The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-04
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY FEBRUARY ls7s-TRIPLE

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| B0naparte family In all kinds OF signatures
| Having no instructions that justify US II
| this social duty, we wander or down the
long avenue OF trees and towards the stables
and thinking OF an incident in the history of this
very Camden House-which made great sensa-
ton In England at the time. And as lam now
writing Of the hero Of the coup d'etat the crcum-
stance comes more apty to my story. 1t was in
1913, when this Napoleon was laughing child In
the Tueries gardens and the First was hurrying
home from Russia TO measure his strength with
the great alliance that drove him to Elba, that
there dwelt here Mr.. and Mrs. B0nar. They had
In their service one Philip Nicholson as tootman,
who was given to unusual drink. Under the in
fuence OF brandy, witffno motive OF anger or re-
SENTIMENT he took poker from the fireplace, and,
passing through the ha-the very hall where Ma
poeon now holds his last levee. with General Count
Fleury at his side-made an attack upon his master
and mistress, killing Mr.. Bonar instantly and
wounding his wife so severely that even
Sir Ashley Cooper could not save her,
and she died In the afternoon. Like the
Longing strOllers on the BOulevards who were
suddenly fired upon by delirious troops, In obed-
ence to the orders OF Feury, and laid down IN the
agonies OF death under the cafe tables, where they
had been slipping their coffee unconscious OF wrong
or harm, Mr.. and Mrs. Bonar mad done no wrong
or harm to their murderer. His coup d'etat how
ever, was hardly judged, for the English law did
not find that killing harmless people in cold blood,
merely because the killers were under mama
be 1t politics or deirium trcmens-was an excusa-
BILE transaction. An English jury found 1t murder
and 80 far from holding Philip Nicholson in honor
rs man Of enterprise and resolution, and fitted to
do brave deeds with poker-they dragged him to
the scafrold on Pennenden Heath in hurdle, which
was really 80 shallow box about six feet by
three" and there, under the shining sun and in
presence Of thousands of his countrymen
hanged him, and kept him hanging for an
hour. But this you know was in England, and
the English are a brutal. practical race-not dis
posed tOsee in proper light the Edees Ndpoltennes
OF a man like Count Fleury. Nor should have
mentioned the circumstance, nor invited the crit-
clsm the narrative must bring, but that am obey.
ing my duty as historian. Louis Napoleon Bona
parte. the hero of the coup detdt, held his last
levce-on one side OF him Count Fleury, on the
other side OF him the son of Marshal Ney-in the
very house and almost upon the very spot where
the most horrible and wanton murder ever re-
corded in the Newgate calendar was committed,
just sixty years ago. History in its pitiless irony
makes these condolences, and your correspondent,
who had his own thoughts about it, simply writes
them down.
THE COFFIN CL0sED-THE EMPRESS SPENDS TIE
NIGHT IN PRAYER.
1t was very late when the last OF sght-seers
passed through the room. Those who had 1t in
charge resolved that all who came to see should
have the privilege. About nine the chapel was
closed. The priests spent two hours in prayer.
Towards midnight it was resolved to close the
coffin. few of the immediate friends of the En-
peror gathered for the last farewell. Rouher, Bas-
sano, Abbatucci, Pietri, Feury and the rest.
Prayers were read, the attendants quietly put on
the lid and soldered down the leaden covering
The coffin was in three parts an inner shell OF lead
The outer lid was then screwed down. 1t bore an
imperial crown in gold, the imperial arms. Latin
cross, and this inscription in letters Of gold:-