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Napoleon Iii.

Napoleon Iii. H.
Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. late
Emperor of the French, died at Chselhurst,
England, last Thursday morning.
He was born in the palace of the Tuilleries,
Paris, April Goth, 1903, and was the young
est son of Louis Bonaparte, King of Hol-
land, and brother of the great Napoleon, and
of H ,rtense Beauharnais, daughter of the
Empress Josephine.
!. The marriage Of his parents in 1902 had
,been at the command of the Emperor, and it
was to both pa. ties hateful union. Both
we're already attached, if not formally be-
trothed Louis to Emile Beauharnais, the
niece of Josephine, and Hortense to Gen.
Duroc Four years afterward, Louis was
forced by his brother to accept the throne of
Holland. A ter his assumption of the royal
dignity his dislike of his wife was rather
increased than lessened. and Hortense on her
part took no great pains to win his affection
The birth Of two sons, and the death OF
the elder of them in 1907 did nothing to
effect reconciliation, and when the third,
Charles Louis Napoleon, the beet of this
sketch, came into the world. their married
i e was already virtually at an end. 1t is
sad that King Louis hesitatei to acknowl-
edge the child as his own, and only yielded
t, the urgent solicitations OF his brother
The Dame of HOrtense was at that time
mentioned IN connection " It'll the Dutch Ad-
MIRA, Neruuel, whose features many pers ms
believed to be reproduced in a face which
certainly had no resemblance to either the
/ & lnapartt Q the Beauhar Aas family. The
/ btpri-en of the young prince did not take
! place till Nov 4, 1910, after Louis had
tbdicated the throne of Holland, separated
/ Tor yer from HOrtense, and retired to private
/ life in Austria. Napoleon and Marie Louise
wer- the god-parents, and Cardinal Fesch
+ performed the ceremony. The two sons OF
+ Louis aud H0rtense were the only imperial
/ princes recognized by the Emperor, before
The birth of his own son. The younger was
his iavOrite, stood by his side on the Cham Us
lie Mars on tue return from & be and was
one of the last to embrace him when he lett
/ PARIS forever. nOrtense, who had remained
u Paris with the title OF Queen Regent Of
/ lie iand, WAS bdnshed after the restoration
Sine settled first at Augs burg. where ben
sons were Instructed in German and The
! classics, aud then at the castle of Arenen
/ nerg. ON the Lake of Constance, in Cantor
/ hurSau, Switzerland. Her W nters, how
ever, were spent in Italy, and her sons, VIII,
accom- panied her, thus received but an in
errupted and desultory education. Tb'
brothers, during their residence in Italy
uad already become implicated in the polltl
Cal c1nsPIrdcies of the Italian patriots, an,
both took part in the attempted revolution
IN the Romagna, in January, 1881. Tn
action OF France and Austria speedily crushe'
this premature movement, and the prince
20 doubt owed their escape TO the cOurag
and energy OF their mother, who huri led t
the scene Of action, and, bv the most heroi
cxertIons, saved them from capture. Tn
elder brother, Louis Napoleon, exhausted b
the prlvations he had endured, was attacke
with the measles, and died at Forli tn
q Younger. thenceierth known as Louis Ma
f poleon, also fell Ill at Ancona, which city
let. when able to travel, IN the disguise d
a fOo.man to Hortense, who gave herself on
t to be an English lady of rank.
5 The death of his elder brother was followed
+ in 1882, by that of his cousin, the Duk
OF ReIchstadt king of Romeo, and he foun
himself the next heir to Napoleon's thron
+ He and the Duke of Reichstadt were tt
) only princes of the Bonaparte family wi
Y were born in the purple; and the Duke
: death led to the Princes mind becomr
=" possessed of the idea that he was the destine
restorer OF Imperialism in France. F,
|, some years be occupied himself in polite
d writing, and n one of his works, declar.
that France can only be restored to her pro
perity and political importance by memb
oI the B1naparte iamiy-tbat no 9th
: could unite the development Of Republic;
:. lieas with the military spirit Of the Fren
!. eJple. HIS first effort to obtain his g rights
was made IN 1886, when the so-called {. |
- sarrectlon of Strasburg took place, Octob
a 80. lie was IN communication with c.
Vaudry and others of the officers of the ga
, rIson OF that town, and was we'll received
some OF the soldiers; but the commando
. had little trouble in suppressing the outbrea
S, aud the prince became prisoner Lo,
ct Philippe behaved admirably, sending
captive to America, in compliance with
:, n1ther's request.
He was first taken to Rio Janeiro, whe
; the vessel delayed but few days, and th
-. sailed for the United States He was land
-, at Norfolk In March, 1887, and thence ma
ais way to New York, where he remain
" until some time in May. His briet resider
Us among US has left behind it only traditi
ne of visit to Washington Irving at Sunr
d side, and few others of debts and QUAR-
- with landlords. His uncle Joseph, ex Ri
Jt Spain. had a residence near Bordento,
Or 1t that time. and he had other relatives
Baltimore, but he seems to have had lit
IS It any, intercourse with them. He return
, t. Europe in consequence of his mothe
illness, she dying October 5, 1887. T
Ill French Government demanded his reno,
lg from Switzerland, which country he volu
tarily lett, taking up his residence
N England Here he lived in rather f,
course of life and published his" Napoleon
&c Id as
I'd In August, 1910. accompanied by Cou
DR. Montholon Zone of the companions of
: ooleon at ST. Helena) and about fifty Other
a. crossed tie Channel in a small steam,
Is 4ad !4a1ed at booiosne, One Oh the pro