opinion
daily London street life is huge tu1nult to
she1n in the midst OF which they sigh hopolesB1y
for the sun. Tho dull dreary, London Sunday
Is hateful sit reminds me Of the sieso OF
5t1eet, I expect to see naitraiueuse~" The
Frenchman derotes himself to shopkeeping: the
italian is gsthetica1. The latter, however, taLe
to restaurant-keeping with gusto.
II Is IN the restaurant you see refugee-Hc IN
fnll play. In one corner will be an excited group
Of Italians. each ono Of whom, probably, has
taken part in insurrection. Not one that has
not been condemned to death for political
oHenee. O1e who speaks with such pedautic
tone has three sentences against him. To the
question as to how fax his Republican aims affect
England, he answers: no, Caro- signor milo,
are ak men trying quiet game At cards. They
re all Communists, and it would be death to
~ presiding as = me citing Of his fellows,
iiaos- weeks ago. I 'as st11a:k nth his
.ndsoms f. Poor s ed1s feiox! + fhFae TeeIs Al;
'nn,ng 4Wa49. i he 'gnsd I'd be- to IT, sa s sae
IS recognized Led chdsa ~ int fate to taA ing tho
as; saace WY e tria5 nsyer- 4estsu- esaso.
oa iii see, "a also, ,+sd In even his t.T the
.1onp .ns German Empire; and 1ta]ians who. de- de-
bssk e their ,s,99 country r en esea1;s S 5a
rance. and, little later, took part With -
bota tR f nss senss snd as Is easspsc S
I'd it is nerfectly true that not few revolutions
avo had their beginnings in these Soho zestau-
ants. !
Within the parish Of Soho; the dreaded Inter
ationale holds ita meetings snd at It's reunions
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